TABLE I :
SUMMARY OF MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICATIONS FROM 1926 to 1938

 

 

 

 

Accepted Refused
Total Accepted But State Out-of-State
Date Enrolled* Not Enrolled Applicants Applicants** Total
1926-'27 an 23 25 83 215
1927-'28 75 10 31 128 2uy
1928-!29 73 22 35 140 270
1929-'30 7 14 24 142 251
1930-'31 76 11 37 137 261
1931-'32 81 10 37 8S 206
1952+" 3) fe 9 32 150 264
1933-'34 15 15 32 97 219
1934-135 $1 16 30 118 245
1935-'36 87 9 47 148 291
1936-37 17 18 60 | 154 309
1937-'38 82 25 51 201 359

 

 

The inspection of the School of Medicine a year ago by the Council
on Medical Education of the American Medical Association graded the Law-
rence division low on physical facilities--anatomy in the lower 30 per
cent of all schools in the country, biochemistry in the lower 20 per cent,
and physiology in the lower 40 per cent. This evaluation may have an un-
fortunate effect on the rating of the School, which to date has been an
"A" institution.

Anatomy. The anatomy department is temporarily located in the small
frame building originally constructed for a cafeteria. The building is
not fireproof, and this imposes a real risk on the $30,000 inventory of
equipment, models, charts, and microscopic collections, some of which can-
not be replaced. The intention of the Regents and the University Adminis-
tration was to raze the building, until the closing of Dyche Museum six
years ago forced the removal of the anatomy department from temporary
quarters there to the cafeteria building.

The building has no recitation or lecture rooms, and for these pvr-
poses rooms in other buildings on the campus must be used at free hours,
which often are not convenient to the medical students. This situation
makes the use of available illustrative material almost impossible, and
thus the instructional efficiency is cut down.

The building has next to no facilities for housing and care of ani-
mals. There is no provision for certain modern methods of teaching, such
as X-ray, cross section anatomy, and experimental work. Room for offices.

 

* Total enrolled in first year class.
** This is number of applicants who actually applied--many were persuaded
not to make formal application.

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