THE NEW MEDICAL COLLEGE 



On November 18 the people of Charleston formally transferred 

 to the state the new building erected opposite the Roper Hospi- 

 tal for the Medical College of the State of South Carolina. We 

 extend to the College, which is one of our affiliated institutions, 

 our heartiest congratulations on this crowning achievement of 

 its recent re-organization. 



The Medical College is one of the oldest in the United States, 

 having been founded in 1823. In 1913 the State Legislature 

 accepted the College as a state institution and assumed the ex- 

 pense of its maintenance. The people of Charleston, as an evi- 

 dence of their interest in the College and their appreciation of 

 its support by the Legislature, subscribed in six days the sum of 

 $76,000, including a lot of land donated by City Council, for 

 the purpose of erecting a new building to be presented to the 

 state as a free will offering. 



The new building is of attractive design and is favorably sit- 

 uated with reference to the Hospital, and only two blocks from 

 the Museum. It affords every facility for medical work of the 

 most modern type and has been equipped by the Trustees with 

 furniture and apparatus abundantly meeting all needs. 



During the past two years the College has raised its entrance 

 requirements to include one year of college work and has greatly 

 enlarged its faculty, ten members of which give their full time to 

 instruction in the scientific branches of the first two years. We 

 know of no other institution which has achieved so remarkable 

 a re-organization in so short a time — a re-organization not merely 

 in control, administration, financial support, and material equip- 

 ment, but in the spirit of the faculty and students as shown in 

 the class room. 



The College has the loyal support of the medical profession and 

 the cordial interest of the people throughout the state. 



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