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

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46 Juniors President Sam Elder Vice President Tom Holton Secretary-Treasurer L. B. McCarley Left to right: L. B. McCarley, Sam Elder and Tom Holton At last the time had arrived; the hour was at hand; the golden doors were flung open! Proud- ly decked out in our starched new whites and bearing our shiny new instruments, we marched into the clinic as bravely as any army ever marched forth into battle. We were full of confidence and eager to prove our skill. Oh, what dismay we felt, when we found there was a big difference in working on a nice quiet typodont and a fidgety, squirming live patient. This was but the first of the seemingly insurmountable odds the class faced and fearlessly overcame. We battled the long list of clinical requirements, grappled with National Board exams and came to grips with such formidable courses as pharmacology. Each day brought forth new challenges and all were met. In our spare time we frolicked gaily at our monthly fraternity parties, thus leaving our own unique and indelible imprints upon both the social and academic aspects of dental school. As the year drew to an end, we heaved a unanimous sigh of relief and with glazed, but gleeful eyes, looked towards our final year within the cloistered halls of Mother Baylor.