The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-07-24
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
Medicine and Surgery.

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TIE Philadelphia Unworthy Of Medicine and Surg.
cry was organized In lsAS. Chartered by the LeEisia,
turo, February 26, 1885, Name changed BY a leglaIA-
tive enactment 10 the Eclectic Medical Collegs Of Phil.
nia Medical COLLEGE, established In 1919, and The phil
adelphia Medical College, which had previously been
merged into the Pennsylvania Medical College. In
1884 II purchased the Penn Medical Unlvereity, The
Trustees OF the separate schools united, potitiOned.
and obtained a special oct ofthe Legislature. eonsolI,
dating these institutions and changing their names 10
that Of the Philadelphia University Of Medicine and
Surgery, March Is, 1855. All these various acts are
published In the statutes Of Pennsylvania. The cost
Of the building and museum was over one hundred
thousand dollars, It will DO observed that the Uni
versity, as now organifed, Is the legal representative
Of the four medical colleges that Il has absorbed. Il
Ia = liberal school Of medicine, confined TO no dogma,
nor attached 70 any medical clique hut embraces In
its teachings everything Of value TO the Profession.
SESSlONS.-u has two full sessions each year, com
meneing on the list OF October, and continuing until
the LIST OF January as Ia hrsG session, and from the 1t
Of January toehe lat Of April az les second; the two
constituting one full course Of Lectures. Ii has also
summer session, commencing the lStof April aud con
uhptng until August, for tho preparatory branches
such As Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology
Chemistry, Anatomy. Physiology, etc. ~
TICKETS .-Tick6ts 10 the full eouFse Of lectures
$3.50, or $50 for each session. For the summer or prs-
~paraiory course SO. Graduating fee $50. To ala
young Men OF moderate means, the univBrsity hAs Is.
sued ave hundred Scholarships, which are sold 10 Art.
eoorse students, for SIS, and 70 second course stpdenta
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life member, with tho perpetual privileges Of the lee.
lures, and all the teachings Of the school. The only
additional fees are = yearly disseeting and m~atricula-
ting ticket, each OF which Ia IS.
THE ADVANTAGES OF sCHOLARSHIPs.-The
student holding a scholarship can enter the College a
any time duFing the year, attend as long as he chooses,
and ~ro-enter the Institution A. frequently as dssin&
1t requires no previous radinE or study 10 enter the
University on scholarships, hence, al private tuition
fees are saved.
Students, by holding scholarships, can prosecute 9th.
or business n part Of the time,
The candidate for graduation can present himself Al
anytime, and receive his degree "a coon as qualified.
In case a student should hold a schoIaBhin and not
DO able 70 attend lectures, Il can be transferred to
another, thus preventing any loss.
Parents, guardiaus, or friends Of studsnis Wishing
To- purchAse scholarships for them . year or more be-
fore their attendance at the University, cAa secure
Thorn BY advancing one-half the pIiee, and paying the
y~oaianee when tho atHdent enters. Physicians and be-
hevolent men ean bestoW great benefit upon poor
young men, by presenting them a scholarship, and
thus enabling them 70 obtain an honorable profession.
The Faculty embraces aevrnteon emlneDt phy sicians
and surgeons. The University has associated with Il
alarge hospital Olinie, where every, form OF medical
and surgical disease Is operated on and treated In tie
presence Of the class.
COLLEGE BUiLDTNG.-Tha College building. 10.
sated in Ninth street, south Of walnut, Il the hnsst in
the city. lts mont is collegiate gothic, aud Il adorned
with embatlcmenia and embrasures, pressntingA nov.
81, bold, and beautiful appearance, The facade Is Of
brown stone, ornamented by two towers, rising to the
elevation OF eighty feet, and crowned with an EN-,
batlsd nArapet. The building aantains between atty
aud sixty rooms, all supplied With water, gas, and ev.
cry other convenience that modern Improvement can
contribute 70 facilitate medical instruction. Only five
hundred scholarships will be iasned, and a. two hun.
drsd And any are now sold, thoss who wish 10 secefs
one should do scat onCO. Money can be remllted By
express, or a draft or check sent on any National
bank In the United States, when tho peholarship viii
he rsiurned BY mail, signed By The President Of III
Board Of Trustees, Jos, s. Fisher, Esq., aud the Dear
Of the Faculty, ". Paine, N. D. All orders for sehol
larshlps or other busIness q the University, should b.
ponnNylvAnn.