The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-19
MERCER IS AFACT
Kansas Medical College at Last q
Part of Washburn.
The Stockholders VIII Be Paid
$4,000.
ON THE SAME BASIS.
School viii Be Continued Under
Old Plan.
Building May Finally Be Erected
at Washburn.
N THE SAME BASIS.

Washburn will have its School of
Fine Arts, School of Law and School
of Medicine and Dentistry in its June
catalogue.
The Medical college merger, which is
the last of the three projects to come to
a focus is at last definitely settled, and
the Kansas Medical college trustees. at
a meeting Monday night, closed the deal
and placed that institution in the hands
of Washburn.
Washburn pays $4,000 for the school.
This includes everything-the building,
grounds and equipment It includes the
81 500 debt on the building. The money
goes to the stockholders in the corpora
ton which backed the Medical college
at its inception The value of the Med
ical college real estate and building is
estimated to be $4,000. and the value of
the microscopes, laboratory equipment
and movable furniture is $1,000 more.
Washburn thus gets about 900 worth
of property for its $4,000. and gives in
return the backing of the Washburn
name, and the influence and assistance
of the Washburn trustees and faculty.
Washburn has the further advantage of
getting its medical department ready
made, with a good attendance and an
organized corps of lecturers. The school
is said to be self sustaining, though II
/
condition, it has in past years been
necessary for the doctors of the city to
contribute generously to its support
The name of the institution win not
be changed 1t will appear in the Wash
burn catalogue as the Kansas Medical
college, the medical department of
Washburn college
Next year the work at the Medical
/ college will be continued very much as
in the past. The preliminary study III
chemistry. etc, will be given by Wash
4 burn professors, at the medical college.
After next year it is proposed to have
Washburn. The ultimate object is to
I build a medical school and hospital on
the Washburn campus.
The medical college at its meeting last
night in DR.. MinneyS office voted tc
accept the terms of consolidation which
have been under discussion. COM
mittee was appointed to confer with q
/ like committee from Washburn concern
ing the details. The committee is COM
posed of J. c. McChntOck, B. D. East
man. w. S. Lindsey, D. w. Nellis ans
! J. f. Minney. The Washburn commit.
tee which has had the matter in charge
is composed of President Plass, A. IS
Whiting and T. B. Sweet.
President Plass says that he is now
ready to begin work on the develop
ment of the institution-the new Wash
burn-which he has organized
I made I'D my mind to accomplish
what I have accomplished in the first
year. said President Plass and I now
propose to take five years to develop
the plan which we have adopted Money
must be raised to insure the permanent
cy of these new departments, and I be
lieve that we can get the money.
have confidence that Topeka is the nat
ural location of just such schools as we
have founded. We need buildings tc
house these new departments, and tc
that work, and the work of advancing
the work of the new schools I expect tC
devote myself
In his inaugural address, President
Plass said that he expected to see the
day when Washburn had buildings Of
suitable character on its campus for the
schools of medicine, law and fine arts
and since he has so successfully carried
peka has confidence that he viii con-
summate the rest of it with equal sue