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

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The MiEEOE extends congratu- lations to Dr. Wilbur 0. Ramsey upon his election to the Honor- ary Presidency of the Class of 1951. Dr. Ramsey graduated from the BCDS in 19J,3 (No- vember) and now serves as As- sociate Professor in the depart- ment of Prosthetic Dentistry. Dr. Ramsey holds memberships in Gorgas and 0. K. U. WiLBLi! 0. Ramsey, D.D.S. Honorary Class President The aiiti-vivisectionists kicked up their heels again. We tried hard to convince them that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and that when there was no prevention, tlien tlie dog pound was the cure. The Lonil)ard cavalrv joined the passing parade, but the motorcycle madmen made life unbearable on many a sunny day. The plutocrats of the class paid and paid, while the cops simply felt tliat everything was just tine . With as much consideration as a Hecht lot attendant, the Juniors started to push us from tile clinic floor. The Freshmen were X-rayed, the Sophomores were water-sprayed, and the year rolled on and on. Announcement day was the pip of them all, and a day forever to be remembered. The shak- ing of hands and the secretion of glands went on for hours and hours. The patient little wives, who had been waiting for years for this miracle, this hey-day, this millenium, backed off with pride, cocked their heads to the side, and immediately resigned their positions. The cars were revved, the trains were smoking, and so-longs tilled the damp Balto air. We entered like lambs, we left like lions: not a penny, not a worry, not a care. At last (lur formal education is over. From now on wc travel the road ahine. We feel that our training has l)een the very Ijest, and we are as eager as David to go forth and meet our Gdliarii. To those who have guided us and sent us on our way, words do not exist to express our gTati- tude. We realize the obligations we have accepted, and we solemnly swear to meet those obliga- tions at every turn. The four points of the compass are about to receive us; the spirit of BCDS shall go forth with us; and we pledge never to let the sun sink below our collective horizons of sincerity, service, ethics, and integrity. KoLAM) V. Reed, Historian 15 LIBRARY a«.TIMORE COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY

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cHht ClaM CLASS OFFICERS President William W. Merow Vice-President Erxest J. Crowley Secretary Kenneth L. Stewart Treasurer : Thomas E. Wolf Sergeant-at-Arnis Eduardo Ortiz, Jr. Historian Roland V. Reed, Jr. Sittinrj: K. Stewart, W. Merow, T. Wolf Standing: E. Crowley, E. Ortiz, R. Reed ( iadd J idtor ¥ Like James FitzPatrick, from the taffrail of his good ship Traretfall-. the members of the class of ' 51 waved fond farewell to the iiursey thinelads from the sprawl and draw floor of the bicuspid building, and only nympholeptic Padilla lingered to cry. The Senior year had begun ! With more sparkle, tizz, and pop than a two-gallon jug of Canada L)rv, the ninety-tive mem- bers of the Senior class took wp where they had left off the Spring before — with Hojnaski making announcements, Patterson making excuses. Wolf making reflections, and Daub making girls. ProgTCSS could lie noted. After all, four years is a long time, and something should be shown for our labors. And something could: the summer encamped R.O.T.C. men could now equip an office, Rid inger made with the burnt matches and looked more like iJr. Piddix every day, Arm- strong CT0Ss -ed us at the Student ilixer, and ' Liz had an option on a Buick plus a chautfeur — she could drive, so they say. The ] ational, State, and City Dental leetings were soon upon us, and the most popular article demonstrated was the operating stool. Wheel-wise Seniors were we, and the value of a place to park it was most apparent. Tandem specials for blonde hygienists were promised us for ' 53. By mid-Xovember the student lounge was alive with insurance vendors. Cries of, I ' m cov- ered, I don ' t want to, I ' ve got enough filled the air, and Webster ' ' was called more different names than vou could find in his iinaliridffed volume. 14

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19 ClIAUXCEY GoKAKD AlCOTT Al . . . The Old Man . . . Hanover, Pennsylvania . . . Western Maryland College . . . Army . . . Gorgas Odonto- logical Society . . . Class Vice-President 1 . . . married . . . one child . . . migraine . . . weekend commuter . . . congenial hasso . . . teller of Pennsylvania Dutch stories . . . hypo- chondriac . . .more worried than serious . . .. Doctor, what ' s the difference between corrosion and erosion? Eugene Shipman Armstrong Gene . . . Spartanburg. South Carolina . . . University of South Carolina . . . Navy . . . Psi Omega . . . Dr. Oster ' s star pupil . . . claims sleep is the best preparation for an exam . . . receding hairline . . . par putter pupil . . . infec- tious smile . . . Come on. Buck, let ' s go home. . . . Everything ' s o- ' Kay ' ! Gabriel Salvatoee Azzaro Bob . . . New Haven. Connecticut . . . Providence College . . . Navy . . . Psi Omega . . . bobby-soxer ' s dentist . . . energetic , . . neat . . . low man on the Gnrnian-(irabner totem pole . . . calf eyes . . . Holly ' s helper . . . Fingers . . . Really . . . She ' s got a ear. 16