Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-30
COMMITTEE
! EX0NERATEs DR.. HOSK|NS
smtcr.RaCial Remarks Are Probcd
by Board of Visitors and
Resolution Passed.
NOT MADE DURING LECTURE
students Testify aud Letter From
Instructor Is Read Rcpudiat;nS
Meaning Placed on Statement,
/, Made Outside uf Classro, III.

ee DR. Margaret IoSk.nS. member
inf the faculty OF the Medical COL
.s;cse of Virginia. was cxoucvat"d yes
4 terday by the executive committee
of the board OF visitors FOR remarks
She is said to have made TO students
K in regard TO inicrmarriaGe OF races.
The decision was rendered in the
form OF resolution unanimously
! adopted by the committee and rep
/ rcsen,ativcs from the four medical
! classes OF the college.
Members OF the committee. i've
representatives from each az tnc
I Glasses and the students present
{ when the doctor made her remarks
/ attended the meeting yesterday after
\, noon. rhc session bceHH early and
instci several hours Each mem cr
| mony OF the students ana after care
fur consideration adopted a rcSOlu =
ton. which ahsOived Or. iiOSklnS Of
( the charSc pressed by members 81
L III. sophomore class.
Testimony OF tile students present
s when the remarks We're made brought
4 gu, the fact that the discussion re-
/ gardinS intcrmaTr!dGc did mo- take
place while the cess was :. session
ana did no: form part OF an" 49,
/ ture delivered by the doctor. The
students testimony brought out the
fact that Dr. lioskins, in a CONVERSE
ton with several persons had made
remarks regarding the int"rmarr;as 80
OF races.
Letter From, DIR. IIoskins.
The committee in addition TO the
testimony OF the students had hcf"r"
IL a letter from Or iioskius. in which
she stated she had 40 intention ri
advocating iutcrmarriaG of the
races and that She regretted tho in
The resolution follows:
|. The undersigned members Of the
executive committee q! the board OF
visitors OF the Medical College OF Nir-
.inia and Representatives. Of IN" sew
cral classes OF tho Schrol OF mcdi-
cine. after careful! Investigation OF
the following statement with refer
encc TO certain remarks alleged 80
have been made 10y pr. lIoskins ana
recently widely published
After fun and careful "Nanina :
ton we have asccrtained that the
statements As they appeared in the
press were ina ccura.c In fact and en-
aECe;ntcd in tone.
The facts arc that nr. Hosk.ns upon
one occasion. no; in ;hc class. but IN
private conversation with a few stu
tions based upon a purely hypoihc,-
ical case, after first Declining 20 cy-
press her opinion. made u statement
as 10 the in,crmarr.aE" OF tho races
which was and is objectionable and
contrary TO the views OF every mem
Der OF the executive committee and
OF every member Of each OF the med
zeal classes.
DIR. Hosk!ns has written a l",te,
discla!minG any Intention Of advocai
| ing intcrmarriaSc between Tho races
and deeply rcGrctt!ne the unfcrtuua,.
occurrence.
1t Is. therefore, the view ana opin.
ION OF the cNcCutiv" committee an,
OF the students that further arita
ton Of the incident is unnec. Ssar,
and uHwisc and should be ended.
iSigncGJ
board OF visitors Thomas |. Moore
Chairman executive committee: S;uar
Mcclure T.. l.. H"mss Eppu Hunton
Jr.. William 4. Miller, executive com
m;itee; Il. Hugh Wood, president son
Tor class: ". T.. piCkcrson. Drcsid"n
junior class. \. \ Wilson. pves!dvu