Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-22
GRADUATES IN MEDICINE
TWENTY-ONE YOUNG MEN RECEIVE
DEGREE OF VI. ID.
commencement Exercises Held by
Medical school of Georgetown Uni
versity-Bnnquet at Night.

Georgetown University School of Medi-
cine held it's fifty-Second commencement
exercises and granted diplomas to twenty
one young men as NJ D. at Columbia
Theater yesterday afternoon. The audience.
which filled every seat in the editice, was
most enthusiastic in it's plaudits of the
young doctors as they stepped from their
seats on the stage and received each his
roll of sheepskin from the hand of Rev. j.
d. Whitney, president of the university,
and despite the rule against floral offer
ingS, numerous bouquets Were handed over
the footlights.
The class and faculty We're arranged in a
semi-circle on the stage, while palms and
flowers formed a background. The class
was addressed by Prof. Joseph Eastman,
M D., LID. Beside him sat Prof George
l.. Magruder. the dean; Prof Joseph Taber
Johnson, the vice president, and other
members of the faculty, besides DR.. j.
Hall Moore of Richmond. member of the
class of 81. The United States Marine
Band. under the direction of Lieut.. Will
lam H. Santelmann, furnished the music.
Father Whitney congratulated and ad-
monShed the graduates after he had hand
ed them their diplomas. Only continue
ance of their work, he told them, would
bring complete success. He referred them
for example to the success of graduates
who had preceded them, and expressed the
nope IHdI lhdI same standard OF 6ACelltDcb
would be borne by them.
The Graduates.
Those who received diplomas were: Fran
els Asbury Ashford District OF Columbia
Frank Lee Biscoe, District of Columbia
William John Callaghan, District of CO.
lumbia; John Joseph Conway, Rhode
Island; Francis Joseph Doyle, New Jersey;
John Patrick Dunnigan, ABB, MaSsachu-
sets; John Thomas Francis Dunn, Penn
sylvana; James Edward Gill, Illinois;
Augustine de Yturbde Green, District of CO.
lumbia: Percy Francis Houghton, Mime
sofa; John Frederick Kuhn Phar. D., Hi
nois; Romulus Zachariah Lnney. jr, North
Carolina, Patrick Michael Lynch, Massa-
chusetts; Francis Stanislaus Machen,
Michigan Douglas Mcintyre, South Caro-
lima; William Dunlop Owens, District of
Columbia; Clarence Edward Shaw, Dis
trict of Columbia; Leon Ellery Story, Dis
trict of Columbia; Edward Melville Tai
bolt, Virginia; Otto Francis Wellenreter.
Phar D., Illinois: Richard Ambrose War
ner, District Of Columbia.
There were two acknowledgements
Zachariah Linney, jr. who has been called
to his home in North Carolina. and Will
lam Dunlop Owens of the District of Co.
lumbia, who was unable to attend on ac
count of illness.
The valedctory was delivered by DR..
Francis A. Ashford, son OF the late DR..
Ashford formerly professor of surgery at
the college. He dwelt on the bright future
that was open to himself and his colleagues:
their foundation was sure, thanks to
Georgetown, but their real work was just
beginning 1t was only by constant pro-
gresson that real worth was to be gained.
He closed with tribute to the alma mater.
Prof. Eastman delivered the address of
the day. His topic was the evolution of
surgery, tracing it from 5000 years before
Christ. He treated first of the advance of
modern anaesthesia and the adoption of
antiseptic principles. The dirty old hos
pital, he said, had been cleaned up by
trained nurses, and rich and poor alike go
there now in preference to undergoing treat
ment at their homes on account of the at
tention given. He also referred to the
work of Mcdowell, the father of abdominal
surgery.
Duty" said Prof. Eastman in closing.
lis the most subtle word in the English
language. Do your duty in all things. I'M
der all circumstances and on all occasions.
You cannot do more. You should not do
less
DR. Johnson announced that upon a COM
petitive examination the board Of manage
ment Of the Georgetown University Hos
pital had selected DIR. Francis S. Machen as
resident physician and Dr. Leon E. Story
as associate.
At the conclusion of the program. which
ended with the playing of My OLD Ken
lucky Home an informal reception was
held by the graduates and congratulations
were Showered on them
The Banquet.
In the evening the scene was changed to
Rauscher's, where a banquet was served
to the faculty and class. Rev. f. Fagin
presided at the banquet In the absence of
Father Whitney, and DR.. Johnson acted as
POSTMASTER. The speakers were DR.. Joseph
Eastman, DR.. Swan NJ. Burnett. DIR. Tai
bolt, DR.. c. H. A. Kleinschmidt, Dr. Ma
gruder and DIR. George NJ. klober.
DR.. Magruder who has been dean OF the
medical department for the past thirteen
years, announced during the course Of his
address his resignation from the faculty.
His successor is DR.. Klober, who responded
to call for a speech. d.
The class officers are: President, E. NJ
Talbot; vice president, Douglas Mcintyre;
secretary, F. L. Biscoe; treasurer, J. f.
Kuhn; sergeant-at-arms, w. d. Owens and
valedictorian, F. A. Ashford. The reception
committee consisted of w. s. Cain, chair
man; William Smart, 7. F. eastman. ]. p.
Waller, B. ]. Bayne, A. F. Hopkins, r. r.
Norris, R. D. Adams. ]. F. Hilton, G. w.
Watson, s. L. Owens, d. s. Reeves and NJ.
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