The Washington herald., 1909-06-12
MEDICOS GRADUATE
IN GASTON HALL
Georgetown COnfers Degrees
on Sixteen Students.
ADMONIsHED BY DR. HICKLING
Men About to Set out in Battle
Against Disease Instructed in Two
Addresses-Fourteen Members of
Class Get Appointments TO Eospi-
tai stans-Faeulty Ia Present.

own last night In CASTOR Hall OF George
town University. when sixteen members
OF the class OF '0s OF the school OF medi-
cine and the dental department received
their diplomas at the sixtieth annual
commencement exercises.
Two instructions were given to the men
about 70 set out in the crusade against
disease-an abiding distrust OF the cure
all patent remedy. and a faith in the i'm
portance OF their calling, which was de-
scribed as the grandest profession 10
which men consecrated themselves since
time began.
Prof. D. Percy Hlekling, NJ. D.. who
made the address 10 the graduates. went
after the manufacturers OF patent rene
dies IN no uncertain terms, calling their
remedies" as worthless as the mystic
potion OF a charlatan.
Those in Class.
The men who received the degree OF
NJ D. are Charles P. Banheld. Wisconsin,.
Charles J. Boehs. Washington. D. c.:
Leo Francis Crowley. Ohio; Dwight Dick
inson, jr.. Washington. D. c.: James
Kiernan Donoghue, New York; Harry C
Drew. New York; Charles Paul Durney.
West Virginia: Nicholas A. Gallagher
Massachusetts; Hubert Edward Gavnor.
West Virginia; John Charles Griffin
Pennsylvania: Bernard Glueck. WIscon-
sin: George r Hampton. Rhode Island.
John J. Madigan. Washington, D. c.:
Cyrus ". Nelson, Oklahoma. and
Marion Penichet, Cuba.
The degrees were conferred by Rev Jo-
seph Himmel. OF the Society OF Jesus.
president OF the university. Thomas Jo-
seph Mayock. OF Pennsylvania, was given
the degree Of d. D s
IN the hospital appointments. which are
won by competition. all the members OF
the class. with the exception Of Cyrus ".
Nelson. found positions. Mr.. Nelson Is
married and was casting his eyes else
where, as Prof. Joseph Tabor johnson an
nouneed- The hospital appointments are
as follows:
Charles P Banheld. Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital: Charles J. Boehs. Chill
dren's Hospital. Washington. D. c: Leo
Francis Crowley, Providence Hospital.
Washington. D. c.; Dwight Dickinson,
jr., Georgetown University Hospital;
James X. DOnoghue. Monroe County Hos
pital, Rochester, n. Y; Harry c. Drew
st. Johns Hospital, Long Island City,
n " Charles p. Durney. Georgetown
University Hospital: Nicholas A. Gala
CHER. ST. Francis Hospital. Jersey City.
y. J.. Hubert z. GaynOr. Georgetown
University Hospital: John c. Griffin.
Providence Hospital, Washington, d C;
Bernard Glueck, Providence Hospital
Washington. d. c.; George r. Hampton.
ST Francis Hospital Jersey City. y. J.:
John J. Madison, Garfield Hospital. Wash
ington. d. c, and J. Marion Penichet,
Providence Hospital. Washington. D. c
Hubert Edward Gaynor. in the saluta-
tory. spoke OF the kindly feelings the
members OF the graduating class enter
tained toward the faculty Of Georgetown
University. and pledged the best efforts
OF the men 70 uphold the record the sons
OF the institution have made in the past.
Rev. Joseph Himmel. after conferring
the degrees. spoke in the highest terms
OF the efficiency Of the faculty Of the
medical department. which he called the
most progressive branch OF the univer-
sity.
Faculty Il Praised.
7 know there Is not another group Of
men in the United States. he said. equal
TO our faculty from the Intellectual point
OF view. They deserve especisl credit for
the fact that they are working purely IN
the interests Of science
The president OF the university advised
the graduates TO be ''generous-minded''-
not to let specialization narrow their
minds and close their sympathies TO the
efforts ard attainments OF workers in
other fields. He admonished them TO have
a tolerance for other conceptions Of life.
and not TO forget that the human body
is inextrieably associated with a soul
Prof. Kicking. in his address 70 the
graduates. spoke OF the duty of the physi- I
clan TO his patient 10 the state. to his
profession. and 10 himself. Regarding his !
duty TO the patient. he warned him to be /
frank-neither to assume the foreknowl- /
edge OF a prophet nor 70 shatter hone
with disillusion. With reference TO the
state. he declared the physician was pe- 4
culiarly able TO aid the community in its 4
war against poor sanitation. crime. and
vice. and admonished him ever 70 lend
the force Of his position 10 the correction
Of these evils
With regard 10 the physicians profes-
sional relations. he offered the golden \
rule rather than the spirit OF the ven /
delta. In his personal life. he told them
10 be clean, honorable, and free from dis
sipation.
Coming. then. to the subject OF patent
which have been exploited as
a cure for everything. from an liberated
tooth to a spralned conscience, the speak 4
er declared that while they occasionally
had elements OF good in theii. their
daring advertisements and exaggerated
claims vitiated the good they might DO 1
In individual cases. He declared that by
their very ambiguity they deceived, aud /
we're harmful to those who had conse-
Grated themselves to the faithful service
1f the public health
John Charles Griffin, valedictorian. gave
I history Of the medical profession since
rs inception IN the days Of the Greek
-epublic. The beginning OF learning came
rom Hippocrates he said. who as early
is $50 B. c.. wrote seven books which
lave remained through the centuries in
among the writings OF that
period He then traced the progress of
he science 10 the present time telling
u the foundation OF institutions for re-
search and instruction in medicine He
-cferred in the highest terms 10 the
of two members OF the
medical faeulty-Dean Kober,
Who discovered the agency OF flies IN
typhoid fever. and DR..
George Tully Vaughn. professor OF sur
yery, who originated a method OF trans
planting a part OF one individual 10 the
Dody Of another
Present on the Platform.
The members OF the faculty on the plat
ornn. in addition to Rev. Joseph Hiramel,
we're Dean George NJ. Kober. Of the medi-
al department; Dean ". n. Cogan. OF
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