Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-20
MiSl,TIKI Almanac.

tho University OF Virginia receives
from all source. appropriations. en-
dowmcnt funds and students fees FOR
all OF its departments.
North Carolina. which has followed
the example nf .Alabama, Arkansas.
Mississ!ppi. the two ~!Jakotas. utah
and West Virginia. gives only a two
year course. having been guided b.?
the logic of the situation and not IN
spircd by p~nrs!mony, AZ Or, iiough
would seem Ia suggest; and IL may
be intcreeting also to tho gcn"rai
readers. II not 10 IHr. Tough VINO
probably knows these facts. that the
great states OF california. Colorado.
Georgia. Illinois. Indiana, Kansas, Se-
braska. OREGON. ~Dklah"U1a, Tennessee.
Texas and Wisconsin DO not give c|in-
ical instruction At tho scni OF their
universities, some Of them giving ~"
medical instruction there
AZ to Or. HouGh's statement. "i.rh
slurs the mentality OF the majority
OF tho commission IN medical educa-
ton while agreeing WITH their )ndg-
mcnt. IL may be vol! to .Iay som" at
|tcntion to his statement c"nc"rhlnS
the limitation Of q medical Scho"l 10
400 or ipO students of medicine. Ia"
dental students ami 100 students OF
uh,rmocv re say&. NH tho better
medical echools are limiting their en-
roll,ncnts 10 these numbers
rho majority o. tho committee mae"
-, such academic and didactic stat
men, as that. Thcv stated whf'
they Thought 10 hc 4 good number
Tor virginia. The most celebrated
medical schools i'm IN" c"uniry rare
~ exceeded 500 students. IL a"eS
not require vast pedagogy" experience
10 demonstrate ihat. Tn" oNlc'hl
statistics Of medical colleges pm
lishcd annually give that informant"
to any orc who can read. Neverthe-
less the medical department OF Tho
University OF Chicago, which rah"'
among the bcst In the country. has
CPL medical students. and JEFFERSON
Medical College. to which many I'M
vcrsity Of Virginia medical students
go. hah 5li medical students last
year. 1t may also h" worthy or mo-
ticc that Harvard. whose medical
school could hardI% hr called inferior
~ Or. lIourh. has ii2 students. ana
the medical college OF the universii?
OF Michigan. 400.
Dir. IIuugh's slur ut IN ~nclghhor-
ing states might he received with
NV = s'aN' " ''h f
;hat The University Of Virein!a. al
though il has been compelled To limi;
its medical classes. usually has onI
about 80 per cent Of N!iStnianS
among It's medical students. and II
Is singular that now DR.. Hough and
other advocates of the university safe
shouid even mention dentistry and
pharmacy. The University Of Vir-
ginia has never assumed responsible
ity for training either OF these pro-
fcssions. and in fact, has had Il ratna'
contcmptous attitude toward both.
AS usual when II man has an in
~defens.hlc proposition To state, nc
sets up a man OF straw that he MAJ
easily dcrnolish. Dr. Hough marvcls
that the same people who insisted
that the state Of Virginia must spend
as little as possible on medical cdu-
cation should urge in the next
breath that we must provide FOR the
needs Of North Carolina and Yves:
Virginia as we'll" DIR. IIough knows
that these are NOT The contentious Of
those who advocated the adoption Of
the report OF the majority o: the con,-
mission. All people interested IN
medical education feel that the sta O.
should spend all that IL can afford
for the purpose Of training we'll
equipped physicians. dentists and
pharmacists. but they do not believe
that the state Shoul throw money
down Il rat hole in an effort to ere
ate artificial, IL not impossible, con-
ditionS in a small city In a rural
section. On the other hand. if there
are to he students beyond the State
at Nirginia's medical college. II must
be plain to any man, whether he he
n physician Or not. that it is more
advantageous to train men from our
nearest ncighborhoods than from dis
liant Commemorative.
DR.. Hough wants to know whether
the supporters 81 the majority Of
tho commission jare not largely