The Hippocratic oath was taken Saturday by 96 members of the senior class of the Louisiana State "university school of medicine.
Dr. W. W. Frye, dean of the school, administered the oath as the climax of a precommencement ceremony held in the Tulane room of the Jung hotel. The seniors are scheduled to graduate Monday at 8 p.m. in commencement exercises to be held on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.
A high light of the program was the first presentation of the Peter Graffagnino award, to be made annually to the senior with the high-test scholastic achievement and who manifests exceptional ability in obstetrics and gynecology.
Dr. Graffagnino, professor and director of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at LSU since 1938, is retiring this year after 21 years on the LSU staff. The award is made in his honor through voluntary contributions from members of the department and doctors who have received their training under Dr. Graffagnino.
The award, in the form of a $100 check, was won this year by James M. Hamilton of Monroe, who will go to Shreveport Charity hospital for his internship.
A portrait of Dr. Graffagnino was presented to the school by the graduating class through its presi-
dent, Samuel J. Brewer of Kosciusko, Miss. Dean Frye accepted.
The George S. Bel award, also for $100, for the student who "best symbolizes the highest ideals of medicine" went to Robert Lawrence diBenedetto of New Orleans.
