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IN REFERENCE TO THE
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REFUTATION.
    A pamphlet has recently been issued  by Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank
  in  reference  to  the  Medical Department  of Pennsylvania College.
  Probably, most persons whose interest in the affairs of the Institution
  may have led them to look at this issue, will have readily detected its
  numerous misstatements and glaring perversions of the truth.  It is
  perhaps, however, due  to the frieuds of the  College, that a correct
  version of the history of its late re-organization be placed upon record.
  From  this  it will readily be  seen, that  the coloring, which has been
  given to the difficulties in question by the gentlemen named, not only
  is at variance with the  documentary evidence  adduced, but  that they
  have in many instances garbled letters, and suppressed and altered dates,
 which, if correctly giveu, would  totally  reverse the aspect of the con-
 troversy as presented'by them.

   The  Medical Department of Pennsylvania College was  established in
 18o9,  by the Trustees  of  Pennsylvania College  of  Gettysburg, who
 appointed Drs. S. G. Morton, G. McClellan,  S. Colhoun, W. Rush,
 and S.  McClellan, as the Faculty,  with power to  fill vacancies and
 make additional appointments. Acting under this authority, the Faculty
 shortly after  elected Walter  li. Johnson, Esq., to the Chair of Che-
 mistry; and, as thus organized, the Medical Department continued, until
 September,  1843, with  the single  exception of  the  appointment,  in
 April, 1841,  of Dr. R. M. Bird to the chair of  Materia Medica, in the
 place of Dr.  S. Colhoun, deceased.  In  March, 1840, the  Legislature
 passed  an Act  to authorize  the  Faculty of Pennsylvania College to
confer the  Degree of  Doctor  of Medicine, in Philadelphia.  This act
was procured with  the full acquiescence of the Parent Institution, and
the  Faculty immediately adopted  a  resolution directing the Dean " to 
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inform the Secretary of the Board of Trustees at Gettysburg, that their
relations, in the opinion of the Faculty, continued the same."
   In September,  1843, the Faculty of the Medical Department was dis-
solved by the resignation of all its members.   These resignations were
made to  the Board of  Trustees of the Parent Institution, who, at their
meeting  in September, 1843, passed a resolution authorizing the mem-
bers of the late  Faculty, or a  majority of them, to appoint from their
own number, or elsewhere, a new Faculty.  It was found that insupe-
rable difficulties  prevented  any re-organization of  a Faculty, which
would include members of the old Faculty.   After the lapse of a month,
Drs. W.  Darrach  and  H. S. Patterson proceeded  to  Gettysburg,  the
bearers of a letter of introduction from Dr. S. G. Morton, to solicit for
themselves and Drs. W. R. Grant  and J. Wiltbank, appointments, as
a new Faculty of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College.   It
appeared, however, that no meeting of the Board of Trustees could be
convened to make appointments in time for the delivery of lectures that
winter; and, therefore, at the suggestion of  the Secretary of the Board
of Trustees, the members of  the old Faculty, acting, as expressly stated
by Dr. Morton, " in  accordance with the power vested by the Trustees
of Pennsylvania College in the late Professors of the  Medical Depart-
ment thereof," " relinquished the right to and use of the charter of said
Institution, in favor of a new Faculty, to be composed of Wm. Darrach,
Henry S. Patterson, William R. Grant, and John Wiltbank, and their
colleagues."   These appointments were  confirmed by  the Board of
Trustees, at their meeting in April, 1844, upon the terms that half the
matriculation fees received by the Medical Faculty should be paid into
the Treasury of  the Parent Institution.  The Medical  Department,
under this organization, and with the additions and changes which  fol-
lowed, repeatedly and  in  every way acknowledged  its connection with
the Parent Institution  as a subordinate  departrrtent; nor  was  it ever
called  in question, until  it  suited the purposes of  Drs. Darrach  and
Wiltbank, in April,  1854, to repudiate it, with a view to  the ejection
of their colleagues from the Faculty.
   It will be seen, by reference to the letter* addressed by Dr. Darrach
to the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, shortly after his appointment,
that he speaks of  his own and his colleagues' " application to the Board
of Trustees, to be constituted  the Faculty of their Medical Department at
Philadelphia," and  of their election, " subject to  confirmation and
settlement of terms  by the  Board  of Trustees at their coming spring
             *See Statement  published by the Faculty, p. 21. 
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meeting."   Iq a report* to the Board of Trustees at Gettysburg, April,
1844, Dr. Darrach, as Dean of the Medical Department, encloses, on
behalf of the Faculty, " in accordance with the understood terms of con-
nection  between the Medical Department and those from whom they de-
rive their  authority, for the benefit of the  Parent Institution, thirty
dollars, as half matriculation fees of last session."  In the Announce-
ment, issued for  the session  1844-5, (Dr. Darrach being President of
the Faculty,) the Faculty aver  that  " the  present incumbents derive
their authority from an appointment by a majority of the late Faculty,
under a resolution of the Board of Trustees,"confiding to them that power,
followed by the sanction and  confirmation of the Board at a subsequent
meeting."   In his Charge to the graduating class, for 1851, Dr. Darrach
invokes " the name  of the Parent Institution, whose President has con-
ferred upon you [the Class] the  degree of Doctor of Medicine," &c, &c.
In short, the subjection  of  the  Medical Department to  the Institution
which created it, was in every way acknowledged and acted upon by the
Faculty, of  which Drs. Darrach  and Wiltbank  were  members;  until
these gentlemen, to accomplish an act of hostility against their colleagues,
discarded, in the most offensive  manner, the authority to which they had
so often professed their obligation, and came  into  Court, and, under
oath, did  " submit and insist that no part of the power, existence, or
authority (of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College)  is in any
 manner derived  from  the  < Trustees of Pennsylvania College, in the
county of  Adams.' "   Certainly,  so  glaring a violation  of  candor and
consistency can scarcely be extenuated unless by an appeal to the ex-
 pediency-morality which  permits the end to sanction the means.
   The  constitution of the Faculty, as re-organized on the dissolution of
 the first combination, was  completed in 1844, by the appointment of
 Drs. D. Gilbert and  W. L.  Atlee  to  the  chairs  of Surgery and
 Chemistry.   In 1852, the resignation of Dr. Atlee, the  death of Dr.
 Grant,  and the creation of a new chair (that of Institutes), led to the
 introduction of Drs. J. J. Reese, J. M. Allen, and F. G. Smith into
 the Faculty.   In  September, 1853, the inability of Dr.  H.  S. Patter-
 son  from declining health, to discharge  the  duties  of his  chair, oc-
 casioned his transfer to an Emeritus Professorship, and Dr. J. B. Biddle
 was appointed Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics.
   The  members of  the Faculty thus successively  appointed may most
unhesitatingly say that, while they entered the Institution with perfect
loyalty of feeling  to the colleagues whom they found there, and with the
* Statement, p. 20. 
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hope and desire that their united efforts might elevate it to a high rank,
they were in every instance introduced into the School without their own
solicitation, direct or indirect; indeed, generally, after repeated refusals
of urgent invitations.  In  joining  the Faculty, they sacrificed engage-
ments much more  lucrative; and  to assume that they were fettered in
their relations to the School by a debt of gratitude to any one for coveted
positions is the very reverse of truth.
  That the events which  led to  the removal of two of the Faculty were
the result of a cabal or scheme on the part of their colleagues, the latter
most solemnly and unequivocally deny.   A candid perusal of the unde-
niable facts herewith submitted, will make it apparent at whose door the
charges of cabal and conspiracy are really to be placed.
  The declining numbers of the class for the session of  1853-4, in the
face of a large increase in the classes of Jefferson College and the Uni-
versity, could not fail to  be received as indications that there were causes
at work, interfering with the advancement of the School.  During the
progress of the winter, a  feeling of dissatisfaction, on the part of a large
portion  of the class, with the lectures of  the Professors of Practice and
Obstetrics became so manifest as finally to force itself upon the attention
of the other members of  the Faculty.   Upon an interchange of opinion,
towards the close of the  session, it  was proposed to invite a conference
on the subject of the position and prospects of the School, between the
different members  of  the Faculty; and, with  this object, Drs. Gilbert
and Reese waited respectively on Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank, represent-
ing to them their views and  feelings  as to the causes of  the decline of
the School, and inviting from these  gentlemen suggestions on the subject
if they had any to advance.   These approaches, made in the most delicate
and fraternal spirit, were, unfortunately, not received in a corresponding
temper ; and it soon became  manifest that communications and conferen-
ces designed to be confidential  had been brought  before the Class, the
Trustees of the college building, and the public generally; and that while
an attempt was making  everywhere to excite an  undeserved sympathy
upon false impressions for Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank, a conspiracy was
organized to expel the majority of  the Faculty from their seats, and to
obtain exclusive possession of the college building for the  minority, from
the Trustees of the building.   This object, not long afterwards  actually
carried out, became soon a topic  of  daily conversation at the college.
The janitor (in the interest of  the  minority) publicly boasted that the
new members of the Faculty were to be  removed, and that at the close
of the session he should  lock them out of the building and hand the key 
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over to their opponents.   He soon afterwards openly commenced a pro-
tracted course of defiance and insubordination to the Faculty (in which
he persisted till arrested by the arm of the law)—instigated, as there is
every reason to believe, by Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank.   These gentle-
men also canvassed individually members of the Class on the subject of
the Faculty differences.   The response of the Class was expressed in a
communication addressed to the Faculty, announcing the dissatisfaction
of a large majority of  the attending students with the lectures of the
Professors of Practice and 'Obstetrics.
   It is with reluctance  that the  Faculty are drawn to allude to the ac-
tion of the Medical'Class.  But the many misstatements which have been
circulated by Dr. Darrach, in  the systematic  correspondence  which he
has addressed to the former graduates  of the  School, and in his recent
pamphlet, as well as his underhand attempts to procure the passage of a
bill by the Legislature, manifestly with the view to the expulsion of the
present Faculty, make it necessary that the truth be stated.   The Faculty
need perhaps hardly say that the insinuation  of Dr. Darrach, that the
action of the students was originated or fomented  by members of the
Faculty is entirely unfounded.   They may most unreservedly assert that
they never directly or indirectly attempted  to create in the mind of a
single student an impression to  the prejudice of Drs. Darrach or Wilt-
bank, and that they hadas little  to do  with procuring the written ex-
pression of the feelings of the Class as these gentlemen themselves.  The
accusation is palpably an unworthy recrimination, the weak and obvious
resource of  wounded egotism.   And if the  lectures of these gentlemen
were attractive, and themselves popular (as they so confidently assume)
what conceivable motive could prompt their  colleagues to  desire their
withdrawal  from the school; or is it likely that an intrigue to bring them
into disfavor with the Class could have proved successful ?
   The Faculty have no desire to sit in judgment upon their former col-
leagues ;  and they have long forborne  to  reply to the many slanders of
which they  have been  the objects.   But  now  thus publicly forced to
their defence,  they  must  give expression to  the settled opinion which
they entertain, that the movement against the former incumbents origina-
ted in a well grounded  feeling of dissatisfaction with  their teachings.
This pervaded the Class with unparalleled unanimity—the list of pro-
testants against their lectures actually including two of Dr. Darrach's
own office students.  This gentleman may indeed appeal to the Alumni
of the School, and extract from the sympathies of distant graduates (to
whom  he has represented  himself as a persecuted man), testimonials of 
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his capability years ago.  But the point really at issue is his usefulness
the last session that he lectured.  And, it must surely be admitted, that
with the evidences of dissatisfaction on the part of the Class which were
before Drs. Darrach  and Wiltbank, it would have been more dignified
and high-minded in these gentlemen voluntarily to retire than to adopt
the line of recrimination and  controversy, to which they have so per-
severingly adhered.
   The  subjoined  communication  was presented  to the Faculty at  a
stated meeting, March  2d, 1854.   It was read by the Registrar, who
was ignorant of its  contents, and immediately without  comment laid
upon  the table.   That it was not in any way  instigated or prompted by
the five members of the Faculty, now assailed by Dr. Darrach, the profes-
sion and community among whom  they live will  believe, upon their
unequivocal  and  solemn  denial..   They may  most  truly  say, that
the evidences  of  the  dissatisfaction  of the  Class  with Drs. Darrach
and Wiltbank, were forced upon them, to their great regret, and that
they  discountenanced, so far as  they could, any demonstration of the
Class against them.  In the  statement, published  by the Faculty last
spring,  they forebore to use the paper in question, from delicacy to those
who  had been their colleagues;  and they now bring it forth  only to
show of how much misrepresentation it has been the subject.
                                Philadelphia, Feb. 10th, 1854.
   The  undersigned, a  portion of  the students of the Medical Depart-
ment of Pennsylvania College, being disappointed at the present state
of affairs in this Institution, deem it but just to ourselves to express  to
you that disappointment and the reasons  thereof.   And in doing this,
we are  not moved by any personal feelings, but by a sincere  desire  for
the prosperity of the Institution with which we are connected.
   We feel that we  owe it to ourselves to take  a deep interest in the
Medical College at which we receive our professional  education, upon
whose  credentials we expect to  practice  our art, and with which our
names must always be identified.
   We wish that Institution to be one of which we may justly be proud.
We wish it to take an equal rank in the number of its Alumni, as well
as in general respectability, with  the very best medical  schools of our
country.  It was with such  hopes that we recorded our names among
its matriculants.   But we  have been sadly disappointed.   Instead  of
rising, as we had expected, the  size of the class has actually diminished;
and the prospects of future increase under the present  regime are still
darker.
   We  are compelled to say that  we think the causes of the present
decline of our Institution rest with  the chairs of Obstetrics  and Prac-
tice.   Many who have left us for other Schools do not hesitate to assign
this as  a ground  for so doing;  and more, we have reason to fear, will
at the next session follow their example. 
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  The character of the instructions in the aforementioned branches has
not to us been satisfactory.   Instead of clear and lucid  expositions of
the principles of medicine, we have received only what tended  to con-
fuse and perplex us.   Instead of interesting lectures, we  have received
such as made the subjects themselves unattractive.
  In taking the ground we do, we are not influenced by any personal
ill feeling towards the incumbents of the chairs before mentioned.  As
men we respect them highly, both  for  their age, their  position in
society, and their uniform courtesy towards ourselves.   We admit them
to be  accomplished gentlemen and skilful practitioners; but we sin-
cerely  regret that we  cannot regard  them  as successful teachers of
Medicine.
  The undersigned are therefore forced to the conclusion that the inte-
rests of the Class and of the Institution  require some change in  the
aforesaid  chairs; and  we do most respectfully, yet  most  earnestly,
request the Faculty to communicate these our views to the gentlemen
in question, and to take such action  thereupon  as their wisdom  may
direct.
 J. C. Hinsey, M.D.
 H. Knorr,
 J. W. Fulmer,
 Chas. H. Hall,
 E. B. Heckel,
 J. Y. Shindel,
 Chas. A. Heckel,
 Henry C. Billups,
 J. M. Laughlin,
 William Lyons,
 A. M. Capwell,
 P. M. Schweinhart,
 Chester E. Albright,
 H. J. Bowman,
 0. A. Hall,
 Alfred Jones,
 David E. Moorehouse,
 M. 0.  Allen,
 Eugene Schumo,
 A. C. Deakyne,
 J. G. Bertolet,
William Hay,
Jas. H.  North,
 Frederick R. Paddock,
 Henry J. Priestly,
 Charles H. Barker,
 Wm. S.  Janney,
 F. B. Gaudet,
 H.  M. Freas,
 Samuel Wagonseller,
 W. B. Bair,
 Keisy S. Marlin,
 N. Q. Hunston,
 M.  M. Royer,
 E. S. Durgin,
 W.  H. Letterman,
 John C.  Lyons,
 Samuel Adams,
 John Wells,
 Samuel McDannald,
 W.  R. Ramsey,
 R. G. Sennar,
 W.  G. Thomas,
R. Jennings,
Jas.  McFadden,
 Swithin Chandler.
               Affidavit of Messrs. Hall and Gaudet.

  Whereas, a certain petition, signed by forty-six members of the Class
in attendance upon lectures  in  the Medical  Department of Pennsyl-
vania College during the Session of 1853-'54, asking for the vacation
of certain chairs in the Faculty of said Medical Department, was pre-
sented to the Faculty in full session on the evening of March 2d, 1854 • 
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and whereas, the authorship of that paper has been assigned to persons
having no connection with it in any way or shape,
   This  is  to  certify, that the undersigned claim  the sole and entire
origination and preparation of said paper, and that they were not influ-
enced  or advised  therein by any person or persons holding  official
positions in the above-mentioned Medical Department of Pennsylvania
College.
                                           F. B.  Gaudet,
                                           Chas.  H. Hall.
   Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of April, A.D. 1854.
                                  John  B. Kenney, Alderman.

                     Letter from Dr. Jaquett.
                                      Tuesday, April 17th, 1854.
   Dear Sir :—Having been  called upon to-day by  Messrs. Hall and
Gaudet for  the purpose of getting from me  a written  statement setting
forth the history, as far as to me known, of  a certain  paper to which a
number of the class affixed their names, and which was handed in to the
Faculty on the Thursday evening preceding  the commencement, March
4th, 1854;  having  been  called upon for such a statement, and having
also been requested to state therein whether or not, (as far as my know-
ledge went,) said document originated with any member or members of
the Faculty  of Pennsylvania College, I at the  request of Messrs. Hall
and Gaudet write the following:
   Although not  one of the originators, nor  even a signer, nor in any
way an agitator of said paper, it has nevertheless  happened  to  me to
know the whole history of the movement, from the first mention of the
affair down to the time of  the handing in of the paper to the  Faculty.
Upon one occasion, probably six weeks or two months previous  to  the
close of the lectures, several students, to wit, Messrs. Hall,  Gaudet
Billups and myself,  were  sitting together in   one of the  apartments of
the college, when one of the party proposed  that a  meeting of the stu-
dents should be called and the sentiments of the class called forth • this
was the first mention of  the affair.  The next phase  of the affair was
the proposal to draw up the before mentioned paper,  obtain signatures
to it, and hand the same  to  the Faculty; this was done.  I can with
candor and  truth affirm, that (so far from this paper having originated
with or emanatedfrom any member or members of the Faculty), they
knew nothing of it until the matter had  progressed  and had become a
topic of general discussion among the students, and  thus came  to their
knowledge.  And so far as my knowledge goes, so far  from having been
encouraged  by the Faculty, I feel convinced  that efforts were made to
put a stop to it.  When the paper was about being  started, one  of  the
originators  conceived  the idea of mentioning  the affair to the Faculty
but he immediately abandoned the idea, and it was not carried out, and
in consequence the Faculty remained in ignorance on the subject,  un-
til the affair had progressed too far to be put a stop to.
                                          F. S.  Jaquett, M. D.
  To Dr. W. Darrach. 
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                     Dr. J. C. Lyons' Affidavit.

