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MEDI To Preserve and Restore Health To Seek The Cause and Cure of Diseases To Educate Those Who Would Serve Humanity VOLUME IX. NO. 5 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND, VIRGINIA JUNE, 1956 Dr. Willard F. Libby, Mr. Rupert Hanmer, Doctor Stepka, and Doctor Larson in the new laboratory. NUTRICULTURE LABORATORY ON McGUIRE HALL ANNEX DEDICATED The new nutriculturc laboratory on the top of McGuire Hall Annex, made possible by a gift of $120,000 from the American Tobacco Company, was dedi- cated on May 10. Dg. W~LLARD F. L~usY, commissioner of the United States Atomic Energy Commission made the dedicatory address. In the opening paragraph of his address Commissioner Libby said, "Medicine today stands at the threshold of a major advance--not only along the lines of practical applications in diagnosis and therapy, but also in its basic approaches to unanswered, fundamental research problems. In the language of the physi- cists, the field of medicine is just about ready for a "quantum jump" and it is my feeling that this will come about through the increased use of isotopically labeled drugs and medicinals." In referring to the useful- ness of isotope farming, which is the purpose of the nutriculture laboratory Commissioner Willard went on to say: "In especially designed chambers important compound throughout the various tissues of living organisms because biological and chemical methods were not sensitive enough. Isotopes, which carry their telltale radio- activity wherever they go in animals and plants, are now revealing new facts about vital processes which heretofore could not be studied at all. The element carbon, for exam- such as those you have here in this farm we dedicate today, plants such as alfalfa, soy bean, buckwheat, rye, foxglove, poppy, tobacco, et cetera, have been cultured in a radioactive carbon dioxide atmosphere so that all of their substance has been labeled with radiocarbon atoms in proportions of a few atoms of carbon-14 for every million ordinary carbon atoms. These plants have served to produce a number of useful radio-chemicals." At this point the reader, if not a scientist, is asking, "What's it all about?" Your editor asked Dr. Sidney S. Negus, professor of biochemistry to tell us in simple language just what an isotope is and what can be expected from "iso- tope farming." Doctor Negus writes: "Atoms of the same element like carbon show slight variations in their mass. These atoms of different weights are called isotopes. Radio- active isotopes can be prepared by bombarding stable atoms with rapidly rnoving sub-atomic particles. Elaborate gen- erators like the cyclotron have been built to accelerate the movmnents of such particles to speeds of thousands of miles a second. Radioactive isotopes can also be prepared in what are called uranium piles. "Although these isotopes have different weights than their respective ordinary atoms, they behave alike chemically. Until they came into the picture, however, it was exceed- ingly difficult and often impossible to follow the course of an pie, can be "tagged", incorporated into growing tobacco plants, and the resulting tobacco studied in a variety of ways. As investigative tools, radioactive isotopes (and the stable kind also, like heavy nitrogen) have been ranked by bio- chemists and others as second in importance only to the microscope in fundamental research." Doctor Libby at the close of his address said, "'I be- lieve firmly that even though we had not any other bene- fits [rom the splitting o[ the atom, isotopes alone would themselves reward and re- pay us [or all o[ the effort and [unds we have invest- ed in our atomic energy project.'" Mr. Rupert Hanmer, di- rector of research for the American Tobacco Com- pany, "presented" the lab- President Sanger accepts lab- oratory to President Sanger oratory [rom Mr. Hanmer. following the dedication.

