New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-26
vOMAN'S COLLEGE CLOSES.
o,,,,rvCEMENT OF THE MEDICAL
SCHOOL OF THE NEW YORK
I\FIRMARI.


INFIRMARY.
ran,s Medical College of the New
,,arnary for Women and Children cele-
- ,,s commencement and its end at the
elmo in Mendelssohn Hall last night.
.,aoe WAS well filed by friends OF the col
I'D ~ the graduating class OF twenty-one,
"e :, whom, came from Turkey and two Of
0 have already secured positions in China.
whon' sat on the platform in black caps
Inv - over white skirts and shirt waists.
anu ID an effective picture. The fact that
anu Wage is to go out Of existence had al
"'e hssn announced in The Tribune. so the
le"1. statement TO that effect produced no
u"S. ,... hut some regret was felt, naturally.
- institution which had done so much
INC -or,en should see At 10 abandon the field
a. which It was one Of the pioneers
TRUSTEES ANNOUNCEMENT.
~ ressons for the step are set forth in the
,oI,oving formal announcement which was read
70 the audience
~. BOARD Of Trustees announces that me meo.
Inc aDIsse hitherto maintained by the lnnrmary
vii be slos Constant tendency Of the medical as
n as other professional schools mas resent Gesn t
8 uhiNt1 re other Important medical schools in
each el ts ne medical department OF a univer-
New-1erk rsdcsl college has been in existence for
sity ne esrs and until last year has offered to
xeoT meYH Il has fulfilled it's purpose; ana
medical education may hereaIler De mndeT ne
sms faculty and with the same cilhicaI opPoI' "i'
ties as men bese circumstances the trustees have
.Sss,ssred A unadvisable 70 continue longer me
nsnienance Of an ndepende scn0y can am be bet
,eT served and more speedily advanced py tecV S
nizng Iv schoos and BY devotng the entire ener-
s ias ~ The inhrmary 10 the enlargement OF us
h .Epr- ~ women students In medicine increased
Clinical opportunities. through me US o. ,nnst
necessary CS'' ~ the medical school deepens the
III ritb which the Board has reached It's de-
r'.ion Standing alone during the last toIN ytSoS
II has during IT'S eXistence m ,e when he
49, .educaton OF women was distinctly unpop-
M I, rur1bfrs among its earlier graduates those
.",nrccassfliv TO encounter unpopularily Dealing
~ ne first with prejudices II has one by one
soers Others open 10 wider opportunities
than 1t has been able to give
ADDRESS FROM THE DEAN.
This was supplemented by an address from
the dean Of the college, Dr. Emily Blackwell
IN which she reviewed it's work, and then speak
ing Of the future SAID
The New-York Inhrmary is the only regular nos
-" ~ IN. state where poor women can be treated
% women and where women fill the most response
he positions What We desire now 10 q9 II 10 0 S
,sTge gU is sdmira5y situated for this purpose
our new college building hrepro9i ana Teed 40
modern requirements. could easily De coH'e''Vu ~
h& T ronose 10 keep the college library. abora-
TO- and SO much Of the college equipments as
sbau bs desirable 10 give opportunity for the sceh-
s, Sor the extension Of the hospital In clos
Ing he college. therefore. We 90 .yt 80 80" Y. Z,
spandon our work hut 20 change the toI form, OF y
- one more available under the new CONDITION Of
things The rebuilding Of the coHeke mas ~ 100 u "a
debt Of sOOo We shall need about S3oY" loI
changing the building. and then we shaIl hetsu
larger subscriptions and donations 10 eaar3 on he
enlarged work 50 We shall continue 10 Sotng 20 .r
public as what ALWAYS have been pegga ., Io'
me public good and We believe that as heIe'oio'''
the public will respond 10 the demand
Here are the names Of the graduating class;
Officers. Harriet Adele Gignoux president;
Naud Miller. vice-president. Alice Catharne
Youmans. secretary Mary Appleton New-Jer-
sev: Sanie Borden. North Carolina; Esther NJ.
Bernstein. Turkey. Sarah Mary Edwards New
York: Harriet Adele Gignoux New-Jersey; Jane
Howell Harriss. New-Jersey; Sarah Kerr, ONO;
Mary Retiring Missouri; Katharine Benin Lei
b s. New-Jersey: Maud Miller New York:
Annie Barrett Newton. New-Jersey; MlnapeI
Annie Marie Tremaine. A. b. New-York; saran
Elizabeth Van Duyne. A r.. New-Jersey; Alma
Vedin. New-York. and Alice Catharine You
mans. New-York.
This is the order If the exercises:
PRAYER comforting Of degrees by Robert Oily
nbanf nrAsdent Of the college; address for the
faculty Or Frederic Peterson. address Tot inc
trustees DR. Emily Blackwell; address the Kew
Dr. William Hayes Ward. benedicton; music
PRIZES AWARDED.
The Hannah w Haydock scholarship, awarded
n the student having the highest average In the
third year class was carried off by Helen Den
mis- A B. Of New Jersey The Robert Haydock
scholarship awarded TO the student having the
highest average in the second year class, went
10 Elizabeth Sweet of NeWYork
These Appointments OF the graduating class
We're announced.
Three have received appointments as internes
to the New-York Infrmary for Women and
Children: two as assistants in the out practice
OF the New-York Infirmary for Women and
Children: two internes to the Worcester Me-
mortal Hospital fOI Women and Children; two
as internes 10 the New-England Hospital for
Women and Children as physician in
charge Of the Hospital for Women and Chill
dren at Chun-King China one as physician
in charge Of the Margaret Williamson Hos
Iital at Shanghai. China. and one assistant
in the Scotch Mission Dispensary at CONSTANT
NOBLE
As was related in The Tribune yesterday.
most Of the undergraduates Of the college will
go 70 Cornell. into whose classes they will be
admitted as Of the standing they now occupy
In the Womans College.
Mr.. GOELETS BODY AT NEWPORT.
Newport. r J.. May 25.-The steam yacht Nahma.
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