Loving Tribute To Dr. Vaughan

LOVING TRIBUTE TO DR. VAUGHAN

In Commemoration of Twenty Five Year's Service

GIVEN A SYMPOSIUM

By Thirty-Two Medical Authorities of Articles on Original Research Prepared Especially for Occasion

The event of Wednesday was the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Dr. Victor C. Vaughan's doctorate and of his connection with the medical faculty of the University. The regents, the medical faculty, a number of distinguished alumni and the medical students in the city, assembled in the medical building to witness the surprise to Dr. Vaughan which came in the shape of a presentation to him of a volume of original articles on research work printed in commemoration of the occasion. The volume contained original articles by 32 of Dr. Vaughan's colleagues and co-workers during the 25 years of his work on the faculty and covers almost the entire range of medical research work and was dedicated to Dr. Vaughan not only to commemorate his long and valuable services to his alma mater, but also to American medicine in general.

President Angell presided at the gathering and in his usual unapproachable maimer performed the pleasant duty of expressing the gratitude of the University and the alumni to Dr. Vaughan and the recognition of his great services, and the brilliant scientific discoveries he has made. Dr. Angell told of the difference in methods of instructions between now and 25 years ago and of the development of work in the laboratories.

Dr. Prescott made the presentation speech. He spoke of a quarter of a century as a period in the life time of a man, in the progress of the University and the advancement of science and of the book as a symposium by 32 doctors, men who are authorities on their subjects, a tribute of honor which belonged to Dr. Vaughan by virtue of his history, a rendering to him what he deserves, a tribute for faithful service to science, to the University and to the cause of medical education.

Dr. Vaughan was deeply affected. He feelingly expressed his gratitude, paid a tribute to Dr. Angell and said that a few years ago when it became necessary, on account of deaths, to reorganize the medical faculty, the regents had enabled him to select what he regarded as the best medical faculty in the United States. It had been an inspiration to him to work with his colleagues and of all the research work he had done he thought the best was in the selection of a faculty every member of which was the best in his specialty. He paid a tribute to the students and alumni and said it had been an honor to have been associated as teacher with some of the greatest scientific men in the country, men who would have been great no matter whom their teachers. He paid a loving tribute to Dr. Prescott from whom he had received his inspiration for scientific work. He regarded the gift as a tribute of love and respect more than of honor. In its pages he expected to find inspiration for work, comfort for hours of rest.

-----------------------------------  beginning of the eighteenth century the means of travel were the same as in the days of Abraham. It was not until experimental investigation that the world began to grow and develop and in the last century progress had been greater than in all previous centuries. He paid tribute to the scientific research of the German universities and said that in some universities it did not find congenial atmosphere. He said the state had the right for the very best knowledge possible. He concluded by saying that his heart was always much greater than his tongue and overflowed with feelings his poor tongue could not express.