Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-18


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| E.rly Of Dr. Hunter Mcclure to the Let
trr OF the Faculty of the Medical College
O.. irglnia.
(Communlcated)
Communication from the faculty Of
Oh. Nrucal College Of Virginia in the
t..rr.sg Iapcrs OF this city a few days
. should have had an earlier reply. |
... however. doubted whether | ought 10
lfI.. IT al all. but have concluded that
t.-..e Co myself demands an answer 10
l.- various allegations.
Hl,h respect to the larger portion or
c,ummlcation. which is mere vitu-
'.-itpn. my readers will not. / know,
expect me 10 reply in kind
.t. text Of the faculty's discourse Is a
Litter which ! sent Senator Mushbach,
i.I. ! will add here. TO several other
r,.ininent members Of the Virginia Leg
.Iture
The following Is copy Of that letter:
HUNTER INQUIRE. $40 f. GRACE.
RICHMOND. VA. March /, 1871
My Dear Sonator-I Sc from the papers
that the Finance Committee of the SEN
ate and the House have advised the APP
lropriation Of $500 10 the Medical Col
iece Of virginia No sick poor are 10 be
cared for with this money, or poor men
20 be educated. but this sum IS TO go
e. a dozen doctors and added TO the
fass they now get from their class. THIS
college has already 10000 Of State prop
cry. and pay no rent or tax. The Senate
,-,oanee Committee declined. az you know,
4. help the sick poor OF the state BY
,u4u appropriation. but now can give
,u 70 help the salaries OF ten or tWelVe
+ tmond physicians. Cover it up by
RS In any way you please. II simply
e. unts 10 this. Can't you stop II?
HUNTER INQUIRE.
Hon George A. Mushhach.
p. S-One per cent. on the value or
o.. buildings, or $500, amply covers IN
u~u.e and repairs. according 10 all
y..l-.4tate. agents, and this the college
| Should bear themselves.
s.. mr as | can analyZe the faculty 8
| comments on this letter, they charSe
Efst hat il does not convey the truth;
s..nl that IL was a concealed under
.frl act on my part, and third, that the
3 r.. which prompted il was one OF
| l..Ity 20 the Medical College OF VIZ
r
Oh are the main charges. given In the
D~..r If their Importance. and have
l- crystalized with painstaking care
g.. tne confused wording in which they
ur. s1ycloucd.
~r. INST charce--that my letter does not
o. ra truth-has reference To the state
/ ,..t b. contains that the money appro-
| r-.t.l Nv the State goes TO dozen
/ ttl.. and Is added TO the fees they
g.. 80 from their class" The faculty
,..I have al once refuted this assertion
D. simple statement of the dsposl-
tl they make OF the money. They GER
.'r had abundant space in their COM
I....tIln to give this very simple and
nrariaut explanation. They abso-
l.tF fu u do so. and the strong de-
i.. ana dogmatic assertions with which
f . tf. 20 cover up the omission but dis
.- tleir weakness.
.- for some years member OF the
az the Medical College OF Virginia.
a.I therefore know that the remuneration
O. U.. professors Il derived from "A di-
Of the net profits OF a session.
T.- receipts Of the institution ara the
g. I..elvel from students, the disburse-
w are the necessary running expenses
90 r. college. ana the difference between
GIL iuo represents profit and loss.
Dr. o.. state makes an appropriation
pays the expenses of the college,
D., uot make the total receipts of the
Co., ..f-ssorsg II the State makes an
-t.r~auon which more than pays the
90 the college. IL not the excess
,. 90 the fees received from the class,
divided among the individuals COM
th. faculty? Any businessman
i.ui that a deduction from the debit
t.r 0' an account IS the same thing as
I'D .iuon 10 the credit SIDE and IL does
,.er In the slightest degree on which
SD. COZ the college ledger the entry OF
i.' safes money Is made. the result
81. OBJ. sluC--the income OF It's teachers Is
-f. y Increased. Charity demands that
y believe that these persons have never
a exactly how they got their money.
IL s amazing that they should have
DO aimed their readers equally blind.
% ucr- remains any doubt about this
r.-''ar the following Incident will settle
b. O.e II the faculty OF the Medical
college OF Virginia "a full-nedged pro-
,'or not a sub. or an adjunctJ was In
Co.; L. a prominent merchant Of this city.
Bodice time before the last appropriation
w. made 10 the college the creditor Inn
| i'r'lned him for the money. The pro-
.r.syr could not then make payment, but
said that his college had bill before the
l|sisiaiure. which he felt certain would
..sa. that IL IL DID his portion would be a
certain sum, and he not only pledged his
Word, but be gave the merchant a written
of-vr 70 turn over 50 much Of this money
10 Pay part OF tbs debt.
mink further consideration OF the hrsi
eL4igc viii hardly be needed.
4he seeond charge IL that my letter was
DOW dealt by a hidden hand Tbey
Aa'e seen the open hand and felt IT, too,
No1 only on this occasion. but In other
| Instances.
wrote the letter above published 20
e-'''d members Of the Legfslature. On
Psisr stamped with the number OF my
i.'llence, and under my own signature
ray name when called for was re
Iee@niiy revealed" II was done so by
u'g gentlemen 10 whom had written,
go not BY roe. l was not present, and
u'' Implication that l was hiding my
neihe ana dodglng responsibility u mol
spSuined by the facts. nor In any sense
" me truth. The dny after the lcttes
"S read | received note from the 6enar
~ asking permission to sdye II 70 the
~al'y' who had demanded H. ] returned
~ Answer by the boy: "Yes. by all means
ney want t."
~ y common custom IN this State for
suesnen not members OF the L<eEisla-
S put Interested In some special mca'
90. BEFORE that body. 70 write 70 thcis
" representatives giving euSeee'