The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-20
DOCTORS DENY THAT
RICHIE is MARKED
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Heretofore we have demanded that a
student should have finished one year
in the academic department. of the
state university, or an equivalent in
stitution, before he could enter the
medical college. 1t was proposed that
the matriculation requirements be in
creased to two years in an academic
department. To this DR.. Richie OBJ
jeeted. He thought it might be done in
the future with good results, but he
pointed out that, at present, the great
majority of American medical colleges
fixed much lower requirements than
we did, and only four or five colleges
came up to our conditions. So, what
ever ones own opinion may be, DR..
Richie was not without good reasons
for his stand
Nov, a few weeks ago these MEM
bers of the faculty, among whom DR..
r. o. Beard, of Minneapolis, was prom
inent, didSSommunicate as 1 under
stand, with the regents of the univer-
sity,. and request that they ask Dean
Richie to resign. They even went to
the dean himself, i believe, and made
the same request.
But the regents did not ask the dean
to resign. Neither did the. faculty. And
when, at the annual meeting this
month, the election Of a secretary to
the request of the dean, failed to re-
elect DR.. Beard, who was holding that
position. They chose in his place DIR.
George D. Head, of Minneapolis. The
dean explained that the secretary, as
his principal assistant, should be in
harmony with him, and the faculty
thought so,steo.
in this action, which was indirectly
an Endorsement Of DR.. Richie as
against his opponents he had the sup
port of two-thirds of the faculty and
of one-haif, or more than one half, of
the Minneapolis physicians, including
many of the most prominent.
Richie a Satisfactory Officer
DR.. Richie was appointed dean seven
years ago to serve until he died, re-
a very satisfactory officer, and 1 don't
think there's the least probability that
he will be removed.
81 can't agree, either that he should
give way to some other able medical
man who could devote all his time to
the college, For one thing 1t would
be impossible to get the exclusive
services of any physician of DR..
Ritchie's rank in return for the salary
that the dean now receives.
GAS for the talk of injurious rivalries
between st. Paul and Minneapolis,
there is nothing of that sort in the
faculty. The representatives of the two
cities get on admirably. AS / just men
toned, most of the Minneapolis physi-
clans took the side of DR.. Ritchie."
DR.. Greene's statement was supported
by that Of another prominent St. Paul
member of the college faculty.
why" said the doctor, at was out
ert attacks ON the dean. It's true he
differed with the regents and with
members of the faculty about the en-
trance requirements, but, though
don't exactly agree with him, he had
good reasons for his opinion. He re-
minded us that only two or three West
ern medical colleges have requirements
as high as ours; that in the East only
John Hopkins and Harvard asked more
than we did, and that the University
of Pennsylvania and the New York
College of Physicians, both noted In
stitutions, were satisfied with the Min
nesota requirements.
Instead of his stirring UP trouble be-
/ tween the two cities, 1t has practically
disappeared since he became dean.
This is clear from the fact that his
strong friends on the faculty include
most of the leading Minneapolis ply
sicians. such as the late DIR. James II.
Dunn. Dr. Frederick A. Dunsmoor, DIR.
J. w. Bell, DIR. Henry L. Staples, DIR.
Charles H. Hunter and DR.. Max p
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