  Dr. J. C. Lyons being duly sworn, declares that he attended the Lec-
tures of the  Medical Department of Pennsylvania  College, regularly
during the session of 1853-54, and also the preceding session.   Also,
that he was an office pupil of Dr.  Darrach's.
  He further says that in February, 1854, he signed a paper with other
students, in favor of having the chairs  of Practice and Obstetrics va-
cated ; he signed said paper because he was satisfied of the unpopularity
of said Professors.   He believed their withdrawal would promote the
interests of the school.   He further says, that  he  was and is  entirely
ignorant of the origin of said paper, and  that  so far as he  knows  no
member  of the Faculty had any thing directly or indirectly to do with it.
  He further  deposes, that he was told towards the close of the  session
by  Mr. Wynkoop, the Janitor, that the five members of the Faculty,
other than Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank, would  be obliged to withdraw,
and that at the end  of the session, Dr,s. Darrach and Wiltbank, with
the Trustees of  the College building,  would lock the doors upon  them.
   He further deposes that Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank visited him sepa-
rately at his residence in Kensington, and  flattered him to give  testi-
mony and  certificates or a written statement in their favor in these diffi-
culties.  He further says, that at the time of his examination  for his
 degree, Dr. Wiltbank read him questions from  a written paper with a
view to get opinions from him unfavorable  to Dr.  Gilbert, and  most fa-
vorable to  Dr. Darrach, and that he found in conversation subsequently
with other students that they stated the  same course had  been pursued
towards  them.                            John  C. Lyons, M. D.
   Sworn and subscribed to before me, th'is Eighteenth day of September,
A. D. 1855.                              James  Bell, Alderman.

   Every one who has any acquaintance with the constitution of the Class
of  1853-54,  must at once admit that such an expression of opinion was
an unmistakable and unanswerable verdict as regards the popularity of
the Professors referred  to.  Most men would have been  satisfied with
it,  and it is difficult to  conceive  how a  gentleman of thorough self-re-
spect and  high  tone could continue  to  cling to a position, in which he
could not  possibly persuade himself that he was giving general  satisfac-
tion.  Dr. Darrach, however, takes issue as to the force and motives of
the verdict.   He charges in his pamphlet that it was obtained by undue
influences, and that it is now  generally  regretted by  the  members  of
the Class  who signed it.   It is,  perhaps, hardly necessary  for  the
present  Faculty to take any steps to relieve themselves from the accusa-
tion made by Dr. Darrach, that, on the examination of candidates for
degrees, those who did not side with him were treated with injustice by
his colleagues.   The littleness of such an accusation should cover the
accuser  with  shame.  To refute it beyond cavil, it is sufficient to assert 
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that not one of the candidates who did not sign the paper was rejected ;
and nobody knows  better than Dr.  Darrach  the  thorough  meanness
and unworthiness of his insinuation.   It may  be also mentioned, upon
this point, that of the students  who recorded their unfavorable opinion
of the courses on Practice and  Obstetrics, nearly one half were of the
first course, who could not possibly be influenced by fears of injustice in
their examinations.
  Dr. Darrach  publishes the recantations of five of the gentlemen who
expressed themselves against him.  When it is known that for the last
year he has been engaged in writing the most earnest and abject appeals
to the Alumni of the School, attempting to operate in every way upon their
sympathies, and reiterating the  most  unfounded charges against his
colleagues,  he is welcome to the benefit of the few certificates which
he parades.  And if all  the  answers  to Dr. Darrach's letters  to the
Alumni could see the light, it would be found that the present Faculty
were overwhelmingly sustained,  even upon the  private showing of their
unscrupulous adversary.   Oat of a large number of letters received from
Alumni of  the school, since this  appeal to them by Dr. Darrach, abun-
dant evidence will be found in those published  in the Appendix, of the
kind feelings of the  great body towards the present Faculty.  And even
of  those,  who upon  a one-sided  representation were  led hastily to
commit themselves  to Dr. Darrach,  very many have  since both per-
sonally and by letter expressed to  the present Faculty their change of
feeling and opinion.
  In connection with this subject, the following letters, selected  from
several sent by Dr. Darrach to  Alumni of the School, and indignantly
forwarded  by  those gentlemen to the parties secretly defamed, may
serve to illustrate the manner in which the Alumni were approached by
Dr. Darrach, and the style, taste and truthfulness of  his writing.

                                  Philadelphia, Nov. 14th, 1854.
  My Dear Doctor :—I write to obtain your co-operation with your
fellow Alumni  of  Pennsylvania  Medical College   to  issue  a  Quo
Warranto  without  expense or trouble to you to recover  the chair  of
Practice to  me, and that of Obstetrics to  Prof. Wiltbank:  to pay
a tribute  to the memory of our  beloved and much lamented  Prof.
Henry S.  Patterson; and restore the  good policy and honor of your
Alma Mater.   Since the death  of Professors Grant and Patterson and
(owing  to  the  incompatibility of Chemistry to Surgical practice,) the
resignation of Prof. Atlee, a subverting and ousting for  money making
has been adopted  by Dr. Gilbert with the  new members of faculty,
and Dr. Wiltbank and myself for the present have  been ousted.   This 
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outrage has excited the disgust and indignation of the community, pro-
fession, sister  Schools, the Trustees of our new College building, and
most warmly of the Alumni throughout the country, and our counsil, in
order to retain Dr. Wiltbank and myself as important testimony in the
Quo Warranto, finds it necessary to  have it issued in the name of the
Alumni.  And for the moral force to have all the Alumni.  The effort
then  is to obtain all  of  you.   Already sixty-six have sent  in their
nnmes and daily  others are coming.   The Janitor, Mr. Wynkoop has
a successful suit of conspiracy against them, the trustees have doubled
the rent upon  them, and the School is now in disgrace, and reduced to a
fraction of a class and must sink in their hands.   To  save your Alma
Mater efficient plans are in operation, of these is the filling the chair of
Surgery by  Dr. Atlee, that of Anatomy by Dr. Babb, and Dr. Wiltbank
and myself  resume our chairs.   (Confidentially, the outrage has been
by  a  Down Easter; Gilbert for trade.   Sad !  But true.)   Help your
Alma Mater by your name without  expense  or trouble  by enclosing to
me, No. 268 Arch street, Philadelphia, a note to Dr. T. Bond, a fellow
Alumni, authorizing him to add your name to the said Quo  Warranto.
Be assured that it will be without expense to you.
   Another request: your fellow Alumni are also co operating to pay a
tribute to the lamented Patterson.   The object in view is a full  length
portrait of him  by a  distinguished  Artist, with the autographs of  the
Alumni as  donors and members  of his class on Materia Medica  en-
framed below, and then place that over the entrance door of that Lec-
ture  room which echos his eloquence—the  Quo Warranto  opens  this
door.  That each may contribute, the donation is limited to $1.   Please
 then enclose also to me a gold dollar for this worthy and heartfelt object,
 and much oblige your old friend and well wisher, and obedient servant,
                                                   W. Darrach.

                                       Philadelphia,  Jan. 8, 1855.
   My Dear  Doctor :—I write to obtain  your co-operation with your
 fellow Alumni to issue a  Quo Warranto to recover our chairs in Penn-
 sylvania  Medical College, and thereby to restore the good policy, pros-
 perity and honor of your Alma Mater.
   Since the death of  Dr. Grant, and the resignation of Dr. Atlee,  (be-
 cause Dr. Gilbert did not keep his  promise to him to take  the  vacant
 chair of Anatomy, and leave that of Surgery for him,)  new members of
 the Faculty have come in, and by Dr. Gilbert's agency have forced  the
 resignation of Dr. Patterson, on the ground of ill health, and have since
 ousted Dr. Wiltbank and myself.    The outrage has disgusted and  ex-
 cited  the indignation of  the  trustees of the building, and  of  the
alumni.   Already ninety-thiee of the alumni have sent in their names,
 and daily more.    Please, then, favor us by enclosing  to me, No.  268
 Arch street,  a note to Dr. Bond, a fellow  alumnus,  authorizing  him
 to add your name.  It will be without expense to you, and  be assured
 that it will afford you the satisfaction of co-operating with the  body of 
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 the alumni in a successful effort to restore the good old  ways and feel-
 ings of your Alma Mater.
   Another request: your fellow alumni are also  successfully co-operat-
 ing to  pay a tribute to the  memory of our late and  beloved and  much
 lamented Prof. Henry S. Patterson !
   The object in view is a full length portrait of him, by a distinguished
 artist,  with, enframed  below it, the autographs of the alumni, as donors
 and as members of his class of Materia Medica.
   As it will be from all, the donation of  each is limited to $1.  Please
 then, favor us by enclosing, with your autograph and post-office address,
 the above sum—a gold  dollar—for this worthy and heartfelt object, and
 much oblige your old friend and obedient  servant,
                                                   W. Darrach.
   From the mass of misstatements contained in these letters, two may
 be cited to settle the value of the personal asseverations of Dr. Darrach.
 He writes deliberately that " the Janitor, Mr. Wynkoop, has a successful
 suit of  conspiracy against them," (his late colleagues).   The following
 copy of the Record of the Award of the arbitrators in the  case  of
 Wynkoop  vs. Reese  et al. shows that the  discreditable suit  of con-
 spiracy of Wynkoop was unsuccessful; and no  other suit of any kind
 brought by him or any other persons  in  this controversy against the
 parties  named  has been successful, nor is there any  other such suit  at
all now  pending.   Dr. Darrach is content to  remain  under this charge
of false  testimony, for his letter has already been published in the State-
ment of his opponents,  to which his late pamphlet professes to reply.
He cannot explain and will not retract.
                      Wynkoop vs. Reese et al.
       extract from minutes and award of arbitrators.
  May  2-ith, 1854, at 4 o'clock, P.M.—The parties with their Counsel
and arbitrators met, and arbitrators being duly sworn, adjourned to meet
at same place.       ******
   And now January 22d, A.D. 1855, after hearing the allegations  nd
proofs of the Counsel we find for Defendants.
                    (Signed,)              John Thompson,
                                           Thomas Webster,
                                           Francis Cooper.
  Again, he speaks  of " the  resignation of Dr. Atlee, (because  Dr.
Gilbert  did  not  keep his  promise to him to take the vacant chair of
Anatomy, and leave that of Surgery for him.)"   But Dr. Atlee's resigna-
tion, addressed to Dr. Grant by name along with the other members of
the Faculty, bears the date of December 23d, 1851, while Dr. Grant's
death took  place on the 28th of March, 1852, more than three months
after. It  i3 proper, in  relation  to this subject, to say here, that Dr.
Gilbert  admits  that he  originally preferred Anatomy to  Surgery, and 
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 hence it is possible that he may have said that, in the event of a vacancy
 prior to the commencement of  the  session (1844-5) he would take the
 chair of Anatomy. If Dr. Atlee indulged, for a series of years, in aspira-
 tions contingent upon the death  of his friend and colleague, Dr. Grant, he
 had  not the slightest encouragement in  them from Dr. Gilbert.   The
 latter is in possession of a correspondence from Dr. Atlee,  on the subject
 of his acceptance of a  chair in the Pennsylvania  Medical College, in
 which  not the most  distant allusion is made  to any such  arrangement;
 and  Dr.  Gilbert will be  happy to  meet Drs. Darrach, Wiltbank and
 Atlee, before any tribunal, professional  or  other, they  may  propose,
 with a view to settle this point.
   What warrant Dr. Darrach has for charging Dr. Gilbert  with " bad
 faith and deceptions," in that  he "induced Dr.  Atlee  to  enter the
 School, in a department uncongenial to  his tastes, under  pledges of an
 ultimate transfer to the chair of  Surgery," may be inferred  from the
 following brief extracts  from  Dr. Atlee's  letters to Dr. Gilbert.  In one
 letter he  speaks of Chemistry  as a favorite  branch, next to  this  Ob-
 stetrics,  and  next Surgery.   Again, he states,  " I  have  a written
 course of  lectures  [on Chemistry] equal to any  in  the country."   His
 acceptance was announced to the Faculty in person, immediately  after
 the exercises of the Commencement, which was held on March 4,1844,
 in the lower lecture room of  the College  in Filbert  street.  In reference
 to this, he  writes, "No sooner had I accepted than I must consent to
 lecture, and, casting  a glance at the  (chemical) apparatus  I  gave them
 the subject, which was announced a few  moments after, and thus 1 got
 at once into a scrape, out of which 1 got  the best way I could, whether
 to the satisfaction of the audience or not I cannot tell."  And that the
 workings of his mind, in  his final acceptance of  the chair offered  him
 must have been wholly irrespective of any ulterior speculations on the
 death of Dr. Grant, is tolerably evident from another extract: " Before
 going to Philadelphia,  [he  writes,] it occurred to me  that I  ought to
 appeal to fate, and I  immediately  tossed up a penny three  times, which
 directed me to accept; there being two heads out of three."   Dr. Atlee
 had previously delivered several successive annual courses of lectures on
 Chemistry to the Lyceum of the City of Lancaster.
   From these personal issues, so  damaging to Dr. Darrach, and which his
 late colleagues would have preferred to spare him, attention  is now asked
 to the occurrences which led directly to the reorganization of the Medical
 Department of the College—occurrences for which Dr. Darrach and some
of his friends are alone responsible, and which  were altogether and en-
tirely their own  act. 
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   The relations which existed between the members of the Faculty at
the close of the session  1853-54, had become obviously incompatible
with future harmonious and efficient action.   While  the majority felt
that they were  not responsible for these relations, and while they deeply
regretted the public controversy which  had been opened, they could not
but see that the withdrawal of one or the other party had now become a
positive necessity to the.salvation of the School. The majority had never
contemplated or desired the ejection of  their colleagues.   They had,
indeed, when it became evident that the School was decaying, and that
something must be  done to  save it  from ruin, invited  an investigation
into the causes of the decline.  But the gentlemen who proposed such
an inquiry to their colleagues, professed at the same time a readiness to
withdraw themselves, if it should appear that  their courses of instruction
were at fault, and only suggested that there should be a general under-
standing to  this effect.   They  felt, that  if it should  appear that the
School was declining from unpopularity in any quarter, some individual
self-sacrifice might not unreasonably be asked to prevent the ruin of all
concerned.   If such an appeal should not, however, be met in a proper
spirit, the majority had decided to withdraw themselves, and they  were
upon the eve of taking this course, when they were met by violent and
offensive  measures, which entirely arrested all attempts at conciliation.
   With a view to place matters in  a definite position, the majority  of
the Faculty, on the 22d March, addressed a communication to Dr. Darrach,
couched in the most courteous and friendly terms, in which his attention
was called to the unsuitable relations existing  between the different mem-
bers of the Faculty, and to the settled conviction entertained by the ma-
jority, that under its present constitution  the success of the School had
become hopeless.  In the event of his retiring, the majority also offered
to relieve Dr. Darrach  and his friends of any amount of loan on the
building  they might wish to  dispose of.   To this 'communication, no
reply was made.  When it became certain that none was to be expected,
the majority determined at once to offer to vacate their own chairs, and
had prepared a written proposal to Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank, of their
willingness to take this course upon the formation by  these  gentlemen
of any satisfactory Faculty.  It was  resolved  that, as a preliminary
to this step, a committee of  the Faculty should  proceed to Gettysburg,
to lay the  condition of th^ Medical  Department before  the  Board of
Trustees  of the Parent  Institution, at  their  semi-annual meeting, now
shortly to be held ; and immediately thereafter, the offer of compromise
would have  been submitted, but for  the unexpected and  aggressive 
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course which in the meantime Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank were led to
pursue.
   The following communication, laid before the Board of  Trustees of
Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, at their session, 20th April, 1854,
on the part of Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank, requires no comment:
   " At a meeting of the Medical Faculty of Pennsylvania College, held
at the house of Prof. H. S.  Patterson, upon the call of the  President,
on the 19th April, 1854, present Drs. Darrach, Patterson, and Wiltbank,
the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :—
   " Whereas, The Legislature of Pennsylvania, by an act approved on
the 6th  March, 1840, granted to Geo. M'Clellan,  S.  G. Morton, Wm.
Rush, Samuel  M'Clellan, and  Walter R.  Johnson, under  the name,
style, and title of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, the
power to confer medical  degrees in  the City  of Philadelphia;  and,
whereas,  the  7th section of said act provides:  ' that hereafter it shall
not be lawful for any college incorporated by the laws of this State to
establish  any faculty  for  the purpose of conferring degrees, either in
medicine  or the arts, in any city or county of the Commonwealth, other
than that in which said college is or may be located,' thereby prohibiting
such appointment of any member or portion of a faculty ; and, whereas,
the said  George McClellan, &c, in their public announcement (never
disputed) claimed that the concerns of the Medical Department of Penn-
sylvania College are under the exclusive control of the Medical Faculty
' who assume the character of a Board of Trustees;' and, whereas, the
said G.  M'Clellan, &c, did, by  a properly certified  document, dated
------, convey to  Drs.  Darrach, Patterson, Grant, and Wiltbank all
right,  title, and  interest which  they possessed to the said  College, its
charter,  power, and privileges,  with  authority to fill vacancies, and to
appoint their successors ;  and,  whereas, certain  persons who have  been
introduced by said corporators into the faculty have conducted themselves
in a manner injurious to the Institution and derogatory to the character
of the  profession,  promoting insubordination and discord, and laying
themselves  open to  a criminal  prosecution which is now impending :
therefore,
   "Resolved, I.  That the  undersigned, being a majority of the corpo-
rate faculty of  the  Medical Department of Pennsylvania College,  fall
back upon and  claim the powers formerly conveyed  to them by  the
original grantors of said powers, among which is the  right to vacate a
chair, which follows  necessarily from the right  of  appointment, unless
otherwise provided.
   "  Resolved, II.  That  we  hereby  declare  the chairs of  Anatomy
Surgery, Chemistry, Materia Medica  and Institutes of Medicine in  the
Faculty of Pennsylvania College vacant, and that Jonathan  M. Allen
D. Gilbert, J. J. Reese, F. G. Smith, and J. B. Biddleare not members
of said Faculty.
   " Resolved, III. That we will proceed to the   reorganization of said
Faculty upon proper principles and in proper hands at  our earliest con-
venience.
                                 o 
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  " Resohrd, IV. That we do not recognize  the right of any board or
body of men to interfere  with  our  appointments, made in accordance
with the grant of power above specified.
                                       <' W. Darrach,  President.
  "J. Wiltbank,  Secretary, pro tern."
  To those who may be desirous to inquire upon  what amount of legal
authority two gentlemen thus proceeded to expel five of their colleagues,
from a Faculty in which all had been hitherto actors upon apparently
equal footing, and with conceded parity of rights, an answer is furnished
in  the lucid  Opinion of  Judge  Thompson, to be  found  in the
Appendix.   The majority  of the Faculty have only to add in reference
to the subject, the  expression  of their regret, that the name of the
lamented Dr. H. S.  Patterson* should have been thus indelicately intro-
troduced in connection  with it, and that his last moments should  have
been embittered with an angry controversy, of the  real bearing of which
he must have been entirely in the  dark.
  In extenuation of this act of insubordination and aggression, to which
alone the  removal of Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank  is  attributable,  these
gentlemen have now the hardihood to aver thafc it was drawn from  them
by the  action of the Board of Trustees at Gettysburg, at their semi-annual
meeting in April, 1854. It is almost incredible that any persons should
have the effrontery publicly to assert in print, under their proper signa-
tures, that they committed an act on the 19th of April, in consequence
of the act of other parties on the 20th of April, of the same year.  Yet
this assertion is actually thus made by Drs. William Darrach and  John
Wiltbank.   The resolutions of  the  Board of Trustees at  Gettysburg,
which  Drs. D. and W.  now assert induced them to expel Drs.  Gilbert,
Allen, Reese, Smith, and Biddle from the Faculty, were passed by the said
Board  of Trustees at Gettysburg on the 20$ April, 1854 ; and the act of
expulsion bears date 19$ April, 1854, at Philadelphia, was forwarded
by Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank  to Gettysburg, with a view to influence
the  deliberations of the Board of Trustees,  and was read  to the Board,
before any proceedings took place in reference to  the Medical  Depart-
ment.   To  cover this  outrage upon truth, the date of the action of the
Trustees  at Gettysburg is suppressed in the  pamphlet of  Drs. Darrach
and Wiltbank, and  the date of the meeting at which they expelled their
colleagues is given  as  the 29$ April, 1854,y  whereas  the meeting
was really held on the 19th April, 1854 !

