The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-05
Commencement Exercis-
es of Medical College.
ANDERSON'S ADDRESS
Gives Splendid Advice to the Yonng
Physicians, His Subject Being
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Exer-
cises Interesting and
Brilliant.
TO News and Observer

| Cndpel Hill, N. -, May tt III
| third annual commencement exercises
| of the graduating class of the Uni
versity of North Carolina Medical De-
partment were held in Gerard Hal
here this evening. The hall was
| crowded with toWnspeople and Visi-
tors from all parts of the State.
At eight o'clock DR.. F. p. Venable
and Chief Marshal Seagle marched
up the right aisle, followed by Rev
Mr.. Moss, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, and Drs. r. II. Whitehead
II. A. Register and Albert Anderson
of Wilson. speaker of the occasion
Immediately behind came N double
file the graduating class, followed by
the first and second year medical
students.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr..
Moss, after which Dr. Venable in
troduced DR.. Anderson, who delivered
the annual address to the graduating
class Dr. Anderson's address was
interesting and highly entertaining.
Then cama the comforting of diplomas
by President DR.. Venable. The fol-
lowing candidates were presented by
Dean Hubert A. Register, who re-
ceived their degree of NJ. D.:
Charles Everett Conwell, Raleigh;
Mont Royal Farrar, Greensboro;
Quinton Henry Cooke, BERTHE county;
Joseph hewitt Moore, Wilson coun-
ty; John Bensell Crammer. Chapel
Hill; Leone Burns Newell. Newell, N
G; ~. b. 1900, John Donnelly, Char
lotte: A. Is. 1899, Ralph Saunders
stephens. Smithfield; Lorenzo Steven
son Webb. Windsor.
Delightful music was furnished by
the University Orchestra, led by Mr.
Charles T. Woollen, the clever leader
and instructor.
DR.. Albert Anderson's subject was:
"Opportunity," as to the profession
al work at the present, the greatest
period of medicine and surgery.
After his introduction DR.. Ander-
son referred to the success of the
medical department of the University.
and to the fact that all of the grad
yates up to date had passed the State
Board and received licenses to prac-
tee, and that ono of their number
last year led all the applicants.
one hundred per cent is all we can
deslre, said he, this class enters
upon this work at a most fortunate
time, for there is truly rehaIs,ncc
on matters pertaining to our 2rptcs-
sion In North Carolina. Not ONLY in
thiS State, but this re-aWakening is
sweeping over all the States, due larrc-
ly to the federation of medical aorIc-
ueS. our coming in line so early III
inns progressive movement is due
largely to the magnificent work of DR.
a. w. Knox, two years ago president
OF the North Carolina Medical Society.
his movement has in it opportunities
which If grasped will hasten a career
toward success, by increasing their in
terest in the profession and IMPRESS
upon them methods to adapt and
those to avoid in their work"
After giving definitions of Copper
tunlty, he compared it to bald
headed animal with forelock in front.
IF they allow this bald-headed ami
NAL to pass them" he said, there is
nothing behind to grasp and he is
gone forever; but on his approach.
seize him by the forelock and they
can lead him at will. There comes
into our professional work daily, OPP
Dortunities, which if seized by the.
forelock and turned into practical and
scientific. utility, becomes to us
knowledge and power and to our pa
tients life and health. In illustration
OF this truth, / instance the work Of
such men as DR.. d. Hayes Agnew, j.
Marion Sims and Ephraim Mcdowell.
who utilized every case as an oppOr-
tunity for their best efforts, and like
truth though crushed to earth they
rose after every failure. Their work,
not nature, was at fault. Haste is the
work of immaturity. He who is mas
ter CT his tools, and certain of himself,
knows that he is able, and neither hur-
rieS nor worries, but works and waits
knowledge so handy that you can
command at once when emergencies
arise is the hand to grasp the Stua-
ton.
with the foregoing Illustrations
Il to-.
patient to which you are called affords
an opportunity, if used fully according
to your ability will lead upward. You
need not expect some balloon to take
you uD and transfer you over the hard
work, the long tedious hours of the
night with severe cases to test your
patience, skill, durability and grit and
put you down on equal footing with
those Who are not thus transferred.
All the hard work through these
years is a training school to develop
your talents or professional attain
ments, that you may sustain yourself
in the larger field of activity when
they come. These are necessary to
develop the eye and the hand, to see
and to grasp the opportunities as they
come rolling in. When Heaven is
about to confer a great Office on any
man, it first exercises his mind with
suffering, and his bones and sinews
with toll 1t exposes his body to hun
ger and subjects him to bodily priva-
tio2s. Ordinary cases, and not thc OK
traordinary, are the essentials to Sc
cure our professional advance and
work in us the ability to manage the
worst cases. Be faithful to every case
and do not expect those great oppor-
tunities that come only by accident TO
one or two men in a generation, 10
look upon an exposed heart or stom-
ach and observe its functions. Be
persistent and determined in your
fight with death. When you feel the
faintest pulse, remember it is possible
for the heart to come back to it's full
impulse. Study how to do that. To
conquer disease must be your ideal.
and like Bernard Palissy. in creating
white enamel for his pottery throw
all your powers into this ideal. And
look we'll to the cultivation of those
qualities of mind and heart that COM
mand respect and insure success.
In this commercial age we otter
forget those qualities which are the