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

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Herbert C. Lee, M. D., F. A. C. S. DEDICATION ( UT oi the admiration and appreciation - that we hold for him as a surgeon, a teacher, and a friend, this section is affec- tionately dedicated by the Class of 194b. {18}

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SCHOOL of MEDICINE

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SENIOR CLASS I CLASS OFFICERS Scott C. Brainard President Charles W. Holco.mb Vice-President Mary Elisabeth Case Secretary-Treasurer Alice Swecker Huff Historian Carl Messerschmidt, Jk Executive Committee Albert H. Dudley, Jh Honor Council Clayton L. Thomas Dean ' s Committee Robert L. Sommervii.le X-Ray Representative Austin I. DoDSON, Jr Skull and Bones Representative John R. Fitzgerald Athletic Representative CLASS HISTORY APRILS. 1043. . . March 23, 1945 . . . our years at M. C. V. They have been the most important years in our lives so far, but they have been such important years in the life of the world that it is hard to look at them and talk about what has happened to eighty people during that time. And yet, (hough we can never lose sight of the history-making events that have taken place during our careers as medical students, when we look back on them it will be a kaleidoscope of little things. We will remember setting low-back-pain leaning over marble tables in McGuire Hall, and the trip to Camp Lee. and the sailor suits- arid those days of torture in December. ]°4o. as we waited for the telegram we were sure must come— and the elation of not getting it. And we will remember phvsiologv ... oh. ves! we will remember those four months vividly . . . ' and Harvey Haag Day ; and pathology; and how we stood, and stood, and stood, and looked at lungs and livers until our arches were non-existent. And how Harry Walker watched us down the aisle, step by step, then asked us a question and led us on and on to helpless involvement. And we will recall the September of ' 44 when we were miraculously beginning our clinical vears, and how we seemed to grow a little apart l ' rom the class as a whole and closer to groups in which we were working. And finally we were seniors — the fourth-year class. We remember coming back with fresh enthusiasm after a long three weeks ' vacation; but the freshness didn ' t last long lor those of us who hit pediatrics or surgery first. We will remember that first outside delivery and how scared we were, and Irving to hide it from the patient and the Junior. And V-J Da — and the ER overflowing with celebrants who were a little too. . enthusiastic. And the return of the 45th General Hospital Unit bringing many of our teachers back to us. And the boys in civilian clothes again . . . and . . . But there are so many things that we will remember. As we. the first and possibly the only class to go all the way through medical school with some of its members in the uniform of the armed forces, leave M.C.V.. we look back . . . there have been times when we thought life was unbearable . . . but they really were the good old davs. weren ' t thev? 9