Page 2 The MEDICOVAN Published monthly except July and August by and for the staff, students, and employees. BOARD OF VISITORS *Harry H. Augustine ...................... Richmond *W. Welby Beverley ........................ Richmond Dr. James D. Hagood .......................... Clover *Nora Spencer Hamner .................. Richmond *Dr. William N. Hodgkin .............. Warrenton *Eppa Hunton, IV .......................... Richmond George T. McLean ...................... Portsmouth *Buford Scott .................................. Richmond *R. F. Burke Steele ........................ Petersburg Dowell J. Howard, ex officio ........ Richmond *Executive Committee ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL Dr. William T. Sanger ...................... President Dr. R. Blackwell Smkh, Jr ............... Assistant President and Dean, School of Pharmacy William F. Tompkins .................. Comptroller Charles P. Cardwell, Jr ..................... Director, Hospital Division Dr. Harry Lyons....Dean, School of Dentistry Sybil MacLean ........ Dean, School of Nursing :Dr. Ebbe C. H.off .......... Chairman, Graduate Study Committee George W. Bakeman ........ Secretary, Board of Visitors and Associate Dean, School of Medicine Thelma Value Hoke .............................. Editor Publications and ln[ormation Officer REPORTERS Ruth Olmstead ................................ Admitting Margaret Evans ........................ Baruch Center Frances Crenshaw .......................... Book Store Jessie Fay Edison ...... Buildings and Grounds Ann Bell .................................. Business Ol~ce Elizabeth Boatwright .................. Credit Office Ruth Whalen .......................... Dental Faculty Agnes Lipscomb .................................. Dietetics Delores Dance .................................... Elevators Beatrice Doyle .................................. Gift Shop J. E. Baker .................................. Housekeeping Grace Green ........................................ Laundry Edna Garrett ........................ Medical Records Frances Russell ...................... Nursing Faculty Mac Regan .............................. Nursing Service Helen Arnold .................................... Obstetrics Alice Patterson ........................ Otolaryngology Marilyn Coefield .............................. Personnel Betty Hicks ........................ Hospital Pharmacy Annie S. Leeper .................. Pharmacy Faculty Grace Cousins ................................ Post O~ce Margot Trimble ........ Physical Therapy School Victoria Hurt .................................. Purchasing Margaret Hilton ........................ Social Service Margaret Cousins ............................ Telephone Jessie Richards ................................ Volunteers June Allard .............................. A. D. Williams Memorial Clinic With this issue TuE MEDICOVAN sus- pends until September. To each report- er and to all who have sent in news our most hearty thanks. INDISPENSABLE,~. EITTLEa.SEEN ,HANDS ...... Artists, poets, and the rest of usf~il(:d t0 d6 jii~fiC/; tb the rol~ 6f fi~h~; h-ffdW day annually dedicated to her was set apart. We should similarly have an occasion now and then for expressing our indebtedness to the members of our Board of Visitors for their devotion, for their understanding, for their unflagging interest, for their hard work, and for their long hours given to five full Board meetings and six or more Executive Committee meetings a year. There is no adequate way to convey to others the measure and value of our Board ~nembers and their singleness of purpose. They adopt certain policies for our ~id- ance, approve many appointments, hear many reports, advise on important mat- ters, pass on budgets and budget requests made to the Governor and to the General Assembly, authorize construction and vari- ous business actions, control investments, and much more. In addillon to hearing from Board-ap- pointed committees, the Board at each meeting hears from the president, the comptroller, the director of the hospital division, the deans of the four major schools, the chairman of the graduate study committee, and on occasion from the president of the Alumni Association and heads of operating departments such as buildings and grounds, purchasing, personnel, et cetera. Our Board is indispensable, yet the work of its me~nbers can't be known to all of us because of its nature. The members of our Board are the little-seen hands. To each board member I want to express our warmest, united thanks, though feeble by comparison with what is merited. To each board member we continue to be grateful for fine work: that their work makes our work possible we gladly acknowledge. Wm~aM T. Satang, President ROBERT H. COURTNEY 1893-1956 DR. ROBERT H. COURTNEY,~ professor of clinical ophthalmology, died May 23, 1956. He was an alumnus of our school of medicine, class of 1919, Doctor Courtney was appointed associate in ophtfiahnology in 1927; assistant professor of ophthalmology in 1931 ; associate professor of ophthalmology in 1933 ; professor of ophthalmology and head of the department in 1938. He continued as head of the department until his resignation in 1952. Following his resignation as department head, he was made professor of clinical ophthalmology. Doctor Courtney gave many years of devoted, loyal service to MCV and will be greatly missed bv all who knew him. 1 still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks 1 want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. The longer I live the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the u,orld .... One's ou'n door opens upon the wealth of heaven and earth .... Life is a struggle, but not a warfare; it is a day's labor, but labor on God's earth, under the sun and stars, with other laborers, where u'e may think and ,~ing and rejoice as we work. ~ ~Jok~ Burroughs The Embroidery A large pattern of mv embroidery is done : Varied are the stitches and different the shapes. When I looked at the pieces one by one Only one shade was visible Among the different colored threads-- The red of love. ---,Voersjasoe, Indonesian a'oman poet.