  *Dr. Patterson died on the 27th April, 1854, of a wasting disease, eight days after
 the date of the meeting in which he is said to have participated.
   f See Reply, p. 25. 
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   The inevitable result of the act of insubordination to  the Parent In-
 stitution, on the part of Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank, was the removal of
 these gentlemen by the Board of Trustees.  This took place on the 6th
 of June, 1854. It was made absolutely necessary by the position assumed
 by the removed professors.   They had declared vacant the chairs  occu-
 pied by their  five colleagues; they had solemnly  resolved  that their
 colleagues were not  members of the Faculty, and that they themselves
 would  "proceed  to the reorganization  of  said  Faculty upon  proper
 principles and in proper hands at their  earliest convenience."   Was it
 possible for the Trustees of the  Parent Institution to do  otherwise than
 accept  the act of separation thus forced upon  them !   And is it not
 monstrous in the gentlemen,  who, by a formal public act, cast  off their
 associates, and disavowed the authority  under which they had hereto-
 fore acted, to complain of  "  removal from their posts, unheard and with
 no opportunity for vindication or defence I"   They took their ground,
 they went into the Courts of Justice to maintain it, they instigated third
 parties to bring suits, and now,  defeated every where, convicted of in-
 vading rights which belonged to others, of defying lawful authority to
 which they owed all the position they had, they fill the earth with the
 cry of wrongs  and injuries, and  unmanly lamentations over the issue of
 a legal contest, which was altogether of their own making.
   Dr. Darrach claims a  world of sympathy  on  the ground  that the
 " hard-earned results of his  toils and talents "  have  been appropriated
 by others, and that the College,  now passed into  strange hands, "owes
 all which gives value to its franchises,  or character and  weight  to  its
 degrees," to himself and friends.  " They found it," say Drs. D.  and
 W.,  " disorganised and disbanded—its  success hitherto had been very
 small," and, under their auspices, " gradually, but steadily, this  feeble
 institution grew into true and healthful strength."   " The chaste and
 beautiful edifice," too, " gracefully proportioned and admirably adapted
 to its purposes, in which this institution is located, was the offspring  of
 our [their] toil and capital, and those of our [their]  then associates  in the
 Faculty,  aided nobly by  a  few friends whose kindly sympathies and
 and regards for the Faculty as then composed, induced them liberally to
 embark both time and money in  this self-denying work."   Let it, how-
 ever, be borne  in mind, that  their withdrawal  from  all this was  their
 own act;  that the " franchises " which they appreciate so highly they
 voluntarily forfeited, and that their interest in the building erected by
 corporate  agency for a public educational  purpose  they wilfully  aban-
 doned.  But for their own step of separation they might have  retained
their places.   Their  colleagues  had indeed become satisfied  that the 
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School could not  rise with  them ;  but, at the very time  that their
untenable act of usurpation and agression was committed,  a communi.
cation had been prepared, to be shortly  addressed  them, with proposals
of compromise,  and an offer of withdrawal in their  favor on the part of
their colleagues, if any satisfactory organization of a new Faculty could
be presented.   Blinded,  however, by mortified vanity, they rushed into
measures so absurd and violent that forbearance could not reach them.
And, it may be fairly said, that if they have been summarily divested
of places which they prized, it is because they had neither the ability
to fill them, the dignity  to withdraw from them,  or the discretion  to
maintain them.
   Of the obligations of  Drs.  Darrach and  Wiltbank to Pennsylvania
College, it may not  be amiss here to remind these  gentlemen.  They
owe  to  the Trustees  of this Institution appointments to  a School of
which the reputation and popularity had been already established by the
exertions of M'Clellan, Rush, Morton, and their colleagues.  That " its
success  hitherto had been  very small,"  may be contradicted, on no less
authority than that of Dr.  Darrach himself.  In his Memoir of George
McClellan, M. D., Dr. Darrach boasts that the  Medical Department of
Pennsylvania College under the McClellan Faculty, "duringfour years,
enjoyed unprecedented prosperity—its class averagedlOO  matriculants,"
—an average not attained under the  succeeding dynasty.   Dr. Darrach
made  the  most   earnest  personal  applications  for his  appointment
at Gettysburg.  To Dr. Gilbert's  good  offices he  urgently appealed
and  was not a little indebted, for the success of his efforts;  and Dr. Gil-
bert's subsequent acceptance of a chair  in the School was  in response
to the most pressing and repeated invitations from Dr. Darrach and his
colleagues—as  may be attested by numerous letters of Dr. Darrach's
now  in Dr. Gilbert's possession. The assumptions of personal superiority
on the part of the  ex-Professor are  as  little sustained, as his boastful
claims of  having " built  up again a shattered institution."
   No point connected with this controversy has been made the  subject
of so much misrepresentation as the relation of the different parties to the
College edifice.  The professors who threw off their allegiance to the Pa-
rent Institution affirm, that " though corporate in form, yet in truth it
was  for their especial use,  and was the offspring of kindly sympathies
and  personal regards for them."   That the gentlemen who have acted
in the capacity  of Trustees  for the commodious property belonging to the
Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, have thereby conferred upon
all parties  connected with the Institution much favor, is no where more
gratefully acknowledged  than by the members of the present  Faculty ; 
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and the good offices of all who  furthered the erection of the building
entitle them to the thanks of every friend of education and  science.
Pecuniary obligation, however,  there has  been  none  ever, unless this
may be said of the investment  of money in a mortgage loan, amply  se-
cured  and readily marketable,  on which the highest legal  interest has
been always punctually paid.   Much of this loan was originally taken
by the mechanics who erected the building;  much, too, was subscribed
by various friends of the then  Faculty; and not a little, derived  from
both sources, has since from time to time changed hands by sales in the
market.   But is it not preposterous to assume, that subscription to the
mortgage loan of the College building' conferred a controlling  voice in
the management of  the Institution through all time ?  And do the gen-
tlemen who  hold  the loan expect not only interest for their money but
patronage in chairs besides? Possibly such patronage may also be deemed
transferable  with  the certificates of loan.   But, in truth, many of the
gentlemen who became parties  to  the suit  in equity against the present
Faculty, had not even the plea of financial interest to warrant their illegal
though happily unavailing interference.  By reference to a transcript,*
taken from the Treasurer's book, in March last,  it will  be seen upon
what amount of moneyed investment in the College loan, Drs. Darrach
and Wiltbank claim the building as their own, after their aggressive act
had made  the withdrawal of either themselves or their  associates  ne-
cessary.  Let it also  be recollected that  at the earliest moment  of these
difficulties, on the 23d March, 1854, the five colleagues of Dr. Darrach
offered  in a letter,  which die himself publishes  in his  pamphlet,
" that in the event of Dr. Darraeh's retiring, they are [were~] prepared to
relieve him and his friends of  whatever  amount of  loan  in the  buil-
ding they may wish to dispose of."
   If there  be  any  who  have  read  Dr.  Darraeh's  pamphlet  without

   •The loan was then owned as follows, according to the Treasurer's book :

Trustees of the College building, (six of the members,)   -    -    $6,937  00
Dr. Wm. Darrach,.........664  33
Dr. P. Gilbert,..........1,178  33
Dr. J. J. Reese,.........1,000  00
Estate of Dr. H. S.  Patterson,.......870  00
Estate of Dr. W. R. Grant,.......1,000  00
Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg,......1,400  00
Persons  unconnected  with  the College, (some of this  for work and
  materials,)........._-   -   -   12,950  34
$26,000 00 
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 reachiug the conviction  that  he is incapable of candor, ingenuousness
 and truth in his dealings with adversaries,  we ask their attention while
 we rapidly  follow  him  in  his  various points of  attack.  His open-
 ing page  is  the  veriest  paltering when  he asserts  that, before the
 publication of  our  temperate  Statement,  "we [they] had desired not
 to  invite  public   notice to  what  many  would regard—although
 erroneously—as only our [their] private griefs; and hence, we [they]
 have hitherto  borne silently, so far as the  public are concerned, the
 injuries inflicted upon us;" and that " we [they] have not been permit-
 ted to  keep the even tenor of our [their] way,"  &c. &c.   Why, it  is
 notorious that he  had for a  year before   been circulating the grossest
 libels*  upon us broadcast over  the  country, employing, it is true, not
 the open weapons of a manly  foe, but stabbing us secretly,  in  private
 letters.   He had   also  distributed printed  and  confidential circulars
 throughout the State, (signed, not indeed manfully by himself,  but by
 two of his agents),  in which not only was our course misrepresented, but
 a plot was proposed to drive us from our places by legislative enactment.
 And he actually went  up to Harrisburg, with counsel and  witnesses,
 and appeared before a committee of the Legislature  to denounce us, and
 solicit the passage  of an unconstitutional  act, with  a view  to  our
 removal.
  Much of the pamphlet is taken up with a repetition  of the legal ar-
gument, by which attempts were  unsuccessfully made before the Court
of Common  Pleas of  Philadelphia county, and  before a  Committee of
the  Legislature  at Harrisburg,  to establish  the lawfulness of resistance
 to authority long undisputed, and the right of two  members of a  body
to expel the remaining five.  This feeble aud quibbling piece  of special
pleading has already been  sufficiently disposed of by the tribunals to
which it was addressed.  Its re-appearance now,  after  the  crushing
 opinion  of Judge Thompson, (re-published in the Appendix,) certifies
 at least that the assurance and presumption  of some gentlemen of the
 robe are without limits.   And why, here may we  ask, have  Drs. Dar-
rach and Wiltbank  omitted to publish or even allude to this Opinion of
 Judge Thompson's, in reference to the suit which  they brought against
 us ? Why, too, have they omitted to publish  the Award and Injunction
 issued against them, now more than a year since, and from which they
 have not ventured to appeal ?   And why do  they conceal  the fact that
 their application  to the Legislature was summarily dismissed  by the
 committee before whom they were heard, and that, after all their efforts;
* The letters in pages 12, 13, are specimens. 
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not a voice was raised, in either House, in their behalf?  Dare they thus
keep back the truth, and then come and charge  us "with concealing
many facts  most material to an understanding of it ?"
   Another scandalously false charge which Drs. Darrach and .Wiltbank
bring  is, that " their private furniture and conveniences for teaching
were also seized upon and appropriated."   They removed from the Col-
lege, by their own agents, long since,  all  the " private  furniture  and
conveniences  for  teaching"  which  belonged to them  or which they
claimed.  The amount  of money expended  in fitting  up the College
with what are usually considered  fixtures, was funded by the Trustees, as
an additional loan, is of course  secured by the property,  and has  re-
ceived regular interest.
   Dr. Darraeh's  narration of the difficulties of the Faculty with Mr.
Wynkoop, the late Janitor, is so startling a piece of prevarication, that
we  confess  that, although now not  without experience of his ability in
this line, we  have been  actually astounded at it.  The five members of
the Faculty had or sought no quarrel with Mr. Wynkoop.   It was not
until informed by Mr. Lyons and other members of the class, that Mr.
Wynkoop had openly taken sides against them, and had announced his
intention of locking  them out of  the College  at the end of the session,
that the majority of  the Faculty in any way interfered with this person.
By  the advice of counsel he was  required to  declare in  writing  his re-
cognition of the authority of the Faculty,  and a paper,  to this  effect,
drawn up by  Mr.  H. M.  Phillips,* was accordingly presented to him for
signature.  He[declined to sign it; informed the Registrar of the Faculty
that he  did not in any way recognize the authority of the four new mem-
bers ; that Dr. Darrach, Dr. Wiltbank, Dr. Atlee, and Dr. Gilbert were
the only persons whose right to occupancy of the building he would ever

   *The undersigned Janitor of the Medical  Department  of Pennsylvania
College, holding the said  office under the Faculty of the  College, composed of
William  Darrach, M.  D., John Wiltbank, M. D.. Henry S. Patterson,  M. D.,
David  Gilbert, M. D., John J. Reese, M. D., J. M. Allen, M. D., Francis G.
Smith, M. D., and John B. Biddle, M. D., by the consent of the majority thereof,
will, upon the  request  of a majority  of the  said Medical Faculty,  or any one
acting  for a majority  thereof,  surrender  to them exclusive  possession of the
College building in Ninth St., of which  he is Janitor, and he does  hereby  au-
thorize the said majority or any one  acting for them to expel him and all thereto
pertaining from the said building, and to resume for the said Faculty, according
to the order of  a majority of them, the exclusive possession of the building and
appurtenances.
   Witness the hand and seal of the Janitor this sixteenth day of February,
1854.
Witness.
Seal. 
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admit; and he produced a written instruction from Mr. Theodore Cuyler*
to hold possession of the premises  in  defiance of the Faculty.  His re-
moval of course followed, although he continued for  some months longer
to retain, his quarters in the College, until his principals found it pru-
dent, after Judge Thompson's  Injunction,  to  withdraw him.   As the
tale of cruel wrongs inflicted upon this " humble yet faithful  officer,"
was some time since elaborated into a Conspiracy suit against the  ma-
jority of the Faculty, it is, we presume sufficiently answered by the resultf
of that  unworthy procedure—certainly not the least humiliating of the
ex-Professor's failures and blunders, in this controversy.   He does well
to pass  it by unnoticed in his pamphlet.
   The petty list of petty accusations which  Dr. Darrach stoops  to array
against his late colleagues is  easily  disposed of.  The heinous charge
of private  instruction to students  of  the College, is undeniable.   It is
beyond contradiction that several  members of the  Faculty  whom Dr.
Darrach attacks  have long been  in the  habit of receiving pupils  into
their offices, and of  examining or,  as  he  elegantly terms it, " quizzing"
them.   The value of such instruction this is not  the place to  discuss ;
it is perhaps, too, scaicely worth while to point out that Dr. Darrach has
long been known as its especial friend ; that the system of examinations
conducted  by the Professors of  Pennsylvania College he  has always de-
cidedly advocated,  and that no  one has ever been more  solicitous to ob-
tain office pupils,  or—to his credit be it mentioned—more sedulous in
"quizzing" them. The system, too, can hardly be open to the objection of
" begetting in the  student," as Dr. Darrach thinks,  " a disposition  to
ingratiate himself with  these gentlemen  with whom intimate relations
 were  [are]  thus  established;"  for, two of his own office pupils  were
independent enough to  sign the protest  against his  lectures, and a third
attended and graduated at the School  the year succeeding Dr. Darraeh's
 withdrawal.
                                                * February 18th, 1854,
 Mr. Wm. S. Wynkoop :
   Dear Sir,—I have  considered the matter referred to me by the  Loanholders
 and Trustees of the Pennsylvania  Medical College Building.  The instruction
 1 have to give you in relation to your duty is simply this :  The Building is the
 property of the Board  of Trustees, and the Faculty are but  tenants by sufferance,
 and as such are liable to ejectment at  any time  upon  the  expression of such a
 desire by the Trustees.
   You  are  instructed to  sign no papers unless previously  approved by the
 Trustees, and you are further informed that you  will be required on behalf of the
 Trustees to retain possession of the premises, and to deliver such possession to
 no person who does not produce their authority  for demanding it.
            Respectfully yours,
   , „     ,,                                          Theo. Cuyler.
   f Seep. 14. 
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  The false allegation that " Sabbath quizzing classes " were established
in the College, the Faculty will not trust themselves to comment upon
with the scorn which it excites.  All this, and much more, their charac-
ters will bear from Dr. Darrach without answer.   Let him not, however,
flatter himslf that the cant and pharisaical pretension with which he clothes
his personal rancour, will  pass unexposed.   He tells the world, now that
his aims and motives  in  entering a medical school were not those of
other men.  "The principles upon which  it  [Pennsylvania  College]
was reorganized were not popular.   They  had  no tendency  to bring
sudden success, or attract those who sought to penetrate the mysteries
of  medical faith, from motives earth-born and impure;" his colleagues,
indeed, whom he  stigmatizes as "mercenary  gentlemen," sought  to
introduce  " a line of policy not consistent with a high-toned and noble
standard  of manly honor."   They aimed—he  charges,  and let his re-
marks be read at length, for they are characteristic  of the man—" to
supplant those who had  founded  and who cherished, with  an earnest
love, a system of  medical instruction, which had for its only and its
noble aim a total forgetfulness of self, in the thorough, careful and  con-
scientious training of students for the high and responsible duties of the
good physician; who  sought their reward not so much here as hereafter,
and whose higher path of duty, faithfully pursued, was a constant and
ever present rebuke to men of mean and sordid motives; this would ap-
pear to be after little  else than the  natural instinct of those whose  best
appreciation of a Professor's hopes and duties were measured by the  pro-
fits of his chair; whose lofty mark  for a student's aim was the capacity,
when  duly crammed and quizzed, to pass examination," &c. &c. Will
it be believed, however, that this gentleman, who charges us with seek-
ing to introduce the reign of Mammon into  " a temple built from pure
motives, and consecrated  to higher purposes,"  who deprecates " sudden
success,"  and whose aspirations were above all measure of " the profits of
his chair," could discourse glowingly of anticipated dollars, and indulge
in the most  earthy calculations of rapid prosperity in  his scholastic
speculations!   He writes in this vein to Dr. Gilbert after the close of
his first session, under date of April  27th, 1844 : " We have agreed
" that the effort shall  be  for 150 pupils, which with the  17 of last ses-
" sion, would  be 167,  equal to $835 for matriculation, and half to meet
" the rent and other  expenses; and for  each  Professor  $2505, out  of
" which there would be deducted about $100.  It is every thing for us
"to shoot up quickly and strongly next winter; a cut worm may cut us
" down unless we vigorously and quickly outgrow its undermining."
  The assertion of Dr. Darrach, in reference  to the Demonstrator of 
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Anatomy, is as much at variance with dates as  most of his other state-
ments.   The election of Dr. Allen was not followed by the resignation
of the Demonstrator, with a view to his reappointment by Dr. Allen.  The
minutes show that the Demonstrator had resigned on April 21st, 1852,
nine days before Dr. Allen's acceptance  of his Professorship.  The first
Faculty meeting at which Dr. Allen was present, was  held May 17th
following.  The appointment of the Demonstrator had been taken from
the Professor of Anatomy March 1st,  1851, and,  on  motion of Drs.
Gilbert and Patterson, restored May 17th, 1852.  Allusion to this point
would seem to be designed solely for the occasion of a personal attack
upon the estimable and accomplished Demonstrator, whose near relation-
ship to Dr. Darrach might have  protected him  from unjust and indeli-
cate sneers.
  The " Medical Clinic," Dr. Darrach insists, " should have been con-
ducted by Dr. Darrach,  ' Professor  of Theory  and  Practice  of Medi-
cine.' "  The Faculty resolved to apportion it among the different Pro-
fessors throughout the year, (in accordance with the usage in the Uni-
versity and Jefferson College,) the  three first winter months being re-
served to Dr.  Darrach.  His  egotism sees  in this  only  another effort
towards  "the final overthrow of the high  standard  of this medical
School."
  All this, too, Dr. Darrach has the recklessness to  charge, " the newly
elected gentlemen, in unison  with Dr. David Gilbert,  prepared to exe-
cute [as] what we [Drs. D. and W.] firmly believe  was a pre-conceived
purpose at the time of their entrance to the School."   Three of the four
newly  elected gentlemen  had, however, no personal acquaintance with
Dr. Gilbert, and had never even  spoken  to him,  " at the time of their
entrance to the School."
  It is alleged, that, at  the close of  the last  session of the School, the
number of graduates  was reduced  to 32, and  Dr.  Darrach  uses  this
number to retort the charge of unpopularity and  incompetency  upon
his  late colleagues.  If he had, however, the  candor to  quote  the list of
matriculants,  this would have presented an increase upon the last session,
the decline in the number of  graduates having been evidently due  to  a
decrease of the first-course students the year before,  under Dr. Darraeh's
auspices.
  In addition to the flagrant falsification of dates, by which the action
of the Trustees at Gettysburg at their meeting  in April, 1854, is made
to appear a cause, while it was in fact a  consequence of  the expulsion of
the five professors by Drs. Darrach and  Wiltbank,  many other tamper-
ings with dates and documents are noticeable in this pamphlet.  Thus; 
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conspicuously on the last page, is presented the  action of the Trustee -
of the College building, dated " the afternoon of the 17th,'' the month
and year being suppressed.   This action is obviously designed to appear
recent and of present force, while it actually occurred more than fifteen
months  since.   The  Trustees,  under  Injunction  from the  Court of
Common  Pleas, have long since recognized the present Faculty as  the
lawful occupants of the College premises.
   So,  too, is published without date, Dr. Wiltbank's letter explanatory
of his " imprudences in speech " and " inadvertent remarks,'' in refer-
ence to Dr. Darraeh's popularity as a teacher. It would be difficult, indeed,
to fix a date to this, which would reconcile Dr. Wiltbank's " surprise  and
indignation" on "the 24th ult.,"  with his information "on  or about
the 1st of February."
   While] dates are thus altered and  suppressed, documents are freely
garbled.  Let the  following passage from  a letter published in  the
pamphlet, (p. 29,) and also submitted in the Bill of Equity, before the
Court of Common Pleas, under  oath, as evidence, by Drs. Darrach  and
Wiltbank, be contrasted with the actual writing of these gentlemen—
and the general accuracy of  their statements, as well as their  estimate
of the nature of  evidence under oath, will  appear. They  publish, as
they had  previously sworn, that  they  wrote  to us  the  subjoined  para-
graph from a letter dated May 23d, 1854.
   " These statements furnish an obvious reply to your remark that 'our
" failure to be present at any of the late stated and adjourned  meetings
" of the Faculty, seems to indicate a  purpose on our part no longer to
" discharge our duties in the management  of the Faculty.'   Our inter-
" course in association with  yourselves, has not of late  been such as to
" invite our frequent presence at your  meetings, where incidents painful
" to our feelings, and derogatory to  our rights and to our self-respect,
" were of such frequent occurrence.  We might add that meetings so  un-
" necessarily frequent, were too serious a tax upon the time due to our
"professional duties."
   The paragraph, as actually written in their letter, runs thus  :—
   " These statements furnish an  obvious reply to your remark that ' our
"failure to be present at any of the late stated and  adjourned meetings
" of the Faculty, seems to indicate a purpose on  our part no longer to
" discharge our duties in the management of the Faculty.'  Our reasons
11 for  ceasing to  attend these  meetings were  two-fold—first, they  were
"unusual and unnecessary during the recess of the College ; and, second,
" that when we were present we were not treated with the respect, that we,
" as members of  the Faculty, were entitled to.   Self-respect, therefore,
" and a desire  to avoid discord, compelled us to absent ourselves."
  But  it is  painful to pursue  this  exposition  further.   More than 
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 enough has been adduced to show that the venomous assault of which
 we have been made the objects, is untrue in all its material statements,
 disingenuous in its inferences, and absolutely false in many of the dates
 and documents which  it cites.  If we  have commented on  all this in
 the language of honest indignation, let it be borne in mind that it  has
 been  in reply to the  coarsest and most ungentlemanly vituperation.
 Our ' Statement,' issued in  February last, in refutation of the slanders
 propagated by Dr. Darrach in his correspondence with the Alumni, and
 in  his printed Circulars, was limited to  a brief  summary of the  docu-
 ments bearing upon the case, and contained no  word of  invective.   It
 is time, however, to  teach  these gentlemen that they cannot varnish,
 garble,  and  post-date  documentary  evidence with impunity.   And
 thus, having made manifest the wrong with which our good names have
 been impeached,  "we  leave  this  controversy."  Strong in the con-
 sciousness of  integrity of purpose and  honesty of means, in every pro-
 cedure in these  difficulties; satisfied  that we have in all things fairly
done to others as we would have had them do to us; above all, believing
 that we  are  incapable of false witness  against  our neighbor,  even to
redress a fancied injury—we are content to submit our acts and motives
to the judgment of the  impartial and unprejudiced.   From  every tri-
bunal to which we have been summoned by our enemies, their  com-
plaints have  been  dismissed  as  unfounded.  They  may possibly con-
tinue insensible to rebuffs, but their shafts will henceforth be  harmless.
                        (Signed)       David Gilbert, M.D.
                                      John J. Reese, M.D.
                                      Francis G. Smith, M.D.
                                      J.  M. Allen, M.D.
                                      John B. Biddle, M.D 
APPENDIX.
        CORRESPONDENCE  WITH THE ALUMNI.

