Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-06
DIPLOMAS AWARDED
GRADUATING EXERCISES O.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
Degrees Conferred by DR.. Teunis s.
Hamlin, Acting President-Three
Schools Represented.

An immense crowd too large for the
seating capacity ofsthe First Congregation
al Church. assembled in that edifice last
night to witness the commencement ex-
ercises OF the schools of medicine. dentistry
and pharmacy OF Howard University. The
main auditorium of the church was packed
long before 1880 o'clock, the hour set for
the beginning Of the ceremonies, and by
the time the diplomas were presented the
audience had overfiowed into the vestibule
In the rear Of the auditorium and COM
pletely filed the side aisles and part of the
center aisle. DR. Robert Reyburn, dean of
the faculty OF the medical school, presided
during the exercises.
The degrees were conferred by Rev.
Teunis s. Hamlin, D. D., pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, who is acting
president of the university. DR.. Hamlin
delivered an address giving the graduates
good counsel as to their future behavior
before the world. He urged upon them the
necessity for studying continually. and adj
vised them not to allow too much profess
sional1sm to interfere with their daily
work. He spoke Of the value of the college
training for the men and predicted success
Tor them. The charge to the class was de-
livered by Prof j. M. Lamb, D. D. s., M. D.
During the course of the exercises Hoff.
mans orchestra rendered a well-arranged
musical program. The members of the
faculty of the three schools occupied seats
in the choir loft directly in the rear Of the
stage erected for the graduates and speak
ers. The graduates wore the conventional
cap and gown.
List Of Graduates.
Those who received diplomas last night
were:
Graduates in medicine: Sidney Behrend,
Washington, D. c.; George Wayman Cof-
fey, Florence. Ala: Charles Hoyt Cramp-
ton, Harrisburg, Pa; George Rutherford
Ferguson. Bowling Green. KY; Mauricio
Flores Fernandez, PharD.. Howard,
Habana, Cuba: Bernard Hooe Harrison, B.
s.. Austin, Tex; Charles c. Harrison, M.
s., Bryan, Tex; Richard Boyeton Jackson,
New York, N. Y; Laura E. Joiner, Spring
field, ILL.,; William Clarence Jones, Wash
Morris Brown, Atlanta, Ga; Eulalio Garcia
Lascot, A. B., Porto Rico, Humacao P. r. /;
Addie Winfree Mitchell. Washington, D. c..
James Henry Oliver. Washington, D. c.;
Ezekiel Ezra Smith. jr.. Goldsboro N. c.;
Spurgeon Sparks, Gunner, Va; Jas. Thos.
Suggs, A. B.. Lincoln, Wilson, N. c.; Ed
ward Brewster Terry, A. B., Lincoln, Read
ing, Pa; Joseph Francis Thorpe. Barbados,
B. w. l.: George Grant Toliver, Detroit.
Mich; George Griffin Turner, Middleburg,
Va; James Taliaferro Walker, Phar. G.,
Howard, Washington. D. c.; Berkeley
Craighill Waller, LII. B., Howard, Balti-
more, Md; owen Meredith Waller, A. A,
Oxford, Sea Isle, N. j.; William julius Wes-
ton. Terre Haute. Ind; lone Rollin Whip
per, Beaufort. s. c.; Jacob Augustus White,
Mariana, Fla; Harry tombstone Will
liams, LII. M, Howard, Washington, D. c..
Graduates in dentistry: George Herbert
Butcher, Washington. D. c.; William Cros-
bic, Jamaica, B. w. I. Ambrose E. Gaskin.
Washington, D. c.; William Thomas
Lovette, Norfolk. Va; James Monroe Nc
Imam, Nicholasville, KY; William Henry
Nightingale, Barbados B. w. l.; Robert
Lee Peyton, Washington. D. c.; Aaron Rus
sell. jr., Gettysburg, Pa; Thomas A Ste
vens, Lynchburg, Va.
Graduates in pharmacy: William Louis
Board, Bedford City, Va; Sara Doland,
NJ. D.. Howard. Old Forge. Pa; Amanda
" Gray. Atchison, Kan; Robert L. Nc
CURE, Washington, D. c.: Harry S. Pope,
Georgetown, D. C.;Jesse Mitchell Seabrook,
Columbia, S. c.; Annesley Wilfred Smalley,
Augusta, Ga: George Washington Thomas,
jr., Smthfeld, Va: William A. Wells, jr.,
LII. NJ. Howard, Chicago, ILL.,; Benjamin
Franklin White NJ. D., Howard, Daniel Va.