The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-22
FACULTY ROASTED
TO CRISP BROWN
University College of Medicine
Graduates Get Even With
Task Masters.
OPEN NEW BUILDING TO-DAY
dwelling Tablet on Spot Where
Stephens Lived Principal
Feature.

Their own diplomas safe beyond re
'e'ei'uuh or recall. the graduating
Grass OF the University College of
Nieoicine last night waded into Tho
faculty and turned the pcnt up spot
isht upon its sins. large and small
II was class night and an upnreciattvo
audience. made up largely of tho col
lege community. crowded tho r,,..
auditorium and roared its approval ms
one leading light of the faculty after
"hother was placed on the grill. roast
eu 10 turn by his time victims
inc particular hit Of the evening.
ana the sixth number on the program.
was rake faculty meeting. i'm which
each Of the professors was imperson-
atcd by student bearing suspended
cohsplcuously from his neck Il picard
naming the department over which the
particular professor prcsides The
business proceeded regularly. with re-
ports from the deans of the medical
Dental and pharmacy departments In
each report was Incorporated a mum
Der Of digs at things as they be, &C
companied by Il number of ludlcrous
recommendations.
81 am glad TO report plan which,
IL adopted, will result in further
decrease in tho number Of matricula ties
IN the department of dentistry" re-
ported the dean of dent" lin addi-
zion TO the present Law requiring a
medical degree for admission to dem
tistry. | suggest that we demand also
that the degree of LII. u. be required.
THE entrance requirements are not
stringent enough" 1t was a mild d E
at the cause of the decreasing attcn-
dance in the dental department. and re-
ce;ved its share of the applause
Fluni> the Faculty.
The udo-faculty neat pulled off a
clever inquiry into the ACCESSIBILITY of
granting diplomas to twelve membc ra
Of the real faculty who were reported
for deficiencies of various kinds. The
humor was best appreciated by the stu
dents themselves to whom the broad
caricaturc recalled daily experiences
i'll the class room The maligncd pro-
fessors were. all down front and en-
ioyed the flnying as n,u1h as the nay-
crs. Aye and no votes were called
on each applicant for diploma, and
about half of the delinquent dozen
were unanimously flunked.
The exercises Included humorous his.
tories of tho three divisions of the
class of 1912, and prophecies concern
ing the future OF the .lGividual grad
yates. They tcemed with local color
which WAS all but intel gible to tho
nninitiatcd. y scxtet sang Annie
Laurie" ana The Doctor Complaint
Talmudge T. Weathery. NJ. D.. spoke
the words OF farewell FOR the class
The historians We're: w. O. Coz
NJ D.; +. = Repass. y. D. S. and II.
| L. Livick. IN. q. Drs. Highsmith
Goode, cheek. Akcrs. Weatherly and
Redd made up the seXtet. The prophets
were {. &. Smith. Jr., NJ. D.; II. II.
Boyd D. u. 8. and r. y. klor, Ph. q
UnNcil Tablet To-Day.
Al o'clock this afternoon the
new building OF tile University
College of Medicine will be for
mally opened. At the same time
there Viii be unveiled a tablet upon
the building COMMUNICATING the fact
that on the same spot stood the resi-
dencc Of Alexander II. stephens, the
only Vice President of the Confcd-
acy Tho address will be made by w
q. Brantley. member Of Congress
from Georgia.
lmmediateiy following tho class
exercises In the Eiks' auditorium las,
night reception was rendered II
the Westmoreland club by DR.. Rob
ert {. Bryan to the members of the
board of trustees. the faculty. alumni
and graduating class