  It was discovered last spring that Dr. Darrach had written to the Alumni
very generally.  That his letters consisted not only of false statements,
but twere  expressly designed to excite  the minds of  the Alumni  in
opposition to the present faculty, may be seen at a glance.  To neutra-
lize their  pernicious tendencies  our " Statement" of  documentary facts
was prepared and circulated.  Anxious to ascertain the views, especially
of the older Alumni, Dr. Gilbert addressed a letter to them, which heads
their replies here given.   This letter was sent to three only of the class
of 1854, and is substantially the same  to all.  It is published  in order
that it may be seen what means were used in  procuring these responses
which are so full, clear and unmistakeable in their meaning.
  They come from the most active and successful practitioners of all the
Classes, and overwhelmingly  disprove  the closing  paragraph  of Dr.
Darraeh's pamphlet in which he avers that ".from nearly every living
graduate who yet continues in the medical profession we have assurances
of their approval of our course, and the offer of earnest co-operation for
the  vindication of our rights."   As a large number of the Alumni have
been written to only recently, their replies have not yet come to hand.
  The first three letters are from gentlemen whose names are attached to
documents in Dr. Darraeh's  pamphlet.   Others are  from individuals
who are indignant at the deception which was for a time so successfully
practised  upon them.  All prove most conclusively  that the writers
properly appreciate the aggressors in this controversy.
                           Philadelphia, [March—Sept.] 1855.
  My  Dear Doctor,—A pamphlet has been mailed to you containing
a brief statement of the circumstances connected  with the late  difficul-
ties in  the College.   This is designed to correct unfounded impressions
which have been circulated by Dr. Darrach during the past year in letters 
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 written by him to the Alumni of the school.   In this whole controversy
 we have acted upon the defensive, and never allowed the vindictiveness
 manifested by our opponents to influence us in betraying a similar spirit
 in return.  We  might expose documentary evidence of their unpopu-
 larity during the last sessions of their connection with the College; and
 if disposed to retaliate,  involve  them  in  serious  lawsuits,  civil and
 criminal, for statements made in their letters, as well as for their viola-
 tion of the Injunction placed upon them by the Court;  but this would
 gratify feelings merely, which every manly consideration admonishes us
 to suppress.  In  Dr. Darraeh's letters complaint is made that he and Dr.
 Wiltbank were " ousted" by their colleagues. You will perceive by the
 documents, that  their removal was  caused  solely by their own  act in
 having  attempted to expel illegally five of their  colleagues from the
 Faculty, and repudiating the authority of the Parent Institution, which
 they had always previously  acknowledged.  They followed up this act
 by offering the chairs thus vacated to Drs. Atlee, Babb, J. Parrish and
 others, having previously attempted to oust their colleagues from the Col-
 lege Building through the agency of the late Janitor.  In consequence of
 these acts, mainly, and to  save the Medical Department from utter ruin,
 they were removed by the Trustees of the  Parent Institution on the 6th of
 June last, seven weeks after their formal expulsion of their colleagues and
 act of repudiation.   You will also see that they utterly failed in  their
 attempts to reinstate themselves  through  a Court of Equity last summer.
 During the present session of our Legislature  they secretly applied for
 an act which would at once have destroyed the  present organization of
 the College.  In this they also failed, the exposure of the attempted de-
 ception having " killed the  bill" in  the committees of the respective
 houses.   During the fall and winter, Dr.  Darrach wrote his letters to the
 Alumni, specimens of which are given in  the  pamphlet.  In these he
 appeals  to their sympathies in behalf of the late Dr. Patterson, who was
 beloved by all; and then directs the  current of their excited feelings in
 favor of a quo warranto to serve  his own  purposes.  The exposure of the
 scheme  to make Dr. Wiltbank and himself witnesses  in procuriug the
 " quo warranto"  has put an end to this  last  device, and their stock of
 annoyances being exhausted, we may consider every thing now settled.
 I make these statements and furnish you with the facts in order that you
may be informed as to the"present position of your  " alma mater."   My
 colleagues are gentlemen of the  highest  standing as men  and teachers.
The school is exceedingly prosperous, and there  is every reason  to be-
lieve that it will in a short time  take rank as to numbers and efficiency
 with the older schools. 
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  It will afford me pleasure to hear from you, and have an expression of
your views after a careful perusal of the documents sent you.
              Yours very truly,
                                                  D. Gilbert,
                                            No. 267 Arch Street.
                                Cedar Springs, May 28th, 1855.
My Dear Doctor:
  Dear Sir :—Your letter  and pamphlet came to hand at  last, al-
though  they were long coming; however, they were received with the
greatest of  pleasure, as they  contained a  great  deal  of  satisfactory
news concerning the late  difficulties of the Faculty of Pennsylvania
College.  Dr. Darrach wrote three or four letters to me through the
last  summer, and  never would  he tell  the precise cause of these diffi-
culties between the old  and  new Faculty, and  the reason why he did
not I am not able to say.  However, since I received your letter it gave
me more light on the subject, and  even gratified my feelings.  After
having  read the pamphlet, it settled the confusion of my mind.  I was
happy to hear that you and others of the Faculty were  so successful in
gaining the suit at Court.  I hope there may never be such difficulty in
Pennsylvania College any more.   Your  letter and pamphlet  came to
hand two weeks ago.  I should have answered sooner but had no time
to do so.
                        Yours with sentiments of high esteem,
                                   Samuel Adams, [Class 1854.]

