The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-18
pr. Denny's Recommenda- tion Regarded as Happy
 Solution of Problem IARGE DELEGATIONS
 FROM BOTH CITIES
Board of Trustees Hears Arguments and Dr. Denny's Opinion and Gives President Authority to
 Conduct Negotiations
By K. A. RoTHARMEL

he most able speakers of Birmingham
 nd Mobile the board of trustees of the
 University of Alabama, after hearing all
 If the argument, went into executive ses-
 ion this afternoon at o'clock and de-
 ided to reject the proposition of the Bir-
 ningham Medical college to make the
 'srsity.
 However, as a compromise the trustees
 Accepted President Denny's recommends
 ions and vested him with the authority
 0 negotiate with the Birmingham Med:-
 al college toward establishing the medi-
 .al college at Birmingham as polyclinic
 institute, or postgraduate medical col
 ege. This. it is thought. will prove
 ,ery happy solution of the problem sat
 sfactory to all interests.
 The Birmingham delegation arrived in
 Tuscaloosa on a special train over the
 Alabama Great Southern railroad at 1o:3o ,' clock and were carried to the university
 grounds at once. The meeting with the
 board of trustees had been called for Il
 o'clock, but was postponed until l. o'clock.
 At 12 o'clock sharp the delegation, num-
 oering about 130 men, assembled in the
 oew Morgan hall on the university cam
 pus. The board of trustees of the uni
 versity were seated at the front of the
 and Mobile and the town people nearly
 filling the large room.
 O'Neal Calls Trustees to Order Gov. Emmet O'Neal called the meeting |to order and the secretary read the mn- utes of the last meeting, telling of the special meeting of the trustees called for today to discuss the medical college mat ter The secretary stated that Birming- I ham would have one hour and 15 minutes Ito state it's side of the question, Mobile | to take one hour and 25 minutes to state Its side, Birmingham to take 30 minutes flor rebuttal and Mobile to close the de- |hate with five minute period, | W. r. G. Harding opened the discussion flor Birmingham, calling attention to the large delegation of representative B1r- |1nin gham citizens. He also paid a high to the Mobile delegation. It |-s the survival of the fittest that applies lin this case" said MT. Harding. He then Introduced Sidney J. Bowie to present the Birmingham case.
 | few moments before the opening tof the debate when it became known who was to represent the two cities, lone of the law professors at the uni |versity sent student out after the |senior law class with the instructions: s'Get them together and bring them lover to Morgan hall at once. for Sid
 Bowie and Greg Smith are gong 10 hook up."
 MT. Bowie carefully defined the prop |osition as submitted by the Birming- ham Medical college.
 ..The proposition before the trustees |is to secure a high grade medical col |1eRe for the advancement of the cause |of medical education,' he said. The Birmingham Medical college offers the University of Alabama the college building in Birmingham along with the Hot and equipment, valued at about
 S60,000 The college building and the .Hillman hospital are on adjoining lots and the hospital is now a public in- stitution owned by Jefferson county. lone hundred thousand dollars worth | of bonds have recently been appro- pria ted for the hospital Fifty thousand dollars have been spent for an adjoin- ling lot and the other e50,000 will be spent in improving the building and | the enlargement of the facilities. The medical college has contract for 99 years. with s5 years yet to run. 'It Is not our purpose to withdraw
 
 not ask dollar from the state. We are perfectly wiling that the first two years be taught in the Mobile school. for which the state recently appro- |priated $3O0o0 The Birmingham Med Heal college has been, and will be, oper- ated with q surplus. What we ask is that the medical college be made branch of the university, and that the Mobile students be given an option as to where to spend the last two years of their medical training. The idea Is |altogether feasible, the precedent has been established and you have the au-
 thority to have two institutions" Physicians Present Their Case Mfr. Bowie was followed by pr. Lewis c. Morris, who gave brief history of the Birmingham Medical college. He declared that clinical work could not be done on private patients. He told how the Birmingham school became Class c college and said that it was due to the fact of the proprietary fea ture. In August of 1912 the college ceased to be a proprietary school and was given over to aboard of trustees. "Dr Caldwell of the American council told me that the plan to have the col lege made a part of the university would be for the ultimate good of the medical education in the state,' he said.
 Dr. w. c. Harrison followed Dr. Morris and told of the practical part of the proposition inasmuch as the |population in and around Birmingham was much greater than at Mobile and greater facilities would be offered in Birmingham
 Dr. J. r. McLester defined the method of hospital work with reference to the medical student and said Mobile could not furnish the clinical material that Birmingham could. He also stated that duplication did not mean duplication of expense.
 Robert Jenison. Sr declared Bir- mingham offered the best facilities to . medical college. You trustees are all men of good. common sense; know every one of you and I think the best thing is to let you go ahead and do It." said Mir. Jernison.
 John W. Sibley spoke of the demands of humanity and said that the Chamber of Commerce would get behind and push the movement.
 James Weatherly stated that competi- ton had walked Mobile up. "Birming- ham is the most inspiring thing in the world and will make Mobile prosper in spite of herself" said Mir Weatherly Ee also told of the organization of the Mobile school and the amount of money 
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