The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-24
d, N, c, GRADUATES
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
IMPRESSIVE COMMENCEMENT Ex-
ERCIsHs ARE HELD At THE
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
! HOUSE WELL FILLED
DIR. MCDANIEL DELIVERS EL0-
QUENT ADDRESS ON "sCIENCE
AND HEALTH"-MANY DE-
GREEs ARE CONFERRED.
HOUSE WELL FILLED

Thirty-five young medicos received
their diplomas of graduation at HE
commencement exercises CT the '5ni-
yersity College of Medicine held in he
Academy Of Music last night. In ac-
dition~ to these, there we're nine graf
yates Of the dental school, and fous
In pharmacy. Nine young men re-
ceiyed diplomas of bachelor Of phar'
macy.
Following PRAYER by The Rev. DIT. II.
II. Pitt editor of the Baptist Religious
Herald. President Mcclure delivered
an address to the graduates. Iie was
followed By the Rev. Or. George w.
Mcdaniel. pastor of First baplst
church. whose topic was Science ana
Health
Seated on the stage In full dress were
members Of the faculty and board Of
trustees. In the pit a band played IN
spring airs at intervals. Nearly every
seat in the spacious building was filed
with friends OF the graduates and OF
the college, the fair sex being largely
in evidence.
Occupying the front seats were the
graduates themselves, CARRIED n car
and gown
Medieos Come First.
DIR. Mcclure. master of ceremonies.
first called the names of the medical
graduates, summonins thsm 10 the
stage in groups of ten. As the mem
bers of each group passed up an I'm
proyised stairway on the side. he
decked in red and white bunting. the
band played and continued to play as
they filed past the head If the coll
lege after receiving their diplomas. re-
turning to their seats by way Of a SIM
| liar stairway on the left side Of ihe
stage.
Then came the dental graduates.
| Following these came ttose in the
| pharmacy class.
Enemy Is Crippled.
Dr. Mcdaniel said. in part:
You take up arms IN warfare
with an enemy who Is crippled but
not defeated. The death rate from
cancer, mans most dreaded foe, Is
| slowly increasing: acquired tubercu-
losis yet adds IS per cent to the total
death rate; unrestrained opthalmia
from disease; Is per cent Of city
school children suffer from defective
vision: rs per cent have been men,
italy impaired by causes yielding to
curative measures of simple and per-
| manent nature; the secrets of scarlet
fever and hydrophobia remain sealed.
| pneumonia, the most treacherous and
| fatal Of diseases, increases in viru-
| lence Everything conspires 10 incite
you to the pursuit OF natural knowi-
edge. Nature herself excites a sane
curiosity and compeis inquiry. She
| Ia ptixes your duties in your interests.
She dissolves your work in your APP
petites She commands you In your
capacities and necessities. She feeds
Won by her daily natural miracles.
She satisfies your intellectual hunger
! and natural cravings for beauty. She
exhiliratss you with the conspiracy
| OF life in the contest of living. She
secretes health from innermost cell
| lular repositories, whose products
| are the antitoxins which neutralize
| the toxic encroachments on LIES
| central fires. and all these hostages
| of health are in league with the deep
| divine recesses OF God
| Assume Great Task.
Il charge you be ambitious. 1t
! is a great task you take up tonight.
! One of you may find in the vegetable
Kingdom specifics equal to quintne in
malarial fevers; one OF you may dis
cover the ideal anasthetic which VIA
abolish pain and consciousness with
out danger to life; one of you may
discover an innoculate to prevent
pneumonia as they now prevent ~
phoid fever: one OF you may reveal
wonders in thoracic surgery; one OF
you may perfect antisepsis, and one
OF you may better the means of dag
nosss and hasten surgical interior
ence.
II charge you also to live your own
life as 10 make life seem worth living
and worth saving. Break down the
affairs OF mammou. To alleviate suffer