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6th of March, to celebrate the seventh commencement of the 
College. 
The hall was well filled by the friends of the graduates. The 
stage was handsomely decorated with flowers, and the music 
of the 7th regiment band was a harmonious feature in that temple 
of music. The prayer was given by Rev. Dr. Dorman. The 
Dean of the Faculty read his report of the work done in the 
Hospital Department of the College, after which Sami. Marsh, 
Esq., the President of the Board of Trustees, conferred the degree 
of D.Y.S. (Doctor of Veterinary Surgery) upon the following 
gentlemen : 
Gabriel Smith Agersborg, of Vermillion, Dakota; Horace 
Ward Atwood, B.S., North Orange, Mass.; Joseph Ferdinand 
Autenreith, Jersey City Heights, N. J.; William Stoughton 
Devoe, New York City, N. Y.; Geo. Sherbrooke Houghton, 
New York City, N. Y.; Lester Heard Harvard, Clinton, 
Mass.; August Joseph Jeannin, Navarre, Ohio; George Henry 
Keefer, M.D., Hillsdale, Michigan; James Samuel Kemp, Jr., 
Holbrooke, N. Y.; John Albert Leighton, New York City, N. Y.; 
William Manz, Morrisania, N. Y.; William Howard Martenet, 
Baltimore, Md.; Charles Leroy Moulton, Manchester, N. H.; 
Frank Rislev, Waterville, N. Y.; Everett Woodhull Rowland, 
Miller’s Place, N. Y.; Ward Beecher Rowand, Media, Pa.; 
Fred. Saunders, Salem, Mass.; Frank Travel*, Rhinebeck, N. L. 
Prof. A. W. Stein, M. D., then awarded the following prizes : 
The Gold Medal given by the Board of Trustees for the best 
general examination, to James Samuel Kemp, Jr., D.V.S. 
A set of Medical Books, offered by the Alumni Association, 
for the second best general examination, to Lester Heard Har¬ 
vard, D.V.S. 
A Gold Medal presented by the New York State Veterinary 
Society, for the best practical examination, to James Samuel 
Kemp, jr., D.V.S. 
A Silver Medal awarded by the Professor of Anatomy for 
the best examination in this department, to the junior class, was 
won by William B. Noyes, of Boston, Mass. 
An excellent valedictory address followed, by W. B. Rowland, 
