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WT WAS a letter that put nme on the trail of Dr to Germany she had studied Gernïan bS--her- SMary G. Scbroeder. A friend of hers wrote, self %vhile ber busband attendedl medical classes.. Uthts pews-magazie with the suggestion that They arrived in Augus.t. By December of 'the she be Jnterviewed. The letter ran somethrng same year she had progressed far, enough s0 like. this: that she amazed the haus-frau one day by say-. "R ocured o m. tht yu mght ~ acomplete sentence for.the first time, in Wlrnttea mst nte- Wollen, sie mich etwas zeigen?" She can- awr ta yuhae'ot now remrber vwhat it Was she Awanted to esting and distinguished* new. resident., I refer to Dr. MarY Scbroed er.. 1 have known Dr. pe Jon Scbroeder, forimany years and arn oneofberPath tCer sincere admnirers.- Herhlusband was one of the Rettween that: honeyrnoon studying of Ger- Most disti nguîshed surgeons teaching -in the m-an and thé, break-up .ofbe marriage there Northwesterfl1 univers ity. and she heiýseI is the mother of his seven children_ She has always been a --_ _ student,. havlng studied German foir two years in 'Germany, and taughtGernian 'in ,the public schools ti Chicago. She received her &B. degreeat the Univ*ersit.% of Southern Califonia and he M.D. degree here at Rush. e "She has specialized in psychia- try and besides interning in the Psyopat he stal in Chicago, skie was on the staff of Ihe Bos ton Psychopathie hospital. For one year she studied with Jung- in Switzerland. On ber return to Chicago she bought . and operated a private sanitaritur in Winfield. tIl For six years she was' a senior meuiber of the Elgin State hospîtal and is now flot ony consultant there but has taught at Rush Medi- cal college since February 1923.- boulevard 1 envisaged a. large. powerful' older womnan who swept ail obstacles from her path as she strode aiong. Instead Dr. Schroeder proved to be a smallish, plunp xùman ýwith friendly blue eyes.. a wave-in her hair, and a general gemiutlieh look - She is partly Germail. having had a Swiss-GermTan father of Ameni- ra irth and a mother of New,ý whoj was a child of 10 when the break camne, reernbered ber . So she resolved on a change of sçene and chose California. Accepted Crédits * Out:there she enrolled 'at the University of Southerni California for pre-mnedic courses and found that. her credîts from Wiscortsin and Chi- cago were acceptable. She wvas lacking, how. ever, in.the required courses in college chernis-, try and physics. A condition was allowed in 1thiéý latter, to- be :made up later. The formeir had tobIulfihe by September, otherwise: she could not 'enter until the, following fail1. So she, devoted nine hours a dyfor' six weeks that summnrer.to chernistry and, achieved the !re- quired credits.- During the year she decided that she did not wish to receive her de-, gree fromn a B, school but, instead I would return to Chicago for work at Rush. But would Rush accept her creçlts? She wrote Mrs. Ber-* tram Sippy, whose husband could advise her. An application blank was sent her. Affer ~it Iad been returned, the decision came,- if her sophoniore work were satis- factory. she would be given ful credit for the work dione at U. S. C; And she left Los Angeles in June, having received her A.B. degree at the close of her first year in, the medical school. One H1urdie Lef t There was stili one hurdie left before-entering Rush Medical éol- Frorn social* service ber inter- est turned to psychiatry. Persotial experience i.n several 'sanitaria had convinced her that the care of the rnentally ili needed much improvernent. It was inevitable that she should turn her heart- break into professional channels. After graduating from., Rush and completing her interneship, she ac- cepted a staff bposition with the Boston Psyconathie hospital. Then LL>' oii I..rA en occasionaily. L.y lJi Je Il ablei one of t as, stiX Ilever- riamning 'ini the nly to call on em, the oldest, sanitanium and. sold then joined the: staff \yest of engÉlewood.' 'he interview went on elerated tempo. Dr., d the highlights of ber rming the facts stated ie said she ran her ovin after five years. She Marquette sanitariuixi (Continued on, page 2M mari ka i her trip