Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-14
WIDE F|ELD0PEN
TO MEDICAL MEN
Georgetown University Grad
yates Told of Their
Opportunities.


The graduates Of medical schools Of to-
day go out into the world with far great
er opportunities and at the same time
far mightier responsibilities than ever be-
fore. said DIR. Hugh NJ. Smith, commits
sioner of fisheries, in his address last
| night at the sixty fourth commencement
Of the Georgetown University School of
Medicine and Dental Department. There
were thirty-eight graduates in dentistry
and twenty-seven in medicine
The degrees were presented to the grad
yates by Rev. "a. J. Donlon, 9. j..
following which DR.. Smith addressed the
graduates. Modern medicine, freed from
the incubus of superstition and empiri-
cism, and founded on scientific research
and experiment" said DR.. Smith. has
In recent years undergone vaster changes
and developments than any other branch
or knowledge, with the possible exception
of the mechanical sciences.
No Limit to Possibilities.
There seems to be no limit to the pos
sibilities of medical achievement and of
late years the conquests have been COM
ing SO rapidly that they almost cause us
to cease to wonder. New fields for re-
search of the most inviting and fruitful
character have been opened up, and any
who are 80 inclined may enter therein
and labor to their hearts content
You are no doubt mindful that men
who are graduated from medical schools
in these days go out into the world with
far greater opportunities and at the same
time far mightier responsibilities than
before. C0mnptenf n
is yearly acquiring more important
role in the community, and occupies a
position of enlarg1ng usefulness in mat
tiers affecting not only public health,
generally.
Conquest of Disease.
''Diphtheria, typhoid fever and other
diseases that used to have an appalling
mortality" continued DR.. Smith, ''are
now robbed of many of their terrors
yellow fever, the former scourge Of
southern climes, has been forever sub
jugated; the white plague, which once
claimed more victims than any other
disease of the temperate zone, Is now on
the decline; since my graduation appen-
dicitis has been discovered and con-
quered: few diseases, like pneumonia
and cancer, that still remain refractory,
are being studied as never before, and
undoubtedly will in time yield secrets
that will lead to their control; even
such disease as boils, whose literary
history antedates the Exodus and whose
eradication from these poor bodies of
ours seemed as remote as that of sin
itself, has succumbed to vaccinations; and
about the only disease OF my student
days. that seems to remain uninfiuenced
by the march Of time is house-maid' 8
knee"
DIR. Lester Neuman Of the class in
medicine delivered his valedictory, and
was followed by DR.. Frank A. Lally of
the class in dentistry. Both reviewed
the histories of their respective profess
sions. and told Of the possibilities which
lay before them. They also paid lEyh
tribute to the members of the faculty,
who had given them every aid possible
during their courses.
The exercises were held in CASTOR
Hall, and the auditorium was packed,
many being forced to stand in the rear.
List Of the Graduates.
Following are the graduates as doc
tors Of medicine: John Francis Baris-
clio, N. j.; John Francis Brennan,
Mass; Joseph Peter Burke, Pa; Thorn
as Vincent Connolly. N j.; Eugene
Augustine Curtin, Pa; Melville Bend
helm Fischer, D. c.; Francis Percival
Fitzpatrick, Mass; Ballard E. Gallo
way, D. c.; Owen Melville Harrah, D.
c.; John Mark Higgins, Pa; Leroy Tay-
lor Howard, d. c.; Francis Christopher
Mccormack, Pa; Leo Charles McDer-
mott, Wis; Richard Joseph Mcdonald,
N. j.: Joseph Mitchalski. w. Va: Maur-
ice Joseph Milan; Mass; Patrick Maur-
ice Moriarty, Mass; Francis Leo MUIR
ply, Pa; Lester Neuman, D. c.; Will
liam Francis o'Donnell, p. c.; Harry
O'Neil. ILL.,; Ivy Albert Pelzman, D. c.;
Constantine George Psaki, N. Y: Fran
els Joseph Ready, D. c.: Jerome Selin-
ger, d. c.; Joseph Cornelius Sullivan,
Mass.
The following were given degrees in
dental surgery: William Francis Amiot,
Massachusetts; Henry Clay Bradley,
Washington, D. c.; James Raymond
Burns, Rhode Island; Hugh Boyd Gala
iels. West Virginia; ]. Lee Eberly. Penn
sylvania; William Louis Gausmann,
Washington. d. c.; Joseph Goldsworthy,
South Dakota; Francis Xavier Hafey,
Massachusetts,: John Edward Hegarty,
Washington. d. c.; Henry J. Hurley,
Massachusetts; Eugene Desales Jarboe.
Maryland; Carroll Cullen Johnson, Vir-
ginia; James Homer Keehan, Delaware;
Thomas Francis Kelley, Massachusetts;
Joseph Lanahan. Washington, d. c.:
Henri Albin Laurin, New York; Walter f,
Lowell, Washington, d. c.; James AL
phonsus McGovern, Pennsylvania; AL
phonsus Bernard McVeigh, Delaware;
Charles F.. Mack, Washington, d. c.; AL
bert Davis Mathiot. Washington, D. C.;
Charles Parke 4hiler. Pennsylvania !:
Guillermo E. Hernandez Mora Porto
Rico; Louis William Niebuhr Wisconsin;
William A. c. Ochs. Minnesota; Conrado
G. Agusti Penton, Cuba Harold c.
Qulnlan, Connecticut: William Joseph
Quinn, Massachusetts,; John Thomas
Ready, Washington. D. c.; Pedro Mora
Rico, Porto Rico; John Norman Russell
Connecticut; George A. Smith, Ohio; Fred
Aloysius Standard, Massachusetts; Fer
nando E. Rodrigues Varges. Porto
Rico: Leopold Venegas Ortiz De Zarate
Porto Rico.
Hospital Appointments.