The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10
Ready to Aid in Building
Great Medical Uni
versity in Richmond.
|5MASS-MEETING
SOON TO BE HELD
Faculties Reach Satisfactory
Agreement as to Merger, All
to Resign SO That Best
Teaching Material May @
Be Selected ~ Oldest
Charter to Stand.

Or. Stuart MCGUIRE. president OF the
University College OF Medicine. whose
proposed plan for amalgamation was
accepted by tho Medical College OF yir-
gtnia on Saturday night. said yester-
day that the publication in The Times
Dispatch yesterday morning had
served to bring expressions from hunt
dreds OF friends of both institutions.
all OF which showed that there Is no
opposition to the consolidation. The
only possible obstable, as emphasized I'M
various interviews. is the lack OF suf-
fcient funds to successfully carry for
ward the work of establishing and
maintaining the greatest medical co.'s
lege in the South, in Richmond.
Public Now Must Help.
The medical colleges have done all
they can by agreeing on terms OF
union" said DR.. George Ben Johnston,
of the faculty of the Medical College
|tof Virginia, and t the community, as
1t has long seemed to do desires to-
see the building of this great medical
university, 1t has but to furnish the
money to support the project"
| For the purpose of raising funds, a
mass-meetlng of citizens Will be called
may mean the success or failure OF the
plans proposed.
1t is acceptcd as positive by those
Interested that the boards of visitors.
and boards of trustees of the colleges
as soon as they assemble will sanction
all that the faculties have done toward
sweeping away the laststrace of rival
r*. and Will enter with one accord in
the effort to promote the proposed
schenlc for anna lgamation a calle,l
Injecting OF tile faculties of tho Uni
tyersity College of Medicine Will he
! held at 4 o'clock to-day. when the
resolutions adopted by the Medical
| College of Virginia on Saturday night
/ will be formally presented. There is
/ no doubt that the university resoI,i-
| tions will be accepted in the most
fricndly manner. as they embody,
| without alteration or amendment. the Il
| plan OF consolidation proposed by DR..
Mcguire.
One Difference Adjusted.
! DIR. Mcguire, to whom the resolu-
tions were addressed as head OF the
University College of Medicine, stated
yesterday that he could not in justice
to his association make them public
before they we're submitted in the
,lneeting this afternoon 1t is UNDER
ference which has ever eXiste ted-that
of deciding upon the ways and means
of selecting hesfaculty for the united
school-has been adjusted, and the
i plan for consolidation requires tho
Resignation of all the professors In
both colleges. and the choice of theE
best teaching material for the farul-l3
ties OF the single university
The action for nmalganation. fol-
lowing SO soon after the destruction
of the University College OF Medicine
building last Thursday. was a great
surprise to professional men, as we'll
as to the community yesterday. The
idea was to keep the plans as quiet. as 4
possible until every breach had been
healed: but 1t Is stated now that the
general satisfaction which greeted the
announcements served greatly to In
= spire e the sslpporters9of the movement
TO create II g forts for Its success. s
large Su1nN Needed.
No cstimat to- of the amounts needed
70 q AIRY Out the proposed merger Ira,
been made IN actual tlgures: but rough
estimates Indicate that tho sum will
approximate $500. 900. as a new site will
be procured. a new building erected
nish adeouatc facilities for handiina
patients. and equipment second tn mons
il, the country supplied. The Medical
College OF Virginia faculties are said to
infovmally al the meeting satnraayE
night and 1t Is understood that plan
has been proposed by which an esti-g
mate MAY b G reached S
An auditor will probably he employ
ed to examine the books OF the two coll
leges forthe pIrpnse OF estimating tho
expense of educating student. and
figures secured In this way may AFFORD
as OF M the sn II builaInes vii
give some defnite idea Of the amount
to be solicited The mass meeting OF
citizens, 1t is said, vii be held under
the auspices of the Chamber OF Coos
merce. and swlllhe addressed by ioaclng
physicians anu business men, tsSSS M aS
4. l'ne commercial advantages to- af;-
crue from the ojtiauguration OF the most
|Bthoroughly equipped medical school iifs
The South arc especially euphasizel by
Ithose mostE,nterested in he foundation
Of the consolidated college, aid hose
facts, with fisaires VIII be subInlttei
public As soon rs the faculties OF the
colleges and their respective boards
have inauS concluded prelinlirartss,
the first steps Wiz be Ia ken. toward TIM 4
adoption OF asnlethod OF raising funla
State and City should Aid. .S
The consolidation of the medical
colleges is one OF the greatest things
hat as.aphsnes IN regent years fp
5lege Of Medicine, last night. Now thai 3ss;
the schools have come together i think
sthp eitys and stats should contribute s
100000 each toward the success ~ tl,t 4
combined school ;rhs money will ros
all be needed the first year, and coul6 III
be given in ailments OF $4,000 fol n
four i5{consecuttN2ss h wears, I don't SEA
whv shere shopld he any Al tttis,iltv II s
making the people sec, the grea I good
TO result and Il have no donh rat 4 hi iss
sun needed Wlltahe real izeh,' '.s S
Hr, NlcGuIre's Statement. y
t''As the aEreetlent tor sconyolidA-i
stio,, Was only effac.ed late Saturday
night. and AS o-day Is ~, sA IA sf
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