The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-14

In the effort to interest the Chamber
of Comm cree in the proposed plan
for the consolidation of the Medical
College of Virginia and the University
College of Medicine, members of the
faculties OF each institution spoke at
the annual meeting OF the chamber
last night. bringing out particularly
the commercial advantages of the
union and emphasizing the effect that
such an institution would have on the
entire community. in all the phases OF
progress for which the chamber
stands.
DR.. j. Allison Hodges, a member OF
the University College faculty and
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee for amalgamation, was the first
to address the meeting, explaining the
plans so far as they had beef sug-
Sested.
He said that out of the ashes of
the ruined college. with the help OF
the citizens of Richmond and the other
institution. it vas their purpose to
build up a great medical university
that would lead the South and be
the equal of any in h United States.
Though there was nothing definite to
act o the chamber unanimously
Pledged its support, financial and
moral.
HOW They Have Grown.
DR.. George Ben Johnston spoke of
the gre of the colleges and hos
pitfalls in the city. Twenty years ago,
he said, there was one medical insti-
tuition with fifteen students; now there
are two, with a total OF 500. The hos
pitfalls have grown in the same pro-
portion, there being the Virginia and
the Memorial. the official hospitals OF
the two schools, besides the others.
which w their existence in a great
measure to The work Of the COLLEGES.
and students from which, he said, rep
resented every State in the Union and
many nations OF the earth.
As,4some OF the commercial advant-
ages, he called attention to the rail-
road fare paid by these 500 men each
year. He estimated that during the
session each man spent here $500 on
the average, which of necessity went
into every channel of trade, thus plac-
ing In the hands Of the business men
OF ichmon at least $4,000 annually.
Concluding, he said that the colleges
a buried their anlmosities and had
come to realize the possibilities Of
such a consultations; that TREY had
SSNi tAS SNpl w &IidlS Glld llllS duu
that 1t was now up to the community
to see it contaminated, which, he
said, could not be done without money,
DR.. Mcguire Speaks,
DIT, Stuart MCGUIRE read an extract
of the speech which he made to his
graduating class last spring on what.
the University College of Medicine had
done for Richmond. lie enumerated
the graduates in the various depart-
ments, speaking Of the Virginia Hos
| pital, the medical dispensary, the den;
tai inhrmary and the Pasteur depart
ment. He estimated that this college
alone was worth to the city 100000
annually,
In a brief way no went into what
had heen done within the last week.
The first thought was to rebuild. which
they could have done with the aid of
the many friends that the IRE brought
to their aid. but this was abandoned
when the proposition to consolidate
was made.
Retiring President +. %. Williams.
OF the Chamber, offered the resolution
to give the hearty support of the body
to tho proposition, 1t was seconded
by Judge George u. Christian, and the
| vote WINS unanimous.