Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-27
MASTERY ARGUMENT
COVERING ENTIRE QUESTION


scientific Judgment on this great
question.
AS TO dentistry and pharmacy, tho Is
situation thus stands in my mind
They are great and needed services
Dentistry. particularly. in the ligh,
OF modern science demands a train.
ing comparable in difficulty and OK.
tent to the physician or surgeon. and.
therefore. should he closely related
to medical school within the life
OF university absorbing its disci-
pines. its contacts, it's activities.
new era in dentistry would dawn I'm
virginia If the school of dentistr>s.-
should be established within the uni =
NersitS. Desirable as such an assn.
citation would be. do not think IL
would be Intelligent to remove the1I
entire Medical school from its logical
home at the university, in order To
get contact with Il dental school at,
Richmond. hut rather to bring tue
dental school to the university and
by the same reasoning TIE school
of pharmacy Iowa City and Ann
Arhor have large and very prosperous
dental schools. and the union at the
university could be accomplished and
maintained as our experts are pre-
pared to demonstrate with entire SUE.
cess and with trifiing, if any, increase
In expense of operation. I recognize
the power and dignity and usefulness
of these schools now located at Rich
mond. Hitherto these subjects haze
not been on Il university basis. They.
have now taken the necessary steps
toward such basis by requiring
one year of college work for dentists ,
and high school graduation for phar-
macistS. The University OF Virginia
would be glad to welcome these sub
jcctS into it's life. and this is the
logical step to take. We have not
done so before, because they were
not university subjects. our resourcez
did not permit, and following the
usual historical course they had de-
vcloped in urban location and dupli-
cation seemed necessary recog.
nize the prcponderance of sentiment
and opinion by the dentists of the
| State and the deans of dental schools
in America in favor of urban loca.
tons. -.''-
They are accustomed to this situa.
ton and cannot see beyond il. When
the hard facts are examined and the
rise into scientific Importance of this =
great profession is taken into con.
sideration, the weight of argument
inclines to the belief that the great
dental school OF the future will be
intimately connected with universi-
| ties for the same general reason that
obtains in connection with medical
schools. The charge of economy fall.
down before the experience of Iowa.
Michigan. and the main point stands
out. Dentists and pharmacists
trained at the university with all the
| influences and spirit there surround.
ing them would realize greater diE.,.
| nifty in their lives and higher SER
vice to the State. The profession
of dentistry must from now on re-
cruit it's students from colleges. not
| " nd 10 lnr in,, tl,t
a college would not only enrich its
content but increase it's volume.
And now / come to close The
| burden of proof, as I have said. has
rested from the outset upon those
| who advocate that the proper loca-
tion of university department is
not within Il university but AWAY
from n university. that in separation
and dislocation lies efficiency. Has
any such proof been given? EIns any
| advantage been cstablished-educa-
, tional, economic or social. save the
presence OF excess of clinical ma
tcrial and certain advantages in the
| fields of acute and infectious dis
eases and out-patient service which
are perfectly surmountable? I accent
| the challenge that the course TO take
is the course that will best serve
the larger interests OF the State. aud
I confidently claim that the weight,
of fact and argument dictates but
one policy for the State of Virginia
To pursue if 1t would aim at the
stable, enduring thing. the very best
thing. the thing of truest economy
and that policy is to expand Its
medical school already in successful
operation at the university, to de-
velop the great State Hospital al
ready thriving there with separate
services as all the great States, such
as Michigan. Wisconsin. Iowa. Mis-
souri,. have done or propose to 10
after studying this problem In tho
light OF modern knowledge. Here lies
the path to real greatness. to unend-
ing services to Virginia. to unbroken
unity. The Medical College of Vir-
ginia. so declare its builders and
| friends, will not die but will live on
and prosper. SO may it be and so
much better for the. State. The
medical school. foremost in the
thought and care OF the State. should
he the university department Of medi
cine growing solidly out of the soil
in which II was born and where it's
strength for service rests.
The Commonwealth of Virginia
owns nothing grandcr in it's origin
and nobler in It's significance than
the University of Virginia. In It's
clear depths lies mirrored for three
generations the niSpr llte oil the
State. the whole South. and. in some
senses. the nation. 1t is no mere
coincidence that Thomas jefferson
and Woodrow Wilson, the two great
est world liberals in American an
nails. are associated with it's life All
over the State and the world. indeed.
there are thousands who love il as
IL il We're flesh and blood-for to
know IL is to honor il and merely
Ia see il is TO love IL. All profess
sional education has its fitting set
ting there stamped as It is with
practical idealism, the life OF study
and the search for tiEth. the home
of honorable conduct and the great
tradition OF public service. Let us
not err In the determination of the
lines OF its progress or interfere, In
Woodrow Wilson's warning words.
with its historical development" Tt Y
sprang from the mind Of the worlds
greatest democrat. who saw II stead
lily and whole. and who would. / he
lievc, wish il so to endure. Nature
has surrounded il with beauty, and
art has clothed il with distinction.
II stands now as the highest p0in.
of its power and promise Its en-