Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-03
JUSTICE
HALEY
TALKS
TO the Graduating Class al
the Medical College at
Willamette University

Learning. ability and character are
the three leading and essential requi.
sites in every professional man, and
pre- -eminently are they so in the med
ieal practitioner, the faithful perform
anee of whose duties is of vital import.
ance to the happiness and welfare OF
every community. Learning sufficient
for your beginning you now have, 9th.
erwise you would not be graduatel
here tonight; but remember, you are
only graduated. not finished. You have
laid only the foundation and are now
to build the superstrueture which shall
be for YOU an evidence of success or
failure just as you build. Ability you
have, as shown by your success thus
far. but this you must and will increase
by diligent application and experience
The talent of ability must be doubled
in MANIFOLD if you would deserve the
regard Of the faithful servant.
Learning and ability are vain indeed
unless supported by the prime element
of character, without which neither
man nor woman in any walk of life
can hope for true success. These three
then, learning, ability and character
quickened by love for your profession
and its duties, will make each of you
what ] trust and hope you may all be.
cOme-sueeessful practitioners. Not
as reapers of great financial rewards
but as splendid servers in relieving the
pains and sufferings of humanity.
Yours is a noble calling, full of pos
sibilities of good to the world and hon
or and fame to yourself: The sacred
office of the ministry teaches the fath.
erhood of God and the brotherhood OF
man, and points the way to the joys
and beauties of the life eternal; the
splendid calling Of the lawyer protects
the rights and redresses the wrongs ot
humanity in its various forms OF social
existence; but TO the noble profession
Of medicine is entrusted the grave re.
spOnsibiity of keeping strong the di.
vine spark of life from whence springs
hope, ambition. action, the vital forces
of all success. Noble though your call
ing, nobler yet are its results whep
you follow it with the high resolve Of
doing justice to yourself. your patients
and your profession. Your field of ac
tion is world wide, over land and sea
in the frigid north and in the fever
laden south. Every nation and every
people need you, want your help. Nc
color, no condition, no prince, no pau.
per. but gladly welcomes the relief of
your skill Christian civilization and
heather barbarism alike receive with
JOY and gladness the doctor. whose
presence brings life and vigor 10 their
suffering subjects. The path Of civi
lization was blazed into darkest AZ
rica by one of your calling, and today
the blessed gospel Of peace and good
will to men is being carried into the
heart Of Heathendom by Christian doc
tors whose healing efforts make posi-
bic the good work Of their co-laborers
IN the cause Of Christ. Every land
and all time bid you come. Prosperity
wants relief from the sickness of It's
Injuries; poverty from the ills Of its
lack of necessities; peace from the
evils Of plenty, and war from its
wounds.
The wonderful progress Of recent
years in the practice Of medicine and
the skill Of surgery has taken away
much Of the old time dread and hor
ror Of the Doctors coming The tor
lures Of surgery have been relieved in
large degree by the use of anaesthe,ies
and the heroic doses Of the ola saddle
bag doctors are succeeded by the more
palatable and effective prescriptions Of
the modern physician and druegi q.
observation-disclosures Of the profession in
searching for truth has reached beyonA
the narrow eonhues Of any one partie.
ular school or cult Of medicine. and
CLEANED the good from many sources
to the honor Of the profession and the
welfare Of humanity. This work il 90.
ing on and every day bings new ideas
new thoughts, new remedies and great.
eF good TO mankind by the thoughtful
and persistent research Of your mem.
bers IL is a progressive calling. open.
Ing wide the avenues Of Improvement
and ever urging 10 better WAYS aud
means its entsrprising followers.
The duties Of a doctor are v,,io,,.