Evening star., 1897-05-11


tribute every abnormal condition to a dis
eased condition Of your pet organ. Be all
around men and wofnen. A frst-class
physician and surgeon can accomplish
about all that is done by the average spe-
cialist We believe you will be equal to
abilities"
DR.. Purvis was loudly aDplanded and was
After more selections by the orchestra,
President Rankin, in d few appropriate
words conferred degrees Oil the medical,
dental and pharmaceutical graduates in
turn, almost all of them receiving large
bouquet as his or her name was called.
President Rankin then made an address.
full OF kindly encouragement and praise for
the graduates and compliments to the fac
ulty. There Is no profession, declared Pres
ident Rankin, which has better or nobler
tendencies than that Of medicine. The
speaker was inclined to think q man would
make better doctor II he were minister.
important factor in any community. He is
a personal friend of the family, the rela-
ton between the two not being entirely a
commercial one. In the noble profession
President Rankin. and he urged them to he
true TO their responsibilities. In conclusion
he invoked the blessing of God upon them.
After benediction by Rev. DR.. Leavitt,
and another selection by the orcn estra the
exercises were at an end
The graduates were:
In 'nedi cine-Edgar Randolph Beckley, jr..
Washington, D. c.; z. Augustus Brookens,
Columbus. Ca; e. Duval Colley, st. Joseph,
Mo-; George Boaz Corey, Potter, N. Y;
Carrie Chase Davis, Wakeeney, Kan: Eu-
nice Foster, Perkins, Okla; Artishia Garcia
Gilbert AN, MD, Louisville, KY; Alvin
T. Gregory, Washington, D. c.; Isabel Has
!up, Washington, d. c.; r. Leon Hill, Abb,
Selma, Ala; VIM. Emmett Jackson, BIS,
Memphis, Tenn; Benjamin B. Jefrers, ABB,
Philadelphia, Pa: Calender L.. johnson,
BIS, Washington, D. c.; Charles &. C.
Mapp, Barbados, w. l.; James E. Maud
Ing, McLeansboro, ILL.,; James G. Mazique,
ABB, Natchez, Miss; Samuel w. Mellott
BIS, Rootstown, Ohio; Fred D. Norris A.
B., Stauntop, Va; Lucy Ella Moten, Wash
ington. D. c.; Walter D. Shurtleff, Carver
Mass; George Augustus Weaver, Tus.ca-
loosa. Ala; Joseph c. Wright. ABB, Beau
fort, S. c..
In dentistry-Tomlin Augustus Campbell
Jamaica, W. l.; VIM. e. Hamilton, Austin
Texas; Charles A. Murray. Charlestown,
Mass: Observation-Disclosures Nagoya, Japan
In Pharmacy-James H. Edwards, jr.,
Washington, D. c.: Julia P. Hughes. Me-
bane, N. c.; James Jordan Lesyette, At
lanta, Ga; Joshua H. Ward Murray, War
renton, Va; Louis Henry Singleton, Lynch
D. c.; VIM. c. Upham. Md, Nashville
Tenn; Howard Edward Young, Baltimore
Nd.
Class Ohicers md Committees.
The class officers and the committees
connected with the commencement exer-
cises were:
Medical Glass; Augustus Brookens,
president; E. DuvalI Colley. vice president;
George B. Corey, secretary; r. Leon Hill.
treasurer.
Dental ciass-Charles A. Murray, presi-
dent; K. Watanabe, vice president; T. A.
Campbell. secretary; William E. Hamilton,
treasurer.
Pharmaceutical class-Julia p. Hughes.
president; r. Franklin White, vice presi-
dent; James ]. Leggette, secretary; H. E.
Young, treasurer.
Committee of invitation-GeorSe B. Corey,
chairman; Eunice Foster, E. Duvall Col
ley, Benz. B. Jefrers, T. A. Campbell, c. NJ.
Butler. ~ if
Committee of arrangements-George A.
Weaver. chairmani Edgar r. Beckley. jr.,
Ellis G. Norman, VIM, E. Jackson, S. w.
Mellott, ]. H. W. Murray.
Reception committee-Henry w. Free
man, jr., chairman. w T. Blackshea-. j.
W. Mcdowell. c. A. Tfgnor. l.. H. Lindau,
]. E. Rattley. J. T. Gilbert, c. A. johnson.
r. S. Lamb, T. c. 9Unthank, L. A. Cornish,
E. F. Lopez. Il "a