The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-21
NEW ORLEANS DENTAL COLLEGE.

We publish to-day the valedictcry address de-
livered at the commencement exercises of the
New Orleans Dental College, on Wednesday even
ing, by DR.. J. Wilbur Angel, on behalf of the
graduating class, 1t having been unavoidably
crowded out in our report of the exercises them.
selves.
Kind ard respected hearers:
With unfeigned difidence I present myself be-
fore this assembly of pleasant faces. Unaccustom.
ed to address public audience, l would not at
tempt TO perform the duty devolving upon me,
were not fully assured of the leuiency of your
judgment. You are well aware that we make no
pretension to the possession Of minds already
filed with the varied stores of learning.
We have only begun the acquisition of know
ledge. We have, as 1t were, just gained posi-
ton from which we may survey the wide domain
Of thought and the vast fields Of science. that fas
cinate MS by their beauty and dazzle us by their
splendor.
For this position and the privileges we now en-.
joy We are indebted to the Dental Colleges. j.
The college Of this city is under the control of
board of trustees and faculty, composed of some
of your most worthy and influential citizens, who
have lsbored with fidelity and zeal for the eleva-
ton of lis moral and intellectual standard. How
well they have succeeded time will develop. A few
Of u.s. Students appear before you as the recipients
ofthe reward of our toll. You have listened 10 our
exercises with degree OF attention highly fiatter
ing to us, and well calculated TO somewhat remove
the embarrassment tnat Naturally attenos Us on
such an occasion, What you have witnessed here
this evening we trust is only the germ whence
will spring better things, when with ripper expert
ence and intellect more expanded, we shall justify
the care that has been bestowed upon rs by the
faculty and the interest you feel In our success by
honoring us with your presence.
In the march and in the battle we will do our
best we only ask that you will not discourage us.
Honorable Board Of Trustees and Worthy
Faculty For your solicitude in our behalf during
our connection with your college, We now desire
to express our heartfelt thanks. The progress
made and the advantages enjoyed by Us, in COM
mon with the other students, are owing to your
vigorous exertions. The good you have done Is
not to be estimated; your influence exerted upon
our minds will live when all of Us shall have
passed away. The time will come when your
fellow citizens will fully appreciate your benefit
to the community, and consider your position one
of honor and trust. You will long remain fondlv
cherished in our memories. As students, We now
bid you an sffectionate farewell.
Graduates, Classmates. Friends The time
long anticipated by us with such various emo
tons has at length arrived; the delightful init.
macy and happy friendships formed BY the asso'
cations Of our Alma Mater are abeut to be
severed, most probably forever; but the sorrow
we experience is mingled with the Brightness s Of
future, made nobler and purer by the clearer
intelligence, the deeper reflection and wider
range of thought resulting from the mental disci-
pine to which we have been accustomed. II Is
unnecessary for me to recur to the many pleasant
hours we have passed in the college they are
fresh in our memories, and will not soon be for.
gotten.