Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-26
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Osteopaths Object to Restriction.

Omaha, Sept. 25.-To the Editor O.
me Bee: The osteopathic physician.
object to legal or other restriction.
which prevent them from practicins
what they are licensed and qualified
to practice.
In support of this protest the,
passed resolutions at state and ma.
tional meetings this year urging eff
forts toward the admission of quail
ned osteopaths to federal service, to
industrial insurance companies and to
county hospitals and sanitariums for
the treatment of nervous diseases and
insanity, and also the right to partici-
pate in the campaign against infan-
tile paralysis. Since the latter is a
disease of the spinal cord, and since
the success of osteopathic treatment
In infantile paralysis is remarkable,
they feel that they are peculiarly
lifted to deal with the subject.
All recognized colleges Of osteopa-
thy teach every subject, including
antitoxines, antiseptics and surgery,
and just as much of every subject as
is taught in the medical colleges, with
the exception of two or three branches
dealing entirely with the compound
ing and administering of drugs In
stead of materia medica the osteopath
studies osteopathic philosophy and
medicine.
The osteopaths everywhere in con-
Vention have gone on record as OPP
posed to compulsory vaccination, and
In favor of national prohibition and
woman suffrage, also they cooperate
In every phase Of the health depart
ment of the Federation of Women's
Clubs and similar organizations
JENNIE S. LAIRD, D. o.
stenography as University Course.
Fremont, Neb.. Sept 2S.-To the
Editor of The Bee: notice an article
written by Frank L. Halter, regent of
the University of Nebraska, to Ran
dali K. Brown, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Omaha
Commercial club. in regard to the
resolution requesting that typewriting
and shorthand be added to the course
of the state university, passed by the
executive committee of the club. Mr..
Halter leaves the impression that this
resolution was passed upon the snap
Judgment of the committee and with
out earnest consideration. On the
contrary 1t was passed after weeks of
and Mr.. Halter knows
that men very prominent in the af-
fairs of the club have been agitating
this for months. He Furthermore in !
suits the intelligence of the small COM |
mercial clubs of the state and the state |
conventions that passed this resolu- |
lion. in stating that this is a one-man |
I attend these conyen-
lions at times myself and venture the
assertion that the percentage Of col
ege men and men vitality interested
n colleges is greater than in any other
except those devoted to
professional subjects and it is my i'm
preston that they usually know about
what they want without being so in
ormed by man who gets his chief
Jew of the needs of the people over
mahogany-topped desk.
The engineering college at the uni
'ersity gives detailed technical train
ng, SO does the College of Agricul-
ure. The school Of commerce does
lot. Does Mr.. Halter contend that it
more elementary to learn to write
typewriter than to learn to carry
pot of molten iron around in the en-
ineering school or fire a forge and
yield a sledge or make a shirtwaist or .
oil potatoes in the College of Agricul-
ure? ,
Mr.. Halter says that typewriting and
horthand Is taught in the University
'eacher's high school. True, but what 4.
dult university student will go there
nd study it without credits and in
ompany with immature boys and =
rlls? What we proponents of this