The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-02

tar used was all from surface wells. Such re-
ports smack OF Ignorance or quackery, or a boom
for some water-works company or plumbing
establishment
in concluding his address, Dr. Fletcher said:
Finally, 1 Will point out an error of sanitary
supervision that presents 10 you 3 righteous
field for scientific labor. Our State law provides
that persons near OF kin-blood may not marry.
Now, 10 physiological sense, there is no harm
90 the State il blood relations who ara perfect
ly healthy, bscome the heads of fami-
hes, but when both have tendency
70 disease-as a result Of such union;
the State will probably have to share in the
maintenance of their descendants. But ii TWO
persons are similarly diseased-say with con-
sumptlon-or they blind, feeble minded,
demented, or deaf mu;es, the State permits
marriage Is there any wonder that all the de-
fects which make necessary the maintenance OF
institutions for the blind, deaf and dumb, fee-
bls-miuded or insane, are steadily on the in
crease In greater proportion than the increase OF
population. so that these defective classes thirty
In thousand, and to-day about four
In a thousand What will the harvest
be- In thirty years morei Why, unless our
sanitary supervision takes the shape OF she SCI
entifc TO some degree, we shall have one in ey-
cry hundred of our population to care for at the
expense of the taxpayers The fact is, that
through our educational system and our broad
system of charities, we are cultvating the very
class we should eliminate And while We think
sanitary supervision in the right direction would
| DO great good, it must be remembered that.
| like our charities, il has become = political
power in which but little, il ap;, scientific SUI
! pervison be found
An address was also delivered by Prof George
| l.. Curtiss. M. D., d. d., who showed the rela-
| tions of three great professions-medicine. law
I and the ministry. He Indicated the value &c was
| to lawyer to have g knowledge Of medicine
Such lawyers whose abilities IN other directions
| were not great. were frequently more than ordi-
narily successful knowledge OF medicine
/ was very desirable even TO the minister,
as 1t gave him m insight into the
oh i'm anga 0aA D4lin aein
| He then referred TO the advantages always per-
| tanning to general knowledge of all subjects,
! and declared it tho duty of every TO
| keep himself informed on all questions of gem
| eral interest and Importance. Yet the public
demanded that professional men should not get
| above their calling To read aud become in
| formed az far as possible concerning
other things was perfectly proper.
but to endeaTer to invade other
wrong Nearly all the failures in life came
| from ncompetency. If a man becams ambitious,
| and considered his calling beneath him, he
should struggle hard 70 raise the calling he was
in rather than to get CUT Of It and into another.
DR.. Curtiss was frequently interrupted by APP
| plause
The musical portion of the evenings entertain
ment was quite feature. Besides Miller's
orchestra, Messrs. Heckler and Lipman, Misses
Becker Despa, BergenthAl, Adam and Hessliug,
Mrs Henry Jameson and Master Adolph Sieden-
sticker favored the audience with musical selsc-
tons.
The Mears gold medal prize for the best
scholarship record was won by Mr.. Lafayette
Page. and the j. NJ. Taylor aRatomical prize was
awarded to Mr. Albert G. Kifnberlin. Professor
Fletcher presented the diplomas to the members
of the graduating class, whose names were:
Beck William Stephen Page Lafayette
Bighan, Orville Andrew Post. Burton Oswald,
Brown, Ben A.. Rapdolph. Daniel Fitz,
Campbell Cyrus W., Rawlins, John Weaver,
Chavis, William, Sanders, Louis A.,
Esenbess, Erastus NJ. Sellers, john,
Gates Maria FTazee Wahl John H.,
Jones, Cyrus ", Watson, Joseph c.,
Kimberin. Albert C.. Wishard, John e..
McLahlan, ChesIey D., Wooden. Edward Irving.
Mickey, Harvey P. Wright, Cyprian Roscoe
Montague Edward D.. Wright, James Willis,
Young Thomas j.,
When Miss Gates, the lady graduate. received
her diploma, the audience applaudsd vigorously.
The Alumni Associations Meeting.
The alumni association, of the Indiana Medi
cal College held its annual meeting yesterday
morning, at which quite q large number of
old graduates, and many who left the institu-
ton with diplomas recent years, were present.
DR.. F. w. Hays in the absence of the president.
presided, and in the course of the proceedings
delivered an address on behalf of the college
faculty. His matter related TO the preliminary
education of medical students Medical AMI
surgic al authorities, he said. are shaping moth
DDS OF inquiry more nearly IN accordance with
the scientific plan of investigation, which
si5ers the what, the how, the why. Every de-
partment of medicine is rapidly enlareing its
domain and each is. constantly, emanding
higher capabilities and harder toll, while prom
ising richer rewards to earnest, appreciated la
ing >their terms; the demands of
the public and higher general
education bringing together influences
which enable the colleges to exist and to main
tain such position. The standard for eradua-
ton has been raised from year to year, and in
many colleges definite amount of preliminary
examination is required for naturalization. The
Indiana Medical College one of the first, if
not the first school of medicine, to conform to
the laws of Illinois. which have been univer-
sally recognized as controlling the government
of medical schools in such way to realize
the long-desired object of thorough qualification,
in liberal education. before that of medicine
Can be taken up
He said it was the uty of practitioners to re-
fuse 10 take students. unless their requirements
In a liberal education were such to fit them
for the high calling of medicine. All members
of the profession, individually and through
various organizations and the medical
prose, taking pronounced and uu-
fiinching position on this question He
was aware of the objection to this plan as pre-
venting poor men from studying medicine, yet
he did not admit that the right sort of men
would be prevented from entering the profess
sion Poverty would be hindrance to them.
The plan does not establish an aristocracy Of
learning. Only brains. love for work, time and
hearty endeavor are necessary to procure means
for securing and improving the best advantages.
If not endowed they should stand
aside for better
Officers for the ensuing year elected as
follows:
President-Prof. G. L. Curtiss Nj. D.
Vce-president-F. A. Morrison.
Secretary-F E. Marker.
Corresponding seeretary-D. A. Thompson
Treasurer-Fred WOODBURY..
Election Committee--Jolln 6. Wshand, Z W. Hays
and o. q. Pfaf.
Short addresses we're made By Drs d. A.
Thompson, Hadley, Morrison. Pfaf, McLahlan,
G. J. Fletcher and others. The remarks applied
principally to the work the association should
do and the influence it could exert in sustaining
the highest standard of practice. Out OF these
speeches came proposition to make the meet
ing next year one OF unusual importance, both to
the college and association.
The Alumni Associations Banquet
The banquet of the alumni association OF the
Indiana Medical College which occurred in the
dning-room of Enelishs Hotel at the conclusion
of the commencement exercises lat evening.