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Medical Department Prominent.

medical diplomas. In addition to these
there were $50 students in the summer
classes in the various departments.
Medical Department Prominent.
The medical department, as you may
notice. is the most prominent and i'm
portant and occupies a group of imposing
buildings containing class rooms. clinic
halls. laboratories and museums. which
were completed in 1880 at a cost Of more
that 81 500 900. They are a block distant
from the old university building and con-
nected with the principal hospital of the
city.
The Reid School of Music also has a
separate building of the Italian Renais
sance style near that Of the medical de-
partment, and the engineering and natu-
raj philosophy departments are also wei
housed in the same nefghborhoOd.
Mr.. William MEwan, q brewer and
member Of parliament from Edinburgh.
although not a graduate, but q working
man and the son of mechanic, gave
the university much needed graduation
hall, which cost him about 5000 coo and Is
equal to any similar edifice in existence.
It stands opposite the medical school and
is of the same architectural design. The
interior is arranged in the form Of an
amphitheater with one Of the largest or
gans in the kingdom and elaborate mural
decorations of appropriate themes. Here
all ceremonies are conducted and they are
attended with great formality.
There are no dormitories except three
houses in different parts of the city be-
longing to the university where students
can obtain board for fifteen shillings a
week The woman students have a SINH
lar house called Mason Hall, which will
accommodate about sixty. The remainder
of the students lodge I'm licensed board
ing houses, which are supposed to be in
spected and approved by the faculty.
In the early days most Of the students
lived with the professors, a practice
which was not congenial to either. When
the present building was erected a certain
number of rooms were given up to stu
dents, but they were afterward required
for other purposes. Therefore. there has
never been any OF the social contact
among the students that Is SO important
and SO enjoyable a part of American,
English and German university life.
No Provision for the Human Side.
Indeed. there has never been any pro-
vision for the human side of university
training. There had never been a single
room under the jurisdiction Of the faculty
where students could meet and become
known to one another and carry on that
fellowship which Is essential to the welfare
and the happiness of an undergraduate.
until 1884, when what is known as the
University Union was organized as a
headquarters Tor all tormS OF actlvitles.
1t was intended as a haven for the lonely
seeker after society and to furnish a CEN
ter of interest for the young men.
Women have been admitted to the uni
versity on even terms with men for about
twelve years. but they are separated in
the medical school. and they are not al
lowed to board in the same houses as the
male students. They have their own
union, which is we'll organised and con-
Quoted and both are such important fea-
lures of university life in Edinburgh that
7 must deyote an entire letter to them.