The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-11

H.. ,hey are experienced teach-
-. ma haye shown themselves " W.
,aI, informed and competent lnstIu s.,t'
con FERRISG OF DEGREES.
1,he. comforting Of degrees followed, a.o
was as is usual, an important
" the programme. Many o. 'he 80
yates we're presented Win ham i'n,,.. - =.
uA.s . ~ r,nwersl Each was literally ap.
,a,,dad "a ne received his diploma. ne
aarrae Of graduate in pharmacy was con.
~ r,sd ,,non John William Irons. Iholilhs
~ .,,Ia Maddox. Samuel Eugene !sassseSn
80 lanes Lorenzo Morgan. There VIZ" ,..
.mo other graduates In this class pu'
,hev have not as yet attained tileii
49,, ,nrtfy. they could not receive thc'!
degree. They will, however. De eH..e.su
~ receive their diplomas at the iirsl euii..
,ncncement exercises held ny Inc ., :, 8
after they become twenty-ohe years ~
~ aaoree of doctor OF dental sur
u.r,. VAS conferred upon Ben1am MIN
Ersnl,in Eppes. Robert Marvin Harris,
D. 60 shields Lester. Joseph Ross FER
.;ns Frank Robert Talley, George DaVlu
Tavinr. Will Page Williams and a. Cecn
Wright. - od,c,ne vas
a,tarreG ,,pon William Meade Archer
II Harvey Smith Baker, Elisha saths.
dale Moses Benmosche, Alien Sas pei
Riiler David Cabell Burks, Wli.iaH s.u'
ward Croxton. James joseph na Nni,,.ar
t,nnhas Carl Atkins Foster. John Milton
corJdin. Embree Garland Hamilton,
Spar,es Russell Hartsook. Archinald
,na Herbert. Thomas Jefferson Hoit
N,tIiia ~ John Judy, Alexander Doniphan
Ionthan. William Boykin Lylcs, DOMAIN
umnrn Mcintosh. Charles Wilbur Mercer
R I Parks Minniek, Joseph henry
parker John Russell Perkins, Wil!iani
oscar pollard, Robert Rolen preston, ~
ian Lamar Raws. Wlilla1n Az a. - :.
Revercomb, Benjamin Alonzo nlee,. t>uan
ioi .,,s sanders Harry Bennett Sanford,
su.'ar. lWray Selden, William Almon
shanherd. Fayette Allen Sinclair, Julian
n S1',na sloan. William Tilden Smith, Lee
n M.Ie Vaughan, Thomas Watkins, Thomas
s,,a IT, Watts. Achile Mural
willis. nno,ntnenta
S To The the Memorial Hospital. Richmond,
ya,-Dr. H. O. Forbes, Dr.. a. 2. Lou'
than. Dr. ]. w. Sloan. pr. Ihohus wa
kins and DR.. a. NJ. Wills.
To the Retreat for the SICK. R'chhlonu
va-Dr. w. b. Lyles.
no the city Amshouse Hospital. Elch'
mond-pr. C.. w. Mercer and Dr. j., Rus'
sv 10 : St. vincent's Hospital. Norfolk
ya-Dr. ]. l.. Rawls. i,
10 the Protestant Hospital, Norfolk.
Dr. n. s. Baker and Or. VT Smith.
10, the Newport News Hospital, New
mort News-Dr w. e.. CroXton,
TO the Central State Hospital, Peters
burg-Dr W. NJ. Revarcomo' ~.
TO the workhouse Hospital. BlaPkwelis
1siand New York-Dr. w. A, Shepherd
GRAFTON CT MR.. BRAXToN.
The orator OF the evening was the Hon.
A. Caperton Braxton, OF stauhtoh, wno
was now presented by the dean. MT.
Rraxton's speech was a choice and elo-
n,,emt one, and elected frequent applause
He said In part
cd self-suficiency, which leads men to
become either legal, or medical, quacks'
Conceit Is the protective hide Win when
kindly nature furnishes the ignoramus;
1t Is the enemy Of knowledge, the pro,
lifio cause OF inetfciency.i In the legal
nrofession ignorance Is soon unmasked
Nv the public contests In court; and the
confding client Is exposed to more dam
GER from his lawyers lack OF honesty
tIhan from his lack of sense. In the med
ical profession, however, 1t Is otherWisei
for within Its safe confines. where every
nractitioner buries all his worst mistakes
the medical ass may browse forever un-
disturbed In pastures ever green.
No profession Is half SO important ti
mankind as yours, From the medicine
man of the red Indian to the learned
PRACTITIONER OF European courts, no coun'
| try is without Its doctors; for truly there
would be no balm in Gilead. II there were
no physician there s
Few persons can exercise as much in,
f,uenoe over man as his doctor, When
first we reached this cold and wicked