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SOUVENIRS

TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of CHICAGO MEDICAL CLUB

MAY 7 , 1908

R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. PRINTERS CHICAGO

List of Officers

From May 2nd, 1883, to May 7, 1884

President

EDMUND J. DOERING, M. D.

First Vice-President

HENRY T. BYFORD, M. D.

Second Vice-President

D. A. K. STEELE, M. D.

Secretary and Treasurer

L T. POTTER, M. D.

Executive Committee

DRS. E. J. DOERING L. T. POTTER

List of Officers

From May 7th, 1908, to May 1, 1909

President FRANK S. JOHNSON

First Vice-President E. W. ANDREWS

Second Vice-President

J. C. HOAG

Secretary and Treasurer

R. W. BISHOP

IFE'S SWEETEST ASSOCIATIONS ARE OUTSIDE THE REALM OF PHYSIOLOGIC SENSE ; ARE WITH THE GOOD THINGS WE PER- CEIVE IN NATURE AND IN MAN. J q AS WE LEARN TO SEE AND TO LOVE THE GLORIES OF NATURE, SO WE LEARN TO SEE AND TO LOVE THOSE QUALITIES IN MAN WHICH MAPJC THE GOOD WITHIN — THOSE QUALITIES WHICH CON- STITUTE THE PART THAT IS TO BE ETERNAL. THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH QUALITIES IS THE BASIS OF FRIENDSHIP— THE EXCHANGE OF APPRECIATION, THE CEMENT OF FRIENDSHIP

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ENTLEMEN and fellows in heart, this meeting signals our silver an- niversary; with it we round out

a quarter of a Century of growing good fel- lowship— of mutual understanding and helpfulness.

Of ourselves, as we know each other, each has his own adduction, his own gravitational force that draws and holds the others to him ; each his own light that designates him from the rest.

We were from the first a systemic unit in feeling, and in loyalty to each other — a unit of harmony in a seething, tumultuous city — a quiet, unobtrusive company that never aimed at corporate influence, was indeed never known as a body (though parenthetically it may be said, sotto-voce, that "the Twenty- second Street crowd" was at one time held responsible for a succession of nominations and elections of presidents of a prominent Medical Society).

Each member has his own lines of force, and we have good reason to be proud of the useful activities of all.

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We have colle&ively among us many phases of mind and character that enhance the others, and forms of appreciation and of activity that stimulate the others. We both knowingly and unconsciously support and encourage each other — we draw strength and inspiration from each other. All the good that each of us possesses is given freely to the others — reciprocity of service and good will.

The original group that founded our club has been both enlarged and shorn.

Time and fate have taken three members from us, one by earthly circumstance, our light-hearted brother, now a wanderer, and two, by the relentless hand of Death, have been carried beyond return : Randolph of charming, facile wit and elegance of manner, our match- less raconteur, and Purdy of punctilious dignity — of technical precision, with a nice appre- ciation of engraved portraiture, whose warmth of feeling was as the pearl, to be sought in the depths, and when found prized.

Fortune has kindly saved for us all the others — and we see with us now, as they pass by in friendly review, those qualities and characteristics we have learned to love and admire in each.

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IN one: We see a broad, practical, sturdy mind, keen insight, ready judgment, the determined will of premeditated success ; one whose abilities and strength have been freely given to the advancement of his profession, and to the purification and improve' ment of his state; one whose tender warmth of friendship has made him dear to those who know him best.

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CLOSE in wake is a quiet, appreciative soul, loving all things delectable; a placid, moral force that stands for the conservation of right, and helps to keep the balance of justice even.

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WE rejoice also in another man of action : hearty, wholesome, virile, prompt and efl> cient, cheery and thoughtful in turn, open^ minded and warno hearted, infusing energy into all things and all men.

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IN the next we see imperturbability, richness of mind, ingenuity, skill and a confidence born of experience; sphynx^like silence, but on occasion a ready, facile tongue, and a deep appreciation of all things good - « a love of the water and the woods, those solitudes so suited to his silent moods.

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