The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-01-10
opromErRIsrs, SESSION OVER


4 committee on prosecution or VlO-
lators Of the optometry law, consisting
Eof DR.. D. N. Boney. NJ VI Marcus and
G, II. Lyons Of Jacksonville. was ap-
pointed by the president.
The following officers and commit
/ tee We're elected for the ensuing year:
President, Dr. D. NJ Boney, re-
elected vice president, DR.. H E
Tough, Reelected; secretary and treas
urer. Dr.. Neville II. Clark
Executive committee, H. Z. Cole, Lee
Grand Haskins. R. GoIdstein
Membership committee, G. Z. Lyons,
G. W. Edgar, y. H. Clark.
Legislative committee, D. ". Boney
II. E, Cole, Q. c. Butterweck-
The next annual meeting will be
held in Daytona.
President Reports Progress
/ DR.. Boney read the following paper:
! 1t is with great pride and pleasure
that I am allowed to stand before the
! leading optometrists of Florida to-
night. Pride, because optometry is so
rapidly being recognized as a standard
profession. Il gives me pleasure to
see the faces of so many OF our prom
i inent members, who by their presence
show their Willingness to still continue
/ to help elevate our profession.
! 1t gives me great pleasure 10 see
! that each member of this association
/ is carrying out his duty so that no re-
proach can be cast upon this associa-
ton.
| There is no science so closely con-
Injected with mans comforts, happiness
and efficiency that has advanced more
rapidly, no calling with a broader
! field of usefulness and wider appIca-
/ ton, covering as it does the needs of
the whole civilized world. And as
civilization increases, the efficient OPP
tometrist will be more in demand.
! 1t is one of the greatest blessings
to the public and to our profession to
! see that the travelling faker is almost
a thing of the past. Our people are
learning that he is not what he pre-
tended to be.
II is the wish<of your president to
see that this association appoints a
publicity committee, whose duty it
shall be to publish short articles in
the leading papers of the state on OPP
! tometry.
1t seems that the wrong impression
exists among travelling opticians. Their
| license does not give them the right
to travel from house to house selling
glasses, and neither does it give the
so-called optometrist the right. Where
they do, they violate the state laws by
! not having a peddler's license, and
the attention of the officers should be
called 10 it. as they are a drawback
to any profession and a curse to the
! people of the state. The state law
does not prohibit a man from going
from town to town in the state, but
it does prohibit them from going from
!house to house.
| l make this statement in answer to
so many inquiries that I have had the
Epast year 1t should be condemned by
IAN who are working for the people Of
our state. Our people do not realize
the need of proper examination and
the danger they undergo when they al
low these travellers to place glasses
before their eyes by guesswork.
No longer than last week lady
came to my office in agony with her
eyes and head after several weeks
treatment from her family physician
and he failed to give relief Was
advised to call on her optometrist. I
found one had placed minus cylinder
100 ak $50 before right eye and plus
cylinder 100 ak 80 before left eye.
With proper examination I found she
needed plus 100 plus O.75 cylinder AK
80 before right eye, and plus 1.25 com
bined plus 075 AK 80 before left eye.
In leaving my office she stated to
several it was the first relief she had
in six months with her eyes and head.
Was the above not enough to cause
her to condemn travelling opticians
and so-calIed optometrists? Fellow
loptometrists. please allow me the
pleasure of thanking the optometrists
of Florida for the unanimous help CIV
en- your officers in trying TO carry out
our work that we have so successfully
done for the people of Florida.
There is a great deal of uncalled for
and unpleasant criticism about the
Florida optometry board of examiners
| where parties fail TO pass the exami-
nation required by the Florida optom-
etry laws, who is trying to protect our
people Of the state.
While it is a very unpleasant duty
for them to refuse any one a certifi-
cate they do their duty that is trust
ed to them by the people of the state.
Every application has a just and fair
considera ton before it is turned down.
In retiring from the presidency of the
Florida Optometry Association, being
the fourth term, it has been nay daily
study as to how to promote and eie-
Ivate the profession of optometry L
must say it has been the greatest
pleasure of my life in doing so.
You will be called upon at this meet
ing to select your officers for the en-
suing year, and I feel it my duty to
advise you to take care in selecting
such men as will not shirk their duty
as officers The critical time is al
hand. Your success depends largely
Iupen your officers and there is much
10 be done during the ensuing year
There should be local societies form
ed, and many other things that your
lattention should be called TO. But tine
tarbids me doing so. Please allow me
TO thank The members for the courte-
sizes and noble assistance rendered the
presidents office. The past year there
has not been the slightest thing to
mar the brotherIy feeling During the
5entire veaF I have had as my motto.
For the good Of the profession, for
your good and for the good Of the peo-
pie"