Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-11

sequent career proved, Professor War
ner was heartily seconded by thi gen.
tleman in his plans.
The establishment Of the college was
the issue of these deliberations, with
the following gentlemen arranged as a
faculty John Cullen, NJ. D., professor
of practice OF medicine; Thomas John
son, NJ. d., professor OF anatomy and
physiology; r. L. Bohannan, NJ. d.;
professor OF obstetrics and diseases Of
women and children Socrates Maupin,
NJ. D., professor of chemistry and
pharmacy Lewis W. Chamberlayhe,
NJ. d., professor OF mater,a medica
and therapeutics; Augustus L. War
ner, NJ. D., professor Of surgery and
surgical anatomy; Robert Munford. NJ.
D., demonstrator of anatomy a.; Angus
tus l.. Warner, NJ. d.. dean of the
faculty.
DR.. johnson was a gentleman of SUI
perior intellect and attainments, and
was well informed on the subjects OF
the chair for which he was selected.
lie was near kiusm2n Of Chapman
johnson, then one Of the most distin-
guished lawyers in the State.
DR.. Bohannan was well fitted for the
duties OF his chair, having had larger
practical experience in the department
Of work than any Of his predecessors
or contemporaries in this city.
DR.. Socrates Maupin was gentle
man Of liberal and accurate education.
lie was probably at that time one of the
ablest chemists Of the southern coun-
try, who, after having filled that posi-
ton with marked ability in this insti-'
tuition and a portion Of the time as the
successor of Professor Warner as dean
of the faculty, was elected to the Uni
versity Of Virginia to supply the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation Of
DR.. Robert T.. Rogers. This position
he filled with eminent success to the
close Of his life, and for many years
previous to his death was the chairman
Of the faculty of that institution.
DR.. Lewis W. Chamberlayne, the
father of the lamented j. Ilsmpden
Chamberlayne, was a cultivated gentle
man and popular practitioner, with
strong convictions and forcible de-
livery. lie was a successful teacher.
The eminent qualifications Of Profess
sors Cullen and Warner and the dstin-
gushing features Of their minds have
already been referred to.
One difficulty, however, met the en-
terpiise at the start. There was a
profound objection existing at that time
in the State, amounting even to an in
tense prejudice, against comforting GER
tain chartered privileges. So great was
tins opposition that corporations Of any
kind were rarely allowed, and even the
Episcopal Theological Seminary at Al
exandria and the Union Theological
Seminary at llampdcn-Sdney were
unable to procure charters under which
to conduct those institutions. Under
such circumstances the privilege was
secured from the trustees Of Uampden-
Sidney to act under its charter, on the
condition that $500 was to be paid an
nually for the privilege.
With the faculty organized as already
indicated, the college commenced opera
tons in the fall of 1898, and held its
first commencement on the 4th of April,
1889, having had class Of forty-siI
students and, at the termination of the
session. fourteen graduates all of these
graduates probably having attended
previous courses Of lectures at other
colleges.
The first catalogue of the college was
introduced by the following paragraphs
lin issuing their first catalogue the
trustees of Hampden-Sidney College
congratulate the citizens Of Virsinla
and all who are wcll-wishers to the
prosperity and independence of the
South that the efforts which have be IN
made in the last year to establish in
the metropolis Of Virginia a medical
school adequate to her wants and capa-
bic at once of contrasting favorably in
az shS spPitauSSo iOi iuStIuCtiVu Win
the Oldest medical institutions Of the
country have been crowned with sue
cess.
This institution commends itself to
the patronage Of the South not merely
from its being one Of her own institu-
tons, but that it affords every facility
for medical instruction which can be
obtained elsewhere. After the expe-
rience of q year the trustees can speak
with confidence of the advantages here
afforded the student, and, by contrast
ing them with those Of similar schools,
feel assured that this will not suffer by
the comparison.
Located in the centre Of the State,
and accessible TO the whole southern
country, and distinguished for the sa-
lubrity Of its climate, Richmond must
be regarded as the most favorable posi-
ton in the South for medical school,
for while the southern student escapes