Chicago School of Medicine and Surgery - Medicos Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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SENIORS The fall of nineteen sixteen opened and we returned with a feeling of happiness mingled with sadness, for this was our last year together. The opening night found us deeply interested in the speeches, for we were near the close of our course and more dihiculties were confronting us. We were glad to again have our dear Dr. Wyneken with us as secretary, giving us additional strength and courage. School work began as usual, with the exception of more added seriousness. Even though graduation is yet several months off, we are making preparations for our final recitation for this institution. A year book The Nfedicosl' is being published by the class so that in after years we can more vividly recall these good old days. Our second semester is at hand and our fate has not yet materialized. Now as we are nearing the close of our four years of toil and work, we experience a feeling of sadness and sorrow that soon as a class, assembling daily, we shall no longer exist. As we look toward the horizon we see a new promise of life, which we hope will be even more successful than the one we will soon lay aside. In closing I wish to thank the class for the kindness and honor shown me by electing me to this oflice for four years, and I wish you one and all future success. , J. PROBSTEIN. A young doctor returning from his case, ' Was asked about the progress of the human race, The mother died, the child is dead, in spite of all I knew, But with Gocl's help and my great skill Iill pull the father thru. W. C. Page I02 :f-...:xwt.f, .w.m. ,Y

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,H W ,,,, ,,,, W- ,.-uxl,-agua..- -' '.?-iff-: SENIORS lifted. After the exams our friends and mates, with whom we spent our first year, departed to the north, south, east, and west to return to ones more dearer to them. Summer vacation was spent and the next September found our classmates returning for their second lap 'in the race. Nfy, how swollen and blown up we all looked. The sidewalks seemed hardly wide enough to let us pass, so the school did away with our fenced inn Campus in front and widened the sidewalks. There was a reason for the swelling-we were Sophomores and that explained all. The opening night belonged to us and we did not hesitate to take a seat-or be afraid to sit down in the amphitheatre. School began the next day and it was easier to get back to work once more. During the first semester we again tried our athletic skill in basket ball and several of our men fell wounded in the fray-one with a sprained ankle who claimed every- thing had become black in front of his eyes and I did not blame him either when I looked at the size of the fellow who fell on him. if The exams were on hand and soon passed over. Then the second semester confronted us. We thought we had better not try any more of our talent at danc- ing so we decided not to celebrate the second anniversary of our existence. What we did was to play base ball for the Championship, of the City but we lost one run which was due to Frank Reinsch, who did not run fast enough in the field because he had on a black sweater with a yellow band. The second semester exams were soon ended and again departure was at hand for our Summer Vacation The unior year opened and again we met our classmates but this time we all looked as though we had taken some astringent for the swelling and puffiness of last year was shrunken up This year we found quite a number of new faces in our midst our friends from Valparaiso University had arrived To them we extended a hearty welcome as we recognized their arrival and co operation was all that was necessary to make us the controlling class of the school It took us little time to become acquainted and soon we studied with them to face the exams at hand After the exams were over a sad affair happened which again darkened our days and made us fell much depressed It was the death of our dear classmate Frank Cella He had been in the hospital but two days when on the second day he died of brain abscess after a desperate effort had been made to save his life VVe all attended his last burial rites and extended our sympathy to his bereaved family The second semester passed quickly and we began to realize what a fortunate thing we had done when we left all that air of swelling at home because we were pretty near our last lap and it began to occur to us how little we knew There was one big event in the unior Year the election of Senior Class Qfficers A day was set aside for this ballots were printed, competition was very keen but after the clouds of warfare had passed off we all united to support our elected officers in their respective positions Une more thing was done which is worthy of mention and that was the publication of a college paper The Chicago Nfedic The bulk of which was carried on by the hard and diligent work of Drs Cook and Buxbaum Page IOI I , - 7 7 - ' - 7 . 7 Q 7 . 7 . J . 7 L ' 7 7

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