3. Invocation. The Reverend A. W. Kierulff, of Berkeley,

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The Reverend F. W. Clampett, of Trinity Church, San Francisco, delivered a very excellent oration on the "Elements of Success."

His large experience as one of the most successful divines in California, made his address all the more noteworthy. He impressed upon the graduating classes the necessity of going through life with a fixed and determined purpose to succeed; to be gentle, kind, conscientious and dignified in their learned calling; to approach the bedside of the sick with gentleness and kindness; to keep inviolate the confidence and the family secrets of his patients. The speaker dwelt upon the days of his graduation, now some twenty years ago, from the University of Dublin. He referred to his first sermon, and how superior intellectually to his hearers he found himself on that occasion, but now after twenty years or more of preaching he was not quite sure that he knew as much as he thought he did when he delivered his first sermon. His oration was interrupted with applause throughout and was one of the pleasant events of the exercises.

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Dr. Winslow Anderson, before he conferred the degrees, said: In the United States at the present time there are 156 medical colleges having an attendance of about 27,500 students, or 177 for each college, an average of 44 for each class. Many of the great medical schools such as Harvard, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and Rush Medical College, have several thousand students each leaving to the smaller schools five or ten in each class. Our own college is enjoying a happy medium. It is not the largest, nor is it by any means the smallest medical school in America. The thought, however, I wish to give you, is this: Classes of 100 to 500 enjoyed by the larger medical and dental schools are not as advantageous to each student as are classes of 10 or 20. The best teaching is done in a maximum class of 20. The number of medical graduates in the United States, in 1902, was about 5,000. The ratio of medical practitioners to the general public remains about one physician for every 600 persons. The enormous increase in population will probably soon diminish this

ratio to one doctor for every 1,000 persons. From these figures it will be seen that medical education in America is fully abreast of professional activity elsewhere. Each year the curricula in medical colleges become more and more difficult Each year the standard in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of San Francisco is elevated, as you ladies and gentlemen of the graduating classes can bear witness. We are keeping up with the latest advancements and purpose keeping our college in the very front ranks. Since our college opened its doors, in 1896, we have matriculated 978 medical students, 1,072 dental students, 145 pharmacy students; a total of 2,195. Of this number 186 graduated in medicine, 247 graduated in dentistry, 48 graduated in pharmacy, a total of 481, or about one in four of those who entered.

In the near future we contemplate making the course in the Medical Department of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of San Francisco five years instead of four, and in the Dental Department four years instead of three, and in the Pharmacy Department three years instead of two. Our object is to prepare men and women for the practice of their chosen profession. Theory and book learning are essentials but practical work in the laboratory, at the bedside and in the operating rooms prepare a graduate more especially for every day work. This practical side of teaching is gaining daily in all advanced and advancing colleges, and does no doubt account for much of the success our P. and S. graduates have achieved in the past.

And now, ladies and gentlemen of the graduating classes, your work has been difficult, your labors have been arduous, but you have finished your college course in a highly satisfactory manner. In sending you out from your Alma Mater to-night, we are doing so in the full knowledge that you are competent to cope, not only with the professional cases you may meet, but also with your professional brethren, for your knowledge entitles you to rank as their equals. Being ever mindful that to keep as well informed as you are to-night you must continue your studies, your laboratory investigations and your clinical observations. Many of our graduates, as you know, are in the front ranks of their profession, both as practitioners and as teachers. Emulate the best of them and your success is assured.

Fellowship Degree-The first Fellowship Degree of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of San Francisco, was conferred upon C. W. Mills, M. D., D. D. S., who, after six years of work, practical, theoretical and experimental, was found to be in every way qualified for this high honor. Degree of Doctor in Medicine and Surgery-The Degree of Doctor in Medicine and Surgery were then conferred upon the following ladies and gentlemen, who after four long years had been selected after repeated examinations, out of 34 in the senior class, 11 having failed.

The Degree of Doctor in Dental Surgery was then conferred upon the following ladies and gentlemen, the students having completed the three years' course, 6 out of a class of 28 having failed.

Juan B. Arellanes, Jr.

