Chicago College of Dental Surgery - Dentos Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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x' W : ,we .,-my - 5 . m ,,wf ,HX JA ea P n f -as our 27 9 I : Q I I - Q1 . l f, 1.4 .- A - I 1 - . I ' - x l : were well raised. and well presented. but I think that even thev will now grant that l , E they were poorly founded. Bevcrtheless. without opposition there is little progress. I I and besides contributing to better class government. their alertness and eagerness to - : W seize upon a suspected breach of rules. tended to create a welcome interest in class : A affairs. to enliven our class meetings. and to profitably increase our experience E : with parliamentary rules. - I But let us lmrry along to more exciting times. the election for senior otlicers. - : With apologies to the Trihznic, Them were the days of real sport . Ivho of : ' : lflll- will ever forget the thrilling campaign waged between the friends of Jenkins : I and Harwood over the coveted presidency of the Senior Class? Here were two - 3 I candidates. differing in traits. characteristics. and experiences. as far apart in person- E : alities as the poles. yet both popular. both having the contidences of their classmates. : : as shown by the halloting of their friends. - f : A year has elapsed since we counted the ballots and smoked the cigars. Three : 5 years acquaintance as classmates. including one year of experience with them in : ' E their otlicial positions should be ample time for us to form accurate. impartial opinions I I of our otlicers. and ofthe wisdom of our choice of men to be granted our senior honors. ' In reviewing the personnel of our class it would indeed be a most diflicult. task. - - it not an impossibility. to select a man who. judged from any standpoint. were : ' more deserving of the honors of the senior presidency than Ernie Harwood. : XVhile the writer admits his acquaintance with our worthy president is somewhat I - limited. he being a hard man to get real well acquainted with. and dii'l'icult to un- : I : derstand. fit seems that I must take a friendly rap at himj. yet I feel that I under- : W : stand the characteristics. the ideals. and sentiments of the members of our class well I t enough to be able to point out a few of the characteristics of this man that appealed : l - to us and that led us to choose him as our senior president. For. granting the fact : 1 1 that politics often plays an important part i11 the selection of oflicers. nevertheless I I - it is true that no one could be elected except he have some striking characteristics I 5 : which make him deserving of the honors. In the case of our president. it is his un- : I limited capacity for work. his incessant industriousness. his high scholarship. that I f - have won our admiration: it is his generosity. his willingness to lend assistance. his : i - manliness and good natured optimism that have brought him respect and popularitv. - t - z-Q L1 x V . - 4 II ho would be better fitted to stand at the head of our class? II ho could more I 1 . . s . . u 1 1 , 4 ' A 1 - typically personity the spirit of the Class of 1-L. as indicated by our motto. KI will : - H ' V ,.. - nd a yvav or niake one F I I - - 1 In most colleges the Valedictorian is chosen by the faculty. but in our class K 1 it was an elective oH'lce. This fact made little difference. as with rare judgment I - we elected the one above all others for that honor, Jimmie Ford. : I v , . . . . I We of the Class of I-L appreciate. and our appreciation will grow as we look : l back upon the willingness and fairness with which our requests have been con- : 2 sidered by Miss IVittmann. Mrs. Allan. Miss Schaefer. and Mrs. Crane of the office I - force. Nor shall we ever forget the interest in our welfare shown by our registrar, : l : Doctor Moyer. Of course. we have our pessimists and chronic kickersn but the f spirit of the class has been one of optimism. with a tendency to give this advice: : ' I . - Here! you fliscontentecl knocker, X : ' I Growlin' 'bout the countrv's ills: 1 - ' Chloroform your dismal talker: : I x Take a course of liver pills. . - : W btop yer clurn ki-o-tee howling. - - A. Grab a horn. you cuss, and split - w . - . . I I Every echo with your tootm- Q V - Jump the roost- K I ' An' boost- - la I., l , I A nt. - f i p si- I I ww.-. I New W M I H H lj .Y?7. aw 5 H... A , Y as-.wfwwwwymfwvwvww E F5 llllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllll lllllll 31 vi -.-ua

