PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. THEOLOGICAL. THE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL at Canonsburg is under the direction of the associated Presbyterian Church. It first went into operation in 1831, and was incorporated in 1833. It has two Professors and a Library of about 2,000 volumes. THE WITTEMBERG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, at Gettysburg, (Evangelical Lutheran,) was established in 1825. It has three Professors and a Library of 10,000 volumes. THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY of the Eastern Synod of the German Reformed Church is located at Mercersburg in Frank lin County. FACULTY. - Rev. Philip Schaff, D.D., Prof. of Exegetical and Historical Theology. Rev. Bernard C. Wolff, D.D., Prof. of Systematic and Practical Theology. Students can enter either in the Autumn or Spring. The Library comprises from 7,000 to 8,000 volumes. No charge is made for tuition. THE WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, in Alleghany City, was founded in 1827. It is under the direction of the Pres byterian Church. It has two Professors, and a Library of about 6,000 volumes. THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY at Pittsburg, under the direction of the Associated Reformed Church, was incorporated in 1828. The number of volumes in its Library is about 1,500. It has three Profes sors. WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL, at Meadville. Founded in 1844. FACULTY. Rev. Oliver Stearns, D.D., Pres. and Prof. Theology and Ethics. Rev. N. S. Folsom, Prof. of the Literature and Interpretation of the New Testament, and Lecturer on Ecclesiastical History. Rev. G. W. Hosmer, D.D., Prof. of Pastoral Care. Elder David Millard, Prof. of Biblical Antiquity, and Sacred Geography. Rev. A. A. Livermore, Prof. of This institution is under the direction of the Unitarian Congregationalists. The Library was founded simultaneously with the school in 1844, and contains 8,000 volumes. THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, at Lewisburg. Rev. T. F. Curtis, Prof. of Theology. LAW. THE THE LAW DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia. FACULTY.-George Sharswood, LL.D., Dean of the Faculty, and Prof. of the Institutes of Law. Peter M'Call, A.M., Prof. of Practice, Pleading, and Evidence at Law and in Equity. E. Spencer Miller, A.M., Prof. of the Law of Real Estate and Conveyancing, and Equity Jurisprudence. There are two terms each year. The first term begins on the first of October, the second on the first of February. Each term continues four months. From the first day of June to the first of October is vacation. The course is so arranged that a student entering at the commencement of any October term will complete his term of study in two academical years. The fee to each Professor is ten dollars for each term of four months. No matriculation fee is required. MEDICAL. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia. Established in 1765. FACULTY.-Robert Hare, M.D., Emerit. Prof. of Chemistry. William Gibson, M.D., Emerit. Prof. of Surgery. Samuel Jackson, M.D., Prof. of the Institutes of Medicine. George B. Wood, M.D., Prof. of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, and of Clinical Medicine. Hugh L. Hodge, M.D., Prof. of Obstetrics and of the Diseases of Women and Children. Joseph Carson, M.D., Prof. of Materia Medica and Pharmacy. Robert E. Rogers, M.D., Prof. of Chemistry and Dean of the Faculty. Joseph Leidy, M.D., Prof. of Anatomy. Henry H. Smith, M.D., Prof. of Surgery. William W. Gerhard, M.D., Assistant Lecturer in Demonstrative Medicine. William Hunt, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. The session for the Medical Lectures begins early in October, and ends in the middle of March ensuing. The Commencement for conferring the degree of Doctor of Medicine is held early in April. Expenses. Fees for the course of lectures ($15 to each Professor), $105; matriculating fee (paid once only), $5; graduating fee, $30. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. Established 1839. FACULTY.