Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
MERGED SCHOOL IN
RICHMOND FAVORED
State Medical College Should
Be Located Here, DR..
Broughton Declares.
l. LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Pastor Outlines Superior Fa-
LEGISLATORS PRESENT
Pastor Outlines Superior Fa-
cilities City Offers for
Training Physicians.

!"e"'cai coIicso. HeH. Len g. Brough-
ION ID. d.. pastor OF Grove Avenue
haptist Church. declared last night
IN the prelude TO his sermon. BE
iorn stating that. in his opinion.
richmond was tho place for the
school. he said that II was waste
or money and energy 10 attempt TO
build up and support schools in two
places and that they should certainly
he consolidated. Many member Of the
i'eel"iatur" were present by special
invitation
DR.. BrouEhton had a. tho suhj.c,
for his remarks: The Medical Col
Iese Merger or Middle" He said. in
part:
We are glad tonight to he able
I" speak tn number OF tho mem
hers OF the Legislature: ard AS n
prclud" to M sermon wish to say
word about the medical college
merger bill. which learn is to come
up tomorrow.
Doctors Greatly Needed.
Speaking as one time doctor
and as present-time minister say
without hesitation that one OF the
greatest needs OF III. hour Is more
doctor. for the rural sections Of our
country. In many sections Of our
state and throughout tho South the
need Is growing more Nrd more APP
We have done much OF late to
make specialists. but they cannot
supply the need OF the masses Of our
rural people. who must nrst Of all
have family doctor
The family doctor in tho country
and In tho small towns /. hard TO
get. We want the great specialist.
the expert. but We cannot make him
At the cxpense OF tho man TO look
a n
percentage Of our people who Will
never see a specialist
Poor pr0vIsinna Made.
1T ~ strange that the State has so
poorly provided for the training of
doctors. dentist and pharmacists. We
spend large sums for institutions to
train teachers. civil engineers. chem
lists. ELECTRICIANS. soldiers. tree doe
tori. horse and hog doctors. but seem
TO >th!nx that the training OF men
to look after our health and prolong
Hfc is n matter that might as well
be done beyond our borders The
state is not specially interested in
making doctors and especially MAX
Ing doctors who viii look after our
rural people.
The present agitation over merg
ing tho two medical schools in this
state into one. and putting the State
sduarely behind II. is full OF hope II
brings tho Importance OF medical
education to the attention of our
people.
One schooI Favored.
The main questions now beffre the
Legislature are %. Shall the medi
cal department OF the University OF
Virginia at Charlottesville and the
Virginia College Of Medicine, located
In Richmond, he united and made a
81 10 y-ptr nf Il
and entirely controlled by the Uni
versity OF Virginia? (o) Shall this
one school of medicine. when formed
by merging tho two schools. wh' n
we now have. be located in Richmo.a,
AS the medical department OF the
University OF Virginia. or shall II he
located in Charlottesville as the
medical department Of the University
Of Virginia?
ITO me. and speak with some
knowledge OF the situation there is
but one answer TO both OF these
questions. Most certainly II would
lie better To have one great school
for training doctors. dentist and
pharmacists. properly equipped and
supported by the state. than to have
what We now have, q medical school
at the university. calling for better
equipment and more operating money
!.
dental and pharmaceutical school
located In Richmond. calling for tho
same thing.
Great Medical Center.
"One medical school is enough for
the State. provided dentistry and
pharmacy is taught as we'll as medi-
cine and surgery. II is waste OF
money md energy to attempt to
build up and support two such
In ha
Justify IL and the people back home
Will go see IT,
"As to the place OF location f6r
such school II is equally clear to
any thinking man. II seems to me.
that Richmond Is the only city i'm the
state able to MI the general require
ments for such n medical college as
we need. Here Is the greatest medi-
cal center South OF Baltimore. 1t
has been so for many years and IL
will continue to be 80.
Richmond medical men are known
throughout the whole OF our coun-
try and far beyond our borders. Her
great hospitals bring people here
from all parts OF the country. es-
pecially from our middle South. Such
an atmosphere Is essential to the
making OF medical men Of the highest
and best type No atmosphere Of
ACKNOWLEDGMENT can TAKE the place OF
the atmosphere. of great doctors In
the making OF doctors. dentists or
pharmacists
Can Furnish Material.
Richmond Is the only city In tina
state that can furnish the neces-
sary clinical material for the medi-
cal school we need The medical
schools Of the world have found that
cities smaller than Richmond are un-
able to furnish the requisite clinical
material. We have no right to force
our men to go outside OF Virginia to
get the necessary practical experi-
cnce. after finishing their textbook
work. when we have the opportunity
TO get II here in our great old his
toric capital city. IL we will only
make 1t the home OF the medical de-
partment OF the University OF yir-
Ginia. with the State united In Its
support. Surely. with the rest of the
state. tho University OF Virginia.
with the halo OF Its glory lighting
up the pathway Of VirginIa's future
greatness. Will see this az her great
opportunity to serve the great State
that has given her birth and foa-
tered hersgrowth.
What great medical school she