The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-16
CONSOLIDATED COLLEGE
OPENS FOR SECOND YEAR
Session Began Yesterday, When $40
Medical students Matriculatcd.
Expect Enrolment OF 800.
GET DOWN TO WORK TODAY
Address OF Welcome by DR.. Stuart
Mcclure, Dean az Faculty, and
Speeches 10y Other Officers OF
Schooi-SSright Prospects Ahead.
win an conditions favorable and


sion sirco The consolidation Of the
two great Richmond institutions Pre-
liminarics occupied little time, and be-
fore the wccil IS ended the college
work. VIII le fairly under way. A
total or S15 students had matriculated
last might and before to-day IS ended
it - believed that the enrolment will
exceed soc. This year, ii is thought.
viii prove one II the best in the his
tory OF The college
Stuart Mcclure. Ncln of tho faculty
to the assembled students yesterday at
noon marked the formal opening OF
tho college ear Brief speeches were
also made ly Or. 4 L. Gray, chairman
OF the school OF medc!ne: Dr. II. L.
simpson. chairman OF the school or
dentistry. a. 3oleubauEh. chairman of
the school az pharmacy, and j. i. Nc
Cauley, secretary treasurer OF the col
lcre
trrER CLAssMi2N RETURN
30 FtilEIH WORK TO-DAY
The upper classmau to-day Will got
back TO their laboratories. clinics ana
dispensarles while the greater part OF
the time OF the newer arrivals VIII
be taken up with familiarizing thom-
selves with their surroundings, buy
ing books. pryin< into microscopes and
toying with chemistry pots. Seventy
of the old students expect to complete
the course In medicine this year Fal;
examinations viii begin tomorrow ana
continue for three days.
Having successfully passed the trial
session following the consolidation tho
college looks forward TO year OF cx-
ceptionally GOOD work. The new Mcdi-
cal College OF Virginia continues the
work of the University College Of Medi-
cine and tho Medical College of Viv-
Einia. which Effected consolidation In
1913. In the greater institution the re
fpu l,sI trad
lions OF both Richmond medical insttu-
lions are happily combined. The col
!ege has the moral support and good
Will OF the entire community and draws
a large patronage from many states.
For more than three quarters Of q cen
fury Richmond has hcen centre OF
medical education, ana has profoundly
influenced the practice of medicine
throughout the nation by physicians
trained In It's schools.
CURRICULUM NtOBEi.iI3O
ASj!:it lES! STANDARDS
The faculty at the college this year
is compact ard Wcli-balanCed Local
physicians have the highest regard for
the college pud are heartily co-operat-
ing winth it's officers that the institu-
tion may accomplish greater things hin
tile future than ever before. The cur
iiculuru is modelled after the best
standards IN medical education. and the
facilities OF tho college in laboratories,
dispensarics and hospitals arc uncX-
. cclIed in the south The college works
ia close cooperation with the boards
of health of both state and city, with
q view TO fUrthcring IN every possible
manner the cause Of public health.
In tho medical department yesterday
80 students matr!culatcd OF this
number fourteen students were fresh
mon sixty eight sophomorca, ilfty-four
juniors, seventy scniors and twenty one
special medical students. Forty eight
studcuts entered the school Qf dcnt!s-
Try, While torty students matriculntcd
ga The school OF pharmacy. The Mcdi-
cul College of virginia this year takes
over the North Carolina Medical Col
leEc, OF Charlotte, which sends it's stu
dent body OF fiNty- three men 10 Rich
mond The faculty. tvus ices and friends
OF the college last night were highly
grained over the prospects for Il sue
ccsstul term. and with continued sup
port st les believed mat the college each
year viii advance IN prosperity, and
that the benefits which 1t extends to the
country viii continue 10 incrlasc.
DENTISTRY AND PHARMACY
DEPARTMENT ARE LARGE
Practically all Of the old students
returned. with many new ones, but stu-
dents arc expected to arrive In Sarge
numbers to-day and tomorrow FIRST
year clnsses In the departments Of
dentistry and pharmacy this year arc
notably largo, but the enrolment IN
the freshman class In tn" Department
CT medicine is much smuilaf. han .nsuai.
due. no doubt. TO the :i,1vincc in tho
entrance requirements In accordance
with the decree % the American Mod
teal Association. Before he Is allowed
to enter the medical school rcw the
applicant must have done ono fun year
OF college work I'm biology, chemistry
and a modern language Raising the
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