To such certificates of speedy cure. What uncongenial, what unwelcome task, E'en when responsive to the tempter's voice From pinched resourcefulness, and not from choice. With every morning's mail, from near and far, Of heaping fuel on a blazing fire, And who combine to form an endless chain Or ready made prescriptions which imply With magnified and problematic claims, And with involved, grotesque, and tortuous names. Their worse than useless drugs they multiply, And overload with prodigal supply, Only to lumber the shopkeeper's shelves, With trial samples tantalize ourselves, And blot and blemish advertising space Where, rightly speaking, they should have no place, And where appearance means, constructively, Professional assent, yes guarantee. Why should our own class journals seek support From sources of such questionable sort? Does any other craft-let us be just Thus wound itself, or thus betray its trust? Commercialism shows another bent, Professedly your work to supplement— Homes for inebriates-What that means, you know; Homes for the slaves narcotics overthrow; Homes for the physical and moral wreck That holds debauchery at last in check; The private rooms for lying-in, and thence, More lying in the ordinary sense; Adding to stock in trade the harped-on theme But what of those who still play fast and loose While merchantmen pursue their devious course, Tell them, while their misstatements you condemn, "Something for nothing" is not meant for them. Free service is for honest indigence, If illustrations for your class you lack, Serve clinic teaching—pay a nominal fee. REPORTS REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Executive Committee organized soon after the last annual meeting and met frequently during the year for the transaction of the routine business, including the appropriations, arrangements for the Semi-annual and Annual Meetings, selection of the orator, etc. One of the most important duties of the Committee was the effort to carry out the desire of the Faculty to obtain State aid in erecting a fire-proof building, according to the resolutions adopted at a special meeting of the Faculty on December 28, 1903. We append herewith the report upon this unsuccessful effort.* HARRY FRIEDEN WALD. EUGENE F. CORDELL. J. W. LORD. THOS. A. ASHBY. Executive Committee. *It is not deemed necessary to publish this report. |