The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
MEDICAL COLLEGE
 FINISHES TIE YEAR
Annual Commencement Exer-
 cises Tomorrow Night
HOW SCHOOL HAS GROWN
Graduating Class This Year Numbers 29 and the Season Just Closed Is the Most Successful In the
 Institution's History.

The fifteenth annual commencement exercises of the Birmingham Medical Col lege and College of Pharmacy will be held at the Jefferson theatre tomorrow evening at o'clock
 The history of this institution Is one of continuous growth and prosperity. The college was organized and chartered in 1891, and it's first session was held in 1s94-5. The session that is now coming to a cylose is pronounced the most suc- cessful in the history of the college, show ing an enroL<nent of 175, and producing a senior class of 29, all of whom will probably tory of the college, showing an enroll ment of 175, and producing a senior class of %, all of whom will probably graduate. pr. E. ". Mackey of Missis- sippi made the highest average. Five states and one foreign country are rep resented in this years class.
 The faotulty of the school consists of 22 able men under the guidance of Dr. B. L. Wyman-the dean A great step in ad- vance will be made by the faculty, who at their annual April meeting will adopt the curriculum approved by the Ameri- can Medical College association.
 In doing this the faculty will cause the college to rank as one of the foremost in the south.
 Until the session of 1901-2 the college occupied rented building on Twenty first street, between Second and Third avenues, but with the attendance con tinually ineheasing, these quarters became too small and a modern college building was erected on lot adjoining the Hill man hospital. This building has been equipped with the most modern of labora- tories and appliances and the students were given the benefit of access to the medical and surgical clinics of the adjoin- ing hospital.
 The following is the programme for commencement night:
 Music, "The top of the World" se- lection.
 Invocation.
 Music, .The Broken Idol (Alstyne).
 Annual report of the dean, Dr. B. L. Wyman.
 Music, "Woodland Dreams waltz. CWaldtenfeD.
 Annual address, Dr. George McWhorter.
 Music, 'Mazurka de Concert" Mem oriss of Vienna" CBendix).
 Conferring degrees by the dean, Dr. B. L. Wyman.
 Music, "rraumerei," cello solo. (E<lenlS).
 Charge to the graduating class, Dr. E.
 Music. Spanish dance "Cordova," (Suscomb)
 Benediction.
 Music, selection.
 The roll of the senior class is as fol- lows:
 John Clifton Anthony. Alabama; Nolan Ray Currie, Mississippi; Reuel Cleveland Cleere, Alabama; James Robert Chandler. Alabama; Clifton Edward Clayton, Ala bama; John William Blackt England; James Calvin Baskin, Louisiana; William Madison Dinsmore. Alabama; Edward Waters Gray, Alabama: Robert Lee Hill. Alabama; James Henry Hill, Alabama; Farley Wingfield Harris, Alabama; Isaac Newton Jones, Georgia; James Franklin Johnston, Alabama; Lewis, Alexander Ki- patrick. Alabama; John Ransom Knight, Texas; William Owen Lawrence Ala gaba. William Jefferson Lovett, Alabama; William Algienon Lavender, Alabama; Edwin Ward Mackey, Mississippi; Thom- as Scott McDiarmid. Alabama Charles Clemon Shell, Alabama; James Webster Snow, Alabama; Willard Lafayette Stephens, Alabama; Cleyborne Russelle whitman. Alabama; Arthur Marion White, Alabama.
 Pharmacy graduates, Samuel Edgar Basley. Brewer R. D. Lee, Grover Cleve- land Winter.