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

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PREMEDICS W remehin Mass ilaisturp Cn the morning of September 27, 1916, Dr. Roe first introduced the Class of 1921 to the various duties required of students hoping to become successful phy- sicians and surgeons. He encouraged us in our ambitions, yet assured us, that who would win, must work. We have struggled valiantly thru one semester, each member silently, slowly, but surely mastering difficulties arising in his path. Now we are fairly launched on our medical studies, cheerfully and gladly toiling onward toward That Dayn in 1921. We are beginning to feel there is some truth in that old proverb, f'Work begun is half done. A Un February 12, 1917, Mr Harnett, acting as temporary chairman, presided at a meeting of the class for the purpose of class organization. The following officers were elected: D. E. Clark, President: B. C. Karbowski, Vice-President, I. Miller, Secretary, W. E. G. johnson, Treasurer, J. J. Loomis, Sergeant-at- Arms. r At a later meeting Mr. Clark announced the following Medicos Staff: D. L. Harnett, Editor, A. G. Coplon, Associate Editor, Lillian O'Connor, Historian. ' All thru that first glorious opening week, last September, seventeen strong masculine voices answered 'CI-Ieren' when roll was called, and seven professors smiled as they closed their roll call books, smiled and perhaps whispered a prayer of thanksgiving. One day they closed their books with a sigh-two new voices had answered 'cpresentf' and each professor blushed and stammered as he dis- covered that it should have been lVliss,' not Mister , They talk about a woman,s sphere as tho it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven, There7s not a task to mankind given, There's not a blessing or a woe, There's not a life or death, or birth, That has a feather's weight of worth- VVith'out a woman in it. We were all very sorry when Nlr. Ganyard's health made it imperative for him to discontinue his studies last winter and hope he will soon be strong enough to resume them. Our class has a small enrollment but eventually we expect to increase our membership and hope to develop mentally so that Gur College will always be proud of the Class of 1921. L1LL1AN 0,CONNOR. Page I66

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l 1 1 1 PREMEDICS Eiga 1Bremehic3Kehietn The Class of 321, better known as the Hgreen horns or wise guys is composed of fellows from the city of Chicago and a few foreign lands. We have, by the way, two young ladies, whose duty it is to keep the fellows on the straight and narrow path. It seems that this path is too narrow at times and so some have fallen by the wayside. Eliminating these, I think there are a few worthy of honorable mention. Little Danny Clark, our president, is a persistent worker, always seeking to elevate the class to the very highest standard. This has made him the most popular young man of the class. Karbowski, the only living mortal envied by Annette Kellerman, is a hero of the park lagoon. His real business is life saving and as a side line he goes to school and acts as vice-president of our class. He almost discovered perpetual motion, but it was on paper and he couldn't make it work. The secretary is a rather quiet sort of a lad. Nobody seems to know much about him. His name is Miller and he is always on the job. Our financier, Johnson, is of the intellectual kind, but his great brain power seems to workin the wrong direction, so we call him the General Mischief lVIaker.,' He comes to school early enough each morning to call the janitor and build the furnace fires. I guess his folks are glad to get rid of him so they send him to school to pester us. ' Old Nicotine, our sergeant-at-arms, commonly called Doctor Loomis, is the speed merchant of the class. He is of the same calibre as our treasurer, only not so loud about it. Miss Lillian 0'Connor, our class historian, was born in Ireland. Altho her preliminary education was completed in America, she is one of the two young ladies in our class, to whom one of our professors referred when he said, ':'No matter what some people say, I think that when it comes to assimilating knowl- edge, the girls beat the boys all hollow. ' Doc Coplon, our class humorist, is another of our popular young men. Without his smiling face to look upon and his funny stories, the class would set a fair example of an old time eastern Quaker lVIeeting. The editor has nothing to say for himself. Page 168