The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-12
A MEDICAL COLLEGE
TO BIZ EsTADLlsnED IN wuEELlNe
AZ Branch of the state UaiVsrIlty at Nor
EAntown-A Feasible Plan, the Details
Of which viii DO Easily Arranged.
Physicians and others Euliat.

Wheeling now has o chance to secure
an institution which would be to her q
great advantage. The reference in yestsr-
days INTRLLIGRNCER to proposition to
locate in this city the medical department
Of the State University attracted consider
able attention. Col. Dan johnson, Of
Tyler county, a member Of the Board Of
Regents Of the University, arrived in the
city yesterday, and meeting reporter OF
the INTRLLidESCRR, opened the subject,
Said he: "Your paper quoted President
Turner inaccuTately In one respect. He
did not advocate Abolishing the medical
school; his suggestion was that 1t be re-
moved to Wheeling, From your other
wise faithful report one infers that the
idea OF removal was an alternative to abol-
ishing it."
WWhat do you think OF removal" the
Colonel was asked.
~ believe the Medical College will be
located here II the people want 1t. II a
building can be furnished here, am sure
the Regents will make the change, 1t will
require no legislation, and there Ia no rea-
son that the removal should not BIZ made
SO as to open the fall term hare. II the
people take an interest in the plan, and
can devise means OF securing suitable
quarters, the Executive Committee will
come here and consult your best people,
and appoint faculty and take the steps
to start the school going,
"Wheeling has advantages Tor the loca'
ton not possessed by MoTgantoWn, as, fol
instance, the hospital here. Then the
spirit OF enterprise recently manifested
here has directed good deal Of attention
toward Wheeling, and think 1t is plaiE
that Wheeling Is the proper place for thu
school,"
THR PLAN MEETS WITH APPROVAL,
Col. Johnson's suggestion, coming right
in the line Of the idea advanced by the In
TgLLIaESCER yesterday, must strike
Wheeling people with force, There Is NJ
need to dwell on the advantage to tn,
town OF such an institution; this is ap
parent. The first question that oCCurg is
Is 1t feasibleP This is best answered by
the physicians themselves. Several o
them were seen by the reporters, ant
nearly all hailed the idea with enthusiasm
II seems that 1t has been q pet dream o.
local physicians to see such school estab
lished here; as one Of the doctors said
"No town in the country can offer better
material for the faculty" In canvassinl
the names Of the resident physicians, the
only trouble encountered Is In the nature
OF an emJqrrGSse du riches. There are &C
many peculiarly qualified to fill each chair
that the selection would be difficult t.
make.
Tho physicisns spoken to all thought Il
would be easy to secure the students tt
support the school. Many Of the leading
medical schools OF the country had hum
BILE beginnings. Jefferson Medical Col
lege, OF Philadelphia, was started there AZ
the medical department Of Jefferson COL
lege, at Cannonaburg. The medical col
legs at Cleveland Is a branch Of the Uni
yersity at Wooster. Ann Arbor Medical
College, famous institution, is but a de.
partment OF the Michigan University, and
Is located in q small town, with small
clinical and hospital advantages compared
with Wheeling.