The MEDICOVAN WILLIAM THOMAS D ]D reamer o reams He Built Foundations Under Them There are few of us left who have been with the college during the 31 years of President Sanger's service. On his re- tlrement as president July 1, it would seem fitting to record here the growth of the institution during these years. Doctor Sanger would be the first to point out that this remarkable growth was not due to his dreams alone, but to the interest, hard work, and loyalty of our Board of Visitors, our faculty, our personnel, and the manv friends of MCV. It seems better to quote figures than to attempt a word picture of our growth; trnly, these figures speak eloquently with no need for words. 1925.1926 1955-1956 Plant Value .............................. $1,074,303 ¢$10,916,545 (¢Replacement value would be about $25,000,000 based on construction costs today.) State Appropriation .............. Operating Budget: College Division .................. $ Hospital Division ................ $ 90,500 194,447 274,600 Total ........................ $ 469,047 Faculty . .................................. About 200 Hospital Beds ....................... 424 Enrollment: Medicine .............................. 347 Dentistry .............................. 78 Pharmacy ............................ 109 Nursing ................................ 69 St. Philip Nursing ................ 26 Schools added since 1925: Physical Therapy .................. Hospital Administration ...... Graduate Study .................... Medical Technology ............ X-ray Technology ................ Dietetics ................................ Practical Nursing--White .... Practical Nursing--Negro .... $ 2,096,540 $ 1,644,398 $ 6,078,702 $ 7,723,100 Over 600 1,009 366 23O 261 157 68 57 ll 2O 29 31 12 47 59 Grand Total .............. Graduating Cla~ses: Medicine .............................. Dentistry .............................. Pharmacy ............................ Nursing ............................... St. Philip Nursing ............... Physical Therapy .................. Hospital Administration ...... Medical Technology ............ Graduate Study .................... 629 81 16 35 16 5 153 1,348 From July 1, 1925 through July 30, 1955, the college has received grants and gifts of $13,678,305.09; adding to that figure the gifts and grants received thus far in 1955-56 brings us to a total of almost [ourteen and a hall million dollars in the past 31 years. Included in the total is $5,074,819.19 re- ceived from bequests in wills. HOSPITAL SERVICES 1925-1926 1954-1955 Patients Admitted ................... 6,172 30,632 Operations ................................ 3,290 12,980 OB Deliveries ........................... 562 5,327 Emergency Room Cases .......... 2,191 50,397 Outpatient Visits ...................... 23,350 111,802 MAJOR BUILDINGS 1925-1926 Egyptian Building~ Cabaniss Hall (1928) St. Philip Hall (1931) Virginia Hospital Library (1932) Memorial Hospital Heating Plant and Laundry (1937) McGuire Hall¢¢ Hunton Hall (1938) St. Philip Hospital Morgue and Autopsy Facility (1939) A. D. Williams Memorial Clinic Dooley Hospital (1938) (~Remodeled and MCV Hospital (1940) restored in 1939.) Buildings and Grounds Quarters ( ¢~4th story added, (1950) 1940.) Randolph-Minor Hall (1952) Wood Memorial (1953) McGuire Hall Annex (1955) Ennion G. Williams Hospital (joint project with State Health Depart- ment, almost completed) 1955-1956 Besides the new buildings constructed, the college acquired by purchase: the Social Center building, Bowe House, Sam- uel Putnev House, Stephen Putney House, Frances Helen Zeigler House, Brown-Sequard Laboratories, Sir Moses Montefiore building, Afro-American Baptist Church build- ing, and others. Plans are now under way for the new dormitory and apart- ment project for students. It is expected this will be com- pleted some time in 1957. 98 An inscription in Saint Paul's Cathedral in London to Sir 47 Christopher Wren, its architect, reads (literally translated 48 from the original Latin) "If you would see his monument-- 28 look around you." This quotation can easily refer to Doctor 19 Sanger. Fortunately for MCV, however, both he and his 28 monument are still here. When President Sanger becomes 12 Chancellor Sanger on July 1, he will devote all his time to 27 development activities. Relieved of the duties of the presi- 6 dency, who knows what dreams he will bring to reality in the years ahead? May these be truly "golden years" both for 313 him and for MCV.

