University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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ROBERT GLENN President 1 7:110. 9 rt THOMAS H. HUNTER Dean of III: School of Medicine WILLIAM CARTER l icv-Prmident SCHOOL OF At the first meeting of the Board of Visitors in 1819, Thomas Jefferson authorized a School of Anatomy and Medicine to be an integral part of the University of Vir- ginia. The school, established in 1824 and opened for in- struction on March 7, 1825, was the first School of Medi- cine in the South. The opening class consisted of but twenty-six students, and in 1829 the first degree of Doctor of Medicine was con- ferred. With the curriculum expanding to a four year course in 1899, the opening of the central pavillion of the Uni- versity Hospital in 1901, and the establishment of specific collegiate entrance requirements, the modern period of the school may be said to have begun. Dr. Robley Dunglison, who later became tenOwned as the author of the first American Medical Dictionary, was the original professor. In 1827 the faculty was enlarged by the appointment of Dr. John Patton Emmet to a Professorship of Materia Medica; Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence were added to the curriculum in the same year. Also the name of the school was changed to the uSchool of Medi. cine. In 1830 Dr. Thomas Johnson was appointed to a Professorship of Anatomy and Surgery. By 1905 the faculty consisted of ten full time professors. Dhting the twentieth century the School has continued to keep abreast of rapid developments in medical progress. The physical plant has been augmented by enlargement of the intern,s quartets, expansion of lecture rooms, an increase in laboratory and research facilities, a new auditorium and an addition of a wing to the hospital. Recent increases in the size and quality of the faculty represent a definite ad- vance toward a better School of Medicine. OFFICERS ROBERT GLENN .................................... Prrsidt'nf WILLIAM CARTER ............................ I'irc-Prrsidm! FAITH KUNG .............................Serrrlary-Trca:urcr WILLIAM ER1VIN .................................. Ilixlorian

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H UGO BLANKINGSHIP President F. D. G. RIBBLE Dean 0f 11!: School of Law RICHARD FLENDER Vite-Presidml zoi SCHOOL OF Since its establishment in 1862 the University Law School has been regarded as outstanding among American Schools of Law. Substantiating this rating is the impressive list of Alumni who have made and are making notable contribu- tions in the legal field. The space here allows but few highlights from the long history of Mr. JeEersonis School of Law. One name especial- ly dominates the nineteenth'century; John B. Minor, Pro- fessor of Law for over fifty years, who contributed so much to the fame of The University. Another Professor of Law, Henry St. George Tucker, is credited with starting the Honor System of The University. Also included among its outstanding deans and teachers are the late William Minor Lile, Judge Armistead M. Dohie of the U. S. Court of Appeals, and Frederick D. G. Ribble, Dean since 1939, and past President of the Association of American Law Schools. Both theoretical and practical courses are included in the curriculum. Also, equally important, there is a wide variety of extra-curricular activities in which the more ambitious and energetic students may engage. Prominent among these are the Virginia Law Review, the Virginia Law Weekly, the Reading Guide, The John Bassett Moore Society of International Law, the Student Legal Forum, and the Stu- dent Legal Research Groups. A three-year Moot Court Competition develops oral advocacy and also produces teams that have done well in national contests with other law schools. Four active legal fraternities also make a definite contribution. Thus, with a mixture of regular courses and outside ac- tivities at his disposal, the student receives a well-rounded education which quite adequately prepares him for his pro- fession. OFFICERS A. HUGO BLANKINGSIHP .......................... Pruidenl RICHARD FLENDER ........................... Firc-Prmidml JANET LAUCK ....................................... Y errelary ROGER THOMAS ................................... Treasurer FRANK OLMSTEAD ................................ Historian .iol'