The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-13
MEDICAL COLLEGE OPENS
NEW SESSION TUESDAY
rive Hundred Students VIII Return
{" Books for Second Session Since
consolidation.
LECTURES WILL BEGIN Ar ONCE
Freshmen Scarce because OF Nd
Nanccd finirancc Requirements.
Plan to Develop Great Central
Training school for Nurses

Medical students I" the number OF
900 viii get back 30 their hooks.
microscopes and chemistry pots on
Tuesday, when tho Medical College of
Virginia viii open its doors FOR it's see
ond session since the consolidation
brought together the two big schools
OF Richmond
Very little time viii he wasted on
preliminarics Lectures viii begin al
most at once. and before the week is
ended the entire college machinery viii
be in full blast. Probably l.. H. Morris;
chairman of the executive COMMITTEES
OF the board OF trustees. will extend
q greeting to the assembled students on
Tuesday. but no additional forualitieS
have heen arranged. The upper class
men will get to work at once In clinics.
laboratories and dispcnsaricS. and the
newer arrivals will have plenty to do
buying books ana famiiiarizina them
selves with their SURROUNDINGS SuIl
others viii he wrestling with fan ex-
aminations. These will begin on Wed
nesday ana continue about three days.
FRESHMEN SCARCE IN
BEREAVEMENT OF MEDICINE
The school looks forward to a year
OF exceptionally good work The trial
session following the consolidation has
heeh safely wcathcrcd, and the expert
mental stage has passed. The minor
computations necessarily following tho
L.
urEanlHa tons have been satisfactorily
adjusted one by one. and there is nov.
no question as TO the loyalty ana dc
Notton OF both sides 10 III. new ins,f-
luton The faculty is once again n
harmonious unit, and, with the entire
l"cal profession behind il. the college
VIII push steadily on To bigger things
From present prospects tho total en-
roiiincnt Will be from 450 10 500 n,u
Practically all the old students are re
turning, and many of them are alrcndv
ON the ground. 1t is too early 10 say
vet Just what the freshman enrolment
VIII he In the departments of dem
tistry and pharmacy large nrst-ycnr
classes arc in prospect. In the DEPART
ment of medicine. however, the fresh
man class will be unusually small Thi.
is due 10 the advance in the entrance
requirements in accordance with the
decree OF tho American Medical Assn
ciatioh. Before he can enter the school
now, Jhc applicant must have had on
iull year OF college work I'm biology
physics chemistry and :; modern Ian
Suaee. This proViso has resulted i'm The
rejection OF a large number of appli-
cants Among the latter were many
college men who, though they had one
or more years of academic training, had
not devoted themselves to all OF tho
subjects specified by the associations
Some OF these have gone back 10 col
icge to prepare themselves further:
others have simply decided no, to at
tempt 10 run the eauntlct At all. Next
year the entrance requirement will he
Still further raiscd--two Years i'm col
i"gc as preliminary While all Of this
means fewer freshmen, ii also means
better trained physicians The hard
ship which il imposes ON some dc%erv-
ing young men who would. i'm all prob
ability, make good doctors is ono of
the rcGrcttahlc, hut unaVoidahlc con-
sequences of u widespread effort To i'm
prove the mentality of the pv"fcAsiou
so To spGa!;.. This movement involves
not only Rich.N"nd. but every medical