Page 4 The MEDICOVAN BARUCH CENTER OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE We are happy to welcome DR. RIC~ARn E. McGovERN, who joined our staff May 15 as assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, and Miss MARTHA NORRIS, who joined our occupational therapy staff on May 14. Vacation time is here and our director, DR. HERBERT W. PARK, is taking a vacation this month. Miss JAMIE LISLE and her parents are taking a three-week tour of Canada. We are losing several members of our department and ex- tend our very best wishes to them: MRS. ELLEN GOODPASTURE left June 1 to join her husband, the Reverend Kenneth Goodpasture. They will go to Scot- land where he will work towards his Ph.D. degree at the University of Edinborough. MISS IRIS LORCH left us on June 9 and is now in Shreveport, Louisi- ana, for an extended vacation. MRS. RuTh JONES will leave us on July 1. She will take a month's vacation and following that will begin new duties as chief physical-- therapist at the Richmond Me- morial Hospital, August 1. MR. DOMINIC PAGLIALUNGA left June 15 for Canton, Ohio, where he will be staff physical therapist =- at the Community Rehabilitation Center. __= MRS. ANNE STITZER has re- L-- signed to devote full time to her == three children. We are sorry for the error in spelling Mr. Paglialunga's name in = the last issue of THE M~DICOVAN. Another error was the spelling of Thelma Odom's married name. She is now MRS. HARRY ZABRISKE. = Thehna visited us recently and --= looked tanned and happy following _-= MAJOR GENERAL TOMPKINS EXPRESSES APPRECIATION Successful Commencement exercises depend upon a great deal of hard, detailed work by many people. I should like to express, through THE MEDICOVAN, Iny genuine appreci- ation for the work of these people. Some of these have per- formed certain services for many years and we should be lost without them. My genuine thanks goes to: DR. KENNETH CtIERRY and MRS. MILDRED CLARK, who so ably planned the fine program of our Alumni Association. LARRY GOLDMAN, president of the student body, who served as a liaison officer between the student body and the Lord, as I put nay hands upon this wheel ~ Stay at mv shoulder--let me feel ---__ That as I start on nay holiday Thou art with me guiding my way. Lord. slow me down to a normal speed Rules of safety help me to heed Make ine careful on every curve Lest death be waiting when I swerve. Lord, hel1) me carefully drive nay car So I need not answer at any bar That because of me someone is lame Or for a death I inust take the blame. administration, 'giving us the stu- dent viewpoint. JONA~ LARRICK, our indispensa- ble YMCA secretary, ably assisted by Miss JANIS VISER, our student counselor, who carried out many duties throughout the Commence- ment functions with thoroughness and enthusiasm. DR. SIDNEY S. NEGUS and DR. ALTON D. BRASHEAR who acted as marshals and took care of the seat- ing arrangements on the stage at The Mosque. MIss KATHRYN HEITSHU and her staff of dietitians, who gave the students, their families, our visiting alumni, and the faculty such a de- lightful lunch in the Social Center building on Commencement day. MR. CARL R. PARRISn and MRS. JF~SSIE RXCHARDS, who arranged Lord. when my holiday's at an end tours of the institution for our vis- And rested and happy I homeward wend { ltors. DR. ROBERT Q. MARSON who Let me say with thankful heart -- substituted for our associate dean, In deaths on the" highway I had no part. --- Mr. George Bakeman and Miss -- REBECCA MONROE, who prepared T.V.H. her honeymoon trip to Florida. = _= plans for the seating of the gradu- It is God to see an increasin --- -- ates formation of the classes for number ot both medwal and lay diplomas, et cetera. Doctor Mars- e artment" We ~(l~ome visitors am ton x~as assisted in formIn the lines bv DR RICHARD L personnel visiting our d p . ': ' ".' " ,' ' - -." " " g " • - • time • SIMPSON, of the dental school: MR. FRANK PITTS, Of the pharmacy school; Miss MARGUERITE NmHOLSON, of the New Catalogs Now Available The college catalog for 1956-57. 1957-58, is now available in the office of publications and information, or from the re- spective deans. Please bear in mind that the collegc has a mailing list of around 3,000. Before sending catalogs out to deans of other schools, foundations, medical libraries, teaching hospitals, et cetera, please check with Miss Hokc to see whether these are on the ~nailing lists. In this way we can avoid duplications in mailing catalogs. Herman Melton's Technique Printed HERMAN MELTON of our anatomy department had an article in Stain Technolo.gy, VoluIne 31. No. 2, March 1956, on his method developed for marking celloidin serial sections. As inanv of vou know. HERMAN MELTON has been with the anatomy department over 30 years and is one of its most loyal and helpful employees. nursing school; MIss MARGOT TRIMBLE, of the physical therapy school; Miss BARBARA STRAW, of the medical tech- nology school, and DR. JosEp~ K. OWEN, of the school of hospital administration. MRS. LESTER L. GILLESelE, president of the Dames Club, who handled the decorations at The Mosque. DR. R. BLACKWELL SMITH, who arranged for the recep- tion at the Virginia Room and for the dance music. MRS. LI:CY Joli~SoN, the president's secretary, for in- structions to faculty members on graduation exercises. T~E REVEREND J. T. HEISTANI~, rector of Saint Paul's Church for an inspiring baccalaureate address. The deans and course directors, who presented the candi- dates for degrees, or diplomas, at the Conunencement exer- cises. Miss THELMA VAINE ttOKE, who prepared the Com- mencement invitations God program. ..... ,~ ](Continued on page 5)

