The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-18
YOUNG MEDICAL
MEN GRADUATE
$Sweetliearts, Wives and Mothers
Came Laden Will, the Posies
Of Spring.
PRESIDENT MADE ADDRESS
Banquet Enjoyed After the En-
ercises at the Academy OF
hi Music.

4 large audience Of interested specta-
tors gathered at the Academy of Music
last night to see the two score OF sraau-.
a,es of the University College of Medicine
gat their much coveted sheepsNlhs.
1t Mas Ray. ana happy occasion FOR the
Young meaIcal graduates. not to speak OF
the State OF the pulses of tie two-scorc
4 sweethearts who looked encouragement TO
# to the newly iedgcd physicians. Their
two-score hearts beat lik. forty, and the
hearts of the mothers fathers, brothers
and Sisters. were i'll accord with the
n sweet occasion.
8 After an opening prayer by the Kew.
Russell Cecil, the president of the college,
DR. Stuart Mcguire. spoke as follows TO
the students and their friends:
Presidents Address.
"Ii gives me great pleasure, in behalf
Of the Board OF Trustees and tho faculty
: Of the University College of Medicine, to
thank this large and representative a,i-
Giencc. for their presence here tonight.
: ! realize that some have come owing to
q personal interest in n member Of the
s. graduating class, others to hear the adj
dress of the gifted orator of the occasion,
but many believe, because they wish
Ito encourage, by their presence, all in
+ stitution that has done so much to adj
vance the cause OF professional education
ton and material prosperity of the city
of Richmond"
History of School.
Dr. Mcclure went into the history Of
the institution, the success Of which he
regarded as most remarkable. He told
z of the growth of the school since its
inception. and showed how it developed
from stage to stage until now It IS one
OF the leading schools of the South in
medicine and dentistry. 1 is the purpose
I OF this school, DR.. Mcclure said, to ed
rcate the young men along general lines
as well as in their speciality.
Speaking of the proposed umalgamation
n OF the great medical schools of the State.
@Dr. Mcclure said that in his opinion the
Y day is not far distant when such a con-
4 summation would be an assured thing.
He said that he did not know whether
the present time is the opportune time.
4 He made many personal references to
the growing friendly feeling between the
#schoos.
"a Thirteen Years of Life.
& 1T was this month. thirteen years ago"
The said that twenty citizens Of Rich
.Sfnond united in establishing the Unlver-
y5sitya College OF Medicine. They built bet
ter than they knew, and a great institu-
i ton with almost national reputation has
resulted. OF the twenty, five are dead
two for unavoidable reasons have re-
u signed, and the remaining thirteen, with
" othersS who have since been associated,
2 are working as earnestly and enthusiasts
ticall& to-day55@as-- they did when they
y first began. Thirteen men for thirteen
\ years have given unstintedly Of their
RI time their energy, their intellect, and
their fortune for the advancement OF
the institution without hope or expecta-
ition of pecunary compensation. l have
4 often wondered why they did it. I believe
4. I have found the explanation: 1t is the
/same spirit that animated the soldiers
3 Of the Confederacy; it is the unreasonlng,
n unswerving love, fidelity and devotion to
4 uS;cause."
Mr.. fuckers Address.
n In introducing the speaker of the even
K ihgI1Ion. II. St.>George Tucker, president
Il or the jamestown Exposition, DR.. Me-
5Guire made short but fellcitous speech.
X and took occasion to remark that he was
!: really introducing the next Governor of
Virginia,
4 assertion of his own readiness to believe
the president of the college, but that so
VI far as he knew himself, the nt<pnation
h was not yet forthcoming. Continuing, he
Y said, in part:
# For four years ate sorghum and mo-
81asses with you; Lltink l. .stubbed my Toe
on every oono!p van. see around these
streets; and revere the memory of the
Y sorghum SO much that l dare any man
TO take its name In vain In my presence.
s3,..Young men, you start in life with two
Il obliga tons. First, there Is the obligation
&you owe your alma mater, and the second
is the one of citizenship, the one you
owe your own native State of Virginia.
Both are debts that you can never expect
Ito repay, but ii Is up to you to strive
with all your power to show that you
appreciate it
Money Not the End.
Fl zone way of showing your appreciation