Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-02-26

teacher. OF course, the great num-
ber of teachers are engaged In pri- |
mary and secondary instruction and
in Industrial or vocational work. Their |
relation to politics and government Is
of the utmost Importance though In
direct It Is, and ought to be, their
highest duty to instili in the minds of
the young girls and boys the patriot
ism and low of country, because the
boy is father to the man and the pa
triotism of the extreme youth of the
country may we'll determine that of
the grown men. The effect of an in
tense patriotism which thrills through
the nerves of the boys of country Is
| illustrated in the immense strength
which Japan derives from it. No one
who visits that interesting country or
comes into contact with the Japanese
| can avoid seeing its patriotism. The
| term 'Bushido,' is kind Of apotheosis
of patriotism. The joy with which
| Japanese give up their lives in defense
of their country has it's foundation in
a real religious feeling, and is most in
spring to all who come to know it. 1t
should be full Of significance to those
Of the teaching profession who become
responsible for the thoughts and ideals
| of the young"
To the writer, in whatever capacity
he may labor, Judge Taft attributed
| great influence, either for good or for
bad.
Judge Taft paid high tribute to
/ the profession of medicine, because 1t
had contributed to the preservation
| of the health of all the people. He
pointed out that the profession had
been exalted by its great discoveries
and by it's assistance in the expansion
of our government In the tropics and
in the construction of the Panama
canal. He said:
Medical Profession Euloeized.
THE triumph which has been
reached in the name Of the medical
profession in the discovery as to the
real cause of yellow fever and malaria
and the suppression of those diseases
by killing or preventing the propaga-
ton of, or the infection of the mos
quito. is one of the wonders of human
| progress. 1t has made the construc-
ton of the Panama canal possible. It
has rendered life in the tropics for i'm
migrants from the temperate zone con.
sistent with health and reasonable
length of life, and it has opened pos
sibilities in the improvement of the
health and strength of tropical races
themselves under governmental teach
ing, assistance and supervision that
were unthought of two decades ago.
Sanitary engineering with its proper
treatment of water, making it whole
some and harmless with its removal
, of the filth and sewage and its con-
version of what was noxious into most
. useful agencies, all confirm the gov
ernmental Importance of the profes
| sion of medicine and the kindred tech
nical profession of chemistry, engin
{ eering and all branches of physical re
: search. So marked has been this In
/ crease in the Importance of the med
3 ical profession in governmental agen
3 cies, that the doctors themselves have
Y organized a movement for the unifica
: ton of all agencies in the federal gov
r ernment used to promote the public
:. health, in one bureau or department
: at the head of which they wish to pu
r a man of their own or kindred brancl
t of science How near this movemen
4 will come in accomplishing the com
r plete purpose of its promoters, onl!
d the national legislature can tell. Ger
: tainly the economy of the union of al
e health agencies of the national gov
s ernment in one bureau or department
J. is wise. Whether at the head of tina
/ department should be put doctor o
f medicine or some other person mus
,f depend on the individual and not ol
l. his technical professional learning o
+ skill. 1t is the capacity to organize
n coordinate and execute that is need
e ed at the head of a department, an
It not so much deep technical and pre-
g. fessional skill. 1t is the ability 7
If Judge whether others have such tecf
s. nical or professional skill that tn
a- head of the department who make
% the selection of the members of hi
n. department should be endowed will
s However this may be, 1t is becomin
" more and more clear that the extend
IT ing of governmental duties into te
8. ritory covered by the profession {
re medicine is bringing physicians NOR
,e and more into political and govern
id mental relation, and we may expet
D. that in the next decade they will pla
ly a far greater part than they have her
at tofore; and 1t is proper that the
r. should"
It. Washington's Greatness.
ly After mentioning the great good,
re actual results, accomplished by man
RS technical professions, Judge Taft co
a. sidered in extent the profession of II
Is law, which, he said, ''is in wit
to sense the profession of government
he He said that lawyers often were S
n lected to carry on governmental wor
Or because the executive faculty was
be very marked attribute of the model
ly lawyer While he realized that the