Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-22
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Continued from Page One.)

iot having had to work. nor 70 ,,,,;,
nor to concentrate their power nor 81
keep that brave heart which Is hatto,.
IMAM any medicine. They are NJ ~
.Hr. Bob Sawyer and Mr.. Ben Alien
type in Pickwick. The drawers in thei,.
apothecary shop are mostly DUMMIES
anu tney nave to put on goggles IN
make even the unsophisticated susnao,
tilem wise. But it Is not SO for tba
true man in your profe ssion. His ra
Waru Is with him. Slowly, surely ho
advances. He knows more, reaps moro
Widely. understands better with 10
years. People look up to him. admire
MN, love him. He grows in influences
IN the community. He holds responsi- :
Die positions; he is not a money seelr
er; he practices freely in a large 500
uon OF his work but another largo Coz
ton pays him well, and paws no bi,ls
With equal satisfaction and his conso
queht prosperity in things material Is
oihS SYMBOL of his larger rewards.
IT COUNTS.
But to the really noble toiler in ufe.s
uaE work, it Is not the reward that
iIsures so much, as whether what one
does counts. Small pay, few thanks. ;.
ne says, 1t may be, but the work. it's
skill. its worthiness, its achievement
these are the things which make life
worth while.
90 Louis Agassiz trained for your
pioiessiol, out never placticed it be-
cause ne coveted even 4 better, that of
q naturalist, refused % lecture at fabu-
ious prices except to 4 limited extent.
because as he said he had no time m
make money"
WHEREIN DOES YOl;R PROFESS
SION COUNT:
IL is always pushing forward the
pouhdarles of knowledge, always max
i'is some distinct achievement for the
"otid. He who is in it with all his
ieart Is always himself growing, and
ADDING thus to the sum total of riches
of human worth
II lengthens the average Of human
HE; 1t heals the SICK: it ameliorates
suffering; it makes the MANNED almost
as good as new; it brings men back
out Of the jaws Of death; it ushers
every man child ana Woman child into
the world; it soOthes and solaccs down
| into the valley of the shadows, men.
women and children as they take thei..
| last journey by that so:nbre way into
the land that is forever their day.
In short. there is no human work
| inner, or truer, or more useful, or more
| enobling than that of the true physi-
| clan.
1T SATISFIES
Finally, beyond reward-beyond
| counting-your profession satisfies. Il
shall cried one of old voicing in the
deepest longing of the soul-"I shall be
satisfied when 1 awake in thy like
| ness" and he who cam, cut of heaven
| to earth, out of it's satisfaction to make
| a record of satisfaction here on earth,
chose your calling. He healed the sick;
| he gave sight to the blind; the lame
| walked at his touch; the lepers were
| clcansed. IT, said i great physician
| to his minister, Il have the best pro-
| fcssion and you have the next best"
| To do good constantly; to soOthe, COM
| fort and restore; to rut new courage
| and hope into human hearts; to con-
| front anc stamp out Infection and vice
| itself; to be loved AMI fOnOred of all
| men for noble service well performed:
to have the praise of men and the
praise of God. Il was sick and We
visited me- this is satisfaction indeed.
| Ian MacLaren in his Doctor of the
| Old School," has pictured this salts
faction when William Mcclure had
won his Fight with Death" when he
had given Saunders back his Bell
when out in the pasture he had danced
the Highland Fling" with Drumshush
in the gray dawn, in which the fight
was victorious-and when the next Sab
bath having been mentioned IN the
long prayer with "especiaily we tender
| thee hearty thanks for the skill of him
| who goes out and IN amongst u.s. the
beloved physician OF this parish and
adjacent districts-hc rides past after
church is out on his old mare Jess-gcts
this satisfaction in the i1urrahs of the
| glen, the minister leading the cheering
land his modest answer--"Anever ex-
| pectit the like O. this. though, and it
/ was lust a wee thingic i!,air than a
cuJ haze stande No many men in this;
| world will ever get n better. for it cam
fran the bert O. honest folk
| The address was listened to with
careful attention, ana at its CONCLUSION
| the sneaker received great applause.
| Following this the graduates took theli
positions on the platform and were pre-
| scented with their diplomas. The pro-
gram was interspcrsei with music by
Pullen's orchestra Of Bangor.
Class March.
Music.
| Prayer.
Music.
.,,ross David Nelson Beach. ID. u
| Music.
| Comforting of Diplomas.
| Class March.