The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1922-04-06
A Letter from a
Northport Student.
DAVENPORT, Iowa,
March 10, 1922.

March 10. 1922.
70 The Republican Journal and friends
at home:
rver since coming out here last May
have been thinking that some day
vould write a letter to you all; telling
,ou somethine about the State of Iowa
"a ,he wonderful school which am at
tending.
Every week, when receive The Jour
r.l it brings my thoughts back tc Bel
East and my many friends there as well
.s 10 nv home in dear old Northport.
In the paper and letters from home
-s.d of your having much snow, while
ant here we have had practically no
snov-only one real storm around Christ
mas time.
The weather has been very beautiful
al winter with only few cold days
Now the grass is looking real green on
many lawns, and tulips are peepne
,hro,oh the ground. which tells US spring
has come in Davenport, Iowa.
To those of you who have never been
-. This is a fine city with many nice
buildines, beautiful parks and wonderful
..bools: and best of all it rests calmly on
,hs shore of the Father of Waters-the
Niss,ssippi River-which is certainly a
srsnd expanse, but, think, the dirtiesl
.,retcb of water have ever seen.
Now a few words about the school !
am attending. Probably many Of you
have heard of it and perhaps some have
visited it. If you have visited it know
there would be no need of my saying one
,,,o,d for YOU would all realize it is one OF
the prandest schools in all the world. 1t
hasa student body of over three thous-
and has sixteen beautiful classrooms,
most office right in the building, one oil
the finest printing plants imaginable,
where canary birds sing all day to the
hum of the Kelley presses, cafeteria,
seating four hundred and accommodating
twelve hundred in an hour-a barber
sbop fitted with eight chairs and every
modern convenience. a roof garden with
fine speakers shell, and large tower hous
;no the finest set of chimes, which mer'
rilv call the students at meal time. And
that tower contains pigeons, also FOL
az "B. j." our wonderful leader ano
owner of this magnificent school, says
"no belfry is a belfry without pigeons"
have not mentioned the Easements, rest
rooms, beautiful faculty offices, general
office and many smaller offices; also the
X.ray departments and classrooms. and
other interesting hooks and corners
have failed to mention. The school has
enc of the best, if not the best, osteolog-
ical collections in the world, exceeding
that of Harvard Univ ersity.
The name of this school is the Palmer
School of Chlropractic; and since coming
here last May have witnessed the grad
uation of more than twelve hundred stu
dents from this school as Doctors of
Chiropractic or "Chiropractors" as they
are called.
ID. u. L dlulCI, tuC uicCONCICi Vi ILLS
science and owner of this great institu
ton, is most intelligent and remarkable
man. His motto is "Not how little fol
how much, but how much for how lit
tie" And he instills into our minds each
day the thought that we should learn tc
be 100 per cent chiropractors to be able
to give the best there is in US and chiro-
practic to the suffering humanity of the
world.
Too much praise could not be sale
about his noble wife-Mabel Palmer
She, too, has done her part in developing
the science of chiropractic and has with.
stood the prosecutions as only woman
of noble worth could do. And she is al
inspiration to us all and beloved by ever,
student.
But these two are slowly reaping thei
harvest and what could be more crafty
ing than to see thousands of sick or all
ing people getting benefit daily from thei
free clinics at the school.
Yet chiropractic is only in its infancy
being only discovered in 1895. Long ma!
il live-this science-to bring health t.
the suffering ones of our earth.
HAZEL V. BIRD.