Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-27
ON MEDICAL CONSTELLATION
BILL AT COMMITTEE HEARING,

'"S '"o'"i ScHooi OF the university
to Richmond will agree. l think. with
this. No decent medical school In
america, under modern conditions.
desires to operate as n detached
school independent of university con.
ncction and control. They all geek
hrst the reality Of university ASSOC
citation. If they cannot get that. they
desire the shelter and chnpcronage
OF The univcrsity's name
2. All agree that the state OF vir-
GINA out or It's treasury should not
attempt to maintain with equal
strength two medical schools and 10
commit the state TO their equal and
perpetual development.
J. All agree that modern medical
schools require large sums OF money
Tor their equipment and operation.
The whole question. then, and the
resultant decision appears to revolve
around four points:
]. Can Il modern medical school
hope to realize it's highest aims with
out the educational background and
scholarly associations and standards
furnished to it by immediate unIvcr-
sity connection?
:. Are clinical facilities. necessary
for the maintenance and dcvelop,ncn,
OF ii modern medical school and ade-
qnate for the needs Of Virginia and
helpful 20 the whole nation. available.
or can they be made available a, the
university?
}. Can these facilities be obtained.
used and developed there as they
are needed without serious and vital
economic loss? II they can be so OBJ
tanned. tina, ends the matter.
!. Is the state prepared to furnish,
Immediately the necessary money To
equip ANA operate a large CONSOLE
dated medical school In Virginia?
FOR an American Commonwealth to
take the step Of digging up by the
roofs century old depa r,mcnt. now
actually at the highest point Of its
growth. giving evidences of growth
ana promise OF usefulness for the
future, stamped with fame and serv-
ice to the past. out Of the soil ~ a
great university honorcd throughout
me world for it's sincerity and inter
rity and ut the highest point NJ a.,
CROWN until proof has been given
80 clear that the wayfaring man need
not err therein that this s,cp must
be taken in order to insure genuine
cihc'cncy and true economy, would
be regarded. venture to say. bv tho
"h''e world as an act OF dispersion
ana destruction. / pause here TO OH
serve that all other institutions
which have acted in this matter have
zone so either a" an initial act of
establishment or as a step taken I'm
order To save Il languishing school.
we are asked to take this stem
"hcn We are a century old and whcn
every Indication points TO unlimited
growth. II this step should be taken
against the unanimous Judgment OF
the rector and visitors Of the uni
'cFsi'E. us president and faculty, who
must bear the burden: Its student
body, The vast majority OF its alumni.
medical and academic. an impressive
majority Of the weightiest names
among medical scholars and experts
IN America, II would be an act uu-
parallclcd in educational history. so
FAR as know.
The burden of this proof rests upon
those who propose removal. and i,
is indeed heavy burden. AS have.
shid before. ] do not mean To assert
or To Intimate that the purpose of
'he proponents OF removal is to dis
member or To dispense or 10 do other
IMAM improve G.
the burden OF proof. lest such n
thinS happen. is upon them. And.
moreover. this is not the whole bur
den upon them. They must likewise
prove that the detachmnt or removal
OF II medical school from the life OF
IT'S parent university. from all uni
Hersity activities. ideals and CON
facts. is an incopsitlcrablc thing
when weighed In the balance against
city location and Hypothetical ccono-
mics have searched i'm vain for
such PROOF in many papers and state
mchts made by the removal propo-
ncnts. Their claim is that clinical
cases are more abundant In the large
city. The supcrabundancc of mate
rial is granted. but that is no, the
point What is needed is not a sur
icit' but enough clinical material and
mat sutiiciency properly arranged and
i'SSNHe'u uHNeT the DcSt conditions
To the learning mind. They further
claim that in some way this great
Undertaking can be more economi-
cally cared for in Richmond than at
the university The validity of that
c!aim L dissent from and we shall in
us proper place undertake to prove
the contrary. The root of this con-
tcntion. however, does not lie in these
neids. There is root, Il core. n de-
ciSlre weight of argument in this
matter, and ii lies i'm the fact that
you cannot build and maintain, with
an! assurance Of continuous adjust
meht to the future Developments OF
mcdlcal education. n modern medical
school such as we need and contem-
piate, disconnected from the actual
life of university. You may build
u useful. serviccable school. capablc
or serving partial and Temporary
needs of the State. or. perhaps, n de-
tachcd graduate school. but such q
school as we need--a school for the
scientific teaching of mcdicine--must
he established In immediate conncc-
ton with the schools OF pure science
IN hrst-rate university. / am Of
the opinion that $50 OF the expert
medical opinion of the world now
holds that view: $3.50 believe that IL
is pity and calamity IL condi-
tons such as exist In Colorado force
separation. During the past ten
or nftcen years. medical. science and
medical pUurp tiOn hhpa hoan .,,h