The MEDICOVAN Page 5 Major General Tompkins' Thanks (Continued from page 4) And last, our retiring president and new chancellor, DR. 1,~:ILLIAM T. SANGER, who in spite of all the committee work conducted the exercises and in addition gave such an elo- quent address. PATHOLOGY STAFF NEWS DR. GORDON HENNIGAR, DR. JOHN NICHOLS, and DR. SAUL KAY attended the meeting of the American Association of Bathologists and Bacteriologists in Cincinnati. DR, JOHN NICHOLS and DR. GORDON HENNIGAR presented papers at the recent Federations Meeting in Atlantic City. DR. LESTER BELTER, DR. ROBERT FER~VSON, and DR. GORDON HENNmAR attended the cardiology symposium con- ducted by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington. Banking Facility To Open Soon The State Corporation Commission has authorized the Bank of Virginia to open a banking facility at MCV. A room in the Social Center Building, near the Campus Room, is being made ready for the bank quarters. The bank will have two people on duty and will be under the direction of MR. WILLIAM T. GORDON, vice-president of the Bank of Virginia. Renal and Electrolyte Seminars Scheduled The seminars will be held on Tuesdays at 1 p.m., in 2 North Classroom; lunch will be available at fifty cents. All interested personnel are invited to participate. The schedule is as follows: June 19--Tubular Re-absorption and Excretion--DR. ERNSt HuF June 26--Urea and Proteins--DR. ALLAN UNGER July 10--Body Fluid Compartments--DR. E. L. BEC~<ER July 17--Strong Electrolytes--DR. ALLAN UNaER July 24--Diuresis and Anti-Diuresis--DR. S. SOLOMON July 31--Hydrogen Ion--DR. NELSON YOVNG August 7--Acid Base Equilibrium in Blood and Urine--DR. JOHN C. FORBES August 14--Re-absorption of Bicarbonate and Excretion-- DR. H. PAGE MAUCK, JR. August 21--Ammonia--MR. IRWN SPORN August 28--Renal Circulation--MR. ANDREW HARAWAV Welcome to Newcomers MARIAN DAVIS--Diet Maid in Research Diet Kitchen WALTER S. HENDERSON--Technician with Mr. Talley in pharmacology DOROTHY PuRvey--Biochemist with Dr. Jesse Weatherby "Tell me, Tom, who is the boss in your house?" "Well," said Tom, "Margie assumes command of the children, the servants, the dog, and the parakeet. But I say I ........ ~ ~,~ .... - .......... , .... ~,~ Digest DR. ERNST FISCHER GOES ABROAD FOR LECTURES DR. ERNST FISCHER, research professor of physiology, will sail June 20 for Europe, returning to MCV about September 19. From July 30 to August 4 he will attend the International Physiological Congress in Brussels, Belgium. From August 8 to August 10 he will be in Praha, Czechoslovakia, where he will give a paper and lead the discussion on The Trophic In- fluence o/ the Nervous System on Skeletal Muscle. He was invited to give the paper and lead the discussion by the Czechoslovak Academy of Science. From August 20 to August 24 he will attend the International Congress of Physical Medicine in Copenhagen, Denmark. From Septem- ber 10 to 15 he will attend the International Congress against Alcoholism in Istanbul, Turkey, and will present the paper of DR. EBBE C. HOFF, MR. KENNETH F. LEE and himself on Comprehensive Rehabilitation o[ Alcoholics in a State Pro- ~fam. While in Europe Doctor Fischer will visit various medical schools. Recent Honors MR. LINWOOD K. PAYNE, who received his master's degree at Commencement, won one of the $I00 prizes awarded by the Vick Chemical Company for a paper on The Synthesis o[ Some Potentially Active Amino Ethers. DR. H. PAGE MAUCK, JR., has been awarded one of the first two Virginia Heart Association cardio-vascular fellow- ships in clinical medicine. His research will be done at MCV. MRS. FRANCES RUSSELL has been initiated into Iota chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the chapter at Vanderbilt Uni- versity. Sigma Theta Tau is the only national nursing honor- ary society. Students and graduates of fully accredited col- legiate schools of nursing are selected on the basis of scholar- ship and leadership. PRESIDENT WILLIAM T. SANGER received his fifth LL.D. honorary degree from Virginia Union University at its an- nual Commencement exercises, June 4. 1 Am Only a Piece ol Work After I leave your hands You may never see me again. People Looking at me, however, will see You, and, so far as they are concerned, I'll be you. Put into me your best So that I may speak to all who see me And tell them of the master workman who Wrought me, Say to them, through me, "I know what good work is." If I am shabby And poorly made, I will get into bad company Then show through me your joy in what you do, So that I may go the way of all good work, Announcing wherever I go that I stand for a Workman that needeth not to be ashamed. --from The Morning Milk (published by Rutgers Graduate School of Bank- ing) by William C. Smith. Reproduction prohibited without written permissic,~ A~-hi ........ .- .... ~.,~ ;-,,. !,~,~ .,_ ,_ MeC~ca! College of VirgmialVirginia Commonweaiu~

