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Senieti (}!$$$ i CLASS OFFICERS President Joseph H. Sheppe Vice-President Walter P. Strang Secretary Kenneth K. Kline Treasurer John J. Mayer Historian David Troup Sergeaiit-at-Amts Paul M. Mitchell Standing: P. M. Mitchell, J. J. Mayer, D. Troup. Seated: K. K. Kline, J. H. Sheppe, W. P. Strang. ( laJd rristori y Every graduating class considers itself unique. We are different. We are unique. In 1945, the Second Great War ended. In 1946, we entered the Baltimore Col- lege of Dental Surgery as Freshmen. Freshmen, perhaps, in the sense that we were starting another new venture. Freshmen, perhaps, in the sense that a new and strange pe- riod of life faced us; but certainly not typical prewar Freshmen proceeding a step fur- ther in a leisurely education. The majority of us were veterans: ex -privates and ex-majors; ex-pilots and ex- clerks; ex-sailors, soldiers, and marines. Some of us had sweated out the war under combat conditions; some of us had fought with typewriters. But all of us — except for lounge-bred, coffee-stimulated reminiscences (in which each man won the war single- handed) — were forced to forget our war experiences in the press of dental school activities. The rest of us were youngsters — real youngsters — who had carried tremendous, continuous study loads without surcease during the tense, accelerated war years. We, too, forgot age differences and service differences in the constant struggle to maintain the pace. A 12 r
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One-hundred-and-eight strong we started, knowing full well that many would retire from the field. And many did — men who were older and had too great a lapse in the educational chain; men who felt that the profession did not offer enough; men who could not scrape together the necessary finances to continue. But ninety-one of us reached our senior year — ninety-one men who, we think, have fulfilled the prediction made of them in 1946: that they would constitute one of the finest classes to be grad- uated from BCDS in many years. On the whole, we have tried hard. There have been the expected tensions and frustrations attendant upon acquiring a professional degree. We have felt put-upon and mistreated (some few times we were), and we ' ve griped and groaned and complained bitterly, but we have plugged on. Because of the constant pressure of day-to-day work, we seized every opportunity to revert to our natural selves. Class comedians lessened the dignity of serious lecturers, and we trooped to every social event with freshness of spirit (spirit — very good word). In the early phases of our studies, we treated hard luck stories with tender sympathy, but eventually complaints were met with the mocking refrain of Hearts and Flowers. Today, in the light of present success, past worries have become rather trivial. We tend to remember and treasure only the lighter moments. We have acquired cer- tain ideals about dentistry which we hope to take with us into practice. We know that our training will compare to advantage with that of almost any other school in the country. For the ideals and training we are grateful. We hope the profession gains by our entrance. David Troup and Stuart Ratner. Dr. Towill was graduated from BCDS in J 925. Five years later he returned to the school as instructor in Operative Dentistry. He left in 1959, but was back again in 1949, this time as Associate Pro- fessor of Operative Dentistry. The MIRROR congratulates him upon his election as Honorary President of the Class of 195 0. Robert B. Towill, D.D.S. Honorary Class. President A 13
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