{"product_id":"s-washburn-william-philadelphia-classic-reprint-9780332512259","title":"Philadelphia (Classic Reprint)","description":"Excerpt from Philadelphia\u0026lt;br\/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\/\u0026gt;The educational facilities of Philadelphia are very great. At the public schools, which are main tained at an annual cost of there are 2700 teachers and pupils, some 2000 of the latter belonging to the high and normal schools. In the Roman Catholic schools children are enrolled. Besides the Girard v.) College, the city contains the Drexel Industria Institute (endowed with and the Cahill Roman Catholic High School and in Philadelphia or its immediate environs are the Williamson Free School of Mechan ical Trades (endowed with some state institutions for the blind and deaf and dumb, the Franklin Institute (1824, for the mechanic arts), Spring Garden Institute (for drawing, painting, and mechanical handiwork), the Episcopal Academy several Catholic colleges and convents, and Episcopal, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic theo logical seminaries. Crowning all these is the University of Pennsylvania, which began as an academy chartered by the sons of William Penn, became a college in 1755, and a university in 1779. At present it has over 1600 students and 75 pro fessors and instructors, and embraces faculties of arts, science, architecture, natural history, and finance and economy (475 students), of medicine dentistry veterinary medicine law and physical education. The Jefferson Medical College with nearly 600 students, is one of the most famous medical schools of the United States and others here are the Hahnemann Medical College the medico-chirurgical College the Woman's Medical College and the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine.","brand":"Forgotten Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53695718359382,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780332512259_1.jpg?v=1778861676","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/s-washburn-william-philadelphia-classic-reprint-9780332512259","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}