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

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fsn. rl ll' ef Nrgr.. '.f'. X 5 Q... I WI' H I I 55: . J in Q N i Both dental school and Chicago have been an ex- perience that I will never forget. After being selected on Loyola's late draft choice around the middle of Au- gust, and figuring out just where Chicago was, I bought a ticket for an airplane and arrived the next day in the Windy City. The first few years were filled with too much home- work, bad weather, the old school, and a definite slow- down in my extracurricular activities. About the only ex- citement was the Friday night drinking sessions with the boys. The last few years have been a little more fun. Memories of the Eli Lilly trip with Dr. Lee, Paul Tesone and myself looking for the elusive TRIPLE in the hotel corridor will always remain. Future plans call for a fast exit to California where hopefully soon I will learn the art of wirebending for a living before settling down in Fresno to someday raise a family-after I get married, naturally. Like anything else, you don't really know how much you miss something un- til it is gone, and l am sure I will feel this way about my four years at Loyola University School of Dentistry. William J. Asbury 4-,X ff! H It I I sv.. , Q60 95.4. .QW

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WHY SOME MEN DROP DENTISTRY AND TAKE TO RUNNING ELEVATORS AFTER THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR Q1913j Watt Certificate ....... ...................... ...... S 5 .00 Books ...................... ................ . .. 40.00 Registration Fee ........ 5.00 Breakage Fee ................... ...... 5 .00 General Ticket ..................... ...... 1 50.00 Prosthetic Technic outfit ,...,... 25.68 Operative Technique Outfit ....... ...... 3 2.14 Board and Room ..................... ...... 2 00.00 Miscellaneous ....,...........,..... ...... 2 50.00 1 Dentos .......,.... ..... 1 .50 714.32 Chuck Arakaki

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7...- . . by s i ' if f' .X , j U- : WA vszr -J ' X ' j 'Ziff-f ' . ,X Q XG w s' K, Ed t Q. l -+ 'Li IX flat-.4 Looking back, I believe my dental education has turned out to be a unique, interesting, and very reward- ing experience. It feels good to have mastered a dis- cipline about which I knew next to nothing just a few years ago. But the knowledge that my dental education is actually just starting makes me feel even better. Dental school has provided me with the basics upon which I hope to build a successful, enjoyable, and most impor- tantly, a professional practice. Out of all the myriad de- tails of baseplates, anatomic landmarks, and patient can- cellations, the single most important feature I was introduced to was professionalism. All the money in the world could not provide as much pleasure as being a professional person, Making the correct diagnosis, hav- ing a patient's gratitude, detecting an early cancer, tai- loring the treatment plan to the particular patient, and seeing that this plan really works-and caring-are all part of this. lt is said that a good dentist should have an insatiable quest for knowledge. I can already see this de- veloping in myself, and I am pleased. Whatever my prac- tice-and at the present it most assuredly will be a gen- eral practice-whatever its location, I hope to conduct myself under all of the tenets stated above. Dental school had its good times, More often it had its bad onesg so much so that at times I thought of quitting. Luckily, I had an understanding, reassuring, and unde- manding wife to see me through it all. Now we have Julie, our first child, which, with finally finishing school, is like fulfilling a dream. Sure, it's been rough, especially in the financial and emotional areas, but I can truly say that if I had it to do over again, I wouIdn't have done it any other way. Jeffrey A. Arnold