Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE OLD HOSPITAL tered in Pennsylvania in 1853, and which had ap- parently never held classes. ln Iuly, 1867 he secured a court order changing the name of the originally chartered school to the 1-lahnemann Medi- cal College of Philadel- phia. Thus began what is now considered to be the new college. The second and third floors of a build- ing at 1897 Chestnut Street were rented and the new college began classes on October 13, 1867. The first session ended with a com- mencement at Music Fund Hall on March 4, 1868. For its second and last ses- sion, the new college moved to a building at 18 North 10th Street, and this ses- sion ended with a commencement at the Academy of Music on March 3, 1869. ln the meantime, most of the faculty of the old college, being in sympathy with l-lering, were attempting to work out a plan for the union of the two col- leges. The opportunity to consummate this union was afforded in 1869 when the dominant stockholder of- fered to sell his holdings in the old college. With Dr. Walter VT Williamson acting as the agent for Hering, the deal was trans- 1 acted, and the major portion of the stock of the old college was transferred to Dr. 1-lering. The two colleges were le g ally merged by an act of the Legis- lature on April 2, 1869, and a supplementary act on March 11, 18705 and so the old Homeo pathic Medical College of Penn sylvania passed out of exist ance, and the 1-lahnemann Med- I ical College became the only homeopathic medical college in Philadelphia. The combined college, lo- cated at the old Filbert Street address, grew steadily in size, wealth, and faculty, until final- ly, the increasing numbers of students made it imperative that more adequate facilities be THE OLD SCHOOL

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l1lA1-INEMANN OF THE FUTURE obtained. So, we tind the subject ot a new college and hospital being dis- cussed in 1880. This ended in the purchase ot ground on the west side ot North Broad Street between Race and Vine Streets. The cornerstone tor the new building was placed on November 6, 1884. Thus, with the session beginning on September 27, 1886, the college moved from the now inadequate Filbert Street quarters into the new North Broad Street buildings. This building con- tinued as the college building until 1928, when it was torn down to make way tor the new hospital, and the college moved into the only hospital building fronting on North 15th Street. The college remained in the old hospital build- ing until 1938, when this building was partially razed to make way tor the con- struction of the new college building.