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them we can gain much more, and their recognition and support 
will often lead you in a short time where years of zealous labor 
would otherwise have been required. Through this medium we 
gain an entrance to their associations and are enabled to encour¬ 
age a heartier support in our steps of advancement, and profit by 
their discussions as well as to furnish them with many valuable 
points in public questions of medical hygiene, etc. 
From position to position I have now led you hurriedly, with 
the hope of not tiring your patience, but to the topmost round I 
now lead you, as I present to you the facts that no less than six 
of our men have been called to fill professorships in prominent 
colleges and schools throughout our country. To our own alma 
mater four have returned, and, be it said fcr them, that few have 
bade farewell to their teachings but what felt that they were 
worthy of the honors conferred upon them, and filled their posi¬ 
tions with ability and power. To other schools some three have 
gone, and their sphere of usefulness has served many good ends, 
and ofttimes brought into the profession good and valuable work¬ 
ers. These honors have been the reward of true merit, and the 
efficiency of the schools has been largely increased by their 
presence. Their future work is full of promise and to such seats 
of learning will be drawn only young men of ability and power, 
and thus a double movement forward in our progress is given. 
With one, and from my own class, of which I am proud, the call 
has been to one of the most learned colleges of the world, and 
his hours of labor in his calling will be among the richest and 
broadest minds our country possesses. Naturally from these must 
emanate efficient laborers, and our hearts can rejoice that it is in 
part one of the fruits of our Alumni Association. 
While all this has been achieved and is now recorded, the 
future has a greater work for us to perform, and it would seem 
fitting here to counsel my fellow-members for a few moments. 
Remember that it is personal work that is going to collectively 
make the vast strides forward that are to make the years of our 
professional history, and none are more able to perform this labor 
than you and I, fellow graduates. The first and great point you 
must watch and foster is your time, for it flietli quickly, and while 
