The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-10
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
ENJOYABLE Affair at the Theatre Last
Night.
OR. TUDOR'S ADDRESS TO The GRADUATES
psc,v.Tbird Anniversary ofthe Medical Col
Icge of Virginis-Awards OF diplomas
and Prizes.

In the Richmond Theatre laSt evening wac "
vast audience, representing Richmond wealth.
culture and beauty
Almost every seat in the old playhouse was
filed. o,.
The occasion was the celebration OF the my
third commencement of the Medical College OF
Virginia.
number Of beautiful baskets OF flowers seen
sitting at one side of the stage were soon aiier
the curtain was raised, delivered to the various
members of the graduating class, for whom
they were designed.
On the stage besides the graduating class
were: Rev. DR.. w. V. Tudor pastor of the Broad
street Methodist church; Rev. Calvin Stewart
of the Fourth Presbyterian church; Doctors
Stewart. 1abb, BaTham, Williams, Oppenhlmer,
Hinchman, David McCaw, william Mathews
and Mccarthy.
THE EXERCISES
The exercises were opened by the dean ".
Cullen, in introducing Rev. Mr.. stewart; VINO
offered fervent petition, praying especlaiy loi
the young mon Of the graduating class.
After an appropriate overture by the orches-
ira. DR.. Cullen read the names OF me ioui III
graduates. who he said, had perfected uolI
studies and, by virtue of the authority Nesttu
in him 10y the Medical College OF Virginia he
delivered TO them their diplomas. ,n...
selves at the front of the stage where. aitoI a
short advisitory speech. the Doctor gave each
the seepekins which are TO be Their passports
i6e classis as follows Messrs. o. I Blanken-
ship, H Drumming " P@}ynee, ,' .; i. SlSESI'
Jr, f. 7. Qppcnhimcr. all OF hichm2hu, " l.
son county: r. ". Robertson, panN ne IL. n
Jones. brunswick county; ;. \. cConhey'
Salem; 5. W. Hobson, PQwhatan county; J.; a. ",
county; ". l.. Daily, Northampton county
PRIZES AWARDED.
Tho r,ri yes wore thCu awarded.
The alumni prize was awarded To Ut. Shlpp
This was a gold medal and was given for the
Ihis presentation speech was made by DR..
The faculty prize was gained by DIR. Blanken-
Inns was case Of instruments
DR. Blankenship also received the pIlHe oieren
by DR. Shield for the most perfection III INC
special studies relating 20 the eye ana ear
The prize from the Professor OF Anatomy was
presented 20 Or Smpp
II WAS a case of instruments. ,
Dr Robinson received me pllle oiertu ~ ~ ~
Owen. OF IynChburg' tOf the lhOhl pi""Oi'H' III
the class OF surgery. -,
case of Instruments was aWarued 10 Ut,
Mickland as the most proficient IN thhi paIi "l
this profession for which they are intended lo
While delivering the prizes DIR. Cullen made a
marks were full OF humor, which PROVOKED
laughter from the audience.
Or. TUDoH's Address.
After all of the badges had been presented
DR. Cullen. IN a few appropriate W1rdT Jtc
scented the orator of the evening heV. Dr. W. v
Tudor who SAID;
Irccogniye the honor ! have of addressing
Won ON tins occasion. and recognize also the
most interesting epoch tonight in the history
Of this graduating class of Young gentlemen
whom the scholarship and science OF ms iat-
nity think worthy to send forth commended "a
society for therapeutic Offices unto the ills th"'
flesh Is her 20. :.i ......l.,,..,
Nou have been much occupied gcntlcmCn'
with the concrete IN Nour latc STUDIES MA
subject will conduct MS somewhat INTO the realm
Non wonld not expect amodical thesis from
me; and while the ethics OF your profession
offer AN inviting field of essay, | could not SAY
more in the line of them than has already Dee i
suitably impressed upon your minds by Tho
humane and Christian sentiments that nave
certainly mingled III all the lectures OF ihl'
The beneyolence of medicine and surgery
goes without saying. 49,
Yours is ministry TO suffering. blessed Office
The manifold and tresomc mlnistrallons of
the physician, unrcmuneratcd by The least con,
tributiou 10 his material wealth, are Known
suppose only by the profession itself
The severest tolls III life are those upon which
no money valuation can be placed. ,..
Heroic study has preceded the great dscoN
cries of science.
Search and research, the voluntary labors of
literary restless inquiry nave led 10 me con
clusion which then astoniehes the world Joy li'
The falling apple of the legend was not ia,
first but the last link IN the chain OF Newton
thought of grayltatlon.
Nor was grayltatlon a discovery; II was
thoucht-Onc Of the great thoughts of the ages
You have galed before now al compltaieo
machinery ~ motion at back and forth, NJ an,
down, IN and out, round and round last an
slow, quick and heavy motions, "A may Wider
ness of movement. Would III NOT hS blBht' 4
spectacle. to behold the mind revolving sub
ject within itself IN deep. arduuus, real Thought
the may movements of what sir Nlllam liam
ilton calls the elaporatiXe faculty thought
Thought Is creation. How lndescrlhahle 90
Che process Of thought
What intensity, what concentration, what tol
in Thought
in II, the lahoTer's pick, the blacksmith Drawn
the carpenter plane. the buckayers latltn
troWel the painter brush.
The process of thought seems To q man TO l1
gong ON within him. lie locates 10 IN his brain
What Is d0ingg How IS thinking conducted
Everything helps It, everything binders IT,
We should need 10 dohne spirit, 10 describe lt
Thought like electricity existing every
whore, Is quiet, gentle, native al home, dreadful
1t is slumbcring power awakened by fir ctioI
with tho VIII. Dlscari rs said think, therefore
/ am. thought, therefore Is essential life a.
work.
The man is not fully conscious OF himself VIII,
does not know his utmost power 10 think The
ever retroailng horizon reckoning rs forwarJ
suggests immortality as the necessary cOndl
ton 10 enable man 20 be fully conscious OF him
self
We may not say how, hut We have the power
Sap OF Thought rises and puts forth in greer
and leaf aud Hover and fruit: the wing o
thought flies; the muscle of thought las loco
motion; the stream of thought has its spring
thought has Its medlum a. light has and sound
No man can tell how effective thought Is car
ried on within hlm. somehow the mime Weld,
its ore, the ore It's gold.
Thought sits at the forge and waits for IN,
rtd-hOt metal, sitS on the shore and waits fol
the argosles II has dispatched itself over m,
main TO bring II the desired cargOeS
In literature whose are the works that are i'm
mprial2
1he men of thought Living thought gather,
within, expands. grows. enrautures. surprise,
Inward spiritual fields bloom into LANDSCAPE ane
garden stretching VIDE their odoriferous anc
lovely acres
IL requires patience, persistence purpose, toll
but the iorce Is IN man 10 yield It's effects.
have sought 10 give gave YOU, young gentle
men, some INSPIRATIONS 10 study. The drudge
IN every field Of learning are few. but they arr
the men who do the great works for the rae,
alike IN the highest culture and ia the mos
benciicient arts
take within the scope Of my thoughts witt
YOU this evening the possibilities OF futur,
discovery, the hope that future ages NAV have ,
heEcdicuon for the student and thinker Of TIM,
class v no. az the close Of the nineteeni century
or IN the frst half ol the twentieth found a new
AM potent guide for the relief OF human
maladlts
ASide domain Of physics IN your profession
hss noi yet boon interpreted 20 science
NhRt world OF inquiry lies out before the
intuie Philosopher. The world Is waiting for
the coming thinker.