                          Adairsville, Georgia, April 3d, 1855.
 Prof. Gilbert:                „,,.,»         • •   p   ,i
   Dear Sir :—-Yours of the 26th ult. is before me, giving further con-
 firmatory proof of the misfortune, for misfortune it is, that has befallen
 my  alma mater.
   I did hope, after the re-organization  which  took place  subsequent to
 the death of  Dr. Grant and resignation of Atlee, the Institution would
 speedily " go up."  But it appears from the number of graduates this
 spring, the "College is yet  only struggling  for existence.  I was much
 gratified on the  election of  Doctors Smith, Allen and Reese to chairs;
 for  I know them to be  gentlemen of talent and an enviable tact of im-
 parting instruction.  If  no further interruption occurs, however, in
 the present orgauization, I can see no reason why the school should not
 have a large and intelligent class.
   I am truly sorry such course was taken by Drs. D. and W. to repu-
 diate all connection with the Parent Institution, and those who had la-
 bored  so faithfully for the promotion of the school, and in discharge of
 their respective duties.  I must acknowledge  I did hope better things
 of  those gentlemen,—the latter of whom is from my native State, Dela-
 ware.
             Truly yours,
                  J                   T. M. Layton, [Class  1851.] 
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                                    Waverly, August 28, 1855.
Professor Gilbert :
  Dear Sir :—I have just  received your note, accompanied with the
"Statement" and catalogue.   I have read the pamphlet, and according
to the testimony therein, the present Faculty have justly succeeded.
Yet I must say, that I very much regret, that  such  dissension  and
trouble should disturb that Institution, for I had great confidence in the
honesty and integrity of each of the old  professors.  I  still consider
myself a  sincere friend of the Pennsylvania College, and shall endeavor
to induce as many students to attend there as possible.
                 Truly your friend,
                                      J. C. Miles, [Class 1847.]
                                   Millerstown, Sept.  7, 1855.
   Dear Doctor :—Yours of the 23d ult. was  forwarded  to  me  this
morning, and in reply would say that I most heartily approve of the
present arrangement, and  desire to  see the present  Professors retain
their places.  True, I consented  to have my name attached to the " Quo
Warranto" of Dr. Darraeh's, supposing at the time  he wa3 badly
treated, and dishonorably ousted, and not knowing that he wished to
separate the Medical Department from the Parent Institution; some-
thing, I would  exceedingly regret to see.  After examining into the
matter fully, I find that, in my estimation, the present arrangement is
calculated to  advance  the  school, and should create universal satisfac-
tion among the Alumni.  I hope you will pardon my careless neglect in
not answering sooner;  during the spring and summer, business  was so
thriving that  want  of time prevented my replying.
   May there  be  a  large increase  of students attending this season, and
all the difficulties connected with the  College quieted ; so that you may
be amply rewarded for your laborious efforts in keeping the  Institution
pre-eminently advancing, is the sincere wish of       Yours truly,
                                 P. S. Leisenring, [Class 1855.]
                                   Selins Grove, Sept. 1, 1855.
   Dear Doctor :—The reception of your letter occasioned me a good
deal of surprise, as 1  had written to you immediately on  my arrival
home from the city in the spring.  I had designed sending you Dr. D.'s
letters to me, but I found that I had but the one, having lost the other,
(which was the all important one).   In reply, I  have but to reiterate
what I then  said, viz.  that through the  representation of Dr. D. my
sympathies were aroused and enlisted in behalf of himself and Dr. W.
before  I had time to hear both sides of the question.   Believing nearly
all I heard to be true, (for the language in which the epistles were writ-
ten was well adapted to awaken the sympathies of any alumnus,) I an-
swered from the  impulse of the moment, and sent  the " gold  dollar."
Since,  however, I have examined the pamphlet, I have regretted having
acted so hastily, and  have been actuated altogether  by a different mo-
tive, viz. to sustain my alma mater, and especially the present  Faculty 
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of Pennsylvania  Medical College.   I am busy and write in haste, yet,
you can*rest assured that (although I am brief)  I will use  my utmost
endeavors to sustain the cause of justice and  truth.
                                      Yours in haste,
                              P. R. Wagonseller, [Class 1853.]
                                 Lewisburg, August 17th, 1855.
Dr. D. Gilbert :
  Dear Sir :—Your letter was duly received, and it would have  been
answered sooner had I known the Post Office address of the several per-
sons you enquired after.
  I  received  the announcement  of  Pennsylvania Medical College
a few days ago.   Dr. Darrach acknowledged, (per letter,) the  receipt of
the gold dollar.   My name was added to the Quo Warranto.
  Your pamphlet was  also received.   I am very sorry, at present, that
I have ever taken the steps I have done, though after hearing my story,
you may not blame me so much.   The first intimation I had of the dis-
satisfaction among  the Faculty of Pennsylvania Medical  College, was
through Dr. Albright,  whilst a student.   The particulars  or  nature of
the difficulties  I had  never heard, nor  made any especial  inquiries
about  thinking  it  to  be probably  of some  hot-bed  character   and
would soon blow over.   Some time during last summer, I received  a let-
ter from Dr. Bond, (which letter I enclose you with this, and which  I
wish you to read and then send back to me again,)  stating that " Drs.
Darrach and Wiltbank have been turned out of the Pennsylvania Medi-
cal College by new men, who were placed  there through their kindness."
This rather outraged my feelings, especially so as it was done by " fo-
reigners,"  not natives,  and I immediately voluntered my services to as-
sist to have them re-instated, and the " rebels " thrown  out.  This was
the upstart of  the whole thing of my engaging  in  the  warfare.   I did
not for a  moment  think but that you, of course, belonged to the old
Faculty.   Presently, I received a few -more  communications of Dr.
Bond, and likewise from Dr. Darrach, stating that they were " ousted,"
and that theyhad lost their professorships in the College, and thatfor  "the
well being of the \ Institution it was necessary  that  the  Alumni should
assist them in the' recovery of  their  respective chairs, by getting out  a
" Quo  Warranto"  and in which I could of course  see nothing unfair,
and engaged with all my heart, and also engaged  to have  the amend-
ment to the charter  passed, and thought that the whole thing  was  pass-
ing on  right, until our member wrote to me that the bill had  not  come
up, and he wished to know who it was that had it in charge.
  I took Dr. Darrach, previous to this, to be.....
        though if the "oldfox"  ever catches me  again in  a similar
engagement, I  certainly will give him all credit for doing so.  Had  I
known in what way  he or  Wiltbank originally held their respective pro-
fessorships, I certainly should have thought all right  in their being voted
out.  After reading the pamphlet you sent me, I found  that they  have
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been in the fault all  round; and irrecoverably lost that respect I for-
merly had and felt for Darrach.
   My warmest  wishes  are with the present Faculty of Pennsylvania
Medical College, and my influence shall ever be given in behalf of its
prosperity.
   Please send answer at leisure, and what of the gold dollar ?
             Yours truly,
                                     Wm. Leiser, [Class 1848.]
                                   Nineveh, 111., Sept. 10, 1855.
  My dear Prop. :—Your letter of Aug. 22d came safely to hand,
and found  me  very busy attending  to the sick.  I  now haste to give
you my views, as you request  in your letter in regard  to the  new ar-
rangement of the College.   After carefully perusing the pamphlet you
were so kind as to send, and for which you have my best thanks, I have
come to the conclusion that Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank have done wrong
in trying to divide and destroy the College.  But still their efforts have
resulted in good and for the benefit of the College.  For I do think the
College has now Professors to fill the different chairs, who not only
stand high in their profession, both  as physicians and writers, (and whose
motto I hope will be more practice and less theory,) but also as lectu-
rers.  And the effect of this arrangement  will be to increase the num-
ber of  students and make the College stand in the city where it ought
to be for medical talent.  I have  now given you my views  in as few
words as possible, and hope your  efforts for the  advancement of the
College will be  crowned with success.  You will now see that I heartily
agree with the  new state  of affairs in the  College.   I could, if time
would permit, express myself more plainly, but it is late and my  sheet
is filling up. I  will close with my best respects.
        I remain your most sincere friend and well wisher,
                                       J. B. Ream, [Class 1850.]
                                    Woodbury, March 22,1855.
Prof. D. Gilbert :
  My dear Sir :—Your  communication  of the  17th is to hand,  for
which please except my sincere thanks, also for the pamphlet sent me.
I have examined with much care the documentary matter as rendered
in the pamphlet, in  reference to the Medical Department of Pennsylva-
nia  College, an Institution for whose welfare I feel the deepest solici-
tude, not only on account of being one of the Alumni of the school
but feeling entirely  satisfied  that she ranks among the ablest schools of
your time honored city.  I feel much gratified that her present Faculty
has been so completely sustained amidst  all the  vindictiveness of  her
persecutors.  Several months ago  I received a letter from Dr. Darrach
asking several things as rendered in your pamphlet.  I treated that let-
ter  with silent contempt, never having answered it.   I feel  very sorry
that Dr. Darrach should ever take such  a  stand against the  school.   I 
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was asked  to co-operate  with my fellow xilumni  in the issuing a Quo
 Warranto to recover their chairs from which  they claim to have been
ousted unjustly.  Now, to say the least about it, I consider it an insult
to ask me to become a party in instituting proceedings in any  case what-
ever,  when I am entirely uninformed as to the justness  of the ground
taken.  And I will here say  that, since I have examined the  pamphlet,
I feel exceedingly glad that  I withheld my name.   Wishing you and
your  colleagues health and prosperity,  I  have the honor to subscribe
myself                           Your obedient servant,
                                      Saml.  Smith, [Class 1852.]
                          Georgetown, D. C, March 27th, 1855.
   My Dear Sir :—I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of
 your favor  of  the  17th inst. forwarded to me  from Waynsboro, also,
 the pamphlet which you mentioned in your  communication.   1  have
 been spending the  winter in Florida, and just returned here a few weeks
 ago,  where I  shall remain ten days or two weeks longer, and then re-
 turn  home.  On my arrival here 1  received two letters from Dr. Dar-
 rach  written in  the  early part of the winter, very similar to the ones
 published in your pamphlet of vindication.   I, however, did not answer
 them, desiring more  information on the subject  before taking any part
 in the matter, or giving any expression of  my views  in  regard to the
 same.  And I  assure you,  I am very glad I took this step, for in  your
 pamphlet you most irrefragably prove that Drs. Darrach aud Wiltbank,
 together with their aiders  and abettors, are entirely  in the wrong, and
 have shown a  littleness  of  spirit, as contemptible  and disgraceful
 as vindictive.   How Dr. Darrach could repudiate the authority and ab-
 negate the existence of any relation to the Parent Institution at Gettys-
 burg, is  to me  a  matter of  the  utmost astonishment and surprise.
 Never was there anything  clearer or better established, and  in your re-
 butting testimony  you most  conclusively show that  even he  acknow-
 ledged  the relation until  within  the last  few  months.  What in the
 name of reason and  common sense, therefore, could have  infatuated
 a man of his principles and  standing to  take such  a step?  A man
 whom we all loved  to honor and respect, as such—and to whom, on ac-
 count of his zeal or pretended  piety, we gave the reverential sobriquet
 of "  preacher " and " papa," and we would as soon have doubted our
 own existence as the  truthfulness of his word.   In regard  to his con-
 duct  I can only exclaim  in the language of Othello,  " 'Tis strange—
 'tis passing strange."  You also show most clearly that their ousting, as
 they  dignifiedly call it, was not of your seeking, but the result of their
 own high handedness and folly ; and consequently fully and  richly de-
served by them.  I am truly glad to see  that the  difficulty is  settled, or
nearly so, that  you  have so ably defended yourselves  against their un-
just imputations, that  you have completely thwarted them in  all  their
unwarrantable and illegal acts, and have set forth  in the clearest possi-
ble light your own  indisputable  right and title to the positions you oc-
cupy, and that, too, in a manner calculated to elicit the admiration and 
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praise  of all who may become fully acquainted  with the history and
facts of the case.   I am also gratified to learn that the school is in such
a prosperous condition, and feel confident that the future will show, that
the expulsion of Drs. Darrach  and Wiltbank by their own indiscreet
act, was  rather a  benefit than an injury to the Institution.   With most
of the members of the present Faculty I have no personal acquaintance.
Drs. Smith and Allen have a wide spread reputation, not only as gentle-
men of the first order, but the most  eloquent  lecturers in the city of
Philadelphia.   Drs.  Reese, Stille  and Neill  I  know by their medical
writings and  communications, which I  always  perused with pleasure.
And Dr. Biddle I consider one of  the most pleasant and agreeable men
I ever met with;  in reference to his medical qualifications I know noth-
ing.  With such  a Faculty and such talent, Pennsylvania College must
prosper, and will  soon take rank with the best schools in the country,
at least such is my most ardent wish.   With sentiments of the highest
regard, I subscribe myself             Your sincere  friend,
                                        H. Jacobs, [Class 1851.]
                               Franklinville, August 30,1855.
Prof. Gilbert :
  Dear Sir :—Yours of the 22d inst. together with other favors, have
been duly received.  I  have  read with  intense interest, the " State-
ment,"  containing the facts connected with the late changes in the Fac-
ulty of  Pennsylvania  Medical College, legal controversy, etc., which de-
sects completely the scheme concocted  behind  the  screen.  From the
data therein set forth, it appeared most conclusively  that  the minority,
occupied the aggressive position, whilst the members  composing the ma-
jority Faculty, the defensive; maintaining the rights of their professor-
ships and  sustaining  the just claims of the Parent Institution, all  of
whom,  by  their former acts, recognized their connection with and  sub-
ordination  thereto.
   The  decision of the Court seems to be final and conclusive, precluding
further litigation, or  any action  on the  part of the assailants, tending
prejudicially to the interest of the College;  confirming unto the  pre-
sent corps  of Professors and  their  successors  the immunities enjoyed
under the  Trustees of Peunsylvania College, and securing to the Alumni,
 "the good  policy, prosperity and honor'' of their "alma mater."
   Dissensions are to  be deprecated in every point of view;  they are cal-
 culated to  retard the  progress and defeat the very object  for which  as-
 sociations  are formed, and are, with few exceptions, not  productive  of
 any good results.  This case was  inevitable, however, and  may be  cited
 as  one  of  the exceptions.
   The solidity of the Institution is now tested, its foundation firmly  es-
 tablished and the superstructure reposes securely upon its base, bidding
 defiance, to the thrusts of  an extraneous foe, whilst there are  no  in-
 testinal bickerings, to interrupt the harmony now existing.
    Would  you be kind enough to inform me sir, at some convenient pe- 
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riod, whether the " heartfelt object" of the  " Donors,"  in procuring
the portrait of Professor Patterson, is yet carried out ?
  Be pleased to accept  assurance, sir, of the high consideiation enter-
tained for you individually, and for the existence and prosperity of the
present Faculty.                      Very  respectfully,
                               J. Levering Heist, [Class 1845.]
        Turbectville, Northumberland Co., Pa., June 16th, 1855.
Prof. D. Gilbert.
  Dear Sir: Your letter and printed documents relating to the reorganiza-
tion of the Faculty of our Alma Mater have been received. I have read the
document in question carefully, and I fully concur in the views therein
set  forth by you as well as the course  you have pursued.  I received a
letter from Dr. Darrach some time in March last, some thing similar to
those published, but I never answered it yet.   I must freely confess that
I have still the greatest veneration for  the talents of the  lamented Pat-
terson, but I  will keep  this respect  for  Dr. Patterson in  my  mind
and the gold dollar in my purse.   They are not very plenty up here.
  I say go on,  as you have been doing, regardless of outside  slander or
" ousted Professors.''  The  College will ultimately  succeed, and I will
promise you all the little influence I  can  command.  I would like to
express my opinions more freely on our College, but time does not per-
mit.
                            Yours, sincerely,
                                   G. J.  Deshler.  [Class 1853.]

                                  Leetown, Va., June  19th, 1855.
   Dear Doctor :—I received yours of March 27th, with  a pamphlet
 showing a statement of the difficulty existing between the present  Fac-
 ulty and Trustees of the  Medical Department of Pennsylvania College.
 After carefully reading the pamphlet, I cannot help justifying the course
 that the present Faculty have taken, though at the same time I regret
 exceedingly that any difficulty occurred which made it necessary to expel
 two of its  old members; but it was, I presume, (though painful to you)
 the only remedy to save the Institution.  I believe  that you were right,
 and the Courts so far have sustained you.   The Alumni  and the  world
 will justify the present Faculty in the course they have taken.
    You must excuse  me for not answering  your letter sooner.  I  was
 absent from home a short time, and on my return business of an unusual
 character crowded itself upon me, which I hope will be a sufficient ex-
 cuse for not attending to your letter sooner.
                                           Yours  respectfully,
                                      James Logie, [Class 1847.]
                                  Gettysburg, March 22d, 1855.
Prof.D. Gilbert,
  Dear Sir :—I have lately received a statement of the facts connect-
ed with the late re-organization of the Medical Department of Pennsyl- 
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vania College, and am glad to be able to congratulate you upon the for-
tunate issue of the contest in which you were engaged. ^  I am glad, too,
that the misrepresentations respecting this matter, so  industriously cir-
culated by those who preferred the gratification of their own feelings of
envy and malice to the good of  the College, have been so fully exposed,
and your course justified by the decision of the  Court and the  verdict
pronounced  by the attendance of an unusually large number of students
upon your lectures.
  Whilst I was attending lectures it was the general opinion among the
students that  Dr.  Wiltbank was entirely out  of  place  in the Chair he
occupied; and Dr. Darrach was  looked  upon as  a well meant sort of a
man, but visionary and a----.  The one we were ashamed of, and  the
other we were not proud of. To be rid of them in any manner was a
gain for the school, and I do not think any alumnus who is unprejudiced
and posted as to the facts will be other than rejoiced at the event. The
large attendance of students whilst the  struggle was  yet pending, and
the affairs of the College  altogether uncertain, shows conclusively  the
popularity of  the  new Faculty.   I  feel satisfied that a few  years will
crown your efforts with perfect success.  As an Alumnus of the College,
and having her interest alone at heart, I was rejoiced when  I heard of
the change in  the Faculty.   I would have been satisfied to have  had it
made at any  cost, and I  cannot now be other than glad at the event so
fortunately brought about by their own initial proceedings.
  With best wishes for the prosperity of yourself and the College with
which you are connneeted,               I am very truly yours,
                                    Jno. A. Swope, [Class 1851.]
                              Rothville, Pa., March 24th, 1855.
Prof. Gilbert,
  My dear Sir:—Your very satisfactory letter, explaining the condi-
tion of affairs  in the College, was  received  a few days ago : also the
pamphlet.  To say the truth, I had, up to this time, taken not the slight-
est interest in  it; but I  am perfectly satisfied, and  hope the school may
prosper with the present Faculty.  Prof Darraeh's  lectures always were
a great bore.   Further than this I have nothing to say.
                           Yours  truly,
                                     M. L. Lauber, [Class 1850.]
                                       York, March 20th, 1855.
  Dear Doctor :—I  received  your letter and  pamphlet  giving me
much interesting information concerning the unpleasant difficulties in
which you are involved.  We are sorry indeed to learn the fact,  inas-
much as it will in a great measure be detrimental to the school, at  least
for a time.
  Concerning your course and right, in the matter, we are well  satisfied,
and I think  the printed facts will generally correct misconceived opin-
ions amongst not only our graduates, but the profession abroad.  It is
advisable to  give these  facts  a wide circulation.
  I was much disappointed  to  know that Drs. Patterson and Wiltbank 
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were amongst the instigators of so blind a difficulty.  In Dr. Darrach I
would  expect much less discretion, as his general measures heretofore
were of a highly strung character.
   We  consider the  Faculty, as now organized, much superior as a whole,
than at any former  period, and I think we speak the sentiments of a
very large majority of our graduates.   When I was with you, I discov-
ered much dissatisfaction amongst the class  concerning Dr. Darraeh's
endless harangues on miasma and miasmatic fevers, and other  foolish
peculiarities in practice.   I know at that time nine-tenths of the class
would  have been pleased to  see his chair vacated.  I state these facts,
not out of disrespect or ill  will towards him—far from it.   His abilities
are such as to fit him for a  teacher of medicine, and I think in an emi-
nent degree, but his mode  of teaching was, to me at least, annoying in-
stead of interesting and instructive.
   The course you have pursued is highly commendable, and will  invite
the warmest feelings in your behalf; while the blind missteps of the
others will  certainly prescribe a boundary to their wild  and heedless
ambition.    In the eyes of  other schools their conduct must seem simple
—far beneath the dignity of learned Professors, and the profession gen-
erally  will certainly look upon them as once medical  teachers of note,
but now dead and disappointed aspirants  to power and renown.
   Give my best wishes to your honorable  colleagues, and say for me that
untiring perseverance will yet blow away the clouds which surround you,
and will place Pennsylvania Medical College  amongst  the  No. ones of
medical schools of  the world.  This is as certain as  it stands in Phil-
adelphia.                                  Yours respectfully,
                                 David S. Pepper, [Class 1852.
                                       Elklick, April 1st, 1855.
Dr. Gilbert,
  Dear Sir :—Your favor bearing  date  19th March, was received  in
due time, and in  reply would say that  the pamphlet has been received
and read, and the course pursued by  the Faculty as stated meets my en-
tire approbation.   Indeed, I spoke freely of a change  in the Faculty
when I was last in the city, both in a conversation with Drs. Wiltbank
and Allen, and in subsequent letters  to Dr. Smith; and the propriety of
Dr. Darraeh's removal was frequently discussed by the class.
  As to the prospects of the  school,  I  hear encouraging news from all
directions.  An intelligent member of the last class of Jefferson College,
with whom I had some conversation, gave it as  his opinion  that the
Pennsylvania College would soon rank with the other schools.   For my-
self, I feel  more interest than  ever in its success, and stand pledged
to exert my little all for its advancement.      Yours with regard,
                                   H. C. Stewart,  [Class 1853.]
                              St. Johns, N. B., April 11th, 1855.
  My  dear  Doctor :—Your  letter  of the 3d ult., came to hand per
Dr. Smith, for which you  will  please  accept my hearty thanks.   Yours 
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 also of the 17th I have received.   It affords me satisfaction to find that
 Dr. Darraeh's able production answered a good end, although late.  I
 feel thankful for your long and satisfactory letter, yet I hope you did not
 consider it necessary in order to convince me of Dr. Darraeh's character.
 While among you I always  considered Darrach a
 whereas, there  was no one in the Faculty stood so  high in my humble
 estimation as yourself, save one, and that was good,  dear  JJr. Grant,
 my esteemed friend. As for  Wiltbank, he is .   .   .  .   He is nothing
 more than.....—a mere  tool to assist in carrying out Dar-
 raeh's plans.
   The steps you have taken with regard to Darrach and Wiltbank, so
 far as  I am capable of judging, have been perfectly correct, only rather
 mild.  They should not only have been turned out of  the College, but
 prosecuted for libel.   I consider, Dr., that no person who knows the facts
 of the whole proceedings would side with them.   There is  no doubt,
 however, that Dr. D., with his long smooth  face, will rake up  sympathy
 among a few.   You certainly deserve a vast amount of credit for  your
 successful efforts in sustaining our Alma Mater; you have acted from a
 sense of  duty;  your conduct throughout the whole has  been manly and
 honorable, aud hence the result.   God is on your side ;  and if He be for
 you, who can be against you ?
   Hoping  that the wise Disposer of all events may direct and sustain
 you, 1 remain, dear Doctor,  your  obliged friend,
                                  James Hunter, [Class  1849.]

                               Kingston, N. J., April 4th, 1855.
 Dr. D. Gilbert,
   Dear Sir :—Your pamphlet has been received.   I have always taken
 a deep interest in my Alma  Mater, and am  pleased to see that it has at
 last fallen into the hands of a Faculty composed of  men all of whom are
 competent to teach.  It was  often  a matter of surprise to me that it did
 so well, considering the clogs which weighed it down—I mean in the
 Chairs of Practice and Obstetrics. Your extensive acquaintance in the
 country and influence in bringing  students, is the  only  way that I can
 account for much of the prosperity which you had.
   You have my cordial good wishes, and  any influence I  have will be
 exerted for Pennsylvania College.
                                     Yours very respectfully,
                                                Jacob Bowman,
                      [Class 1843, and in frequent attendance since.]

                                     Ephrata, Sept. 10th, 1855.
   Dear Doctor :—I am free  in  expressing myself to you,  that  I am
perfectly pleased with your proceedings since the occurrence of the late
controversy.  I perceive by the announcement sent me,  the  school is
still increasing.   I am pleased  to  see  the rise of  our school,  and  hope
there will be no  more  Darrachs found in the Faculty.  Excuse  this
 haste ; write soon again.                    Very truly yours
                                Gershom Wenger, [Class 1850.] 
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                           Buena  Vista, III., March 26th, 1855.
   My dear Sir :—Yours of 17th inst., has come to hand, also the
 pamphlet, by which I see  that the present faculty have carried the day
 thus far; and I cannot see what more the opposite party can ask. There
 is no doubt but what Dr. Darrach will leave no stone unturned;  when
 he fails in one point, he will try another for the purpose of breaking up
 the school;  but I trust he may be foiled  as he has been heretofore.  I
 have been kept posted in the case, ever since the difficulties commenced,
 and  when the Dr.'s letter came to hand, I could see through the whole
 plot; but I have no doubt  the Patterson  dodge took with others  that
 were not posted in the  matter, and have no doubt  sent  in their names.
 I am satisfied with the present Faculty; so far as I am able to judge, the
 ship is now  well  manned, better than it ever has been heretofore, and I
 trust you may have a smooth sea and pleasant gales to waft her on pros-
 perously.
   Do you sometimes hear from my brother Samuel, Rebersburg, Centre
 Co., Pa. ?   He feels considerable interest in our school.  He was at  your
 commencement two years ago.  He  then expressed himself very favor-
 able to the school.  I told him at that time that I considered the Faculty
 complete with one exception, (I did hope to see a better man in the chair
 of Obstetrics.)   Last winter I spent a few days at Chicago, and while
 there, attended the Rush Medical College.  I, at that time, in a letter
 to Dr.-------said, that if Prof. Davis was in Prof. Darraeh's place,
 and. Prof.  Evans in Dr. Wiltbank's chair, then they might brag of their
 Faculty as being the best in the  city.   I  was very favorably impressed
 with the above men in a practical point of view.  Prof. Darrach is  not
 to be compared  to Prof. Davis, at least to fill  the  wants of a  western
 practitioner.  He is  a straight-forward  off-hand speaker, and everything
 he says is to the  point.
   Out of your present Faculty I  am acquainted with none but yourself,
 (except by reputation.)  I have Prof. Stille's work on Pathology; I am
 very much pleased with it; of the rest I have heretofore been  favored
 with Introductions and Valedictories, except the last I have not yet re-
 ceived.   Please accept my thanks for the pamphlet. Anything connected
 with  the College is always thankfully received.  Rest assured that you
 always have the kindest regards and best wishes for the prosperity and
 welfare  of our Alma Mater.
                  Respectfully, I remain your obedient  servant,
                              C. G.  Strohecker. [Class, 1848.]
  To Prof. Gilbert.

