The age-herald., 1898-10-04
OPENING OF THE
 MEDICAL COLLEGE Brightest in the History of the lnSi-
 tuition. INTERESTING EXERCISES
Building Has Been RemOdeled During
 Vacation.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MADE NEW
One Hundred Pupils Expected to Ma t-iculate During Next Few Weeks Making a Large Increase
 Over the Past Session.

The Birmingham Medical college opened its fifth annual session yesterday with hlty students. and the brightest prospects In It's history. All of the faculty and students and a large number of friends of the lnsu- tuition. both ladies and gentlemen, were present at the building on Twenty-hrst street. between Second and Third avenue at the opening exercises yesterday.
 All of the students who are in the city did not natriculate yesterday, and from letters which the officers of the college have received they are positive that there will be over a hundred students i'll the col lege before Christmas. Last year on the opening day there were only iorty-two students to matriculate, and during the whole year there were only eighty alto gether. All of the last years students, eX- cept those that graduated, have expresses their intention of returning
 During the past summer the whole col lege has been completely overhauled and renovated. The chemical and bacterlo- logical laboratories, especially, have been enlarged and reftted The dissectlng rooms were made over, the offices all papered, and, in fact, the whole inside or the bul-dla g is almost entirely new. A. w. Sims, sec- retary of the college, and F. M. Johnston will live in the building and have charge of it. .s
 Interesting Exercises The exercises which were held at the opeuuing yesterday at noon were very ln- teresting and entertaining. pr. D. l.. wy man, dean of the faculty, opened the ex- ercises with a few remarks, ana then m , troauced pr, J. c. LeGrande, who read a |, . some excellent advice, saying that 1T they dioi not intend to work, they had better return to their old homes and take up their old businesses.
 1 pr. A. c. Davidson, pastor of the Soutn Side Baptist church; Professor Hogan, Of Howard college; Dr. E. H. Sholl, pr. K. M Cunningham and several others also made speeches which were highly appre- c.ated both by the students and the audi ence in general.
 The following is the faculty or the co., lege:
 B. L. Wyman, M. D., dean, professor of neurology and clinical medicine; J. Fl. McCarty, M. D., professor Of obstretrics; J. jD., s. Davis, M. D.r pro lessor of princi- ples and practice of surgery and clinical surgery; W. E. B. Davis, NJ. D., professor of anatomy and clinical surgery; l.. G.. Woodson M. D., professor of diseases of the eye, and throat; R. M. Cunningham, M D., professor of principles and practice ' I. Parke, M D., professor of diseases of children; Dyer r. Talley, M. D., professor of materia medica and therapeutics; J. C.. LeGrande, M. D., professor of hygiene and medical Jurisprudence, and lecturer on dis eases of the skin; G. S.. Chapman, M. D., professor physiology; William B. Fulton, M. D., professor of chemistry and toxcol- ogy.
 The lecturers and clinical assistants are:
 R. A. Berry, M D., lecturer on micro- scopy, bacteriology, normal and pathologi- cal histology; George A. Hogan, M. D., lecturer on minor surgery and assistant to the chair of principles and practice of sur- gery; K. A. Jones, M. D., assistant to the chair of gynecology and abdominal sur gery; J. T. Coulbourne, M. D., assistant to tie chair of physiology; Nat G. Clark, M D., assistant to the chair of principles and practice of medicine; Mack Rogers, M. D.. assistant to the chair of anatomy and cfin- ical surgery, and lecturer on genito-urinary surgery and venereal diseases; Edgar A. Jones, M. D., assistant to the chair of bac- teriology, normal and pathological histol- ogy; J. D. Heacock, NJ. D., assistant to the chair of neurology and clinical medicine. and assistant demonstrator of anatomy :: D. 0. Fox, M. D., assistant demonstrator of anatomy.
 List of the Students
 The following students matriculated yes- terday:
 JeleiSoH SouHty-C l.. StanSberry. J. n Kennedy, A. w. Sims, z. T. Chamblee. I, W. Fennell, B. K. Hanby. J. L. Worcester. Wm. Waldrop, F. E. Davis, A. R. Bowdon G. M Milner, C. A. Fox, A. B. Gresham W. s. Rountree, w. T. Bradley D. s. Casey Miss Elizabeth White, R. A. Beas- ley, M w. Glasgow, R. s. Glasgow, O. H. Montgomery, w. A. Logan, c. c. Ritten- berry, B. Rittenberry, w. B. Young.
 Randolph County-F. R. Wood
 Fillmore County-Jno. T. Hunter.
 Cleburne County-E. H. Downs.
 Clay County-O. E. Black.
 Madison County-F. H. Turner
 Autauga County Jno. B. Wilkinson.
 Shelby County-R. c. Curtis, c. T. Acker
 Pickens County-W. w. Duncan
 Calhoun County-J. H. Terrell, Jr.
 Georgia-M. J. Bobo, Homer Ponder.
 Franklin County-W. E. Underwood, T. NJ Hughes
 Chiffon County-W. E. Prescott. 3 Coosa County-J. c. Mcleod. | Henry County-C. E. Cranberry. I Perry County-O L. Schivers. { Morgan County-Jno T. Love. ! Pike County-R. c. Dickinson. Chambers County-H. l.. McClendon. Jackson County-Hugh Boyd. ' Wilcox County-P. B. Mangham. [ Macon County-F. M. Johnston ! Talladega County-D P. Dixon.