The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-23

men, who have successfully stood the ordeal of
examination
Iatt Ho ~ & JioGseSi Y W. Howard iszard n G
Selson ts Cheney .SIaSgada H. j. NJ Fry Ohio,
Peter tI b. FahTney Nd George W. Proudley, Pa,
F IL Greene Indiana Hiram Alvord, Indiana,
q. w. $. Wilson, Pa, - J; G Lewis, Lys Fafb
Robt Mclaughlin, G. w, "a ~. hohier, fa',
B. II. Ordway. Maine, william Iayl9r, ia, ,
Il. II, O'COnner, Indiana Josepn ,l5eCk ~ new ' iorA'
Henry HeSve iHISShbafd Ohio Henry NJ. Watts, Maine
George Wright, MI, SAmus! dt9i. Rogers; Pa
JOS Roberts Pa S ISmss IS PSy,&sGg %yd5o% Ohio
+ T. y. " PS6IeafP SobIe Pa, LD' G A. EstabTook, ohio,
s, Jolley. Iowa, lWlliard WIlght N d
A. r. Thomas, NJ. D., Professor of Anatomyin
the University, then addressed the graduates
substantially as follows:-
ContIenen Graduates:-By the ceremonies Just
closed YOU have been inducted into the ranks of the
medical profession, You have received the highest
are to be numbered with the Alumni of the Philadel
B 6a Of eSeheT and an pgp @ day and
now, by the appointment OF my colleagues, deYolVeS
oReh S to Sou the right hand OF sSwp Of charg
ing you with the duties and responsibilities you are
about TO assume, and OF saying 10 you the laSI Ihe
You have completed the course of study required;
you have passed the regular examinations, and you
now hold the authorized certificate OF your fitness
dents Of a medical Institution but are instead pos.
vii be called upon to apply the principles the
knowledge acquired IN your eoegats course
physician there is and can be no Such utRg as @
VIII find that instead Of having attained the summit
ofmedca science. you have been but culllng few
sleeps may best be climbed. When you remember
that MEDICINE n Saq IN s tbsg direction of each lie vast
realms vet unknown. but discoVeraole, awaiung Oniy
fiagging Enthusiasm OF lofty intellect to enter and
will yTH moi IN Og the pursuit. OF knowedgeP
Will you be content TO abide wners y% you rnwaTdS H H
our science we not b say PTe
ye must be II You would be
worthy of the name or dnd Il not sufer con-
lr tnuS SiHn deieat IT and lifelong disgrace u imperatve
that you yqqr he eoTeres SSsi Being made IN
this and in the Old World but that you lose not what
more haES and more in power by being judicoqsly
ployed but by lack of use crows IeeDer, G tlny he ny
bower dwindles. and intellectual acquisitions fade
away in a course OF sluggish ease ana Sup'ne mac
sgdicine fs a liberal study. you have seen, it is
NOT narrowed down the petty limits OF dosing, as
many seem think, but embraces the w9est scope OF
its tributary compes each and every science TO be-
come torch bearer whilst II searGhes en- tne Teeesses
growth Of the health and disease, OF the cure and
3dy 1d t SO vast and varied should in its devo
tees not only untiring zeal IN ls; P out ALSO
duce the largest liberay Of views and feelings With
this fixed estimate Oi b6 tnS vnn 90 ont today was
founded and its curriculum made as comprehensive
as thai OF any like institution this SIDE OF the
Atlantic 1t aims at thoroug gsness as well as com,
the Fundamental to the higher and more
complex, grounding him on the Hemonstraole whlle
him to think for himself ana urging him to dispas-
sonae exercise Of his own Judgment INSTEAD OF ser
II eschews all sectariansm and dlsavows all suoSer-
the 10 peenar Views Of any school, teaches
its pupils accept from each and al whatever VIII
bear the of examination. lt desires TO make lts
prospective practitioners scientific rather tnan en- em.,
tbat YOU 20 out from us uncommitted to any dogma,
untrammeed by the dcta OF any system ~ s
ne no q medical Science 10 impress you
he
Hypothetical and the actually proved ~ q trpe
ececticism, encouraged to examine and compare ana
HAVING adopted the views which you seem most
reasonable you counselled to the exercise OF the
tioSSiy hold different opinions ,,o ,,,,ost ,roo.
dom but remembcr to extend to your professional
brethren all that you claim for yourselves
Gentiemen:-You have chosen. and are about enter.
Ing OF me 9st Bs Generously ennou
each other and OF your Hsculapau brethren, IN al
hHt 9f snG ana EOa an dean
practically the ca6OS spT5 OF wy yI1T wien a ede
practitioners are so oen and TOO lustly chatgeu NM ~
fuence in the community where you may settle, ma;
be powerful either for good or evil, AND see 70 II
Intellectual nature that by the purity Of your life am
pe geoye hs young as shall be worthy their
iation and that you exert purifying influence wheI
her always in Kind remeni iOTance; and exhibit you
fa' afeotion and gratitude not only IN iaD0rng 10 9
shall prove you deserving sons and not unworthy
And now as our Separation draws near, permit me
again lender you most cordial congratulations
again welcome you TO the ranks OF our profession
and that you may be encouraged, that abundant SUI
cess may attend your labors, that great GOOD may
accomplished by each ofyou, that honor, emoinmen ~
and happiness may crown each and all of you ls IN
bid you all this last farewell.
Professor w. Paine, NJ. D., Dean of II
Faculty likewise addressed the audlen'
briefly, stating that what Is now the Phllade
phia University of Medicine and surgery w
organized in lS4S, and chartered by the Leglsl
ture of Pennsylvania in 1858. In 1858 III pu
chased the Pennsylvania and Phiadelph
Medical Colleges, and in 1854 the Penn Medic
University, II now stands as tne represent
tive of all these, and since lSoO mas be
thoroughly reorganized, the museum very m
terially enlarged ana the course OF medical
struction greatly extended. The number
matriculants at the present session Is oetwe
three and four hundred.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-We are glad to
that Messrs. ]. NJ. Gumney Sons,
well known real estate agents OF
sos Walnut street, are about commenc
the sale of properly at auction, at the NJ
ohants, Exchange Hearty competition in
branch OF business cannot but result IN
mutual benefit of both buyers and sellers.
great deal of the most desirable real esIat
fhe oity passes through the bands of the Mes
Gnmney and this branch OF their business
undoubi iedly receive an additional llhpulseI Il
the establishment OF thelr AUCTION sales:
first of these is advertised TO take place at n
onsthe 18th of March, on which occasion sew
valuable properties desirable elther ior O
pancy or as an investment, VIII be dispose
ATTEMPT TO KmL-John Cronan, aged
last night took more liquor than was essei
10 mis- welfare and consequently was soon
semi-intoxicaied state, Whlle roulhg u
Ridge avenue, above Wood street, about wv
O'clock last evening, he Went into la9er
on nv Charles MeTrlCk,