Medical College of Virginia - X Ray Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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In cmanain ILL! M T. REED Mr. William T. Reed, Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Medical College of Virginia and member of its Executive Committee, died suddenly Sep- tember 18, 1935. Mr. Reed was the son of William B. Reed and Mrs. Mary Anne Larus Reed. He was born September 23, 1864. Educated in the city schools of Richmond, he was early associated with his uncle, Mr. Charles D. Larus, in the tobacco business. Mr. Reed, at the time of his death, was president of the Larus Brother Company. Governor E. Lee Trinlcle, on January 7, 1924, appointed Mr. Reed as a mem- ber of the Board of Visitors of the Medical College of Virginia, and on January 16, 1924, he was elected to the Executive Committee, and on May 20, 1932, elected Chairman of the Board of Visitors, succeeding the late Eppa Hunton, Jr. To evaluate Mr. Reed ' s worth to mankind, words are inadequate to say the least. His wide knowledge of men and affairs brought many solutions to the complex problems which confronted the board of the institution. His conviction and en- thusiasm many times brought confidence and gave direction when situations were difficult. He often worked in behalf of the college and little suspected until some chance remark subsequently revealed it. The college, as well as many thousand friends, have sustained an almost irrepa- rable loss in the death of Mr. Reed, and has profited enormously by his board membership. He was a great citizen and a fine leader, and we shall not look upon his like again. A. A. B.

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B $ P I ( E IS SYMBOLICAL OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA Robert Browning, one of the most romantic and stimulating of the world ' s great poets, once wrote a brief but beautiful poem, and gave it the title PROSPICE. He wrote PROSPICE soon after the death of his wife, with whom he had lived in complete happiness for fourteen years in sunny Italy — the land of a poet ' s dream. From the sunshine of this perfect bliss, the poet was suddenly enshrouded by the icy hand of death in a black cloud of despair. Even in the depths of his sorrow Browning still could write PROSPICE, and the word means Look Forward . Likewise, this volume of the X-Ray hopes to do one thing, that being to Look Forward as in keeping with the progress of the educational pro- gression of the State of Virginia. We are hoping to put in these pages some facts that may depict the relationship of the Old Dominion with the Medical College of Virginia, steeped in 98 years of faithful service to the state and to the nation — a service that is best exemplified by the achieve- ments of her alumni. By virtue of her progress through the years, M. C. V. stands today as one of the outstanding Medical Colleges of the south- land, a position she deservedly occupies. Medical College of Virginia, with brightened outlook, moves onward to fresh laurels — not content with the achievements of the past but imbued with the desire to enrich the path towards the Greater Medical College of Virginia through the constant effort portrayed in PROSPICE.