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that occasion the following tribute, which sets forth in a concise 

 way the great achievements of Dr. Kober: 



To GEORGE M. KOBER, M.D., LL.D., 



Soldier, Scientist, Physician, and Philanthropist, 



On His Seventieth Birthday, March 28, 1920. 



Your cradle stood on foreign soil, 



But love of liberty was your inheritance; 



Your father was of those who suffered long 



From persecution and from tyranny. 



He vowed that you should never be 



The simple minion of a lord of war, 



Bowing to king and potentate; 



But if a soldier you should wish to be, 



You then should serve in freedom's holy cause. 



So you came here and cordial greeting found, 



For men like you Columbia gladly welcomes; 



And you repaid her well. 



You served her first as humble helper 



To sick and wounded heroes of the war. 



A faithful student of our noble art you next became, 



And soon attained a magister's degree. 



As soldier and physician you combined 



True bravery with sympathy of heart, and thus 



Became the friend of many a suffering soul; 



And when to former comrades in the field you bade adieu, 



All said, "Well done, God speed you on your way." 



A life of great devotion then began, 



To civic welfare, art, and science given; 



Your earnest studies fitted you to teach 



To show the younger men what hygiene means, 



And prove prevention of disease surpasses cure. 



By your endeavors, plagues and water-borne disease 



Were banished from within your city fair; 



You found the reason why so many died 



Of that disease of all diseases; 



And better housing of the poor became your passion. 



Now sanitary homes for black and white 



Arose where once was wilderness. 



Next to housing of the laboring men 



You studied how to make his occupation safe 



And thus prevent disease among the workers. 



So manifold your triumphs were 



In battling with disease and death, 



