Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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tbistory of the Giorpuscle. , XXX rx I 5 .nf Q. it ill I NE who has been connected with its Editorial Staff tinds thc task of writing the history ol' the Cor- .NX 'Q pusele a very pleasant undertaking. for it brings up so many of the laideby scenes ol Meniory s ' l4 '.ti!,t , ' if gallery. To retrospect is one of the luxuries of life. and history. sacred. profane. great. or small. in lm' .f is but a retrospection. May this reviewing be as pleasant for the reader as for the writer. il! The honor of being the progenitor of the Corpusole belongs to Dr. E. S. Goodhue of the class of 'Ui VVithin his fertile brain tlieidea was conceived. while his versatility and love for journalistic enterprise nourished and supported the idea until there was The Corpusele. but not The Corpuscle as we now know it. Dr. Goodhue labored under great adversity. The opposition arose partly from sheer apathy, but mostly from rank jealousy. His deriders accused him of wishing to run a. mercenary game with himself for chief legatee. for but few of his contetmporaries could perceive the farsightedness of his idea: they were unable to grasp the enterprise because of its greatness. To them it looked absurdly small and ridiculous: to him appealed the need for such a journal. and he could see the surprising ex- tent to which a right journal. rightly conducted at Rush. might go. ln an article in the journal not long since. Dr. Goodhue relates some of the bitterness that was gratuitously heaped upon him. But his conception was not to die. W'ith private means. with unaided eltorts the tirst number was issued. The cover sheet was gayly decorated with the colors of the University. and from some motive or other. a goodly number ot students purchased that initial issue. Xow it was that the true greatness of Dr. Goodhue was shown. He knew that to be the representative journal of Rush Med ical College the management must not be vested in a single one ol her students. He saw that to secure life for his off spring he must surrender it to the care of the students. and surrender it he did, while yet the tirst tlush ot' pride in its success was warm upon his elif-ei: . The number ol' students chosen to act as pilots lor this new crall was a grave mistake. They were so numerous that they were in each Ull1t?1'-S way: eight editors and three business managers could never exist in harmony and each do good work. A short trial sutticed to make this plain. and when the terms ol' Messrs. S. C. Beach. l'. L. Holford. 190

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A. R. Martin,F. M. C1'2ll1Q.D. A. S111llll.VV. L. BU11Cl1tl1'Cl.E. F. Enos.a11dA. F. Sippyexpired-fleaviiigMessrs. XV. Holmes. E. J. Senn, and T. J. Williams still on the staff-fit was decided best to elect but two men. instead of eight. At this ti1ne the elections were ope11 to any illlfl all of the students: every 111an who desired could vote. not only in elections but on any matter of business that came up. YVhen the election came off Messrs. John Ross and C. D. Center were chosen by the students wl1o comprised the voters. Not long after this, it became evident that ll11Ofl161' change might be beneficial to lll9 paper. The student body lllld no time to investigate the needs of the journal. a11d knowing b11t little of its business H114-l business methods. could not vote intelligently at the business meetings: indeed 111any of tl1e students took so little interest that they did not vote at all. Then. too, there was a clique antagonistic to the paper and the Editorial Static. these 111911 always voted. and al- ways ill such a way as to try, at least to stop the wheels of progress. NVhen they could not do it by votes they could by inaking' at disturbance and so breaking' up the meeting. leaving everything in a chaotic state. It was decided to or- ganize under a charter, make a stock company. allow every stockholder to vote. lllltl proceed on strictly business prin- ciples. It might have been said that in the beginning. the student board acted as business 1I1Et11ZlQ'91'S. solicited advertis- ing. paid bills. incurred debts. etc.: but so111e ti111e previous to the deterniination to form a stock company. tl1e journal llitfl been placed in the hands of Mr. VV. .T. Anderson. who acted as business nianager llllfl relieved the staff of all but edi- torial duties.-excepting' one: tl1e editors. owing to the technical character of much of the subject matter. were always compelled to read proof. Mr. Anderson saw tl1e desirability of having' an incorporated company. a11d acting in con- junction with the Editorial start, made application to tl1e Secretary of State. wl1o issued a charter to The Corpuscle Com- pany of Rush Medical College. with Messrs. Holmes. Senn. Ross. and Center. as incorporators. Previous to this tin1e Mr. Williams had withdrawn from the Staff. owing' to a ditfereiice of opinion that had arisen between himself and tl1e other niembers. The capital stock was tixed at one hundred dollars as it was deemed best to make this part merely nominal. and the ten shares were promptly talcen by the ineorporators. The Company was very agreeablj' surprised at the friendly and even cordial manner i11 which the new state ot attairs was received, and the reception given tl1e new Company was taken as proof that the students themselves had recognized the desirability of a change. From this tin1e on. the progress of the paper was eniinentlrv satisfactory: the Faculty gave the journal greater recognition: the individ- ual meinbers contributed more largely to its literary support: by the aid of a ste11og'rapl1er tl1e Staff was enabled to re- port a number ol' clinics. and several series ol' lectures verbatuniz the alumni began to rise to the occasion and s11b- St'l'lIbllUllSt'1lllll' in: advertisers were more easily persuaded to malte their goods known through its eolnnins. and an era ol' prosperity seemed at hand. lllllPI't'NY2l'St1lll'St'1'lHllS drawbaclc however. Some ol' the members Olll101'l1lL'llll'V persist- ently refused to assist i11 any wav: while disclaimine' all connection between the journal and the Faculty. they declared l9l