Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-07
MEDICAL GRADUATES
ARE AWARDED DEGREES
Large Audience at City Auditorium
Sees 124 Young Men Leave
College OF Virginia.
DIR. PoTEAT MAKES ADDRESS
DIR. Stuart MCGUIRE Reviews Work
OF Institution, Telling Of Its
Growth - Hospital Appointments
Are Made Public.

Despite the inclement weather pre-
vailing last evening. the City Audito-
rum was crowded when the graduates
from the Medical College of Virginia
received their diplomas and had their
degrees conferred upon them. There
were l2t graduates, Of which number
ninetF-one graduated in medicine,
eleven in dentistry and twenty-five in
pharmacy. The feature of the evening
WAS the address delivered by DR.. Will
liam L. Poteat, president of Wake
Forest College.
Following the invocation. pro-
nounced by Rev. j. Calvin Stewart. d.
D., pastor of Grace Covenant Presby-
terrain Church. DR. Stuart Mcclure.
dean of the college, gave an account
OF the past years work. DR. Nc
CURE spoke Of the early history of
the college, stating that this was the
seventy eighth annual commencement.
He told of when II was n part OF
Hampden- Sidney College. and of the
move to Richmond. He mentioned the
part the college played In turning out
physicians and surgeons who rendered
invaluable aid during the War Be-
tween the States.
In brief sketch he referred to tho
work OF the year. saying that there
have been registered during the pas,
season 495 students. He mentioned the
founding OF the branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association during the
session. the clinical teaching, in which
he noted the greatly enlarged facili.
ties. He spoke of the appropriation
by the General Assembly. stating that
the annual amount had been doubled
this year. He said that the training
or physicians was no longer "A lucrative
business and that II is now necessary
for endowment. and appropriations out
Int
of turning out doctors He told of
the enlarged dispensary. saying that
$4,000 patients have been treated free
during the year.
RICHMOND WELL KNOWN
AS MEDICAL. CENTER
Dr. Mcclure said that Richmond was
known as medical center He said
that the fact that the Medical College
OF Virginia was located here. together
with the many hospitals. had made the
city we'll known far and near.
DR.: Mcguire introduced the speaker
or the evening in few well-chosen
words. saying that he was not only an
educator. bua writer of note
In his opening remarks. DR.. Poteat
sald that the profession into which the
young men were about to enter would
receive just that amount OF respect
which 1t deserved by their treatment
He cautioned his hearers not TO
imagine that they had traversed the
whole road. You have but lust lit
your torch at the altar of wisdom"
he said. He told them that il was not
the facts that they had stored away
in their memory bag" but the spirit
with which they entered into their
work. IT'S not the path. but the
educator, but a writer OF note.
In saving that doctor is born, not
made. DR.. Poteat begged his hearers
to extend sympathy. which. he de-
~ . nd y
could possess. Without these finer es-
sentials. he told them, their work
would to great extent be wasted
CAUTIONS STUDENTS
AGAINST JEALOUSY
Or. Poteat gave brief history OF
knighthood and knights Grant He
told them that they were knights err
rant and that they must fight the
dragon disease" which, he said
pie.
He has not been conquered yet"
said the speaker. and he always tries
to Kill the children, the youngest and
the fairest. Those by whom nature
hopes TO rebuild herself"
Another dragon. he said. they would
have to fight would he Superstition"
He spoke of number of superstitions
that they would encounter in their
practice. and urged them TO fight them.
He told them that If they let dis
ordinations in practice on n financial
basis" enter into their work, that if
they gave away to professional jea-
lousy, they could expect nothing else
but ridicule.
Your profession" he said has fur
nished humor for all nations to laugh
at" He mentioned the satire of Mo-
liere. Bernard Shaw and others. and
said that they could expect nothing
better If they did those things which
would call for satire and humor.
He then turned to the real work
of the profession. mentioning some of
the greatest physicians OF all time
Pasteur. Lister, Flexner and many
others and telling Of their great work
Many times he declared. they rsked
their lives. and some Of them lost it,
He told them that they stood on a par
with the Observation-Disclosures
against disease. He closed by telling
them to remember that they were men
first and doctors second.
DEGREES BESTOWED
BY DIR. INQUIRE
Following the address degrees were
conferred upon the graduates Of the
college by DR.. Mcguire. Afterward
DR.. Mcclure introduced DR.. ]. p. Mum
roe. dean of the faculty of the North
Carolina Medical College. OF Charlotte,
which school has closed and the stu
dents OF which are entered in the
Medical College of Virginia. There
were seven young men to receive their
diplomas. DIR. Munroe conferred the
degrees upon them after a brief talk in
which he congratulated them upon be-
ing able to complete their work here,
where. he said. they could receive bet
ter facilities than in Charlotte.
Just previous to the announcement
OF the alumni reception in the Ma
sonic Temple and the benediction. Dr.
Mcclure called upon the secretary Of
the college. DR.. J. r. McCaulay. to
read the hospital appointments.
The list of hospital appointments fol-
lows:
Memorial Hospital Richmond-Dr.
FELIX Alfaro DiaS. DIR. j. F. Foster.
DR.. F. w. H. Logan, DIR V. p. Peery
and w P. Thompson (undergradua teS.
Virginia Hospital. Richmond-Dr. G.
V. Greene, DR.. G. F. Hughston, DR.. 4
W. Martin. DR.. A. d. Parsons, DR.
Grover Wilkes and C. ]. Edwards Gun
dergraduate).
st. Luke's Hospital, Rlchmond-Dr
G. F. Graham. DR. O TT parpa,