Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-08
M ORE NEW DOCTOR S
Annual Commencement of the Medical De-
partment of Georgetown University.
Tyventy-EiEht Young Men Received
Richnrds-Other Addresses Made.

One of the largest audiences that has
gathered in this city in some time filed the
Grand Opera House yesterday afternoon
to witness the annual commencement ex-
ercises of the medical department of the
Georgetown University. The vast audi
tofiunI was crowded with smiling faces,
and the occasion was one that must have
caused the utmost qualification to the men,
berS of the graduating class. They were
surrounded by their friends and from
every one they received the heartiest kind
of welcome as they appeared upon the
stage to receive the diplomas which au-
thorize them to enter upon the practice of
their chosen profession.
The class of 90 numbered twenty-eight
young men, and as they sat upon the
stage they were clad in the proverbial caps
| and gowns of the true university students.
| This was something of an innovation at
Georgetown, and was received with more
than a little favor. On the opposite side
OF the stage from the graduates sat a
number of the members of the faculty,
among them DIR. Richards. the president of
the university: DIR. George l.. Magruder,
the dean of the medical faculty; DR.. Love-
joy. DIR. James Kerr, DIR. VIM. Hawkes., Dr.
Frank Baker DR.. Swan NJ Burnett, DIR.
Maurice Murray, DR.. Frederick Lee Dr.
Rayne DIR. Coffron. DR.. Ernest F. King
DIR. Styles. I'r. Emery Reissinger, Dr.
Barrie, DR.. Lochboeler Dr. Watkins, Dr.
E. Fl. Behrend. DR.. Stafford, DR.. O'MaIly
and DR.. Blackburn.
In the center of the stage was big
table, which was laden with the precious
rolls of sheepskin, long coveted and long
worked for. The flowers were unusually
plentiful. even for an occasion of the sort
and the various candidates for degrees
were simply loaded down with remem-
brances from admiring friends.
The Degrees Conferred.
The dean of the faculty ofticiated as mas
ter of ceremonies and DR. Richards con-
ferred the degrees. In doing so the presi-
dent of old Georgetown made delightful
address. which was brimful of sugges-
ton and advice for embryo medical men.
The medical science. he said had always
implied a knowledge Of all the allied
sciences. and to be thoroughly equipped
for the practice of medicine man must
| needs be educated along broad and lib
eral lines. So. he said. the students who
mad finished the course with the class of
30 were to be especially congratulated that
they had mastered the most extensive
and complex branch of modern science and
We're ready to be fairly launched upon the
practice of the most sacred OF professions.
At the conclusion of Father Richards
address the candidates for degrees were
presented as follows: Cornelius Neil
Barry. ABB; William Aloysus Bennett,
Frank Wheeler Braden, John Dosher
Brooks. ABB; Robert Francis Carmody
AM: Thos. B. Crittenden, James Denslow
ESgleston. Bolivar Lang Falconer, Francis
Mohun Furlong. Edward ]. Hamilton, Ed
win Marble Hasbrouck, Marion McHenry
Hull, Mise; Alexander A. Macdonald, A. B. !;
Michael r. Macdonald. Thomas Benton
Mcdonald, Bernard Francis McGrath, A. b. !;
Edward Joseph Mahoney, AN; Robert
Daniel Mayer, Francis Hannibal Miner
James Edward Nelson, Charles Emmett
OConnor, Edward Dyer Perkins, Theo-
dore Sherman Palmer, ABB; Abbott Smith
Payn, Frederick Francis Repetti Patrick
Thomas Sullivan, Frederick Cleveland
Test AM, and John 8. Thompson.
The valedictory On behalf of the class of
'95 was delivered by Edward Joseph Ma
was. 1t was by no means a labored and
stereotyped effort. but was full of bright
ailrsions and witty suggestions. The ex-
erciSes were closed by DR.. James Kerr, who
had been chosen to speak on behalf of the
medical faculty, and who delivered an ad-
dress to the class on the responsibilities of
the medical profession.
banquet ut Might.
Commencement day came to a close last
evening with big banquet at the Hotel
Pager at which the members of four classes
sat down. Among those who responded to
tcasts were the following: DR.. E. j. Ma
honey, "Our alma MATER" Dr. R. F. Car
| mody, Athletic SPORTS DIR. C. N Barry,
The fair SEX" ]. Milton Heller, '96, THE
association" NJ. Darcy Magee, 90, THE
| class of 49," Stuart Johnson. '97, 1.-THE
| class of 81" J. c. Enwol. '97, Our sum
mer vacation" w. NJ. Barnes, '9S, The
class of '9S,'' and L. A. Walker, jr., '9s,
| Our library"