, 1879-03-05
CHICAGO MEDICAL.

commandments Exerctaca of tho Co1tesc~
Tho Annual 1lnnttuet.
Tie graduation exercises Of the Chicago Med.
tcal College were held yestertlny afternoon At
$3.50 o'clock ut Plymouth congregational
Church, OH Michigan avenue, between Twenty
fifth md Twenty.sixth streets. The sacrcd
edilcc was lle1 with the friends Of tic College
aud OF tic graduating c!nss, an.l the pulpit
platform was decorated with great numbur Of
raro house ptatts and cut flowers.
The cxeFciscs wcro begun with m organ
voluntary by tho church ofganist, Mr.. Denjamin
Owen. As tho class marched In and took tho
scats directly In front Of the rostrum the organ
played Mendclssohn's march, "Atalia."
TIE FACULTY
Of the College then took their places upon tho
platform. Among them were Or. N. $. Davis,
s. Jewell, Or. ". II. Dyfosd, DR.. E. o. f. liolvr,
Or. lsa1ph 1s'an,, Dr.. j. II. NUlistcr, Dr.. s. j,
Joncg Dr; X L; Kca, pr. I. Curtis, Pr. D,T. Mel:
iSn pr Mesfa R1swS s r. s. M 1t1, + atfd ,t and
tho Bonrd Of Trustees or The Northwestern
UnirGFaity.
Tie Rcy. Charles Hail Everest, pastor Of the
church, then offered fraser, after which the
HlntleY Quartette snnE, In ifs best manner, Dud-
ley Bucks "Lead Kindly L!phL'
nK. N. 8. nAvIs,
the Dean Of the College, then made short ad-
dress, in which be aatcd TINT The plau Of study
as pursued In the Chicago Medical Cullege was
dlffcrcnt from that followed in tlle other medic
al institutions Of the country. IN that 1t was
graded as In Goseral colleges. The course was
ono Of three years' duration, ami at the cosu Vi
cacll yeer review WINS made Of the work ac-
comutistcd therein. Other institutions held hut
o1e review Or examination, md That was Ut tho
close OF thu course. The speaker Ind found tic
plan an cycellent one. 1t 'hatl bccn deemed cx-
pedicnt n,M proper lint q student. after atl-
vancng to certain degree of proficiency, should
BE- permitted to further lis education by nraatl-
cal experience III the hospital In dressing
~ nn. assIetlng as mnel. as possible
the undergraduates lad becomc 80 proficient,
nn,l 1t was therefore fitting that tlaey should
have. certificates announcing their ability for
hospital md dispenaary Aerytcce.
at the close Of Tho Doctors remarks, tho
names Of about ffty undergraduates entitled
to certificates were read, nnd, as tctr nanics
were called. the students advanced alid received
their certificates.
1t had tcen customary, DR.. Davis continued,
to give prizes to thuse two members OF the
graduating class who prepa1od tl!e best theses.
10 Mr. Chnrlcs 1lnbsrt Fegc.B belonged tic
first prize for thesis on new spinal supporter,
md to Mr. Henry Clay Mitchell belonged tho
sccoud prize for tllrsa on the pcrstaltic act1ou
Of tile blood-yoasels In assimilation anl dges-
tton.
The prizc-winners advanced an.l receiyed their
rewards a:nld the ptnudtts Of udmtrlru. friends.
une ,4 Eonud,a1 a,9.n eass oi .hioar M memDSrs M
ars nnnfa-ro1 ,,,n,, ,a., ~. ,.',i M at ~
Of Doctor OF Medicine and presented the d.
plomas.
Dr. Davis then introduced
DIR. 3. }. soNns' ..
who delivered the valedlctory nddress TO the
graduates. lie commenced with a history Of
the. henl!ng art, and traccl its lscvcopH,cnt
tFon, tlic time when q man who thoroughly un-
dcrstood one member OF the huu:au structure
that member vi thr body to lie other ncn,hrra
was Looked upop os one who knew enoupi Iis
referred attcrnglv to the aureess Of the plan OF
study in the Chicago Medical College, usltl said
TINT Il was beili: extensively adoptel by
c GeF IN elea t,, odned1ona m s insl,tltlons
e. part'culasiy TO Tue class. IN lo /, advised Young
anu my 70 tslik thht they ,ad learned oil tias
was va to .. lSa1ncu, aaYisea tletn To- foster llal-
INTEGRITY, allu perseverance,. at tile closo lIe
spoke ieel!nEly Of the ono classmatc who had
a,ea @ h,a an.,InE TIC & nast scar "An l1acst man is
sna NV suess i s S ~eir aSs s
e'osinK wosds r , u the % 9alrcss.
After the blaney }nartette Ind sung Flow
Fets close ut eve, my love-"
Mr.. :. Z. STEVENS,
n1dress % e m nasi r1ow~ ,pte Iu t; f. '1aes t. T.
IeIty, pupytuajity, md unlifrfn kintinsss and
courtesy wi,icl, the Faculty OF Tic Culcrs lia,l
aver rYienticI to fhc students, RI s f.lfn.S.
eraduatst HDr.n Stevens Msl1rcssca IN f,Hr rc.
,tiarks bidd.,r t),ct,, re,nstnber tnt tr,,e wort
rarely II oy.r failed 10 reac ist md H. nrnncr "pcr
annrsriatton. *' '1s' '"~ p'op''
After niOrc music by the QuaEtctte, Dr..
Davis announced thu banquet ut the Palmer
House, and invited nil graduates thereto. lie
conferred, BY the authority Ut lie Bonrd OF
Trustees Of the College, tho title Of ph. D. upon
ur. Philemon D: Anrsllng, anu that ot y. d.
upun Robert II. Browu anu Henry W. llu1dc-
nau, WHO woro examined Ut tho cnd Of the first
term 1t, June, 1878.
TIE NAMES OF Tuu rnln7r-rouu YOUNG
pocroKs
aro John Eranc,s Ahcl. Kur,on y a,,tru,or.
Glar,ss Hsury Hrvnnt Fd I;via,stap M p,ssps,' arv
LoFs,ltz Andrcas Cla.,sssn. Shobal vii Cleyei,..
FsGera. han1bert , Enn,,a ii WIitan 1aHRu,. ul'nrs
tiolic, Omar Oakley Ilolt. Dernis .,ol!n iiaycs'
Ern"rt I;I"sl Ii,,t1, tvi;in' Mn,os'i'n 1n,a1'
iiu" swrsncn ctr. 'iI iIn,n"r .has s1eHsu' .f
'I'hnmas sr,tn sinnavitt t,u iasE4., ts.4u,
Morgan, Jnhn Francis Muiholatl, Fenn Walker
R1nFnfsl. William Henry Roberts, George Will