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

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Contents Schools MEDICINE DENTISTRY PHARMACY NU RSI NG Activities Fraternities Advertisements

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wo-t, Here . In this small volume, We have attempted the impossible task of recording A year in the versatile, many-faceted lives Of the Medical College of Virginia . . . A task which even a Hercules, Should he undertake it in its entirety, Could never hope to bring to completion . The changing, Plastic fabric of the Medical College Defies a record of all its activities . And so, Instead, We have endeavored to create a volume which, Though necessarily incomplete, Will connote the spirit in which those activities Are so ably and willingly done . II In this we have succeeded, In no matter how small a measure; II we have captured one small fraction 01 what the Medical College of Virginia means; It we have exposed only one integral part Of the tremendous whole, For us That is enough. {6}

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7 O tlldi t. eui i THE current struggle to abolish Isolationism among the nations, with , among certain educational institutions in this country. One of the n derable promise of success, is paralleled in another phase ! certain educational institutions in this country. Une ot the newer movements of this sort is the Richmond Area University Center embracing a cooperative program on the part of eight colleges and universities in and around Richmond. The Medical College of Virginia from the first has been represented in every aspect of this effort. Thus, the advantages of decentralized educational organ- ization, which is more prevalent in the East where many different smaller colleges operate, and the advantages of centralized educational functions like those of the large universities of the Mid-West and Far West can be achieved to a substantial degree. A university center organization can strengthen and enrich undergraduate, graduate, and professional education in addition to postgraduate and in-service education. The plans which are shaping up for the Richmond area will likely involve a strong central organization to be administered somewhere in the Medical College of Virginia area. By giving and sharing the institutions of the university center can step up the availability of total library resources, visiting lecturers and scholars, music programs, art exhibits, the exchange of teachers and students, as well as new courses and better offerings in advanced graduate education, postgraduate education, research, and many other desirable features of a total educational and general cultural program. The Richmond Area University Center has chosen former Governor Colgate YV. Harden. Ir.. as its general chairman; has set up a legislative body, representative of the participating institutions, known as the council; has an executive committee of the presidents of the several institutions; a whole-time administrator; and certain standing and special committees. Ultimately, it will be necessary to raise sizeable sums of money, some of this from philanthropy and the rest from individual donors. Inevitably such a large under- taking involving so many institutions and interests must be developed on the basis of one year, two-year, and long range objectives. Richmond is believed to ' be an ideal place lor such an undertaking. We shall all watch its progress with the keenest interest. Sincerely yours, W. T. Sanger, President.