The incentives, means, and rewards of study : an introductory address, delivered at the opening of the thirty-third annual course of lectures in the Medical College of Ohio, November 1, 1852 / by L.M. Lawson.

  • Lawson, L. M. (Leonidas Merion), 1812-1864.
Date:
1852
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    ADDRESS. Genthmen of the Medical Class : You have assembled this evening, for the purpose of par- ticipating in the opening of the thirty-third Annual course of Lectures, in the Medical College of Ohio. It becomes my agreeable duty to welcome you, on behalf of the Faculty, to this institution, and to introduce you to the general course of instruction. This duty I perform with all fervor and friend- ship ; for although some of you may be personally strangers to us, yet the relations which are now to be established will bind us together in a common cause, and unite us by the same faith in the indissoluble ties of brotherly love and friendship. Welcome, then, thrice welcome, to this institution; and while the terms of our association place -you in the position of pupils, and the Faculty in that of teachers, we desire at the same time to add to this those fraternal relations which must ultimately grow out of kindred pursuits. Twelve months ago, when assembled on a similar occa- sion, we had to lament the unfinished condition of the build- ing which we now occupy. Disappointed and chagrined that our promises could not be redeemed, we were obliged to throw ourselves upon the generosity and forbearance of the class; and although some were driven away by the want of adequate accommodations, a large proportion, impelled by sincere at- tachments for the school, remained in their places, and pa- tiently submitted to many privations, rather than seek other institutions. For these acts of noble self-denial, we give