Page 6 The MEDICOVAN MEDICAL FACULTY ITEMS Community Medicine: DR. PAUL W. BOWDEN presented a paper on A Method o/ Structuring Community-Wide Health Services /or the Care o[ the Chronically Ill before the health officers' section of the South- ern Branch of the American Public Health Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 5. MIss ABBIE WATSON has been ap- pointed chairman of the biennial pro- gram committee of the department of public health nursing of the National League for Nursing. As chairman of that committee, she will represent pub- ~' lic health nurses on the over-all Nation- '~ al League for Nursing biennial program committee. DR. EDWARD M. HOLMES, JR., spoke on Community Programs [or the Care of the Chronically Ill at the North Carolina Conference for Social Services in Durham, North Carolina, April 16. He also represented the history section of the Richmond Academy of Medi- cine at the annual meeting of the American Association of the History of Medicine at Duke University in Dur- ham. Obstetrics: DR. H. HUDNALL WARE, JR., spent ten days in Chicago giving the examin- ations of the American Board of Ob- stetrics and Gynecology. Doctor Ware is an associate examiner. From May" 20 to May 23 Doctor Ware attended the meetings of the American Gynecological Society in Washington. Otolaryngology: DR. DOUGLAS HAYDEN attended the meetings of the American Laryngology, Rhinology and Otology Society and of the American Broncho-Esophagology Society in Montreal, Canada, May 16- 17. Doctor Hayden will address the Barbour - Randolph - Tucker County Medical Society at its seventh annual postgraduate session at Elkins, West Virginia, on June 21. DR. PETER N. PASTORE attended the meetings of the American Otological Society and of the American Laryngo- logical Society at the Mt. Seignory Club, Montebello, Canada. May 10-14, and the American Broncho-~sopha- gology Society in Montreal, May 16-17. Dr. G. Watson James, Ill, Traveling in Europe DR. G. WATSON JAMES, III, sailed on the SS United States, May 11, for Europe. He will travel in England, Ger- many, and France, returning to Rich- mond June 20. He will attend the First International Congress on Vitamin B- 12 and Intrinsic Factor in Hamburg and visit various medical schools. In Memoriam SUE RYE BRUCE 1893-1956 People and flowers have many characteristics in common. There are flowers that by their sheer brilliance overshadow all others in the garden--there are flowers that stand haughty, proud, and stiff--there are flowers that hide 'neath the shade of other flowers and only now and then peep out from their shadowy beds--there are flowers so sickeningly sweet they are enjoyed for a feb' mo- ments and then cause a headache --there are flowers that spread and choke out every other flower planted near them. In remembering Sue Rye Bruce, who was with us from Jan- uary 15, 1944 until her sudden death on May 25, 1956, let's think of another flower, with none of the characteristics men- tioned above, but withal one that graces any garden and sheds warmth and cheer. What flower? It could be none other than the old-fashioned Brown-Eyed Susan. Our Sue was brown-eyed and had a very spe- cial place in the garden of our lives. Her cheery "Come back to see us" started our days off right when we called at the post office for our morning mail. Gentle, gracious, warm-hearted --our brown-eyed Sue will be greatly missed.--T.V.H. The Bakemans Report Fine Time MR. and MRS. GEORGE BAKEMAN, now traveling in Europe, let us knob" now and then by postals that they are having a marvelous trip. They are ex- pected back around July 5. While abroad Mr. Bakcman is visiting many ~a.~q~ . ~oql~m ........ , ~,~S. ~ ~ .~ / SCHOOL OF NURSING FACULTY NEWS Miss C. VIOLA HAHN represented the college at the Virginia Public Health Conference, sponsored by the State Department of Health in Roa- noke, May 1-4. DEAN SYBIL MACLEAN, MRS. MADGE I, ONGLEY, MISS ANN STEIGLEDER, MRS. FRANCES RUSSELL of MCV school and MRS. Louise BLOWe and Miss MENCIE TROTTER of the St. Phil- ip school attended the biennial conven- tion of the American Nurses' Associ- ation in Chicago, May 14-17. Miss JEAN HAYTER was in Washing- ton, May 22-25, attending a symposium on prevention and control of venereal diseases, sponsored bv the United States Public Health gcrvice. More than half of our faculty mem- bers attended the State Conference on Curriculum Revision held in the Ba- ruth Auditorium, May' 31-June 1. DEAN SYBIL MACLEAN and Miss LouisE WIEDMER attended the South- ern Regional Conference meeting in Augusta, Georgia, June 6-7. The dis- cussions at the meeting were on junior college programs in nursing. Mo~nents of Pride Now and then a lump comes in our throats because of kindly things people do, or say. Two things occurred during our Commeneement functions that touched us deeply: First our medical students just before their annual student-faculty take-off, recalled the star role had al- ways been that of portraying DR. WIL- LIAM B. PORTER. The president of the class asked that everybody stand in re- spect to Doctor Porter. At the Commencement exercises, MR. BUFORD SCOTT, chairman of the Board of Visitors, called attention to Doctor Porter's illness and asked that the REVEREND DOCTOR GEORGE OSS- MAN offer a prayer for him. Such things as these really show the heart of MCV and inspire pride in all who work here. They are assurances that we are appreciated and not for- gotten in times of illness and sorrow. It is good to knob'; it is better to do; it is best to be. To be pure and strong, to be honest and earnest, to be kindly and thoughtful, and in all to be true, to be manly and womanly. He can do more for'others who has done most for D. Gordon