-David Gilbert, M.D., Prof. of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. Alfred Stillé, M.D., Prof. of the Theory and Practice of Medicine. John Neill, M.D., Prof. of the Principles and Practice of Surgery. John J. Reese, M.D., Prof. of Medical Chemistry. John B. Biddle, M.D., Prof. of Therapeutics and Materia Medica. Francis G. Smith, M.D., Prof. of the Institutes of Medicine. T. G. Richardson, M.D., Prof. of Special and General Anatomy. H. W. De Saussure Ford, M.D., J. Frank Bell, M.D., Demonstrators of Anatomy. Clinical Medicine and Clinical Surgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital, by the Physicians and Surgeons of the Hospital; also at the College, by the members of the Faculty. The regular course of lectures for the session of 1857-58 commenced on Monday, October 12th, and will be continued until the 1st of March. Fees. For the entire course of Lectures, $105; matriculation (paid once only), $5; The Dissecting-Rooms graduation, $30. are opened in September, under the direction of the Professor of Anatomy and the Demonstrator. THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, at Philadelphia, was established in 1824. It has seven Professors. The Lectures commence on the first Monday in November. THE FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE, Philadelphia. Established in 1850. FACULTY. - Ellwood Harvey, M.D., Prof. of Chemistry and Toxicology. Ann Preston, M.D., Prof. of Physiology. Edwin Fussell, M.D., Prof. of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. Mark G. Kerr, M.D., Prof. of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Sylvester Birdsell, M.D., Prof. of the Principles and Practice of Medicine. Henry J. Brown, M.D., Prof. of Surgery. Emmeline H. Cleveland, M.D., Prof. of Anatomy and Histology, and Demonstrator of Anatomy. Edwin Fussel, M.D., Dean of the Faculty, No. 29 Arch Street. The eighth Annual Session will com COLLEGES. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Phil- | Prof. of Hebrew and the Modern Languages. adelphia. PROFESSORS.-Henry Vethake, LL.D., Provost of the University. John F. Frazer, A.M., Vice-Provost. Henry Vethake, LL.D., Prof. of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy. John F. Frazer, A.M., Prof. of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in the Department of Arts and in the Department of Mines, Arts, and Manufact. George Allen, A.M., Prof. of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature. Charles B. Trego, Prof. of Geology, Mineralogy, and Palaontology. Henry Coppée, A.M., Prof. of Belles-Lettres and of the English Language and Literature. Francis A. Jackson, A.M., Adjunct Prof. of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature. E. Otis Kendall, A.M., Prof. of Mathematics in the Department of Arts, and of Pure Mathematics in the Department of Mines, Arts, and Manufactures. Fairman Rogers, A.M., Prof. of Civil Engineering and Surveying. Joseph A. Deloutte, Prof. of the French Language and Literature. This College is divided into several distinct departments, under separate Boards of Instructors. The Commencement occurs on the third day of July. Samuel D. Hillman, A.M., Principal of the Founded 1785. The College year is divided into two sessions, the first beginning on the second Thursday of September, and ending on the Wednesday preceding Christmas; the second beginning four weeks from the termination of the first, and ending at Commencement, on the second Thursday in July. Vacations from Commencement, to the second Thursday of September. From the Wednesday before Christmas, four weeks. As the College tuition is now for the most part paid by Scholarships, the necessary expenses for a year will vary from $126 to $144. The College Library contains 6,438 volumes. The Belles-Lettres contains 7,137 volumes. The Union Philosophical contains 7,563 volumes. Total, 21,138 volumes. JEFFERSON COLLEGE, Canonsburg. FACULTY.-Rev. Joseph Alden, D.D., President, and Prof. of Mental and Moral Philosophy. Rev. William Smith, D.D., Vice-President, and Prof. of the Greek Language. Rev. A. B. Brown, D.D., Prof. of History and Political Economy. Samuel Jones, A.M., Prof. of Natural Science. Rev. Aaron Williams, D.D., Prof. of the Latin Language, and Librarian. John Fraser, A.M., Prof. of Mathematics. Rev. William Ewing, A.M., Prof. Extraordinary of Modern Languages. John B. Stilley, A.M., Prof. Extraordinary of Civil Engineering. Rev. John B. Clark, A.M., Prof. Extraordiliterary societies which exist in the College nary of the Hebrew Language. M. B. Rid The fees for instruction in the full course of the Department of Arts are $30 per term, payable