Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-06-08
A. G PEASE,
L. A. DUNN,
LEWIS PRATT.
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT.
Graduation OF the Medical Cla>..

Graduation OF the Medical tla>>s
The annual exercises connected with the
graduation Of students in the Medical De-
partment Of the University Of Vermont, took
place Monday evening at City Hall. The
room was filed full with an audience Of ladies
and gentlemen, the Graduating Glass occu-
rying the front seats, and the platform be-
ing filed b. the ACCIDENTAL aud Medical
Faculty.
After prayer 10y Rev. G. Ware of the
Unitarian Church, DR.. ;. ". TLayer, Dean
Of the Medical Faculty. addressed the class,
speaking Of the pleasant relations which
had subsisted between the class and it, Pro
fes,or,-ot the full req yment for all their
hblrs which the Faculty had, in the ASST
rance given by the highly creiitablc manner
in watch the examination had been passed.
that their instruction had blcn well best1w-
ei--of tue necessity for continued and zeal
Gus labor in the profession now assumed, so
honorable, So ancient, bringing 50 much dif-
fcul'y and responsibility with 1t, yet never
more full OF promise for the earnest worker
than now. lie babe the young men be af-
fable ami kind to their patients, Of dsmeau-
OF dignitad bat modest, ever dis.Juntonanc-
ing fraud and deception, and striving in their
lives to initiate Him. the second great OBJ
jet Of whose life was the alienation Of hu-
man suffering. He lale them promptly
answer every call Of duty and Re particular.
ly punetual in attending upon the poor;
avoid active political partisanshIp, and
straightforwardly discharge the duties Of cit.
liens Of q tree Republic 50 acting, they
would bring no repr0ach upon them Alma
Mater
The degree Of Doctor Of Medicine was then
conferred On the members of the class By
President Torrey, and their Diplomas given
them.
Or. Taayer then introduced Dr. A.BCros-
by,who delivered an admirable di.o1urse upJn
the life and character of the late Professor
DAVID 5. Conant, sketchiug his career from
his birth at Lyme, Y. H.. in lS-l, through
his apprenticeship to the trade Of carpenter.
his academic and medical course. his rradu- +.
alton at Bowdoin Medical School in 1913,
and bis subsequent rise in his profession to |
the Profcss3r,hips of Surgery at Bowdoin
College and the University Of Vermont. and /
to a very high rank as physician, until his
death in October, 1868. The orator dwelt |.
upon the intellectual and physical force
which characterized DR. Conant, and enabled /
him to accomplish 90 much, upon his ability /
as an operating surgeon and as an instruc.
tor. paying a high and well deserved tribute
to the memory of one who had made for
himself so shining a name, 50 brilliant a re-
cord
We understand the address will be pub
lshed it certainly ought to be. for its in
teresting and appreciative analysis will
make it valued by all who knew DR.. Conant,
and its ability and vivacity will make it
pleasure to many others to read it, who had
no personal knowledge of the subject.
The names of the Graduates are as fol-
lows
Edwin W Bartlett, Vermont
Eugene A. Benton, New York.
Joseph II. Birdseye, New York.
John ). Blodgett, New Hampshire
Archibald W. Burns, Pennsylvania
Rufus X. Clark, Vermont
J. Wesley Copeland, Vermont.
Harris Fellows. New Hampshire.
VIM. II. GIddings, Vermont
James Y. Godfrey, Vermont
Frank W. Graves, New Hampshire
Joel Grover, Vermont
Charles J. Harder. Pennsylvania.
james c. Harmon, Vermont.
Lewis II. Hemenway, New York.
Seneca I. Hyde, Vermont
Erasmus NJ. Kent, Vermont
EnOeh W. Kent, Vermont.
Geo. II. Kenyon, Rhode Island.
Jedidiah S. Kingsley, New York.
VIM. V. Kirk, New York.
Braman E. Lengfel1. New York.
John P. Martin, Vermont
Harrison C. Moore, Maryland.
Frank W. Page, Vermont
Francis L. Peiro, Illinois
VIM, II. Renois, New York.
Gary W. Reynolds, New York
Stephen VI. Roberts, Vermont ,
Edward p. Russell, Vermont.
Frederick W. Seward, New York.
Robert F. Sper, New York.
Adelbert II. Tagert, Vermont.
Lloyd P. Tocque, c. E. d
Seymour S. Wilbur, Vermont. :