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

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THE SENIORS First row. D. Dykes, R. Coleman, L. Copen, B. Friedman, L. Melendez, S. George, B. Williamosky. Second roic: W. Dodson, J. Stephens, S. Zimmerman, A. Chavoor, T. Edwards, C. Meinhold, J. Scribner, F. Iturrino, A. Bobenko, J, Applebaum. Third row: R. Neish, W. Allen, J. Fenton, E. Rapp, E. McGrath, J. Carroll, H. Stanley, J. Lee. Fourth row. P. Fazzalari, W. Fridinger, N. Kcrico, W. Bloxom, W. Dayis, F. Pavel, C. Devier, J. Page, D. Lewis, R. Cabanas. First roil-. C Mollis, S. Nord, B. Ward, P. Weber, W. George, A. Aria. Second row. R- Biddington, M. Reichel, P. Loflin, J. Thompson, J. Keanneally, A. Vikell, J. Medina, E. Quintero, M. Guerrieri, P. Heininger. Third row: N. Allen, W. Strahan, J. Doherty, L. Ready, D. Gold, E. Johnston, H. Goldberg, J. Griffin, P. Strollo, R. Grzeczkowski. Fourth row: S. Kukucka, H. Gerken, T. Walter, R. Hill, A. Monaco, G. Millert, E. Hinrichs, B. Gordon, R. Lee, E. Zimmerrnann.

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mold that veritable fortress of knowledge which would accompany us through life. But there was more. The sophomore year was upon us, its pregnant textbooks teeming with data we were to make part of ourselves. In order not to waste precious time, the faculty deemed our collective intellections agile enough by now to coordinate our nimble fingers. The technic courses came in profusion and we were saved only by our indomi- table will to survive. The advent of our first clinical year superseded anything that had been presented to us before. From the moment of its inception we realized the magnitude of the task. The multitude of courses designed to teach us technic were merely introductions to something infinitely greater. Each patient entrusted to our care came as an individual, an entity that would not respond to the careless diffidence with which we had regarded our endoforms. By that time though, our very stable foundations were firmly in- grained. Slowly, gradually, almost imperceptibly, our attitudes began to change. Gone were the cross petulances of the formative years; our impulses had become occasions for deliberation, and the rudiments of pro- fessionalism were slowly inculcated. Today as we look about us, that feeling of ineptness, once so painfully ours, has been replaced by a placid composure. We are amazed that this sensation of adequacy should have finally evolved from our humble atti- tude of some months ago. Perhaps this feeling of competence is a natural concomitant of the long, arduous years of study; perhaps it is a true evaluation of our sense of importance and of the quality of our work; or perhaps we have so run the gamut of h uman emotions that nothing else can perceptibly shake our composure again. We take leave, but not without regrets and certainly not without the joyous jubilations we have so well earned. We leave no testament to those classes following: merely the evidence of a task completed; the uncertainty of one yet to be begun. Dr. M. S. Aisenberg Honorary Class President Page Thirteen

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THE SENIORS Page Fifteen