Statement : a statement of the facts connected with the late re-organization of the faculty of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College : together with a documentary history of said department, from its origin to the present time.

  • Wiltbank, John, 1806-1860.
Date:
[1856?]
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Credit: Statement : a statement of the facts connected with the late re-organization of the faculty of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College : together with a documentary history of said department, from its origin to the present time. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    If then it can be fairly proved that the school cannot be ele- vated to a position worth struggling for, under the present con- stitution of the Faculty, is it too much to expect of a high- minded gentleman, that he will retire from a position in which he fails to satisfy those whose approval is essential to his use- fulness, and that some sacrifice of personal feeling shall be offered for the good of the institution in which all connected must feel a paramount interest. In making this appeal to Dr. Darrach, the undersigned must again express their deep regret, that they have felt called upon to urge it. They most cheerfully bear testimony to Dr. Dar- rach's varied talents and learning, and courteous bearing in all Faculty relations, and they pray him to believe that, if they have failed to communicate these views in the most acceptable manner, they have been at least thoroughly desirous not to for- get what is due to him, while discharging a duty to themselves. The undersigned have only to add to this communication, that in the event of Dr. Darrach's retiring, they are prepared • to relieve him and his friends of whatever amount of loans on the building they may wish to dispose of, and that they confi- dently expect that this appeal will meet with the prompt atten- tion of which they deem it worthy. Very Respectfully, Philadelphia, March 23, 1854. D. Gilbert. John J. Reese. 5£ P. M., March 23, '45, J. M. Allen. before Alderman Ogle, Francis G. Smith, Jr. J. B. BlDDLE. Failing to accomplish their purpose in this mode, these gen- tlemen resorted to the strange expedient of seeking to obtain exclusive possession of the College premises, through the aid of the Janitor, Mr. Wynkoop. On the 18th of February, 1854, these five gentlemen hastily summoned to the Faculty room this worthy man, who for many years had usefully and faithfully filled his humble post, and required him at once to say, whether he would recognize a majority of the Faculty as the Faculty—and whether he would