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

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SENIOR CLASS SCHOOL of MEDICINE Senior Class History TN SEPTEMBER, 1937, we enrolled in the iirst- Ayear cla;; of the medical school fearful and yet eager to become doctors. We were fortunate in that as our work expanded and developed, our field of knowledge, the school around us, grew ... a building a year. 1957-1958: We plunged into Anatomy a little trem- ulously but with assistance from a man who had faith in the work, coupled with infinite patience. Our knowledge grew as we gleaned from Bacteriology and that Sponsor of Hokum new information. We saw through the microscope the marvelous structure of cells and learned to differentiate them. We studied Physiological Chemistry under a professor who light- ened lecture hours with perpetual good humor. And around us, the clinic building was completed and became a part of our institution as the Medical College of Virginia completed its centennial year. 1958-1959: We stepped forward with a more confi- dent bearing to find our tasks entirely new and fasci- nating. We studied bodily processes, changes in the human being in disease and the helpful and disturbing effects of different drugs on the body. We observed physical signs and symptoms and began to couple them for symptom complexes. And around us, the new dormitory for men was made a home for medical students who worked in the nearby hospitals; re- modeling was begun on McGuire Hall and the Egyptian Building; and the ground work on the new hospital was begun. 19 9-1940: We began to use our knowledge, to study patients in addition to disease. Our work in the hospitals was illuminated by lectures from the many clinical men and we began to know a small bit of the enormous opportunities open to the man who has an educated mind. We punctured veins, we saw babies delivered, we saw operations and we did an abundance of laboratory work. And around us the new Egyptian Building was completed. The Baruch Auditorium with its unique beauty was the center of a building which contained well-planned Bacteriology and Path- ology units. 1940-1941 : As we enter our last year, we see more clearly the wide expanse of knowledge ahead of us. We are actually needing the information taught us in the past few years. From the first week when we swallowed hard over bones and stiffs to learn, until now, when we are allowed to hold retractors in the operating room, and deliver babies on the outside, we have learned facts that are important. And around us, the great achievement of this time is built, the new hospital of the Medical College of Virginia. We are privileged to show visitors through this well-planned, well-equipped, seven hundred bed hospital, this hos- pital in which we will be the first Senior Class to work. We look back of this great institution ' s advance- ment through the past four years. We have lived in the age to know and appreciate the men and women who have made it an outstanding achievement. We feel as we leave this place with a doctor ' s degree that our greatest challenge is to so live that our work can reflect the privilege that was ours. P. McElrath Walter Buffey Don Morris Mrs. M. G. Irons SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS P. McElrath President Don Morris Vice-President Walter Buffey Secretary-Treasurer C. B. Keppler Executive Council Mrs. M. G. Irons Historian E. L. Caudill X-Ray Representative George Stewart Skull and Bones Melvin Baynard Allitelic Representative W. H. Buffey Honor Council

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SCHOOL of MEDICINE LEE E. SUTTON, JR.. B.S., M.I). With grateful hearts we, the members of the Senior Class in the School of Medicine, pay tribute to a renowned clinician, a noble teacher and a beloved dean.

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SCHOOL of MEDICINE KRNKST BKVKRLY AGF.F. JR. Dehue, West Virginia Phi He a Pi B. West Virginia University; Alpha Sigma CI President Junior Class ' 39- ' 40 Internship: Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio HERBERT C. ALLEN, |R. Richmond, Virginia Phi Chi B.S. University of Richmond; Alpha ( Alpha Honor Medical Society; Sigma President Sophomore Class ' 38- ' 59; I. Sequard Honor Society ' 39- ' 40; President Omega Alpha ' 41 Internship: Philadelphia General Hosp Philadelphia, Pennsylvania )mega Zela ft J T DONALD F. BABB CHARLES F. BALDINI. 1R. Philippi, West Virginia Union City, New Jersey Phi Rho Sigma J ' liela Kappa Psi B.S. West Virginia Weslevan College; Assistant A.B. Columbia University; Alpha Sigma Chi; Business M anager Skutt and Bones ' 39- ' 40 Class Basketball ' 39- ' 40 ' 41 ; Glee Club ' 38- ' 39- ' 40 Internship: Charleston General Hospital. Internship: Jersey City Medical Center Charleston. West Virginia Jersey City i t ■. ■ r