University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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THE WOMEN OF B.C.D.S Page Ten

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THE SENIORS CLASS OFFICERS President James Page Vice-President John Stephens Secretary Thomas Walter Treasurer Norman Allen Historian Anthony Monaco Ser geant -at -Arms . . . William Strahan SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The conclusion of each academic year inevitably brings with its glad tiding the effervescent afterglow of bittersweet mefnories. Invariably, the thoughts of the student recall to memory many occurrences of the preceding years. The unpleasant incidents are quickly relegated to the farthest recesses of his mind; the happy events are ruminated once again for fear that some may have been overlooked. To say, unreservedly, that all our days spent at the B. C. D. S. were occasions of rejoicing would insult the intelligence of the faculty and seriously question the integrity of the students. There have been moments of melancholy and exultation; of remorse and unmiti gated joy; of grave disappointment and unbounded confidence; of elation and dejection. The class made its inauspicious debut at the time when more momen- tous occurrences were coursing the current world events. A spirit of levity was conspicuously absent and the prevailing atmosphere was one of deep concern. Our instructors charitably took us in hand and we skipped merrily into the labyrinthine maze of Anatomy, Histology and Biochemistry. Though shaken, we emerged unscathed and our horizon once again came into view. What we thought to be a brief respite was merely the calm before the tempest. Neuroanatomy, with its tortuous convolutions, offered no surcease from our state of befuddlement and confusion. While we groped, we learned, and as we learned we realized the deep satisfaction that comes from the knowledge of a task well done. The end of the freshman year brought the usual sighs of relief. The students, one and all, through some misconception, thought their days of travail at an end. Surely the freshman year would have been sufficient to Page Twelve