January 20, 1909
Meeting of Faculty of College of Medicine with
Dean Ward presiding. Present Barker, Dales,
Everett,Guenther, Heltner, Lehnhoff, Lyman, Powers,
Waite, Walker, Wekesser, Willard, Wolcott.
In regard to the "required elective" the Course of study Com-
mittee presented recommendations which were scanned, to reas as fol-
lows:
Since it is grealty to be desired that this institution grad-
uate those who are students of medicine, as well as practitioners -
investigators, as well as physicians - it is also desirable that
some instruction be given which will turn their attention in that
direction and prepare them so far as possible for that type of work.
Therefore, this Committee recommends that the elective course which
appears in the second year of the four-year course, be used in
the following manner:
1. This elective must be taken in some department of the Col-
lege of Medicine.
2. While we recognize that students cannot do research work
which shall be in the nature of original investigation, it is fur-
ther recommended that they be given by the department in which they
take this elective a course in which, whatever other instruction it
involves, there shall be instructions in the working up on the liter-
ature concerning a specific problem, also directly related to the
field fo medicine, the carrying out of laboratory work is the same
manner as if it were original research, and the presentation of the
result is thesis form with a proper bibliography.
In this connection,
A motion prevailed requiring each department to submit
to the Dean the number of studnets that he can accomadate
and that the Dean be requested in advising students, to secure
a proper distribution among departments.
Minutes read and approved. PJ Harrison, Secy
