North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-17

NEW MEDICAL COLLEGE. The Right Rev. James
Ryder, d. D., President of Georgetown College.
delivered an address at the opening Of the Medical
Department OF Georgetown College, in the lecture
room of the Smithsonian Institution. yesterday eve-
ming.
There was large attendance of ladies and gentle
men, and fine band of music performed several
delightful airs.
The address of DR.. Ryder received with mark
ed favor by the audiences; and in the of which
he said that Georgetown College dates more than
sixty years back. 1t established by the united
efforts of the Archbishop of Baltimore-Carol-s' a
name saced to patriotism and religion" and his as
sociates, the Jesuts, of which society he dis
tinguished member The institution perched on
an eminence, in his own emphatic language, 50 the
most lovely that the eye could wish TO rest on.' The
institution, having no patronage and governmental
aid, was obliged to depend on its own efforts and
such the industry of its members that, long,
it became conspicuous; and in 1915, of its first
eieces stood in Congress, among the most illusrous
statesmen of the day; and one who has left name
as patriot, orator, and Christan-the illustrious
Judge CASTOR, at that time member of Congress
moved by filial gratitude for the institution of his
early education, proposed that it be elevated to the
dignity of university. Congress approvedt the
ure and, from that day, Georgetown College became
university by authority of the General Government,
and was, therefore, authorized to confer degrees of
science and art IN all the departments.
But the science of medicine had not been introdu-
ced until now. Gentlemen of that profession having
made proposition, it gladly accepted; and the
department opened.
The reverend gentleman then proceeded to vindi-
cate the profession from aspersons which had been
cast upon it, and highly eulogized it, viewing the
physician priest in the temple of Dature, mpor-
tant in that sphere, and to the priest of religion
in the temple of God. Where, he asked, do you ever
hear the scriptures say honor the lawyer! 1.-THE au-
dence applauded.1 He did not wish to detract from
the purity of the aw-the law and the profits" are
spoken Of together. [Laughter.] Neither the char
of the law military science. nor any other
profession of the sanctuary has been eulogized
by the scriptures, except that of the physician. Hon
the physician on account of his art it is of heav.
emily origin. Medical science commenced when oul
first parents went out of the Garden of Eden. Then
the great physician of mankind the Saviour of the
world, promised to remedy the ills of nature by
providing for an immortal existence. From thai
day medical science established. In the early
period of the world it mixed up W ith fable. The
medical profession considered as divine, and
Esculapus made god. When he reflected on
the condition of the physician, when he looked upon
him discharging his duties to society, he regarded
him sacred beng-as a connecting link between
suffering humanity and the Providence which governs
it. The physician reminded him of the character Of
the Goldman, of whom it is recorded that he passed
through the multitude healing all.
The reverend doctor then adverted, among other
things, to what the physician generally required
to understand in connection with his profession and
in conclusion, he argued in favor of the medical de-
partment opened, in addition to the already
in existence in the District of Columbia, insisting
that there and necessity for both and pre-
dieting for that under the auspices of the Georgetown
| College abundant success. Wash. Republic.