The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-26
a VISION or SERVICE.

speaking DeIOTe JQe MASSACHUSETTS, AculCdI
society in Boston, DR.. David L. Edsall Of Harv-
ard university put before his hearers a noble
vision of service for his profession. He fore
sees time when the physician will be in es-
sential public servant, devotng himself to
the prevention of disease, to hygienic educa-
ton, to the solution of problems that effect
the physical welbeing of all people, what
ever be the source of these problems DR.. Ed
sail did not say that he looked for millennium
of health as a result, nor for time to come
when the service of physicians to individual pa
tients would be unnecessary, but he declared
that the whole trend of ambition and hope
among the ablest of the young men who are en-
tering his profession was directed toward a
scientific social service which shall in large
measure make the old time round of profess
Isional visits unnecessary.
No profession stands higher in the honor roll
of humanitarianism than does that Of the physi
clan. It has invaded business public works.
war, all departments of life and it has done
superb work in making everything that it has
touched better for its coming The medical
profession has been assaulted for making special
ism expensive to the public; it has been accused
of the clan spirit in the abuse of the best in
terests of it's patients But the specialism that
it has achieved has given us knowledge OF
practical procedure that is immensely valuable,
and the best specialists give far more of their
time today to work for which they receive very
moderate pay, or no pay at all, than they give
to private practice. And profession the best
thought in which is devoted to making its
private profits negligible in comparison with
public service that shall be permanent, puts it.
self beyond all just accusation OF low ideals.
According to the annual report of the Car
Inegie Foundation for the Advancement OF
Teaching there has been remarkable progress
in the enactment of pension laws for the bene-
fit of school teachers, eight states recognizing
that they cannot lag behind if they would re-
tain the services of those who heretofore In
many cases gave more than they received.
Eight out of twelve of the states that have de-
bated teachers pensions within the last year or
two have acted affirmatively on the proposition.
1t is regrettable to admit that Iowa law makers
saw no good feature in the pension matter and it
was turned down in the Legislature. Better luck
at the next try, perhaps.
Tn New York some ardent reformers have
started a crusade against the meaningless
term Fourth of july Independence day.
lis their favorite term No doubt it is the ia
vorite term of a good many others in the eff
Ifete east. Perhaps it would be more dignifed
to use it in place of the other. But to say that
1.-THE Fourth of july is meaningless term is
to say exactly what is not so.
Nobody but the people, apparently, can break
Thomas Riley Marshall Of the vice presidential
habit.
Whether Villa is alive or dead his evil spirit
goes marching on to mislead the Mexican
people.
i The American machine guns worked by the
/ Mexicans at Carrizal did not jam.