                                     Liverpool,  April 9th, 1855.
   My dear Friend,—I read you letter  of  the 26th  of March, and
would have answered it sooner, but we  have  had an  unusual number
of cases of pleurisy.   My business is on the increase, I  therefore hope
you will pardon me for neglecting answering your letterNsooner.
  I read the pamphlet, and was surprised to see the course pursued by Drs.
Darrach and Wiltbank. I,  however, have expected no more from them,
The course that you and the present Faculty have pursued, I think per- 
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fectly justifiable, and am pleased to see  you all stand out for its  main-
tenance, and hope soon to see it rank above the older schools.
   You  may rest assured that I will do all in my power to further the
progress of the college.   I have recommended all the  students to attend
the college.
                With sentiments of respect,
                             I remain yours truly,
                                             T.  G. Morris,
                    [Class  1848, and in attendance session 1844-5.]
  To Dr. D. Gilbert, No. 267 Arch street.

                                 Fayetteville, Sept. 5th, 1855.
   Dear Sir,—I trust you will pardon my neglect  in not writing to you
sooner,  avowing my entire approval of  the  course you  have pursued
in the late difficulty connected with the  college.    I  read the pamphlet
you sent me, and I am fully convinced that your  opponents have been
actuated more by a spirit of revenge than any prospect of success, and,
I trust,  after the facts are fully  known, that you will have the entire ap-
probation of all the Alumni to  sustain you, while your opponents must
(and justly so) sink very low in the estimation of all who become ac-
quainted with the facts.  I cannot but regret the  conduct of Drs. Dar-
rach and Wiltbank.  They acted without, the least shadow of authority,
right or justice; and then, through  a spirit of vindictiveness, sought to
intimidate their colleagues.   How they could reasonably expect that a
Court of Equity would sustain them I am unable to  discern.  And, hence,
I am pleased to learn they have  failed in every particular.   Your course,
I think, has been one of duty, right and justice ; you have my approval
of the  present arrangement, and my warmest and best  wishes for the
success and prosperity of the school.
   You  will  please, sir, accept  for  yourself and  Faculty my kindest
regards.
                                  Yours, very truly,
                                     E. Hartzell. [Class 1847.]
                                Minersville, Pa., Sept. 7, 1855.
  Dear Doctor,—Your friendly letter of the 22d  ult., was  received
this week.   The letter and statement of the college controversy, which
you  make mention of  as having been  sent to me last spring, did not
come to hand.   I am sorry for this, as it would have  afforded much
satisfaction to have heard from you, and learned the true state of affairs
as regards said controversy.   If it would not be presuming too much, I
would suggest that any " statement" that might yet be sent to my ad-
dress, would be thankfully received.
  You ask for an expression of my views in regard  to the present ar-
rangement.  I suppose you allude to the  arrangement as  published in
the last " Announcement."   I can most assuredly do no otherwise than
say, that  as far as I  understand it, the  present arrangement  meets my
cordial approbation.  Nor can I help regarding the additional facilities 
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for acquiring " Clinical Instruction "  as a great  desideratum  towards
attaining the object in view, namely, a sound medical education.
   From a  personal  knowledge of the growing unpopularity of several
of the older Professors, I have always approved of the partial re-organi-
zation of the Faculty which was made.  The prosperity of the school,
it appeared to  me, seemed to require the quiet  resignation  of those
members of the Faculty whose instructions proved to be no longer satis-
factory to a majority of their pupils.
   I am now looking forward in anticipation of the time when I hope to
be able once  more to take my seat among the pupils of Pennsylvania
Medical College, and listen to another full course of instruction, as it
falls from the lips of those able and indefatigable teachers who fill their
their respective chairs within its walls.
   With kind regards to yourself, I remain,
                            With much respect,
                                 Very sincerely, your friend,
                              J. W.  Danenhower. [Class 1853.]
   Dr. D.  Gilbert.
                 West Earl, Lancaster Co., March 20th, 1855.
Prof. Gilbert :—
  Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 15th  ult., containing a  statement
relative to the late difficulties in our College, has just been received,
and read with interest and full satisfaction.   Father brought home one
of the pamphlets " containing a statement of the facts connected with
the late reorganization of the Faculty of the  Medical Department of
Pennsylvania  Medical College," etc.
  The first glimpse at its opening page at once confirmed my suspicions
in relation to the probable motives which influenced Dr. Darrach in a
letter addressed me last fall.   The same evasiveness and adroit manner
of enlisting the sympathies of the " Alumni" are here manifested.  He,
Kossuth-like, then  asks  " material aid" toward a full length portrait
of the  late lamented Prof.  Patterson, concluding  his stickling  for
sympathy  by a  request  for my autograph.  But  as  I suspected some-
thing "rotten  in  Denmark," I withheld  both  the "gold  dollar  and
autograph," the former of which was no doubt  nearest at heart. I  was
well aware (it  being foreshadowed  during  my  last session) that some
difficulty would  arise  in  the College.   The moment I heard that the
chairs of " Theory and Practice " and " Obstetrics " were vacated, I felt
assured that it was caused by the employment of some unfair means by
these gentlemen.   I well  knew that Dr. Darrach, for one, considered
himself one of the mainstays of the  College.  I observed it in his  pri-
vate conversations and various plans he was perfecting for the elevation
of our school—it always sounding as though he considered the  future
prosperity of our school  to depend  upon his own  skill and untiring
exertions.
  The pamphlet gives a complete refutation  of all their allegations, and
too plainly exposes the weak, foolish and  unfounded designs employed 
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to grasp a power they never held, nor never  can  obtain, if endorsed
by all the Alumni, with a gold dollar and autograph to boot.   All their
declarations are a batch of misstatements, so  bunglingly constructed,
that their honesty is completely annihilated, and they placed in a ridicu-
lous plight.  It is unnecessary to  enter into  detail  concerning the
causes of their ejection—their appeals, " boasted authority, "repudiation
of the  authority of the Parent  Institution," which  they  recognized
while acting as Professors,  secret petition to the Legislature, etc.
  The old maxim, " drowning men grasp at straws," was never more
forcibly illustrated than in their case.  The  utter imbecility of  their
self-assumed powers is so plainly proven in the "pamphlet," that their
own selfish prejudices cannot withstand the conviction of their tortured
consciences.  I ever entertained the  highest  regard for both Darrach
and Wiltbank as gentlemen;  but since they have condescended to ruin
the future prosperity of my Alma Mater, (for their own  aggrandize-
ment,) and disseminate their nefarious designs broadcast among the
Alumni, I  can  no longer entertain  that profound respect which ever
clusters around my honored preceptors.
  I  feel an  abiding interest in the advancing prosperity of my Alma
Mater, and hope  to  see  the  day when she, with her present able and
experienced Faculty  at the helm, may stand second to  none in point of
number and celebrity.
  With  my assurances for the unbounded  prosperity of the College,
and discountenance of such measures as  her enemies are employing—
wishing  you all a  mature age and enduring  professional renown—
believe me
                                Your sincere friend,
                                    L. B.  Garber.  (Class 1852.)
  Prof. D. Gilbert, M.D., 267 Arch St.
                              Bedford Co., Va., May 4th, 1855.
  Dear Doctor :—I received yours of the 28th March, a short time
since, and after a perusal of the documents accompanying it, proceed to
reply.  My mind has been fully made up in regard to the College affairs
for some time.  Whilst I was in the city last summer I was greatly im-
portuned by Dr. Darrach to write such a letter as he would dictate, to
serve his and Dr. Wiltbank's purposes.   I declined doing so until I bad
ascertained more of the  particulars  concerning  the affair, and  since I
have been located here, have received a letter from  him, similar  to  the
one contained in your  document.   I did not answer it, because I could
not sympathise with them in that particular.
  I sincerely hope that you may prosper in raising the  standing of the
Institution to an equality with the best in the government.
                                  With much respect,
                                    I am, sir, yours very obt.,
                                     R. Christian, (Class  1851.) 
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                                    Somerset, Aug. 21st., 1855.
  Dear Doctor :—I received  a letter and  a  pamphlet from you, in
April last, only a few  days previous to leaving on a Western tour.  I
have been at home but a short time.   This I hope will excuse me in so
long delaying my answer.
  I received last winter a letter from Dr. Darrach, very similar to those
published in the pamphlet.  I never answered it;  first, because I had
beard from other sources what was going  on; and secondly, because I
was well pleased that a change had been made in the Faculty.
  To the Alumni of the school it is  not necessary to produce any evi-
dence of the unpopularity of Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank.   Their un-
fitness for the position  they occupied, any sensible man could perceive.
I often said that the school, as  then  organised, could  never take rank;
that even respectable success was impossible.
   With the gentlemen who compose the present Faculty, I have no per-
sonal acquaintance, except with yourself; but I know them notwith-
standing, and I hope you will believe  me when I say that no men could
have been chosen in Philadelphia in  whose  success I could have  more
confidence.   You must  succeed.   Of the  old Faculty I could expect
nothing  but a failure.   I knew it was your influence mainly that sus-
tained it;  but what could one man do in that connexion ?
   You may rest assured that whatever I can do for the school, shall be
done, and heartily done.  I remain,
                            Very truly yours,
                              Geo.  B. Fundenberg, (Class 18i9.)
                           Rural Retreat, Va., June 6th, 1855.
  Dear Doctor :—I avail myself  of a few leisure moments to address
y°u-
  I have received " A Statement of affairs of Pennsylvania  College,"
and approve of everything contained therein ; and if it is your intention
to solicit  the  views of the Alumni with regard to  clearing up foggy
points, or of establishing the Alma Mater upon  a  firmer  basis, I claim
to be thoroughly democratic and a kuow-something, and will have no
objection to give my full evidence.
  G ive my respects to your colleagues.      Yours,
                                    J. E. Herbst, (Class 1854.)


                             South  Hermitage, May 8th, 1855.
Dr. Gilbert :—
  Dear Sir,—I hope you will pardon my neglect in not writing to you
sooner.  I have  been so much engaged, in ODe way or another, that I
have not had time to attend to it.
  I received your letter, together with the  " statement" of the difficulty
in the Faculty, and gave it an attentive reading (as you desired me to
do) and am couvinced of the unjustness of Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank's
claim to the College building.  I am delighted  to hear that  they have 
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been foiled in their fraudulent attempt  to get possession of property to
which  they were  not  entitled.  From a knowledge of  Darraeh's and
Wiltbank's character, it is just what I  would expect of them.  It was
as gross a piece of unprincipled swindling and falsehood as I ever heard
of.  It is lucky for the prosperity of the School that they are expelled,
for they stood greatly in its way—Darrach, by his eccentric sermonizing,
and Wiltbank by his stupidity.
  I feel assured that the college  is now in  the hands of those who will
promote  its  good.   I  feel sure  that the day is not far distant when
the Pennsylvania College will stand among the first in the City in num-
ber, as I think it now does in merit.  I will  be ever ready to do  what
little I can to contribute towards  the support of the Institution, to which
I owe so much,  and in which I feel so great an interest.
  If this expression of my views will be of  any service to you, I will
feel that I have done something in consideration of the  great benefit I
received from you.
                               Yours, truly,
                                     J. Wallace, (Class 1848.)
                                     Sunbury, April 20th, 1855.
To Prof. D. Gilbert :—
  Dear Sir,—The bearer, of Sunbury, some six  months ago, received
a wound of the eye-ball, by means of a small piece of steel flying from
the edge of a hatchet, while striking upon another.  He comes to you
for your opinion, and, if necessary, for you to remove it by operation, or
by some one whom  you may recommend.
  You will please let me know, as soon as convenient, what you think of
it, &c.   The published statement of the facts, in  reference to the diffi-
culties existing in the School, are very satisfactory and conclusive. There
are  no  Physiciaus  about here, who have  not a full knowledge of the
whole affair.
                              Yours, in haste,
                                   D. W.  Shindle, (Class 1850.)
                Chared Falls, New Brunswick, March 26, 1855.
   My dear Doctor,—It  affords  me much pleasure   to  acknowledge
the receipt of your very kind letter, as well as the " Pamphlet" giving
a statement of the circumstances connected with the recent  difficulties
that seem to have broken down the former pleasant and friendly associ-
ations existing in our " Alma Mater."
   I have also to thank you for the very prompt,  interesting and friendly
reply  which my  letter  received from you.   Your two letters and the
" Pamphlet" are the only evidences I have  received during the past
two years of the existence of the Pennsylvania Medical College.   I had
anxiously expected an " Annual Announcement," but was disappointed.
   The " Pamphlet"  I have carefully perused, and although I  have never
received any statements  from Drs. Darrach or Wiltbank  expressive of
their views and proceedings in regard  to  these  unfortunate difficulties, 
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still, from the facts elicited, I cannot but think they  have acted  most
strangely—and, in saying this, it is indeed with regret, having always
held a very high regard and friendship for both those  gentlemen.   But
perfection is rare in the best  of men;  we all have  our good and bad
qualities.  I should  suppose  Dr. D.  was  the " first player" in this
game,  and I can readily imagine how vigorously he  would push  matters
into a  crisis in  favor of his own party : the old gent, when roused would
be a hard one to contend against.   I  am willing to take the decision of
the Court, as the surest  evidence  that the present  Faculty have  acted
rightly and honorably through the whole campaign, and that  Drs. D.
and W. have  been  very, very  wrong  in  their proceedings.   These
troubles certainly must hurt the interests and check the advancement of
the school,  but  I trust that now, all things being  settled, Pennsylvania
Medical College will flourish with  renewed and greater rapidity.   The
Faculty is now  composed of entire strangers to me, but well known, I
presume, in Philadelphia, men of superior abilities and zealous in the
welfare and  advancement of the profession.  You, dear Dr., are the only
one remaining through whom I could claim an  interest  and feeling  in
the school.   Three years have made a great change (here I can call to
my imagination, quite familiarly, the friendly countenance of our much
lamented Dr. Grant and Dr. Patterson), but so long as  you remain  in
the Faculty I should  feel perfectly at-home,  and privileged to enjoy my
former rights, in the halls of my " Alma Mater."   Circumstances may
allow of my again visiting Philadelphia;  if so, I hope to meet you in
health  and prosperity.   I hope you will occasionally write, if any  thing
particular should occur.  Amid a thousand kind wishes,
                           I remain, affectionateby,
                                     Geo. Currier, (Class 1851.)
                  White Sulphur Springs, Va., Sept. 5th, 1855.
 Prof. Gilbert,
   Dear Sir :—I have this moment yours of August 22d,and was truly
 glad to hear from you.   I regret deeply that I did not receive yours
 containing  a  statement of the controversy which I infer (not  having
 heard one word about it) involved the  Faculty.  Of course then, so far
 as the controversy is concerned, 1 can  have no opinion.   In relation  to
 the present form of the Faculty, I can truly say that I am highly pleased.
 Not having been  in  your  city but once for five years, and that but  a
 short visit, I know nothing personally of many members of your Faculty,
 but  then I said The South knows them medically with approvement.
   Last summer, Dr. Landon Rives, of Cincinnati,  Ohio, brother of W.
 C. Rives, of Virginia, visited his son, who is a co-laborer with him in the
practice of Roanoake, and  before a number of physicians I heard him
 pay a very  high compliment to the newly-organized Faculty of Pennsyl-
 vania College, of which he  was my first informant.   I am confident that
 with harmony of Faculty the Medical Department of Pennsylvania Col-
 lege will in a few years  matriculate as many students as any school in
 Philadelphia. 
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   Excuse this long letter, which has grown out of my interest in your
 school.   I will be in Philadelphia in a short time, and hope to have the
 pleasure of calling on you.
                         I am, very  respectfully yours,
                                 Louis M. Coates, (Class 1850.)

