Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-15

Ine redS are cheaper than some other good
Colleges and that suites my circumstance
for am very poor young man and no
after how much may Know Of Thery Of
Medicin l cant practice in w. Va. without
a Diploma from good College like the one
you have in - you ofierd to take mi
friend for $50 dollars and you will do a
poor young man favor il you will take
me at the same Rate for have that much
/ can give you in cash as soon as | get
there Mi Friend will Come with me and
We can stay together at the same boarding
house the report is here that the yeller
fever is in -- but am not alfred Of
any disease for have bad the Small PoI
ytly bad. Tell me what books l will have
to study at your College and when me and
mi friend must come We come by
l bave gone through with grays anatomy
ano the electric dispensary and midwifery
please telle me how long | will have to
stay and when l can get my Deploma and il
l have to pay extra for it.
In haste Yours Respectful
And here is the prompt reply that was
sent to
This wheeling Student,
showing that the style of his English COM
position was no bar to admission at -
Medical College:
-, August 20, 1883.
. &YDEAR S1R: Your favor OF the 18th to.
hand. l have one more special beneficiary
to allow; so will take you on the same
terms as offered your friend. Am anxious
that your State should have better repre-
sentation in -- than il has had in the
past. The other information you ask is
contained in the catalogue / mail herewith.
mn
you can graduate February 1885. That is
as soon as any respectable school can grad.
uate you, unless you have already taken
course. There is no place where you can
learn more medicine for the same amount
of money than in -. | came here in
~ with very light pockstbook to study
medicine, and, contrary to my expecta-
tions, had a little left after graduating,
and was given no beneficiary privilege
either.
The cushioned seats for our new amphi
theatre have arrived from the factory.
They are all Numbered, SO that students on
matriculatiOn reserve their seats for the
ensuing session, those matriculating first
having choice. If you desire a seat near
the front. you had better remit me the
matriculation fee (S5(, leaving the balance
of SB5, and will matriculate you, select
the best seat possible, and mail you your
matricllation ticket and number OF seat,
so when you arrive you will not be crowd
ed back so sar that you will be unable to
see well the demonstrations and expert
ments.
Hoping TO hear from you in few days,
| an, ours truly,
This exhibit shows the prostitution OF
medical college work to base purpose at
tine medical center of the South and West.
| have made the blanks to hide the ident-
ity OF the actors in the comedy, because this
college has accepted my friend Rauch's
Minimum Requirements" for medical
college 10 he held in good standing and,
no doubt, its faculty are ready to swear by
the West Virginia schedule OF require.
ments also, So much for mere promises Of
reform and higher standard,
Finally, in exerting my efforts in advo
cacy OF the cause of sanitary progress,
should commit serious blunder if | neg
lected TO bespeak the assistance and CO.
operation of the ladies. Women gave Mas
sachusetts the first State Board OF Health
in the United States and from that begin
ning-in lSG9-twenty eight States have
followed the example. There is yet much
work for her To DO, and none can do it so
well as she; and no cause possesses
stronger claim upon her sympathies
and affections. As science advances,
she gradually V acquires her true position in
the scale of social hIe, or the worlds in
habltantS, 30 UOO,cGO universally hold wo-
man in STATE OF bondage aud degradation;
$50 000,0 0tO alone allow her 10 approach her
proper sphere by acknowledging the mar
riage contract, paying difference to her IN
fiucnco, ard promoting her intellectual
culture. How much hai the mind Of man
to be cultivated before it cOuld give ex-
preston TO that sweet sentiment Of Camp
bell,
And say, without our hopes, without our
fears,
Without the home which plghted love en-
,lears,
Without the smile from partial beauty won,
Oh what were man? world without
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