Baylor University College of Dentistry - Baylor Burr Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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| : Linda is saying “Thank you” to Dr. Swords and Mrs. Pfafflin. Dr. Swords speaks of Shakespeare and other things. The Senior Banquet La Tunisia—Scene of the banquet Planned or unplanned, it was perfect timing. A toothpaste salesman P : 7 gaye samples. Mrs. Pfafflin receives gift from the Classes. i Many thanks from the seniors to their fine freshman friends.

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“Twas the season to be jolly” Blue Monday Dental Hygiene II Control tower to lounge, “Come in, please.” They must be discussing the World’s problems. Yes, girls, we know you are hiding a comic book. Some patients are more relaxed than others.

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{ 140 Dental Hygiene I President Betty Crockett Secretary-Treasurer Julie Guziel Social Chairman Linda Payne On September 11, 1962, thirty-nine aspiring dental hygienists sat quietly in Room 2, awaiting their first round of classes. Many of the group were very young—just out of high school; this was their first stay away from home. Others were older, more confident and deeply self-assured. They came from eight states, from varied backgrounds and with a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and ambitions. All had some things in common, however: they were a little bit frightened, somewhat awed and a great deal impressed. All around were the people in white who seemed to know exactly where they were going and what they were doing. The seniors, too, seemed older, capable and bubbling over with confidence. Somewhere a bell rang. A door opened. The group was directed to its first class with Dental Anatomy. A year had begun. The first trimester passed quickly. They learned to tell second bicuspids from third molars, and incisors from cuspids. From the square knots of First Aid to the tooth paste commercials in speech, the world that had seemed so massive and unfamiliar narrowed and came within their comprehension. The second trimester began with a heavier schedule of classes. Instruments came; Oral Hygiene began. The long hours of classes led to greater understanding of the workings of dentistry. They went into the clinics. Christmas came. Another bell rang. The students started home for the first real vacation in many days. On May 24, school closed. The last tests were finished; a long hard third trimester had at last come to an end. The unfamiliar faces that had first gathered in Room 2 were older, more capable and much less frightened. The mystery and awe had vanished; they had become a working part of a great establishment. The last bell rang. They were seniors. A new year lay ahead.