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and more fully adopted by the leading medical colleges throughout the country.

By the monthly examinations we encourage more uniform study throughout the college term, and are enabled to keep close track of the work done by the individual students. All students having a general average of 80% or over on any subject are excused from a final examination on the same at the end of the term. This plan has proven itself satisfactory alike to student and professor. It encourages steady application during the term, and obviates the necessity of excessive study, or, as the students term it, "cramming" at the end of the term with its train of ill effects; physicial, mental and moral.

By clinical instruction we aim to teach disease by practical illustration on the sick. For this purpose there have been given during the past term, six clinics per day; given in all nearly eight hundred hours, divided between three classes, in the study of disease and its treatment, in the presence of the sick,-at the bedside and in the dispensary During this period the students have examined and seen treated more than two thousand patients. Those who were fortunate enough to be with us from the beginning, during summer and winter, have had an opportunity to see nearly ten thousand patients treated.

We, as a consequence, believe that we tonight bestow the degree upon young men and women who have a practical as well as a theoretical knowledge of disease and its treatment. We furthermore believe that these young men and women are, in every sense, worthy of the confidence and respect of the various communities in which they may locate.

I, therefore, Mr. President, take pleasure in recommending them to you for the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Following the Registrar's report came the Conferring of degrees by the president of the Board of Directors, professor B. A. Wheeler.

The only prize given was a case of surgical instruments by the J. Durbin Surgical Instrument Co., of Denver. This was not a competative prize, as such are not offered in this college,

but was tendered after the close of the term and after all the class records had been made up by the Registrar, and was to be given to the senior having the highest general average for the year. An examination of the record gives the case to Dr. C. B. Cowell, who had a rating of 94 3-10 out of a possible 100. The musical program as rendered by the Denver Philharmonic Society was of a high order and was greatly appreciated by the large audience.

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All in all the commencement this year was a pronounced The weather was favorable; the large church was packed with our best citizens, and their enthusiasm was looked upon as a great compliment to the school and its faculty.

One of the pleasing incidents of the evening was the presentation, by Dr. Geo. W. Compton, on behalf of the class of '98, of a grouped photograph of the class, to the faculty.

Following the close of the regular exercises, an informal reception in the body of the church by the members of the class was greatly enjoyed by all.

THE CLASS OF '98 BANQUET.

Friday Evening, April 15.

Following the 4th Annual commencement of the Denver Homeopathic Collggo on April 14, came a memorable banquet given by the class of '98.

One hundred and fifty invited guests sat down to an excellent repast at 8:30, and thoroughly enjoyed the program for the succeeding three hours.

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The class is to be congratulated on the success of its entertainment. The speeches were all good, the music was good,

the menu was good and everybody was in a humor to enjoy all the good things that were offered during the evening. '98 has made a record to be proud of and will have a refreshing memory that will be as endearing as its Alma Mater. THE CRITIQUE predicts a brilliant and honorable career for every member of the class.

CLASS PERSONALS.

Dr. H. M. Morton will locate in Winchester, Virginia.
Dr. Anna M. Peterson will go to Manitou, Colo.

Drs. N. R. and E. J. Wetlaufer will practice in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Dr. C. B. Cowell goes to New York for post graduate laboratory work in Columbia College.

Dr. J. W. Mastin will do clinical work for a year in the college and hospital, before seeking a new field.

Dr. E. C. Morton will enter the hospital, May 1st., as house physician and surgeon.

Dr. Jas. R. Mahon talks of Arizona for his future home.
Dr. G. W. Compton will remain in Colorado.

Dr. Ilahi-Baksh has accepted an offer for a four months' lecture tour in the east.

Dr. Frederick C. Strong expects to begin his practice in Denver.

Dr. O'Connor will remain in the city.

Dr. J. W. Mastin was honored during commencement week, by a visit from his father, Dr. J. Mastin, of Shannon, Illinois.

NOTES AND PERSONALS.

Dr. P. H. Keyser, late of Kenilworth has located at Boulder, Colo. Dr. T. C. Duncan will soon publish a new work on Diseases of the Heart.

There is said to be 600 Homeopathic Physicians in the state of New York who are not members of the State Society.

The American Institute of Homeopathy will hold its next session at Omaha, June 24th to 30th.

The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Michigan will be held at Grand Rapids, May 17th and 18th.

Dr. R. S. Copeland of the Michigan University Homeopathic College is preparing a new work on Diseases of the Ear.

It is said that if the thumbs are quiet while a person is speaking, that person is insane. Lunatics seldom make use of their thumbs.

During 1897 the percentage of deaths at Grace Hospital, Detroit, was 6.26. Deducting 19 cases who were maribund when admitted, the percentage was only 4.35.

For Sale-Good location for Homeopathic Physician. Good cattle and wheat country, will turn over operating chair, office furniture and pension examiner's place on board, all for $100.00 cash, write enclosing stamp for reply or come. Immediate possession given. Address.

Dr. T. Hawkins, Box 100, Ness City, Kansas.

The Globe Democrat, St. Louis, Mo., makes this complimentary notice of Dr. Bushrod W. James' recent work on Alaska: "A book that is not to be mentioned in the same breath with the crop of cheap and hurriedly prepared books on our northernmost possession."-Globe Democrat, St. Louis, Mo.

Dr. T. J. Briggs of the Sound View Hospital reports a case of Anemia where the hemoglobin was reduced to one-fourth the normal amount. Α wine glass full of Bovinine was administered, in milk, every three hours during the day and a speedy recovery followed.

Dr. Laird, of Watertown, N. J., has expressed the opinion that in the treatment of diphtheria the use of peroxide of hydrogen in some cases delays the loosening of the membrane. Other physicians have doubted its utility for the same reason.

At the forty-seventh annual meeting of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the state of New York, the President, Dr. E. H. Porter in referring to the Midwifery Bill now before the State Legislature of that State said; "These women are, for the most part, not only ignorant, but also im. moral and their practice should be prohibited as a criminal offense.

Dr. S. H. Knight of the Medical Counsellor writes in strong terms against the ministers of the Gospel who write recommendations of patent medicines which, he declares, chemical analysis has shown to be little more than "dishonest substitutes for good whiskey," the alcohol they contain ranging from seven to thirty-three per cent.

In Chemung County, New York, immediately after being shot, a man was taken to a hospital and put in charge of competent surgeons. Not finding the bullet, X rays were used three different times but the ball was not located by this means. Soon after he succumbed to death.

The man who fired the bullet was tried for murder, an abundance of expert testimoney was brought forward at the trial, the jury deliberated 17 hours and finally brought in the strange verdict that death was caused by the x rays and not by the bullet.

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MOUNT OF THE HOLY CROSS, COLORADO.-seen from the Union Pacific On Line of Critique Excursion.

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