The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-02
PAY GREAT HONOR
TO GIRL STUDENT
Only One Job at University Col
legc She Could Hold, and She
Got That, Hands Down.
YOUNG MEN ELECTED HER TOO
Medical Students Strong in Chiv-
airy, None Running
Against Her.

When they got through counting
Z the ballots ut the University College
Of Medicine yesterday. medical stu
dents showed that they could Siye
cards and spades 10 the old families
i'll the matter OF chivalry. for about
| the only elective job that !. woman
; could hold went to the only woman
in the college without opposition,
Less than week ago students at
. iichnond College. in joint debate,
declared that the women OF Virginia
! should not votc--not if they could
! help il by cloqucncc oratory and
gestures Everybody thought. Of
course. that the question had been
settled then and there when the jury
brought in its verdict. without send
ms out for supper or he' nG locked
mp overnight. but these young doctors
/ have filed dissenting opinion. They
havc set that verdict aside con
trary TO law and evidence. aud be
cause OF m'sdirection on the part of
the court The country is safe.
The occasion of this magnificent
ouiburst yesterday was the annual
election OF officers by the student
body of the univcrsity College. IN
der a change III the primary system.
the senior class FOR the session be-
tion in the spring preceding. rather
! than in the fall | isn't tn, fault Of
the primary plan If the newly elected
officers should happen to fail by the
"aEside III INC matter OF SPRING eA-
"Inihations' Whith duaiiN ih"h, TOT
advancement The thinE Demo
crahc ana you We got to ie' go at
that
And Evcrybody Voted.
So Yesterday WAS me day. que
motto, having bccn given Inc stu
dents the same being tho voters;
were duly informed that on the nrst
day of ApriI. they should ,narch up to
the ballot box and drop in the tickets.
The polls were open from 10 \. NJ. to
T. NJ. and Presiden, Roberts. of the
senior class. which is soon TO 20 out
as so many doctors SAT near the
bullo, box ana examined the tax re-
c,ipts.
.rhoro was contoe, for tb, o.,ic. OF
vice prcsidea, y representative of
each candidate stood there. TOO. 10
/ chAlicuga anybody whose party fcalty
was worth challenging. Tile president
OF the student body must lie d member
OF the medical senior class graduating
! in 1913. and there Was only one can
| d!date-Dr }. NJ. Eainhardt. OF Sails
/ bury, y. G. Or, Earnharit was duly
effect bcnS sent on to The head of tn.
party.
| Then came the contest. The vice-pres-
idcnt Is elected from the senior DENIAL
class. and two members aspircd for the
/ honor--Drs r j. Pearson Jr, and II
| 4. Vaughan For four hours the rep
! rcsentalives OF these two candidates
| renluin>d around tile POLLS while the
! ballots were falling In. with all OF
| the nurses AT the Virginia Hospital
Z waiting .Apcctanuy and Watching the
| bulletin board OF. which the result
! MAS to displayed by mag!c-ma : ic
F.! lantern one hundred and eighty votes
/ were east You know il takes lots OF
: time 10 count that many votes. for
! student counters lack that experience
which has characterized SO many ami
| ncnu citizens in jefferson Ward. DR..
( Pearson won. lie received llo votes, as
/ against 30 for pr Vaughan.
| G.,,in, Nc.- IN ,h. point.
! WIN '"esc Nv Fe'"arhs' you
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