University Medical College - Scalpel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE

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Uhr Svralpvl Staff HARRY J. HARRER... EUGENE A. POND .... R. P. PRICE, JR. ..... . PERCY E. JAMES 0. R. RQQKS ...... NORMAN W. GETMAN W. A. FAIR ............ R. C. TRUEBLOOD .... JOSEPH E. NUTZ ...... HARRY T. MORTGN.. A. E. BILLINGS ........ H. L. HESS ............ JERRY PARNER. .. G. A. KILPATRICK. l 1 N. A. RIDD ......... J NV. L. GRIFFIN ..... ERNEST BUTT ........ EXECUTIVE. .. . . . . . . . . . .Editor-in-Chief . .......... . ..... ....... B ilsiness Manager EDITORIAL. Assistant Business Manager ..... ...Advertising Manager . . . .Circulation Manager .. . Associate Editors . . . . .Historical Editor . . . . .Athletic Editor . . . .Idiosyncrasies . . . . .The Hospital . . . . . . . .The Faculty . . . . . Organization Editors . . . .Staff Photographer

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J ',. J 7, . Z f, li A Ex N 2'-ZLHT-4 .7 V f .1 I i , JK V1 - E .i i : fy? i i 1 tiff fr' -2 1 as l ff r 2 l 4 l fl , Q , , . V u l T,'I S11-1'-Cya. . HE task of gathering historical data has proven very difficult, as the Scalpel is the first college publication of its nature issued by the University Medical Col- lege, there was no complete collection of material. The following had to be gleaned from many sources, and as no two persons ever see things alike the differences had to be blended together into one harmonious whole. Yet in order that the hundreds that have gone to every clime and country from her hon- ored walls together with the present trustees, faculty, students, and future generations of friends may have a b-rief yet authentic report of the inception and development of U. M. C., a painstaking effort has been made to incorporate material only from the most reliable sources. Worthy mention must be made of Drs. Tiffany, Davis, Snell, Logan, Jackson, Allen, Punton and James, who are among the contributors to this article. It was in the winter of 1880 a dozen or more years after the organization of Kan- sas City's first medical college that the need of another school became apparent to a number of doctors almost simultaneously. The course of instruction given at that time by the already established school consisted only of two short years of five or six months each. Both classes listened to the same lectures up to Christmas time, when it was said, the juniors were sent home and seniors quizzed till March when they were graduated. Kansas City was booming in those days and the little city at the mouth of the Kaw was fast developing into the metropolis of the West. The rapidly growing city on one hand and the very limited facilities for medical instruction on the other were the most important factors th-at called for the organization of a new and better equipped school of medicine. Several plans were inaugurated but before any of them could be executed something broader, larger and better was presented till in the latter part of the winter of 1880 a, new school was launched with eighteen of the most up-to-date doc- tors of Kansas City as charter members. Among them were Drs. Tiffany, Davis, Snell, J. W. Jackson, J. P. Jackson, Hereford, Lewis, O'Connor, Buxton, Campbell, Elston, Mil- ler, Eggers, Adams, Berger, Jameson and Sawyer. Dr. Buxton is now in New Jersey, Dr. Campbell in Joplin, Mo., Dr. Sawyer in Los Angeles, Cal. Drs. Tiffany and Davis, the only founders who are yet as-sociated with the school, and Dr. Snell remain in Kan- sas City. The rest having passed to the beyond. The above named gentlemen formed themselves into a sort of stock company each one putting S800 into the treasury with which the first building was erected, and an assessment of S5 per month each was made to pay running expenses.