                              Arcadia (Ga.,) August 30th, 1855.
 Dr. D. Gilbert,
   Dear Sir :—Your favor is at hand, and I am truly sorry to hear of
 the difficulty between yourself and colleagues.   I have always thought
 prudent to remain neutral on all controverted points;  but as others have
 expressed their opinions pretty freely,  I would remark that I  feel con-
 fident that the College ivill be more prosperous under the direction of the
present Faculty than heretofore.  I hope as you have  been  successful so
 far in obviating every difficulty, that you may be permitted  to go on un-
 molested in the even tenor of your way.
                               Yours truly,
                                  Curtis McNeal, (Class 1852.)
                                  Reading, September 3d, 1855.
   Dear Doctor :—I received yours of the 28th ult., asking me to give
you an expression of my views of the presept arrangement of my Alma
Mater, which I will freely do.  As far  as I am acquainted with  the
present Faculty, I am entirely satisfied. I have no acquaintance with Drs.
Neill and Stille, though I know Dr. Neill as a Lecturer.  I frequently
heard him lecture in the University, and must say that I felt very much
pleased  with him as a teacher.  Dr. Stille' I know not; never saw him
to my knowledge, but from what I  heard from outside  talk, gives entire
satisfaction; and as far as  my knowledge of the present Faculty of the
Pennsylvania College extends, it ranks second to none in Philadelphia.
I wholly approve of the arrangement, for I consider that it  is for  the
better.  When I first heard of the  hubbub I was with  Dr. Darrach, but
when I  heard  the particulars my  views  were changed.  Dr. Darrach
wrote to me last winter, asking  me to give  a dollar for the purpose of
getting up a portrait of Dr. Patterson, but the matter slipped my mem-
ory entirely or I might have sent him a dollar, not knowing what was to
be done with the portrait.
   I will do all that  lays  in  my power  for the Institution.  My best
wishes are with you and the rest of the Faculty.
                             Yours truly,
                                Franklin Rieser, (Class 1852.)
                  Andesville, Perry Co., Pa., April 23d, 1855.
Prof. D. Gilbert,
  Very dear Sir :—I at length commence a letter to you in answer
to the very kind one received, bearing date March 17th.
  I am under obligations to you for the pamphlet sent a few days prior
to your letter; and, as  you will  doubtless expect, I  have read it over 
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attentively.  Before its arrival I was at a loss to know what had caused
the changes made in the Faculty, and  the  truth  in regard to which
I was  particularly anxious  to know.   I heard it  intimated  that it
was believed by some that it was  through your influence the result  was
brought about in order that in the Faculty you " might be placed  pri-
mus primarius."   Such insinuations I never for a moment believed, and
from the statement in the pamphlet, it is evident to everyone that there
is not the least shadow of a foundation for such allegations.
  I am very sorry, indeed, that Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank should so
far forget themselves as to descend to such unfair means  to injure the
Institution.   I did not think it possible that there was so much bitter-
ness in Dr. Darraeh's composition as his letters evince.  I am very sorry
whenever I think  of the subject that  he has  acted so dishonorably.
I do hope, for  their own honor,  and for the honor of the  College, the
present members of  the Faculty will not attempt to retaliate or take any
measures against Drs. D. and W. to gratify feelings merely, but at the
same time act fully upon the defensive, and, if possible, sustain the honor
of my Alma Mater.
                         Sincerely and  truly yours,
                                    Isaac Lefevre, (Class 1854.)
                              Wrightsville, August 31st,  1855.
  Dear Doctor :—Yours of the 22d came to hand yesterday.  In reply
I would say that I am entirely satisfied with the course you have taken,
and hope Pennsylvania  College, with its present organization, may be
destined to succeed beyond your brightest anticipations.
  The letter you speak  of never came to hand, neither did  the  State-
ment, although I have seen and read the latter with most lively satisfac-
tion.   With great respect and esteem, I remain
                                Yours  truly,
                                       J. A. Wolf, (Class 1848.)
                                   Lockhaven, June 11th, 1855.
Prof. Gilbert,
  Dear Sir :—I received your letter and pamphlet, and I would offer as
an apology for not sending an acknowledgment and reply, that I intend-
ed to have visited Philadelphia and conferred with you on the matters
set forth in the pamphlet, but as my business has prevented me thus far,
and may prevent me for some time to come, I send you a  brief letter.
  The first intimation I had that there was any difficulty in the College,
was from some remarks made by Dr. A. Babb in  my office, last winter.
I sincerely regret that any difficulties should have arisen in  my Alma
Mater.   The Faculty always occupied a large  place in my affections, I
would  not  have  believed that any of the  Professors would  have been
guilty of duplicity or anything that would in any  way compromise their
dignity and that  of  the  Institution.   It appears by your letter and
the pamphlet, that Prof.  Darrach, a man I always  esteemed  so highly,
has been guilty of those very acts.   But it also appears that the plot he 
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and Prof. Wiltbank had formed for the " ousting" of  their colleagues,
reverted upon their own heads.   I do not give this as my opinion, but
merely draw my inferences from the supposition that all that is set forth
in the pamphlet is correct.   I would not hint for  a moment the possi-
bility of any intentional misrepresentation;  but may there not be some
mistake in the matter ?  Have you not all been rather hasty ?  As you
have asked the  opinion  of a young man, you will not accuse me of  pre-
sumption or disrespect.   You will confer a great favor on me by inform-
ing me at times  of the manner  in which  my Alma Mater  prospers.
Please  send the Announcements, Introductories, &c.
                           Yours respectfully,
                             Wm. W. Estabrooks, (Class 1847.)
                             Washington City, May 13th, 1855.
Prof.  Gilbert,
  My dear Sir :—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 1st inst., and the accompanying " Statement  of the  facts
connected with the re-organization of the Faculty" of my Alma Mater.
While I deeply regret that the conduct of Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank
was such as to compel the trustees of the Parent Institution to expel them
from the Chairs that they held, I cannot but confess that, so far  as the
change is concerned, it will be a great advantage to the Institution, their
successors  being active,  energetic  men, distinguished  not only  as
eminently successful practitioners, but also able teachers.  With the
present  Faculty I am  greatly pleased.   They will give Pennsylvania
College the position she is entitled  to occupy among the first schools of
the world; and I beg you to say to them that  for one I bid them God
speed.
  Aletter from Dr. Darrach  to an Alumnus, published in the pamphlet,
states that the Alumni are co-operating to have  a  full-length portrait
painted of the late beloved and much lamented  Patterson.   I wish to
contribute to it, and hope when finished it will be placed in the Museum
of the College.  With sentiments of the highest regard, I am,
                               Truly yours,
                                    Charles Leib, (Class 1849.)
                              Waverly, Pa., March 28th, 1855.
Prof. Gilbert,
  My  dear Doctor :—I received your letter and also a " Statement"
of the facts  connected  with  the  re-organization of the Faculty of the
Medical Department of  Pennsylvania College.  After a careful perusal
of its contents I must say that I can find  nothing that will reflect dis-
credit to yourself or present associates.  I am very sorry that Drs. Dar-
rach and Wiltbank have taken the course pursued by them.  The under-
handed plan resorted to  for the purpose of ousting others, &c, must or
should be frowned upon by every M. D. acquainted with  the  circum-
stances.  I should not have expected any thing of the kind from Dr.
Darrach, but         *        *          *          *             * 
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  You have my best wishes for your future success, and will be glad at
any time to aid  you in  building up the interest of the School.   I am
always glad to hear from you,  so please write.
                           Truly yours,
                                    H. S. Cooper. (Class  1852.)

                           Fredericton, N. B., April 23d, 1855.
  Dear Doctor,—Your kind  letters of the 16th and 27th inst., came
duly to hand, and I have to  apologize for not answering  before, but as
your request was to peruse the Statement concerning  the  College care-
fully, for that reason, I have delayed writing hitherto, and, even now,
have  scarcely read it with sufficient care to  express  an opinion ; and,
indeed, perhaps, it would be a difficult matter for me to give an unbias-
sed opinion.  My views and feelings being, as  you well know, in favor
of the present Faculty.  Still, from the hasty perusal I have made, I
cannot  but think the  course of conduct pursued by Drs. Darrach and
Wiltbank very unfair, and must say I am very much pleased at the pre-
sent state of things  in Pennsylvania  College.   With the  present Pro-
fessors, the College must necessarily advance, and any influence I may
possess in sending  any persons thither shall be  exerted to the utmost.
  Hoping  you will pardon my negligence, believe me, my dear doctor,
                                Yours, very respectfully,
                                    C. H. Barker. [Class 1854.]
                                  Irwinton, Ga., May 3d, 1855.
   Dear Doctor,—Yours of March 16th is here ; and in obedience to
your wish, I respond to it.   In doing so, I regret to find myself impelled
by an imperative necessity, founded upon the illiberal, not to say, dogma-
tical, course which Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank have pursued towards the
present Faculty of Pennsylvania  College, and to regard their proceed-
ings as one unbroken series of obliquities.   I view them as having  as-
sumed to themselves an unwarrantable authority  in their attempt  to
expel from the school  five professors, whose claims were equal to  their
own.   Disregarding  the  authority of the institution  upon which the
medical school  was engrafted, exhibits a degree of presumption and con-
tumacy  hitherto  unknown  in the  chartered  Colleges  of the  United
States.
   In their efforts to injure the present Faculty of the Medical College  of
Pennsylvania,  by making insane  appeals to the Alumni of the school,
they infringe  upon the injunction  placed upon them  by the Court of
Equity to which they applied for redress, and from which they doubtless
received all that was due them.
   It is with feelings of deep and  serious regret, that I find it  necessary
to speak  thus  disapprovingly of  a  course pursued by  persons  whose
names  were  inscribed upon  my diploma;  but I feel that it would be a
dereliction of duty in  me  were I not to express to you  my entire dis-
approbation of  their conduct in regard to my Alma Mater.
                     Faithfully, yours,
                                 S. E. McKinley.  [Class 1848.] 
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                                Shippensburg, June 11th, 1855.
To Dr.  Gilbert.
  Dear  Doctor,—It has been some time past since I saw you face to
face.   It would be a heartfelt pleasure to me to see  all of the present
Faculty, but my business is such at this time that I am not able to visit
you at  present.   Dr. Darrach wrote to me at Princeton, Scott co., Iowa,
last January, and requested  me to send him a gold dollar for the pur-
pose of getting  Dr. Patterson's  portrait in full, for the benefit of the
Pennsylvania Medical College.  If I mind right, Dr. Darrach requested
me  to  send  a  letter to Dr.  Bond, of Philadelphia.  I am sorry to say
that at  that  time I did not know if  I was  right in complying with his
request.
                       I remain, your humble  servant,
                                      Joseph T. Hoover,
                                          [Graduate of 1853.]
                                   Gratztown, April 12th, 1855.
 Prof. D. Gilbert.
   Dear Sir,—I did not receive your letter  until a few days ago, in
 consequence of having moved  my quarters from  my former situation.
 Sir, I felt exceedingly sorry, when I learned that such difficulties existed
 between the members of the Faculty of Pennsylvania College.
   I was not aware that they existed until  last summer, when a  letter
 was addressed to me  by Dr. Darrach, stating therein the circumstance.
 I could  not learn from  the Dr.'s letter what created the disturbance.
. He desired  of me to  give the Post Office address of some of my fellow
 Alumni, also, he  desired my name  to be  annexed to the " Quo War-
 ranto "  list, but I did not give him authority to  have my name  added
 on the list,  from the fact that I did not know in what position matters
 stood.
   I perused the pamphlet which you favored  me with, and find that the
 case  is stated differently therein from what I  had been informed.
   With my best wishes for  the prosperity of Pennsylvania Medical
 College.
                                   I am, truly, yours,
                                Isaiah Schminky. [Class 1852.]
                                    Ephrata, April 12th, 1855.
  Dear  Doctor,—Yours  of  the 16th of March was received with
great  satisfaction, as I did not receive any communications  either  by
documents or letters from any of you Professors since I left Philadelphia,
therefore I did not know of the difficulty between you.   I am sorry that
Dr. Darrach used such illegal means. 1  am glad that he is out of that
Chair, and hope you will prosper.
  Please send me documents.  Excuse my delay.
                           Verv truly, yours,
                                     G. Wenger.  [Class 1850.] 
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                      Catasauque, Lehigh Co., April llth,  1855.
  My  Dear Doctor,—I am in receipt of your favor of the 17th ult.,
and also of the " Statement," &c.
  It is a matter of regret to me  that  the  institution of which I have
the honor to be a graduate should  have the least dissention among  its
Faculty.   I watched with interest the  case last summer in its judicial
progress, but as my knowledge of  the law is limited only to a smatter of
medical jurisprudence, I did not  come to a decision.  I have  carefully
perused the " Statement," and according to the evidence in the  case I
could not but come to the same conclusion as Judge Thompson.
   His opinion is clear and lucid, and simplifies the case so ihat the most
common intellect can, if he wishes, understand  it.   Your letter tends
only to confirm my opinion.
   I hope that the storm is over now, and that the Pennsylvania will be
the brightest star in  the constellation of the medical schools.
   You will accept my warmest wishes.
                                     Yours, truly,
                                  W. W. Walters. [Class 1853.]
Dr. D. Gilbert.
                                     Mill Hall, April 2d, 1855.
  Dear Sir :—I received  a letter from  you a few days  ago, sounding
my feelings  on the affairs  of  the College.  My opinion  is soon given;
my sympathies, ever since  I have  understood  the real state of affairs,
have  been with  the  present  Faculty.  I have had some two or three
letters, once, also, an interview with Dr. Darrach, but I think his course
savors much of revenge and disappointment.  I think the change in the
Faculty favorable to the future prosperity of the school.  I heard most
of them lecture when I was in the city, and liked them very much.
  I am willing to do anything in my power for  the  prosperity of the
present Faculty.
                                 Yours, truly,
                               Joseph  McMicken. [Class 1851.]
                             Tuckerton, N. J., April 9th,  1855.
Prof. D. Gilbert :
  Very dear and respected  Doctor :—Yours of the  17th ultimo
was received in due time, and should have been answered before  this
time, but  I have culpably postponed  from  day to day,  until the delay
has become alarming, lest I incur your displeasure.
  I  have  received a pamphlet which  sets forth the  statements of the
various transactions of the  late difficulties at  Pennsylvania  College,
which is  entitled  a " Cross  Bill of Complainant's," in the  Court of
Common Pleas of  Philadelphia.   This is the only paper I at this time
recollect of receiving.
  I  have  studiously avoided  taking  any part whatever in this, what I
consider, unfortunate affair.   None of Dr. Darraeh's letters ever reached
me.   I was in Philadelphia shortly after the difficulties became public, 
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and visited the College with the expectation of seeing all the Professors
then connected  with the  Institution.   I think, if I remember, that I
saw yourself and Drs. Smith, Heese, and Allen, and with very much plea-
sure.  If I remember aright, I said to you that I desired to stand aloof
from all interference in  the affair;  and when  I saw Dr. Darrach and
Wiltbank, I decidedly said the same to them.   Whether Dr. Darrach
has considered, that " he who is not for us, is against us," or not, it is
very true that I have received no communication from him or Dr. Wilt-
bank  relative to the affair.
  All the gentlemen whom I have the honor to respect as Preceptors
and Teachers,  have always, without exception, treated me with extreme
kindness and  courtesy, and  I have always desired  that my demeanor
towards them should be gratefully respectful  and honorable in  return.
  I am exceedingly obliged to you for this renewed evidence  of your
kindness and remembrance, in giving me  such important information  on
some  points of whieh I  was before ignorant.
  I feel nervously anxious for  the prosperity and success of my  Alma
Mater, and am gratified to learn from you that the future prospects  are
so flattering.   I wish yourself and all the gentlemen connected in the
Faculty with you, abundant health, success, and  continually increasing
popularity, and that the school through your efforts and labors may  be-
come  second to none in the land in point  of influence and popularity, as
I verily believe it already is in real merit.  With profound respect and
esteem I have the  honor to be       Yours verv sincerely,
                                      T. T. Price, [Class  1853.]

                              Dahlonega Iowa, April 4th, 1855.
Prof.  Gilbert :
  Dear Sir :— Your favor of March 19th is before  me, informing  me
of the difficulties,  of which  I had before, but heard indirectly.   I have,
as you will see by this  date, removed  from Pekin;  and, consequently,
have not received the  pamphlet to which you  allude.  I received, last
fall, a circular, from which I ascertained that there had been a  re-orga-
nization of the Faculty,  and supposed that it had been brought  about
upon  amicable grounds.   As gentlemen, and  as friends and scholars,
were Drs. Darrach  and  Wiltbank  held  by myself and fellow-students
of the course of 1853  and  1854 ;  but all agreed in  the opinion, that
their  future connection with the school, would be prejudicial to her ad-
vancement and  best interests.   It was  with this view of the  matter,
that I was induced to head the petition for their voluntary resignation;
hoping that such a course would subvert the evils  which we but  too
plainly saw, would sooner or later overtake  the  school under her then
organization.  I am truly sorry  to learn of the seriousness with  which
this  matter is attended ; and hope that it  will  very soon be settled.
But my candid  opinion  is,  with all  deference  to the ability,  candor,
and honor of Drs.  D. and W., that the school will not  take the  rank  to
which she is entitled, with their  occupying any of the chairs.
  I have a splendid practice here, and have had several surgical  cases;
and, am happy to  assure you, that the principles of surgery  taught  in 
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the " Medical Department of Pennsylvania College," were amply suffi-
cient to enable me to succeed with credit to the profession, and honor to
myself.
  I send  my compliments  to  the balance of the  Faculty.  With the
best wishes for your future  welfare, and the ultimate success of the In-
stitution with  which you are connected,
                              I remain  very truly yours,
                                     J. C.  Hinsey, [Class 1854.]
                                  Sunbury, February 19th, 1855.
  Dear Prof. :—I send you the original letter of Dr. Darrach *  I do
so,  " Not that I loved  Caesar less, but that  I loved Rome more."   I
have the kindest feelings for Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank, and would go
as far as any other person  to  reinstate  them, if I  believed they  were
wronged; but from all the  information I can gather in reference to this
unfortunate difficulty, I am forced to the conclusion, that they, (Drs. D.
and W.) are in the wrong.  Believing this to be the case, and for the
great interest I feel in my Alma  Mater, I cannot refuse to lend  my aid
in support of right, against wrong ; I therefore send you the letter, to
use as you think best.     Your very  truly and ob'dt. servant,
                                   D. W.  Shindel, [Class 1850.]
                                          York, April 3d, 1855.
Dr. Gilbert :
  Dear Sir .—I received your letter some time since, and as to my opinion
in regard to the difficulties  existing in the welfare and future success of
my honored " Alma Mater," I can do  no better than assure you, that
whatever  course  you and  your  colleagues  may pursue, will  meet my
hearty approbation.                Yours with respect,
                                     Saml. Rouse, [Class 1851.]
                                 Mahonoy, September 6th, 1855.
   Dear Doctor :—I received your letter in due  time, and  was very
much pleased indeed to hear from you, and also to  hear  that the old
Pennsylvania is still in a prosperous condition with its new Professors.
I had felt very sorry at first to hear that Professors Darrach and Wilt-
bank were ousted, for  as  teachers they were very kind to me, but as
they have done wrong, and have no person to blame  but themselves, I
think it was  perfectly right that they were removed.   I hope that the
College will  improve by the change, for I stand firm for the  old Penn-
sylvania, and I will do for it what lays in my power to do.   I  have been
getting along very well since I saw you last.  Now Doctor I have given
you my views.                       Very truly your friend,
                                          J.  Haas, [Class  1852.]
* This letter has not been published. 
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                                St. John, N  B., February, IS55.
  My Dear Doctor:—I have no  news to communicate  at present,
and the only object in addressing you now is, that you might be  in pos-
session of the enclosed rare specimen (of, " I don't know what,") before the
termination  of the present session, and, as it is a valuable and credita-
ble production,  I trust you will have it framed and give it a conspicu-
ous place in the  Museum, especially as it is the production  of a being
who had been Divinely appointed  to teach Medicine in the Pennsylvania
College. He has received silent contempt for his  trouble in writing to me.
I sincerely hope  that you have a good large class this  winter.  I  long
to pay you a visit if I could only manage to do it, but  it seems as if
every day brings additional obstructions ;  however, I must live in hope.
Please let me hear from you after  the commencement, and give  me all
the news about the College and its prospects.   As I feel ashamed of the
names of Darrach and Wiltbank, could  I  not have another diploma
with  the names of the new Faculty on it ?
                         Your obliged friend,
                                  James Hunter, (Class 1849.)
                                   Gettysburg, Sept. 4th, 1855.
 Prof. D. Gilbert :
   Dear Doctor,—I received your letter last spring, also the  " State-
 ment" of the College affairs which you sent me at that time.
   When I received the Pamphlet I had only time to glance at its contents,
 intending the next evening to read it carefully, and answer your letter as
 the  facts might warrant; but the Pamphlet  was mislaid, and when I
 received your letter I had intended to  write you  for another copy,  but
 on renewing the search I found the lost one where my boy had  mislaid
 it.   I assure  you  I am glad  you  have published  a  statement  of the
 difficulties in  your  membership, which seems  to me to be quite satisfac-
 tory, for I must say that as the case  was first represented to  me, my
 sympathies were with Profs. Darrach and Wiltbank, and would have been
 glad if the school could have been carried on without the unkind feeling
 that seems to have been necessary to get rid of them.
   I am very sorry for Dr. Darrach, for when  I was there I liked him as
 a man and a lecturer; but several young men who listened to him the
 last winter or two he lectured, told me (before I heard anything of the
 difficulty) that  he had become so wild and so  carried off with " Phleg-
 masiae and the Lancet" that they did not pretend to learn  the practice
from  his lectures.  However much we may regret the past bad feeling, I
cannot see how any one with the facts before him, if he has the good of
the College at heart,  would not  rather see the Faculty composed of men
 who could succeed than remain as it was,  to fail.  Hoping that  my
" Alma Mater"  may  always  be second  to  none in  the  land, please
accept for yourself and colleagues my kind regards personally and best
wishes for your success and the school under your  are.  Please send me a
copy of any addresses) that may be distributed.
              Truly  yours,
                                    John L. Hill, (Class 1846.) 
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n                          Middletown, (Ohio,)  Sept. 3d, 1855.
Ue- Gilbert :—
  Yours of the 22d August was received this morning.  I should have
answered your first letter, but  it was my intention  to visit your city
some  time  this month, and  then I would have been enabled to have
conversed with you upon the subject.  I was not posted up upon mat-
ters and things when Dr. Darraeh's letter was received.   My answer to
him was, " that  I was very sorry that any misunderstanding was then
existing among  the Faculty, and  that  I was very willing to give my
assistance  and  money to procure the likeness of  my honored and
lamented friend and teacher, Dr. Patterson.  My money was given for
this purpose and for no other, and such was mentioned in my answer to
Dr. Darrach. It was a tribute due Dr. Patterson, and it had my hearty
co-operation.   I never would consent to give my name or assistance to
any proceeding in law without knowing more about the case than I did
about the one in question.   Such were my views to Dr. D. in a copy of
my letter to him.   I carry with me very warm  feelings for your Insti-
tution, and shall always use  honorable  means for its advancement, and
my influence for  its future  prosperity.   Nothing preventing, I shall
see you early in the Spring.
                             Yours truly,
                                Chas. S. Barnitz. (Class 1853.)

