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

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THE SENIGR CLASS The rumbling and grumbling of the ele- ments over Mount Olympia showed that the gods were in a state of agitation. Jupiter and all the other spirits of good omen found enough difficulty in maintaining peace at home to favor us mortals with their watchful attention and guidance. As a result, students from the various sections of the city, from the different states of the Union, Ah! even from one of the possessions, took refuge in the stately ageworn building at the corner of 'Wood and Harrison streets, the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. The unkindness and rude- ness of the world was quickly forgotten as mutual sympathies soothed new-found difficul- ties. Such were the circumstances under which the member of the class of 1936 started up the long, long trail of professional life. ffqx' Each student, however, harbored the hope that with the completion of the struggles he would be rewarded with a fertile fleld. a calm. complacent. and prosperous world. Time passed. Rumors and threats of war, teetering on the verge of financial collapse. civil disorders in government. wreckage of dazed humanity. all these events occurring while from the sidelines, students gazed out in wonderment, gambling as to the state of the world when they would have to step out into its dangerous and swift moving current. About the fourth year, the storm began to break, the wind ceased its pitiful wailing. the hush of silence replaced the thunderous cannon- like roar. dark threatening clouds scurried across the sky. 49? 'l'1-:ohms -I. CAMPBELL Rloivrmmt B. BAUER -i' ' 'AIR lloiaum' C. NIURSTIG l'iDw,x1w 17. Sracxmx 36

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Achieving on end,reocl1- ing o gool, only to stort on on more difficult ond responsible climb, thot of service to mon.

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CLARK -I. Mc Coom' EDWARD J. KHVALA ROBERT L. STRAUB All took a breath and awaited the dubious outcome. VVas it a break or a lull? The class of '36, snug in its feeling of good fellowship, peeped out on a dripping, bedraggled scene and with joyful optimism viewed nothing but bright prospects. Right they were! The tumult had ceased, conditions were better. One celestial guard- ian at a time withdrew from his family entanglements to lend a needed hand to the wants of mortals: gifts that were the object of the prayers of myriads of previous classes, now jealous but boastful alumni. Great blessings, new units,chairs. laboratories, were showered upon the favorite class of the gods. Patients were plentiful, the period of Want and worry had disappeared. ln one gigantic stroke of generosity, the god of donors smote the time-old stability of the point requirement and with knightly grace placed it on a silver platter within the reach of the humblest. Now as the world is once more surveyed, the sun is gleaming brightly from the rim of a friendly cloud. Everything is clear, fresh and abundant. The gods offer the class of '36 the best of prospects, reach out, classmates, and accept their bounty. 36 ,