The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-31


they get together, are stayers. That is
why number of medicine men who
had been requested to respond to GER
tain toasts last night did not get
chance to comply with said request
until an early hour this morning.
There We're doctors at the banquet
who came from afar to attend. 1t was
the first midwinter banquet, but it will
not be the Lass.
1t was quite a meeting. The former
student, who was wont, in days gone
by to break up the furniture and raise
hob at the Kansas Medical college, hob
nobbed with the instructor who used
to call him down and threaten to cast
him out into the cold world.
About eighty guests were present at
the banquet last night (and this morn
lng) and after the following menu had
been spread and had been disposed of
they began to talk taking turns, of
| course. At a medicine mans banquet
1t is not considered good form to all talk
| at once, Ia Saturday Nighter.
THE MENU
| Dill Pickles Celery.
Club House steaks-sauce la Johnson.
Potatoes, Frankenberger. Succotash
kromeskies of Fowl-Aux MeNaughton.
Green Peas.
Punch-a Ia Chamberlain-
Ice Cream in Forms-tAdams-'
Assorted Cake.
Cream Cheese. Long Branch Crackers
Coffee.
DR.. John E. Minney, dean of the K
M. c., presided at the other end of the
table, and coached the talkenfest. He
stated, in the beginning, that a time
limit of five minutes per would prevail.
He had been cruelty misinformed. 1t
did not prevail. By the time the ladies
began to hunt their wraps and the
gentlemen to search the side street for
hacks it was rapidly nearing the cold
gray dawn of another day.
The older doctors, those who had
founded the Kansas Medical college,
had the first chance at the toasts. Some
of them seized the occasion to tell some
humorous stories of the medical bust
ness. DR.. j. c. McClintock told one
about the brightness, unstinted truth
fulness and lack of diplomacy exhibit
ed by an understudy he once had in his
office. The young man wanted to be
doctor, and DR.. McClintock was will
ing. He let the young man carry in
the COAL curry the horse and SO forth,
also look at the pictures in the medical
! journals. One time DR.. McClintock took
a trip to Ireland, and visited the estate
of his deceased grandparent. When he
came back he was called upon by a
delegation of green-SOdderS, among
them Tim Donovan, Mike Heery and
others. They listened with interest to
his story of the visit, but they were
like the Hebrews Of long ago. They
wanted to see Sign. "Phwat did yez
bring back wild yez; phwat rillic av the
ould sod?" asked Tim. The doctor was
up against it. He had overlooked this
detail. He thought a minute, and then
going to the corner, brought out a fine
bog-oak cane The Irish delegation
handled the stick of wood with rever-
ence. "Sure," they said, 9TH docther is
Young Man took chips in the game. He
examined the cane critically, then he
said, "Why, Doc, this is the same cane
you had before you went to ireland"
Sadly the Irish delegation filed out OF
the office f'Since that day." said DR..
McCIintock, sit has been necessary to
introduce myself to those honest Irish
men every time we meet. L told the
young hopeful that feared he would
never make a doctor. He was more
fitted for the life of wood-chopper.'
About 1890 this morning President
Norman PIass, of Washburn, was al
lowed to speak. He stated that he was
very glad the ladies were present, as
he had dread of meeting with the med
icine man in the rough, without any re-
striction. He told a story about a
teacher of physiology in one of the city
schools who received the following note
from the mother of a pupil Don't
teach Mary Ann any more about peo-
pies insides. In the first place, it amt
fit, and in the second, it puts her off
her feed"
President Plass spoke of the K. NJ c.
as a valuable acquisition to Washburn.
great university, with Washburn as
head of course. located at Topeka
The time limit VS. not observed, and
it was growing early when the bouquet
and Renaissance business got around
to representatives of each class since
the college was established. Two of
these representatives were busy else
where the POSTMASTER explained
busy with the job of assuming the yoke
of matrimony, and could not be pres
emit Following is the programme.
which was observed a few slight
changes:
Toastmaster-Josh Billings: DR.. John
E Minney. dean of Medical college.
early "Reminiscences by one of its
aborigines: DR.. T. W. Peers.
sOur First Babies" Response by him
'swho was present at the borni-.' -
Long Knife: DR.. John Z. McCHntock-
The Kansas Doctor''-One whose ex-
periences with these fellows has proved
to him their real worth: DR.. B. D.
Eastplan-
Lights and Shadows in Medicine
Discussed by one who has much to do
with Lights, Lungs and Livers.-Ge-
ronirno: DIR H L. Alkire.
Our Expectations'-By Op-tee-nist
La Hombre": DR.. S. G. Stewart.
Our Growing Family Elaborated
by one of The children: DR.. w. F.
voices from the Offspring
1903: DR.. J. NJ. Frankenberger, Kansas
City, Mo, Za02: DR.. A. E. Gundly, ST.
Marys, 1894: Dr. W. D. Storrs, To0eka-
1885, DR.. F. H. Martin. Topeka. 1896;
Dr. J. r. Mathews. HoIlenberg, Kas.,
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