Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-11
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
ON TOPICS OF THE DAY
Correspondent Differs With DR..
Tucker Regarding Location
OF Medical School.

To the Editor Of The Times -Dspatcl:
Sir,-In DR. fuckers letter of Iuly
so. certain questions are raised which
cannot be regarded as settled by hi>
d'ctum.
The majesty renor, Of the CON-
mission is tie basis Of n nrga-
'nent. Ma, this rcpor; H. unrsjr:hy
Of considerations can bc demon .trp;.i
without any reflection u1an III.
honesty and a5I.iiy OF ,hoE. wac
wroi. ii, From me inm"mor.al
persons interest I'll have nsrn pro
cludci from siding in juIsr,cnt Re
er.i!y Il ease IA which Nielsen COUNTY
was Interested arose ana the Nelson
cour, sent TO .ilDcmarlc for jury
not because there were not as in
tcllig"nt, honest and unprc JUDGED
men in Nelson as IN Albcinarle. but
because OF the great principle uu-
DERIVING Anglo saxon Justice the
world over, the disqualification or in
tcrcSt
Four gentlemen OF that commiss ION
were so disqualified. ana would not
lave been allowed to sit on any jury
in tn. land. II Il was thought tina,
the merits OF the question would be
brought out more fuzzy, one from
Vile. whose votes could have beer,
paired, might have been appointed.
But in tho original makeup OF the
commission TWO were named from
Richmond and one from Char!ottes-
VILE: then when IA vacancy occurred
a third Richmond man was APP
cirici.
This was most unfortunate as a re-
port Il these ih.ce gc..ticmcn. II
ia. 81, nj 4,
tccu thrown ous Of an: court aud
should he thrown GU; by the I.chl9'
ic'urc, the court in tbs case. II the
disqualified gentlemen are droppen,
three from Eichnord. one from char
| !otteS-iilc. :hc report stands three 10
two in favor Of Thomas Jcncrson's
| plan and the so.ct. ed minority re-
" ~ alone furnishes i@st Foundation
| for tho Judgment Of the Legislature.
The argument also rests on straw
vote OF the majority OF professions
concerned with the care of the stick,
engineered by Richmond.
The boast * made that the Nir-
gin!a Medical College has IN the state
1895 graduates while tire university
has only 2G2, all OF whom are in tho
cities except twenty. Here is fool
| for reflection and an implied com
| pl!ment Ia the university. When. We
| consider the position the Medical De-
rart:ncnt at the university has taken
in tho world at large; it's unequaled
! record IN the rigorous examinations
of our army and navy; the fact thai
| in many years no university OK N!r-
w;nia graduate has failed TO pass tie
| State Medical Board while year after
year graduates OF the Virginia Mcd!-
| cal College have fallen by the way
| .ide-this last year about % per cent
] OF thcm-docs not Acsop's fable OF
! tho lioncss ana the fox suggest it
SELF?
Some years ago. in one u the prin
cipal hospitals of New York. there
were eleven inferno vacancies to he
| filed by competitive examinations.
| All were taken by University OF Nir-
| g!nla graduates, though many mcdi-
| cal universities were represented. 1t
! got SO bad that in order TO insure
| positions TO New York graduates n
numltr Of vacancies were Withdrawn
| from open competition.
Ought not Virginians to he proud
of the high standard and illustr!ous
| record of the University Medical
! School, OF the great doctors 1t has
sent out into the world, and prcscr""
! tho conditions that have brought
! forth such fruit?
Or Shall we let down the bars and
! like the fox brac OF tho size Of the
! litter? Let us not deceive ourselves.
! 1t is the high standard; the difficult
examinations; the fact that man
can stay ten years and NOT get de-
| gree. unless he toes the mark, that
| keeps hundreds away from the Uni
/ vcrsity Medical School.
| Tho onc-sided straw vote was based
on the bulletins sent out from Rich
! mond which contained many omis-
sions, Inaccuracies and misstatcmcnts
of course unintentionai-whic de-
| stroy its value, il straw votes hav"
| any value. Fearing to trcspass too
! much on your patience ] would ask
TO notice some OF these in later
| communication.
SAMUEL II. WOODS.
Charlottesville, Va. Aug. ..