The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-22
MEDICAL BOARD
FOR NEW COLLEGE
Governor Will Be Urged to
Make Appointments at
Earliest Possible Time.
EACH SCHOOL PICKS NINE
Faculty of Medical College of
Virginia Called to Meet
To-Morrow Night.

The new board of visitors OF the
Medical College of Virginia. which Will
conduct the details of consolidation
with the University College Of Medicine
and the older medical school. will be
named by Governor Mann either the
last Of this week or the first of next.
DIR. Christopher Tompkins. dean OF the
faculty of the Medical College Of Viz
ginia, has called a meeting OF the faculty
for tomorrow night at O'Clock at the
college, when the entire teaching stan
of the institution VIII present resigna-
lions and the nine members or the ne "
board OF visitors allotted 20 this col
lege will be chosen.
AS the University College Of Medi-
cine is not a State Institution 1t is not
subject to the same conditions which
govern action by the old school No
designations are necessary from its
faculty as mem beers are elected for one
year terms and all go out of office auto
rnatically on June l. 1918. For this
reason. all details OF the merger have
been turned over 10 special con-
mittee from the board of trustees. con-
sisting of Judge George l.. Christian,
chairman; DR.. Stuart Mcclure and
J.. Il. Morris. This committee VIII
recommend to Governor Mann the
nine members which the University
College Of Medicine will have on the
new board.
VIII Choose Nine.
This committee. which will make
its recommendations this week. will
choose. IL IS expected. nine from the
following men. who make up the pres
ent board of the University College Of
Medicine Judge George L. Christian.
L. H. Morris, l.. o. Miller, John 5
Munce. Henry l.. Cabell. Granville
Valentine. John Stewart Bryan, w. r.
Miller. w. II. Zimmerman. Thomas
J.. Moore. John =. Branch and Edgar
ID Taylor.
The faculty OF the Medical Col
Icge Of Virginia. at its meeting to-mor-
row night. will recommend the appoint
nent OF nine members of the present
board. which consists Of DR.. Thoams
II. Barnes. president: Or. r T.. Moore.
O. b Harrison. Dr. J. S. Pendleton,
DIR. Joseph y. Barney, John s. Har-
wood, Dr. joel Crawford, Dr.. F W
Lewis. A Caperton Braxton. K L..
Bemiss. DR.. John b. Fisher. DR.. NJ.
Burke. d. l.. Puiiiam. Dr. w. l.. Har-
Tis, DR.. II. 8. Myers. DR. W. J. Strother
DR.. ). A. Upton. j. D. Johnston. C.
p. Cardwell. J. r. McCauiey. secre-
tary.
To Act at Once.
There is an understanding that the
Governor will officially appoint the
eighteen men who are recommended
TO him. AS haste is imperative II the
catalogue of the new Medical College
Of Virginia is to be Issued in time for
the coming session. ~ Is expected tnat
Governor Mann will announce the
appointmcnts Immediately. Repre-
ssntation on the new board is to be
divided as equally as possible between
the two merging colleges. but as the
board will have nineteen members.
one college must be favored Each
college acting individually, will name
nine mem bers of the board, and the
nineteenth will be chosen by the
special committee Of the University
College OF Medicine and the faculty
of the Medical College of Virginia to-
gether.
No useless delay will be allowed to
interfere with the naming OF the
faculty and as soon as the Governor
makes public the appointments, the
new board will organize and select the
teaching corps of the consolidated
school