The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-13

Charlottesville Va. Feb. i2.--Tht
liniyersity Of virginia authorities and
particularly the members Of the med
ical faculty Of the institution are. IN
fuii sympathy with the Legislation
now pending the general assembly
providing for the appointment of q
commission To investigate ucdica
education in the state,
President Edwin A Alderman and
leading members of the medical fac
tslts ssyn-hecn interviewed recently
IN regard 10 their position ON this
question and hava expressed their
willing nGSs and earnest desire To CO.
operate ia every way uossibIe with
such commission Az viewed by
President Alderman. the present med
. icai educational situation in the state
is not logiscal, or satisfactory or teffi-
Gent. The existence Of tvs state
; supported medical institutions I'm Viz
ginta does not make for unity in med =
ieal education. Members of the med
icai faculty. with President Alderman.
are confident that It careful and thor
oHgh survey of the situation by train
ed experts VIII benefit The state ma
tcriatiy.
The University Of Virginia though
supporting the general pUrport Of the
bill recently, is opposed 10 certain OF
Its provisions. Members al the med
zeal faculty. however. have expressed
themselves favoring amendments
which have been offered and which
have received already favorable re-
port from the house committee on
schools and education. These amend
rnents. they say. modify ne objection
able featueres of the original bill and
strengthen the general idea which
yhe author az the original bill had in
view 1T it's introduction.
The commission ~ provided for in
The original hin is to he composed Of
nine members, two to be named from
The members Of the senate by its pres-
idcnt, three from the members OF the
house ia he named by its speaker. and
Tour frcm the voters of the common
wealth O. large TO be named by the
governor. The amended bill calls
Tor "a comm iSsion nj seven two from
the senate. two from the house named
as in the original bill, and three from
the voters of the commonwealth AT
large 10 be named by tho governor.
OF these last three the amended bill
provides that ono shall be nominated
10 the governor by the beard of Wis
TORS Of the University Of Virginia
from among the medical faculty of
the university, and one by the board
Of visitors Of the Medical College of
virginia from The medical faculty Of
thai institution
the advantages Of having a smaller
investigating commission were pointed
"nt ny president Alderman at his re-
cent appearnc" before the house
conmitte on schools and education
ana TINS view is held by the medical
FACULTY. In view of the fact that the
investigation OF the commission ia tn
he for the purpose of making recon
hiendations AS To the consolidation of
me Two medical colleges. the an
p"ntment on the commission of mem
hefs of the two faculties seems ius-
uhed ana thoroughly in accord with
Inc general purDort OF the Ieeisla-
Ipn, The purpose of the bin is to
secure an expert Investigation Of med -
tc&l education in the state and it is
thought that the appointment OF
these two faculty members would in
sure this and that the investigating
BODY would he strengthened by the
active presence OF two men who had