Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-23

which you have already given evidence,
ana each one q which am sure you will
have frequent occasion to exercise.
'Dr. Keel. have no doubt but that you
VIII wear this Jewel with credit TO your
self and honor TO your Alma Mater. and
when you have reached ripe old age.
may she Ice able to say that to her you
were always and everywhere faithful
DELIVERY OF PRIZES.
When Drs. Tabb and Keel took their
seats. Or. John N. Upshur delivered the
other prizes as follows:
Faculty prize for second best standing.
Dr. Dorsey Morris. OF Richmond
Purcell. Ladd g. Co s prize for the third
best standing, Or. Greer Baughman. Of
Richmond.
Or. Charles NJ Shields prize for the
best examination on diseases of the eye.
ear, and throat 20 DR. Dorsey Morris.
DR.. George Ben. Johnstons prize for
the best report Of his clinics @ Drs. E.
L. Tompkins and L. ST. l.. Moncuie.
Or. J. W. Longs prize for the best ex-
animation on gynecolosy. to Dr. Greer
Bauehmau.
Or. Raman ID. Garcin's prize to the
Sradua'e having the best standing In the
practice OF medicine TO Or. II. w. Up
shur In this connection. Mr.. Greer
Baughman was mentioned with honor.
Or. ID. a. kuyk's prize for the best
standing in the eye. ear. and throat
class. to DIR. Sewell +. Hebron
VI. J. Garvin's prize for the best exam.
nation on surgery. 10 DR. 4. r.. Rucker.
DR.. W. +. Drewry's prize for the best
examination on diseases OF the nervous
system. TO Dr.. +. ST. l.. Moncure.
Dr. w. c. Bankers prize for the best
standing on diseases Of the nervous sys-
TEN. 70 Or. b. w. Rawl.
Valentine Meat Juice Company's prize
for the best examination on materia
medica and therapeutics, 10 Mr.. Frank
NJ. Reed. Of the second class.
When he concluded the distribution OF
the prizes. Or. Upshur made a short adj
dress. in which he spoke fee ingly Of the
death Of DR.. Charles NJ. Shields.
ADDRESS OF RABBI CALIsCH.
when the students had taken their
seats Or. Tompkins arose and said:
81 have now the honor TO introduce 10
you the Rev. DR.. Edward n. Calsch. the
orator Of the occasion, whose character
as gentleman and a scholar is too well
known TO need any commentator from
me.
Or. Calisch spoke on the topic Science
the Handmade of Religion" After acknow-
Lodging his sense of the honor conferred
in the selection OF him as orator. ne said
that the thought that came first to his
mind was how great an advantage these
young men who were being graduated had
over their predecessors. we know" he
said. 80 much more than our fathers,as we
are the heirs 10 the accumulated wisdom
and achievements of the centuries that
have gone. And this age has also made
The advance in medicine and surgery has
Kept pace with all the rest. When We
compare the conditions that surrounded
the study and practice of medicine and
surgery fifty years ago with those that
obtain now, we realize how much has
been accomplished. The discovery Of
the germ theory has Tevolutionized both.
We who speak so glibly of anaesthetics,
incubation. X-rays, bacteriolOgy, mcrOb-
ology. ptomaincs and toxins, must re-
member that, excepting the first two,
these things were almost unheard of
fifteen years ago. II is impossible TO
compute the benefit they have wrought.
They have brought pathology from the
realm Of empirical conjecture TO the
bOrdorland of exact science. They have
rendered the practice Of medicine to be
almost a preventive rather than a cura-
tive art. The advance in surgery is
equally brilliant. Counteracting the in
sidiOus microbe with aseptic cleanliness,
the magician of the scalpel can wave his
wand and know that healing and blessing
viii follow. and that if his preparations
have been complete he need not fear
erysipelas OF the wound or blood-poison-
ing. or wonder why some wounds will sup
purate for weeks and others heal by
first intention, nor dread that hospital
gangrene Will be a Banquos ghost to
haunt his waking hours and disturb the
slumbers Of the night.
NEW KNOWLEDGE; OLD IDEAS.
But this progress has not been one Of
altogether unmiXed blessing. There are
growing pains. ana often acquisition
means concomitant loss. The pain here
has come in the clash Of the new knowl-
edge with old ideas. Theories long es-
tablished and endearcd by age are crumS-
ing TO ashes Many persons lament the
iconoClasm Of science. and with a sigh
behold the shattering OF mental idols long
fondly cherished.
Especially in the domain OF religion is
THIS SO. Interest is intensified for the
reason that 50 many people are affected,
believing that their gife's happiness IS
involved. Doctrines which inspired our
fathers with ferVent iaith, which we're
TO them an anchor OF hope In despond-
ency, a rainbow Of promise after flood
Of despair. their solace I'm sorrow. and
their comfort in despair. doctrines which
they had received for centuries as com
ing from divinely inspired sources and
incapable of error, OF these doctrines the
new knowledge demonstrates that some
cannot be true. The evidence submitted
IS ineluctab,e; IL Is the evidence Of stub
born facts, that are hewn from the very
rocks Of earth and lit up by the lamps
of the armament. The proclamation of
these facts has caused terror TO many.
who see untold harm in the destruction
Of long-established theological theories.
From these the cry has gone forth that
science is the enemy Of religion. and that
men who follow its paths deny God.
Science does rot conflict with religion.
but with theology. IL does not deny
God, but the dogmatic assertions of men
concerning God. As q teacher Of religion.
he would bid the followers of science
godspeed on their way. Let mans tr-
umphart mental advance proceed. and
IL will be found that thereby religion,
real religion. has been helped and not