         Springfield, [New Brunswick, B. A.,] May 19th, 1855.
  Dear  Doctor :—Your  letter and  pamphlet I  received.  I was
astonished to hear of the difficulties you have had in  the  College lately,
but I hope it will be all for its good.
  I am much pleased to  hear of the School being in so prosperous  a
state at present, and hope it may continue so.
  With best wishes for yourself and your colleagues, I ever remain,
                                  Yours, &c,
                                   J. H. Wilson. (Class 1853.)
   Note.—It is worthy of observation, that many of the writers of the
above letters are among those who were induced to express their sympa-
thy with Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank, upon the misrepresentations which
they received from Dr. Darrach.  The letters of Drs.  Adams, Layton
and Miles here  given, contrast strikingly with the testimonials to which
these gentlemen's names are appended in the Pamphlet. 
OPINION  OF THE COURT
                          DEILVERED BY

        HON.  OSWALD  THOMPSON.

   Common Pleas.—The following opinion was given by Judge Thomp-
son, in the case of the Medical College of Pennsylvania:
Wm. Darrach, M.  D.,  and John Wiltbank, M.  D.,  and  " The
   Trustees of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College," com-
  plainants, vs. John B. Biddle, M. D., John J. Reese, M. D., Da-
   vid Gilbert, M.  D., Francis G. Smith, M. D., and Jonathan M.
   Allen, M. D., and the Trustees of Pennsylvania  College of  Gettys-
   burg, in the county of Adams, respondents.   In equity.
John J. Reese, David Gilbert, John B. Biddle, Francis G. Smith,
   and Jonathan M. Allen, and " The Trustees of Pennsylvania  Col-
   lege, of Gettysburg," &c, complainants, vs. Wm. Darrach, John
   Wiltbank, " The Trustees of the Medical Department of Pennsylva-
   nia College," and Morris Patterson, and others,  defendants.—In
   equity.  Cross-bill, Sur motions for special injunctions.
   The complainants  in the  original  bill, Drs. Darrach and Wiltbank,
claim to be the Medical Faculty of Pennsylvania College, and to derive
their powers  as such Faculty entirely  from the Act of Assembly of
March 6th, 1840.  They deny that they derive  any part thereof from
the " Trustees of the Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg," and set up
the said act of March 6, 1840, as the  only charter of the said  Medical
Department.  They  claim to be the  only possessors of  the powers con-
ferred by the said act,  and ask for an injunction to restrain the defend-
ants from  interfering or molesting them in the management of the Medi-
cal College, or in the enjoyment  or exercise of the powers conferred by
the said act.
   Unless they are sustained in each of these positions:—1st, That the
act referred to is the only charter of  the Medical Department, and con-
fers upon them exclusive powers; 2d, that the Trustees of Pennsylvania
College  of Gettysburg have no power or authority on the subject—they
cannot obtain the aid of a Court of Equity to prevent others, who claim
equal rights with them, from asserting such rights either at law or in
equity, whenever it may become expedient or necessary so to do. 
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 _  To the position thus assumed by the complainants there appear to be
 insuperable objections.  In the first place, the Act of  March, 1840, has
 none of the requisites of a charter;  it creates no institution or corporate
 body, but merely authorizes a Faculty established by the Pennsylvania
 College at Gettysburg to confer medical degrees.   Secondly, The com-
 plainants were not members of the original Faeulty upon whom the Act
 conferred the power  to grant  medical  degrees.  They claim to derive
 their authority from  a transfer made to them by the  members of that
 Faculty—but it  is to be observed that no power is given by the Act to
 make such transfer.   If the Act were  a charter, the corporators would
 have no authority to surrender and relinquish their  rights  to others; no
 such power can be implied.   The right of continuing the existence of a
 corporate body by the election of successors, which in some cases is ne-
 cessarily implied, is not that which is here claimed.  The  complainants
 aver an entire transfer of all corporate powers;—but without an express
 authority it cannot be presumed that it was the intention of the Legisla-
 ture to vest such power in any corporate body.  The  instrument, how-
 ever, under which the complainants allege that their powers were trans-
 ferred  to them, does not imply that the gentlemen  who signed it either
 claimed to possessor to transfer any chartered privileges whatever. They
 merely, as late members of the Faculty of Pennsylvania Medical College,
 relinquish the right to and use of the charter of said institution in favor
 of a new Faculty, thereby giving up their rights but not conferring any.
 Under  this relinquishment, it is difficult to  understand what exclusive
 powers could  have passed to the new Faculty,  which the  complainants
 now claim to exercise.
   The  second position assumed by the complainants, that  the Trustees
 of Pennsylvania  College at Gettysburg have no right or power in the
 case, is fully met, as far as the present application is concerned, by the
 fact that up  to  a very recent period the complainants professed to act
 under the authority of the said Trustees.  The original professors had
 individually assigned their chairs to the said Trustees  or to their repre-
 sentatives, and after having thus divested  themselves of  their powers,
 had  received other authority from the Trustees, in accordance with which
 they made the alleged transfer to the complainants.
   The complainants subsequently applied for and received the  sanction
 of the Trustees to their appointment as  the Faculty of  the Medical De-
 partment, and advertised themselves to the world as deriving their powers
 from the appointment  of the  late Faculty, under a resolution of the
Board of  Trustees confiding to them that power.   In  frequent commu-
 nications, as well as by payments  made according to the understanding
had  with the Board of Trustees, they have further acknowledged them-
selves as acting under their authority.   If, after so many recognitions of
their connection  with  the  Pennsylvania College of  Gettysburg, they
have the power to repudiate their former acts, and to deny what they so
often asserted, it  cannot be upon any principle of equity, which requires
the aid of a  Court  of Equity and conscience to sustain them in such a
position. 
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  But, assuming that the complainants  had the entire powers of the
Medical Department vested in them by the transfer of the original Fa-
culty, on what principle can  they invalidate  the the election made by
themselves of their associates, whom they have made defendants in the
original bill ?   It matters not from what  source they derived their au-
thority.  If they possessed it, as they allege they did, they must be con-
sidered as exercising it, when they  elected their fellow members.  They
conferred upon them full powers and made them equally with themselves
members of the Medical Faculty.  They themselves then  become the
minority of the Faculty, and  could have no power to act against the will
of the  majority.  That majority  still claim to maintain the rights  so
conferred upon them,  and I do not perceive with what equity their claim
can be opposed by the complainants.   The  existence of differences  of
opinion in  regard to the  conduct of the  Institution, or upon any other
subjects connected with their duties, would not  authorize a minority to
remove the majority from their professorships, or justify  a Court  of
Equity in  interfering  to  prevent such majority from the assertion  of
their rights.
  For  these reasons and  others which might be added, it is clear that
this Court  should not enjoin  the professors who are made  defendants,
nor the Trustees of the Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg, from exer-
cising the rights they respectively appear to possess to the professorships,
or to the management of the said Medical College.   It may be said that
the said complainants have devoted their time and talents to the advance-
ment of the  Institution,  and that the College edifice has been  erected
chiefly by their contributions and by the assistance of their friends, but
it must be  recollected that, by their own act, they imparted to  others
equal rights in the premises with themselves.  Nothing  was reserved.
Their chosen associates claim to have received an equal  right to partici-
pate in the privileges,  as well as the responsibilities of  members of the
Faculty.   They have neither waived, nor from aught that appears, for-
feited their rights thus obtained,  and we cannot with propriety interfere
with them.
  The  defendants in the  original  bill, for  the purpose of bringing more
fully before the  Court the facts necessary for the determination of the
controversy, have filed their  cross-bill against the  complainants in the
original bill, upon which they apply for a special injunction to  restrain
the said complainants from instituting legal proceedings to deprive them
of the  possession of the College Building or from interfering therewith,
and from  making  any publication prejudical to the  interests of the
Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, and to restrain the said
Trustees from  letting the said College Building to  said Wm. Darrach
and John Wiltbank, or to any person or persons.
  A careful examination of the facts presented in  affidavits  and docu-
ments produced to sustain the views of the respective parties, renders it
clear to me that the design of the Legislature in passing the act of 1840
was  to confirm the  establishment  of the Medical  Department  of the
Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, as it existed in Philadelphia.  The
first Medical Faculty at all times recognized the College at Gettysburg as 
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their Parent Institution, and they appointed the new Faculty and trans-
ferred the use of the  charter to them expressly, in  accordance with the
authority given them  by the Trustees.   The new Faculty in like manner
acted as a branch of said  College, and expressly recognized  the author-
ity  of  the Trustees.   Without this authority it would be  difficult to
sustain  any of their proceedings.   That the Trustees of the Pennsyl-
vania College have  the right to sustain their claims to the  control and
management of the Medical  Department,—and the  professors to the
enjoyment of their professorships, cannot, I think,  admit of a question.
Whether the said Trustees had the power to establish the Medical  De-
partment, under  the charter of the  Pennsylvania  College, is a qestion
which  it is not proper to examine  at the instance of those whose claims
to chairs in that Department can  only be sustained  by upholding the
action  of  the Trustees.
  The position  assumed by the Trustees of the Medical  Department of
Pennsylvania College is also  to be considered.  That body was  created
by the act of 29th  March, 1849.  The said act  was passed as a supple-
ment to the act of 6th March, 1840, and created a  body politic  and
corporate, with capacity to take and hold rreal estate  for the purpose of
erecting a building thereon for the use of the Medical  Department of
Pennsylvania College.   The  Medical Department indicated  by said act
could be none other than that established  by the Pennsylvania  College
of Gettysburg, and named in the act to which it is  a supplement.   The
said Trustees  were to erect  buildings for the accommodation  of said
Medical Department, and  they can do no act contrary to  the interests of
those whom the  Trustees  of Pennsylvania  College have  authorized to
conduct their  Medical Department.   They can have no authority to
transfer  the use of the building  erected  by them  to  others, nor to
obstruct the professors so  appointed in the enjoyment of it, so  long as
the terms agreed upon for its  occupation and use are performed.
  From all that appears in the exhibits and  affidavits filed with the re-
spective bills, I am of opinion that the complainants in the cross-bill are
entitled to the use of the  building,  It is distinctly denied by them that
any such  lease as is mentioned in  the original bill was ever accepted or
acted on by them, and they insist that the Faculty occupy not as tenants,
but as  cestui que trusts.   But even had such lease been formally exe-
cuted by all parties, the right of the Trustees of the Medical Department
to oust  the majority  of their tenants  for the benefit of the  minority
would  be  by no means clear.  The instrument itself shows that the
building was demised  to the then  Faculty and their successors, who  may
at any  time compose  the  Facility of the Medical Department of Penn-
sylvania  College, and not, as the Trustees now allege, for the use of Drs.
Darrach and Wiltbank, Atlee and Gilbert only, as the survivors of those
for whom the  said  building was erected.  That the professors now in
possession of the building were the regularly elected successors of those
who left the Faculty  after the alleged  lease was agreed on, is not denied
by Drs. Darrach and  Wiltbank or by the Trustees,  as  they expressly
state in their  bill,  that by the  invitation and election of Drs. Darrach,
Patterson and Wiltbank, those gentlemen became members of  the Faculty. 
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The attempted, but, as has been shown, illegal amotion of them by a
minority of said Faculty, cannot certainly deprive them of any  rights
acquired under the terms of the alleged lease.   It does not, moreover,
appear upon what grounds the Trustees can claim the right to determine
a lease in 1854, which by its terms has to run  until 1870.   No viola-
tion of its provisions has been shown, and no power was reserved to the
Trustees, as lessors, to interfere with the possession of the premises by
whomsoever they might be occupied.   The majority of the Faculty are
in the legal possession of the College  building  as  the  Medical Depart-
ment  of Pennsylvania College, and a letting of said  building to others,
in accordance with the resolution of the Trustees, as stated in their bill,
would be contrary  to law and equity, and injurious to the rights  both of
the majority of the Faculty and the Trustees of the Pennsylvania Col-
lege at Gettysburg, in subjection to whom the said  majority claim to
hold the premises.
   It is not necessary upon  the present motions, to determine more fully
the nature  of  the power possessed by the Pennsylvania  College of
Gettysburg, under their charter as enlarged by the act of 1840.  It is
sufficient to show that  the plaintiffs, in the original  bill, have no right
in equity to call in question the powers under which they have  hereto-
fore assumed to act, and by which their office has been created, while
claiming still  to exercise  the functions of such office.   And that the
Trustees of the Medical  Department  cannot  oppose  their cestui que
trusts, whose rights it is their duty to sustain.
   The motion  of the  plaintiffs, in the original bill, for an injunction,
must, therefore, be  refused, and an injunction is ordered against the
defendants  in the cross-bill, to restrain  them from attempting to deprive
the plaintiffs  therein  named, of the  possession of the  said  College
Building, or from  interfering  with their possession thereof, and from
making any publication deuying the right of said plaintiffs to their Pro-
fessorships, or prejudicial  to the interests of the said  Medical  Depart-
ment of Pennsylvania College, and from letting the said College Build-
ing to any other person or persons.
   In accordance with the above decision, the Court issued the following
Injunction  :


        THE  COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA :

To William Darrach, John  Wiltbank, and the " Trustees of the Medi-
   cal Department of  Pennsylvania College," and to 3Iorris  Patterson,
   Joseph Patterson,  William D.  Kelley, Thomas  Robins, Ambrose  W.
   Thompson,  John  McAllister, Robert Bald,  John Anspach,  Martin
   Buehler, John  W.  Forney, and to their counsellors,  attorneys, solici-
   tors, and agents, and each and every of them,

   Greeting :  Whereas, it has been  represented unto our  Court of
Common Pleas for  the County of Philadelphia,  sitting in  Equity, on
the part of John J. Reese, David Gilbert,  Francis G.  Smith, John  B. 
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Biddle, Jonathan  M. Allen, and the " Trustees of the Pennsylvania
College, of Gettysburg, in the County of Adams,"  complainants, that
they have  lately exhibited their bill of complaint  in  our said  court
against you, to be relieved touching the matters therein  complained of;
in which said  bill it is amongst other matters set forth that you, the
said defendants, are combining  and confederating to injure the com-
plainants touching the matters  set forth in the  said bill, and that the
actings and doings of you the said defendants, touching the matters  in
the said bill mentioned, are contrary to equity and good  conscience;
We therefore, in  consideration  of the premises and of the particular
matters in the  said bill  set forth, do strictly Enjoin and Command
you the said William  Darrach, John Wiltbank, and the " Trustees of
the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College,"  and you the said
Morris Patterson, Joseph Patterson, William D. Kelley, Thomas Rob-
ins, Ambrose W. Thompson, John McAllister, Robert Bald, John Ans-
pach,  Martin  Buehler, John W. Forney, and all and  every the persons
before  mentioned, and each and  every of you, under  penalty of ten
thousand dollars to be levied on your lands, goods,  and chattels to our use;
that you and  every  of you do  absolutely  desist and refrain  from at-
tempting  to deprive the said John J.  Reese, David Gilbert,  Francis
G. Smith,  John B. Biddle, and Jonathan M.  Allen, of the possession of
the College Building, situate at the South-west corner of Ninth  street
and Shields' alley, in the  city of Philadelphia, and from interfering in
any manner whatsoever, with their possession  thereof: and that you
and each of you do also absolutely desist and refrain from  making any
publication denying  the right  of said John J.  Reese,  David  Gilbert,
Francis G. Smith, John  B. Biddle,  and Jonathan M.  Allen,  to their
professorships in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College ; and
from making  any publication prejudicial to the  interests of the said
Medical Department of Pennsylvania College ; and also, that  you the
said " Trustees of the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College "
do absolutely desist and refrain  from letting the College Building afore-
said in the said  bill mentioned, to any other person or persons except
the said John  J. Reese, David Gilbert, Francis G. Smith, John  B. Bid-
dle, and Jonathan M.  Allen, until the further order of our said  Court
of Common Pleas to  the  contrary, and  this under the  pain aforesaid.

Witness the Honorable OSWALD THOMPSON, President  Judge of
   our  said Court of  Common Pleas, at Philadelphia, the twenty-eighth
   day of  August, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
   four.
        [l. s.]                 JAMES G. GIBSON, Prothonotary.
              [Attested Copy.~] 
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  [The following affidavit of Dr. William Rush, the only surviving mem-
ber of the original  Medical  Faculty, given after the trial, clearly ex-
hibits his view of the relations existing between the Medical Department
and the Parent Institution :
  " Personally appeared before me, one of the Alderman of the City of
Philadelphia, on  the 20th day  of July, A. D.,  1854, William Rush,
M.  D., of the  City  of  Philadelphia,  who  on  his  oath  deposeth as
follows:
  " That he was a member of the original Faculty of the  Medical De-
partment of the Pennsylvania College of Gettysburg, (located in this city,)
from its first organization;  that he  and his  colleagues  considered the
Medical Department subordinate to the parent institution at Gettysburg ;
that the act of Legislature of March 6, 1840,  did not alter the relations
which were established originally  between the  parent institution  and
its Medical Department,  except that it gave  the Medical  Department
the power to confer the degree of M. D.,  at Philadelphia, and  thus
obviate the necessity of re-conferring the degree at Gettysburg.
  " That the transfer to Drs. Darrach, Wiltbank, Patterson, Grant, and
their  colleagues, was  made under authority expressly granted by the
Board of  Trustees  of the parent  institution at  Gettysburg, at  their
stated meeting, held Sept. 20, 1843, and that the powers conferred were
to be  subject to the approval of the parent institution.
                                                      Wm. Rush.
  Thos. Kerr, Alderman."]
  Note.—The late Janitor, Mr.  Wynkoop, was paid his salary in full,
to the end of the Session, by the Faculty, although  legally entitled to it
up to the time of his removal only.
  fi^, As the Faculty have not been able to  obtain the Post Office Address of
a large portion of the Alumni of the College,  they would respectfully ask any
into whose hands this refutation may fall, (through persons to whom it is sent),
to forward their names and address, and they will receive all the publications of
the  College.