The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-21
COLLEGE ON WHEELS.
1t Turns Out Doctors, Undertakes
and EmbaImers.

The man who wishes to he an up-to-
date doctor or undertaken can now gain
all the learning necessary from col
lege on wheels, says the New York
Journal. This strange institution OF
medicine is known as the Champion
college. 1t is a railway car, fitted UP
like the lecture room of q regulation
college of medicine. The car is of ex-
traordinary height and width, being
of Just as large proportions as 1t is pos
sible to construct such an affair that is
intended to travel on the most Of the
broad guage railroads of the United
States.
While 1t is, as a matter Of fact, an
Institution for manufacturing doctors,
though in a perfectly legitimate way,
a speciality is made Of the education or
would-be undertakes or embalmers.
The faculty of the college is very enter
prising, and its business manager sees
no reason why the same methods OF ad-
vertising that would be used in the in
PRODUCTION of any new article should
not be utilized for the Champion col
lege. Read what he says:
''Wait for our school. You will get
double value for your money by doing
So You should make it a point to at
tend one of our schools at least once
year if you wish to keep strictly up to
date. Be present at the opening SEES
sion on the first day. We teach anu
explain the morbid anatomy OF the
body in a manner equally comprehend
ed by ALL Most thorough practical
demonstrations will be given on
cadayer which will be provided Iot'
each school"
The president of this unique college
is S. E. Baker. Who writes the ad-
vertisements is not stated. That they
breathe the spirit of enterprise no one
can question. 1t is the pioneer spirit
o,.ffo 1In1,
which it moves The car, or travelling
lecture room, as it might be called, Is
a very cleverly constructed affair.
The general method observed in Mt
ting up the lecture room of medical
college is preserved in detail. In the
center of the car is space OF sur
ficient size to contain the table Oh
which the subject which is being dis
sected is placed. There is also ample
room for the instructor or demon
strator of anatomy to move about anu
perform his duties. The rest OF the
space in the car, sides, front and rear,
is devoted to the seating accommoda-
lions for student. The chairs are OF
that variety which close compactly,
and when the car is not in use they
are piled into quite small space
This car, and the car accompanying
It, in which the faculty is CHARTERED,
travel East, West, North and South. 1t
is the latest and most modern illus
tration of the mountain going to
Mohammed. In other words, it is
practical illustration Of the advertise
ment, medical science and embalm-
ing taught while you wait"
The method observed in the conduct
of the institution on wheels is In total
contradistinction to that approved by
the ethics of medicine. Instead Of
waiting for custom to come. the col
lege goes after custom. Two weeks
before the car is to appear in place
it is billed after the fashion of the
circus. Persuasive language in large
and small type urges every one toward
medicine or embalming inclined TO
come up and learn all modern methods.
which are taught, the advance cfrcu-
lar says, in language so plain that the
most inexperienced can comprehend.