Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-03
A Class of Thirty-one Graduated
From the University of ver-
mont Thursday Evening.
ADDRESS BY REV. Mr.. WEEKS
Additional Diplomas Given to Five Hon
or Men and Prizes Awarded to G.
H. Parmenter and n, T. Bray
-Valedictory by DIR. j.
M. Crumb.

The 10Th annual commencement of the
medical department of the University Of
Vermont was held at the Howard Opera
House Thursday night at s o'clock The
house was well filled and music was fur
iished by the Howard Opera House Or
Chestra. The opening prayer was offered
10y the Rev. !. H. Metcalf, after which the
address of tho evening was given by the
Roy. w. +. Weeks Of Brandon.
Mr.. Weeks said that his directions
Sonbed those given the clergyman who
was TO preach the coronation sermon In
that they called for a discourse which was
to be short and suitable to the occasion 1t
Is very appropriate that n clergyman
should deliver the commencement address
because of the close alliance of the work
in which doctors and cergymen are en-
Gagged. The doctor is the best friend of the
Clergyman and the dignity and worth of
his calling is fully appreciated. No one
serves his fellowb beings with greater self
sacrifice ana he prepares the way for the
clergyman into the sick room or the house
of mourning.
At graduation time the student finds
himself at A loss to know which way to
turn he is more impressed with what he
has forgotten than what he has retained.
When young physician starts out in his
profession he should retain his power to
gain fresh knowledge and should constant
~ he ready for new developments As he
steps out into the world he finds his feat
in a large road and he must keep his mind
active and alive in order to be we'll in
formed in his profession. Whether Il Spe-
cialist or a country practitioner he must
be a perpetual student. The physician is
IN position in which he cannot hoard his
learning but is employing it for the benefit
of others.
When the new doctor starts out he must
lie prepared to meet with all sorts of re-
buff, ingratitude and opposition Some To-
calities get In the habit of swapping doc
tors about once in so often. This is not
because they have tried the man and found
him lacking but because they lack COM
mon sense and courtesy. All this must
reeds would ones pride but 1t is more
than may be expected. physician should
consider himself successful when he be-
comes a family doctor" a man who in
spires faith in his patients not because Of
his school SO much as because of the char
acter Of the man himself and when this
confidence is placed in a man he should
make the most Of 1t and guard it with
care. There is no one who can do more
harm than the prattling doctor Some of
our millonaires would do well to endow
chairs in our Universities to teach the
moral and social side of physicians life
Another important characteristic is
Cheerfulness doctor surely needs a
cheerful spirit to overcome the OlnlCulteS
which beset him on every side, both in his
private and professional life, and to help
him to strengthen others. not a bedside
manner but the gladstone and happy ma
ture and the bearing and character that
puts confidence into the sinking heart
ono should seek cheerfulness in the beau
ties and powers of nature. The country
doctor spends much of his time in the open
air among the beauties Of the natural
world and he can see and hear much that
should bring spring of Joy into his heart
He should seek cheerfulness in the good
story Of good life, in the holy writ and at
the hands of God himself and he will mud
what a physician above all needs, the
gladness Of true heart.
The address was followed by the presen-
tatlon of candidates by Dr. ". c. Tink-
Lam and the comforting Of degrees by
President NJ. II. Buckham.
The graduates were as follows:
Henry Tierney Bray Hartford, Conn
Sheldon Samuel Stratton Campbell,
St Adams
Sidney Raymond Carsley,
New Portland, Me.
Jaynes Mott Crumb South Otselic, n. Y.
Louis Leopold Davidson New York n. Y.
Hugh Francis Dolan............ Bangor, Me.
Frank Floyd Flnney, Phi. .Hinesburgh
John Edward Fitzgerald. Burlington
David Harris Gatchell. old Town, Me.
poarley Jlarriman....,.. Huntington
Roland John Harvey. East Burke
Edward Alton Heath.... Burlington
Nehuther Holden........ boston, Mass
Henry Wade Hopkins. ..................Ess Essex
Daniel James Hoyt....,. Amsterdam, \. y.
Raymond Child Jones. Woodsville. \. II
Willard Wallace LeMaire. Taunton, Mass
ohm Patrick Lenahan. y. H.
Frank Clark Lewis. ..........B burlington
Iawrie Byron Morrison..,., ...,.... Ryegate
Peter James Mullen. .Boekmantown, y. Y.
Jorge Harvey Parmenter. Montpelier
Winfield Dbil1ipG narto on
Bert Leon Acknowledgement orham, n. IL.
William Moler Schroeder. New York, n. Y.
Ernest Elliott Sparks. Williamsvil' Q
Wallace Henry 1arbell, b. L.,
Kansas City, Mo.
George Southwick Thompson.
West Midway, Mas.
umas Il. Walsh.......,. Middletown, Conn.
-nce William Waterman. .Rurlingt on
! Inert Moore Wells......, .....,...... Barton
Each year the men who have the ten b, ST
examination papers or the honor men enter
competitive examination and the five best
men Of these ten are given honorary dipo-
mas. The honor men were Henry Tiorncy
Bray, George Harvey Parmenter, Lewis
Leopold Davidson, Edward Allen Heath,
Nchuther Holden, Henry Wade Hopkins.
Bert Leon Richardson, David Harris Cat
chell, Sidney Raymond Carsley Frank
lloyd Fnncy, Phi h. Those given honor
AIRY diplomas were II. y. Bray, q. IT, Par
monter l.. l., Davidson, H. w. Hopkins
ana Il, Il, Kinney. OF those five the two
highest, G. II. parmentcr and II. r. Bray,
were awarded prizes of $50 and s25, respect
lively. These prizes were awarded by DR..
Tnkham, after which the valedictory was
given by j. NJ Crumb.
Dr Crumb said that the old physician
who travelled over the mountains on horse
back and whose life was one long period of
hardship is a thing of the past. The study
of medicine has become one Of the great
ducational departments in the modern uni
Nersity and the great development is shown
in our modern Laboratories and appliances
The American medical school has rcachf d
such high standard that one hcsitates