Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-21
Wis PEANUTS ON
eOATS TO PAY FOR A
COLLEGE EDUCATION
~ Goober Vender Is
prof. Ralph Bernstein, of
Hahnemann College, a
Noted Authority on Dis
,oses of the Skin.

.anuts on a steamboat has no
tiHe for the average boy. There
q ,be spirit of romance In such
~ is monotonous, to say the
en- N fellow cant get a job at
stse during the summer months
laass.itate on the peanut business,
ssn be entered with a small capt.
.na one OF your more prosperous
v. wou1d see you--or even worse,
t.st girl. That would be fatal, you
Many of us worry about what
,sople think OF us. But there is
,seption to this rule in Philadelphia.
Dr. Ralph Bernstein.
IN life he realized that money
~ As esseutial as an artistic tenn
M II he had the latter he care
,oneealed It. In fact. he went
,ha sublime to what some people
\. ealt the ridiculous by studying
". and literature in the winter and
.s PEANUTS and pretzels in the sum-
one might say there is no connec-
,.tween peanuts and science. But
"A. case there was and the connection
most emphatic. 1t was with the
~ be earned by selling peanuts and
.,t. on the river steamers that he
hls way through the University of
nylyania-
s,sr years as an errand boy preceded
,rnarience on the steamboats, He
|..,sed to enter the Northeast Manual
ssing School before going to the Uni
.-Ilg. and was we'll equipped to battle
I, he problems there. He didn't have
n tine for class social affairs and he
"A every cent go Its limit.
+, "a approached the final year in the
lr,rsity he found his expenses getting
e.i,r and big sales of peanuts and pret-
ware required to meet the costs, But
~ the summer the captain of the boat
BEEN Watching him and knew that tho
vas making a strong fight. The skip
snaIly geve him job as clerk on the
.nsoat.
I, pald attention to details, and
rprh hard work was soon promoted to
usss master and eventually became
n comfnissary. All this Tune he was
s,g SD with his studies. He graduated
IA TIE department of medicine in the
seyiIty In 1909 and year later from
Hahnemann Medical College.
|N y lllo llllllBb lOOheu blue. I1o
IA that close application to work was
nsafy to overcome the many OBJ
i,s which confronted him. He was
.ssd because he couldn't spare much
for pleasure. Finally he got an
rtlriity to enter the skin dispensary
ti.e Of the Hahnemann Hospital and
= ,osa from fourth assistant to clin-
Is chef. 1t seemed but short time
s,i that when he became clinical pro-
ser Of dermatology at the Hahnemann
Ideal College. He is also consulting
matologst to numerous other institu-
|e
Bssween times Doctor Bernstein wrote
nerous brochures on skin diseases and
med out as many as 20 n year. He
Is the first to demonstrate to the med
n profession the successful use of
|gdifed carbon dioxlde i'm the treatment
cancer Of the skin. Professor Bern
bin is also the author of several text
|oks dealing with this subject.
Evidence Of his versatility is shown by
, invention OF the Bernstein Lusch
Ih-tension apparatus, which tends to
scuti0nize all types of high frequency
,1aSatus because of it's simple construc-
eN a9st of his experiments are con-
aad his home, 81 South 10Th street.
ne Hofessor has one characteristic
IA as helped him through his hard
t+ He Is an optimist.