Cornell Medical College - Samaritan Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Am re Eire. mrtwb HE year was 1898. America was entering the era of her manilest clestiny. Stealt was eighteen cents a pouncl, ancl the riches ol' the new lancl were last hecoming apparent. l'lere in New Yorlc, a schism harl clevelopecl amongst the memluers ot' the newly organizecl medical clepartment ol the New Yorlc University Cracluate School. A small group, feeling that there were lnetter methocls ol meclical eclucation, anrl unahle to con- vince their contreres of their laeliel, cleciclect to withclraw from the school. This clone, the men surely must have talcen count ol their assets. They were lew, lnut they were not inconsicleralnle. The physical loasis ot their eclucational program was a small huilcling at Bellevue Hospital ancl the Loomis Lahoratory, a lnuilcling alaout oneshall the size ol the present AU louilcling. This laluoratory was amongst the more aclvancerl of its time. li Containecl lecture halls, lahoratories for chemistry ancl toxicology, animal quarters, ancl refrigerator rooms - all well equippecl. The new school hacl the moral ancl hnancial haclcing ol Colonel Henry Payne, and it was to he his continuecl inspiration ancl support which was to mean so much in the future of the new organization. ln aclclition to such support, the lacilities ol the New Yorlc Hospital anrl Bellevue Hospital were macle availahle lor clinical teaching. Upon the faculty was to tall a great responsilnility. It woulcl he lor them to set the intellectual plane, tor them to inspire the students, tor them to vinclicate their heliel' in hetter methocls. The memhers of the original faculty incluclecl: William M. Pollq, Lewis A. Stimson, W. Gilman Thompson, R. A. Witthaiis, Austin Flint fthe youngerl, H. P. Loomis, J. Clifton Ectgar, ancl George Woolsey. later George Ewing ancl Graham lsusl: were to the chairs ot Pathology anrl Physiology, respectively. Dr. Pollc' a Tennessean ancl memlner ol the rlissenting group, was, hy his gracious- ness ancl executive ahility, to he a strong inlluence in cletermining the policies ot the new school, To Lewis A. Stimson was to tall a similar role. Dr. l.ewis A. Conner ohservecl that Hhis somewhat reservecl anrl colcl exterior hicl a generous ancl lcinclly clis- position which showecl itself particularly in his relation to his suhorclinates. l'le was guicle, philospher, ancl lrienfl to the memhers ol his house stalt and incleecl to every struggling young cloctor he thought flcserving of help. Dr. Stimson hacl. l helieve, the most lucicl ancl penetrating intellect ol anyone that l have ever lcnown. A mathematician ot no mean orcler. cleeply scholarly ancl cultivatecl in his taste, he was the envy and flespair of those ot us younger men who sought to emulate himf' ln April, 1808, the trustees ol Cornell University accepterl the oller ol alliliation with the new school ancl the Cornell University Meclical College hccame an actuality. Some two hunclrccl stuclents were instructecl the lirst year. The school was coeclucational from the laeginning, hut, as Dr. Conner notecl, this was not just another sign ol: progressive thought, hut was necessary hecause ot the nature ol the Cornell Charter. The merit ol such a step was soon estahlishecl. At this time. the entrance requirements to meclical school, as alllxerl hy law, coulcl he tullillecl lay high school gracluates. lxleclical science hart laegun to expancl, ancl this 5

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