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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RECEIVES AN "A"
American Association of Medical Colleges Recognizes University
BY FANNIE INEZ  BELL      ■
IN THE yesteryear (meaning not
long in point of time but a great
change in conditions) Oklahoma's school of medicine was indicated on the medical map by a very
small dot.
Today, or in fact since last March,
the dot has been increased to a large
red circle and now may be seen from
all parts of Oklahoma, and even in
surrounding states.
This important position on the map
came by reason of the action of the
American Association of Medical
Colleges in giving the school Class
A standing. Our school is now ranked
with the best and alongside Rush
Medical School, Harvard and Johns
Hopkins  Universities.
Though probably it would be untrue to say that Oklahoma ranks with
these universities in every respect, yet
the fundamental requirements are the
same, and on some points we not only
are their equal, but might be graded
even higher. One of these points is
close-up observation by the students
of all class clinic work and a more
personal, and therefore, more beneficial relation bettveen faculty and students. These are the advantages
named by President Stratton D.
Brooks and make up to some extent,
at least, for the longer list of faculty members and better equipment of
the older schools.
A T ANY rate the
■**■ young men .of
this state who wish
to place an "M. D."
after their names
need not go outside
its borders to do so;
nor do the young
women who wish to
become nurses. A
"sheepskin" from
Oklahoma is worth
as much as from any-
other Class A medical school, as they
all have uniform requirements for both matriculation and
graduation.
And from the intrinsic point of
view—an angle that a medical student can hardly afford to overlook
because   it   takes   six   vears'   training
to become a doctor—a degree from a
Class A school is worth a great deal
more in dollars and cents than from
a school of lower rating.
Also the  state  as a whole  will  be
benefited in two ways:    First we will
DR. LEROY LONG
have better-trained physicians because the requirements are higher;
and second, the "weaker students"
will be weeded out. In all cases in
which there -is the least doubt as to
the eligibility of a student, he is not
question asked. This fall semester's
figures answer. There has been an
increase of twenty-two students. The
total number of students last year
was 120. This year it is 142. There
is a marked increase among pre-
medics but the}- are considered part
of the college of arts and sciences
till they enroll in the school of medicine. This is significant. It has but
one interpretation. The young people
of this state, as well as other states,
now know that Oklahoma has a Class
A school of medicine and they are
looking to it for their medical education.
IT HAS been said that the history of
any nation is merely the history of
its great men. Though it would be
untrue to say that the history of this
school began in the fall of 1915 when
Dr. LeRoy Long became associated
with it as dean, yet it certainly is not
claiming too much to say that the
school has risen to a very high point
of development under his direction,
and that this growth is the fruitage
of Dean Long's effort.
In the five years that he has been
with the school eighty-nine students
have been graduated, the entrance
requirements have been increased so
that they now conform with the Association of American Medical Colleges, appropriations to the amount
of $400,0001 have been
made by the state
legislature, and Class
A standing has been
achieved. This is a
record not to be
scorned by even the
most  ambitious.
NEW UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL,  OKLAHOMA  CITY
admitted,  according  to  faculty  members.
This point of higher entrance requirements was the cause of some
speculation. "Will it tend to increase
or decrease the enrollment?" was the
PERHAPS it was
because Dr.
Long was born on
historic soil in North
Carolina that he was
due to fill a few-
pages of history,
himself. Anyway
the event took place the first day of
January, 1869, on a farm in Lincoln
county near the spot where the famous "Battle of Cow Pens" of the
Revolutionary war was fought. His
training   in  the   public   schools   was
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