Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-09
A TREND.

Republican. which we reproduce elsewhere in this edition under the
trend towards enforced examinations for school children.
80 l. IS, seems MS strange strange. indeed, t that reputable reputable physicians my n1 ns. would pnT
poses. the physical condition of school girls, for instance, unless
these girls appear in an absolutely nude state before the inspectors,
who, IN sene cases, are said to be mere students from medical col
legs.
1t is surprising that the mothers of these New York girls do not
resort to the use Of loaded revolvers to protect hteir daughters from
such needless indgnities.
Medical examination without fouow-up treatment, enforced if
necessary, would seem to be almost useless, 50 that enforced exam
nations may be taken rs a forerunncr Of enforced treatment,
But any sort of examination which subjects school girls to sac
lifoe their modesty, as required by the regulations IN New York
as mo asstsd sn y our our l f,sh.r son to pE"s m s n S pr whssh a snq to es sne'f fr tne
decent society such physicians as dem? n d. IT. tniI II at the Il New wr 1otk
that they be attended only by women inspectors.
y Medical al organizations even with VIII en- or.eo;J foll snn16 re- tn mt,
fashionable i the medical men and and, those representing pr Sc tnm the w, various %s
schools Of practice were agreed with respect to a treatment mt but that
they are not so agreed is evidenced by a mere glance at the adVeruS-
We have the aIlopaths, the homeopathic, the osteopaths, the
chiropraetors, the smind-healers, the Christian Scientists, and what
not, each assuming to represent the ideal and scientific system Of
rniaiaer unto US FOR our infrnites'
methsa involves physical manipulation but eschews incidence And
yet isA bcnefeiaries may be produced by the thousands and tens OF
Shall we eliminate the allopaths, representing perhaps the old,
est school Of medicine, and refuse to swallow W their .ho compounds ma,mn ST. And
prepared to aver that allopathic treatment has preserved their
Shall We turn our backs upon the homeopaths, who also pre-
scribe drugs but only those Ct an attenuated character character And a: yet
10 TIE efficacy Of homeopathic miniatradons.
Compulsory examination, which leads to compulsory treatment,
is Ensught with grave danger in that its tendency is towards an I'M
jus16sble eurtalInent of those liberties which the American pub
le has come to hold dear, unless the person examined, or his guar
diam For him, shall be permitted to choose the form of treatment.
H iii not d matter Of mindhealing, or of God-heaing, or of
ChrisEan Science, or Of any other soreaIed falacy, but a matter of
PERSONAL liberty-a matter of human rights. The man who believes
In oEto0pathg and the man who has received benefits from chroprac-
lid treatment. the man who employs the alopath or the .homeopath,
must Nc accorded an equal right to choose for themselves, even
thosek fsonae Of them may select the form which all Others condemn.
Amy systeHa or regulation which DEGREES otherwise is foreign to
the Rrinciples for which the Pilgrim Fathers commended when they
deserted their European fr@des to establish upon American soil a
government founded upon justice and equity, whose foundation, per-
feotea out OF The spirit of ZIG and the suffering of Valley Forge and
reconstructed at Gettysburg and Appamattox, has been proven to
be bread enough and deep enough to accommodate the Methodist,
tit, the Buddhist, the Moslem, or even the infdel or Christian
SeoSkat.
Eet there he 4 contraction Of the great foundation upon which
the iibertyloving Pilgrims and the defenders of Lexington erected
thear snperstructure for generations then unborn.
W. don't knew what the sentiment is in South Dakota with
ragtrd 10 preparedness, but we opine that the average farmer, get
ting only from seyentyfye to ninety cents q bushel for wheat and
less taan five cents q pound for hogs, is not inclined to favor the
expenditure Of billions within the next few years in preparation for
Nar. M VIC are going to become a people of mlitarism let us con
Tt oar government into an antocraey and. have done with 1T.
When i mas starts to- so to the devil, says Dad Cox Of the
areanont New Era, because of his matrimonial troubles, he usually
1alAls cut i devil who has blonde hair and bright eyes.