The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-05
Medical and Dental Grad
yates of the Column
bian University.
CLOSING EXERCISES HELD
New National Theater Packed With
Friends of the Students Who Had
Completed Their Studies-Dr. Will
sons Address.

Columbian University attracted a large
and representative gathering 10 the New
National Theater last night. 1t was the
second night. of series of three nights,
of the eighty-frst annual commence
ment of the University. the first hay
ing been devoted to the Law School and
the School of Comparative Jurispru-
dcnce and Diplomacy, while tonight the
graduates of the Columbian College, the
Corcoran Scientific School, and the
School of Graduate Studies will receive
their diplomas. Last night there were
thirty-three students pronounced COM
petert to practice medicine, while four
teen were sent away with the title of
q. :tor of dental surgery.
AS on the previous night the theater
was handsomely decorated with Ameri-
can flags whic,, were gracefully draped
from the balcony fronts, from the pros
oenium boxes, and from the drapery
borders above the stage notable de-
parture was the absence of the usual
class floral piece suspended in the CEN
ter Of the stage opening. Behind the
footlights, which were banked with
floral tributes to the many graduates,
were the students of the graduating
classes, with the faculty and the fol-
lowing guests in the foreground: Drs.
W. p. Carr. w. C. Woodward, the Health
officer of the District; w. X. Butler, II.
c. Yarrow, Thomas Bowling. jr V. B.
jackson, E. E. Richardson, A. B. Rich
ardson, L. w. Richardson, and o. A. NJ.
McKinlmic.
The Evenings Program.
The program was opened by the or
ohestra of the National Guard Brigade
Band which also furnished many addi-
tional numbers throughout the evening.
The invocation was pronounced by Rev.
Luther B. Wilson, d. D.. after which DR..
Henry B. Deale addressed the graduates
en- the subject OF ''rhe Laws of lnh.ri
lance in Disease He laid particular
stress upon the advancement that had
teen made in medical science within the
past few years, and asserted that tuber-
suiosis was no longer necessarily heredi-
tary.
There IS unquestiopably a prediction
TO the disease in some families he
stated, but with proper care there are
practically no cases in which this ten
dency cannot be overcome" DR.. Deale's
address was listened to with interest not
only by the students, but by the laity as
we'll.
Award of Prizes.
The following prizes were awarded
during the evening, honorable mention
being made in the several instances indi-
Gated:
General examination prize of $50 in
gold to DR.. Henry F. Pipes. Of West Viz
Einia first honorable mention, DIR. Henry
NJ. Jewell, of New Hampshire; second
honorable mention, DR.. Samuel Fry, OF
Louisiana; third honorable mention, DR..
Robert c. Ransdell of Indiana.
The Charles w. Richardson prize in
laryngology and GEOLOGY to DIR. Henry
+. Pipes, of West Virginia.
The n L. E. johnson prize in clinical
gynecology, the George n. Acker prize in
paediatrics, and the E. II. TompkiDs
prize in diseases of the nervous system
to DR.. Samuel Fry. of Louisiana.
The w. X. Butler prize in ophthalmolo-
gy to DIR. Henry F. Pipes, of West Vir-
ginia.
The II. C. Yarrow prize in dermatology
to Harry Hampton Donnally, Of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Dental Surgery Prizes.
IN dental surgery the general ex-
animation prize Of s25 was awarded to
Thomas Locke Rust, of Virginia, who at
tanned an average of 9S.S out Of pos
sible 100 Honorable mention was also
made of George w. Cox, ir., OF the
District Of Columbia. and Carl Joseph
ct I'D r.rizn for fbn
best gold work was awarded to George
W. Cox, ir.
Those graduates of the medical school
who received diplomas with the degree
OF doctor of medicine were:
u. Grant Anderson, George VI. Boyer.
James Dick Bridger. William Conyng-
ten, NJ. L. Costello. Oliver V. Emery,
Charles L. Foster, Samuel Fry. Edgar
Yeager Gilchrist. Alfred Glascock, AL
mer Marcus Hoadley. Edward Clark
Hudson, Henry Merrill Jewett, Edward
Barton Jones. Joseph Packard Laird, |
Richard Mitchell Little. Carl Loyelace. |
Marcus Ward Lyon. Ernest Pendleton !
Magruder. Alexander Murray. Alexander |
7. Nelson, Charles Wilson Parsells !
Henry F. Pipes, Francis Herbert Poole, |
Harry Martin Price, Robert Cathcart |
Ransdell. Joseph d. Rogers, William /. |
Robey, II. Cowles Rucker. George NJ
Rufin Kenneth Beymer Turner. James |
Hollingsworth- Williams. George WEIGH |
Wimberly.
Doctors of Dentistry.
In the dental school the degree Of
doctor Of dental surgery was conferred |
upon William Carlisle Barr, Frederick |
Islcy Bartlett, Samuel Tompkins |
Browne. Arthur Birckhead Cooper. |
George W. Cox. jr., Benjamin C. Jones. |
Robert E. Layton. Carl Joseph Mess. |
Paul H. Miller. John Craig Murdoch. |
" Ashford Reiss, Thomas Locke Rust, |
Henry Penneracker Stevens. and Walter |
Watts.
At the Banquet Board.
The medical and dental faculties en-
terteined the members OF the gradual
ing classes at Rausehers last night. |
One hundred and ten covers were laid,
and the graduates made merry until
morning dawned. The event came as a
sequel TO the exercises held at the New
National Theater.
No special program had been ar
ranged, nor were ponderOus speeches
planned for the young men who had
distinctly a banquet; yet the toastmas-
ter was absent. and the voice OF the
public speaker was not heard. Instead. l.