Bennett Medical College - Em Dee Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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one long remembered as our most brilliant victory. Our first social function of the year was a banquet, held in the Floren- tine Room of Hotel Congress. As usual, it was a success. Besides other notable features of the occasion, Dr. O. C. Huber acted as Toastmaster, offi- ciating in a manner at once appropriate and humorous. The athletic department this year opened with renewed enthusiasm and fresh endeavor, we being highly honored when our classmate, Roy M. Montford, was elected captain of the football team for the season of l9l2. l-low well we were represented is a matter of common history, and it is with gratification and esteem that we regard our athletes. On September 26, l9l3, we entered upon the duties of our Junior year, keenly feeling the ever fast approaching goal for which we were striv- ing, eyes ahead toward that elusive Mecca not to be attained save through the moisture of toil, damp upon our brows. Realizing the importance of an early start, and having long before established amateur 'iparty gangs of no mean significance, all were eager for election of class officers. Accordingly, each man voting according to his own ideas, the following were elected: lra B. Robertson ................ ..... P resident l. C. Jenks ....... . . .Vice-president E.. G. Brust. . . . . .... Secretary F. B. Pearce . . . . . ..,. . . . . ........ .Treasurer -I. E.. Zaremba ........................... Sergeant-at-Arms As Juniors, our duty embraced the task of getting out the Year Book, a proceeding looked forward to with much excitement and speculation. Casting about us, we began searching the talents and accomplishments of our classmates, looking for appropriate executive officers of so important an undertaking. Finally, after days of indecision, headed by R. C. Oldfield as editor-in-chief, the whole crew of artists, editors, uquill pushers, poets, dramatists, humorists fell into line and got busy. The fruit of their com- bined efforts was embodied in that most wonderful of chryselephantine works. The Plexus. Never before nor piece been born of medical brains, from front cover to the last fly leaf, and we are However, lest the gentle reader think year were serious ones, and likewise, lest think we have forgotten the fact, let here since has such a literary master- the gold letters embossed on its proud of it. that all our efforts of the Junior the now scattered class of l9l-4 be mentioned an affray between these same classes that will live in our memories for many a day yet to come, and be handed down to posterity as an example of Junior prowess. Let us not discuss it. Modesty forbids us offering further proof of our prodigious accomplishments lest we give offense to those less blessed with a host of victories. Draw the waiting curtain over the rest of that memorable year, and when it again rises, behold us in that most coveted of havens, that most envied of positions, that most blissful of palaces, the sanctum-sanctorum of all our student life-the Senior Hall! lt was not until now, with but a few short weeks between us and the goal we sought that we realized how near we were to the beginning of the tm ,

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hour or more of warm 'istump speeches, the following officers were elec- ted: Michael F. Donovan . .. ....... President V. B. Mariceau ......... . . .Vice-president M. M. Duffy ..... .... S ecretary H. T. A. Brady .... . .. .......... Treasurer O. A. Kreml ............................. Sergeant-at-Arms From this time on, the exaltation of spirit and endeavor which the class of l9l5 truly possessed, manifested itself no longer as a potential force, nor as a passive agent to be spoken of and not exhibited, for the remainder of the year was amply filled with events of seething activity, only rivaled by our record of the succeeding years. ln athletics, we have been equally well represented, having a majority of our heroic athletes on the regular teamsg football, basketball and baseball. Their efforts have but served to contribute additional feathers to our well- Hlled cap! Our initial social function of the year was a banquet held at the Con- gress Hotel, it being conceded the most successful in the whole of Bennetts history. Needless to say, that it lacked nothing in the light of activity and merriment, not to mention an epicurean repast of most royal savor. We were honored by the presence of our august faculty, among whom was thc esteemed Reverend Father Spaulding, S. J., whose gentle dignity, yet genial humor contributed an added attractiveness to the evening. Professor Ar- thur B. Rankin acted as toastmaster, responding in the characteristic and in- genious manner for which he is loved and admired. Speeches were deliv- ered by members of the faculty apropos of the occasion, serious, humorous and witty. Later in the year, the college banquet, held at the Sherman l-louse, did much to rival the first occasion, and in any event was very much appreci- ated and enjoyed. However, Time rolled on with all her frictionless majesty, and in due course we were back on the campus for our second year's work, imbued with nascent energy and renewed ambition, as befitted us in our lofty posi- tion as Sophomores. Eager to begin the new year prepared, we at once pro- ceeded to elect class officers for the ensuing term, with the result that our loyal friend and co-worker, Michael Donovan, was elected president for a second term of office, proving in but a meagre way the esteem that we felt and continue to feel for so able a man. As his collaborators, the fol- lowing served a most worthy term: R. C. Oldfield ............. . . .Vice-president R. C. Konle. . . ..... Secretary J. Zak ........ . . ......... Treasurer O. A. Kreml ............................ Sergeant-at-Arms Professor O. C. Huber was unanimously elected Honorary President. Our next procedure was to drill the incoming class into the first prin- ciples of student life, fulfilling the normal feudal law held between all Soph- omores and Freshmen since time immemorial. It was a great battle, and SH

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sf :-1re.f-ff... .-fr--f-fees----A end. It was not until now that its full meaning, flooding our minds and hearts like a golden sunbeam, dawned upon us, this entrance into the rank of the profession: to lessen human suffering and alleviate the ills of the unfortunate. Early in the beginning of the year, a class meeting was called for the election of officers. lf we believed that the elections of preceding years had been heated, this last and final one broke all existing records, each candi- date eager for the honor of an office during Senior year. We were divided fairly equally into three factions, each striving to place its chosen in office. It was only after four hot, wild, tempestuous hours that the affair was terminated. the following officers being elected: Michael F. Donovan .......... . ...... . . .President O. A. Kreml .......... . .lst Vice-President C. G. Lyons. . . . . .Znd Vice-President J. Zak .... ........ T reasurer E.. Cn. Brust .... R. C. Oldfield .... R. M. Montford. .. Cr. W. Huber. . . E. E. Keitzer. . . . . .Editor-in-Chief . .Associate Editor . . . . . . . . . .Valedictorian . . . . . . . .Recording Secretary .Corresponding Secretary R. F. Elmer. . . Asst. Corresponding Secretary J. N. Knochel. .. .....,... Financial Secretary C. W. Rice ...... . . .Sergeant-at-Arms D. H. lVlcChesney. . . ..... Salutatorian Ira Connolly ..... R. E.. jarrell. . . C. S.. Bucher. . . E.. Cr. Harris ...... . ....... . A. H. Bennewitz ............... . . ........ Historian .Class Prophet . .Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms . .............. Class Will ............ClassPoet Let it here be said, out of the depth and sincerity of our appreciation, and the genuine regard that we have had just occasion to entertain, during the three years that he has been president, Michael F. Donovan has loy- ally exemplified all that we believed him to be, and has proven the sterling gentleman of indisputable honor that his smiling, genial face first made us believe. We take this occasion to thank him and his associates for the fair. just and always unprejudiced attitude which tffey have exhibited throughout, and to wish them all the success in life that their loyalty deserves. ' ln closing, dear comrades, when history becomes the present, and all the yesterdays are gathered up and bartered for tomorrows, let us link our future to a star, and soar over the heads of the sluggards, bent on a journey of success and happiness, won by a knowledge that we have done well. And when thyself, dear heart, with shining foot shall pass Among the guests, star-scattered upon the grass, And in thy joyous errand reach the spot where I made one, Turn down an empty glass! IRA CONNOLLY, I9 I 5. -- --ni .,.t.ee..,.., SII-