The colored American., 1901-03-02

| of business and appurtenances necessa.
ry 10 their VOCATION. all compare TaVor
| ably with other successful ply 5lclaDs
hlle [ have no reliable data OF the
amount collected, Vet I thiLk that at
least the sum of $50 900 is collected
each year by them. OF course, they
are compelled to do much charity
work, and also fail to cellect at least
80 or 40 per cent, hence you can see
the amount Of actual work done by
them While this is large sum, there
Is no good reason why they should not
collect more than 500, COO yearly.
Zach year the ZJne Of professional
service is widen d, and the lime Is not
far distant when cOlOrd people will
patrOnIze their own cOlOred doctors In
the Same ratio as they select cOlOled
ministers for their weddings and fuDer'
ais. Allow me to state that the coIOred
professional men and WI men have no
complaint to make against The good
ueOpie OF our city. We are treated
handsomely. and only ssk for the 1u-
ture YOUR recognition OF US sccOTdIng
To the work you desire to have done.
We don't want you to send for us be
cause we are colOred, but ask that no
determination be made against US be
cause of OCr color. As secretary, L
nave correspOn, ence with graduates
, aWsv from here Many are engage q
I'm hJspitaI work and some have helped
tn establish hospitals Some are doing
medical WORK in the Armv and Marine
HOspItsI service. MANY are attending
ubvsicians or surgeons" saws Prof. ID
4 Lamb in the history Of Medical De-
, partment OF Howard University, ITO
2 C ,aritable institutions. not nos sp1tais,
or are examiLers for life insurance.
J The testimony seems TO chow that
/ where q graduate has possessed the
: uuaitiss which Usually ensure success
? he as succeeded"
Our grsdu ates are taught that hon
. esI dealings must win in the long run.
? Phex are taught to be honest with them
r selves q, d honest with their patients.
:, honesty is not only the best policy,
( but it is the only policy, II you wish 70
/ nave q successful career IN the prsc
rtce of medicine. Among the 200 grS0
/? mates we have them distributed AS fol
t lows: Haiti, [; b w. /, 1; Brazu, j
u s Columbia, 2; Germany, z: SWltz
= erland, /; Japan, l; Liberia, .; ahC
It among the different states Of our cOun
10 ,rV. 1t may be of interest to knOW
/ tnat Is per cent of our students haV'
Ir received degrees from come Of the bes
/ nnIIepes in this country. The time Il
20 not far distant when the standard o
g. admission TO medical colleges Will de
D. mand adegree as the proper recognition
j Then the Medical Depar ment or How
le ard University will conform to the sam
rule: and though the number OF stu
y dents NAV b decreased the quail VIII
&. he ouch better Such has been the In
To fl Ience of the Medical DeOsrtmeEt
is Howard University during the pa
Ie thirty four years that we cannot pro
Dhesy for the future.
I'd No longer do medical men D0lleV
OF and teach the many fsllacies of the pas
IN ont st the present time medlclne Is
1y nearly an exact science as cnntrolllD
tn na,ural conditIOIs will admit. III
Re lsity are alive 10 "a edIcal progress, an
be do not believe the wonderful stori
re- which were current years ago lt sna
5es ne the purpose of the Medical Fscu'1
he To Keep forging ahead, testing, expeT
Ill menting, discsrdiDg the bad and clea
D" ing to the good
'eu WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
he While many of our friends may
aes pessimIstic. I see glimmer OF llght
ith r. e future for the race:
of First. We must accustom ourselS
,en TO criticism, for we are now passi
- throuph the crucial stage OF race
the ", ,Iopment, We are measuring arl
~ with the DO" erful Anglo-Saxop;
~ are arriving for that which 1s as dear
NOT h,m as life. Hence, the struggle v
ner be long and severe.
hot Second, We must ara" cOheIusi'