The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-19
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,,- n NJ were the lettcTS III w."
~ stage at the John. Mar
.ha,, High School Tuesday hishN /"
.e,,i,-" as It was called by Dr. NC
c,,;ro ras in black, mostly Worn pS
professional men of uncertain ase' W.
Great distinction. When transia'e'
+he letters meant 'UniversitS oo4sese
of Medicine" and the occasion "ae
the seventeenth annual commence
,,.nt or canals Of this most usetui
,,d deserving institution. DID you
see EN-? It was really a brliilah'
enectacle. and worthy of this school
Of scientific medicine. DR.. Stuart NC
cure. the President of the college,
said so much in his brief address TO
tho audience OF twelve hundred peo-
ME that it should be repeated here
for the information of the public, ana
we shall give a syllabus of 1t.
The University College Of Medicine
IS not a commercial enterprise. but {
public institution = conducted for cdu'
cational and philanthropic purposes
sixteen members of its present rae
ulty have for the last seventeen year
taught students in the College ant
cared for the sick poor in the hos
pital absolutely without pocuniary
compensation
The College has become a leader In
the medical world. 1t ranks to-day
among the foremost of the medical
colleges in the country. Since
it was established. forty five
hundred students have matricu-
lated in 1t. 1t has graduated over
one thousand doctors, dentists and
pharmacists who are now practicing
their professions in thirty States and
foreign countries: 1t has constructed
hospital and college buildings at a
cost Of more than 100000. It has de-
veloped a faculty of seventy-hve
eachers of the first rate. 1t has main
tanned the Virginia Hospital, In which
hundreds Of poor patients have been
cared for annually without charge.
II has conducted a medical dispensarS
where the sick of the city have beer
given free advice and medicine. !
has conducted an obstetrical dlspen
sary in which two thousand womel
have been attended at their owl
homes. and without expense to then
IT has conducted a dental intirmar
at which work has been done at &C
tual cost. It has instituted a Pasteu
department which has been the mean
of saving many lives and bringin
much business to the city. 1t has ado
cd during the seventeen years OF II
existence more than 100000 to tt
business interests of Richmon
through the cost of its own opel
alton and the money expended by il
students. II has ministercd unto tt
poor. 1t has given the wisest il
struction in all matters touching IL
public health. 1t has developed mar
noted specialists. In short, from q
educational, a professional, a philal
,hropic and a financial standpoint,
has been a material factor in maxim
Greater Riohmond.''
Last January the College hulldir
was destroyed by fire. 1t lost near
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halls n laboratory. its library al
mureum, its charts and specimens,
microscopes n apparatus. Tho
were the material things that we
destroyed, but IL did not lose, as !
Mcclure expressed it, the loyalty a
enthusiasm OF our students, or /
courage and resourcefulness OF q
faculty. . Not Il single student i
left the College, and all Of our und'
graduates have voluntarily plede
themselves to return and eontir
their studies next fail Wit
twcnty-four hours after the Coli
building was destroyed-abont 4
months ago--lcctures were respr
md tho College year was contin'
TO a most satisfactory conclusion,
1t is sincerely hoped thar the Y
versity College of Medicine will 1