The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-30
HAHNEMANN GRADUATES,
Interesting Exercises at Odd
Fellows Hall Last Even
ing.
sHoWERED WITH GOOD WISHES.
Thirteen Aspirants for Medical Hon
ors Receive Diplomas Amid
Gay Gathering.

At Odd Fellows Hall last evening, amid
gathering of relatives and friends that
crowded the spacious hall to its utmost,
there were ushered into the world of prac-
ticing physicians thirteen new aspirants
for the honors of the medical profession.
1t was the occasion of the commence
ment exercises of the graduating class OR
Hahnemann Hospital College of 1895.
The class was composed of these ladies
and gentlemen:
Nathan Biegeleisen, Joas Sergio Alvares Cab
raj, Ida Belle Cameron, Edith Ansart Chapel,
Burr1tt Newell Dow, Frances May Gage, Eva l..
Harris, Robert l.. Hill Jr., Charles Edward
Jones, Sophie B. Kobicke, Beulah L. Mansfield,
Cara B. Schofeld, Dio Lewis Tfsdale.
They were seated on the right of the
stage, while the center and right of the
platform was occupied by the faculty and
its officers, numbering the following
named professors:
William Boericke George II. Martin, George
H. jerks, Hayes c. French, A. c. Peterson,
George H. Palmer, E. r. Bryant, Sidney Worth,
James w. Ward, C. L. Tisdale, c. w, Bronson,
j. E. Lilienthal, A. P. Van Duzer, William
Manning, ". n. Lamb.
The exercises commenced with an over
ture by Tobani, followed by prayer, offered
by Rev. George Edward Walk. Excel
lently rendered mandolin and guitar solos,
with orchestra accompaniment, consti-
tuted the next number, followed by the adj
daess OF welcome on behalf of the faculty.
The address was delivered by Professor
George III. jerks, M. D.. who took occasion
to bestow some practical advice upon the
graduates. In substance Professor jerks
said:
In having been selected for this duty,
am very much gratifed, and the perform
ance OF it is therefore highly agreeable. I
ask you, graduating physicians, to accept
my hearty congratulations for the success
with which you have closed your schooling.
You should be am bilious, always aspir-
ing. higher and higher for greater things,
and never lose sight of the fact that the
medical profession is second to none, that
there is none more exalted or noble. You
should also always bear in mind that you
are not only healers of the sick, but that
your mission is also one of prevention.
You must teach men how to live, for you
do not fulfill the full mission of the pro-
fesson for which you have been educated
if you consider yourselves dispensers of
medicine only"
Admirably rendered tenor solos were
sung by Frank Coffin, who was compelled
to respond to numerous encores.
Following, Professor j. n. Eckel, Md,
presented the graduates to the dean of the
college, who, in turn, presented the di-
plomas.
The address of the evening was delivered
by Hugh Craig, who kept the audience in
good humor for an hour by blending clever
| Righteousness with some solid, common
sense suggestions to the young doctors, in
| which he asserted his belief that the
newly made physicians will have full
filled their mission in life if at
the end they have practiced with their
homeopathic principles that of curing the
i'll by the use of as few drugs as possible
and by teaching man to provide against
disease by proper observance of the prin-
ciple of hygiene and cleanliness.
The exercises closed by the presentation
to each of the graduates of beautiful
bouquet of flowers and the exchange OF
hearty congratulations of the assembled
friends