The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-08
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PATS HIGH TRIBUTE
Ga1Dcai ouasage Of vsrwtnAa Asscs 90
Csty, state and South.
WAS FOUNDED IN 1897.
sxiseencc of Institution Makes Rich
mond Great Medical Ccnser--Scsston
III Just Closed Most Satisfactory In It's
History.

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Medical College, Tuesday night
DIR. Mcclure also indicated that the
campaign for a greater Memorial Hos
pital. which starfs IN real earnest next
Monday. has no uncertain sound az
TO tts early successful close. The
tribute he rays James II Dooley is
well merited. fer Mr. Dooley has add
much 70 the history Of Richmond.
The speech CT Or MCGUIRE is here
given in full;
The exercises OF the evening cele-
hrate the completion Of the seventy
eighth annual session OF the Medical
College OF Virginia. The school is old
IN It's history and traditions. but mod
ern In its physical equipment and
methods OF teaching.
The Medical College of Virginia was
founded In Richmond IN 1897 as a
department of Hampden Sidney Col
lese. Its first teaching was done in
The old Union Hotel. located at Nine
teenth and Main Streets, The build
ing Of Egyptian architecture located
1t Twelfth and MARSHALL Streets and
still used for didactic teaching, was
erected ten years later.
In 1884 the college severed its con-
nection with Hampden-Sidney and se-
cured new charter under the name
OF the Medical College OF Virginia.
The College Inffrmary. now used as
the Nurses Home of the Memorial
Hospital: was built In 1850. the money
Tor It's construction being appropriate
ed by the State Legislature as a mea-
8ure of preparedness for the war
which was then foreseen. The wis
dom OF this action was demonstrated
by the efficient service rendered the
Confederate Government by the Medi-
cal College OF Virginia. II did not
close It's doors during the entire con-
fi4ct, but taught two sessions each
year and turned opt many graduates
Who served In the medical corps Of
the army. The Infrmary also ala
splendid work in the care Of sick and
wounded soldiers.
In 1919 the Medical College of Viz
ginia effected a consolidation with
the University College of Medicine. re-
j aininE Its name and charter and add
ing much TO It's physical. financial and
educational resources.
During the session just completed
AIS students have been matriculated.
At this commencement ia degrees
were conferred: Ninety-one in the
School OF Medicine. eleven in the
!. School OF Dentistry, and twenty-five In
! the School OF Pharmacy.
The Medical College OF Virginia now
&&4uAs as an point ot Nze
zAmcng the medical institutions Of this
s~country II has met every require
@ment Of the advanced standard Of
@medical education and with the ex-
-~ception of the I nfwersify OF Alabama
lis the only school in the South whose
Nsdesree In rated as Class A. Group /.
by the Council on Medical Education
sgof the American Medical Association.
Most Satisfactory Session.
The session Just completed has been
IN most satisfactory one II has been
*imarked by several events OF interest:
The Honor System. or the method by
(which the students regulate their own
s~ronduct and moral behavior, has been
put on a firm and enduring basis. A
special branch Of the Y. NJ c. A. has
been organized ana will be operated
during the coming year with full
time paid secretary. who will have hts
z office in the college building. The
supply OF clinical material for amphi-
~theater and bedside instruction has
4sbeen so increased that the clinical
teaching has been brought UP TO the
STANDARD OF the dIhactic and iahora-
tory work for which the school has
ssAiways been famous. This result has
been accomplished by the growth of
wthe Medical Dispensary. which. dur
t0B LAG ISSSS tW&lFe IlAM tFGAA-
led over $4,000 patients. and also by
the utilization of the cases in the vfr-
ssgtria Hospital, which has been made
|. possible by tho cooperation OF its
Nmedical and surgical staff FINALLY
~fresh courage and enthusiasm has been
~imparted to both officers and teach.
Il ers by the increased appropriation
%made to the college at the last ses-
s@sion Of the Legislature. Twenty years
ago . medical school was a self-sup-
s~porting and frequently a money maxi
~fng enterprise. AT present expensive
Laboratories. salaries of full-time in
~structors. and the necessary provisions
@for clinical teaching. impose a cost
Mthat can never again be met by tut
Z ton tees. Medical education has
ssceAsed to be u business and has be-
s~coms q phiianthropic work which
Y must be supported either by State
appropriations or individual benefac-
~tions. The Legislature, realizing this
@fact. very properly at its last session
%increased the annual appropriation to
. the college from ten thousand to
twenty thousand dollars
u City is Medical Center.
y The existence of the Medical Col
~lege OF Virginia in Richmond makes
tho city a. medical center. The bene-
w1lt derived by citizen Is the assur-
s~Ance that when he or HIS family Is
~Gick there will be Immediately avail
= Rble the services OF experts in sill de-
apartments Of medicine. This blessing
lis not always appreciated by those
who enjoy II, but IL means not only
es.the saving OF time and money, but fire.
Tnuently of life itself The advantages
~resniting 10 g. municipality by virtue
psOf Its being a medical center are d.
diversified. First, the association of the
esnarne of a great medical institution
with yhat Of the city gives II prestige
4and reputation Next, the students
And patients who are attracted to the
city by it's colleges and hospitals learn
10 know its people and appreciate its
commercial advantages. and return
ycAr after year for social or business
fUurposex- Finally medical institu-
3tions such as colleges and hospitals,
M'k3ep money at home and bring reve-
niue from abroad. In Richmond 80
@DoF cent of the students and so per
Hcent OF the patients come from a dis
eance. They constitute ar important
S4Actor In the patronage Of the rail-
MWAya; they use the hotels, boarding
@honses and theaters: they buy OF tho
sNnerohants In every line OF trade. and
NGttvAte the various Industries of the
city In wAy4 too numerous to man.