The San Francisco call., 1897-02-10
A GIFT FROM
THE HOMEOPATHS
Hahnemann College Ten
dered to University
Regents.
Established Many Years and
Free From Debt It Would
Be Annexed.
Regents Favorable and Will Arrange
Terms-Other University Busi-
ness Transacted.

The Hahnemann Hospital College of
San francisco was yesterday, by its di-
rectors and stockholders, offered to the
University of California for an affiliated
branch of the great State institution of
learning.
1t is the chief exponent on this coast OF
the homeopathic school; it has been in
continuous and regular operation as a
medical college for the last thirteen years;
1t has graduated over a hundred physi-
clans, and it is entirely free from debt.
Had vote been taken at once yester-
day afternoon, when the proposition was
made to the Board of Regents then in
session In the Mark Hopkins Institute of
Art, the Homeopathic Medical College
would have undoubtedly been accepted
then and there as valuable acquisition
o the university, for all the regents ap-
peared pleased at the offer and favorable
to the prayer for the affiliation. Pursu-
ant, however, to the custom in such mat
ters a committee, consisting of Regents
Crocker, Hallidie and Wallace, was ap-
pointed to examine into the status OF the
college, to decide upon the Terms of atfilia-
tior and to report back to the board at Its
next meeting.
The proposition of affiliating home
opathic college Is in itself considered
most significant move, as heretofore the
allopathic school has held full sway IL
the State University and has in conse-
quence enjoyed an official recognition
that the homeopathic school has not had.
Three OF the largest Stale universities-
the University of Michigan, the Univer-
sity of Iowa and the University of Mime
sota-have already officially recognized
the Importance of homeopathy and have
a homeopathic department and an allo-
paslic department in their college of
medicine. at Boston University only
homeopathy is taught in the college OF
medicine.
The offer was made to the Regents by
DR.. George II. Martin on behalf OF the
college and of a number of very promi-
nent wealthy citizens who are patrons OF
homeopathy.
Aside from the usual routine forms
there was not a great deal OF other busi-
ness before the meeting.
The finance committees recommenda.
ton for the pay m ent to Architects Kraft
Martens and Coffey of 212 per cent of the
amount OF the appropriation for :he
affiliated colleges buildings was adopted
by a unanimous vote.
A. B. Saph was appointed assistant in
mechanical drawing at Berkeley for six
N onths at a salary of SIS month.
A lithographic stone was ordered made,
from which will be printed the new Latin
form of certificate to be issued to persons
upon whom the university shall confer
the degree OF doctor of philosophy.
The committee on legislation reported
that all bills relative to and calculated to
benefit the university, now before the
Legislature. are likely to become laws.
Ex-Sheriff Robert McKillican of Ala
media County was appointed superinten-
Il e
leges buildings at a monthly salary of
$50.
The formal offer OF the Hahnemann
Hospital College was made in the follow
ing manner:
To the Honorable Board Of Regents Of the Uni
Uersity Of California; We, the
undersigned directors and stockholders of the
Hahnemann Hospital College of San Fran
cisco, having been appointed a special CON-
mittee by the board of directors of the said
institution to present to your honorable body
petition praying for the affiliation of the
Hahne mann Hospital College OF San Francisco
with the University of California thereby
forming homeopathic department. of the
university, do hereby ask that such prayer
may be granted.
The Hahnemann Hospital College of San
francisco was incorporated in 1881 and threw
open its doors 10 students in June, 1884, since
which time IT has given regular course of
lectures ach year In all branches of medicine
and surgery. There have been graduated from
odlu iuelLtutlOu 4lO Sluueuls anu JuSTe are al
present twenty-seven students in the various
classes
The college has always demanded high
standard OF education from its graduates IL
required three full years of study in the col
Iege from Its beginning, and was, with the
medical department OF the University of Cali
iorn1a, the first to demand full four years
course OF study in the college as a compulsory
requirement. for graduation. The college.
though n ot endowed, is wholly free from debt
There are in the State of California. in actual
rhy
clans OF all schools, of which number, by act
ual count. 400 are of the homeopathic school,
about one-fftn of the whole number.
AS the patrons of homeopathy are among
the well-to-do class of citizens and not so
much among the masses as the patrons of
other schools OF practice it is undoubtedly a
1act that such patrons pay at least one-third OF
the taxes of the State.
Because we believe it to be for the best in
terests of the Hahnemann Hospital College OF
san francisco. for homeopathy on the Pacific
Coast, for the large number of citizens and
taxpayers OF this State who do now or who
may In the future employ homeopathic ply
slcians that the aid college should be under
the protection of the State University, and
also because We believe it to be for the best in
terests OF the University OF California, as
great university, that there be homeopathic
department connected with it, we do therefore
pray that the Hahnemann Hospital College
OF san francisco may become affiliated with
the University OF California
hoping that our prayer may be granted by
your honorable body we are, very respectfully,
J. A. Albertson, Md, president OF the
board OF directors; A. &. Peterson, dean of
the faculty; G. B. Currier, MD; George H.
Palmer, NJ: D.; William Boericke, Md;
James w. Ward, MD; C. L. Tisdale, MD;
George II. Martin MD
=, we take pleasure to append by permission
the foiiow1ng names of representative citizens
ana taxpayers, who ere also patrons OF home
opathy, and who are in full sympathy with
this petition: Louis Sloss, Horace Davis, Isaac
Requa, Irving NJ. Scott, w. w. Montague,
0hyeT Eidridge, General John N. Dickins on.
T. X Lllienthal, II. L. Davis, Charles r. Bishop,
John TAYLOR, F. S. Douty, ]. OBJ. Gum, Judge
". Z. van Fleet, A. A. Watkins. Judge c. II.
Garoutte, r. n. Lilientbal, E. w. Hopkins,
Judge E. A. Belcher, P. w. Ames. Phillip Gal
pin, r. }. Symmes. j. ]. O'Brien, Barclay Hen
ley, FRANK w. Sumner. II. III. Hart.