THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
WOLCOTT ANSWERS MEDICAL
COLLEGE REMOVAL REPORTS
IN LETTER TO THE LEGISLATURE
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ICREKHTON DOES NOT CONTROL
f Equipment for This Branch of Work
fc at Lincoln Does Not Compare
With Other Schools.
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Considerable comment has been
cauaed by different rumors concern
' lng the removal of the medical col
lego. There have been many argu
' moats loth pro and con, and soveral
so-called J'roports." The Nobraskan
last Wednesday published a roport
which has not met with favor and
which, with others, has been excepted
to by memborB of the faculty. The
following letter has been addressed
to the legislature by Dean Wolcott:
Lincoln, Nob., March 22, 1911,.
To the Members of the Legislature,
: Capitol, Lincoln.
Gentlemen :
Two circular letters referring to the
medical college situation havo recent
ly been sent you, and both require
some explanation and correction.
The "report" from the "alumni ' as
It appears in the public press might
; bounderBtood to Indicate that the
signers were a commltteo of the
.Alumni association of the university,
or of the Alumni association of the
collego of medicine. Such an infer
ence Is, however, unwarranted. It
should bo understood that the signers,
If' they represent any persons except
themselves, represent at most a Bmall
. 'group of men. While they are gradu
v ates of the academic colleges of the
university, only one of them waB over
registered, jn. jtho college 4f medlclnd
the others having taken their medical
work at eastern schools.
Objections Answered.
; Taking up certain of their objections
; toy number:
First: It would not bo necessary to
; amend the university charter, since
i the general enactment requiring that
. all buildings bo located within four
I miles of tho state capltol would bo re
c7 pealed, in so far as tho building under
' consideration is concerned, by any spe
cific enactment which provided for its
. location on tho Omaha medical cam
pus. Fourth: Not all tho work of these
' departments would need to bo dupll
' cated; somo of tho work outlined
could bo transferred to Omaha with
out great extra cost to tho state.
Seventh: The circumstances that
lead fewer studentB to go to Omaha
each year aro duo to tho fact that
that portion of tho collego receives no
state Bupport. If this support were
forthcoming it would be possible to
correct this condition. The falling oil
of tho attendance at Omaha was due
at first to tho fact that in 1902 the
first, two years of work thero woro dis
continued and prospective students
i advised to go to the university at Lin
coln. Slnco that time tboro has been
a steady increase Jn tho entrance and
. course requirements which has held
' the tqtal figures much below tho for
mer attendance at Omaha. Tho num
. her of students In tho "roport" ro-
forred to 'is given at 1G5. Tho total,
k however, registered In tho collego of
i medlclnoHhis year Is 198, which num
I ber includes students registered in
h tho medical college from tho affiliated
school of dentistry and in the school
s or Dnarmacy. tiiq numuer or biuuuuib
f that would be moved to Omaha if they
woro transferred now' with, tho, trans
ferring of the wor middle years of the
course? would be 50, ,. u -' 4 " ' " -Circular
by Lincoln Doctors.
In addition to the abovo corrections.
ana explanations, we circular Bigueu
bv somo fortv I4itcolndoctor8-de-4
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serves attention. Tnklng tho points
up again by number:
First: Tho present equipment of tho
unlvorsity for medical work at Lin
coln Is by no means ideal, nnd is not
fto bo compared with tho equipment at
Minnesota, Iowa, Washington univer
sity at StrLtfuls, and many other in
stitutions in the central states. The
medical laboratories uharo with all the
laboratories of tho university, cramped
quarters and Inadequate equipment,
and that tho unlvorsity and the col
lege of medicine havo been able to
maintain tho rank among other univer
sities and colleges which they have
maintained in tho past and hold today,
is due to tho ability and hard work
of the members of tho faculty rather
than to tho equipment with which they
have to work.
.Fourth: The argument against tho
divided schodl applies to conditions at
Omaha as well as at Lincoln. If a
completo four-year course Ib given at
Omaha It seems from past experience
and conditions as they exist In tho
student body today, that students will
cease almost entirely to go to eastern
schools.
As to Crelghton College.
Creighton Medical Collego does not
"control practically all tho clinical
materlal'ln DouglasAc'ountyV'
Of tho "doctors'' signing tho circu
lar, approximately one-third aro eclec
tics, many of them connected with on
eclectic medical college; six aro den
tists; two aro homeopathic physicians;
two aro osteopaths; one Is a graduate
of Crelghton unlvorsity. Tho names of
four aro not in tho standard medical
directories. It would appear that of
tho 42 signers, only 16 aro regular
physicians, or havo been In the "prac
tice of medicine long enough to have
their names admitted to tho current
medical directories. Tho total num
.ber of physicians In Lincoln accord
ing to Polk's last medical directory is
140.
Tho writer dooB not wish to enter
Into any controversy In tho matter,
but desires tho legislature to havo
these facts In mind In coming to a de
cision. Ho voucheB personally for tho
accuracy of the statements made in
this letter, but at the same time It
should be understood that this is writ
ton after consultation with tho author
ities at the head of the Institution,
and 1b sent wlh heir permission and
approval.
Very sincerely yours,
ROBT. H. WOLCOTT,
Acting (Dean, Collego of Medicine.
LAW BASEBALL TEAM BU8Y.
8everal Games Thls'Week and Lincoln
League In Line.
Tho law baseball team has been
practicing dally at 3 p, m., and is got
ting down to mid-season form. " Sev
eral games, ono to 'bo played this week
and the Lincoln league team Is to bo
taken on somo time next week. Inas
much as varsity ball has been elim
inated tho lawyers aro determined to
turn out a team of equal caliber from
their own. ranks. sFrom an account of
the wealth of material, to Jbe had In
the law school, It seems almost cer-(
tain' that they are to succeed in. their
endeavors to put forth a repreaentatlva
school-team?
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