, 1870-02-25
RARKEMANH MEDICAL COLLEGE,.
Tenth Annual Commencement
Exercises Lnat Evening.
Addresses, Reports, and Confer1ing
Of Degreea.

1he ANNUAL commencement exefclfes Of uanns.
nann Medical College took pyace hi. cvensoz. IN
L'ntJ aall, Eoedy audla=ca Of tAd,es Aod gen
acuen oe'tg ptetent. detachment Ct Vaas'
orchestra VA In ai:enda1ce, AID inAug1rased
nAnefs BY the rebdtlton OF Stirring ms1cp, after
Which me Rev. d.. Kelley offered psa5el.
Thea n1ol!o1 ed selection from - Martin, ,"by the
otcheaua, after which
IHR INAUGURAL Appakas
WaH delivered BY A. z. Small, NJ D.. 1ho newly
siectea Ffea1dens OF ushuenanu Medical College,
Rho aaa no WA rot uum,ndtol of The honcrs And
responsibilities Of the position. The ten success-
I've yeass OF tho progress Of tho college, n1osued
R.9ct tRss 1t eaa ~ endo1E
NJ. Tao peleevertnR latoTs Of t1s faculty h2d
ae11ed to strengthen tne foundation Of The schooL
Ito lie world, 70 let saa safaa Of 1hs sno zeasc
gained IN the Institution, and, with but fe e1:e2
liop, t1ey bad heen emlnenit} tuocesslul n Bat
I1IR TO tue need OF free dsspeusAiiea, 10 wtca the
staeh: sot gan al nI3esM na sm.sa
Hotlous hospital would be erected, ind
nstElstned nnds1 tnt auspices Of the c2llege, 70
Of tho Institution was indiAperfaole. the t1tia.
tire IN this work had alresdJ been .sten and each
member cf the facaltJ WAS laboring asttlnoualJ.
With dattcItpE encouragement aud Eucccsf, The
hospltal once cons trueted, patients could De o,std.
ed and treated at Iaf less rklo scau could be
afforded BY the hote!s, snd sufficient revenue 10
receiTed- It ohlJ remained for the friends Of tne
college TO furnish generous financial support, ID
order to i1ture the cqMPlete success Of the pro.
1ect. "
Eas snen 1saa "a b. & Dr.. X L.d.r, Is ipllova n
cE1un Medical College, 1t 4naEu4 me geras
pleasure TO mole the continued ptoapet!iy Of this
Closed eafe1dsy commenced % On 1ae 14:a Of oe,o. @
bst lat During the winter more than $40 lee
tulea have teen Ksvcn In the hesFsng OF the class.
The;e lectures were illuttsHted as thoroughly 81
poeaiht: were Of the nost pyacacAt Character aud
were ns,eaed to with tho u.ost eFldear pro1s and
a. ouns spd qas!isJ Of s6e sassraeoa sisen, tie
last Besson haA been more anccessul and sstt.fac-
to.y TO tbs pupIs and friends Of the
sI1 sa' "a wa'h ni na' ao!1
and vcf'. Tne incleasa In the nuabet
Of p.oiessorsh'ps and ltc:ureshIps from seven to
| vas possible ne1eto'ote TEN adEsuce, WHICH +
heartily approved pJ the f1.nd. Of medical edaea-
uon eselywhere. viii certa.nlF rebound to The
credit Of lb1s tnstltutton st bone aud aorold.
DespNe tne dis.dvantseea under which tns far.
srd :o1 senjfni ooess aasrtrss M III. Il ise1 q IL
nost natteftrg agni1canca That q Es O. proportion
Of secotd- epuf-e students have returned Rsadu-
o efSs
| mich pIumlses tho beat results Tor the fcture;
state of lhiDgs which. hitherto. has o.en yery df
o~n pupils nave artfied. Of been aecoyta. into
osneE schools 6. the'r second 40 anal course
1fty-ore mAtlicnlants, Of wdich eight we're
women. Al this u the csas time that 10th sex.a
| have been received u atueeu's and taugnt to.
