The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-21
MEDICAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN.

The Commencement Exercises mt Associa-
ton Hail Last Night-Conferrtng OF
Degrees Upon Nine Ladies'.
The tenth annual Commencement exercises Of
the New York Medical College for Women, 1877 Sec
ond avenue, corner Twelfth street, was held last
night at Association Hall. There was large au-
dience. composed for the greater part OF friends
and relatives OF the graduating members. The
platform was prettily decorated with flowers, and
many of the ladies in the audience held bouquets
in their hands. The nine ladies who composed the
graduating class were seated In front. They were
modesty dressed in black Mrs. c. s. Lozier, M. d.,
the Dean Of the College, read the annual report. She
said the college had already conferred degrees upon
sixty-four graduates. Nine OF them were to re-
ceive their degrees this evening All the former
graduates OF the college who were now practising
medicine were doing credit to the institution.
Most of them were receiving more than bare
support. One young lady who graduated recently
reported that her income had been last year 81 900.
The time would soon be when the trammels OF sex
would no longer be barriers to the highest intel
lectual development of women. She remembered
with pride how much women had done for the SCI
ence Of medicine. She thought 1t was but fair that
as women were doing so much for mems colleges
the gentlemen ought to do something Tor this col
lege for women. daughter and appause9 All
that was wanted was 100000. This amount would
establish the college on firm basis.
The Rev. Henry Powers delivered an address.
Mr.. De Cordova made a few humorous remarks.
He said 100 years ago sucn meeting would nave
been impossible, but 100 years hence 1t would be
considered scandalous that the right OF women to
devote themselves to this noble profession could
ever have been doubted. He said there were three
classes or ladies-the heightened, the low-t0ned
and the semi-tOned. The heightened ladies who
lolled on selas and cultivated lap-dogs and read
novels had told him that these pursuits were "too
masculine" for women. lie asked, "Why too mas
Sunefn gmItating whine.l Because they
were masculine" lApplause) This was their
answer. He believed that women should enter
any profession they liked and be done
with 1t. some people said that "women
should stick to their mission" This was
one OF the most effective words in newspapers.
He had seen nurses In the chamber Of sickness;
but where the woman stood he had seen a minis
tering angel without wings, and disease had to ny
before her. (Applause from the lades.) He said
to women, God speed you and bless you, and he
asked them not to be too hard upon men II they
were called to attend them-although men had
gwen them provocation enough. Q.aughter.)
MISS Sommervile sang pretty song, and de-
grees were then conferred upon the following
graduates Misses Mary w. Noxon, New York,
Emma NJ. stiles, Montclair N. D.; Georgia Merri-
man, OHIO; l.. A. Ran DELL Sayyllle, l.. l.; Lucy
Almy Baucock. Potter's I'LL, r. l.; Catherine H..
Convey, Albany and Mrs. Ellen Brown seymour,
Phoebe q. Patterson and sarahJ. White. OF New
York.