, 1864-03-02
LIND MEDICAL COLLEGE.
Sixth Annual Commencement EXer-
clses-Dellvory Of Diplomas and
Addresses to tho Gradu-
AGiuE Glass,

QnIytrhtty, were held at tho college r0ome, corner
Of Ringold Place and State street, last evening.
There were few present bealdes the graduating
claee and their friends. r..
The exercises were opened With prayer by Rev.
Ms. Shipper. after which Professor A. johnson,
the President Of the Institution, conferred the de-
grees upon the following gentlemen graduates:
Dsnie1 Bingham Bobb, Alexander 8. Martin,
Albert Z. Converse, George II. Means, N. D.,
M 4Sam cslte4 sissn arsvo1a With 1fa zad5 s. Fsnme,
Thomas HanEfn.on, n: =. WILCOX, MD,
eoles eos1 Il Ms'es tosee eaa eHSqs Wa1s Wilson
James Sidney I.ackey,
The address OF Professor johnson Was delivered
with great spirit, and aboundcd with practical
hints and suggestions appropriate to the occasion.
Following the remarks Of this gentleman came
the addreas of Professor Henry Wing, of which
the following is brief abstract:
vALED1cToRY ADDREss.
II has been said that there is but one journey
through life, and no going back to correct mistakes.
Each opportunity comes but once. TO the young
fenced up and hedged IL BY habit BY talents devel
opcd ard talents wanting. TO certa1n extent
man has become prisoner Of his OWL faculties, 80
tes nsG d:at a pSasbls 70 hS En-. Il i
man does 20 xiii be think; that which is habituai
it's By degrees that profession wears into a
man, and What once would have seemed quaint
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give 1t, by the high authority Of your State But as
yet you hare Tot entered upon your professional y
preparation soa afs not oopelled to % 70 forward. ~
It has been said that the proper study of mankind
is Ean, " and whether We accept the statement Or
portion Of our years in that important study, what
Let us then, in . spirit 81 candor, examine the
make mistake, there ID NO going back after we ar
rive at the end to correct It. First as mcans Of
intellectual culture, come strdies tend to develop
man may gtndy Mathematics to ench IN extent,
that his mind will run exclusively into num-
beEs and J. quantities. Other studies exclusively
Some become 50 ensrossed in collecting specimens
Of single article In natural history that they viii
psrs BY oil = equally inrostnnt. Although we may
10 be shown as the most desirable.
The pursuit Of Medicine. however, is no exclu-.
sire subject. You have eecn how the elements Of
mans nature and the Laws Of action must be sought
for oateide Of tic body: To be unacrstood they
must be taken in their simplest ors, and the study
ot these forms leads to the study q inorgnn!e sub
xiiea ths1e i no Organization which
yoa must not understand. II ths simplest oganl-
and etep by step the most complex and mysterious
organization is reached. II not directly student
e. m hs aq a9tu 4
ts and associations invite you to the Investigation
c: that high history Of man which involves the ECO
Logical dsselopment Of bis place G: aSoie- 9Gae
n c1 a1 n11H
critical etudy of :. the conditions Of life.
This is not quite ali; ron a1e concerned in yari-
Gus social rel relations. cmploynents and pleasufes:
your special concern and In consequence arc stu.
dents Of Institutions and customs. The study Of
a. ae 4 se eod 81 n & Ss F1 s sesE,ss sa as
pursued in The right spirit xou win tread reyaent-
i along the path where the Creator has eone in His
roa ase ou e hs 1 Of &c aaPae
There are so1ne men who despair u keeping up
with the profession, and rest on what knowledge
IN aueh thonshts as tacs w Be tal to ~, your inte
leaual culture The practice Of medicine is very
different from the study: Il Is apparent that The
IT, good deal Of 1t is among scenes dIseimifar to
life in general During the reign Of m epidemic
men shnt Themselves up flom tne unweleome ex-
gee. Some bend oveE tumpt with keen practic-
edeSe, to sec how much money or rcnown there Is
60 M s %
negeet of ltudy. .1hs phJsieian who Keeps pace
deissna more f5' The laws Of j hat sse saeras M
which he Is unable to relieve. It is not here de-
.ea 1sn sn5 ow Ea there
81 tho rkdllful Is IN many Instances very
soi on &c ICES is dFe es saas S s ELL ssn hs b
men, hut he does to relieve II, and his sympa-
thies g1oE in the exerelse Of his work. The asso,
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nom his acquaintance. His knowledge makes hin
the eomraIio1 Of the rv1scst and best mca and his
lowest. He enters the house not as heartlcss
esd l. smoat In as or, orc Of IT The household
he never epcaks it. the life that is thus exhibited to
Your course thus far in rerard to your profession
e1eites confident expectation Of i noble future.
While oihcr institutions have rendered you the pri-
on 1n CIT o.
ties at the bedside. .you hate masnanimously
choecn to devote your time and labor to extend
dsis Clinical expe1ence. By hi this eoarae % you hn1e n
dns 4dS m n to Pc ~ qg.tsd o
You have thus contributed IN no smaa desree to
estabfsh high standard for our r6fession. Your
c1amr!c will contribute to urge, and ultimately
esa s1d e ss snss
Instruction These benefits viii be extended to
rumbet1ess others hereafter. To you, then, be-
longs the honor tonight Of haring, 20 far as you
well as 10 te honorcd by II. Tou Will not faii
hereafter to continue. In the course you have so
vanccmcut Of our science and the elevation Of The
practice Of our nrt By the constant infusion into II
Of bcnetlccnt aims. It Is, then with something Of
that fay' to you In the narna Of my colleagues.
your late teachers, farewell
The address was listened to with great attention,
and Ut its conclusion vocifetoualy applanded.
The President invited the faculty, students and
graduating class to accompany him to hts resi-
dence for IN hours social enjoyment, and the as-
sembly Was dissolved.