Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-20
MEDICAL COLLEGE OPENS
At NOON TOMORROW
Large Enrolment Is Expected Dc.
spite Higher Entrance
Requirements.
rs GLASS A. GROUP 4" SCHOOL
Only Eleven Medical Institutions in
America Had Larger Number OF
Students in Attendance During
Last Session.


The seventy seventh session OF the
Medical College OF Virginia will be
inaugurated tomorrow at IL o'clock
when Dean Stuart Mcclure will de-
liver an address to the 500 or more
students who will attend the inst!tu-
ton this year. At the conclusion Of
the address tho students will attend
classes for tho work. preparatory TO
taking up their courses Of studies
With tho opening of the present Sos
sion. the Medical College becomes one
OF the foremost institutions Of it's
KIND in this country. In view Of the
facu!ty's decision TO require az least
t'"o years Of college training before
students are admitted TO the medical
department. the school has secured
ranking n Class y. Group l school
This rank entities il 10 vie with tho
Medical College of the University OF
Alabama for supreme standing In the
South. 1t is expected that the stand
ards OF the college Will he raised still
further within the next few years
ENPECT LARGE ATTENDANCE.
DESPITE HIGHER REQUIREMENTS
With this system in VOGUE IN tho
medical department and the entrance
pharmacy and dentistry being raised
gradually also. II was feared tina, tho
attendance at the Medical College Of
Virginia for the present year might
show decrease. However Secretary
McCauley said last night tina, tho
capacity Of tho college would b. taxed
again this year. In several instanc
students desiring 10 rnatricuiate in tho
medical department and being rro-
vented by tho higher standards. have
matr!culated in one of the other
courses.
secretary. iher" Will be medical
freshman class of at least twenty-five.
while freshmen classes Of fifty each
are expected in the pharmacy and
dental departments.
Mr. McCauley pointed out the rec
ords OF various colleges as compared
with that OF the Medical College OF
Due 20 tho merging OF various col
ieFes. the total number of medical coli
lcges in this country has been de-
creased from $50. in 1904, 10 %, in
1915. or that number there are but
eleven which have a larger total en-
ro!linent Than tho Medical College Of
Virginia. and forty-cight Of the nine
ty-avc. in 1914, matriculated less than
twenty-five freshmen. That year the
freshmen class of the local medical
school totalcd torty-two.
GRADUATES STAND WE'LL
BEFORE STATE BOARD
The records Of graduates from tho
local institution before the State Board
was pointed to with pride by Mr. Nc
Caulcy also. The secretary said that
there had been less than 10 per cent
of the total number of graduates from
the Medical College OF Virginia to fail
before the State Board during the last
ten years. Il record which is considered
remarkable as compared with much
higher percentages of failures OF stu
dents from other institutions
y new plan was iNauEuratAd a the
schoo! this season in the holding of tho
fall examinations. Heretofore i, has
been The practise 10 hold these exani-
nations after the opening of the ses-
sion. but this year the examinations
were held early last week and when
the session opens tomorrow. all OF
these papers will have been examined.
and the students will he ready TO take
Up their work with their new classes
ct once. thus preventing tho loss OF
week or ten days time.
Considerable Improvement has been
made in various departments during
the summer. The most important i'm
provemenis have been made in the
dental school, where the newest and
most modern equipment has been in
stalled. New chairs, with new fixtures.
have been installed throughout. max
ing this department one of the finest
in the country.
In addition 10 these changes there
are also changes in the faculty. DR.
Rogers and Dr. Il. r. Byrnes both Of
Vanderbilt. have been added to tho
faculty. and will take up their duties
at once.