Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-09
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA.

Richmond the metropolis Of the Old Do
miuion, situated in :. healthy and beautiful
country, and enjoying every advantage oil Gil
mate and position, is evidently destined to be-
come the great ei"cdtio"aicdy q tie .So"ih
Every wear relieves us from the long exist
ing dependence upon the North which has
weighed so heavily upon the Southern coun-
try. How short has been the time since our
schools were controlled by Yankee teachers,
our girls sent to Mrs Wizards. and our boys
to Princeton, Harvard Or Yale: But, all this
has now entirely vanished. Whether VIC look
to tie Institute and Washington College in the
West, or to liampdcn Sydney and Randolph
Macon in Eastern Virginia; still more when We
turn to the ancient William and Mary. rising
from its ashes with renewed visor, or to tic
ever growing success Of the University, We
see every where that Virginians are destined,
for the future, to teach their children at HOME.
Even our primary schools, for both sexes, are
now managed by graduates Of our own col
lcgcs, and the brightest youths Of the day are
eagerly seeking this mos; noble of all occupa-
tons.
As natural consequence of this revival of
letters, We find that our Southern brethren,
many Of them originally from Virginia are
sending their children from the unhealthy and
relaxing influence Of their tropical climate, to
the bracing atmosphere and temperate breczcs
Of this latitude, and, rs time rolls on, we will
see this State, and especially this city, thronged
with the youth and best blood of the South.
Amongst the most valuable Of our home in
stitu,ions, We would especially call attention to
the MEDICAL COLLEGE or VIRGINIA, as one de.
serving the public confidence. For many years
we have lavshcd our money to build up North
crn Medical Schools. but now there is no excuse
for such suicidal policy. Richmond offers EVERY
advantage for the prosecution Of a medical edll-
cation; the college in this city is now State
institutions controlled by board composed Of
the best names in Virginia The faculty, earnestly
DESTROYS to render their course Of lectures accu-
rate and complete have extended their session
to five months. The lnirmary, part Of the
institution, Offers to erery student clinical adj
vantagcs amply sufficient to instruct him in all
the practical branches of the art, while the op-
portuniteS for dissection are une1uallcd
Our Southern youth should hesitate long be-
fore they pass by their own colleges Offering
them such superior advantages. Here they
study disease as they see it at home, and learn
how to adapt their treatment to the climate and
peculiar conditions of the South. Here too,
they arc encouraged 10 20 into society and thus
form such associations as arc calculated TO pre-
serve them from the vices and designations Of
the more corrupt Northern cities, where the
Medical Student is excluded from almost every
private home In short there is every induce
mcnt to our young men TO stay at home, and We
cannot doubt the result.
We should not forget while on this subject, TO
notice the judcious liberality of q wealthy ply
stefan ON Carolina, who, laudaLly DESTROYS OF
advancing the interests Of the MEDICAL COLLEGE
OF VIRGINIA. offers prize of 500 to the gra-
duating class of the coming session for the
thesis best deserving such an honor. We may,
therefore, anticipate an animated contest this
winter for the WAEEgS MEDICAL Pl2E.