Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-04

Students Who VIII Receive Their
Diplomas Thursday Evening.

Invitations have been issued for the sew
enty-fourth annual commencement of the
medical department of the Columbian Uni
yersity which will be held in Lafayette
Square Opera House Thursday evening
The United States Marine Band will fur
nish the music, under the direction of Prof.
Fanciulli. the overture to begin at 8
o'clock. Rev. DR.. J. ]. Muir will offer the
invocation. degrees will be conferred by
President Whitman and the address to the
graduates will be delivered by Dr. William
T. Carr. r. L. Lynch of Indiana will de-
liver the yaledietory address. after which
the award of prizes will be made by Prof.
A. F. a. King. Officers Of the class or
g&nizattons are: President, II. T. A. Lem
SECRETARY, 2. w. Huntington; treasurer,
Charles H. James; assistant treasurers,
Paul B. Graham ard l.. H. Reichelderfer.
The list of graduates is as follows:
Frank a. Barbour. Maine; Marion Dorset,
Pennsylvania; James NJ. Fairly, Mssis-
sippi; w. A FARMLAND. Virginia; o. j.
Gwynn. Colorado; ]. r. Hamilton, Texas;
a. b. Hooe Virginia: Montgomery Hunter.
Virginia: \. l.. Lawrence, Phar. d. Ohio;
Hanson T. n. Lemon, District of Columbia;
r. l.. LyI CHI. Phar. D., Indiana; j. II. Nc
Ilhenny, District of Columbia; E. w. Pat
terSon, Ohio; H. I. Penny, Md, Montana;
Delos n. Reeve, Iowa; Henry H. Settler.
District of Columbia; w. s. Scott, Ohio;
Edwin p. Wolfe, Iowa; T. A. Wilmington,
Nebraska.
The reception committee Is composed of
the following members of the senior and
freshmen classes: c. n. Howard, chair
man; Il. F. Blye, jrr N. l: Barron. c. A.
Clemens. F. F. Fadely, w. H. Gallinger.
f E. Gibson. r. c. Gotta, w. W. Grier. J.
i. Gunion, V. A. Lewis, j. St j. Lockwood,
w. Z. Mckee, r. A. w. McKeldin, 8 j.
McMichael, b. E. Marshall. H. A. May. r.
l. Morgan, C. A. Raglan, NJ. ]. Simmons. d.
F. Slattery. C. r. SorreIl, j. NJ Tracey, W.
X. Ward, c. S. White.
Nurses to Graduate.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged for the commencement exercises of
the Freedmen's Hospital Training School
for Nurses. which will be held Wednesday
evening at the First Congregational
Church. After several selections by
Donch's Orchestra, Rev. Alexander Crum-
nIel will make the invocation, and Secre-
tGry Hoke Smith is expected to be present
and deliver an address. Rev. Teunis s.
Haml1n, pastor of the Church of the Cove
ant. ana John Eaton, LID. trustee of
Howard University. are to make addresses
while Commissioner Ross will present the
diplomas to the graduates. He will also
award the certificates to the internes after
which the exercises will be brought to a
close by benediction by Rev. j. E. Ran
kin. president of Howard University The
numbe RS will be fnterspersed with musical
selections by the orchestra. The graduates
are Luci Viola Ashton, Navinia L. Black
burn, Julia Burke, Sara Ireden Fleetwood.
L.. Isabella Foust, Katherine c. Gibson
Anna NJ. Green, Laura A. Owens Letitia
Pierce. Antoinette Martina Kicks, Annie
Amelie Simms, A. Eliza Smith, NJ Gertrude
Smith. Marie Louise Thornton Elizabeth
Williams Tyler.
The internes are John w. Mitchell, WILL
lam A Warfield, Edward d. Williston Jas
e. Erwin. Henry W. Furniss. Jackson II
Shepard, Charles l. West.