St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-09
TWELVE STUDENTS OF THE MEDI-
CAL DEPARTMENT RECEIVE
DIPLOMAS.
THE GRADUATING EXERCISES
HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS, UNTIL BUT
RECENTLY THE SEAT OF THE
SCHOOL.
LADIES' Bicycle Race at the Cycle
Show Becomes Exciting-Big
Events for Friday.

The thirteenth annual commencement Of the
Minneapolis College OF Physicians and Sur
geons, its first commencement as a part Of
Hamline university. was celebrated last even
ing with appropriate exercises at the Henne-
pin Avenue Methodist church. The audience
present comfortably filled the church, which
was artistically decorated for the occasion
Music was furnished by the Danz orchestra
The candidates for the degrees of doctor of
medicine and masters of surgery. twelve In
number, were seated Immediately below the
pulpit IN a semicircle. They were arrayed In
the gown OF Hamline college of a black color
ana with heavy red cape hanging over the
shoulder, and carried their mortar board caps
in their hands. Upon the platform were seat
ed President G. H. Bridgman, of the uniyer-
sity; DR.. ]. w. Mcdonald, dean of the COL
lege of medicine; DR.. Leo NJ. Crafts. DR.. w
A. Hall, DR.. G. c. Barton Dr. C.. X. Bart
lett, Prof. E. F. Markell, Prof L. H. Batch
elder beside Rev. j. F. Chaffee, president of
the board OF trustees of the college, William
II. Eust1s, also of the board of trustees and
president Cyrus Northrop, Of the state uni
versity.
rev. T. L. Watson, of the Hennepin Ave-
lue M. T. church, after which liver c. J.
wing pronounced the valedictory of his class
MT. wing spoke in deliberate tones. address,
ing nrst the president of the university. then
IN turn the trustees, the faculty of the roedi-
cal department. members of the lower class
es' nnally the members of the graduating
CLASS. In speaking to his classmates. he said.
we nave come to point where we are
ABOUT TO enter upon the work of our chosen
procession. We are to succeed by our own
uiaideo efforts, or fail. If we fail it will he
our own fault. Today we enioy the nres+ioe
Oh oelng part of great university. and tho
uu'y Oh It's support rests upon our shoulders
May our department ALWAYS he oro5,+ -
our alma mater. Let us meet the duties of the
IKE men, and may the future bring
iiener achieVements and nobler accomplish
ments -
Inc next order was the comforting of de.
Opoh recommendation of the dean of
the medical faculty, degrees cum lsude u,ero
conferred upon liver c. ]. Wig and n u
Dumas The name Of each membar ~ +b
CLASS was called by turn, and the person sur,o
Honed walked upon the platform and tooL
PoslClon IN front of President Bridgman ana
lean Mcdonald. The president then nlaced
opoh MS mead the cap Of the college and nro-
donNN .he WORDS: Il confer upon you the
oegfee OF doctor of medicine and master ~
surgery" Thereupon Dean McDonald oroa.es
'ne mana Oh the graduate and said: "I con
e. S'uiaCe you upon receiving the degrees ~
~, ooliese ana pestoW upon you it's diploma
lne annual address to the graduating class
W. "s ueiVerea py Dr. Leo M. Crafts professor
Oh nervous diseases in the HamIine ,oadtoo,
COiieSe. Dr. Crafts had
paper, more of a popular nature than toohnt
al Inc speaker gave the graduates soma
"holesome advice as to their conduct as roon,
pers OF the medical profession. He advisod
scrlct temperance, self-control decisiveness
profession. i0S VI the
Rev. j. F. Chaffee pronounced the benedio-
uon, after which the students of 1Ion,1ino
VINO formed a large part of the audience set
up series OF college yels, in which tba
Waila Walla Woo,' of the literary denarto
lnent' was varied by the cry of the medics,
cohege. Saw My Leg Off, Cheers were tben
given for President Bridgman for Deon NJ
Donald, followed by the song "He,s LII,
Good Fellow and $50 Say We. All of ITs :,
Inc crowd dispersed in the best of feeling.
MEDIcs BANQUET.
The exercises of commencement r,or.
GUIDED by a banquet served at III" Ho,s Gon-
notel at which nearly sixty mates n1ara
turned turned. There We're few ladies among the
suilDer Jumper OF guests and besides alumni and
iacuity, members of the college Pras;dn4
Nortnrop, Superintendent W. w. Penderesst
SENATOR SENATOR ). L: Wyman, w. H. Eustis d n
simpson, G. W. G. Hyde, James Gray Rev
j. r; CnaHee were present.
followlng the banquet, speech making was
IN order, and DR.. William A. Hall acted as
postmaster. "Hamline University TovfuI
Mother of Children was the subject of bis
greeting to the alumni, which was given IN
witty though somewhat technical Vein
The Class of '96-the Kids. was discussad
by Z. II. Dumas, of the graduating class
Dr. j. F. Chaffee stood for the trustees of
the university who were regarded az tba
nurse of the offspring just born. s'The Al
umni uI ASSOCIATION, was toasted by Dr. G. W.
Malchow, after which President Cyrus Nor
Sarav taToR responded 81 to the subject The Uni
explained o me- the battle cry of Hamline college.
after which DR.. F. A. Dunsmoor toasted As
bury hospital, speaking of it as the Good
samaritan" DR.. G. H. Hunter spoke for
the medical department of the state univers
ity, of which he is a professor Evolution
as Applied to Hamlne College" was taken
by Dean Batchelder, Of the mechanical de-
partment of Hamline. 1.-THE Doctor in EN-
bryo'' was the subject of talk by Dean Nc
Donald; 'The Doctor in His Profession, !" by
DR.. H. B. Sweetser; '"The Doctor in the Pub
lie Eye" James Gray; ''The Doctor of the
Old School" DR.. H. H. Stewart Stuart; "The
Doctor in Evidence" David F. Simpson; "The
Evolution of the Doctor" w. H. Eustis The
last toast was by Prof. H. S. Baker "Educa-