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

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Not only does the student attend lectures, but he must study. Various phases of study are resorted to depending on the given environment of the student. These range from home, the dormitory, if one li ' es there, the library, or possibly even the Egyptian Building or some of the other class- rooms in the hospital when the dormitory, library, or even home is not compatible with effective study.

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The time is bright and early one morning the first part of September, any year-190(). The student wakes up, probably early this morning — in the neighborhood ot (i:0()-7:()() — rushes to put on his clothes, eat breakfast, and make the necessary ar- rangements to begin his first day at the Medical College of Virginia. Some weeks prior to this the student has received, through the mail, notices of where he is to be at a given time that day. More than likely this will first be registration desk. From here the student goes to one of the auditoriums here at the college or to one of the other meeting places, such as the classroom, and receives lectures from the arious members of the faculty. These lectures usually concern orientation of the student to the particular profession into vhich he is going. Then comes the big moment — from these words of orientation the student is suddenly throAvn into the bedlam of learning all of those foreign terms. He is expected to read textbooks, many of which he may have to look up half to three- quarters of the words on the first page in order to understand what they mean. He may even ha ' e to look up words foimd in the definitions of the word he looked up. Soon however, the first two or three days have passed, and the student begins to get some idea of what professional training is like.

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When time permits, those that have strong religious convictions may attend campus vespers or one of the religious groups either during the week or on Sundays.