, 1877-02-23

Ii aA114N 1IAx1N ~ NoALE Cs
THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
Of llahncmann Medical College and Hospital
was held at Hershey Muse-IIall last evening.
Despite the iurlcnleNt weather the tiafl was
hlleI with . select audience composed of tho
nutriculnnts for tho session Of 1s70-'T aud
their fricnds-
prayer by tho Rov. Dr.. Burroughs, after
Opening DAY." by the sladrigal Club,
which was u,cxccptionably rendered. TIN
annual rcpurt Of tho Dean, Prof. X. Ltid-
ln,n, tvaa next In orlcr. The report set forth
That the winter term of the Cullcgu hal bccn an
cn,inuntly successful u,u; TINT only thrcu lest-
lra appointments hall bce'i missed; that tho
c!livs, fpr tt'S lrst tine IN tl,s listary of ts
the clinical material hal betn t'Iore abundant,
the quality Ut tho instruction moro thorough
and, practical. ant tho ns'ft,'cr Ut sur
isa, saaeS trta.e a.n aGI Spet11oh. n'o;
theatre tnueL greater Than ovos before.
Tho uumhcr uf students III attendance upon
lectures had becn larger than ever, th!rtCou
statcs hnsl Territories being rc;'rcsented, and
iiura perpetual Tickets had bcen solI. and a
lar1ce number Of Matrirlltants cnrDllcd fur the
sprins term, than for any other term tn tho h.s.
tory Ut the C.Iiegc. 1hc report WIS received
: with demonstrations of delight,
THE pHgalpENTs ApDHEss AND THE CoNPxIl-
AtN0 or DEGREES
followed THIS a.l.'rcss was lau.latory OF Tue
graduating class, a'l fnlt Of coansc! to tl!c
sc!ons uf the College,. Tho dcgrec Ut Proics-
on tic iullowing, among wllum arc four ladics,
cacl. Of wilon1 slrrcptcl their lit OF plrchn,ent
with pride: luhn :. Allen. Charles T. l'arncs,
llcpry n. Baldwin, q. 4. Beverly, +: D.: brYwcr,
tieorVu Whitfield Hilton. Edward a. lncc, Liz
zie T, JaEncs, Sl,yl,lon LenyItt, Marion T. atar-
tG,, Ffe.l lvti!iaM Morrison, sigismunl i.
Nctc. Clmrles .. rIllshury, Is!lor sax,, ". A.
55ssSs'' 5sss aud ses!sso, e@sss serfsss Es% ''e! X:
". llawes, Henry ". Roby, Wosstuan Electa
Smith, Warren Z. Taylor. a..d jasksou D. WHIT
M M:r %sp%;a IL. %s'e t. hons 'as'ia G'Gss'!ss usas
y. Bartowa. Robert Couch, snd John n. HUM
Mer, California; Daniel F. Crauz, James W.
!tockwc!t,, an4 Fremont soans. 0Ain; Il. l..
arfs aud Z; Il; ssyoa iowa 't M,tiIam ,a Iiar.
see: ilcnry Z. Mowry, Xcpl!raniah ". Shcperd.
James 4. strlnghatn, anu john II. 'fhakln,
TIE yALsptcToRY Address
TO the graduates was delivered ny Prof. George
A. Hull, ~. H., ant! was we'll received. It was
review Ut the trials AMI tribulplians of besl.,-
z'era III medicine, IN which waa akfiliul!y tntcF
woven much substantial auylss, which caaaot
full to 70 with tic class and be c,'slataut rom.
ranlo, II lts euvcra snetEhers enter u,,ou thclr
frspertlso t1etis OF labor In putting Into prae.
tict tt,u theories they have been tat,ght.
The yaleAtctoFY fr0ni tllc.etuss waa delivered
by DR.. IL, n. baldwin, and was. no less credit
to himself than to hts associates mud tbs Facul-
| ty of tho College.
The distribution of tho prizes was tho next In
| osler. Three prtzes had been o!ersa W the
Collcge Trustees, QUO Ut $30 for tue hest c&NIa.
inatGn, mud twu of Us each for thp ssctri beat.
". E. raylor, nf WISCONSIN. wa awarded the
frat prixe and II. n. baldwin, Of lllnotst a,,tl
Johu II. I!mkin, Ut Missouri, received the aec'
| oul.
President Small had offered Ecsrlne's Con.
| dcnBci Matrsta MedlcA for tllu best essay on
"Htlifue4s anl lnnubtlfty NJ tho joints Az ttle
| eequcl to KheunatisH,.h The awnstl waa made
| ~ sheldon Leayttt, Illinois.
frof. Hall had offered Z complete amputatua
set tyr the best pager on the "Ca4ses, Nature
and Trcstlnsnt ol yesauus." ShelLon Leayitl
took the pstze.
prof. Villas bad offered complete TAR set fo,
tue best 1uroft of eYe and cur clinic, 4. 8,
Bailey, et New JERSEY. . STUDENT but not Vt the
| graduating class, took tbs aWartl.
Prof. Autllam had offered hyu volumes OF 9
popular tnc.!lcal work for tho bcst rcpurt or
wonaan's diseases. Henry ". Roby, Vi Wtscou'
SIN, was ele successful competitor.
| AS q tltther award for merit tic Faculty I'LL
n0uuceA that Charles u. Pilsbury had bren 20
1tctel from tbs elxss as Hospital Poyse1an, and
a. E. RcgkeY as hls a8ststant, both u llElnuts.
TLe exeFrlsss ut the talt concluded with s!n9
lng " the Malrtgul Clnh mud bcne.lictiou. A
| banquet was subsequently, held NJ thc tlrund IA
ci1ct rendered To tho clasK by the Faculty. which
wa fttlnR close u the ceremonies Of the even