An unidentified speaker in a military uniform addresses the audience at Southwestern Medical College's second graduation ceremony, with dignitaries and College faculty members seated behind him. Professor and Dean of Students Dr. Donald Slaughter is seated at the extreme left, and Professor Edward H. Cary at the extreme right. Since World War II was in progress, most or all of Southwestern Medical College's male graduates immediately went into military service. (Note: Although digitized from an original photograph in the UT Southwestern Archives, this image also appears in the Southwestern Medical College 1945-46 yearbook, "Caduceus.")