Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-31

! which involves all the medical schools
at the close of the year-the relentless.
uncompromising struggle for hospital
! interneshiDs.
/ True. he was not counted among the
/ seniors Of his own school as a candi-
Gate for hospital honors. This, he
knew. was not because of a poor class
record for in this respect he stood well
| IN the front ranks, but his duties out
side of school had made it impossible
for him TO take the quiz class"-the
review Of the work Of the whole school
| course, which occupies during the last
year the major portion of the attention
of those who expect to take the com
petitiye examinations fcr tie inferno
ships This formality. Ralph argued
with himself need not prevent him
from entering the competition when
the time came. He. too, had done a
great deal of reviewing in quiet way
and felt fairly well prepared for any
ordinary questions which might arise
In the course Of the examinations. But
OF catch" questions he stood in awe.
But who could tell? Some would get
the places and others would fail He
had made all the preparation possible,
i considering his condition, and why not
| take chances with tile rest? 1t might
happen that he would be among the
/ lucky ones.
! So. when Ralph Holmes locked the
/ express car door early the next morn
/ ing and went to his gloomy quarters
I in the Railroad hotel. it was with the
! determination to take the first hos
! pital examination that came along,
which would be on the following sat
urday. AMI one Of the days that he
would be in the city.
Tired though lie was, Ralph did not
! 20 10 bed at once. The new excite
ment kept him awake. Sitting down at
the table he picked up the first book
/ that met his gaze Why he did it he
did not know but in doing SO he fol
1 lowed a definite impulse-a "hunch,
| rs he was accustomed to say. Run
ming over its pages in an aimless sort
of way and having 10 thought of
! studying any particular subject he
| stumbled. as it were. upon 4 chapter
/ hitherto unknown to him. "Tumors Of
the Adrenal Capsule" it read.
well, that's a new one on me-" he
murmured as he glanced casually over
the pages. Inasmuch as the subject
had never been assigned for study. nor,
/ to his knowledge. had any reference
! been made to it in class he thought it
might prove interesting reading.
ut must be a useless lot of stuff, -
? 1 ], =
read. "or we would have heard some
thing about it. Nothing else in par
4 ticular to do, though. so guess III just
glance over it. Might come handy
/ some time"
| An hour later Ralph laid the book
aside and went to bed.
4 When Saturday came and students
from various schools gathered for the
! hospital examination. Ralph Holmes
was among the number. He dropped
/ into one of the rear seats in careless
/ sort of way, but his presence caused
no little comment among the members
Of his own class, who expected to see
him in the competition least of all 9th
ers.
what are you doing here? inquired
enc
"Oh, just happened in to see what's
going on" was Balph's Indifferent re-
: Ply. But when he provided himself
with paper and made ready to write
the others were convinced that he was
more than a mere locker on.
4 Then came hreathless silence rs the
questions We're being written upon the
I board. There was one on anatomy,
then a query on chemistry. another on
physiology. then histology. materia
medica and half a dozen other branch-
es of medical science. Fourteen ques-
tons had been given and had been
met with suppressed groans. smiles OF
whispers of Easy" or "Puddin'." as
they found the various contestants pre-
pared or wanting in knowledge.
Through it all Ralph had maintained
countenance as cold ana eXpressi9nless
as steel He felt satisfied that SO far
he was equal 10 the test but resolved
not 10 betray his feelings to tie others
around him. Ii was the fifteenth and
last question that he wanted to see.
and lis Impotence got the better Of
him He felt something tBgging. \
peculiar, unexplainabie something took
possession of him. and as the profess
or's hand was raised to write the ques-
ton lie followed il not alone with his
eyes. but with his body He stood up.
bur when he resumed his seat it was
with a sigh of relief that was heard
distinctly in every part of the crowded
room. The professor had written:
Is Etiolory. pathology, symptoms. diagnosia
and treatment Of tumors q tie adrcnal capsule
The explosion Of a bombshel would
not have caused more CONSERVATION
among the students than did that one
question, for in none of the schools had
the subject been introduced. and it had
, been utterly ignored in the quiz class.
work.
As for Ralph Holmes-well, he's pow
serving an interneship in one of the
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