Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
GIVEN THEIR DIPLOMAS
TWENTY ONE GRADUATES OF
NAVAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.

Twenty-one members constituted the
graduating class at the Naval Medical Col
lege. In the old observatory building. at the
foot OF I'D street, this morning. The diplo-
mas were distributed by the Secretary of
the Navy, who spoke to the graduates, and
there was also an address by DIR. Finney OF
the Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore,
and by Director Wise. the president OF the
medical faculty OF the college.
The exercises were held in the west wing
OF the building. which was decorated for
the OCCASION BY flags OF all sorts. including
the stars and stripes and the signal flags OF
the navy. There was select though not
large audience. composed principally OF
the friends OF the graduates. The Marine
Bard, stationed on the other side OF the
entrance hall. played at intervals during
the exercises. All OF the naval officers and
the members OF the graduating class were
In full uniform. and this. with the pretty
gowns OF the women guests. made quite
brilliant display.
Members Of the Class
The members Of the graduating class were
called, the first I'VE in the order of their
standing and the others alphabetically
They were Edward II. H Olds of Virginia.
Milton E. Lando OF California, Francis n.
Shook Of Minnesota, George NJ. Olson OF
Minnesota, Judson L. Taylor Of Texas.
Fletcher H Brooks Of North Carolina. Err
nest o. J. Eytinse Of New York. Thomas q.
Foster OF Alabama, George s. Hathaway OF
Massachusetts. Edward r. Marshall of
Tennessee George n. McConnon of PENN
syfvania. John B. Mears OF Virginia. Curtis
y Munger OF Iowa, Hugh T. Nelson. jr, Of
Virginia. Edward U. Reed Of Pennsylvania,
Thuriow W. Reed Of New York, Frank E.
Sellers of Virginia. Paul r. stalnaker OF
Texas. Richard A. Warner OF District OF
DarsA ~ -
sey, and Edgar L. Woods Of Virginia.
Secretary Donaparts,s Address.
Tho invocation was by Rev Teunis Ham
lin. following which Secretary Bonaparte OF
the navy spoke briefly to the graduates. He
said that 1t was q satisfaction to see any
young man ready to enter on his life work
Tor which he was well equipped. and he
took It for granted that the members of
ton standard were prepared for a useful
life work. He said they could consider
themselves In the same class with the
Roman citizen who had won the civic
wreath. for this, the highest military dis
tinctfon Of the Romans, was given to the
citizen who had saved the life Of another
citizen in battle. The Romans. he said,
were great and wise enough to recognise
that 1t was OF more use to the state to
save the life of feiiow-citizen than to slay
an enemy
But there was another phase OF modern
warfare. said the Secretary. that had been
recognized for only 1900 years. and that
was that It IL the duty Of a man to save, If
possible, the lives not only OF his friends
but Of his enemies. In this line the mem
bers OF the medical service would have a
chance pre-enMnently to exercise Christian
virtue They would also have a chance,
he said, to mitigate the horrors of war. and
he wanted In this connection to call at
tention Of the graduates to the fact that all
that had been done in the past toward
mitigating these horrors had been done pri-
marily by the military and naval profess
stons. 1t was tho man who had been
through the service and had seen the Ills
suffered and suffered them himself that
was quickest to aid in remedying them. He
did not recoIlect, he said, Of ever hearing
of peace society that had ever averted a
war or done much toward stripping war
OF It's terrors This was a field in which
the young surgeons would have a chance
to do their life work and a work OF which
any man might we'll be proud.
After the address of the Secretary Of the
Navy there was short talk by DR.. J. M.
T. Finney of Johns Hopkins University
and Medical Director Wise also spoke to
the graduating class on the field OF work
in which they had elected to expend their
energies.
The exercises closed with the bened'ction
and music by the Marine Band.