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In other ways the work of this School is of great importance. On the
present plan, according to which Director Crozier is not in attendance
during the first and the last month of the session, the work is seriously
compromised. If, therefore, your resources will justify the expenditure,
it is advised that the Director be engaged for the entire college year.

The Hospital.- As will be seen in the accompanying report of the
Superintendent of the Hospital and of the Bursar, the work of the past
year in the Hospital has been larger than it was last year, and yet
the drain on its account the general income has been less. Barring
the death there of an outside patient and one student, the year has
been most satisfactory. You are referred to the Superintendent's re-
port for details. Miss Gwaltney's unselfish service as Head Nurse, is
above price, extending, as it does, beyond strictly professional limits
to touch with refining influence the social side of student life.

Electric Light Plant.-The arrangement authorized by you in May,
1907, for a contract with a proposed Electric Light Plant Company in
the town of Wake Forest, has so far failed to materialize. It now
appears improbably that such a company will be organized in the near
future. At the same time the College is on record before the public as
promising electric lights by the beginning of the next session. Your
attention is respectfully called to this serious matter.

The Bursar's Office.-The wisdom of your action in the creation of the
position of Secretary and Bursar, has been abundantly demonstrated
by the work of the year. The very satisfactory showing of the office
in collections from students is remarked upon earlier in this report.

The fictures installed this year in his office make it modern in its ap-
pointments and greatly more serviceable. His generosity in meeting
out of his personal resources a large part of the expense deserves your
special recognition.

Recommendations.-The specific recommendations of this report may
be briefly stated here:

1. Provision for an electric light plant.
2. Appointment of a permanent librarian.
3. Election of a successor to Dr. Gaines, resigned.
4. Employment of Director J. R. Crozier for all his time.
5. Appropriation to the expenses of enxt session according to the
suggestions of the Budget Committee.

The reports of the Dean of the School of medicine, the Dean of the
School of Law, the Superintendent of the College Hospital, the Man-
aging Committee of the College Hospital, the Buildings and Grounds
Committee, and the Budget Committee, are transmitted herewith as a
part of this report. WILLIAM LOUIS POTEAT,
President.
Wake Forest College, May 1, 1908.

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REPORT OF THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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To the President of Wake Forest College:

Sir:-I beg to submit herewith my report of the Medical School for
the session of 1907-'08.

Past.-The history of the Medical School to May, 1907, has been
dealt with in previous reports. It therefore falls to my lot under this
paragraph, to deal with its development since that date.

Its growth is evidenced by the increase in the number of students over
last year.
1907-'07 1907-'08
In medical classes............................................. 22 24
In prescribed work for medicine........................ 17 20
Total preparing for and taking medicine............. 39 44

The growing influence of the Medical School is also shown by the
larger number of students applying for the B.S. degree at the ap-
proaching commencement.

Present.-As pointed out in previous reports, the only justification
for the addition of another Medical School to the already excessive sup-
ply, is the elevation of the work done in these departments.

Our aim, then, is thoroughness. That the department has to a certain
extent atttained this end is attested by its high official standing in The
American Association of Medical Colleges, and The New York List of
Accredited Medical Schools, the only organizations in America whose
purpose is the elevation of the standards of medical education, and
whose membership depends upon the quality of the work performed by
its members.

The Wake Forest College School of Medicine is one of the seven medi-
cal departments in the South that are members of the Association of
American Medical Colleges; it is one of the five in Group I. of The
New York List of Accredited Medical Schools; one of the three that
have membership in both of the above organizations.

The entrance requirements of this department are, so far as I can
find out, the highest of all Medical Schools South of Johns Hopkins,
and its official standing as high as any Medical School in America.

Future.-In my opinion the work of this Medical Department, as
compared with other medical schools, is through. I believe that
thoroughness guarantees its success. In both apparatus and teachers
it must not be allowed to suffer, and no backward step must be
thought of. WATSON S. RANKIN,
May 1, 1908. Dean.