The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-09
GRADUATE FROM HOWARD.
A Large Class From the Medical
school Given Diplomas.


Nineteen physicians. ten dentists. and
six pharmacists were launched upon the
professional world at the commencement
exercises of the medical department of
Howard University. held last night in the
First Congregational Church. The organ
and galleries were tastefuly draped with
the American colors and the church was
filed with friends and well wishers of the
graduates. On the platform were grouped
on either side the men and women grad
yates. clad in the black robes and the
| mortarboard hats of students Behind
them. on the rear of the platform. were
seated the members of the faculty of
Howard University and their guests. in
Guiding Commissioner Macfarland, the
Rev. Gilbert F. Pierce, d. D.. John f.
| Cook. and Prof. Reynolds Wilcox. NJ. D.,
of New York. Robert Reyburn, NJ. D.,
| dean of the faculty. presided.
The programme of the evening was in
augurated with several numbers of or
chestral music rendered by the Hoffman
| Orchestra. Rev. DIR. Pierce pronounced
| the invocation. The President of Howard
University. ]. E. Rankin, d. D., LII. D.,
was introduced by DIR. Reyburn and made
a brief congratulatory address to the
| graduates. which was roundly applauded.
| and degrees and diplomas were then con-
ferred upon the following:
| Graduates in medicine-Fannin Stafford
Belcher, A. b. Lincoln, Augusta, Ga;
| Poneau Bogaley, Bassein, Burmah: Os-
wald harrington Herndon Bowser. Rich
mond, Va; Torniin Augustus Campbell,
| ID. D. S., Howard, Jamaica, British West
Indies; Mildred Eulalia Gibbs, Washing
ton, D. C.; Herman Garzell Crosby. New
York City; James Lee Honeywell, jack
| sonvflle Fla; Miles Berkeley Jones, Rich
! mond, Va; Alexander Atkinson Kellogg,
| A. E. Lincoln, Phar. G. New York, New
York City; Martin Sylvester Murphy.
Washington, D. c.; Joseph Benjamin
| Norman Raphael-Tom, Trinidad. British
| West Indies; Harriet Elizabeth Riggs,
| Calais, Me. Benjamin Franklin Rivers,
James Island, S. c.; Philip Alexander
| Scott, Norfolk, Va: Jabez Nehemiah
| Soanes. Antigua. British West Indies;
| Charles Henry Stokes. Rockford, ILL.,;
Charles Andrew Tignor, Phar. D. How
| ard, washington, D. c.; Thomas Taylor
| Womack. A B. Lincoln, Philadelphia,
Pa; Henry Grant Wood, Clarksville, Va.
Graduates in denistry-Oliver Howard
| Arnold, Washington, d. c.; Oliver Charles
| Arthur, Grenada, b. w. l.; Lewis Henry
| Henderson, Swansboro. n. c.; Charles
| Philip Crosby, New York City; Isabella
| Munger, Wheaton, Mimi; William Lin
coin Munger. Wheaton, MINI; Eyerard
| Emanuel Penso. Jamaica, b. W. l.: James
| Benjamin Riley, Tallahassee, Fla; VII
liam Myers Slowe. A. b. Lincoln, Phila-
deiphia, Pa: Arthur Ernest Smyth, Trini-
dad, B. w. /.
Graduates In pharmacy-William 7.
| Blackshear NJ. d. Howard, Fort Worth,
| Tex: Rozier Carney Bowman, Washing
ton. D. G.; Charles Daniel Ross Washi 1rs
ton, d. q: Carl Wilberforce Shaner. To-
peka, Kan: Rufus Montrose Stokes, st.
Louis, Mo-; George Mcdowell Wright,
Portsmouth, Va.
to- woman graduate, Harriet Elizabeth
Riggs in dentistry TO Everard Emanuel
Penso and in pharmacy to Rufus Mont
rose Stokes. me ne pr preT T,;a,,rn Oh the
| Commissioner mcfarland addressed the
graduates at some length He spoke OF
the qualification of District Commissioner
| to give advice to graduates. py reason OF
| the amount of advice absorbed IN the
course of each year through the COM
| plants and recommendations of the 3g9,
| 600 citizens of Washington Much of this
advice Mr.. mcfarland stated. was wise
| and much otherwise, noting some strange
requests that had been presented to his
official attention He congratulated the
graduates upon their connection witt
| Howard University, made famous by two
men in modern times. and never made In
| famous.
| dressed the graduates briefly. referring &c
the probability that a text book bearing
his name author had contributed t.
| the discomfort of the students in medi-
| cine. The appearance of the graduates
| he stated, was an eXemPlitication of the
| fact that science was limited by neither
| sex, creed, nor race. In the pOtentlallty
| of the graduates, men and women, he
| argued the regeneration of the race, with
| their influence eXerted in every part OF
the nation The exercises closed with the
| benediction delivered by the Rev. j. e.
Rankin, d. D., President of Howard