Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-13

name OF chr alma mater Do ccntinue tho
good work our predecessors have so ably
To-day we bid farewell to this scene Of
our many joys and pleasure and ieage be-
hind a place nIied with memories Of days
happily spent. We owe debt to the
Rev. Father Rector and to the esteemed
professors q debt OF gratitude that time
can never efface. It would be impossible
to put in words what we owe to you. for
during our course of study we have had you
not only to instruct us, but to give US
individual encouragement and attention. so
that now each one Of us feel that the debt
OF thanks to you is personal duty and
privilege.
Fellow classmates, there remains the
sad task of bidding you farewell For
three years united by one tie we have had
In common all our pleasures and our strug-
giles, our victories and defeats. Today,
however, marks the dissolution of that
band Of fellowship most cherished, and We
must now go forth to pursue diverging
paths, perchance to meet no more. But
ever through life we shall feel the influence
of the associations that have daily sur
rounded us, ever and anon win come the
recollectionS to keep US In the path OF
rectitude. ever and anon In adversely will
come the memory of some victory achieved
by perseverance and will profit accord
ingly.''
Address to Graduates.
Dr. Samuel s. Adams delivered the adj
dress to the graduates.
"A professional man does not require the
restraining influence of age to accomplish
a good work" the speaker said. I'm pro-
fessional life there is, unfortunately, too
much or tendency among learned men to
suppress the aspirations of youthful ambi-
ton, not so much because their work falls
| IN merit below that of their seniors as be-
cause 1t is the work of youth, and there
fore, presumably immature Youth would
seem to be the stigma In the minds of
those to whom gray hairs seem to De the
greatest mark of mental capacity. You are
young and your work has just begun. If
you can discover the elixir of old age and
will imbibe freely You may hasten to
achieve appreciation, and with Ii success,
though you may shorten your life. But who
would not rather die even of old age In his
youth IL thereby he can secure lasting
name through good and fairly appre-
ciated work?
"A still greater misfortune is that of be-
ing an unmarried doctor. You will hardly
have quilted this hall, buoyant with the
hope of a brilliant practice. ere some
licltous friend will inform you that you viii
never succeed as long as you are single.
Indeed, you will be urged to marry just as
| IL it were the simplest mercantile transac-
| ton. They will insist that you will have
no trouble In getting wife. and stlll less
| in supporting her. If one can judge by the
number of single doctors women are rather
slow in sharing the responsibilities of early
professional life. To overcome. the financial
embarra ssments you will be advised to Sc.
Il q
| the number of poor married doctors, II Is
| Just possible that rich women are not plen-
tiful. Those who object to You because you
are single would find some cause Tor COM
plant IL you were to marry to please them.
| The struggle for existence in the first years
| of practice is well known. The expenses
are ever on the increase, and the problem
of supporting two or more as easily as one
| ia difficult of solution. Do not get married
| with the expectation of an immediate in
crease in your income. because your wife
might be more Objectionable to your ad-
visers than your youth and your bachelor
| hood. Wait, and then marry to suit your
/ self.
"And now 1 welcome you into the pro-
| fession with feelings both of JOY and sor-
| row. To those who are to labor IN dis
4 TAM fields I extend hearty Godspeed
| To all 1 say that he who is worthy OF sue
| cess will succeed, for there is always suffi-
| cient demand for success"
Announcement of Appointments.
| Prof Joseph Taber Johnson then made
| the announcement of the appointments to
| interneshlps in local hospitals as follows:
Georgetown University Hospital, Rafael
| Lopez Nussa, Porto Rico; James Alonzo
Cannon New York, and Lawrence Michael
brennan, Virginia; Garfield Hospital. Julian
Chew Blackstone, J. Russell Verbrycke
| jr.. and Albert Ego Craig. District of Co.
| lumbia; Providence Hospital, Joseph Harry
Collins and John Ambrose FoOte, Pennsyl-
vania, and Joseph Edward Bastion, Massa-
chusetts; Lancaster Hospital, Urban Henry
| Raeit, Pennsylvania, Albert Francis Null
| vanity. New Hampshire, and James Francis
| O'Hara. Pennsylvania 1t was stated. have
| also passed satisfactory examinations for
| hospital positions in the city and their as
| signments will be announced in a few days
The class officers are:
| School of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. James
| Francis OHara; vice president, Joseph Har-
~ Collins; secretary, Edward Bastion;
| treasurer, Julian Chew Blackstone.
School of dentistry-President Festus Jo-
| seph Nee; vice president Frederick VIM
| Schaake; secretary and treasurer E.
Gather Harris.
| The reception committee last evening in
cluded Albert f. Aclxer, Robert G. Blaine
| Scott G. Breckenridge, John M Pearson
| Henry r. Schrieber. all of the class of
| 1907.
REPORT INCORRECT.