Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-25
IN NEW BUILDINGS.
roRnAL OPENING AT UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE LAST NIGHT.
ENJOYABLE PROGRAMME RENDERED.
A Fashionable Audience Hears Adj
dresses by several spcakers-wit,
Wisdom, Pnthos, and Eioauence--
splendid Addition 20 the College.

a brilliant assemblage was present a
the formal opening OF the new building
OF the University College OF Medicine
corner OF clay and Twelfth streets, las
nigh,.
The exercises were held I'm the new
lecture amphithcatre. which was filled
10 ovordowing with many OF the best
known people OF the city. The hall wa.
tastefuliy decorated with palms, chrys.
snthcmums and ferns. The First Regi.
inent Band was stationed in the area
in the immediate rear OF the amphi-
theatre. and discoursed enlivening airs
during the evening. on the blackboard
in tho rear OF the speakers table was
arranged tabulated record Of the re-
markable growth of the University Col
lege since its founding In 1893, when only
jas students were enrolled. until the
present year, when there are 2S2 matri-
culates.
The exercises were begun at $50. with
the Introduction by DIR. Hunter Mcclure
Of Rev. Dr. MosestD. Hoge. who offered
the invocation.
DIR. HOGES INVOCATION.
Almighty God. creator, preserver.
and giyer OF all good gifts to men, with
devout gratitude we recognize Thy kind
providence over this institution from
the beginning of its history to this
suspicious hour of happy greeting and
oongratulation as we meet to give Thee
thanks foe favors past and to implore
Thy blessing on its plans and enter
prises for all time TO come.
With reverential trust we commit 20
Thy guardian care and protection this
edifice now enlarged and furnished with
new facilities for the attainment of the |
beneticent ends for which it was |
founded.
In the Gospel of Thy grace Thou has |
made provision for the care of all the |
maladies Of the soul, and Thou hast |
filled every department of nature with |
antitodes to the diseases and pains Of |
the body and with remedies for the re-
lief OF suffering and for the preserva-
ton of life and health
We thank Thee for Thy goodness in
raising up and qualifying an order of
men whose duty and delight it is TO
administer these remedies, and for the
Of schools for the train
ing Of those who shall go forth from
year 10 year in this ministry of mercy
10 those who need help and healing.
May the young men who receive in
struction here go forth thoroughly quail
led for their noble calling by sound
earning stainless integrity. and SUI
IRENE devotion TO duty, and may their
'areer in life be one of such distn-
'uished usefulness as to reflect honor
N the founders. the patrons, and pro-
essors Of this university.
Almighty God, author Of peace and
over OF concord. bless the sister college
a this city and all similar insttu-
ions in our Commonwealth and coun-
~ and as they labor together for the
dvancement of the common interests
I humanity may they cherish all the
indy feelings and strengthen all the
raternal ties which bring new happi-
ess and new honor to those who conse-
rate their lives TO philanthropy, to
uty, and to God.
And now, our Father. we beseech
'hee 10 grant Thy gracious guidance TO
II the exercises of this hour to those ,
Tho hear and to those who speak, and
rake this happy and memorable re-
Mon, because of Thy favor and bless
~. and we will give to God most high, |.
u honor and glory, evermore. Amen. :
Mr.. VALENTINES ADDRESS. :
Mr. e. V. Valentine was introduced i'm |,
ediately after the opening prayer. and v
'r 80 minutes the speaker held his audi Y
zee by his wit, humor. earnest reasoning
Amos, eioquence, and chaste delivery.
r. Valentine began
MI President. Ladies and Gentlemen. q
hen the committee honored me by the .
vitation 10 say a few words on this oc- u
| mic full |
icuses for not complying with the re- u
lest that l am not a public speaker, U
I'd, further, that the time allowed me .
r preparation was so short. On mo- -
ents reflection, however, L saw that ~
ant OF time was no valid excuse with -
doctor, and so L consoled myself with =,
e thought that had been treated very VI
nerously in this particular. remember "
z that when the doctor is once sum- -
oned to the bed of a patient how brief -
space of time is left that poor patient G,
+ his long journey. NJ
And why should 1 have been assigned ~
ch pleasant task by the doctors? ~
ON my youth up i have been thrown
IN medical boys and medical men.
hen a mere STRIPPING 1 attended two
lrses of anatomy in your sister insti- IN
lion in This city, and since then nave on
warm place in my heart for the oe
b. SaWyerS. Later, in Paris, where 1 10
W the great Nelpeau, and in Berlin, the ia
lat Langenbeck, operate. L associated IN
tn the medical boys, and my expert vi
&c is that they are almost as jolly III
cd fellows as the art students but far no
eel them in the wickedness OF their ia
Us. At any rate. art students and .h
dical students have many things in IN
nmon." IN
lr. Valentine said he only proposed TO
cuss the qualifications of the success -
doctor in that room where the blinds at
20 otoso5 "a o,,,,a,,. 80 . ,.,,,-a-e,, | res
the bedside upon which the suffering Va,
ed one lay, the doctors true sphere. n,o
confessed TO loving the doctor with o ,,,,
"nice sick-room manners" but paid ~,
ribute TO the calmness, strength, and AZ
gment of the man of medicine. Here "a
Richmond, city hallowed by the me an
ries of so many distinguished sons. u,
; the best place 10 inculcate the teach nm,
that fostered devotion to duty and ~
derness for the afflicted. bar
A MEDICAL CENTRE. att;
Q continued:
What more fitting place than here IN In
hmond, and in this section, where 7
q ana walked IN 'hese streets so many tuti
'irginia's worthless? ! must be allowed his
all the names of some of them: John he
shall. Edmund Randolph, benjamin fatl
Is, Chapman Johnston, Or. Carter yer,
e Johnston (who was lost in the DIR
mer Arctic, Alexander McRae, tenn
rye nay Judge Robert Stanard, Pc dur
V. Daniel Bushrod Washington, the
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