The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-08
MERGER BECOMES
REAL IN SUMMER
Two Medical Colleges VIII
Finish This Session as
Separate Schools.
STUDENTS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
Union of Colleges Pleases Every
One But Students-Ques-
ton of Faculty.

1t became known yesterday through
E. L. Bemiss. chairman of the eXecu-
tive committee of the board of visi-
tors of the Medical College of Virginia.
that the physical merger of Richmond
two medical colleges will not be ac-
compliehed until the end of the pres
ent school year in May, although legal
" the two schools will become one
within ten days or two weeks
Throughout this session the students
OF the University College of Medicine
and OF the Medical College of Virginia
will continue TO attend classes under
the professors who have been instruct
ing them heretofore in their respective
colleges. Any attempt to put the
merger into practical application I'M
mediately would actually break up the
school work Of the entire college ana
throw routine into confusion.
While the board of the Medical Col
iege OF Virginia will meet within ten
DAYS to ratify the articles of agree
ment. the exact date for the session mas
not been determined. The chairman
Of the board is now considering the
matter and will announce his decision
before the end of the week. 1t is not
thought that meeting of the board
can be had before the first OF next
week as the nineteen members are
scattered IN all sections of the state
Students Not Pleased.
The union of the two colleges Is De-
ing greeted with enthusiasm by every
one but the students OF the institutions
concerned. who. having regarded each
other as desperate rivals for 50 many
wears do not look with particular favor
upon being forced TO become brothers
in arms. This feeling. OF course. will
gradually be overcome. and VIII not De
apparent in the classes which enter the
new institution from next fall on NOT
having been acquainted with the ue-
tails Of the union. the students OF the
University College Of Medicine appear
narticularlv dissatisfied and seem dis
posed to think that their school Is
getting the worst Of the bargain IT Is
hardly probable. however. that the fnai
plan. when offlcially announced. VIII
show that anything approaching goid
brick has been handed the new schooi'
Among the nurses OF the Virginia
end Memorial Hospitals the merger Is
the sole topic Of conversation. having
such a positive bearing upon their
own situations There are rumors OF
wholesale changes in the personnel OF
he two hospitals when the NirginA|
is closed and the work OF the Two nos
pitfalls combined in the Memorial ~
The nresept time. none OF tae persons
concerned in the rumored changes care
20 announce formally just what Is 70
occur. AS not all the nurses or potn
hospital STATS will be required when
the two are combined. the dominant
query is, which staff is 10 lose out!
Cabinet-Making.
The composition of the faculty OF
the new Medical College of Virginia
is a matter of general speculation all
over the city, and has in measure
replaced the pleasurable game OF caoi-
,,etmaking In the faculty OF the
Medical College Of Virginia there are
rnore than thirty professors. and In
that OF the University College OF
|, Medicine more than forty. Almost nali
OF this number are destined to De
dropped from the roll when the new
faculty is elected by the incoming
board. Few of the seventy professors
feel sure of re-appointnaent. and with
the exception OF a few names. al!
speculative faculties present very dill
ferent rolls.
The election Of the new faculty will
take place Immediately following the
end Of the school year in May. 50
that the suspense OF the anxious ones
will not be prolonged unduiy The
new board will probably be named by
Governor Mann within two months and
will organize at once and begin its
difficult task No definite time has
tsen set for the closing OF the Nir-
,z5nsa Hospital. but il IS probable
that this action will not be taken
until late summer or early fall