Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery - Dental Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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■COC7 O S 3n Jflemoriam WtyzrtaS, God in. his all powerful wisdom having seen fit to remove from our midst, our esteemed instructor and friend, Dr. Robert Bernhardt Brust, and W )tTta£, Dr. Brust, through his ennobling character, his high professional standard, and his ever ready disposition to be of service to the students of the college, made himself respected by all who came in contact with him, it is fitting that we should make a record of his death and express our sorrow over the untimely interruption of his career; therefore be it ftcsolteb, That we, the students of the COLLEGE OP DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY OF NEW YORK, feeling deeply the loss we have sustained, hereby express our appreciation of his friendship and extreme sorrow at his death, and extend our sincere sympathy to his family in their loss, and be it further 1%cso11jcu, That in order that the bereaved family and the multiude of friends who deeply cherished him may know of our sorrow at his loss, and of the profound regard always felt for him, a copy of these Resolutions shall be sent to his family; a copy shall be placed in the records of each class; a copy printed in the official Year Book, and a copy hung in some conspicuous place in the college, that throughout our days shall his memory be an ever present inspiration. FOR THE STUDENTS : WALTER A. QUINN, President, Senior Class. MORRIS FIERSTEIN, President, Sophmore Class. IRA THEO. HEILIG, President, Freshman Class. 20

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OQ O S ' 1 1 Class History i CTOBEE, 1916, saw the beginning of the era. June, 1919, sees its close. How infinitely much has transpired during the intervening years! A crude mass of ore, we entered the mill of learning, and after subjecting ourselves to various processes of refinement we now leave it in a considerably different state. With the adaptability of the young, we imbibed the very essence of dental lore, mouthing the grotesque nomenclatures of the ' different ' ologies, and very quickly settling into the rut of study. Yet the surging spirit of youth was merely restrained, never entirely subdued, as witness the indignation meet- ings after some fiasco in Cooper Auditorium, the impromptu dances in Brown Hall, the tendency to applaud and cheer on the slightest provocation. Various cliques, fraternities and even good old-fashioned friendships of trios and quartets soon drew like to like sifting the wheat from the chaff, so to speak. Into our Utopian midst crept the Hydra- headed monster of politics, and one fine clay we woke to the fact that a republic had been established ; and as its head we elected William Rochester. Under his rule we toiled and moiled m peace and happiness until the dread monsoon engulfed us in its swirling center. Examinations! They proved our first barrier, and we surmounted them bravely. Those days were idyllic, when marks of ninety proved so plentiful that we welcomed an eighty to break the monotony. How times have changed! Then came the home stretch for the first year, unbroken save for our Freshman Prom, the first opportunity accorded us to meet each other in a social way outside of college. There seems no good reason for spoiling the happy memory of it by inadvertently mentioning the finals. Examinations are always sordid, necessary evils. ' They are like a machine-gun: dangerous to face, but harmless enough when once ' captured. It is not amiss to talk of machine-guns and examinations in the same breadth, for in the spring of 1917, the United States took up arms in defense of world democracy, and the declaration of war came to have a deep meaning for us at the college. 22