The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-27
SCRATCH THE ARMS
OF 3OLAW STUDENTS
Health Officers Descend on
Night Law School and
Cause a Panic.

The appearance of the DOGGY man" at
day nursery, or bull turned loose in a
china shop could not possibly have caus-
ed greater CONSERVATION than did two
health inspectors who invaded the law
school on the fourth floor Of the city hall
last night.
The health inspectors were loaded down
with formaldehyde and vaccine points
and when the announcement was made
that all of the students were to be vac
cinated there was the greatest con-
fusion
Inc ninety or more embryo lawyers
made dash for liberty, and more than
two-thirds Of them made successful es-
cape, while thirty were held up by the
inspectors, who announced that the stu
dents would either have to produce GER
tificates or submit to vaccination.
Protests went up from all sides, but the
men from the health department We're
insistent, and the law students were told
that they could not return to school I'M
less they were vaccinated. A number es-
capped by barring their arms and showing
scars or previous vaccinations, which
were accepted by the inspectors upon the
condition that the students would pro-
duce their certificates later.
Some twenty-five or thirty Of the stu
scars nor could they agree to produce q
certificate, and they were lined up by
the two inspectors and vaccinated.
Then the rooms we're disinfected by
the liberal use of formaldehyde and there
was nothing more doing in the law school
last night.
Law Student Has Smallpox
The cause of all Of the trouble was the
discovery that III. H. Flor, a member of
the first-year class at the law school, had
been found suffering from the smallpox
The case was reported to Health Com
missioner Ohage, who investigated and
ordered the young man sent to the deten-
ton hospital
When DIR. Ohage learned that the young
man had been attending the lectures at
the law school he ordered two of his in
spectors to go to the rooms occupied by
the law school and vaccinate all of the
students who could not show that they
had recently been vaccinated.
Inspectors Burnham and O'Neil were
delegated to the task, and they were
cautioned to be careful not to let any
Of the students escape While the I'M
Suspecting students were gathering for
their nightly lecture on the top floor of
the building the two inspectors We're down
in the health office in the basement pre-
pairing vaccine points and getting to-
SAAOA3AA
the entire building.
Shortly before O'clock one of the in
spectors made a quiet trip to the top
floor and then returned to the basement
to report to his companion that every
thing was ready. The raid was carefully
planned and in the minds of the inspectors
it was successfully executed, regardless
of the fact that sixty of the students
escaped in the wild dash for liberty.
It's shame to do it," said one of the
inspectors, as they approached the room
in which the students were located.
It's just like getting money from
home, replied his companion, as he
gazed at the large number of students
and thought Of the work a trip to each
of their houses would entail
Inspectors Cause a Panic.
Then the inspectors entered the room
and announced the purpose of their visit
The announcement was the watchword
for a panic. Students did not wait to hear
the finish Of the inspectors speech; in
fact, number Of them did not even wait
to secure their hats and coats.
There was but one exit and the health
inspectors were standing close to it, but
this fact did not prevent the law stu
dents from making break for the door;
they came in twos, in skies and in
crowds, and the men from DR.. Ohage's
office were pushed from one side to an
other as the students fought their way
out.
The instructors took hand In the
matter and attempted to assist the in
spectors to induce the students to re-
main.
You can't come back to school unless
you have been vaccinated,'' shouted one
of the instructors as the students rushed
out of the room and down the stairWays,
none of them waiting for the elevators.
By persuasion and threats the panic
was finally stayed, and the inspectors
were given an opportunity to explain that
the students of the school had been ex-
posed to the smallpox, and that they
would have to submit to vaccination if
they desired to continue their studies.
What If we refuse to be vaccinated?"
inquired one of the number.
Alternative Made Them Weaken.
1T simply means that you will be quar-
antined,' said one of the inspectors, and
the unconsoling information had the effect