The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-20
MEDICAL COLLEGE
FINALS NEXT WEEK
OLD INSTITUTION WILL TURN OUT
LAST GRADUATING CLASS.
NUMBERING sIxTY-Two.
LAST FACULTY MEET
AFFECTING SCENE WHEN AS
SOCRATES PRESENT VENERABLE
RETIRING MEMBERS WITH
SILVER LOVING CUP.

Forty-two embryo doctors. fully
equipped for the battle of life in their
chosen profession. win step forth from
the threshold of'the old Medical COL
| lege of Virginia next week--the last
class the venerable institution will
send out into the world. The gradu-
ates of 1914 will get their diplomas
from the new Medical college of Nir-
GINA, and in both instances there Is
special distinction to boast of. In ad-
1 dtion to the medical graduates there
will be eleven To receive degrees in the
dental department and nine in the
school of pharmacy. a total of sixty
/ two.
| The list of the successful young
medicoes, which was completed at a
meeting of the faculty last night. en-
braces students from six States with
1 Virginians largely IN the majority.
Only four Of the successful ones are
/ Richmonders.
Commencement Starts Sunday.
/ The commencement exercises of the
( institution will be ushered in next
Sunday evening with the haccalaureate
sermon by Rev. DR.. T. Clagett Skinner
at Second Baptist church. Monday
morning and afternoon there will be
/ clinics and demonstrations at the col
lege and in the evening the adjunct
faculty smoker will be given. The
alumni society meeting occurs Tuesday
morning and at night the commence
ment exercises proper will take place
in the City auditorium, followed by a
banquet at the Commonwealth club.
Rev. Walter Russell Bowie, of ST.
Pauis church, will be the orator at
the commencement exercises.
The feature of the faculty meeting
. last night--which is the last in the
/ history of the old college, was the
/ Tompkins. for twenty-one years its
dean, and to DR.. William III. Taylor.
7 for forty three years on the college
staff and chairman of the faculty of
handsome silver loving cups as a
testimonial from their associates of
their long and faithful service. Both
( recipients were visihly affected by the
tokens Of love and esteem, and when
the cups were filled and passed around
the meeting silently the occasion was
not without pathos. After adjourn
ment the faculty sat for a group fash
light picture. the first that has been
taken in the years OF the existence OF
the college.
Inscriptions On Cups.
On the cup given DR.. Tompkins
there is this inscription:
Christopher Tompkins. NJ. d, Dean
! the Medical Faculty Of the
Medical College of Virginia,
May 10. 1919.
| In recognition Of duty faithfully
performed. service long and cheerfully
rendered, integrity always unQuestion-
Medical College Of Virginia In guiding
It's affairs with equal success through
stormy seas and among smooth
waters
On the cup presented DR.. Taylor the
inscription reads:
William II. Taylor, NJ. D.,
From the Medical Faculty Of the Me-
deal College of Virginia.
May 10. 1918.
| In recognition OF service long and
faithfully rendered, Of unusual attri-
butes OF mind. OF sage counsel and OF
a fearless sense OF right In perform
! ing the duties of chairman Of the
faculty Of the Medical College OF vir-
ginia.'
Roster OF Graduates.
The complete roster Of the gradual
4 ing classes in the three departments
Of the institution follows:
Luther Hepburn Apperson, Tunstall,
va
Clifford Hood Arnold, Ardmore,
Pa.
i stanley White Barber. sharps, Va
j Stanhope B. Berkeley, Rolling HILL
IVA.
/ John Arnold Board, Lynch Station
Estill Leftradge caudill, Whitehead
N. c.
Walter Cleveland candill. White
head. N. c.
Charles Milton Clark. Abingdon
Va.
James Madison cofer. Montvale
. samuel 8. Conner. Manassas. Va.