Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-09
Graduates in Each of Three Depart
ments of Howard University.
Mr.. B. B. F. MkCFARLAND'S ADDRESS
List Of Officers and Committees
in Charge of Exercises,
DR.. REY BURN PRESID ES

The commencement exercises of Howard
| University medical, dental and pharma-
ceutic classes, respectively, of 1901 were
held last evening at the First Congrega-
tiCnal Church. corner of 10th and c. streets
| northwest, In the presence of a very large
audience DR.. Robert Reyburn presided.
| Those on the platform included Mr.. II.
| B. F. Mcfarland. president Of the board
| of District Commissioners; President Ran
Kin OF the university, DR.. Robert Rayburn,
chairman for the evening and the MEM
| bers of the graduating classes; Drs Chas.
B. Purvis, N. F. Graham, d. s. Lamb.
William H. Seaman, John E. Bracket,
F. J. Shadd. James B. Hodgkin, George n.
| Perry, ]. Melvin Lamb. E. A. Balloch, E.
Oliver Belt, w. w. Aileger, ]. H. Purdy.
s. r. Watts, Andrew ]. Brown. H. Porter
Davis, Collins Marshall, Austin NJ. Curtis,
| Edward D. Williston, Charles l. West, John
| w. Mitchell, r. B. Tyler, T. A. Campbell,
| Arthur D. Weakley, William S. Naylor,
| Arthur W. Tancil, Herbert c. Scurlock,
William A. warfield. William T. Bradshaw,
| j. Everett Mcconnell, Louis s. Meikie,
| Clarence H. Rowland and H. A. Robbins
| and DR.. Reynold w. Wilcox, president of
the Therapeutic Society. now in session
| here.
After several selections by Hoffman,
| Orchestra, Rev. DR.. Pierce offered the IN
vocation and then President Rankin an
dentistry and pharmacy was awarded to
! Harriet Elizabeth Riggs, Everard Emanuel
! Penso and Rufus Montrose Stokes respec-
| lively.
List of Graduates.
! Following this he announced the grad
yates in medicine. as follows: Mildred Eu-
lalia Gibbs, Martin Sylvester Murphy and
| Charles Andrew Lignor Of Washington,
d. c.; Fannin Stafford Belcher, Augusta,
/ Ga: Poneu Bogaiey, Bassein, Burmah; Os
| wald Darlington, Herndon Bowser and
| Miles Berkeiy Jones. Richmond, Va: Tom
lin Augustus Campbell. Jamaica, British
! West Indies; Herman Garzell Crosby and
Alexander Atkinson Kellogg, New York
| city: James Lee Honeywell. Jacksonville,
| Fla; Miles Berkeley Jones, Richmond.
| Va; Joseph Benjamin Norman Raphael
Tom Trinidad. British West Indies; Har-
! riet Elizabeth Riggs, Calais, Me; Ben
| jamin Franklin Rivers, James Island, s. C.;
Philip Alexander Scott, Norfolk, Va: Jabez
| Nehemiah Stokes. Antigua, British West
| Indies, Charles Henry Stokes. Rockford,
ILL.,; Thomas Taylor Nomach Philadelphia.
| Pa, and Henry Grant Wood, GAINESVILLE,
| Va.
Those in dentistry were Oliver Howard
Arnold, Washington, D. c.; Oliver Charles
Arthur. Grenada. B. W. l.; Lewis Henry
Ferguson, swansboro', n. c.; Charles
| Philip Crosby, New York city; Isabella
Wheaton, Mimi; Everard Emanuel Penso.
Jamaica B. w. l.; James Benjamin Riley,
Tallahassee, Fla; William Myers Stowe,
smyth. trinidad, B. W VI I. '
Those in pharmacy were: William T.
| Blackshear. NJ. D., Fort Worth. Texas;
Ross. Washington, D. c.; Carl Wilberforce
shaffer, Topeka, Kan; Rufus Montrose
Stokes, ST. Louis Mo-, and George Nc
DoweH Wright, Portsmouth, Va.
Commissioner MacfarIand'. Address.
Several selections were rendered by the
| orchestra, at the conclusion OF which Pres
ident Mcfarland spoke, in part, as fol-
lows!
You are to be congratulated upon going
out into the world with the name Of How
ard upon you. 1t ought to be an introduce
ton to others and an inspiration to your
selves 1t stands for the noblest living,
thanks to two men who have made it
famous in modern time, and to the fact
that no one has ever made 1t Infamous.
When We hear the word, after a general
thought Of the long line of Towards in the
English peerage, with all their claims to
honorable distinction, We think first of
John Howard, the philanthropist of the
prisons who revolutionized the treatment
Of prisoners the world over. In the great
day of account the king shall say unto
him, L was sick and in prison and We visit
ed me-. Not all the blood of all the How
ards could confer greater nobility than
this plain Englishman possessed, and he
has given the name a greater luster than it
ever had before.
Then We here would think naturally Of
him for whom this university was named.
Oliver Otis Howard, the knightly Chris
tian soldier, who lost his right arm in the
battle Of Fair Oaks, and was twice pro-
NOTED for gallantry in action. These How
ards to speak of no others, have made the
name synonymous with humane, honora-
BILE, high-minded conduct. Those who bear
the name of Howard as graduates Of this
university have, it seems to me, peculiar
honor and peculiar obligation. The thought
cn,afs
ture should be abhorrent to every Howard
graduate. Cruelty in any form, under any
circumstances to man, or beast, or bird,
ought to rouse a Howard graduate to a
fighting zeal. The amelioration Of suffering
should be pleasure well as a DUTY
You men and women who are to minister
to the suffering and the needy as your life
work should be especially tender and SYM
pathetic and kind-hearted, because YOU are
all Towards by adoption. Dishonor not
technical and special, but broad and gem
deadliest kind, If you are to be true How
ards. It Is impossible to imagine a true
Howard living a low-minded, mercenary
or unprincipled life.
Health In the broadest and deenest
sense, health Of head and health Of heart,
the sound mind in the sound body, the man
or woman living according to the laws of
God-all this, suggested by the name How
ard, is what you are to stand for and to
work Tor. You profess to be ministers OF
health. You take the responsibility of car
ing LOT Otner men and women. Like the
priests in the temple You must yourselves
be whole be holy, for health is wholesome
completeness. Holiness is but health writ
large. May you be true to your professions
and to the noble name you bear!'
DR.. Reynold w. Wilcox of New York
followed with brief address.
Officers and Committees.
The officers Of the medical class were:
President. NJ B. Jones; vice president, ].
N. Soanes; recording secretary, NJ. S. Mur-
ply; corresponding secretary c. A. Tfgnor:
treasurer. c. J. Ridgeley; sergeant-at-arms.
Poneu Bogaley. Those of the dental class
were; PRESIDENT; L. H. Henderson: vice
Smyth; treasurer. William L. Munger.
Those of the pharmaceutic class were:
President, r. NJ. Stokes: vice president.
Charles d. Ross; secretary. r. C. Bowman,
and treasurer, George ID. Wright.
The executive committee was composed Of
o. B. H. Bowser, H. G. Wood. T. T. Wo-
mack, A A. Kellogg. ]. B. n. Raphael
Tom, P. A. Scott and NJ. G. Crosby.
The committee on invitations comprised
o. H. Arnold, Isabella Munger, o. &.
Arthur, w. T. Blackshear, NJ. D.. and c.