Rand McNally Philadelphia guide to the city and environs . .A well-known semi-free school, which maintains a free Hbraryof scientific books, gives free lectures, and holds night andday schools in drawing and mechanical handiwork, for whicha nominal fee is charged. William Penn Charter School, S. 12th St., between Market& Chestnut Sts. This school, founded in 1689 by WilliamPenn, and maintained by Friends, is one of the most notedboys schools in the East. The Episcopal Academy, Locust St. near Broad vSt., ispatronized by members of the Protestant Episcopal churchin Philadelphia and vicinity. Ge
Rand McNally Philadelphia guide to the city and environs . .A well-known semi-free school, which maintains a free Hbraryof scientific books, gives free lectures, and holds night andday schools in drawing and mechanical handiwork, for whicha nominal fee is charged. William Penn Charter School, S. 12th St., between Market& Chestnut Sts. This school, founded in 1689 by WilliamPenn, and maintained by Friends, is one of the most notedboys schools in the East. The Episcopal Academy, Locust St. near Broad vSt., ispatronized by members of the Protestant Episcopal churchin Philadelphia and vicinity. Germantown Academy. This school, one of the oldest inthe city, has been located since 1761 in the original buildingon School Lane. In its belfrey hangs a bell received fromGeorge III of England. Temple University, Broad & Berks Sts. A benevolent enterprise, established solely for the public number of students averages about 3,500 each schoolyear in regular courses. There are 17 departments with 64 differ- 96 RAND McNALLY PHILADELPHIA GUIDE. ent courses, fromkindergarten workup to the highestuniversity grades,including lawschool, medicalschool, dentalschool, and theolog-ical seminary. Thefees are nominal, thehours convenientfor those who mayhe employed day ornight. Total num- Girard Trust Building i r i • Broad and Chestnut Streets -^^ <^^ rCgUiar m- Page 39 StrUCtOrS, 227. Bryn Mawr College. Five miles from Broad Street stationon main line Pennsylvania Railroad. The grounds, whichcover 52 acres of beautiful rolling country, 420 feet above sealevel, include tennis courts and two large athletic fields. Taylor Hall contains the general assembly room, 11 lecturerooms, and the offices of administration. Library Building contains accommodations for 168,500 books,a reading room with 136 desks, newspaper and magazine rooms,and 14 seminaries, namely, Greek, Latin, Enghsh, Art, Archaeol-ogy, German, French, Italian and Spanish, Seme tic Languages,Philosophy, Mathematics, Hist
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