New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-12

CuAUNCEY VI. DEPEVs Address.
The vilcdlcJorian Of the class was Frank h. Perkins
Wnen he had concluded. Dr. Hall introduced Chnuneey
NJ De2sv saying that the part OF the Chancellor
10 address the graduates in dead language, but they
would nud that Nj. Depew spoke in au animated and
living one
Nj. Depew said:
CrvrIyN,.x OF TIE GRADUATING Class: In essaynS
many department. Of literary and forensic Work. nave
fouud none 20 difficult addressing doctors. ME you
49, t Iesi,t 10 EXPERIMENT upon lawyers, your lives
ao 40, e1ll outside the biGodless Controversies Of
the old and codes that we have few opoT 70
prev upon YOU lLaughter.I But when we ana an army
Of You Ike THIS tonight unable 10 escape then comes
the opportunity O. exercising upon you le Iacul5 loI
advice with which we bless anu protect all classes ana
conditions OF men. ,, -
medicine and surgery, nut rather the 6iioH oit. ~
an elder brother upon the relations Of the graduate 10
bis profession, and of his profession 70 the world Inns
day has been looked forward TO as the cQInhduHn Oh
prcparatlOu II viii be looked back 10 as the req teI
day of your lives. II marks the interval between depend
ence and independence IL VIII reCi VIII t'cI succeed
ing anniversary the friendships anu ne hghJs the scapt
and escapes the associations and tender memories HI
thai only dyc portion OF existence your student ne
IApplause Tie school, the university only i9rl,h ue
depends upon individual character competency and c9ur
age Tomorrow You are IN the SWIM Tue manu- AMI, oI
this learned Faculty Applause Is WITHDRAWN anu wbethei
You strike successfully drift with the tde or drown
rests with yourselves.
THE CAUSES OF FAILURE.
In our American vocabulary and popular philosophy
everything almost IS ascribed luck and opportunity
The country Is crowded with whose careers have
been wasted or wrecked by the speculaons, eyerish
snreties lack o. fixed purpose and persistent industry
and the hopes and disappontments mus incurred
While these clements form part Of the phenomenal sue
cesses which astonsh The world OF business the prizes IN
the professions belong Only 70 Ihose "4o HuesIS VIZ
them. Applause Crowded as are an the avenues,
there Is always about as NUN room m a H @ faf
able % occupy FEATURES are que 70 wy one LII
you have mistaken your calling; the other at you VIII
their atoms who alert 10 take ADVANTAGE Of every
opening who are Lot sWerNcd 10 tAe H-Al OF e.t U5
know how whatever they attempt 10 DO a a form the
minority which invariably Wins iAppau''. commodore
tionAy brilliant man, who fell continually eX~perdtlnS-
~ short OF what ms friends e1peciea mere l. ~,
Commodore was not metaplysuan or mental
philosopher, lut with his usual keen, hard sense lac
pointed the difficulty OF the mass OF professional ii-
w. NJ, ~ d.rayers that nature Intended him
me m'!, l' Il'' . ~ ~ 49, @ tbo ri.r of h..
going. bat 20 al once before r EdIoh or I,7 LII anu
LAWYER or Clergyman recognizes that his genius i Tor
merchandise types the skilled uadesor accounts the
better for himself, the profession ara lhe W0d nave
secured positions for two lawyers one as brakeman and
The other as freight clerk and both are advancing with
earnest strides ana confident ahtc, tf3h9 WH"Iu t.e
presidency of the road. .LIugherl The dsapp9niments
and hcart-burninSs III q career come LARGELY rom onr
false standards OF success We are over tdt"eu Id lIe
view that wealth, income and expenditure are It's only
indlce- IN the absorbing rush Ioi more mon come e
which the sociological problems OF the hour
But when properly trained and fitted certain rs the
rising and setting OF the sGn 50 sure Is lnc u9JloI Vi
position and income sufficient for clean and health
The first few years selfdenSl and struggle not the
dreaded evils they are pictured but rather the athetes
their experience and value happily remembered aIter
the victory. Applause. We lawyers accustomed TO
saying that we owe TO you the most lucrative part OF our
pIacuce-coutestng the wills and settling the OF
your victims lLauShterl
COMMANDING POSITION OF THE Profession.
But an disposed TO accord 10 you the highest rank
among the learned professions literature runs back
20 dawn OF history and 1t represents the collected
suits 81 the experience and experiments OF all ages 1t
deals practically with those questions Of highest moment
10 Tie rtce-hcalth and life. II has explored all the
secret. OF nature exhausted all the resources ~ science
and utilized every appliance OF Invention. 90 heal
avert and It's vOtary must OF necessity be edu-
Gated man the best sense OF that nucA abused term
Alike the highest CIVILIZATION anu uetpest DaFPailsn
the profession holds commanding position only our
NOrth American Indians exercised wise discretion m put
tag certain doctors 10 doath WhlcA u1IO Ile4y Aia
beeu adopted in our Jurisprudence lLduheEl hAen
the Greeh divorced medicine from superstition It's great
mission the most bcpchcent OF the sclehce, Oe6 II
the Roman reduced the doctor To slaF
cry and sold him he did ARTISTS ana aTtl-
IN the shambes IN the Augustan age ne alone was
emdncipato, then ennObed and then enriched and his
estates exempted from taxation. earnestly nope that
say in the career OF each one OF Won your may
reach the that tax gstherer appears you
will long iOF the return VI the AugustAn Age ZAP
But nowhere has the progress Of profession
marked as New York. In the compilation early
colonial records TINS curious entry OF the date Of
February D, 1907:
The colonial Council order that ships arriving at
e port Amsterdam should not be permitted 10 pIac
medicine or surgery without consent oi Doctor Ia Mon
alghe
THIS was the origin Of protective. tariff and
shows at that primitive period the popu-
Larity home Industries Laughter J.
century later 1865, Dr. John Jones professor OF
surgery ~ Kings College now Columbia, Pu3nsued
work ups1 military surgery which superseded III thls
country all European standards, and was the text DOCK
during the Revolutionary war. Ana the DISTINCTIONS
gwen by Dr. Jones upon the construction and manage
ent hospitals were adopted by and and all Of the
continental Nations They the most Deuencent CON
hibution to humanity ~ that era Of Wal,
THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND THE SPECIALIST.
HOw in the great medical schools OF this city are