New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
IT'S NEW HOME IS READY.
THE MEDICAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN IS
TO BE PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED.
THE BRAVE FIGHT MADE BY PIONEER Do
TENDERS OF THE RIGHTS OF THEIR SEX
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THE BRAVE FIGHT MADE BY PIONEER ps
TENDERS OF THE RIGHTS OF THEIR SEX
rs CROWNED WITH SUCCESS
October will be a red-letter day in the history
Of the American woman professional factor in
medical science. The New-York Medical College
and Hospital for Women will take possession
that day Of it's building, in One-hundred and
hrst-st, between Central Park West and Manhat-
tan-ave. The situation commands all the clinical
possibilities Of a neighborhood where there are but
few Institutions Of n charitable nature. together
with the advantages ~ being within one hundred
! feet Of Central Park.
The lot adjoining the college building is
owned by the corporation and as soon circum-
stances warrant It expects To erect the site
n hospital of the most improved structure
Cntl that expectation is realized however. the In
sttutlon will continue TO occupy a hospital the
building No. 2l3 West Fifty-fou st. which II
/ has utilized for many years
The space previously occupied by the college will
double the capacity for hospital service. The
building ia handsome structure. embodying the
purest architectural expression ~ beauty and util
ity The interior is repete I'm everything that goes
| To the making OF up-to-date medical institution
! Tho whole planned by the architect Of Carnegie
! Hail and other notable public buildings OF New
York. and II Is n suhsta nla and imposing contrlbu-
/ ton TO tho city's aesthetic growth
NO OPENING CEREMONIES
/ No formal ceremonies will mark tho opening Of
the college. except that the faculty will he on hand
to welcome students. The outlook for the ensuing
year Is most promising. Since the adoption of the
four years graded course in 1898 the woman's col
lcge. like tho mems medical schools has been less
/ crowded than when the old system OF three years
prevailed. The college adopted its present cur
riculum before the Legislature passed the law maxi
Ing four years OF. medical study condition OF
license to practise In the State OF New-York
The college Will maintain during the ensuing
sion two dlspensar!es. The present one in tho
hospital building No. ?i3 West FHty-.ourth-st., will
he continued. while a second dspensary will be
conducted In the new college building. which has
been especially designed for classified clinics. over
nine thousand prescriptions were given last year.
FOUR FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
The college offers this year four scholarships OF
free tuition for Of lectures covering ths
four years students holding degree in letters
or science from q recognized college university
who apply 10 the Board FIVE prizes will also be
awarded A free tuition FOR the sophomore year
Will be given that member OF the freshman class
who obtains the highest average FOR the year 1885,
90 The member OF the graduating class who has
the highest average FOR the four years will be
awarded the I1ozler Memorial Prize while students
OF highest standing in ophthalmology and medical
Jurisprudence are also remembered in substantial
prizes Miss Resale Ioew. one OF the successful
practising women lawyers OF the city and lecturer
in the college, offers prize TO the student who
writes the bes. essay n subject 20 be announced
later
Both in the corporation and the faculty Of the
college and hospital women have and will continue
TO take substantial and prominent part The
dean and secretary are women while o. the twenty
one members OF the instructive faculty nine are
women. Besides this there are eight women lec'y
Urers.
The college has supporters in Mr.. and Mrs.
David II. Morris. William Burnet Tuthnl. Emerson
Mcmillan; who contributed so largely TO the Sol
diers and Sailors Families Protective Association.
and other prominent and wealthy citizens.
Never in the history OF the Womans College and
present. 1t il difficult for this generation TO realize
the full signiilcance Of this splendid new edihce.
Legislature granted its original charter In response
20 the eloquent and persistent appeals OF Mrs.
behalf OF the medical instruction OF women. At
that time medical schools refused to accept women
The founding OF the wonan's Medical College and
Hospital was the result OF a movement which was
the natural outgrowth OF an imperative demand Of
the age. From it, inception IL has continued to
flourish despite the prejudice against women ply
sicians dogmatcally expressed by existing medical
faculties II opened a new field to women. now
widely recognized and rapidly nlling every side
The year following the granting Of the charter Il
was amended 80 "a to include the privileges of a
TO this hospital. opened in 1865 at Second-a!c. and
wet,h,s the ns Of It's kind in the world where
tho work accomplished In those tentative days that
hospital, but also FOR the college \ second change
was made in lsIt. to Lexington-ave. and Fifty
fourth-st.. from which site the institution has In III
probability made It's last move. Tor the new build
Ing was constructed with view TO outwittins the
ages The college Incorporated into the Uni
versty 81 the State OF New-York by the State
Regents I'm 1898.
All diplomas are granted and signed not only by
tho officers OF tho Board Of Trustees ana the fac
mlty: but also by the Regents OF the State OF New
York To the pioneers who have watched the
evolution OF the college and hospital and the en-
thusastic men and women now devoted Ia its IN
tcrcsts there would 10 be nothing left to wish
for the erection and equipment Of the contem-
plated hospital to complete the architectural |
beauty and practical utility ~ the new college