Newton Adolph Bergman
August Joseph Cafferata
George De Los Craig
E. Kent Dart

Andrew Fleming Dollin

Charles A. Halen
Douglas A. Hare

Isabelle Dunbar Harris

Norman Henderson

Edwin P. James

Harrison Howard Keene
Francis Cecil Kleeman
George Edward Malone
Rufus Freeman McFarlin
Henry Alexander McNeil
Thomas O'Connell
Ituge Okubo

Gideon H Smith

Walter Alexander Twiggs

George Young Vandever
Philip J. Walton

Degree of Doctor of Pharmacy-Only four succeeded in passing the high standard required by the college for graduation in Pharmacy. These were:

Samuel A. Goldman

Henry C. Peters

Hans August Mager

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Carl Groves Wilson, M. D.

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The Valedictory Address was delivered by Professor R. E. O'Connell, a member of the Dental Faculty of the Col

lege. This address was found to contain much food for thought, and many pleasant anecdotes for which the doctor is famous.

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The exercises closed with benediction by the Reverend A. W. Kierulff.

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MEDICAL EDITORS BANQUET AT NEW ORLEANS.

All the red and white wines used at the banquet at Antoine's, New Orleans, held on the evening of May 4, 1903, were donated by the California Wine Association, Wetmore-Bowen Company and the Italian-Swiss Agricultural Colony, of California. Our Eastern and Southern confreres were loud in their praises of these excellent vintages from the Golden State, and the generosity of the wine producers above named was fully appreciated by all who were present at the banquet.

This enterprising road is extending its line into the hunter's paradise. No part of this State is so little known as Northwestern California, and no part has more excellent points in its favor. Take a vacation in Mendocino or Humboldt County and be convinced that the most inviting portion of the State, where Summer is Summer indeed, and where the camper's life is a round of joy, lies among the redwoods of Northwestern California.

Pin Worms in the Appendix.

Dr. J. F. Ardman, of New York, at the Academy of Medicine, April 9, 1903, exhibited an appendix containing numerous pin worms. The child had become suddenly ill with an acute case of appendicitis.

THE American Medico-Psychological Association held its Fifty-Ninth Meeting at Washington, May 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th. Many interesting and instructive papers were presented and discussed, and the occasion was a profitable as well as an enjoyable one.

PERSONALS.

DR. F. A. SWEET, of Bisbee, Arizona, died April 15, 1903. DR. CHARLOTTE BLAKE BROWN, of San Francisco, is traveling in the Orient.

DR. ANDREW J. COMSTOCK, JR., has been elected County Physician of Ventura.

DR. WASHINGTON F. ANDERSON, of Salt Lake City, died April 21, 1903, age 81 years.

PROFESSOR J. VON MIKULICZ, of Breslow, and PROFESSOR LORENZ, of Vienna, attended the American Medical Association Meeting at New Orleans.

DR. HENRY B. STANLEY, of Mt. Bouillon, has been appointed Chief Inspector by the Interior Department to examine the waters of the Sacramento river.

PROFESSOR JOSEPH FANDREY, of Los Angeles, who claims to be a rupture specialist, was fined recently in the Police Court $100, for practicing medicine without a license.

DR. FRANK KINGSLEY AINSWORTH, lately of Los Angeles, has been appointed Superintendent and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Hospital Department of the Southern Pacific Railway, with headquarters at San Francisco. The doctor succeeds the the late DR. MATTHEW GARDNER.

DR. JUSTIN HEROLD, of 325 E. 87th St., New York City, recovered a verdict of $12,158 against the Metropolitan Street Railway Co. for injuries he sustained three years ago, in a collision, while a passenger on one of their cars. His case was successfully tried by his attorneys, S. C. Baldwin and H. A. Herold, of 108 Fulton street, in the Supreme Court, before Judge Leventritt and a jury. Dr. Herold is the well known author of "Herold's Legal Medicine."

THE National Pharmacy Company of San Francisco has issued an advance proof edition of a Manual and Dose Book of convenient size for the vest pocket. The publication is based on the United States Pharmacopoeia and contains a complete list of official preparations and doses. The unofficial preparations on the market, commonly known as "proprietary" pharmaceuticals, are classified in conformity with the classification of the Pharmacopoeia. The price of the Manual is $1.