Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-11
YOUNG DOCTORS
ENGAGE IN DEBATE
PATENT MEDICINES, BASIS OF
FARCE
Students Of College Of Physicians and
Surgeons Entertain Small Audi
ence With Addresses on Value
of Proprietary Remedies

Elmer w. Carter, Andrew Peterson,
Charles E. Holgate and E. II. Daggart,
students in the college of physicians
and surgeons, were the dramatic per-
sonae I'm a four-aCt farce entitled
Patent Medicine Is n Curse to the
Nation" which was presented in the
amphitheater of the institution at Sic
East Washington street last night.
The young men, attired in their best
clothes, represented the elite of the
freshmen and sophomore classes Of the
school but, for some uneXplainable rea-
son throughout the debate as 1t was
headlined on the programs, the embryo
physicians referred to each as "Dr." b"
Carter, Or" Peterson, DR." Holgate
and Or" Daggart. A dramatic critic
would have left after the first act,
which was brought to a delightful in
fantile finale by the recitation of nurs-
cry rhymes by Or" Garter.
Faculty on Front Row
The handful of audience which the
students of the school had managed to
scare UP through a three weeks cam
paign gave indications that they
wanted to hiss after Or" Carter s
Mother Goose" finale, but the presence
of the four headlights of the institution
in the front row prevented the catas-
trophe and DR." e. Holgate, with a
section of yellow wrapping paper in
one hand and a new five-cent lead
pencil in the other and, with a morgue
tread, approached the center of the
boards.
Luckily the audience had been pre-
pared for the frost" that was immi-
nent. The president of this debating
club'S which at its last session decided
that all children of cripples should be
executed, prologued the farce by an
nouncing that the four representative
"Drs." were making their debut before
the footlights of public and social
life. Following this four freshmen
perched in the far corner of the gallery
rose and turned on the steam and shut
the windows. So the audience was
safe.
DR." Andrew Peterson was, perhaps,
if there was one, the exception, and
succeeded in covering up the fresh
from the farm" appearance that the
other doctors" had pinned on their
coat lapels Or" Peterson pounded
home a few hard facts in support of
the affirmative which brought forth a
sympathetic applause, although what
DR." Peterson argued came in a shiv-
ering falsetto and at climax said:
''methical edicks" for medical ethics.
Megaphohe TOR DT'
For a sepulchral finish to the farce
"Dr E. II. Daggart came in strong.
If what he said was heard beyond the
front row those sitting there must be
consulted for details. A friend sug-
gested presenting Or" Daggart with
a megaphone to be used at the next ses-
sion of this debating club" when the
question Resolved, That since we
must endure dishonesty in the shape of
Liquozone, let us endure them al" will
probably be discussed.
After placing the greater portion of
the audience in a semi-comatose state
the debate" was drawn to more than
tiresome close by four speeches from
the four headlights of the institution
seated in the front row, who one by one
arose and expressed their sympathy for
the doctors" The audience then
rubbed their eyes and yawned. Some
caught the last car home.