The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-03-23

CHARGE,

lessor OF Anatomy.
Prof McCampbell was born in
Knox County, Tenn, 1854. He re-
ceived his literary education at
Maryville College, and attained his
medical degree in the State Univer-
sity at Nashville, in 1881, receiving
its highest honOrs on graduation.
He Immediately commenced the
practice Of medicine in East Nash
vile, and was appointed Demons
TRAITOR Of Anatomy in his Alma Ma
ter the following year He married
in 1885, to a most estimable young
lady of Missouri, who now, with his
children, grace and adorn his mod
est but charming cottage in East
Nashville.
DR.. John A. Goddard handed us
this address.
"IADIEs AND GENTLEMEN: The
privilege of addressing you tonight,
l assure you, is no empty honor to
me, and my own inclinations would
lead me to less conspicuous part in
these exercises. However from the
haf'. lessons ofeXperience, | have
learned to whatever duty l am call
ed in the line Of my profession, to
DO the best of my ability, without
complaining. So far as your col
lege career is concerned with many
Of you, it ends tonight. / must re-
mind you that your pleasantest
hours have gone, and that the real
work Of your life is now before you.
You have doubtless, all of YOU pic
tured "a future. Some perhaps q
path more set with flowers than fl
led with thorns, and | trust that
should the ideal professional career
which you cov-t never be realized,
you will at least not fail to impress
your life with all the beauties that
grow out of your efforts, and that
whatever your hands fin to do and
your hearts to covet, let all be done
for the glory and honor of medicine,
and for the dignity of pure ethics,
No nobler, no grander profession
than yours can grace the life of man,
and he who pOllue this great call
ing is disgraceful blight that
should be spurned from the society
of honest men, as you would spurn
the viper from your path. Vener.
able with age, it comes to us from
the remotest dawn of history. Ever
since disease brought suffering to
the human body, so long has the
noble science of medicine struggled
to lessen pain and to brighten and
lengthen life. 1t counselled with
the great Lawgiver in the wilder.
ness, and though all the subsequent
history of the mighty Hebrew,
whether weeping for Jerusalem, or
revealing in gilded courts, medicine
has nursed man in his woes, restor-
ed health, and brought gladness to
the Responding heart. Every peo-
pie on earth has honored medicine,
from Pagan hut to royal thrones,
and the richest mythology of Greece
and Rome have blended the tradi-
tons of the fathers who made medi'
cine immortal. TO these two Ian
guages we are principally indebted
for our medical vocabulary. Thus
medicine has flourished in all ages
of the world, but not until the
Christian era, when the star of Beth.
elehem rose, do we find the mission
of saving mems lives coupled with
the diviner mission of saving mems
souls.
Bat gentlemen, with all the pres.
tige and all the glory that our grand
profession comes down to us, were !
to tell you that when you leave this
hall, you will find at the hands OF
the public, a cordial reception, and
an abundant practice, l would ex.
cite you in your hopes only to bt
crushed by bitter disappointment
The clements IF success lie in your
ability to meet rebuffs; ia the effort,
you may make to become accep
table to your new made acquaint
ances, aud in the amount of patient
industry you throw into your stud
les. Patient MduStry! L!
What possibilities may crown 6
life of Patient Industry? What lofty
summit may not be scaled, what 8
host of obstacles will roll away be-
fore the sturdy steps of Patient In
dustry Let me emphasize tn st
words in bidding you goodbye
Take my word for it, my dear doc
tors, that few men rise to opulence
or eminence by native ability alone
but thousands there are, who ad.
ding TO strong common sense. the
habits of Patient Industry have ris
en- to the splendid heights of an