University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry - Bushwacker Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Dean, School of Dentistry Dr R. J. Rinehart 14 ffziendq me M90 Another year and another issue of the Bushwhacker, one of the most cherished traditions of our school. On these pages are tabulated the intimacies of associates and characteristics of the faculty, either in likeness or com- ments. lt is a record that will be cherished by every graduate as long as life shall last. The memories of college days with all the challenges, victories, and defeats will be the most vital and dominat- ing in the years to come. It is hoped that every experience will serve as a useful lesson for experiences which will never leave us where they found us. It is expected that you will learn your sciences and develop your technique but there are other important considerations invaluable for success. Many subjects can be mentioned and ser- mons expounded about them, however, I don't wish to engage in preachments but l shall mention at this time two important ones, namely, loyalty and manners. If these two qualities are a dominant part of a man's char- acter they will embrace almost the whole category of essential personal qualities necessary for success of a pro- fessional gentleman and a useful citizen. ln one of Elbert Hubbard's terse but friendly bits of advice he says of Loyalty,', lf you work for a man in Heavens name work for him. If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter, work for him. Stand by the institution he represents. If put in a pinch, an ounce of loyalty it worth a pound of cleverness. lf you must vilify, condemn and eternally disparage - resign. If you do those things you are loosening the tendrils that are holding you to the institution and at the first high wind that comes along you will be uprooted and blown away and probably you will never know the reason whyf, Those immortal words of wisdom are applicable to every walk of life. Manners are the forerunners of good or bad impressions which will result in lasting friend- ships and business associations or in a limited number of friends and admirers. Nothing is more reasonable than good manners, they are the shadows of virtues. They emanate from an innate desire to be what a well behaved gentleman should be in the company of any class or group of individuals. It means the ability to make ready adjustments as the occasion may re- quire. C-ood manners are found in people who are charitable, honest, reasonable, and ever ready to attend to the discomforts and disquietudes of others. The great robbers of one's normal place in society is self-importance, vain conceit, rude, brusque, boresome and vindicative mannerisms. A person of good manners is alwavs sociable and complaisant, .yet possessed of inviting and winsome ways. The distinguishing trait of people accustomed to good society and which has always impressed me is the calm impertur- able quiet which pervades all their actions and habits from the greatest to the least. Low per- sons! cannot take up either a spoon or an affront without making an amazing noise about it. Wlio loves the rain and loves his home and looks on life with quiet eyes, him will l follow through the storm and at his hearth fire keep me warmf, CFrancis Shawl EIGHT

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These are essential qualities of character in building good will, a commodity so tremend- ously essential in developing and managing a practice. It is one of those intangible assets which everybody understands and which no one has been able to adequately define. Every business house values its good will and not simply sentimentally, but actually on the ledger. Steal away the good will which a firm enjoys and you undermine the foundation of its being. impair the good will which exists between a force of employees and their company and you prepare the way for a speedy collapse of the organization. If the good will of your patients is lessened by neglect, irritations over services rendered, or fees charged, or other in- dividual faults or characteristics, in time you will be blaming dentistry for your idle hours. In these times good will should be a deep concern with business houses and professional practices. The independent attitude and discourtesies shown by many clerks in stores, some proprietors and professional people, will not go unnoticed when times are normal. Abnormal prices and fees will have their serious repercussions. I sincerely hope that we as a faculty have done our part in helping you to develop those characteristics necessary for a successful professional career and that this issue of the Bush- whaclcer will ever refresh your mind with fruitful recollections of the important, stable and useful influences of the school as well as the many fond memories of incidents and associations. Roy RINEHART. 1 Nix li 1. N4-'JT . 1 .s sr . s ' - ,' I' Q 'wi' f I T . ff-. 4, of si W f , -- UWZ QA Nil- l gf '- ' .wr ,h ,Z an x' 'A XxxQnid4!lEfi'f:i'l'W'i ',l'His ii. '.-' f?7f'v?' U W M t T ., in wi ll fl ui ... , vfjfpflzgug gil? t sim' fhkwiifgiiiiliiw, - - -25 SSH? ' lil, ill fe ma our ii- -' f .Wu Nnlffilzrrf L' I:-r -, fa, Si fMil.ifiiiig5 If - t-. J- 2 .. o 9 'A ' ff Z! if Aifn X -L, -ii , NINE