The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-02
BIG CLASSES FOR
MEDICAL COLLEGE
Advance Naturalization Indicates
Total Enrolment of
About $50.
DEDICATION IN OCTOBER
Actual Opening to Be Formal,
Impressive Ceremony Coming
Month Later.

President S. G. Mitchell will be very
inuch disappointed and surprised If the
new Medical College of Virginia does
not open on September 1G with an en-
rollment of $50 students AS a mat
ter of fact, present Indications point
TO an attendance OF more than 500
medical students, but DIR. Mitchell be-
lleves in being conservative and re
fuses to predict matriculation Of more
than A50.
reversing precedents, the new medi-
cal institution Will actually Omen on
September 1G. but Will not be formally
opened until some time in October. The
october opening, however, is to be more
In the nature of dedication or cele-
bration. and will be participated in by
medical men from many cities. Presi.
dent Mitchell is now at work arrang-
ing program for the October event
attempting to bring here representa-
,tives from the various medical associa-
tons. medical colleges and. universi-
ties in this country. The plans have
not assumed definite form. but will be
announced as soon as possible.
. Many Already Signed.
Something OF record has been es-
tablished in the matter of advance
matriculation in tho Medical College
OF Virginia, showing conclusively that
interest in the new institution is keen.
Although 1t is customary for stu
dents to matriculate on the opening
day of the college year, up to yester-
day eighty nine students had matricu-
lated. This indication OF prosperity
is regarded with satisfaction by Presi-
dent Mitchell and the board The cor
respondence with persons interested
in attending the college is unusually
heavy.
The old Medical College OF Virginia
and the University College of Medi-
cine before consolidation had a COM
bined enrolment OF 523 students, but
on account of the advanced require
ments and strict regulation of en-
trance, many applicants for admission
Will have to be turned down. and the
enrolment of the greater college ac-
cordingly curtailed. The raising of
the matriculation fee to $3.50 will also
possibly deter some from entering
Fully $50 students are expected to
begin the new term, however. and 100
of these will be freshmen.
New Requirements.
For this year the old entrance re-
quircments of four years work in high
school will still obtain force; after
January /, 1914. however. the new
regulation requiring all students to
have taken one year of college work
before matriculating will become ef-
fectiYe. While raising the scholastic
standard of the college, this Will natur-
ally cut down the enrolment. The
wonderful clinical facilities possessed
by the new college is expected to at
tract many students. Between forty
and fifty walking sick" are treated
daily by the students in the college
dispensary alone.
The college will be opened on Sep
TENDER 16 with only the smallest cere-
mony. President Mitchell will make
n short address to the student body.
and this will be the only thing to
feature the occasion. Glasses will be-
gin on September II, and the fall eX-
amtnations for students behind on
tickets will be given on September