The sun., 1908-12-05
HONEOpATHS SIT AT MEAT
AND THE MEN SMOKE, THOUGH
WOMEN WE'RE PRESENT. "
One DIR. Pease Had Sent Regrets Because
He'd Heard They Would-Tho Women
Didn't Seem to Mind-Four Kindred
Present to Do Honor to DR.. Copeland.


He'd Heard They Wonld-Tho Women
Didn't Seem to Mind-Four Hundred
Present TO Do Honor to DR.. Copeland.
Four hundred men and women. prac-
itioners and sympathizers in the hom1o-
pathic branch Of the medical profession.
crowded the ballroom OF the Hotel Astor
last night to do honor to DIR. Royal s..
Copeland, the newly elected dean of the
New York Homeopathic Medical College.
The menu cards announced that II was
a complimentary dinner rendered by the
alumni association OF that college.
Not seat was empty. not even one for
DIR. Charles G. Pease. who sent his regrets
because he heard that the diners we're
not going to abstain from the use OF to-
bacco although women were going to
be present. Most OF the men did smoke.
The women didn't seem to mind.
Those who sat at the speakers table
were Howard r. Chislett, dean Of the
Hahnemann Medical College Of Chicago;
Charles +. Walton, dean of the Pulte
Medical College of Cincinnati; Clarence
Bartlett. professor at the Hahnemann
Medical College Of Philadelphia; Helen
Cooley Palmer, dean of the New York
Medical College and Hospital for Women;
Wilbert B. Hinsdale, dean Of the Homeo-
pathic College OF the University OF Micbi-
gan. from which DIR. Copeland has just
come: John Prentiss Rand. president Of
the Alumni Association; Melbert B. Cary,
president Of the college corporation;
Hamilton Fiske Biggar, honorary presi
<xf In trrfa Of
opathy; John p. Sutherland dean OF the
Boston University School Of Medicine;
Henry c.. Allen. dean OF the Herring Medi-
cal College and Hospital Of Chicago;
George H. Quay, dean of the Cleveland
Homeopathic Medical College; W. w.
Blackman and DR.. Copeland.
John Prentice Rand presided. Mel
bert B. Cary, the first speaker. COM
mented upon the fact that there were
nine deans OF colleges present. and said
that il each one would work individually
for the good of homeopathy he could
see no resaon why the science should not
live as long as the proverbial cat with
nine lives. He spoke OF DR.. Copeland
as the ablest man who could have been
chosen by the New York institution.
In introducing the next speaker, Henry
c. Allen, the toastmaster said that there
could be no doubt in any ones mind that
the Chicago physician was a thorough
going hom1opathist. There was no
chance Of such confusion arising he said,
as did-arise in the mind Of certain young
woman who asked her fiance on the eve
of their marriage whether he knew that
she was a somnambulist. According to
DIR. Rand, the young man replied: A0h.
that's all right. I'm a Universaiist.
You can 60 with mo to my church in the
morning and I'll 60 with you at night
DR. Allen urged the colleagues Of DR..
Copeland to work with him in harmony.
Help him to make It the best medical
college In the country. he said you have
the city. the money, the men, the physi-
o'I1s' pr Clarence Bartlett Of Philadelphia
did not think that the profession was
sufficiently supported financially. The
time must come he declared, when
medical college endowments must be
forthcoming or the medical colleges must
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The same sentiment was echoed by DR..
How ard r. Chislett. O surgeon OF prom
inence in Chicago, who said:
Every alumnus of every independent
institution represented here tonight
should be made aware that his loyalty
to the test in the near future. The
changes in medical education have been
pronounced in the past few years. II
has been recognized for years that the
cost OF education for one student In a
literary college Is about three times the
amount each student pays for his educa-
ton.
sDo you realize that this is equally true
Of medical colleges? The deficit is being
made up by large endowments In those
that are fortunate enough to possess
them and by the gratuitous work Of the
teaching corps In those which have little
or no endowment. The loyal support
Of homeopathic colleges by graduates
is the only salvation OF the homeopathic
branch Of the medical profession
DIR. Copeland said In response to the
hearty receptlon which he hadreceived that
there were many men far worthier Of
their greetings than himself. He de-
olared that II was not the new deanship
which they had met to celebrate.
"On the contrary said he. 1T is the
great institution, the disease shortening,
pain alleviating method, the life saving
system. homeopathy, which We are here
to honor Referring to the necessity
for an endowment he said: 4The college
should be maintained by the profession
and certainly the alumni are the proper
.araopa tr, ,.ndartaka this work. y