Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-04
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EXERCISES Al THE RICHMOND MEDICAL toll.E'E
Yesterday was the dag for comforting the degree OF
NJ d uunn The young gentlemen who graduated the
session Just closed. BY II clock, the spacious Lee
ue Room Of the College was crowded To excess win
an intelligent audience, TO which the presence OF some
hundred or more ladies gave br'lllancy and beauty
Soon after the appointed hour the Faculty entered the
room headed by the President Of lampden Sidney Col
cre the Governor and several gentlemen OF the clergy,
and followed bv the Graduates, whose crmsoned checks
told that they bore the honor about TO be conferred upon
them with ,nodesty that shrlnks from public gaze
The Exercises were opened with prayer by the Kew
T. l., Magoon, after which the degree OF H. d. was
conferred upon the following gentlemen by President
| Maxwell viz: VIM. A. Tom of Culpeper VIM. White
Of Norfolk County; F. ID. Martin OF North Carolina
| OTIS +. Manson, Richmond; 1hos. Pollard, Hanover
| James r. Trueheart Richmond; W. H. Young, laro-
line: r H. Christian, Amherst \. ~ Hall, Pcersburg'
w O. Farrar, Alabama J. e. Massie, Amherst, w
/ H. Williams Albemarr, $. Dudley, Chesterfield; ).
s TribbIr Essex; w II. Macon Hanover; Slraughan
| $ Henley King and Queen; Henry Latham, Lynch
burg and VIM H. Denny, Richmond Also, honorary
degree Of NJ d. on bartholomew Esah oi iien'y cou'
/ ty.
After comforting the honors, Mr.. Maxwell delivered
brief vet chaste and impressive address TO the young
gentlemen congrauating them upon their new dis'
function, and invoking them as iaoorers IN 'ne rhs
science of medicine not altcr by the way Their
studies rather than being At an end, had barely begun
The way had only been pointed out to them-the theory
had been piyen them, upon which they were to IN
prove by Experience and their studies They must oea
home with them the motto, "labor ipse voluplas.
In the course of Mr.. Maxwell 5 remarks speaking
the duty Of citizens and warning the young gentlemen
nga;ns the brawling demagogues OF the Court greens
he was interrupted with raptuTous applause by inc au
die while paving tribute TO one oil tile distinguished
Alumni of tile College over which he presided, whom
the nation had just elevated TO the highest station IN III
rift He SAID ssthat from the days Of Lucfer TO Napo
/ Leon no man had been trusted with power VINO had no
abused it-save Washington "No man would :
q" will recall this, says he eyes may we not nope
that that august and distinguished individual who mas
recently been called TO preside over tins great Repuo
| lie will make another exception, and be second Wash
ine,on:" fFeafaronadc !-EnquirerJ
| DR. Augustus L. Warner closed the exercises with a
vacdictory which would enrich the pages Of any WORK
To attempt sketch of would be to rob the bouquet Of
lis most beautiful flower.
The College is no in fine condition, and It !:
pointed out 10 the stranger one OF the Lions o
our CITY The Editor Of the Lynchburg frglian
paid the following compliment TO the college IN one oil
hls recent letters from Richmond
"1his morning. visited, as one OF committee ap-
pointed for that purpose, the Medical College IN inns
place which, am glad 10 say, is in fourlshlng con-
dton, and which, if properly sustained as it should
be, will before long become the pride OF the State IL
has an able faculty, and considerable number OF stu
dents are in attendance upon lis Lectures Attached
to the College is an Indrmary in which number OF
patients are accommodated, rooms admirably adapt
ed to their comfort and with all "means and appli-
ances' to aid in their recovery | Observed gliding
softly from one another, several Of that self
DENYING order, the Sisters IF CharHy, who cmphnt
caly renounc,ug the world dedicate their lives TO The
relief of suffering humanity They devote their whole
time to the sick, nursing them with patient asslduy
and waichful vigilance, which cannot be eXceled by
the anxious tenderness even OF parental and connga
affection.