The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-23
Announcement Made


Announcement Made.
LIZ Jenkins stated at the start that
ne would not do anything in the world
unless 1t was for the good of the stu.
uehls and announced that the Keo-
kuk Medical college had been merged
Win Drake University. The two col
reyes have combined their appliances,
teachlng force, alumni, everything.
FOR nfteen years the medical journals
nave been saying that the proprietary
schools must go out of business. In
kentucky the five schools have been
merged into the Louisville Unitersity,
| the only medical school now in the
state. Indiana has but one college
now. We had to either merge or get
an endowment. This latter was tried
but the nest egg of s1O0, 900 could not
be secured, so we determined to merge
the school.
We found Drake University with
large endowment, good faculty and
IN large city. Three weeks ago we
began negotiations and last evening
signed up the contract to turn over
to them everything excepting the real
estate. Some of our faculty may go
to Drake and do some teaching there
we have made it possible fer our
alumni to perpetuate itself in Drake
1t is to your interest to go to Drake
Ii you have paid your full fees here,
no charge will be made at Drake al
though the fee there is higher than
In keokuk. If you have paid but part
of your fees, the addition to be paid
will be at the Keokuk rate. Your cred
Its and credentials will be carried to
Des Moines and you will be treated
as well as any men could treat you.
l have pledged my support and 10y
atty to Drake, the same as to this
school, There is wonderful differ
ence between dying and merging. We
have perpetuated this school by the
merging and it will no doubt last for
ever. This school is closed right
now and we would like to have you
transfer yourselves in body to Drake
next week.
DR.. jenkins spoke with much feel
ing and his voice quivered at times
when he spoke of his long connection
with the school and his interest in the
students. He explained that at pres
ent there was no dental department
at Drake but the Keokuk equipment
had been turned over and Drake would
open up a dental department as soon
as arrangements could be made with
the state board. For that reason the
dental school here will be continued
for couple of weeks, but the medi-
cal school is now closed.
President Bell.
President Bell of Drake University
then addressed the students He said
that the merging was not thought of
until three weeks ago and that they
would not consider proposition that
the students would have to go to
Drake whether they wished to or not
He stated that they would make it
to the advantage of the students to
come to Drake in a body, although
they were not compelled to, but can
go wherever they wish.
The time has come, he said, when a
medical school must be connected
with university. Standards are be-
ing raised and it has become harder
to enter medical school. You are
fortunate in getting started when you
have.
We will do all we can to assist you
If you come to Drake. We have I'M
excelled clinics, good laboratories and
good instructors. You can come at
the same fees as you pay here and
are free to leave at the end of the
term if not satisfied and we will help
I you If you wish to change.
Great Regret.
Great regret was being expressed in
] Keokuk today when the news began
to leak out Of the merging of the
college and its abandonment here.
For years the Keokuk Medical college
/ full institutions.
1t has been great advertisement
I to the city as we'll as most profita-
BILE thing to the community for the stu
dents spent considerable money here
each year.
The faculty, composed almost en-
tirely of Keokuk physicians, have
done noble work i'll keeping the insti-
tuition up, with no profit to themselves
and standing a loss during the past
II few wears