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Show ETHICS TOPIC BEFORE CLUB Dr. Eugene Smith and A. R. Mclntyre Address Ogden Og-den Rotarians The alms and ideals of Rotary In relation to the medteal profession and to business were discussed at the notary no-tary club dinner held nt the Webei club "last night by ir Eugene smith who spoke on "Itolary Hthles and the Medical Profession," and A 1 Mclntyre Mc-lntyre who spoke on "Rotary Ethics and liuslncss " An Innovation al the dinner was the serving for the first time ly high school boys that are working their way through the high school. who acted on waiters. This Is to be continue, con-tinue, 1 hereafter, according to the tin nouncement of Prealdenl Henry An-derson. An-derson. Rotarians thai grumbled at the service were promptly fined lj each the fines going td the boys. sl. BRAIj PAY FINES. Some that praised the service of the new waiters were ilso promptly fined and FraHk DrlggS, superintendent superinten-dent of the School for the Deaf and Blind who said nothing but was a -cuscd ot talking with hla bahdfl was promptly fined 1, Among others I hat paid fines were Joseph F. QOSS, John Spargo George 8 Glen, A i Mclntyre, John Rushmcr, C. A Day and A. P. UigelOW. 1 There were a number of visitors I f rom Brlgham. President Anderson urged Rotarians to attend the art exhibit at the Ber-th.ina Ber-th.ina building, slating that the women's wo-men's clubs of the city that have sponsored spon-sored the exhibit were lacing a deficit. de-ficit. He also announced that Frank Prlggs, past president Of the Rotary club, would preside at the meeting to be held on Wednesday at 12; 10 o'clock. l,Ill.v NIGHT. The program committee has arranged ar-ranged for the ahnual ladles' nlglit to be held December 6 at which each Rotarlan win bring a prize to be awarded the sromen guests, the prize to cost no more nor less than $0. The dinner will begin promptly at "1 O'clock to allow the Rotarians to at-tend at-tend the show Three Wise Fools." at lhe Orpheum. At the conclusion of the meeting I last night the Rotarians were Invited to attend the picture, "One Week of Love," at the Orpheum, as guests of .Manager Joe Goss. Ir. Smith in his introduction spoke of the ethics of Rotary and pointed lout that despite the reeds of any organization or-ganization there would always be ! those that criticised, After reading ihe oath administered by practically Jail colleges to all graduating physicians physic-ians which he said contained th? I creed or the medical profession, he looi. up various sections of the oath and dlSCUSSed at hngth the r-thics of I tii- profession, I lie dls. ussed the subject from Hie .standpoint of the responsibility of the j phvslcian to the public, from the medical-legal viewpoint, the care to K varxfainH In eOlltaillOUS diseases. I ad ertisimr. secret remedies, ratuit- ! ous services and the exposing of the : charlatan. ETHH s oi PROFESSION. ' He pointed out that the physician las a general rule was prevented from advertising in newspapers, the ethics of the profession pi eventing him from self-exploitation and he suld that as a general rule the physician thai resorted resort-ed to advertising was. frequently, a man of cTouiitfui educational quallflca- ' tions. He also discussed at length the Idea of the dlscovcri'-s of any physician j becoming Immediately the common I knowledge ot the cit . r- profession, pointing out th" -Linger that would result re-sult were it otherwise and calling at-1 at-1 tention to the discoverers of ether and chloroform and anti-toxins. Im-medlately Im-medlately giving to the world their discoveriee In OTder that humanity ' might be benefitted. In closing he ead a portion of a ! letter w ritten by Theodore Roosevelt on ideals. LOYAIH DISCUSSED. Mi Mclntyre discussed the sub ject of ethics from the viewpoint of loyalty .staling that it was thoj ' mainspring of service and that without with-out loyalty and co-operation fiom the I employes in any business the public i could not be given serve e I He traced through Paganism built Oil slavery and no to the present time i lhe growth of the icba of service to' humanity ly work pointing out that' the Jews were tho only people of olden times that being a free people 'and not afraid of work became the merchant princes of the world He touched upon the iiestlon of thej Serfs sold with the land, pointing out how later on the trade guilds und un Ions were formed and how men be-gan be-gan to tike a different view of work I w hich had been i-onsldci eil as degrad- Ing before that t'.m- j In discussing the changed Idea of I work that was dawning In r I ! parts of the world he . -iiic-d attention to the id .or l.iws Hi it r. passed in Knr- i land relative to th- employment of children, and how the idea began to I spread that employers and employes jwere to work with each other for the benefit of all In closing he said that if one wish-j I ed to conduct more than, a one-man! business one must see that his em-I ployes were satisfied in order that tlie I public could be given a service that) would satisfy rt. |