The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-03

the enlightenment and direction of
public opinion in regard to the great
problems OF State medicine but urges
as the motive for this that the pro-
fession shall become more capable
and honorable within itself, and more
| useful to the public in the prevention
and cure of disease, and in adding
comfort to life"
Surely no richer field of labor can
be conceived of than that of pubic
4 health work. The medical man has
! always stood for something a little
more than just his profession: as CON
! fidant. as valued counselor in time of
! trouble. as the keeper of family Sc
crets, he has played the role OF an
idealist in human history. Add to
/ these individual and personal attri-
/ butes OF the old time physician. the
/ ideals of the health officer in his social
service of today, Of positive effort IN
/ behalf of all his feilowmen and you
will produce a band of men who will
| indeed be valued guardians of the
outposts of civilization.
Progress of the College.
! Mr. Bemiss, OF the board of visi-
tors. was next presented 10y Dr.
Mitchell to make a brief statement
I of the progress of the college. Dur
! ing his talk Mr. Bemiss referred to
! the existence of a democratic atmos-
| phere on which is laid the founda-
/ ton OF a cooperation on which the
! board hoped to build an even grander
I and better instituton.
/ He turned to the class going from
/ the college ard advised that II they
would attain highest success in their
! profession they must keep the spirit
| of controversy out of IL as they had
kept ii out during their days in the
| institution.
In sketching briefly the progress Of
| the college, Mr.. Berliss spoke OF the
consolidation of the two colleges as
! being The starting point OF tf1e--ftt-'+
! Medical College of Virginia. point
/ from which greater progress can be
made in the future than Was possible
1 In the past AS marks of early prog
ress he instanced, among other things.
the gift OF the Memorial hospital to
! the combined institution. the accept
ance by the city Of the Virginia hos
pital. and the appropriation ~ the
State legislature Of ! o.ooo TO the Me
mortal hospital for the care o. the
/ INDECENT sick from all parts OF the
State.
| President Mitchell after paying
| com pliment TO the present class DE-
claring that through their pulling 70
gether they had given splerdic eH-
;
Stuart Mcclure. dean.
! Only One DIR. Mitchell
1 DIR. Mcclure prefaCed his address
with the statement that he mao eS-
pected TO be an appreciative listener,
rather than be filled with the trepida-
| ton of the man on the platform.
The new medical college. said DR..
F Mcclure. the board of visitors and
4 faculty in formulating the plan of
government ard outlining methods Of
teaching had carefully and impart.aily
I investigated the methods in the two
! old schools and had adopted the good
and rejected the bad and hence. the
consolidated school might well claim
/ and make good Its claim that IL Is bet
ter than both the old ones.
] Our Ideals" he said, have not yet
been realized 1t Will probably take
three years to realize our ambitions,
hut what has beer accomplished m
the past year may Well be regarded as
marvellous. The results are due 10
the combined work Of the student
/ body. the faculty the executive COM
mittee and the president.
1.-The student body numbers ais, the
/ faculty over a hundred, and the eN-
eeutive committee. six, hat there IS
only one DR. Mitchell ! sincerely hope
that he may for long time con-
tinue to guide the desttnles or the m
1 II,
energy, enthusiasm and ability. he
may attain what ia meant by that
word that Is so prominent in his No-
cabuiary solidarity. -
Before he began calling the gradu-
ates to the speakers table. where as
they passed their diplomas were given
them, DR. Mitchell further complt-
mented the graduates on their SPLEEN
did work He told them that such
work as theirs was part OF the spirit
OF service that marks the Medical
College of Virginia az an institution,
DR.. Mitchell predicted that the time
| is coming when the Commonwealth
will erect here single college that
will serve the wide territory from the
Potomac to the savannah.
Names of graduates which We're not
IN the list announced sunday morn
ing are: b. N Mears. Belle Haven.
va: c. II Scott. Richmond, and r.
| s. Clark. Davidson, n c.
Hospital Appointments.
! Hospital assignments announced
yesterday afternoon are.
Memorial Hospital-~F. f. Hamliu,
n. c.: J. c. Parrish, Smithfeid Va;
/ c. b. Young, Jr., LynchhurR, Va;
T. H. Goldman, Richmond, Va; p y.
Mears. Belle Haven. Va u. ID, lllll,
Charlottesvilte. Va; W, j. Otis. New
| Orleans. La.
Stuart Circle Hospital--C, T.. Ruda-
| sill, Crielersvilla. va; r. g. Watt
I Gloucester, Va
Sa. Luke's Hospital-Two vacancies.
Johnston Willis fFospitaiR. Il.
! stuart. Roanoke. Va. w. Il, Dudley.
Martinsvilie, Va, II, J. Hayes. Rich
mond, Va
st Elizaheth's Hospital r.
shuler, Flat Ridge. Va r. II, Cross,
Concord. Va.
Grace HOSPITALITY. NJ Willis. More
head city, n. c.; w. S. Tucker (under-
GRADUATED. Atlantic city. n, ].
Hygiea Hospital. l., Putrey,
Guinea Mills, Va.
Virginia Hospital. r. German,
| Lynchburg Va. j. r. Walker, Onion
! Ridge. Va: II. 3. Pitkowitz. Brook
/ lyn. n. Y. II $. Stern. Richmond. Va.
! Sheltering Arms Hospital, N. EN-
NETT UNDERGRADUATE. oxford. n. c.,
C. r, Irving. lvor, Va
4 Retreat For the Siek--J. G. Smith
/ tundergraduatel. willston. s C,
/ st Nincents Hospital, Norfolk. Va
4 Z. +. Norheet. Roxobel, Va, c, NJ
Bynum, Collision. n. g: Il. r, Lip
shutz, Bayonne N. j.; II. Danish.
Brooklyn. N. ".
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