in advance. Scientific and other students, who recite with one or more classes, are charged for each branch, one third of the fee charged to regular undergraduates. In the department of Modern Languages, the fee of each Professor is $10. The College Library contains about 5,000 volumes. The Libraries of the two have also about the same number of titles. DICKINSON COLLEGE, Carlisle. FACULTY. Rev. Charles Collins, D.D., President, and Prof. of Moral Science. Rev. Herman M. Johnson, D.D., Prof. of Philosophy and English Literature. James W. Marshall, A.M., Prof. of the Latin and Greek Languages. Rev. Otis H. Tiffany, A.M., Prof. of Mathematics. William C. Wilson, A.M., Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of the Museum. Alexander J. Schem, A.M., dle, A.M., Tutor in Greek. The College year is divided into three terms or sessions. The first term commences on the third Wednesday of September, and continues fourteen weeks. The second term commences on the first Wednesday of January, and continues until the last Wednesday of March. The third term commences on the first Wednesday of May, and continues until the annual Commencement, which occurs on the first Wednesday in August. The annual expense of a student, for tuition, board, lodging, washing, fuel, and lights, need not exceed $150. The various Libraries connected with this College contain above 10,000 volumes. WASHINGTON COLLEGE, Washington. FACULTY.- - John W. Scott, D.D., President, and Prof. of Mental and Moral Science. William P. Alrich, D.D., Vice-President, and Prof. of Mathematics, Mechanics, and Astronomy. E. C. Wines, D.D., Prof. of Greek Language and Literature. William J. Martin, Prof. of Natural Science. -, Prof. of Latin Language and Literature John W. Acheson, A.B., Tutor. James E. Smiley, Steward. The College year is divided into two terms or sessions. The annual Commencement is on the third Wednesday of September. The first session of the next College year begins six weeks from that day, and closes on the third Wednesday of March. The second session begins six weeks from that time, and closes on Commencement day. Most of the students connected with the College are on the Scholarship basis: to others the tuition is $30 per annum. An extra charge of $1 per term is made to all the students, to cover incidental expenses. There are three Libraries connected with the College, (including those of the Literary Societies,) containing some thousands of volumes. There is a Museum, containing a Mineralogical Cabinet, together with specimens in Natural History, Fossil Remains, and Indian and other curiosities. ALLEGHENY COLLEGE, Meadville. FACULTY.-Rev. John Barker, D.D., President, and Prof. of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy and Belles-Lettres. Vice-President, and Prof. of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Rev. William Hunter, D.D., Kramer Prof. of Hebrew and Biblical Literature. Rev. Alexander Martin, A.M., Prof. of the Greek Language and Literature. Rev. Jonathan Hamnett, A.M., Prof. of the Latin Language and Literature. Rev. L. D. Williams, A.M., Prof. of Natural Sciences. Henry Stahl, Teacher of the French and German Languages. Allegheny College is under the special patronage of the Pittsburg and Erie Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, though under the immediate supervision and control of a Board of Trus tees. The College year contains three terms of equal length. The Fall Term commences on the third Monday in August, and ends on the third Wednesday in November. The Winter Term commences on the third Monday in December, and ends on the third Wednesday in March. The Spring Term commences on the first Monday in April, and ends on the last Wednesday in June. The Commencement of the College is celebrated on the last day of the Spring Term. The College Library contains upwards of 8,000 volumes, well selected, among which are many rare and valuable works. Each student is taxed $2 per term, to defray the current expenses of the College. No charge is made for tuition. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, Gettysburg. FACULTY.