The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-10-05
AN OF, UNIVERSITY.
historical Facts Concerning Pennsyivanin's
Principal Seat OF Learning.

Historical Facts Concerning Pennsylvanin's
Principal Seat of Learning.
The University OF Pennsylvania bears
the distinction of being the only Amer
lea educational institution that was
ever stolen. A unique distinction, in-
deed. 1t happened rather oddly, in
this way: The English nobility, hay-
ing contributed most of the funds
upon which the school was founded.
asked King George III see to it that
the institution in the new country did
not fail into the hands of any religious
sect The King complied and sent
over word that, If any more money was
expected from England, guaranty
must be given that Dissenters. Quakers,
nor anybody ese. should ever exclude
from it Church of England commune
cants. but that the school should
fore err be for the general
good Of all classes. The resolution
was passed and Franklin saw it safely
entered upon the records. Neyerthe-
less, few years later the Legislature
of Pennsylvania. taking this resolution
rs Il text, declared that the purposes of
| the institution had been narrowed, and
/ in order that such thing should not
/ occur again, they confiscated all the
/ titles and endowment funds given by
| England. They named the school the
University of Pennsylvania. In this
way was the institution stolen and put
into its present governmental condi-
ton. Its important dates. therefore.
| are: Founded by Franklin in 174Si
| H. t-I.t = L
vania in 1779; restored and set up in
present shape in 1871.
In internal structure the University
i OF Pennsylvania is nearer like the Eng
lish univel sites than any othor in this
country. 1t more nearly embodies the
university idea as represented by such
schools as Oxford. Cambridge, Berlin
and Strasburg. Its most famous de-
partment is the medical. which is the
oldest college of medicine in America.
Connected closely with it is the Biolog-
ical School, which is one of the newes,
departments, yet about the first school
in this line TO be founded on this side
of the Atlantic. 1t is a school for the
study of both plant and animal life in
every form and is intended to supple
ment the stuaiss of the medical man,
the scientist and tie naturalist. Ther
there is the Veterinary College, which
is fast revolutionizins the study of the
horse and his medical treatment; tn,
School in Dentistry. and the Wharton
School Of Finance and Economy. il
which is the first and only chair il
J American history in this country. Ii
all of the departments are about four
teen hundred pupils
The social side of university life /
almost wholly confined to the tim,
spent inside the college walls This i
; quite unlike most other Eastern col
> leges. and is so chiefly because Their
. are no donnitories connected with tn
9 institution The pupas lose themselve
? from each other in the city, and ar
only able to meet :; the grand ball Of
ivy Day. and the junior ball and j
7, the one concert given every spring b.
I the University Glee Club. There. ar
. n few secret fra:ernities, but they ar
not strong. nor do they seem to ente
I into the existence Of the student a
they 60 in most other colleges. Philo
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