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AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES FOR THE SESSIONS 1882-3. 
The winter sessions of the American Veterinary College were 
brought to a close on the 20th of February, and the commence¬ 
ment exercises took place on the evening of the 28th, at Cliick- 
ering Hall, before a large audience, and numerous friends of the 
college. After prayer offered by Bev. G. E. Strobridge, Mr. Samuel 
Marsh, President of the Board of Trustees, delivered the diplomas, 
conferring on the candidates for graduation, the degree of Doctor 
of Veterinary Surgery. Prof. C. Doremus, of the faculty, delivered 
the various prizes granted by the Board of Trustees, the Alumni 
Associations of the College, the Hew York State Veterinary 
Society, the two anatomical prizes, and that offered by the faculty 
to the junior class. Dr. Samuel Johnson, of the graduating class, 
delivered the valedictory address, one of the best ever delivered 
before a class of young medical students. The address was de¬ 
livered by Bev. Henry Ward Beecher, with the eloquence and 
ability characteristic of that gentleman. It was full of interest¬ 
ing references to the profession, after which the benediction of 
farewell was given. 
The platform was occupied by the Board of Trustees, faculty, 
members of the profession, and friends of the college. 
The music was excellent, and through its melodious airs 
brought to the crowd assembled in the hall the wishes of hope 
for success to the new members of the veterinary profession. 
The graduates were: 
Harry Louis Alderman, East Lexington, Mass. William 
Henry Arrowsmith, Jersey City, N. J. Henry William Bath, 
Staten Island, N. Y. William C. Bretherton, Hew York, N. Y. 
Eugene Burget, New York, N. Y. Lemuel C. Campbell, Sun- 
bui), la. William Dana Critcherson, Westerly, B. I. Irving 
S. Denslow, Bochester, N. Y. Christmas Evans, Bacine, Wis. 
Julian Edward Gardner, Springfield, Mass. Franklin Joseph 
Hanshew, Brooklyn, N. Y. Fred. Willis Huntington, Woodford, 
Me. Joseph B. Hodgson, Brooklyn, N. Y. Samuel K. Johnson, 
