Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-05

dunn rtrulc the ali knowing twenty 1.-TWO MOL we PR
for u purposes; hut whcnnven vacancy III ihe ed
cal college ocrurs then, for The time, the Trustees are
yield their Judgment and dscrcli'n I" lhrr t~chiy-'m
medical nd, isrrs scIf appointed au sci, pcrcuatlng oil
eaIrhy Of The Medical Faculty of Iticmnnd, as Distinguish
ed from the Faculty OF the Medical t"l'se :" klchh'"n
And hi. is llr very Thing which has bcca done ar sonGl
by these gen rcn IN this instance. This srl a
pointed body Of "nntsicTs they have been called nav
my designated pr Wilson in the beginning the prrs"n
appointed, having done without any consultation will
the members Of that Faculty with whom hr "a act an
whose interests be aleclri by the a,pnutmcni
without any regard tho necessity Of harmony anon. IN
members of such Faculty. having ted him and vi"
cnrc, his nprouIrnI, They will not snlcr the if"s
tees 10 Tcchnss tn. irr at the lnstancr n ih"s' Who's
Interests yitay affected ani VINO un'ard ana H:'
represented before the Trustees resting mon ASSURANCE
they had received from the President AMI other Trustee
that there danger Of ihr appointment rcICg G'icffc'
upon who had moi the nulnalipn OF The Faculty "i I'M
Medical College II 10 that these gentlemen have
nuie in practice the principle whr tncy advocate ait
that They have sought, without any cil" "l authority !" "
what they will suffer Ia dn, though We have q" oh
side the authority al contract and usage
II, them there nothing iHexndicnt in leaving III" NOM
mating power with The Faculty =" the College what "ih',
objection is there IL! is denounced nnp'ly, anu
the ln"nurasts ask that The doors {" the sr'' may be
thrown open 10 The Who'll p"lessi"n mat all may nave
lar chance al being appointed 10 IT'S Pr"rsSnrslils
The school is monopoly because n" exclusive PIT
vrgca granted 2maranrcd Ia IL The lr@"Ii'l!'
may al any lime grant smr privileges any other M''i-
cal School III the ry. II Is not more mono
poly than any uler copoa!rn Wheeler nr bana ng insf
nal improvement minus any thing else. Nor ran lie
manner Ul appointing tt POlcssoS, Wlrlhcf ny uH 'H
the Professors make more OF less nIon"my :
You may say ID true by false terms, that III lh'
case. the Faculty have ln0nUluy III The appointing
pnwnr but you may Tho other, just rs WE'LL mat i
Trustees have monOnpuy 81 lhr app"InIins rnwrr
But The d"ors :" the Faculty CLOSED against "' com
petition uuh impartial cUIc, than those oi ti rus
would hc How ihIt br? II IL br I'r that HE
Faculty only interested III uiakins The best aii"'"
mens aud competent make tllcm viii they NJ" have
The range OF selection i the Trustees w"ud have!
Will They be npt br n!nn.cd by any hing more than
have hrl auinc been made il Is not inr us |" .aY h lry
have been good but do they have been ,ni" "Ari
sivrly with view surpassed fitness Of the aprolne'
for the place With what iIIncss ~ justice then can b,
sal al am} portion al the Medical Proira"'u Is Hr''d
rom fair cllmcr nl being aip"inc - vacant t'ri9nr
ship! They may exclude Insri by arl~ :" Pto'""
I'd hostility against The unn bat the Factf can have
desire exclude inm their appointments any one "ln
would adorn and exa It the sc" il he bc with whom
they could act in harmony AMI WHO seeks ri Is "i" 10 nc
crpt the appointment in the usual way.
SO lar We have followed and answered III" .iannrn' Q"
The other DILr treating this ilrsti"n o he mode o npH"nt
nent, open and ofiHin ln", hni v" trust "e nave
shown, that i il hr treated and considered, there Is
pr;ns,in a law consideration al rXf'.icn,'f
which ought 10 prevent The prwc 81 illnu from br
Ing left with The Faculty; while rr various consiirra
tons, which rccu.Gsu Ina! Jscn ie one most apt I"
procure ooa appointments ana preserve c"n:senry ana
ln'ny anon. i. PTuGssu> themselves aid III he gov
GrHnent nt the Collage.
But that Is IL iu Ic;i9 The question al
The mode OF appointment is not open original one"
The lnes,"n really rnsed hy 'o recent action q" m if'
lees in rcleclnm lr. Scot ani appointing Dc Wilson,
aud our Itnlunsrance a9ain H. Is what ARE ihr rAls.
relations between the Far.. and Tie Medical C!c.r :
the trustees Of tamdcn Sin.y College in "!!c' '"fI'
What The nature of The original aT!agcn.em! "Iw"r!
