Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-02-06

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EXON
IIRATES DIR. lIBSKINS.

Dr. Margaret iioskins,. Il member
OF the faculty of the lTodical Col
.tgH OF Virginia. was cXUncrat,d yes
l,rday Ivy the executive committee ol
,hc board CT visitors for remarks she
is said to have made 10 students i'll
regard 10 intc,marriage OF races. The
dcci sion was rendered In the form OF
"A resolution unanimously adopted by
the committee and representatives
frpm the four medical classes of the
college.
Members Of the committee, five re
rrcsentativcs from each OF the class
cS and the students present when the
doctor made her remarks attended the
mccting yesterday, afternoon. The
ScS sion began early and lasted sever
al hours. Each mcmbur Of thc com
nittcc weighed the testimony of the
STUDENTS and after careful considerat
| ION adopted II resolution which absolv
cd d.. lIoskins of the charge pressed
by members Of the sophomore class.
Testimony OF the students present
when the remarks were made brought
out the fact that the discussion re-
! garding ntcrmarriage did not take
! place while the class WAS in session
! and did not form Il part Of any lee
| tu.c delivered by the doctor. The stu
| dents testimony brought out the fact
! that DR.. lIOskins in Il conversation
| with several persons had made re.
! marks regarding the iNtermarriagc
of races.
LETTER FROM DIR. nOSKlNS.
The committee in addition 10 tho
! testimony OF the students had before
| it Il /, uttr from Or. lloskinS i'll which
! she stated she had no intention of ao
| VoratiEG ilaurm.,rrlage OF The races
! and that snc regretted the incident.
l'ilo resolution follows:
| Tho undersigned members OF tho
! executive committee " Ike ho'trd II
! visitors Of tho Medical College Of Viz
ginia and representatives of thc sew
eral classes OF the school Of mcdi.
cine after careful Investigation OF
= all the circumstances desire to make
| the following statement with refer
oGcc TO certain remarks alleged to
have been made hy DR.. IIoskins and
recently widely published
After 4 fun and careful cXumina.
tioE We have asccrtancd that the
! press wtgc Inaccurate in fact and cX
a&geratcd in tone.
Th, facts are that DR.. IIoskins up
on one occasion not in the class, but
in private conversation with Il few
! students and in reply to repeated Ques
: toms laScd upon il purely hypothcti-
) cal case after first declining to OK
press hrr opinion made statement
=" 10 the intcrmarriagc oil the races
/ which WAS and is objectionable and
! contrary to the views of every mem
her oE the executive committee and
; % every member Of each OF the med
cal classes.
IL. l'oSkinS has written Il letter dis
c'aimin" any intention OF adv1catina
!u'cr M 'rriawc between the races and
G"rn'v r"gretting the unfortunate oc
currence.
II is, therefore, the view and opil
ion Of the executive committee and
ot TIC Students that further agita
tion Of the incident is unnecessary
and un"Ii"c and should be ended.
(Signcd)
George I. Christian, chairman
board Of visitors; Thomas l.. Moore
chHirman executive committee: Stuart
McCu;ro. T.. i. Rnmi&s. Eppa Hunt on
II, Willi"m r. Miller. executive com
mittcc; r. Hugh Wood president sen
ION class; w. f.. Dickcrson. president
junior class: a. 4. Wilson, president
sophomore class; James NJ Whitfield
Jr.. president freshman class
In statement made voluntary last
night DR.. IIosltinS said:
As the men who heard me have
stated the opinion expressed was
on purely imaginary case. 7 wish
to say again emphatically that T do
not believe in intcrmarriage between
White and colored people and 7 would
not marry colored man under any
possible conditions. am sure. that
; member Of the committee knows that
J '"'F '& my real feeling about the mat
ter"
(Richmond. Va. Tsmcs.Dispatch,
, January so. 1921