10 be 1bic to record tnat the experiment ot 8
mixed cisss has been successful, snd that Ihe
winter has pafeed wisaont any Of the u9p essao'
graetd the pr5fesaionaa nz1ne and character elfc
Unusual pains we're taken In the daily e1amtnA-
| tlcn Of tue cl1ss du1ipg tho winter. Tue nna
examination upon al Ias cardtoA branches O.
fore. The result has been Sh1t, On the part o
.he candidates for graduation, the grade Of &C.
| qui1emens IN uniformly higher snan has ever BE-
essn ss.sps1 y ne ,:sof; Ct tne
the degree oT Doc!er& II Medicine ana SafgeyJ
On behalf Of mJ colleagues, snd without eKcep
ton oF sess1sst1on. 9sS ease 70 reeom@sst s
CoKFEaRiso OF D1aREes.
| The President Dr.. small. then conferred III
degree q II. b. uron The Essnuat"t. ns tolio -
NJ MI fafs E.. Sosmsos 9nn9os tpd snee Of iows
esef c. A3 81 iaos Eassfa Hessoa oaa w b.sot j. s
Geo. 4: llaaneld, Arthur F, Moore, @. shena1t
Ella II T. ss q Mssesa d
| nelee Of Ohio: Freezer cE u. Hunt ol Kentucky
Douaid Ferguson, Ct Ontato.
degrees ] ]oecasoaed entnuslasno arpis1ss 1 IL II II
0udtstct as rhe uame3 we're announced, MIR. d
Geuuah2 recxtsin0 an especially hearty deuU,
ttsat1on IS Tho important docum ant wAs placed
l her hands. This 1LlIhcd, the orches ~ PLAY ed
nonDer OF patriotic AIRS. atter which
TIE TAtKniCToRT AppxEss
wBa deliver ed bJ J. S. Mitchell, H. D who refe
RED 10 the notsblc event Vi the occt4oo In ties
verds: To night. for 1hs n1st time y The h'stt
| mar With 4 diplcmA be.Eiog III bfnsd seal. 6om
( THERE are who still contend thst aae ahoud hat
hten deE!so u medical education. To the aham
nf Cur manhood be II SAID, We nuat record viii
tho eame 1e!enslesa spirit with wn,cn nlstosy =
| cords all facts, that In the year OF our L1rd 1871
! In the l1rKe&t medical colleges IN the Untte
| St&tes. women, Nhose oniy c41nr has been proI
efl1 TO qualify themselves IN tna healing asI nav
been snbj.ct 10 grots inhnls at The hands Of tn
tiothS and Tan6a!s whose lack u ReulemRnlJ dt
| porinept uLnIs them 1nr the psnct:ce OF p1o{e
/ SION which calls for couftesJ ahd kiudness iEol
t. e.et1 member: Il yon nota those sao =
they are tioBe who hare ibe leaas dellcac
to be Offended. the most !Euotan, with perhaps
lew men OF edpcauon, hut nn haze neves game
stani comnanlon. ID marked ccnifaai ve rnui
. record That ~ tbH lafseas meEcA schools
/ kfanca WnEeu &t1dent1 hare attended all tn
/ cnu!cs, and been uniformly accorded the co Ntt
lady, when the rns! exsn,natoa c1me, snrpas,e
Ill her CONF eerP, ana the 'btta s7ft.fail nit
which the learoGo Dean Closed the e4snluatto
was the oeath KEEL 70 the tigo:ry and pr1o1ndle
Ing. an proud to say thas In our senoo. ve hsv
followed the example Of our brethren across It
water"
CoECLcsIoS.
B,.aon a y s 8 n ~
\ responded TO Tho taied'ctotJ IN brief and Al
| proprttte Addresz, and ihen tho b4peolct,ou ~
! proIoanc*d oy Rev. Dr.; Kelley, and tho piea,l