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@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {founded: @date_1850_06_25, renamed: "Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania", location: @philadelphia}
@commencement_1863_collection:document {title: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania 1863 Commencement Records", creator: [@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, @edwin_fussell, @ann_preston, @emeline_h_cleveland, @c_h_j_scarlett, @morris_pratt], institution: "Drexel Legacy Collections", created: @date_1863_03_14, subjects: ["Commencement ceremonies","Medical education","Women in medicine","Women physicians","Medical colleges--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia","Female Medical College of Pennsylvania"]}
@edwin_fussell:person {full_name: "Edwin Fussell", lifespan: "1813-1882"}
@ann_preston:person {full_name: "Ann Preston", lifespan: "1813-1872"}
@emeline_h_cleveland:person {full_name: "Emeline H. Cleveland", lifespan: "1829-1878"}
@c_h_j_scarlett:person {full_name: "C.H.J. Scarlett"}
@morris_pratt:person {full_name: "Morris Pratt", title: "Esq."}
@dr_teed:person {full_name: "Dr. Teed"}
@dr_temple:person {full_name: "Dr. Temple"}
@rev_preston:person {full_name: "Rev. Preston"}
@edgivio_finsell:person {full_name: "Edgivio Finsell", title: "Prof. of Principles & Practice"}
@agna_preston:person {full_name: "Agna Preston", title: "Prof. of Physiology"}
@m_gramphe:person {full_name: "M. Gramphe", title: "Prof. of Chemistry & Forensics"}
@emelius_h_cleveland:person {full_name: "Emelius H. Cleveland", title: "Prof. of Institutes"}
@raynwell_coalis:person {full_name: "Raynwell Coalis", title: "Prof. of Surgery"}
@frank_g_rose:person {full_name: "Frank G. Rose", title: "Prof. of Materia Medica"}
@mary_s_scarlett:person {full_name: "Mary S. Scarlett", title: "Prof. of Anatomy & Histology"}
@w_j_mcchesn:person {full_name: "W. J. McChesn", gender: "female"}
@j_m_mccray:person {full_name: "J. M. McCray", gender: "female"}
@s_a_cook:person {full_name: "S. A. Cook", gender: "female"}
@sarah_j_maclean:person {full_name: "Sarah J. Maclean", gender: "female"}
@irving_mills:person {full_name: "Irving Mills", gender: "male"}
@m_j_mcgray:person {full_name: "M. J. McGray", gender: "male"}
@f_amelia_cook:person {full_name: "F. Amelia Cook", gender: "female"}
@rev_e_e_adams:person {full_name: "Rev. E.E. Adams"}
@e_h_cleveland:person {full_name: "E.H. Cleveland"}
@doctor_of_medicine:concept {description: "Doctor of Medicine degree"}
@faculty_meeting_march_10_1861:event {when: @date_1861_03_10, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, type: "special meeting of the Faculty"}
@eleventh_annual_session:event {when: {start: @date_1862_10_15, end: @date_1863_03_14}, where: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, description: "Eleventh annual session of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania"}
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@minute_book:document {title: "Minute book of the faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", date_range: {start: @date_1850_06_25, end: @date_1864_10_08}, location: @philadelphia}
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@faculty_meeting_march_10_1861:event -> authorized -> @committee:organization {task: "take note from Miss Cook for amount due to professors"}
@commencement_1863:event -> featured_lecture -> @dr_teed
@commencement_1863:event -> faculty -> [@edgivio_finsell, @agna_preston, @m_gramphe, @emelius_h_cleveland, @raynwell_coalis, @frank_g_rose, @mary_s_scarlett]
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@commencement_1863:event -> conferred_degree -> @doctor_of_medicine {recipients: [@sarah_j_maclean, @irving_mills, @m_j_mcgray, @f_amelia_cook]}
@commencement_1863:event -> valedictory_address -> @e_h_clevelandshould be held on Saturday the 14th inst. at 4 P.M. at the College, adjourned. C.H.J. Scarlett Sec pro temp. March 10, 1861. A special meeting of the Faculty was held at the College. Present: Drs. Fussell, Temple, Rev. Preston, Scarlett & Cleveland. The minutes of the last meeting were read & adopted. Dr. Preston from the Committee on Announcement read an essay which was approved & which it was agreed to propose to the Corporators for publication. The faculty then proceeded to vote upon the candidates for graduation with the following result: Miss W. J. McChesn. 66 - 4 Miss J. M. McCray. 60 - 10 Miss S.A. Cook. 55 - 15 Whereupon it was resolved that the Dean be authorized to recommend to the Sta Corporators these several named ladies as worthy to receive the Diploma of the College. The Dean informed the faculty that
Miss Cook who was received in the autumn, upon indulgence in time of paying fees, had received letters from her father stating his present & prospective inability to give her the assistance he had promised & upon which she had depended & recommend returning her to her own resources. In view of these circumstances it was resolved that the Committee be authorized to take a note from Miss Cook to the amount due to several professors for tickets payable at such times as she may find convenient. On motion it was agreed that an advertisement for the commencement to be held on Saturday 10-4 & must be inserted over in the Press. Adjourned E. H. Cleveland Sec. Memoranda. The eleventh annual session of the Female Medical College of Penn. commenced on Wednesday Oct. 15th & closed on Saturday March 14th 1863.
The general Introductory Lecture was delivered by Dr. Teed in the larger of the Webb lecture rooms of the College at the Woman's Hospital. The Faculty for the session was constituted as follows: Edgivio Finsell, M.D., Prof. of Principles & Practice. Agna Preston, M.D., Prof. of Physiology &c. M. Gramphe, M.D., Prof. of Chemistry & Forensics. Emelius H. Cleveland, M.D., Prof. of Institutes &c. Raynwell Coalis, M.D., Prof. of Surgery. Frank G. Rose, M.D., Prof. of Mat. Medicine. Mary S. Scarlett, M.D., Prof. of Anatomy & Histology & Demonstrator of Anatomy. The Annual Commencement was held at the College on Saturday March 14th, 1863, at 4 o'clock P.M. The services were opened with prayer by the Rev. E.E. Adams. The degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred by the President of the College to Morris Pratt Esq. upon the following named ladies: Sarah J. Maclean, Irving Mills, N.Y. M.J. McGray, Coylean Indiana. F. Amelia Cook, San Francisco, Calif. The valedictory address was delivered by Prof. E.H. Cleveland.
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