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 PHILADELPHIA 401 r.) The. grounds contain a monument to the graduates of the college who fell in the civil war. This institution is supported by the income of the residue of Girard's estate after the payment of certain specific legacies. The residuary estate is managed by the board of directors of city trusts, appointed by the judges of the court of common pleas, and on Dec. 31, 1874, amount- ed to $6,104,862 22. The total receipts du- ring 1874, including $38,487 37 on hand at the beginning of the year, were $798,399 10; expenditures, $738,985 89, of which $174,073 40 were on account of the college and $564,- 912 49 on account of the estate, including in- vestments, erection of buildings, &c. The in- stitution can accommo- date 550 pupils, and is now full. The num- ber admitted from the opening of the college in 1848 to the close of 1874 was 1,796. The beneficiaries are white male orphans born in Pennsylvania, who are admitted between 6 and 10 years of age, and are maintained and educated in the institution until 18, unless sooner apprenticed to some trade or occupation. The course of study, arranged for 8 years, em- braces the English and scientific branches, be- sides French and Spanish. There are 24 teach- ers and 20 other officers. The polytechnic college of the state of Pennsylvania is situated in Market near 17th street. .It was incorpo- rated in 1 853. This institution affords instruc- tion in mechanics, engineering, geology, min- eralogy, chemistry, mathematics, architecture, drawing, modern languages, bookkeeping, &c. The university of Pennsylvania occupies fine buildings recently erected near 36th and Locust streets in West Philadelphia, in two squares of over 16 acres, comprising a hall for the de- partments of arts, science, and law, the medical hall, and the university hospital. The site of the hospital was presented by the city on con- dition of the maintenance of 53 free beds for the indigent sick. The state granted $200,000 for its establishment, and $350,000 was ob- tained by subscriptions. The university had its origin in a charitable school established by subscription in 1745. The institution was founded as an academy in 1749, and incorpo- rated in 1755 as " the college, academy, and charitable school of Philadelphia." In 1779 it was erected into a university, at which time the college separated from it, remaining dis- tinct until 1791, when the present organiza- tion of the university was established. The medical department was founded in 1765, and the law department in 1789. The department of arts affords instruction in the usual col- legiate branches, and the department of sci- ence in chemistry, mineralogy, geology, mi- ning, metallurgy and assaying, engineering, University of Pennsylvania. drawing, and architecture. The regular course in each department is four years, but special and partial courses are allowed. Instruction in the medical department is given by the regular faculty and by clinical lecturers in the hospital during the autumn and winter. Instruction is also given during the spring and summer in certain collateral branches of science, by an auxiliary faculty organized in 1865. The regular course in this department and in the law department is two years. In 1874-'5 the number of instructors in the de- partment of arts was 13, and of students 99, of whom 11 were pursuing partial courses ; in the department of science there were 18 instructors and 116 students, of whom 16 were pursuing special and partial courses ; in the law department, 5 professors and 59 stu- dents ; in the charity schools, one for boys and one for girls, giving instruction in the English branches, 3 teachers and 136 pupils. In the medical department the regular faculty num- bered 11, the auxiliary faculty 5, and the hospi- tal faculty 12 ; total, deducting repetitions, 24. The number of students in the regular course was 371 ; in the auxiliary course, 101 ; total, deducting repetitions, 390. The whole number of professors in the university, deducting repe- titions, was 41 ; of other instructors, 15 ; of students, 800. The number of volumes in the libraries was 18,000. In the department of sci- ence there are a collection of American fossils and a mineralogical cabinet, containing 10,000 specimens. The medical department also has a valuable museum and cabinets. The Wagner free institute of science, founded by Prof. William Wagner, occupies a fine building on the corner of 17th street and Montgomery avenue. It was incorporated and opened in