The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-03
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE
A Reliable Statement Concerning
the Institution.
Editors Herald:

Editors Herald:
Allow me, through your paper,
to give the public the facts about
the Medical College of Utah.
First, l submit a copy of the incor-
poration agreement:
RaloaO all men by these presents,
That we, whose names 1rs hereby an
nexed, hs. 9 associated ourselves together
for the purpose Of establishing 10 the City
Of Morgan, Cour ty Of Morgan, Territory
Il Utah, in accordance vita the laws OF
SAID Territory, al in.tItu ion with corp,r-
ate power and collegiate powe TO confer
the degree of doctor OF med cine, for the
puf pose OF medical education by proVid-
ing for COURSES oflectures and otner meth
DDS of los Iucuo", have associated our
sslVes for the period of TWENTY-FIVE years,
under the name and style of the Medical
College Of Utah.
Al meeting held in the Office of The
L. G NJ. l, Or Ssturd.y, January 3lst
1880, 81 2 o'clock pm, al The mem
oers we're present. Bishop w. NJ. Psr-
ker was elected pr sident ana Anthony
Peterson, vice-prt sident, and james h.
Mason Was elected secretary.
Should vacancy occur in the board
It NAV be filed by an election Of 40
birds OF the mem rers, which shall con-
:tiIute quorum for the transaction Of
any business relating TO the institution.
Done at the City ~ Morgan, in the
County Of Morgan, Territory Of Utah,
ibis, the 3lst day OF Jan. 1850.
w. M. Parker.
A. PETERSON.
j. H. ID AsoN.
No bonds were fled, nor any other
Of the provisions of the act for in.
cooperating associations complied
with, as it was claimed to be q
an benevolent institution" and that
pecuniary profit was not their OBJ
ject. Soon after the organization
the following circular was issued.
BP. w. NJ. PABKER, JAS. NJ. MASON
Presjdent.H Vice-Preg.
A. PETERSON, Secretary.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF UTAH
Morgan City, Morgan Co., U. T.
The regular lectures in this institution
will commence on Wednesday, March
10th, 1880, and will close about the las
" June. The second regular course viii
commence Nov. Let, 1880, and continu,
Sixteen weeks.
Fee. Mstriculstion, So 90. Tickets
term, $50.
lhe graduation fee is tweDty-fv,
Dollars.
The location is q favorable one ia th,
midst of one Of the most beautiful
mountain regions on the continent Nv e
Der ststion. U. r. r r.
For further information apply to
+. s. KoHLER, N. d.
Dean Of the Faculty
The doctor opened his course O.
lectures to about six matriculants
and finished the first course withou
any increase of matriculants, so faI
as l know. AT the end of the frs
course Mrs. Rich graduated. It is
due to the doctor to say that thi.
lady had practiced as a midwife
ETC., in Bear Lake County, Idaho
for number of years previous
The other graduates mentioned il
the circular certainly never gradu
ated under the auspices of the Medi
cal College of Utah. Two of them
to the best Of my knowledge, never
lived in Morgan County. Before
the second regular course of lee
lures commenced, the doctors inter
ests called him to Indiana, where
he remained practicing his profes
sion until the end of. August, 1881
when he returned to Utah.
don't think the people of Nor
gan County knew anything OF tht
present formidable organization I'M
til they read your printed copy Of
the circular. To the best of ny
knowledge the circular has NO
been circulated in Morgan County
At least, I have never seen one o.
them.
DR.. Kohler and his son are The
only professional doctors of the col
lege. except VIM. Howard unknown
in Morgan County,. The other gen
tlemen of the organization (all resi-
dents of Morgan County, are al
good men and well respected, but
few of them understand the nature
of the institution, and their names
cannot add any value to a diploma
of doctor of medicine, and it is to be
regretted that they should allow
their names to be used without
fully comprehending its import
ance. DR.. Kohler is the all-in-all Of
the medical college, and no more
value should be attached to a oil
ploma of said college than to a GER
tiicate Of any other regular profes
sional doctor.
l do not impugn the motives o.
DR.. KohIer. l believe him able II
| fill the chair he occupies in tn
Medical College. He is NATURALLY
unassuming, has a good reputation
as a doctor, and those who ATTENDED
his lectures say he is an abb
teacher, and high up in his PROBES
sion. He certainly had no fraudu
lIent intention in giving birth to tn
ssMedical College" His very streni
inclination to be a teacher OF hi
profession undoubtedly led him T.
overlook the greatness of the under