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sides an advantageous mode of pursuing most of the objects of 

 study, polite literature is cultivated with great success. 



The number of Students in this College at the close of the 

 year 1803, amounted to about 150; a greater number than 

 ever before belonged to the institution. They are chiefly 

 boarded in the College edifice. The annual expense of each 

 is not certainly known, but is believed to be from 150 to 170 

 dollars. 



The annual Commencement in this College is on the last 

 Wednesday of September. 



In Pennsylvania there are three Colleges, viz. ^ 



1. The University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. This 

 institution was formed in 1791, by the union of the College of 

 Philadelphia, founded in 1753, (seepage 352) and another 

 institution, formed immediately after the Revolutionary war, 

 under the same title which the united seminaries now bear. 



The Officers of this institution are, a Provost (this place 

 is now vacant), who is also Professor of Natural Philosophy; 

 a Vice-Provost, who is also Professor of Logic and Moral 

 Philosophy ; a Professor of Greek and Latin Languages ; a 

 Professor of Mathematics; a Professor of English and Belies 

 Lettres ; and a Professor of Oriental Literature. Besides these, 

 the instructors in the Medical School are, a Professor of Ana- 

 tomy ; a Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine ; 

 a Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany ; 

 and a Professor of Chemistry. This Medical School is much 

 more frequented by Students than any other in the United 

 States. (See vol. i. p. 320. and vol. ii. p. 393.) 



The Library of this seminary consists of about 1000 vo- 

 lumes. The Philosophical Apparatus is tolerably good. The 

 whole number of Students belonging to the institution, at the 

 close of the year 1803, was about 160; but of these only a 

 small portion actually belonged to the classes in College. 



2. Dickinson College, in Carlisle. This College was founded 

 in the year 1783, and received the name which it bears in 

 honour of John Dickinson, Esquire, the celebrate.] political 

 writer, and its most liberal benefactor. (See page 382.) 



The Government of this College is in the hands of a Board 

 of Trustees. The Officers are, a President (now the Rev. 

 Dr. Niseet); Vice-President; and two Professors. The Li- 

 brary consists of about 3000 volumes. The Philosophical 

 Apparatus is small. The amount of the Funds is not known 

 to the writer. 



