The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-28
Audience Is Large-Dr. Rob- ert SOmers Hill Deliv-
 CTS Address
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
 COL. w. c. GORGAS
Exhorts Young Doctors to Keep Them selves Clear of All That Smacks of Sharp Practice-Reward Lies
 In Helping Suffering

Medical college last night received thei
 diplomas and various degrees at the lief ferson theatre, where was held the com
 mencement exercises. pr. l.. c. Morris
 dean, presented the diplomas and con medicine and pharmacy and chemistry and Dr. Charles A. Merrill gave to tn graduates of the dental department thei diplomas and degrees. The Rev. Middle ton s. Barnwell delivered the invocation and was followed by Dr. Robert Somer. Hill. who delivered the commencement address.
 The exercises had been planned to be gin exactly at S:15, but there was some de lay and the curtain was not elevated until S:35. It was an impatient audience of several hundred people, the theatre be- ing crowded. that cheered as the curtain began slowly to rise. When it had reached a sufficient height to permit 8 view of the stage there was vigorous applause. The entire faculty were seated on the west side of the stage and to the class, dressed in their caps and gowns The students made an impressive ap- pearance and received great applause.
 Dr. Hill Makes Address
 Dr. Hill in his address to the students told something of the advance in medical science in recent years and of the uphill climb it had experienced in reaching it's present high plane. He said that no field had been cultivated more with the plough share of research than that of medicine and that 1t was due to the indomitable purpose of the pioneers in the science that enabled it to reach it's present state.
 pr. Hill said that the United States always was in the vanguard of medical advancement and at the present time WAS in the front rank of nations of the world, if not actually leading them all. in the practice of medicine.
 The speaker paid a high tribute to Col William C. Gorgas, who "cleaned up the Panama canal zone destroying the yellow fever mosquito and materially low ering the death rate. "I would not take from the brow of Colonel Goethels or any of his associates the laures they won In the completion of the Panama canal" said Dr. Hill but had it not been for the advancement in medical science which enabled Colonel Gorgas to make the zone Colonel Goethals nor anyone else. could not have completed the canal in a thousand years.
 Dr. Hill told the graduating class that it was now about to enter the noble pro- fession of medicine. He said that their success in their profession depended not on material welfare alone, but on what they did to alleviate the sufferings or nu- not upon the high positions they reached, but what their work meant to sufferers from ills of every nature. ''The glory of being engaged in this profession lies in the consciousness of being able to alleviate the suffering of your fellow man. said he. Even though you go through life without receiving an earthly reward. you will receive compensation when you are in the declining years of ife's journey in pleasant retrospection of duty accomplished, of work well done.'
 Must Be Clean
 The speaker told the students to be clean. to abstain from methods that of dishonesty in the slightest de- gree. He cited the instance of Mellen, former president of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad to illustrate his point and drove it home forcibly.
 He referred in a general way to the alleged traffic in sick people," telling the students that 1t was wrong; that no man had right to "sell'' patient to an- other and urging them to avoid such pitfalls.
 Dr. H. S Ward charged the graduating class in medicine and the presentation of diplomas and comforting of degrees upon this class followed. pr. Morris presented the diplomas and degrees. Dr. Charles A. Merrill dean, delivered the charge to the graduates of the dental department, also the degree D. D. &. and award ing the diplomas to the graduates
 Dr. A. R. Bliss. IT,, charged the class in pharmacy and pharmaceutical chem stry and Dr. Morris presented the diplo- mas and conferred the degrees of Ph. G., Ph. Ch.. B. &, and Phar. D. The Rev. J. A. Bryan pronounced benediction and to the strains of stew-step the audience filed out of the thetre.
 Those Receiving Diplomas The students receiving diplomas and degrees last night were:
 Medicine (M. D.):
 Percy Crump finders, Nortport; Rob- srt Marvin Avery, Lanett: William Ru- 'us King Beck, D. V. M., Camden; Duke Bradford, Woodlawn, Flu gene G. Bragg, Victoria; John Lidelle Chandler, Gadsden; Dana Monroe Col Her, Birmingham; Claude c. Collins, Warrior; John P. Cochran, Ohatchee. Hathaway Denman. Birmingham; Clyde Neville Garmon, birmingham; Ander- son c. Green. Birmingham Ernest Charles Hagood, Birmingham; Charlton Sidney Harris, Birmingham; Herbert Adames Harris, Ensley; George Wash ngton Hall Eschala; Armistead Lester Hayes, Notasulga; John Howard Hays, Ph. G.. Helena; oscar Olonel Jones, Robert Grady Lovelady, Joseph Edward Lindsey, Alexander City; Edward Dudley Nc Adory, A. B., East Lake; Alfred Austin Meeks. Bessemer; James Calvin Nor gan, Pratt City; August Fayette Rout- edge, Ensley; John D. Scrivner, Sa- Jacob David Staples, Goodwa- CT; Sidney l.. Waites, Rockford: Adair <. Whetstone, East Lake; Leo Clement Woods, Woodlawn.
 Dentistry CD. D. SD:
 Lon Alexander. Kennedy; Carleton srant Dabney Birmingham; William ,amuel Drummond. Jasper; John Thomas Endsley. Birmingham; John J. Iadley, Lewisburg; A. L. Helden, Flor 'nce; Leslie L Lowery, Ashville; Will iab A. Massey. Weogufka; Grover Cleveland Niles. Albertville; Willie c. Cullman.
 Atwood. Cullman; J. E. Blackwell, North Birmingham: Alvie T. Bradford, Robert K. Buford. Albert ,ille; Henry Roy Faucett. Centreviile; Walton A. Hill, Elkton, Tenn; l. E. xrauss, Birmingham: Louis Letaw. North Birmingham H. E. Mangrum, Boyles; J. c. Massey, Weogufka; c. M. Matthews. springville Irwin Mich in. Birmingham; Mac McLenden. Fort c. NJ. Stephenson, Oakman; |; I. H. Sudduth Newtonville James F. Walton. Waverly; Nathaniel Washing ton. Birmin gham; Jesse O. Wikle, Mad son.
 Pharmaceutical chemist (Ph. CD: AL vie T. Bradford. Russellville; L. E. [( rousa In cvtx Moffhaxrro