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

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THOMAS H. HUNTER Dean of the School of Medicine VICTOR E. CORNETT HENRY H. SPRACUE President Vicr-Presidenl One of the eight original schools of the University of Virginia. the iiSchool of Anatomy and Medicine was authorized in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson on the minutes of the first meeting of the Board of Visitors in 1819. The School was established in 1824 and opened for instruction on March 7. 1825. It was the iirst school of medicine in the South and one of the first in America. The original faculty consisted of a single professor called from Keswick. England. Dr. Robley Dunglison. generally considered the outstanding physiologist of his generation, and later renowned as the author of the first American Medical Dic- tionary. In 1827 the faculty was enlarged by the appointment of Dr. John Patton Emmett to a Professorship of Materia Medica; Obstetrics and Medical Jurispru- dence were added to the curriculum and the title of the school was changed to the HSchool of Medicine? In 1830 Dr. Thomas Johnson was appointed to a professor- ship of Anatomy and Surgery. By 1905 the faculty consisted of ten fulltime pro- fessors. . t The medical school was opened with twenty-six students, and in 1829 the degree of Doctor of Medicine was first confered. With the curriculum expanding to a four year course in 1899. the opening of the central pavillion of the University Hospital in 1901. and the establishment of specific collegiate entrance require- ments. the modern period of the school may be said to have begun. In this medical school some of the more important ideas of modern medical education were adopted-full-time professors in clinical branches, special entrance requirements. emphasis on knowledge rather than tenure as the essential basis for awarding degrees, aIl-year sessions, the valuation of medicine as properly an integral part of a University's scheme of studies, oral examinations, and operation under a rigid student honor system: The School has shown forward strides in recent years in order to keep abreast of the rapidly progressing advances in all fields of medicine. The physical plant has been augmented by enlargement of the internis quarters. expansion of lecture rooms. an increase in laboratory and research facilities. a new auditorium and the addition of a wing to the hospital. Plans are being made at present for additional construction. Recent increases in the size and quality of the faculty represent a definite advance toward a better School of Medicine. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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lew- F. D. C. RIBBLE Dean al the School of Law MAURICE H. RICHARDSON, III EDWARD T. CATON, III President V ice-President The Law School was one of Thomas JeHerson's favored projects and has been an integral part of The University ever since its founding in 1826. Since its start as one of the earliest law schools in the nation, a reputation for high academic standards and professional excellence among its graduates has been earned and maintained. The space here allows but few highlights from the long history of Mr. Jeffersonis School of Law. One name especially dominates the nineteenth century; John B. Minor, Professor 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. Down to this date The Law School has been fortunate in its outstandinz teachers and deans. including the late William Minor Lile, Judge Armistead M. Dobie 0f the US. Court of Appeals, and now Frederick D. G. Ribble. Dean since 1939. and Past President of the Association of American Law Schools. The study of Law at The University is a three-year program on the graduate level and leads to the LLB. or Bachelor of Arts degree. The first two years take up the basic course of subjects taught by the fourteen fulltime professors, while the third year offers a wide selection of seminars where smaller groups pursue more specialized fields under competent guidance. This Law School is proud of its high moral tone, which is based both on the Honor System and a study of legal ethics. Emphasis is also placed on a lively group of extra-curricular activities that help to develop well rounded graduates. Prominent among these are the Virginia Law Review, the Virginia Law Weekly, the Reading Guide, The John Bassett Moore Society of Iritemationali Law. the Student Legal Forum, and the Student Legal Research Group. 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 3150 make their contributions. Since 1932 the Law School has been housed in Clark Memorial Hall, which was donated by an alumnus. Wings completed in 1950 and 1952 have given room to the largest law library in the South and t0 the Judge Advocate Generai's School. SCHOOL OF LAW