The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-28
REBUILD UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
students Loyal to Mau-Ts Hss6
Alumni Meeting SOon-HGsS
Good Prospects.
edmond. VA.


the University College OF Me,ficjr,r
Monday morning at III o'clock. When
| Dr. Stuart Mcclure addressed t5,o
young men and told them Of the futs,rs,
plans of the institution.
/ When the wooden sign whtrh had
/ nung over the Old building thar -ez--
iShed in the flames was brOuEhs tn
the delight OF the students took tie
FORM OF a yen which could be hezr1
| TAR and wide.
DR.. Mcclure Informed his hearerv
/ that the school. despite the devaEtaf-
ing effect of the blaze or January sta
1 was 10 continue its identity and fhaH
steps would at once be taken to re-
| build.
He stated that the building commit
zee VIII immediately go to Boston and
/ = hiladeiphia where il will inspect the
| plants of the best medical schools IL
/ the country and borrow such IDEAS ~,
are worth following.
Inc new structure, which q TO -
/ up IN Richmond on the site OF fha
old building, viii be 6re-proof or very
/ nearly so, and viii have a central
/ heating plant that will supply AL tho
/ buildings as well as the Virginia
| Hospital. The most improved meth
/ ous or ventilation will also be fol-
lowed, and there will probably be a
| power plant and a cold storalye room
Dr. Mcclure spoke with absolute
/ certainty about the money to be
] ulStN lie SdlQ IL would unduU Drcf.--
! ~ be forthcoming, and that the Uni
VerSity College of Medicine would In
/ the course of a few months, be the
\ best and biggest medical school this
side of Johns Hopkins.
AS for fine equipment. that was al
/ ready assured as the most expensive
and valuable apparatus of the school
/ was rescued from the fire. This 81
/ TO be supplemented with other equip
ment Of the very latest patterns. 50
| that nothing viii be lacking Tia
sixty microscopes now in use will be-
doubled i'm number
The whole tone of DR.. McGuire's
remarks was so confident and optimia-
/ tic That the students caught the spirit
\ of the speaker, and. although his talk
/ was brief. it imbued all with the de-
/ termination to stick by the school NJ
/ matter what may happen
his fidelity already has been strik-
/ iuely eNemplitied. Not a student has
/ lctt the school on account Of the fire
| William II. Miller, proctor OF the
college. said this afternoon that the
/ school would reopen September II.
! 1910. with the brightest prospects in
Its history. He was not entirely Ger
! tam mat ali the new buildings would
| be ready by them. but guaranteed the
arrival of an the new equipment bF
! that time.
Mr.. Miller SAYS that the happenings
! Of the last two or three DAYS show
| mere are two reasons why our work
| shall go triumphantly on added he
| In the first place, the South cannot
spare us. This college is rated as thu
eleventh In the United States-as the
first in the South. In the second place.
/ Richmond cannot spare US CONNER
cially. II is estimated that the school
| and hospital together bring the city ar
| least $500 day. This is most con-
sentative estimate. Some put the 6E-
ure at $1,000"
Alumni TO Meet,
While practically all the machfnerT
has been set in motion for the re-
| building of the plant, the mOvemeu1
| 10 start next year with redoubIed
v1gor will gain additional impetus By
| a great meeting OF the alumni and
! friends of the college to be held here
! May 16th-cOmmencemen day. Th~
! institution has about 1000 sIurrpIs-
! and 1t is expected that fully two
thirds Of these will be present
At meeting held Saturday night
! IN the large amphitheater Of the Vir-
ginia Hospital. it was definitely de-
cided TO rebuild. This action follow
! ing the rejection OF the merger prep
! ositon which contemplated consolf-
dation with the Medical College az
/ Virginia.
The lot AZ the corner OF TweInEz
and clay Streets. on which stood the
| buildings Of the school before the fire.
/ Will be used again, and not a moment
VIII DE lost i'm getting ready for fu-
ture usefulness. Ia fact the good
work already has begun.
Money FOR the scheme VIII not be
/ lacking; indeed. those who are 70
I help the project are most enthusiast
/ tic.
1t is an open secret that DIR. SIN
art Mcclure is 10 head the list with
a $4,000 contribution. while a num-
! Der OF others Will subscribe $1,000
each. Added to this will be the in
surance money and other available
| assets
! DR.. McGuire's gift is dOubIy prompt,-
ed by motives of sentiment HIS de-
nation will be in the nature OF a me-
mortal TO his father, the late DR.. Hun
ter Mcclure, founder and first presi-
| dent Of the University College and
for years one Of the most famous sur
Seons of this country.
! William r. Miller, proctor OF the
! college. in report of Saturday nights
| session, said:
Faculty Decides.
| The meeting was a most enthusiast
| Tic one, and it is an assured fact thar
| the work which has been so credit
ably carried on by this institution win
be continued, with better facilitiey-.
! larger equipment and greater enthu--
siasm than ever"
There were present at the meeting
! -. Sto0Ab -ACGulTe, president or thu
| college; Judge George I. Christia-
! vice chairman OF the board OF trus-
/ tees; r. /. Morris. chairman OF the
! advisory committee; Edgar D. Tay-
/ Tor DR.. Hugh NJ. Taylor DR.. J. Al
/ lisOn Hodges. DR.. John Dunn, DR.. Ed
| ward Mcguire, DR.. William s. Cor
don, Dr. John +. Winn, DR.. JaeoS
MichauN, DR.. a. c.. Brown, Jr.. DR..
/ Robert c. Bryan, DR.. A. r. Gray. DR..
\. q. Hoen, DR.. Nirginius Harrison.
/ Or. James w. Henson, Dr. William F.
Mercer. DR.. Roshlar w. Miller. DR.. =.
! Garnett Nelson. DR.. Mcclure Newtoa.
/ DR.. w. ROwudas Peple, DR.. C. NJ
! B2gSarly, y. BOlenbaugh, Or. John w.
BroadnaN, DR.. NJ. o. Burke, Dr. w.
| W. Dunn, Dr.. W. Wallace Gill, DR.. II.
l.. Hillsman, DIR. T.. l. Hobson DR.. K.
! q, hopkins, DR.. Paul w. Howles, Dr.
William Russell Jones, Dr. C. PauE
LaRoque, DR.. stuart y. Michaux. I9r.
/ =. b. Moon, Or. r. ] .MOseiey, Jr., DR..
Thomas w. Murren. DR.. NJ. r. Muck
OILS. DR.. 3. w. Rowles, Wortley =.
Rudd, DR.. +. q. Simmons, DR.. A. p.
Upshur, DR.. q. =. Woodson, DR.. Il.
NJ. COwardin, DR.. r. l. Simpson. Dr..
r.. II. Jefferies, DR.. T. II. Scales. Dr..