The Medical Professors and !nse trustees and Whist t.hs
have been acouirc! 81 those Professors nd in"'- go rs
Il ,G.a raruIiy under il Uphn This SUBJECT. nave
u.cn legal advice and the opn!o o the counsel ~I'nh
Sc Ssics isf %1a::t Il IN ~; fGr,Gn Gn tps ps sts such
arrangement understanding in TACT such contract De-
lhr Trustees and Tho Medical Faculty "a Secured to III;
Latter substantially the powe nl appointing P'"esaors ara
the fuels upon wtc! ii IL lundcd and wl ro3hhY III,
published will not nnw attempt 10 go over thr sHi',
ground. We will here only safe briefly, that me p'"i'sl'
lion made 10 The trustees asE ihrir III The -siah
shment Of Medical Schuh here under cover "l their
charter 10 br conducted for t present by SIX Professors
that four Ot those physicians DocorH Warner R"htnna
t.hanbcrla and culenl proposed Ia ill ilr o ii
chairs aI their appointment constituted essential par
nf the plan; that the nominations for vacancies were la br
ade by the Faculty and 20 L confirmed o course by 'h
Trustees that Candid iics Tor degrees were TO ne Stned
hy Faculty and diploma, he given hy Nh" irus'"=-
Ia these recommended by the Faculty for hnl PURPOSE; tal
al the expenses Of The schou ac born, hY l FAC
ry and all property nrCrssa nr lis nnesans o be
contributed by them ohairei y their cXrnnS and that
such property should not hco the corporation 81 lm
den Sidney; thai The general government an na;;.eh'rnt
n the school and lis affairs should be Conducted hy III,
Faculty and that any and regulations N tr"prc!
thereto might be aiontct By liz Faculty SUBJECT the al
provaI OF the Board Of Trustees and that The Eaculty should
yc the exclusive regulation n their fees, within
certain fixed y!num IL have been essential
part Of the plan that. huugh TIN commissions nrOraI
should be conferred by the Trustees who alone had III,
legal power 10 confer cin That the Trustees would
in all such act in conformity with The nominations
and recommendations OF the Faculty. That this plan and
irnpc sou accepted agrr,i by iha Trustees.
and intended he carried into ect in every part ha
,he crarcEt evidence fun nsc hy The letters ri Dr. Carroll
the presden tnf the Beard o tnsle.s Drs Warner and
i!oannan written Immediately alter the ncIion oi The
Board upon this subrc and rSlaining fully aud minuk
all that the Board did II is than the Board m adopt
ing IN. regulations and resolutions lhri
I,han ihryrr
comforting degrees and appointing Professors, I"
mako The fDrm OF the nrran.rirn, more closely
spund with The language n The charter, which gay"
the legal power OF conictr"g 1rsrcrs and appointing
professors, the trustees. Hul, that the proposition
uf the faculty in substance agreed TO- that the trus.
lns intended aud agreed Ia c:vc effect MI the
nominations of the Facuy, G respect degrees
pnintmcns ma e known q lhe Faculty y the Aie-s
assurances Of the BOARD Ihroug their President tic wo
nv; and in the full faith and cntlencr iha, they would be
observed the Curgc nglR-d and full corps OF
lcssus rmhurkcd their lives ard th- enterprise,
aud dedicated their best energies 20 building the nslIr
lion those strictly observes from hr
foundation of the Medical Scho in 1897 until The ,uetnl
the trustees in June last space of than fifteen
wears Not only the government mana and con-
troll Of the Medical n"ee el exclusively in the hands o
the professors in all other matters without interference
enqnry on tho part o! The tnsts but in The matter
of conrrring destcna and APPOINTING professors, the recon
Incndaons Ui the Faculty hero invariably confirmed IN
regard the four original Professors those proposed Ia III"
trustees all appointed With regard The "rig
IL he filled by The Faculty they were 90 Ira according
ly without consulting tho Trustees and the appointments
we're in due time continued. Az The subsequent vacancies,
except the now i'll question: in like manner filled
by the selection and nomination rr The Faculty, cUntn'd
afterwards by The trustees There were srcessiyciy nonl
mated and confirmed, professors Wyman Gibson, Carte!
Johnson and Tucker in the years S+3 Al '43 and ~
During all this Tine the trustees td NOT assume claim or
exercise power of filling vr",ucies in any other way
than by confirming The choice and nnnna ton oI the ia
Guilty They did not adv"rtlse the vacancies make the
necessary search Tor new Professors who might be able anu
willing fill them conduct lh necessary correspondence
that purpose require Tie testimonials Of the candidates
be exhibited To- them but all these things don" ny
The Faculty.
II ia due TO truth and cann however state that al
though there was no reservation "f right in the trustees
refuse TO confirm the nomination of the Faculty in any
case for any cause IN the action und intention nj ht
Board Of Trustees in December 1881 as communicated and
explained by Dr. Carroll lrr President, yet members
nf the Faculty derived from snrrce impression and
npnioD that in case n manifest nstake the part 81
the Faculty, or gross ablse of their power the rnSts
might lawfully anu righiully eiusc to confirm M" ha
The Board might in that proceed appoint another ~"
nominated la them, nt that they might simply refuse u
confirm the person 81 Improperly Nominated and r'aht'
nnutIc. nomination In hc made .y the Faculty PrIi'I
this impression may hase hc"n derived from Dr. Draper
I.rn Professor o Chemistry Iampdrn Sidney, now
Professor ol the Medical Department u The University .
New York. who. taking friendly interest in The establish
nent U( our School al lis commencement kindly consenlct
fAkf h.I,