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The Osteopathic Physician August 1905 Vol. 8, No. 3 Reproduced with a gift from the Advocates for the American Osteopathic Association (AAOA Special Projects Fund) and Michigan Auxiliary to the Macomb County Osteopathic Association May not be reproduced in any format without the permission of the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine SM (formerly Still National Osteopathic Museum) Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO THE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN CHICAGO. AUGUST. 1905. Number 3 road which, when comple~ed, will shorten the ,New 'Recardfar 'Plea.s'ure distance 200 miles between Denver and Salt Lake. At the journey's end Osteopaths engaged in snowballing and were photographed above timber at 'Rac1(y Mauntain Cancla-ue line. .UteI' a rest of another day a second jour­ OR sociability, recreation and pleasure, noth­ Two journeys were made to the top of the ney was taken on the Colorado & Southern rail­ mg in osteopathic annals has ever equalled range by the osteopathic crowd in a body-and way to Silver Plume via the celebrated George­ f the Eighth Annual meeting of the Amt!rican jolly trainloads they made, too. One trip was up town loop. This trip is woi1d-famous and needs Osteopathic Association, held August 14-19 at the no eulogy and was alone worth the trip [rom Brown Palace hotel, Denver, Colorado. both oceans. Convention work was finished up each morning on the days w~en the visitors took Although there were apprehensions in advance these official journeys. that the usual crowd could not be taken on such Other unofficial journeys were taken plentifully a long j:Jurney, more than 300 signed the roster. profe~sion -to Eldora up the "Switzerland Trail"-which Most of the old "war horses" of the has been completed from Sunset in Boulder canon were there. Also many new ones. only this year, and which, all in all, presents Father A. T. Still was present and made a about the finest scenery of the range-if com­ speech at the opening session. This feature was parisons are possible! Another little jOIlJ'lley worth the price of admission to many doctors enjoyed after the meeting by many Osteopaths who had not heard "Pap's" voice since leeving was the "Short Line" (Colorado & South· school, and to still others who had never before ern) from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek, met the founder of our science. which also bears the distinction by common reo The Pacific coast delegation was a strong and pute of being "the finest trip in the Rocb.es." active one, and the profession had the pleasure There are many of these fine trips, however­ of making the acquaintance of a number of men all so magnificent as to admit of no rivalry be­ and women who have been prominent in advan­ tween them, each being different. Lucky, in­ cing osteopathic interests on the coast but who deed, wa·, the Osteopath who could spend two have not been seen at previous meetings of the weeks or so in this delightful country-as many national association. of them did-and combine attendance at th~ A. The Dt;uver and Colorado Osteopaths gave us O. A. m~,eting with a refreshing and delightful all the time of our lives, beyond a doubt, and outing. It will be many a day before the A. O. too much praise cannot be meted out to them, A. has another meeting, I fear, at which the one and all. That the whole profession of the members and visitors will have equal opportuni­ city and state was well organized and had la­ ties for pleasure. After all is' said, there is but bored as a unit for our entertainment was plain­ one Colorado! ly evident, since the net results of the program ,/Ve.rt 'Place if Meetinll enacted can only follow the united work of many heads and hands. The reception committee as Hotel Victory, at Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, just named comprised "al) members of the Colorado off Toledo and Sandusky, Ohio, and in steamer Osteopathic Association," of which body Dr. connection with Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo and John T. Bass acted as president and Dr. Nettie other lakl' towns, was selected as the place for Hubbard Bolles, secretary. Such other "high holding "he next convention. Dr. Teall Jiad been privates" in the ranks as Doctors N. Allen on the ground with a view to sizing up the loca­ Bolles, George W. Perrin, Hasseltine A. Burton, tion, its transportation facilities, hotel accom­ L. S. Brown, Elizabeth C. Bass, Burt D. Mason, Dr. A. L. E'CJan.s. of Chattanoolla. 