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

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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

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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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GILMER G. HOLLAND Holland, Va. Baby Alpha Kappa Kappa; A. B. Elon College; In- terne Memorial Hospital, 1918- ' 19. Baby Holland has been with us long enough to impress upon us his fondness for women — verses — and perhaps? — wine. His habits are impressively regular. At 7:30 P. M. he begins to comb his hair, de- pletes the powder box and at eight he is ofF for the movies writh his Fair One. During the day, when not at class, you find him gracefully reclining in his Morris chair and, from all appearances, grinding away on Neurology or Surgery. Not so — closer inspection will reveal an American, Red Book, Top Notch, Snappy Stories, or some such, in his hands. He has right- fully been termed our Couch Lizard and Magazine Hound. But with all his fond- ness for ladies and stories he will make a fine doctor for he has a cheering word and a happy smile for all. LAWRENCE H. HOOVER White House, Va. Alpha Kappa Kappa; A. B. Columbia College, Fla. ; Interne Virginia Hospital, 1918- ' 20; William and Mary Club. This long, lean, lanky, cadaverous look- ing individual is known by the namie of Hungry . His favorite occupation is riding the ambulance at two A. M., while his favorite pastime is wearing out the furniture at the Memorial Nurse ' s Home. It is no wonder that Hungry stays on the job because Father Hoover attends to that, but in spite of that he is frequently seen with numerous members of the fairer sex. There is a certain man at the Memo- rial Hospital whose look can make Hungry drop his head like a yellow dog tucks his tail. Notwithstanding all this, the Board of Visitors of Virginia Hospital must consider him a very cap- able man to have kept him as interne for two years, and we agree with them. 26