Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-18
MEMPHIS MEDICAL COLLEGE
Laying the Cornerstone Amid Ma
sonic emOnies-Address OF
Dedication. Etc

sonic Ceremonies-Address OF
Dedication, Etc
Last Sunday afternoon the ceremonies iu-
cIdent to laying the cornerstone OF the Mem
phis medical college, on Union avenue oppo-
site the city hospital, were duly celebrated in
toe presence of some two thousand people.
at five O'clock the procession started from
Court square, down Main to Union, and out
Union to the site. The procession was head
ed by Arnold's brass band, and WAS COMPOSED
of the ChIckasaw Guards, Bluff City Grays,
representatives of the different Masonic lodges
In the city, visiting Masons, and the board OF
trustees In carriages. Arriving at the ground,
the ceremonies commenced with a prayer by
Rev. G. G. Parsons. Judge l.. p. Cooper,
president of the board OF trustees, delivered
a snort address, requesting the Masons to lay
the cornerstone.
Worshipful- Master A. S. Myers, of Leila
Scott lodge. No. 2S9, responded to Judge
Cooper, thanking him for the honor. and pro-
ceeded with the ceremonies, which were Of
the most interesting nature, and performed
according to the customs of the order. Rev.
C.. G. Parsons followed with prayer. Ar
nold's band next played a solemn air, after
which Judge Cooper introduced DR.. w. B.
| Rogers, saying that Prof S. G. Maddux, who
| had been selected to deliver the address
on this occasion, was unavoidably absent,
| and had requested Dr. w. B. Rogers, the
youngest member of the faculty, and surgeon
of the Bluff City Grays, to read the address.
DIR. W. B. Rogers said: The only apology
| that l have to offer you for my appearance on
this occasion is what has just been stated by
Judge Cooper"
| ADDRESS OF DEDICATION.
The address was lengthy, eloquent and
elaborate. 1t closed in the following style:
| CITIZENS OF MEMPHIs-The edlfice to be
reared hereupon Is designed not only to con-
| tribute to your city by its presence (comely as
we hope it may prove to bel, but the enter
| prise practically inaugurated at this time, to
| be carried forward IN the building which is
soon to appear, is to be identified with your
| city s interest. And heDceforth the Memphis
| hospital medical college and medica. depart
| ment of the Southwestern Baptist university
| is to become part of the modern representa-
| tive of the ancient city of the Nile. Here in
the grand valley of the Mississippi, upon the
| Chickasaw Bluffs, we now place the corner
stone in the foundation of the first building
| at this place designed exclusively for a
| medical school. Every interest of our city
Is to be enhanced by the success Of
! this undertaking. Your commerce is to
be increased; money will be brought
hither and LETT with your merchants, your
hotel proprietors and boardinghouses; the at
| tention of remote localities Is to be turned in
this direction, and the effort inauS urated to-
day-regarded as it is by some a mere ex-
pertinent, with the prospects OF failure even
now attaching, pressed forward earnestly and
energetICaily 10y trustees, faculty, and good
citizens in sympathy Herewith to successful
development-wlll prove an honor TO your
community, and not only rest III your sympa-
thy, but command respect at the hands OF its
present opponents, if there be any. Every
thing favors the practicablhty of this enter
prise. The locality is readily accessible from
every point 10y rail and uver. The location
is geographically advantageous, surrounded
as it is by territory which should be
tributary, from which ample support
and patronage will flow literally. |
The climate is unsurpassed, genial at |
any season of the year as reasonably could |
b. required By the most sensitive nervous |
organization, with a justly boasted healthfui-
ness, as exhibited by the mortuary reports of |
your board of health, emitting your city to a |
position far in advance of any in the south
or west. The establishment OF this school is
to contribute largely to preventive medicine
here in your midst, and will tend to the pro-
motion of sanitary measures, so far as to give
you cause to hope that the ravaging vista
lions which have scourged other localities |
may be necessitated to stay their progress ere
they shall have reached your homes. And
allow me, in conclusion, to direct the atten-
ton of all who are interested In this most
praiseworthy enterprise to the fact that failure
never attaches to anything which ladies in
dorse by their pre-ence and attention. II is
true, military and political affairs interest
them directly and indirectly, and not only claim
but command their solictude, and in some
instances efficient services; yet failure in one
Or the other party results as an inevitable ne
cessity. If it we're at all reasonable to do so.
we would In this contend that no want of
success ever attends efforts to which woman,
while occupying her legitimate sphere, con-
tributes. Ladies, we hail with gladness your
presence on this occasion, and fee, much en-
OpG nv the afforded II 0f
sympathy, and we regard your attendance
not only as compliment, but as the bright
est omen of success"
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
of the Memphis hospital college is COM
posed of the following named gentlemen:
Major L. P. Cooper, president, Memphis; H.
secretary, Memphis; Captain
J. Busby. Major Il. N. NJ Kay, A. c. Tread
well, Governor James D. Porter, Hon. H.
Casey Young, James Elder, DR.. D. T. Porter,
Hon. John L. T. Sneed, L. j. Turley, B. NJ.
Estes, Hon. J. A. Anderson, Colonel G. w.
Frazer, W. B. Galbreath, Louis Hanauer,
Charles G. Fisher, w. P. Proudft. VIM. n.
Brown, Memphis; Governor Elisha Baxter,
Senator A. H. Garland, Hon. ] ohm L. Jones,
Arkansas; Colonel L. j. DuPre, Colonel S. S.
Ashe, Texas; Senator L. Q. c. Lamar. Cen
eral Robert Lowry, General E. c. Walthall,
ilieoloolpPly l1OLs ". ". Oldy, hldUdIld; I1Cu |
B. J. Lea, Brownsville.
THE FACULTY
is composed of the following-named physi-
clans, who are expected to enter upon their
duties on the first of October: w. Z. Rogers,
MD, professor of surgery, clinical and
operative; D. d. Saunders, MD, professor
Of principles and practice of surgery; S. c.
MaddUx, MD, professor of theory and prac
lice Of medicine; F. L. Sim, MD, professor ]
Of obstetrics; B. G. Henning, MD, professor
Of anatomy and orthoppdlc surgery; w. J.
Armstrong. Md, professor of physiology
md diseases of children; Heber Jones, MD,
professor of diseases of throat, chest and
clinical medicine; Julius Wise, MD, profess
'or of materia medica and therapeutics;
julius Fahlen, Id, professor of chemistry, !
and toxIcology; r. B. Nall, MD,
professor of pathological anatomy and of
yenereal diseases; w. B. Rogers, MD
demonstration of anatomy; W. E. Rogers, NJ.
D., dean of the faculty, Memphis; w. w. l
Hall, Md, professor or gynecology, Grena- {
la, Mississippi; A. G. Sinclair, MD, pro- I
essor of opthalmology and GEOLOGY; New
York; NJ. NJ. Compton, professor of psyche
ogical medicine and medical jurisprudence,
Jackson, Mississippi.
Mothers, Mothers, Mothers.
Don't fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's sooth-
ng syrup for all diseases of teethlng in chill \
lren. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures
Wind colIc, regulates the bowels, and, by Civ