Medical College of Virginia - X Ray Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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WARD CLEVELAND CURTIS Hartwood, Va. College Chum University of Texas . Allow US to introduce to you, one Ward C. Curtis, alias The Doctor from Pine Camp . From a physical standpoint this man is in a class by himself but he is particularly interesting to us because he is the last of his species. Four years ago he began his work in the dissecting hall and by his abominable sputter of Latin and Greek it was not long before he made himself well known. After his second year in college he fell into the hands of a surgeon and since then Unus has been his nomen. Curtis is an expert street car conduc- tor and has also assisted Henry Ford in the manufacture of the flivver . In 1914 he made a transcontinental trip and after spending a year at the University of Texas he returned to his native state to pursue his course in medicine. Curtis is a self- made man and we admire him for his perseverance. The class wishes you the best of success in your chosen profession. J. FREDERICK EDMONDS Accomac, Va. ' Heinie, Spuds Pi Mu; Kappa Alpha; Richmond College, 1913- ' 16; Fleas; Richmond College Club. Spuds came to M. C. V. from Rich- mond College in the Fall of 1916 with a reputation as a student and a smasher of hearts. This reputation has persisted and progressed with his medical education as is demonstrated by his frequent trips up Broad Street with a bunch of flowers. The only objection we have to him is that he considers himself as an authority on potatoes and potato raising, so much so, that even the sight of an instrument in Dr. Graham ' s Clinic which looks like a potato masher will get him all excited. We are sure that Heinle ' s pleasing man- ner and ability as a student will win for him a host of friends and admirers. 24

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HORACE ORLANDO BELL Wilmington, Va. Lannie Omega Upsilon Phi, A. B., University of Vir- ginia. Associate Editor of X-Ray. Interne Re- treat for Sick Hospital, 1918- ' 19. University of Vir- ginia Club. Y. M. C. A. Representative to Blue Ridge, N. C, 1917. Appointment Gouvemeur Hos- pital, New York, 1920-21. Here is distinctly the most individual man in our class. Judging from his name you would think he could be heard any time and anywhere. Absolutely not so. He attends strictly to his business and says little but thinks much and once his opinion is formed, the burden of proof lies on your side. We don ' t know what memory course he has taken but when it comes to remembering quotations from Omar Khayyam, Dickens, Kipling, et als, Orlando is a wizard. And he applies the same power in his study of medicine. He can give you Osier ' s or Forschheimer ' s Practice of Medicine Verbatim et liter- atim . While he is one of our best students, nevertheless, he finds much time for social affairs and is a regular calicoist. Bell ' s highest ambition is to become a great pediatrist. WALLACE B. CANNON Blackstone, Va. A B. Trinity College, Sigma Chi, Honor Council 1919- ' 20. Interne City Home Hospital, 1919- ' 20. Ben is better known among his friends as Deacon , Foxy , or, in fact, he an- swers to any name you call him by, with one exception, and that is Curtis. When his ear catches these vibrations he is like a lion aroused from his sleep, and the intruder had better pick his road of travel. When you first look at him he might give the impression of a rough Yankee, the kind that West came in con- tact with in Cleveland, but he is not. He is one of the three ministers ' sons we have in our class. When he puts his hat over his left eye and starts down twelfth street everybody knows he is headed for Memo- rial Hospital where the Directress of Nur- ses calls him a Public Nuisance . He is Prince among his friends and a terror to his enemies. 23

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WILLIAM T. GREEN, JR. Norfolk, Va. Billy Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Rho Sigma, Chi Beta Phi, Randolph Macon College, 1916, Secretary- Treasurer Junior Class 1918- ' 19. Interne Soldiers Home Hospital, 1919- ' 20. The gentleman with the Turkish Towel shirts. He is also a man of mystery. We have tried to keep up with him, but alas, what a miserable failure, and with overwhelming chagrin we admit it. We admit, ' tis a grievous fault to keep thine own counsel, and this gentle- man is an adjudged adept. Billy is a methodist preacher ' s son, but he failed to follow the code of antics laid down for preacher ' s sons. Speaking of a man, he embodies all the virtues. He is the per- sonification of energy, efficiency and straight thinking, a believer in honest deal- ings with his fellow-man, and the posses- sor of a sunny, vnnning disposition. He is bound to succeed as the term failure does not appear in his vocabulary. FRANCIS ERNEST HINCHMAN Richmond, Va. A. B. Rock Hill College, Md. ; Kappa Psi; Knights of Columbus. The greatest objection to Sonny is that he claims Richmond as his home and therefore can get hot biscuits and waffles for breakfast on Sunday morning. Prob- ably if he hadn ' t taken upon himself the gigantic task of becoming a doctor, he would have become a second Henry Ford — for what that guy doesn ' t know about Fords isn ' t worth knowing. He even has one himself and night or day — it matters not — one crank and off goes Lizzie . It was Socrates who said, Know thyself , but it is Sonny who has put a new meaning into these words, and we recog- nize them today as Know the ladies — for they all fall for him sooner or later. Indeed, he may easily be classed as a So- cial Lion. Yes, we like Sonny, and we wish nothing but the best for him as he goes to fill his place in the world. 25