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i , , , - - 7 A .Q M... U ae Q n ew fs ly- I. N.-5:3 I 9 j 1' v Y . llllllllllllllllllllllllll wif HIQQEIH, -2. A1-My-MY W Yi', V Q.. L1 Q 1 QW Mugs mr 5 1 1 1 ii 1 1 ' . I I ' - : . l : 1Vhat was that? Some D. J.. puffed up over the possession of an incipient l : I mustache, his pockets bulged out with old technique plates and a completed ortho- : - dontia model. with Daddv 1Vatt's clearance card in l1is hand. with a smile of ' l . . ' . . . 1 I I confidence over his countenance as he imagines that he has the world bv one ot ' I . . U . .. . -. . - the sahmcter muscles. dreannnv' that pleasant. 1I1SJ1l'lll0', dE'llIS1VC dream ot l1flVlI1U' - . . . . 2- . . ff . . 1- I - lllS Joints all in bv Christmas. standmfr ln the admirinv' Craze of a cou ile of un- l I l . U 1- e- e- u I , l tutored I' reshmen. has audaciouslv asked. W hat has the Class of 191 1- done? I l . - ' - Listen D..ls.. wake up. freshmen. and be guided. bhow your college spirit : and your love for your Alma Mater by advocating any changes or reforms the : l ado tion of which will mlace our collefre in even hifrher standing. if mossible. than 1 - E . Y as ra ew X - you find it. keen u J the wood work done bv our class. - - . l l e . - : We have brought about an increase in the Janitor stafl. a general cleanup of , : l ' the building. installed an elevator fif vou want a ride in it. see some Senior. we 1 I 1 have the use ot it. vou know 3 we have caused measurements to be taken for il fire - I ' . . . , . - - 4 escape. procured new blackboards. and containers for plaster of Paris. dispensed : : V with roll call. except once every month. always taken on the one day we stay home. I I ' We cut the length of Doctor YYatt's lecturesg yes. they used to be longer. llve secured : : ' more operating chairs: we bought new vulcanizers and built a cage of iron bars : : around them so no one could use them. Ylve induced the demonstrators to occasionally ' I leave the oflice and visit us on the infirmary floorg we exhausted Doctor Cope- ' - land's supposedly unlimited crop of stories by insisting on six or seven at each : : lectureg we forced the supply houses to furnish us with smoking tobacco Qkeep it 1 I up. Juniors. make McKay and Rudy come acrossjg we put the Y. M. C. A. on its ' : - feet. watch it rowg we made it easv for the .luniors to Get offu with Doctor Bucklev l l . . - U . . . - l : next year-there ll be lots of absesses for you to treat: we furnished some ot the , I I most eccentric students in captivity-see Murphy . John the Boob . Old Man I : : Bellows . and others. 1Ve changed the schedule so that all lectures will be : : held in the morning. to go into effect in 1916. llve instigated plaster throwing I as a means of letting underclassmen know their laces. 1Ve established our luxurious - I - Y - smoking room: we procured the new X-ray apparatusg we instituted an honor sys- , : : tem and always brought back every scrap of gold: we dispelled the grouch from I the oflice forceefhavent seen either of them with one for the vear. YVe Julled off - g . . . . - n -1 some of the most successful social affairs and more of them than any other class. : E Yve were the first class that ever induced the entire faculty to attend Doctor Roe's - I annual Chop Suey Banquet: we procured a 11ew Sterilizer. a new drinking fountain: : : we instituted the first strike: we moved S. S. 1Vhite from the basement to the first : : floor, there being too great a rise in temperature in tl1e basement when the hot . I I air of three supply house salesmen was turned on at the same time. And so on. i : : ad infinitum. I might record the achievements of this class. but what of the men 1 : of prominence in our student life? l I First there was Beatty. President of our class as Freshmen. Those were the , : : happy days . the days of plaster shampoos, crap-shooting. gun pulling and water 5 : throwing, interspersed with apologies to the faculty. Poor Beatty, he said at the I I close of l1is term that he was in so bad that he never would fret out. but how about ' - - . . . Y . C . . - - it? Has he not redeemed himself? 11110 is there that doubts that he did his duty : : 5 as he saw it: who will say that he is. or ever was, anything but on the squareu? I l 1 Yvho could have done better in residing over such a bunch of rough necksu? ' - -1 . . . h . . . 5 ll - Q For. hastening to our Junior year. we had by this time so firmly established 1 : l i our re Jutation as a bunch of rough necks that several of the Jrofsn rave us ' l , . . . . ., . ., D . 5' 1 I ' reco mtion from the it under that title. I will not dwell on the ffreater mart ot - - . . . . . D 1 I - this year. except to express to the fellows my appreciation of any honors that they : : by their votes conferred upon me in our college course. and to assure the opposition. I I , my friend Joe 1Veidder in particular. that there is. and should be. no ill feeling l- : : ' over any differences of opinion expressed during the year. Their points of order : .Lf f : T - ,, ' .' 'f -- - f --is-V+' -H f- f - ' - f- V - U- ---- ,-- . lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllI im' ,--.f,-LM I V W V V V . V V s V A

