The Girard college and its founder : containing the biography of Mr. Girard ... and the will of Mr. Girard / by Henry W. Arey.

  • Arey, Henry W.
Date:
1866
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Credit: The Girard college and its founder : containing the biography of Mr. Girard ... and the will of Mr. Girard / by Henry W. Arey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    proper alone, and does not extend to the Districts, which in this respect have no rights over any other portion of the state. There is no reason to believe that there will be at any time admission for children born out of Pennsylvania, as the applications from that State have hitherto been many more than sufficient to fill all vacancies. To be qualified for admission, orphans must be between the ages of six and ten years, and no application is received for admis- sion of a child before he attains the first named age; nor can he be admitted into the College after becoming ten years of age, although the application has been made previously. Applications for admission are received on the first Monday of each month, at the office, No. 9 South Fifth street, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 2 P. M. The mother, or next friend, appearing for such purpose, is required to produce the marriage certificate, (or in its absence some other satisfactory evidence,) and also the certificate of the physician setting forth the time and place of birth. Answers to the questions contained in the following form, are also required to be made in writing, and these statements must likewise be vouched for by respectable citizens acquainted with the facts. [FORM OF APPLICATION.] To the Directors of the Girard College for Orphans. The undersigned [mother, relative or friend, as the case may be] of having duly considered the information given, by the Directors of the Girard College for Orphans, to those who may desire to place poor white male orphan children therein, hereby applies for the admission of the said into the College, he being a poor, white, male orphan, between the ages of six and ten years. The undersigned, in answers to the several questions, in the list hereto appended, gives an accurate statement of facts, and desires that those answers may be consid- ered as if they were statements made herein. [Name of Applicant.] [.Residence, and date of application.] 4