Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-15

OF PAD meoiclne mat was consequently 1olsted
upon the community. His remedy for this
disease was the establishment Of q rigid system
of boards OF examiners, which should sift out
the poor material and the dross and thus
destroy the demand for cheap doctors. If you
have an enemy. he added, one that you hate
heartily give him a cheap medical education
and let him learn just a little and to think of
his organs at all times and to understand that
medicine is largely quackery, but stop him
just before he has learned of the beauties of
nature. You have then rendered him a pitia-
BILE and a dangerous object. Then if You have
another enemy. one whom you do not hate SO
much. send him to the first one to be cured.
America has some of the best surgeons in the
world and some Of the worst and some of the
best and the worst medical schools and hos
pitfalls, but she offers the best advantages to the
student of medicine.
HIGHER AND LOWER EDUCATION.
Mr.. W. B. Powell, superintendent of the pub
lie schools of the District, spoke Of '.Higher
and Lower Education" He began by giving
as definition of the word comfortable the re-
mark of boy in school of his when he said
that it was comfortable when you amt got
nothin' to do" This remark he added, ap-
piled to his feeling as he sat through the
speeches and knew that his time was coming at
the end of the list. He said the primary and
university instruction differ largely; first in
that the latter is planted and grows fronra
seed. while no man ever made public school.
The primary school springs from the neces-
sites of civilization. No two snch schools can
be or ought to be alike, as they all differ from
the nature of things from the variance of local
conditions. 1t is the purpose of the university
to master subjects, then to teach men to stand
on the brink of the known and seek for the I'M
known. The public school will be Just what
the purposes of the people around it want it
to be. The speaker said that he would
like to see the common schools and
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never be done in America until the university
comes down to the level Of the public school,
until it recognizes the value of the equivalent
of the English language to the people. The
university will gain in strength and numbers
IN the proportion that il does this. At this
point Mr.. Powelrs voice gave out and he was
obliged to cut his words short. He went on,
however, to say that great many of Column
bias alumni come to the officials of the public
schools of the District and ask to be placed
side by side with those of other institutions,
and it has been found that in no way do they
fail or fall below the others. 1t should be the
duty OF the city to bring about union of the
higher grades of the public school system with
the lower grades of Columbia University.
OTHER BRIEF SPEECHES.
This address concluded the regular toasts,
and as there was little time left before the
hour of adjournment Mr.. Warner called on a
quartet of speakers to whom he gave three
minutes each. Hon. Simon Wolf used his time
in telling in eloquent words how glad he was
that Columbia had done the right thing in ad-
hitting women into its halls, and thereby
taking rank with the first institutions of the
country. American colleges, he asserted
should be thoroughly patriotic and never
sectarian, but if sectarian let them bring into
the education they give only learning and
nobility and let the churches take care of
themselves.
Prof. Otis T. Mason spoke of the growth Of
superstition in To- world. instancing his re-
marks by reference to the recent publication of
the presence at the National Museum of what
was termed the devils baby" In reply to
the cry that the world is full he wanted to say
to the young men that it is not full. A man
must wash his face every morning. and he must
brush his hair and he must keep up the process
all his life, and there was in the same measure
work to be done everywhere and all the time.
The world must be taught and helped and
blessed every day, and educators must keep at
work or there will be retrogression.
Hon. A. s. Worthington spoke humorously
OF the needs Of better instruction in the world
as to the treatment that is to be given to law
yers.
Mr.. Theo. W. Moves with some suitable good
night remarks brought the impromptu speak
ing to a close.
THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT WERE:
John Joy Edison, Jos. r. Edison, c. E. Fair
man, r. r. Fava, jr., John C. Fay, DIR. Robert
Fletcher, Weston Flint Jos. Forrest, DIR. r. A.
Foster, DIR. Geo. L. Fox, Duane E. Fox, DR.. c.
W. Franzoni, DR.. W. Il. French. DR.. L. L.
Friedrich, Prof. E. T. Fristoe, DIR. C. II. Gard
ner, E. 3. George, G. Brown Goode, J. Howard
Gore, Rev. j. Z. Grammar. Rev. s. H. Greene,
Asaph Hall. DR.. VIM. E. Handy, Hon. John NJ.
Harlan, Louis Dagger, N. d. Bailey, G. A.
Brandenburg, Chaplin Brown, Robert B.
Brown. Aids B. Browne, Dr. NJ. Bruck-
heimer, j. NJ. Burnett, DR.. ". p. Carr,
A. L. Carroll, DIR. Chas I. Caldwell, Dr.
John W. Chappell, Samuel r. Church, DIR.
Anton Coe, Myer Cohen, j. ". Cooksey, J.
Weed Corey, Geo. E. Corson. Chas. H. Cragin,
De Caindry, A. G. Dubois. A. 3. Duvall,
Brice J. Moses, Chas. Newell, DIR. H. B. Noble.
DIR. Phebe II. Norris. Theo. w. Moves. w. NJ
Ofiey. DIR. Daisy Orleman, DR.. NJ. ID. Peck, C.
d. Pennebaker. DR.. A. NJ. Pettigrew, W. F. II.
Phillips DR.. B. G. Pool, Hon. Vim. Il. Powell,
DR.. d; W. Prentiss: John Raum: W; G: Reed,
c. c. Rhodes, DIR. s. Ruffin, DR.. Z. r. Rust l..
NJ. Saunders. DIR. E. NJ. Schaeffer, DIR. W. H.
Seaman, Vim. A Eedrick, DIR. VI. Herman. DIR.
Clara B. Kinds, H. L. Hodgkins H. G. Hodg-
kins, VIM. +. Hoffman, Rev. A. J. Huntington,
ID. A. E. johnson, DIR. ]. 7. johnson, VIM. A.
johnson, DR.. A. f. A. King, J. p. Klingle, G.
H. La Fetra, I. A. Lambert, P. F. Larner, c. E.
Latimer, Dr.. VIM. Lee, Prof. L. D. Lodge.
Prof. o. L. Mason, John Meany, ]. Fred
Meyers, DR.. S. c. Miller, Robert E. Morris,
H. X. Willard, Simon Wolf. Hon. A. S. Worth
ington, DR.. II. C.Yarrow, Prof. A. P. Montague,
Hon. J. Ormond Wilson. John r. Given, H. A.
Seymour, DIR. R.W. Shufeldt, Rev. s. NJ. Shute
Rev. c. 4; Stakely. Thos. J. Staley, Lieut.
Stayton, Chas Sturtevant, DR.. H. C.. Thomp-
son, DIR. N. F. Thompson, Alvan T. Tracy, &.
Tucker DIR. John Z. Walsh. DIR. Joseph X.
WALTON, Hon. Il. H.Warner. Pres. j. dwelling,
j. II. Wheelwright, Prof. A. &. Wilkinson. Geo.
L. Wilkinson.