, 1866-01-25
euSN MEDICAL COLLEGE,
RxerciacA-The Graduating k,aass-1
RamaFks BY PrJf. FFcer-VAlp.
dIcIpr9 By Prof. }. A. Allen.

The Twenty third Annual Commencement Esec
e,,es OF Rush Medical College were held last even
,ue, In smith Eixon's Hail. Tbs lowe4 part d
The u.1l was well dlled With IN Intelligent and sp
psr<iattve audience, larRe proportion OF whom
were ladies'.
The exercises were opened WITH prayer bJ Her. a.
eton4 followed With muse By tbo band.
Dt; ]. ", Fret1, Professor of Physiology md
Surgical Pathology. delivered br1ei address, in
which he congratulated the friends and patrons o!
standing IL a. edneaaonai Institution 81 bneay
referred to the past history Of the College, and
said:
In examining tho records ne find that It ya. char,
terrd ns long AGO II 1856 period eonteupor-
ancons With tbe origin OF this goodly dty. The
ensuing Hnancaaa ulsnun. which preraiied for
tone yeass tns1castsr, com'eild the projectors 10
desI.t rom further attempts At organization until
38sa when Prot. DsDtel HsAin*rd recommended The
work b, a%eociatl:g With himself three gentlemen
OF well known scientific Atta1nmenu and ability.
The fnt casse, twem1tWo In number, were
assembled IN humble wooden structure on the
Aisc Of the present chscaeo TH1BCNk Office 10 whom
professor Of burgery and anatomy. P,of. J. V. Z.
hlanc2 in that oi Aa1eria Aedica and Chemistry !;
Prof Jno. Mclean. Theory and Practice, and Prof.
ISL the building which we occupied II the close Of
The scion in 1851 was erccted The site betng the
e3ne which ne now occup5.
The second annnal course Of lectures commenced
un1er circumstances lar more suspicious than the
first. The building which had been erncted waa
found convenient and suitable TO the wants Of the
clAes. The cour-e On 1.-THE Institutes and Practice
Of Medicine" was given by or. Au>tfu Flint Of
Buffalo, now Of De1lenar College Hospital. New
York city th4t On 'Dbstefr1cs and Diseases Of
Women and Children" BY us. Graham a. Fitch,
formerly I. $. senator, Of Logantpou. 1od. Dr.
macy pr. Mclean having been transferred 10 The
chaif Of Mn,erta Aediea and 1nerapeutics, Or. Her
rick gave The lectures on ANATOMY, although not
formally elected 10 that chair uudl the following
year. The course on Surgery wns given rs at the
pretent lime. The number o! students In altcn-
gree al Doctor OF Medicine was conferred al the
close Of the Term
The Alumni nUw number over one thousand, and
The under graduates in actual attendance efntc the
Erst organization oyef three thousand. For the
1as three sessions the average number OF graduates
haa exceeded ninety In 1871 The class having out
grown the accommodations, The present structure.
erected. This was deemed enfRcent for nIl futurt
demsnds bat The past three sessions, We arc happy
10 say, have fully demonstrated the falAcy Of oul
teesCu{nx-the humber Of tho present class beins
anout two hundInd and eeveu1y-nve- This eYil, If
may 50 term II. we hope soon 10 remedy. By ths
erection Of building winch will v1e IN sire, CON
tost, and convenience for instruction with the nIs
| Of the coau,ry,
Dr. F. also fpoke Of the credit bestowed upor
the College By ita graduates, and Of the high re
NOM won By she College through their snbeequen
| course in Lie, du cling especially upop the par
| bone by them In tho war for the suppression 9th
| rebellion.
| Ai.eg the conclusion Of In. Freef'f address, tn
degree Of Doctor OF Medicine was conferred upo
| Dc laskie Miller. ii. D.. Professor Of Obstetrics
| The graduating Cl6es cunfists of ninety member