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in yr i l l L l l Vs - lil' ,...M.. , r seaiiit e A . 'JA ea Q ,fr I 9 I ix 'Y' ' A f- ' ,,.-, ' -' . ami W' S 9 I W K... 1 . . K ' J Holmes has said that the world is divided into two classes. those who go ahead and do something. and those who sit and ask. YVl1y wasn't it done the other wayn? It is a pleasure. then. to write of a bunch of good fellows who are enthused with a real true college spirit. an altruistic. C. C. D. S. spiritfthe same spirit that. exerted in larger spheres. has placed our college in first rank-to write of men who are dis- tinctively leaders of the first of those classes to which I have referred. Did I say it was a pleasure?-Yes. it is. and yet I must admit that it is a task to which I hardly feel equal-that of adequately expressing an appreciation of the work of the editing board of the DENTOS. However. I will make the attempt. feeling that however short any eulogy of mine might come from doing them f'ul1 justice. yet the spirit and sentiment which inspires the attempt will have the support of the entire college membership, students. alumni and faculty. Few of us realize the magnitude of the task that confronts a committee in editing and assembling a book such as this. Ive are all glad to subscribe for a copy and with much interest we read the write-ups and enjoy the jokes. but how many of us con- sider-the reasons for its inception. the how and wherefore of its completion? The IJENTOS is first of all a valuable asset in placing the institution on the map as having more interests than that of 'plugging teeth . and in uniting more closely the ties between alumni and their Alma Mater. The successful production of the annual calls for men of brains. men of col- lege spirit. men of initiative. of fair-mindedness. men of altruistic tendencies. Have we men of this calibre in charge of the 191-L Dsxros? How about Ferguson. Blackstrom and Pudroch of the Freshman committee? We of the senior class know little of them personally. but a glance at the Ifreslnnan section will suf'l'lce.-and the comment will be. YVell done. Fl'6Sl1111E'1lll' Then there are .Iones and Guse of the Junior Class. Here we touch upon one of the greatest problems concerning the book.-the business. the financial end of it. Give the devil his dues is an old saying. and a good one. and for this reason I have no liesitancy in saying that without Guse. with his enthusiasm and determination. with his business ability tempered with diplomacy. this copy of the DENTOS could not have gone to print. YVell done. Guse. you have been justly honored by your election to the presidency of the class of 1915. The Senior Committee. it is hardly necessary for me to mention. YVe are all too well acquainted with IVirth. Olson. Preston. Yake and Yliiedderq wie are too familiar with their respective personalities. their ability. their capacities and desires for work to make any individual comment necessary. But I would be neglecting an opportunity if I did not state that the appointment. of Peoria with his stenographic abilities. with his habit of viewing seriously any duty assigned to him and making good , to a position on the Senior Committee was indeed a well advised, opportune move. and a fortunate one for the DENTOS. The production of a masterpiece requires a master mind. The production of this copy of DENTOS, surpassing. as it does. all previous efforts. and establishing a standard for future issues to emulate. requires a man of more than ordinary ability as the directing head. It requires a man capable of exercising firmness and diplomacy in the handling of his assistantsg a man entirely free from prejudice. thus insuring fairness and impartiality in all accepted contributions. a man well qualified along literary lines. a man capable of handling countless details as well as outlining general policies. a man with an unlimited capacity for work. and above all. a man who has a high regard for his college and his fellow students. who regards a student otlice as a college trust. and realizing his responsibilities. allows nothing to swerve him from the path of duty. .lust such a man is L. V. Daniels. our esteemed editor-in-chief. lVell might the poem be dedicated to him: v.. .1 5: ,Q sf- m.'w.a4': f ' - eff- ,, '12l'. .i,'i5','J.f lessen.-1'.'sf:1ui51s'f-xx 1' .s.r.'A'.--f'-' 'N - '1 ?r'1':'.1tf-'N :1T'P ' V I - a . -. , .. a - ' - ' M' 2146.3 29 lllllllll li lillillllll Illlllllllllll llllllllllllllll! , GH '-1f..r..' ' .ff ,. . . . 31- as: usa- -wr ,, . i ' '4-.sam A - . - ' 1 1 .gzgbi s- Vs . - -IK NL..