Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-03-06
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sssn Into several in regard IN. Medical Depart
ssns winch bcg leave correct The assertions made
essf eapley or BY implication in editorial OF the
Of This month this subIec, may be reduced TO the
following beads.
I. The Medical Department Of the University receives
$4,000 per annum from the State.
sNo Scholar CT neu 10 none frequent this School,"
"a Medical School in a country village never
with siilar Institutions large cities where
jscts be procured with much facility, aud
wAs's there must OF necessity be much greater array oil
collective talent"
T. Therefore .thi. item" fbe $4,000 TO the Medical De-
pefsnt fought to be reuenchcd by the General Assem-.
bly,, and i fostering extended the Medical
u Richmond, already brilliantly succeeding by the inn
SIC force oi ia position and the talents OF Profcsso
"one Medical University in Virginia is enough:
msn one viii mutually impair each others efficiency.
ess "a any manner contributing Science eheapness
81 edocstion."
propose notice these position. .,yisia You will
admit mat they are fairly stated; they
your own language, and believed scope
g., tina, part OF your editorial which the Med.
l. This Department does not in point sl fact, receive
much more than about fourth OF the which you
nave sPecined quite true that the Medical Professors
receive esch salary ot Sl0o0 but then Medical S.
sens whom Is proposed exclade from the Uavcsiy
the Treasury Of tho College. independently OF the
prce OF tuition aud board. the prcsegt
sessoa 10 eli60 for the Lbrary publc rooms
rent OF Dormtories and Patrons commissions is not
oaiy coscevablc but highly probable ihst in years
sns department will It's expenses
one cent fro the common fund. Aud when the
state 70 taxed in the Insignificant OF i've hun.
ooinrs atnu equivalent, purely
pee rendered by the introduction into the State $1,000
and upwards the estimated amount OF the aSsr,rNte OK
penses ot seventeen Students from other Il
not be argued with the eas; colour of probability
thee Students would frequent the Rchnend School the
event OF tue extinction OF the Medical Department
University, since OF them would find theil own
States, and all, with the exception Of three from
North Carolina. in than Richmond, ,ursh.
Ing Medical Schools organzed precisely the plan
~ that OF the Richmond College. Some these Students
come from the CITY OF Charleston where be the
oss hoar'sh'ne School in all the Aantie States eNccp,
s,Peausylvan's add New York withoai derogaiion TO
your neighbours, may be affirmed that the Charleston
School can boast of position wheh
10 quite equal to that OF Richmond. and cops Of Pro
fcssors whose talents avOneh-d by regulations
lined to the limits OF their State.
There are thas about 5000 per brouc 90, the
State BY the Medical DePa;uien; o. the University. BaS
tha " no, all still larger doubtless, retained
the State which would otherwise be spent in Philadelphia
or New York. That such ~Oad BE- the rvSul, NAV be
fered iron the fact tast large MAJORITY Of the ued.
students rcm the Ua~ey. who attend iaeir last 81
lecture. In city schools frequent those q Philadelphia AID
New York.
?. The number OF "rry" students sttcadins tse whole
the medical course. se-Gsml
cal divon Of the class Chemistry, crsns TIE present
session. 5S-Ae whcle member .; s;p5eats :, lie Uai
versiiy being 1911. hes that the RiehmcaS sehNol "a.
between 81 ana 30. New, respectfully Sahi; that iae
dihereaee great !osuy the assertion, that
No scholars noae, fre41eai the Uaiye-s.y,T
whe - brilliant ssecess"i 10 sSer5ed It's Richmond
peCtoS- Bat, IA order Comparison
tween the schools IN ;ais respect. nuoeT q
dents Who xtea3 tSeir ms; each sAold he stated
The Length oi the the University bsirE
great that OF me Richmond school. n lis
former IN TIE advantages - elementary in
struenon equal, than equal, the laet
be evident all no acquainted with
afaoa subjects Of study comprised IN the course ts
these advantages where lectures
ranged lead the students By through the fun
Hamental branches OF the Science and from these their
practical applications, than where all taught sinutanc
ousy, and compressed into Of four months. il
surely better spread the q OF iune
months with two lectures day Hna daily reeepulauons
the form at rlgid examinations and
found the minds Of the students with five lectures
day. different following each other rapid
cession and then the after
interval OF eight months during which much that
quired the rst lost before the begins.
One course at the University being thus equivalent
o other schools rarely happens that its mstrcus;es
tend second its Medical department During the
present session. all the members Of the Medical Glass; but
three, hvstcourse" student. do know how the
Richmond school stands in this respect but presume that
the number OF new students cannot be than two
thirds OF the whole number. IT, them comparison Of he
two schools be made IN respect 10 the number
educated at each in term OF years, without counting she
same individual twice, the comparison will prove largely
in OF the University. The fact that the expense
20 the student Of nine monhs' instructions the
University, 10 but little more than onehali OF the OF
eight months instruction in the city schools surely
additional Recommendation Of the former.
present this plain statement Of facts simply because
they refue your position. however repudiae
the doctrine tina; the usefulness Of such Institution
be measured by the numbers OF their respective Students
irrespective of all consideration Of the advcntous aids
which bolster up and of the inrigues Of secret
mics which injuroisy afIso tho prosperity others,
docirins If admitted. would exhibit the Richmond
School rse in instantaneous light comparison
with most OF the city schools from Boston Charleston
along the Atlantic Board, and from Cincinnati TO St
Louis in the West.
The Medical DEPARTMENT of the JInive-sv b,s scovo,
for itself the sba,e ~ nnhlic n,,,o,ao 4, , - ~
the teeth of many and necua, dit rn,;as Tn on,h "
the ses.iou the ennu of country life and ,ber ccn
sances 10 be pre.entv men,ioped "a cons,,,;n, - -
of fact some of its peculor ,dvan,,ges do r~, Jo
many young who brave difficulties Of a toll
acme pursu of know ledpe and find the ,Ilp,in
Of the city more congenial 10 their tastes ban ,yon he
The wholesome restraints OF College discipline
M, r. 80, ,Io,,,h, =, - H.; 49, ~ ~ ''Ii'
a.,Ii., $1,000 - r. IT. $3.50. ~, ~ ~ ''," we
- re- ,;,t Ed,,,;.i - 81 " y ; r , u 70 no
which ~ No, x.i,bon ,s o., al III - 49, % ~
mood CoIIea. n,,,vi,b,,,rI,,, ,b., ..,ta ,,;; -,
ne nos,,;,n and IA. talent. Of ,s p,,Cssso,s ,yid -
90 ,sndar sn.h s.si.,anca -, d. ..sI "a.4 t =.
been mos, iibsraiy aided Inv tLe widely ci,c,,d % '