Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-24
THF CITY.
UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE.
Medical Department Commence
ment Exercises.
Address of w. Ii. Page,
Esq, of Tennessee-Addres of DIR,
Paul F Eve-EIements of Success In
INSTRUMENTATION of Diplomas.

Inc commencement services OF Il
r Medical Department of the University
Nashville were celebrated last night at Il
, Masonic Hall, which was filed with lart
assemblage of ladies and gentlemen. con
prising many citizens of Nashville as we
as the teachers and students of the Medic
Department
The exercises having been opened wit
prayer by Rev. DR.. T. o. Summers. d.
Lindsey introduced Mr.. W. B. Page,
Tennessee, as the Valedictorian of th
| graduating class.
MIR. Page commenced his address b
stating that the graduating class welcome
with pleasure the large audience assemble
| on the occasion to which that class ha
long looked forward with pleasing antic
pations. He then congratulated his elias:
mates upon the termination of their med
cal course, and in conclusion, in the nam
of the graduating class, thanked the pro
fessors for the interest they had manifesto,
in the pupils who were now to receiv
their diplomas.
Mr.. Page was frequently applauded dur
ing the delivery of his valedictory.
DR.. Lindsey, the Dean of the Faculty
| then stated that DR.. Eve had been chosen
| to deliver the address on behalf of the
Faculty.
| ADDRESS OF DB. PAUL F. EVE.
| The Doctor began his remarks by stating
| that the gentlemen composing this class
lad heretofore been addressed as students
Of medicine, but would, by the title to be
conferred upon them, be hereafter ad-
dressed as practitioners of the healing art.
Those, continued the Doctor, who are once
students Of medicine are always students
of medicine. The members of the grad
uatlng class were now about to enter the
busy Scenes of life, in one of the noblest.
most responsible and benevolent objects
of earth. Applause.
At this parting scene, he would assist
in solving the momentous question sug-
gested by the occasion-how is the ply
stefan to succeed IN life In the presence
of this vast audience, he would announce
that the future position in the world of the
members Of the graduating class depended
exclusively upon themselves. That which
they now determined, with an honest trust
in God and man, to become, was precisely
the position to which they would attain.
The axiom that man either makes or mars
his fortune was based on the fact that the
elements of success were given to all 1t
was not by any means commended that
all were alike, or that all were
endowed with the same talents, but each
man would be held responsible for the im~
provement of whatever faculties he pos
sessed. 1t was the duty of every man to
make the most that he could of himself.
Intellectually and physically.
There was no secret in the success of great
men, but that success was the inevitable |
result of close attention to business, un-
firing effort and indomitable perseverance,. |
George Washington would undoubtedly
have made good physician, for all his en- |
ergies would have been devoted to the |
healing art, if he had made it his profess |
sion. The student who had paid careful |
to the course of lectures, who
had endeavored to improve every opportu- |
nifty to acquire medical knowledge, wheth-
81 at the hospital, the clinics or at home. l
and who would in future devote his whole |
time to the study and practice of medicine. |
was one who might be assured of success |
Cheers. The man who had decision of |
character was almost sure to rise in the !
world. To conquer the difficulties of life. I
3nergy was more important than
wealth, rank or opportunity; and to q
spirit, obstacles were as moth
Dg. Almost any man could make what he
pleased Of himself by an honest purpose
md a stern resolve to succeed. The an
dents thought that man of one idea and
# one purpose was terrible, because he
vas almost sure to succeed. The father of
hannibal made him swear on the altar Of
lis country, when only nine years of age,
ternal enmity to Rome; and to this day
hat city has never SO trembled as when !
his youth, Hannibal, grown up TO man
Iood, Numbered at the gates of the
imperial city, after gathering three bushels
( rings from the slain at the battle of
)ann@. Well did Hippocrates tell his fol-
overs, If you love mankind, you must |
ove your profession True, happiness.
understood, consists alone in doing good. |
S Sydney Smith observes, it is not the |
lsn who first points out the thing, that is
ne true discoverer, but he who proclaims
so loudly and persistently that the world |
compelled to believe it,
DR.. Eve then gave a large number of
Jamples of illustrious men, both physi-
ans and non-medical men, who had
,ached the highest walks in physic and in |
ublic and military life, by perseverance
nd energy, through the force of infIexi-
le will and determination to succeed.
e mentioned many cases which are fami- |
ar to the general reader, among others
apoleOn Bonsparte, Faraday, Andrew !
ickson, Ex-Presidents Fillmore and Polk.
ootors Harvey, Jenner, Hunter, etc., etc.
Above all, said the Doctor, truth, hon
ty and promptness in fulfilling eyery l
lty should be the characteristics of the |
edical practitioner, who should also be ! {
gular in his habits, temperate, and not l
ven to sef-indulgence, which is the great
i of the day.
At the conclusion of his address, DR.. Eve t
IS heartily applsuded.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
DR.. Lindsey, the Dean of the Faculty.
en- presented the diplomas to the gradu-
ing class, whose names are as follows:
John Oscar Alexander, Tennessee; John
e lley Alien, Tennessee; William An
ony Ames, Georgia; Thomas Henry b
ties, Tennessee; William Henderson
Iynes, Tennessee; John Bell, Tennessee;
illiam Monroe Biddle, Tennessee; | A
esley Brandon, Tennessee; Alexan- O
r Youree Brown, Tennessee; Lew u
yn Simpson Brownlee, Mississip- \
King Summer Campbell, Tennessee;
tomas Henry Clark, Tennessee; Ste E
ZEN Strickland Cole, Tennessee; John | o
enry Currey, NJ. D., Tennessee; Benja- II
in Franklin Duke, Mississippi; Francis
arion Duke, Tennessee; William Smith | r,
riss, Tennessee; Joseph Franklin Fulton
rguson, Tennessee; Jefferson Bell Fits, | o
nnessee; Harrison Fitzpatrick, Tennes- | e,
:; Charles Henry Fort, Tennessee; Will n
m Rucker Freeman, Tennessee; Com ii
,dore Perry Hudson, Texas; James o.
urin Hunter, Tennessee; James u
alison Kelley, Tennessee; John
ller Kincheloe, Tennessee; Sam o.
Milton Rainey, Mississippi; q
'orge Leonard Lands, Tennessee; Rich d,
| Thomas Martin, Tennessee; Arthur ei
m Mathews, Tennessee; John Curry "a
lthews, Illinois; Abner Embry MCCARTHY, ci
orgia; William Henry Harrison McMil- al
/, Tennessee; William Sidney Minis, b,
xas; William Grayson Mitchell Kansas; 81
onidas Lycurgus Murrey, Tennessee; "a
mes Fletcher Myrich, Texas; in
EVELYN Garnette Noel, Kentucky: | M
nuel Newton Page, Missouri; | S!
liam Burchett Page, Tennessee; Will pr
N Allanson Patterson, Tennessee; as
omas Jefferson Primer, Tennessee Oh
liam Wiche Primer, Kentucky; Thomas
rshall Potter, Tennessee; Hugh L. to-
v, Alabama; Joseph Allen Robin WI
Il IL. ~