i           STATE OF  NEW-YORK.    ?

I  .                    No.  53.
Of the committee on medical  colleges and  socie-
   ties, on the petitions of the trustees and the me-
   dical faculty of Geneva College.
   Mr. Taylor, from the committee on medical colleges and societies,
 to whom was referred the petition of the trustees and the medical fa-
 culty of Geneva College,

 REPORTS:

   That the medical department of Geneva  College, was organized in
 1834 \mder the  powers conferred upon the  college, and by the act  of
 27th March 1835, was placed in point of privileges, upon an equal foot-
 ing with the medical colleges of the several States of the Union.

   Since its establishment its Usefulness has been fairly subjected to the
 test of experiment*, and public observation ;  commencing with a class
 of a little  over 20 in  1835, the number  of students has steadily in-
 creased and has reached to 130 during the  present term.  But notwith-
 standing this apparently prosperous condition of the school, it has had
 had to struggle against pecuniary difficulties which have doubtless ma-
 terially contributed to lessen its usefulness to the public.

  The affairs of the different departments of the college  have to be
kept entirely distinct,  and while the trustees of the college, owing to
the long delay of that public aid which has been promptly extended to
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•ther colleges, have been so embarrassed in their pecuniary affairs as
to be utterly unable te afford the necessary aid to the medical depart-
ment.   The medical faculty who have the immediate  charge of the
interests of  this  department, have been  subjected to heavy pecuniary
responsibilities,  and still  have been unable  to furnish for the medical
classes the buildings and apparatus essential to the success and useful-
ness of the school.

   The buildings now occupied by the literary and medical departments
are within a few feet of each other, and all the buildings are said to be
inadequate even for the classical department.   This juxtaposition of the
buildings of the two departments, disadvantageous to both, has resulted
from the  inability of the  trustees to remove the  literary department to
another location as was contemplated when the medical  buildings was
erected, and from necessity ihey have been obliged to resolve on retain-
ing it permanently in the old location.   The trustees after adopting this
resolution, engaged to furnish a building for the medical  department in
another location, but have hitherto  been, and still are, unable to fulfill
this engagement.

   The recent annuity from the State, was set apart exclusively by the
Legislature to the payment of professors  and teachers in the literary
department, while the medical department  has received no endowment
er assistance from the State.

   The salutary  influence of well conducted medical schools upon one
of the paramount interests of  community—the public health, and the=
duty of the public to sustain them, is  becoming, it is believed^ more
duly appreciated ; and your committee  entertain  the opinion, that from
the rising repntation of  the medical department of Geneva College,  its
eligible location  in  the centre of Western New-York, and its evident
need of aid to develope its usefulness to the public, it presents a strong
claim upon  the fostering care of the Legislature.
The committee, therefore, ask leave to introduce a bill.