'Pre.sident modations, etc., and recommended it as an ideal Nellie T. McClain, George H. Wood, John L. of the American O.steopathic A.s.sociation place for holding an association meeting. The Cramb, Charles C. Reid, as well as members of argument was made that it would prove much their families-all residents of the city-were on the new "Moffatt Road" to the top of the di­ like the Brown Palace at Denver as a convention duty early and late, administering to guest-com­ vide in the afternoon and home by moonlight. site, affording the delegates a refreshing outing, fort, recreation and fellowship. One and all de­ This is a wildly picturesque trip in' which abou' WIth the opportunity for social life and intimate serve our thanks, nor can we omit from special­ thirty . tunnels are traversed. It is th", new acquaintance not possible in many other places. mention Miss Etta Bass and Mrs. George W Perrin, who were in the thick of the fray of entertainment throughout the week. - Speaking of the entertainment accorded our 'Palitic.s' and Electian.s' a.s' delegates, it is fitting to 'compliment the mauage­ ment of the Brown Palace hotel, also, for the Seen at the 'Den-uer Meeting ideal arrangements of this hostelry for the en­ tertainment of a convention such as ours. No LECTIONS, as usual, were not marked br nomi~ations would not be in order. So no inde- better SIte for a convention of several hundred any fervid politics this year at the Denver pendent nominations were made. , people can be found in the union. The auditor­ Emeeting, and, so far from parties or election­ These were the selections by ballot for Ameri­ ium, committee rooms and clinic rooms are eering for friends developing, it can be said can Osteopathic Association officials for the e.n- ample and well arranged, light, airy, free from truthfully that nobody knew a moment hefore suing year: \ noise and dirt, and the delegates who possess this election who were to be placed in nomination for the varions offices. A nominating commit­ President, Dr. A. L. Evans, Chattanooga, delightful retreat a mile above sea-level find Tennessee. .; themselves sole occupants of a little world of tee, comprising Drs. C. C. Teall, Howard T. Crawford, Nettie Hnbbard Bolles, Ella D. Still, First Vice President, Dr. John T. Bass, their own, quite apart from the madding crowd Denver, Colorado. in the lobby and streets beneath, where all may W. W. Steele, Ernest Sisson, Percy H. Woodall , and Janet Kerr was instructed to frame up two Second Vice President, Dr. Lena Creswell, get well and personally acquainted, F.S it is not San Diego, California. possible to do at most of the hotels one visits regular tickets and present them for balloting. Secretary, Dr. Harry Linden Chiles, Au­ Our thanks to the management of the Brown It seems to have been the belief that a sea· burn, New York (re-elected). for one of the pleasantest conventions that the soned committee could thrash over the situation profession has yet held. .and make better selections than might result if Assistant Secretary, C. A. Upton, St. Paul, nolninations were left entirely to chance and in­ Minnesota (re-elected). Side Trip,s De/illhted Vi.sitor.s dividual friendliness. Two tickets were Treasurer, M. F. Hulett, Columbus, Ohio The most conspicuous difference between th;s duly presented, either one of which seemed (re·elected) . convention and others consisted in the side trips wholly a.cceptable and any chance combination Three·Year Trustees: Dr. Cora B. Tasker, which visitors were enabled to take up the vari· of whose respective members would prove equally Los Angeles; Dr.· C. B. Atzen, Omaha, ous canons and upon or across the range. Many felicitons. Some members evinced a desire to Neb., and Dr. T. L. Ray, Fort Worth, Texas. delegates came by way of Colorado Springs and present independent nominations from the floor, Dr. Leslie E. Cherry, of Milwaukee, Wis., waa Manitou Springs, and stopped over there er. but President McConnell pointed out that the at the head of the second regnlar ticket. No route to the convention. Most everybody who resolution appointing the nominating committee sooner had nominations for the presidency been came west, wellt home that way of -course, and instructed it to present two regular tickets so as made than Dr. Cherry took the floor to ask the had this fun afterwards. to afford a choice to voters, and that further withdrawal of his own name and move the elec- Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO 2 THE OSTEOPATHrc PHYSICIAN THE BEST AND MOST RELIABLE INSIDE INFORMATION OF HUMAN ANATOMY IS OBTAINED BY THE USE OF 'le THE PEERLESS .. SPE _IAL" Every get-at-able cavity brilliantly illuminated by a DIRECT FIXED light. The most complete and highly efficient equipment ever offered. Every necessary facility provided for DIAGNOSTIC and OPERATIVE \\'ork. • Extremely Valuable In Gynecology PEERLESS in name, PEERLESS in scope of usefulness, PEERLESS in every attribute that goes to make a perfect, valuable and dependable equipment.

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