-H. L. Baugher, D.D., Pres. and Prof. of Mental and Moral Science. Rev. M. Jacobs, A.M., Prof. of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Mechanical Philosophy. M. L. Stoever, A.M., Prof. of Latin Language and Literature, History, and Political Economy. Rev. F. A. Muhlenberg, A.M., Franklin Prof. of Ancient Languages. C. F. Schaeffer, D.D., Prof of German Language and Literature. H. S. Huber, M.D., Lecturer on Anatomy and Physiology. Rev. Henry S. Koons, A.M., Senior Tutor. Eli Huber, A.B., Tutor. Founded in 1832. The College year is divided into two sessions. There are two vacations, commencing on the third Thursday of April and September, each of six weeks. Commencement on the third Thursday of September. The College Library, together with the various society libraries, contains 10,050 volumes. Expenses for the year, about $140. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, Easton. FACULTY. Rev. D. V. McLean, D.D., Pres. and Prof. of Rhetoric and the Evidences of Christianity. James H. Coffin, A.M., Prof. of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Rev. Joseph Alden, D.D., Prof. of Mental and Moral Philosophy. Traill Green, M.D., Prof. of Chemistry and Natural History. Rev. William C. Cattell, A.M., Prof. of Latin and Greek Languages. Alonzo Linn, A.M., Adjunct Prof. of Mathematics. Francis A. March, A.M., Adjunct Prof. of English Language. The College year is divided into two terms or sessions. The annual Commencement is on the last Wednesday of July, and the first term of the next College year begins six weeks after, and continues twenty weeks. A vacation of six weeks follows; after which the second term begins, and continues until the last Wednesday of July, the day of the annual Commencement. Tuition, $20 per session. FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, Lancaster. FACULTY.-Rev. E. V. Gerhart, A.M., Pres. and Prof. of Mental and Moral Philosophy. William M. Nevin, Esq., A.M., Prof. of Ancient Languages, and Belles-Lettres. Rev. Thomas C. Porter, A.M., Prof. of Natural Sciences. Rev. Theodore Apple. A.M., Prof. of Mathematics and Mechanical Philosophy. Adolphus L. Koeppen, A.M., Prof. of German Literature, Esthetics, and History. John L. Atlee, M.D., Prof. of Anatomy and Physiology. Incorporated in 1853. Winter Term begins January 7, 1858, ends April 15. The Libraries of the College and Societies contain 9,000 volumes. UNIVERSITY AT LEWISBURG, Union Co. Rev. Howard Malcom, D.D., President, and Prof. of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy. Rev. George R. Bliss, A.M., Prof. of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, and Librarian. Charles S. James, D. Ph., Prof. of Mathematics and Natural Phi losophy. Rev. Justin R. Loomis, D.Ph., Prof. of the Natural Sciences. Founded in 1849. Commencement on the last Wednesday of July. Tuition $30 per annum. The Library contains about 7,000 volumes. POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, Philadelphia. FACULTY. - Alfred L. Kennedy, M.D., Prof. of Industrial, Analytical, and Agricultural Chemistry. Selim H. Peabody, A. M., Prof. of Mathematics and Civil Engineering. Hiram H. Boucher, Prof. of Mechanical Philosophy and the Principles of Machinery. - Prof. of Mining, Engineering, Mineralogy, and Geology. John Kern, Prof. of Mechanical, Architectural, and Topographical Drawing. Vincenzio de Amareli, A.M., Ph.D., Prof. of Modern Languages and Literature. James H. Boucher, A.M., Principal. The Polytechnic College, incorporated by the Legislature, 1853, was organized and opened the same year, on the plan of the Industrial Colleges of Paris and Berlin. The College year is divided into two sessions of about five months. The first commences on the third Monday in September, and closes on the second Monday in February. The other commences on the second Monday in February, and closes on the last of June. The public Commencement is held on the last day of June. Expenses. -Matriculation fee, $5. Fee, per semiannual session, to any of the five courses of study, and lectures, $60. Drawing ticket, $10. Diploma, $10. For extra Laboratory instruction, the fee is proportioned to the time the student is actually engaged. Fee for Modern Languages (optional), . $10. NORMAL SCHOOLS. Until the past year no public schools for the training of teachers had been established. On the 20th of May, 1857, a bill was passed, by which the State is divided into twelve districts, each one of which is entitled to establish and maintain a "State Normal School." Although resting in a great measure upon private liberality, these schools receive aid from the public money in proportion to |