The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-12
WOULD-BE DOCTORS
TAKE EXAMINATION
Largest Class in Several Years
Quizzed by Public Health
Council Here.

Forty-nine applicants for licenses
to practice medicine in the state
were Wednesday being examined by
the public health council Of the state
department OF health, sitting in the
assembly room of the Waldo hotel.
The examination will not be conclud-
ed until late Thursday afternoon, and
its results will not be announced un-
til Tuesday, July 25, when an ad-
journed meeting Of the council will
convene in Charleston.
Health Conference.
In connection with the adjourned
meeting to be held in the state cap
ital there will be a conference Of
health officers of the state, at which
five or six papers will be read by
noted physicians. Every health Of
ficer in the state has been invited to
attend the conference.
Wednesdays examination work
here was taken up entirely with writ
ten examinations, but Thursday az
ternoon, following a written examl-
nation in the morning, the applicants
will be taken to the city hospitals
and be given practical work in tho
diagnosis Of cases and study OF the
human anatomy.
Every member Of the council with
the exception of DR.. W. w. Golden,
of Elkins, president of the council,
is present, and the absentee member
will arrive late Wednesday after
noon. Other members of the council
are DR.. S. L. Jepson, of Charleston,
state commissioner of health; DR.. j.
B. Stevens, Of Mcdowell county; DR..
]. E. Robbins, of Kanawha county;
DR.. F. F. Farnsworth. Of Upshur
county; DR.. w. j. DAVIDSON, Of Wood
county; and DR.. j. L, Pyle, Of Han
cock county.
Largest Glass in Years.
This years class is the largest In
several years. Fifty-four persons
had applied for the examination, but
five we're unable to be present.
Among those not attending was
Paul NJ. Kyle, of this city, who was
unable to be here on account OF the
fact that he belonged to local mill
tary company, in camp at Kanawha
City.
In announcing that this years
class was the largest in several years,
DR.. Jepson stated that decade ago
there were over 100 applicants at ev-
cry examination. He explained that
in later years, the legislature had
passed laws setting a higher stand
ard, and the number OF applicants
had decreased annually until this
year.
The following are the names and
addresses of those who are taking
the examinations to practice as ply
sicians in West Virginia:
B. H. Biddle, Greensburg, Pa; B.
F. Brugh, Princeton, ". Va; L. j.
Butler, Roseboro; orva Conley, Spen-
Ger; R. W. Daley, Romney; R. L.
Devereaux, Wheeling; Dawson L. Far
Der, Baltimore; Q. R. Ferret, Ravens
wood; A. ]. Goodwin, Wheeling; w. H.
Grimm, St. Mary's; Walter P. Ham
mer, Ruddle, W. Va; W. o. Hearn,
Bluefeld; ]. D. Hemingway, Lawton;
B. H. Hildreth, Triplett; j. ]. Hopkins,
Upper Tract, W. Va; John H. Hos
kins, Pembroke; l. H. Howard, Oak
field; Charles R. Irving, Hansford;
Milton E. Jones, WEIGH; G. W, Keith,
Harrisville; Robert A. Knox, Washing
ton, Pa; William R. Laird, Jr., Hans
ford; ]. H. Luckhart, Moundsville; "
L. Mahoney, Pittsburg; T. G. Matney,
Mohawk; Alvin McClung, Redwood;
James c. McConaughey. Cameron; A.
P. Meade, osteopath, Hinton; Emerson
Megrail, Wheeling; Rufus N. Musick,
Varney, W. Va; E. P. Norheet, Hans
ford; George X. Nuttng, Hinton;
owen Polling, Charleston; Guy R. Post
Roanoke; Roy Ray, Highly; W. F. shir-
key, Charleston; Noah Short, Lex, w,
Va; L. 3. Shrewsbury. Beckley; W. 9.
Spalding, Hillsboro, Texas; G. N
Sprinkle, Marshall, n. c.; Byron W.
Steele, Buckhannon; James E. Stew
art, Columbus, Ohio; Thomas G. Tickle,
Blueheld; James F. vanpelt, Hunting
ton; Floyd c. Turner, Charleston;
Henry L. Akridge, McKendree, and
Paul A. Ford, Talcott, W. Va.