The MEDIGOVAN 5Jdt47~4~e4 ~--¢,'~ ~><~i~1, L.Pa~.7 c,o0Lo Me,Ileal Records .). ~ S F P S CREDIT DEPARTMENT Vacation time is here again. Sew'ral of our staff have taken vacations al- ready: MR. C. H. EARNEST, MRS. LOUISE "V~'HITZGALL, MRS. NANCY SLUSKER. and MIss ELIZABETH BOAT- WRIGHT. MRS. AVA RAY spent three davs in Roanoke recently attending the Busi- ness and Professional Women's State convention as a delegate. MRS. KATHLEEN DIEMENTE is leav- ing us to devote her time to housekeep- ing. We shall miss Kathleen and our best wishes go with her. MRS. HELVEY NIELSEN will take Mrs. Diemente's place. We are glad that MRS. DOROTHY STARGELL'S little girl is making a satis- factory recovery from a broken leg. We welcome Miss EULA HOLLAND, our new clerk-typist. Dietary Department MISS KATIIRYN HEITSHU attended alumnae day and class reunion at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, June 2. Miss ANNIE LEIaH WHITLOCX has resigned as ward therapeutic dietitian to accept the position of head thera- peutic dietitian at the Richmond Me- morial Hospital. MRS. MARGARET MITCHELL has transferred from the State Health De- partment to MCV as cafeteria man- ager here. She completed her intern- ship at MCV and has been on our staff before. MR. M. R. WHITE and MR. JOHN R. PATTILLA, Richmond department of public health, held a food sanitation training course for our dietary em- ployees, May 8-10. Sixty-five employees attended and thirty received certifi- cates for attending both classes. College Business Office MR. DAN CROOKS' son, Danny, is a patient in MCV Hospital. We wish him a speedy recovery. BARBARA BLACK is leaving us to ac- cept a position at the Norfolk General Hospital. We welcome her replace- ment, MRS. JOYCE O'CONNELL. WITHERS DAVIS HANSBARGER is also leaving us. We shall miss Barbara and Withers and wish them every thing good. MRS. ANNIE KARTZ took a week's '~'t' welcolue two new inenlbcrs to our departnwnt: MRS. ANNIE SIBLEY, formcrlv in the admitting department, and MRS. GENEVA BRADFORD, former- iv with the Baroness Erlanger Hospital, (]hattanooga, Tennessee. MRS. CARDEN is now back at work after a long illness. We certainly missed her and are so happy to have her back. Cupid has been at it again~ Mrss BARBARA ANDERSON, of our medical reporting section, was married on May 25 and is now Mrs. Owens. Our best wishes. MRs. XEN~A BREHMER has joined her husband in Key West, Florida. She has been our file clerk for three and a half years and we are sorry to lose her. M~ss ELSIE SINSHEIMER spent a part of her vacation in New York. M~ss LoursE S~NSHE~ER, a part- time employee here, will be graduated from high school this month. Linen and Sewing Room Our department has been saddened bv the recent death of BESSIE MALONE, one of our former employees. MRS. IOLA BOYKIN spent the week- end with her brother in Courtland, Vir- ginia. We welconie back MRS. ELIZABETH McKAY, who has been away for two weeks due to illness. MRS. GRACE GREEN recently attend- ed a family reunion at her home in North Carolina. We are sorry to learn that MRS. ELIZABETH BARHAM, who for many years was associated with MCV Hos- pital, has suffered a heart attack and is confined to bed. Purchasing Department Wc welcome MR. EDWIN A. PHIL- LIPS in our Hospital Division store- rooIn, and MRS. SUSAN SEASOYER replaces MRS. CONNIE GONIE, who is being transferred to the college bookstore. MR. JULIAN HORD, who replaces Mr. Flannagan in the mimeograph room. MR. HENRY ALLEN, who replaces Mr. W. K. Hansen in the college book- store. We extend our sympathy to MR. JULIAN HORD in the death of his father. vacation recently. The College Division goes on sum- MRS. ANN KENYON, comptroller's met hours this month. O~ces now open office, has a son,bo, s'n June. 4.. Reoroduction pronit3i~ecr w~mou~ written ~~fr~h~d close at 5:15 p.m. r':'<;'~'.< ar, a Special "%~ileam';o"ic "t- m<'.! ;ns-b!cCavv L.iDt;i:ry THERAPY Stall" and students of the school visit- ed the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville on May 15. They attended an all-day series of lectures by Dr. Charles O. Bechtol, of Yale Uni- w-rsity. Students and faculty had a final get- together in Bryan Park, May 25. The Baruch Center will be well rep- resented at the Second Congress of the World Confederation for Physical Therapists, New York city, June 17- 23. Those planning to attend are: SUSANNE HINT, MAReOT TRIMBLE, FRED SZUMSKI, CARLTON JONES, RUTH LATIMER, and Jo BUOA. We are sorry to lose NANCY WHIT- NEY to the Warm Springs Foundation as assistant chief of functional physical therapy. Our good wishes go with her. Our congratulations to FRED SZUM- S~I on receiving his master's degree in physical therapy. Congratulations are also in order for SUE HInT who received her ~naster of education from the University of Vir- ginia on June 1 I. Gilt Shop VIRGINIA SMITH, who has been out for a tonsillectomy, is back at work and feeling fine. THE HITCHING POST Miss MARY ALICE RANDALL, of the school of physical therapy, and MR. JOHN WEBB SIMMONS, III (M-4), Spartanburg, S. C., June 16. Miss VIROINIA M. LONG, staff occu- pational therapist in Baruch Center, and DR. ROSERT L. MOTYCA, June 23, Troupsburg, New York. Miss VIRGINIA G. MABRY, of the publications office, and Mr. Carter Lee Diggs, June 6, Ashland, Virginia. Our best wishes and hearty congrat- ulations.

