National Republican., 1883-05-01
FOUR MORE DOCTORS.
Commencement Exercises Of the Medical De-
partment Of Georgetown College.
Tho Successful Contestants For the Prizes
and Those HOnorabIy Mentioned.

The thirty-fourth annual commencement
Of the medical department of the University
of GEORGETOWN was observed at Lincoln hall
last night. Flags, streamers, penpants, and
silver eagles decorated the stage with fine
effect The custom of presenting the partici-
pants in q commencement with elaborate
floral tributes has steadily grown Of late years,
and at Lincoln hall last night it reached pro-
portions great both as to magnitude and
beauty. Tropical plants lent the effect of
graceful greenery as back ground to the
profuse aud elegant devices which varied
tastes had woven with flowers. The overture
by Weber's band began at 1880, and before the
faculty and graduates filed on the stage the
house was filed.
The exercises commenced with the con-
ferring Of degrees upon the graduating class,
which numbered four, and Of certificates upon
the under graduates, eight in number. Rev.
James A. Doonan, s. j., president of the
university, after comforting the degrees, very
briefly but pointodly addressed the graduates
upon tho responsibilities they had just
assumed. That responsibility was shared
by the college which conferred the
degrees. The class, by assuming those
responsibilities had given pledge to soci-
city that until they laid aside their pro-
fession they would leave nothing unturned
to deserve the trust which society reposod in
them as physicians. In conclusion he adj
dressed the audience and very earnestly, but
with tinge of humor recommended the
graduating class to the favorable considera-
tion of his hearers whenever they wanted to
employ physicians DR.. Charles L. Bronson,
of o hlo, the valedictorian Of the class, then
delivered the valediOtory, which he did grace
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the faculty, assuring them that the class
would ever hold in grateful remembrance the
care and labor bestowed upon them by their
preceptors He referred in eloquent terms to
the late DR.. Noble Young. and then, after
paying compliment to his alma mater,
them farewell he dwelt prominently
upon the harmony that had always existed
between them and the graduating class, and
welcomed them heartily to the seats Just va
Gated by the latter To his classmates he said
Goodbye while reminding them that that was
the hour they had looked forward to for
months past with hope and pride. 1t was the
hour when they were to cast in their fortunes
and their lives with the great working world,
and to seek to relieve humanity of some of its
suferings. And with graceful leave taking
of the audience, he closed amid an avalanche
of applause and deluge of flowers.
Prof. J. w. II. Lovejoy, M. D., then deliv-
eTou du OACcculuRly lOnB anu u NoIy hplo
address TO the graduating class, after which
Prof. 8. c. Busey, M. D., presented the prizes.
The prize. in anatomy was awarded to j
Dudley Morgan, of the District of Columbia,
who had obtained the highest number Of
marks attainable out of R possible 100; and
honorable mention was made of S. b. Mum
caster, of Maryland, j. s. Sessford, jr., of the
District of Columbia, and Edward Buchanan,
of Virginia.
The physiology prize was awarded to Mr..
d. A. Smith, and the following, who had at
tanned an average of rs per cent. or over were
honorably mentioned Messrs. j. J. Stafford,
q. II. Luce, ]. p, Chambers, d. p. Hickling, j..
ID. Morgan, E. Buchanan, q. h. Harvey, III.
Wagner, Il. Chamberlin. t. w. Burke. b. f.
Madison.
The third was the faculty prize To enter
for this prize the competitors, after the regu-
lar graduating examination, were required to
pass another, where twenty-one questions
were asked, answers given in writing within
q specified time, and no text books or con-
sultation allowed. Each. competitor attached
certain number to his manuscript and the
same number To o sealed envelope, in
side of which was written his name. Holding
the envelope in his hand the professor said i;
The faculty do not yet know the name of
the fortunate competitor, i will open the
envelope" and he broke the seal as he spoke
"The fortunate winner is DR.. Louis Kolipin-
ski, Of the District of Columbia, who has
made ss 33-100 out of possible 100. Tho
anatomy prize consisted of q set of Liston's
antiseptic spray apparatus; the physiology
prize was case of instruments, and the fac
ulty prize gold medal,
The officers of the class are Dexter A. Smith,
president; ID. Percy Hickling, jr., vice presi-
dent; j. Paul Chamberlin, secretary, and Ed
win Buchan, treasurer.
The graduates were Louis Kolipinski and
John ], Darby, District Of Columbia; Charles
y. Bronson, Ohio; George II. shoulters New
York.
The undergraduates were c. NJ. Rawlings
District of Columbia; i. w. Hart, Virginia ;
q. +. Harvey, District of Columbia j. p
Chambers, Pennsylvania d. A, Smith, In
diana; ID. p. Hickling jr., and b. +. Madi-
SON.. District of Columbia; Il. W. Burke, Ire
land.
The following gentlemen passed satisfac-
tory examination and were advanced to the
second class: @. r. Luce, District of Column
biai John j. Stafford, Maryland; j. Dudley
Morgan, District of Columbia Henry Wag-
ner, New York; Edwin Buchanan, Virginia (;
L. L. Chamberlin, New Hampshire; X. Il.
Henning, District of Columbia; j. @. Bossidy,
New York; J. S. Sessford, jr, District of Co.
lumbia; s. b. Muncaster, Maryland.
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