The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-07
THE LATE DIR. THOMAS HOOD.
Memorial Services at Howard Uni
versify Largely Attended.

A memorial service to commemorate the
life and career of Dr. Thomas Hood, late
Dean of the Medical Faculty of Howard
University, was heldy in the university
chapel yesterday afternoon at o'c.ock.
DIR. ]. E. Rankin, the president, presided.
and a large audience assembled TO listen TO
the addresses.
DR.. R. Reyburn, the first Dean of the
Medical Department, spoke of DR.. Hood
as being the first officer OF the faculty
who had died in harness. DR.. Hood, lie
said, was essentially an industrious man,
always at his work and busy in his p;o-
fession. DR.. Reyburn referred TO a con-
versation he once had with his friend, IN
which Dr. Hood told him that he made it a
practice to read new medical book every
month. That, in the speakers oplnicn,
was the secret OF the late deans power
He was a close student all his life, said
DR.. Reyburn. and in that respect was an
example for young men to follow. DR..
Reyburn spoke further of Or. Hoods man
ly character and Of his willingness to work
for the good OF the race. rather than for
pecuniary reward. remarking that in his
view the chief fault of the age was
disposition to get rich without work, a-d
to be wise without study.
Prof E. A. Balicch followed. He spoke
for the alumni OF the institution and the
effect OF Dr. Hoods instruction and ex-
ample upon them. He called DR.. Hood
Master of Medicine" saying that he
that no other man in Washington, and few
others in America. deserved the t.ibute
more than he did. Prof. BallGch said that
Dr. Hoods instruction was all that could
be desired, and that his interest in his
pupils was unusual and that it did not
stop with graduation day, but followed
them into active life. No knotty problem
in medicine, he said. ever went uneX-
planned, and before DR.. Hood was through
with his exposition Of the subject. it be-
came as clear as light TO the troubled
pupil. Both as teacher and as practising
physician, the speaker said, Dr. Hood was
the constant adviser Of many.
Prof ID. S Lamb spoke particularly Of
Dr. Hoods official career in the uuiver-
sity. He had not had the privilege of
knowing the dean intimately in private
life. but in the faculty meeting and in his
public capacity Prof. Lamb said, he had
always found him a man Of character,
fearless in the expression of his convi,
tons but always just, kind. and consi-er
ate OF others. After an acquaintance Of
thirty years Prof. Lamb thought that the
career Of DR.. Hood could be summed Up
in the one phrase that he was an honest
man Prof Lamb proceeded to give many
interesting facts connected with the $
tory of the Institution since its estatli5.-
ment Among them were that in thirty
two years exactly one hundred names h d
appeared upon the roll OF the faculty.
While this looked like short service ard
many changes, Prof Lamb wsnt OF TO
show that seven of the faculty, now in
service. including the lamented Dr.. Hood
had been together twenty-one years. He
showed that during the thirty-two y ars
of the existence of the university, l,26S
students had attended the Medical School.
of whom nearly goo were students for The
medical profession, the rest being studsn,s
in dentistry and pharmacy There have
been 725 graduates in medicine, of whom
eighty-fouT are dead.
DR.. c. b. Purvis dean-eloct of the ia u
". paid a high tribute to the life and ch. +
acter OF DR.. Hood, showing that he h ID
been stanch helper OF the universit
in the days OF its trouble. He referred o
the fact that the community was opposed
TO the course pursued by Howard Uni
versity in welcoming pupils of all olasses
and conditions to its advantages. 1t re-
quired moral courage. he thought, to take
the position Dr. Hood did in identifyins
himself with ar unpopular cause.
The members of the family OF DR.. Hood
occupied seals in the centre OF the chlpe
during the services.