THE MEDICAL SCHOOL.

The exercises in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Harvard Medical School and the opening of the new Medical School took place yesterday. The exercises began at eleven o'clock in Huntington Hall in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology building, with an address by President Eliot. President Eliot spoke of the present condition of the school, contrasting it with its small beginning. In speaking of the support the faculty had received from outsiders, he said: "The school has received by gift and bequest $320,000 in ten years; it has secured itself in the centre of the city for many years to come by the timely purchase of a large piece of land; it has paid about $220,000 for a spacious, durable and well arranged building; it has increased its annual expenditure for salaries of teachers from $20,000 in 1871-2 to $36,000 in 1883-3; its receipts have exceeded its expenses in every year since 1871-2, and its invested funds now exceed those of 1871 by more than $100,000" President Eliot in closing introduced Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was received with great applause. Dr. Holmes sketched the history of the school from its foundation to the present day, recalling the various professors who had occupied chairs during its long period of existence. He contrasted the schools of a hundred and of fifty years ago with the one just built. In the course of his speech Dr. Holmes made many humorous hits which were loudly applauded. At the conclusion of Dr. Holmes' remarks, Dr. Minot, in the name of the alumni and students of the college, presented the medical faculty with a portrait of Dr. Holmes, painted by Mr. F. P. Vinton. Then Dr. Green, in behalf of the donors, presented a bust of Prof. Henry J. Bigelow. "The list of subscribers comprises about fifty names, and includes nearly all the surgeons of the two great hospitals in this city; sever 4 gentlemen not belonging to the medical profession, but warm personal friends of Dr. Bigelow; a few ladies who had been his patients, and all the surgical house-pupils who had ever been connected with the Massachusetts General Hospital during his long term of service at that institution, so far as they could be easily reached by personal application. The bust is given on the condition that it shall be place permanently in the new surgical lecture-room, which corresponds to the scene of Dr. Bigelow's long labors in the old building. It has been made by the eminent sculptor, Launt Thompson of New York, and is a most faithful representation of the distinguished surgeon. It outlines with such accuracy and precision the features of his face and the pose of his head that nothing is wanted, in the opinion of his friends, to make it a correct likeness." President Eliot accepted the gifts, after which the audience adjourned to the new building. A lunch was served between one and two o'clock. The exercises in the new building were opened by prayer by Dr. A. P. Peabody, after which the building was dedicated by speeches from President Eliot, Prof. H. W. Williams and Mr. Henry Lee. After a reception to the subscribers to the building fund and invited guests by the medical faculty, the building was opened to inspection. In the evening a reception was given at Young's Hotel to the distinguished guests.