Page 8 The MEDICOVAN COMMENCEMENT ADDRE~;~;:7~S May 29, 1956 THREE REMINDERS WILLIAM T. SANGER, President Mr. Scott, distinguished guests, members of the Board of Visitors, and the faculty, the graduating classes, ladies, and gentlemen: At this, nay thirty-fourth consecutive MCV Commence- ment, I find myself a draftee to speak briefly, as mentioned by Mr. Buford Scott, chairman of our Board of Visitors. Fortunately, there is one respect in which we are all born equal--each of us with 24 hours a day. I wish to offer three observations, or three reminders, that will make heavy de- mands upon your original daily capital of 24 hours. I have often said to my colleagues at the college, "Given the funds, housing for a great medical center can be con- structed within several years, but building an outstanding in- stitution within these buildings is a never-ending job." Similarly, given the funds, it is easy to build a house--your house--but making a home in it is a life-long undertaking. One of the cardinal human weaknesses is to take home, fam- ily, parents, and close friends for granted. This almost nega- tive attitude makes against home building at its best. Only by eternal vigilance do we escape the pitfall of taking those dearest to us for granted. The details and emphasis in home building will vary with each of you as individuals except in one respect; it takes time and effort, constant effort, to be successful. This is my first reminder. Graduation tonight means for you entering a profession. One characteristic common to all professions has always im- pressed me: the work involved is primarily an end in itself-- not a means to an end; thus compensation, or earnings, takes second place. The professional person, therefore, must find much of his reward in the satisfaction of work well done rather than in monetary consideration. We find a happy parallel in the experience of the creative artist. He paints, composes music, designs, or what not, for the sheer love of the performance. Funds for paying the bill take second place,, and, unfortunately, sometimes they have been scant. Another parallel that I like is children at play. They are not exercising to get strong, or grow up; their activities are ends in themselves--their own all but unconscious reward. To me, the real professional, like the artist at work and the child at play, so completely loses himself in the perform- ance of his varied responsibilities, whether easy or difficult, that his work satisfactions increase to the point where pro- fessional routine really is an end in itself. Thus quality is as- sured and a livelihood is likely to follow. This is my second reminder. As with rew~rc~ing homelife an~ professional, de~e.~p.ment, ','~: :~:< ,'~ ~'C ~ I'~t~:','~ • ' ':~ ..... .... i. , so democracy must be achieved; it too comes with effort-- the right kind of effort. Tiffs opportunity is a part of our social heredity. It is so easy for busy professional people to take this opportunity casually, to let so~neone else do the community work unless a challenging emergency arises, maybe an epidemic or a war. Patriots of peace are impor- tant, too. They are the people who identify their own wel- fare with the welfare of their community, as we all do in periods of crisis. It is my conviction that we are not entitled to the fruits of democracy unless we help to produce them. I think this holds true whether our concern is local, state, national, or world- wide. Professional people have had unusual opportunities and, therefore, have unusual responsibilities not only to be good citizens but to set good examples for other citizens. How complicated these responsibilities are! Complicated because life becomes more complicated all the while. Civic work, like other work, is rewarding if we give our- selves to it as an end in itself--lose ourselves in the greater social welfare. Heed the call to community service with zest; soon you will take to it with happiness, remembering that the community may be local, or even international. This is my third reminder. My three reminders are really the same--the same philoso- phy for each. Whether building our basic institution, the home; the profession you are to live by; or functioning as a citizen--all three are inter-related. We do our best by mak- ing each an earnest effort, an end in itself, so soul-consuming as to bring the ultimate in what some call the "good life". I can assure you from experience that it is not easy to bal- ance out the use of time in the right proportion to meet the demands of home--profession--community activities. Often I have failed at one point or another. As of tonight, new and promising doors open to each of you. As you enter, you have our combined support, our con- tinuing interest, and our hearty congratulations. Make a good go of it! Editor's Note: As the graduating classes this year were the last classes to be awarded diplomas by President Sanger, the Board of Visitors unanimously requested that he make the Commencement address. Since he became president of MCV in 1925 Doctor Sanger has not missed a Commencement.