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

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Q ° 5 ao fcritn Drutrij. ifl.3., EJ.§ . fith us, tl]r druartiug daaa of 1322. shall re- main ritrrlastiuglu n rrurrrtirr attb reaper! for our fHau among men, A man mhoac untiring rft ' orta anil rouragrnns rotmirtians hanc attained for liim IFamr, as the beacon light to urogrrsa in the oental profession. {Therefore as an enouring memorial of our high rstcem, anil mialiiug h.int (Soo-apreo in liia rhoaen mork, me reepertfullij oroirate thia hook. ffllass nf 1922 IS 22 A. H Page Five

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C°D°5 To The Graduating Class of 1922 : OUR years ago you began your study of dentistry with the hopes that in 1922 you would graduate and receive your diploma. All of you have been following your chosen studies for four years and «m«nv some will be fortunate enough to complete the course satisfactorily and be given the privilege of taking the State Board examination in order that you may practice your profession. When you began your studies as Freshmen, four years appeared as a long time to work towards attaining some definite goal. However that time has probably passed more rapidly than you imagine, and now as you are closing your college days you probably look back and realize that if you had those four years to live over again you could put some of the time to better advantage than yon did. As a Class, you have made the same mistakes and had the same problems that practically every other class had before you. You have considered some of the subjects which your professors and teachers have given you as useless ; some of the things which they have tried to impress upon you, as worthless, and it may still be a few years longer before you appreciate the efforts made to impart enough knowledge to you to enable you to go out and practice your profession and render service to the public and yourself. You must remember when you take up the practice of a profession that to a certain extent, you become the servant of the public. I can safely say that the majority of you took up the practice of dentistry because you be- lieved it would be a good way to make a livelihood and some of you even were so commercial as to imagine that dentistry was an easy way to make money. I am not accusing you of being guilty of anything that classes have not been guilty of before you, but the ideas which a student has when he takes up the study of any profession are probably very different from his thoughts at the time of his graduation. His mind will also be changed after he has practiced several years, providing he makes a success of the work. Some of you probably imagine that success in the practice of a profes- sion consists in accumulating a large amount of money, which is more or less of a mistaken idea. It is true that men in th e practice of a profession have accumulated wealth, as in any business, but the fellow who ' has been successful financially is also a man who has been successful professionally. By that I mean, your greatest object in life should be the serving of hu- manity. You should realize that you are able to follow your profession because men before you have contributed to the knowledge which has benefited you. Things, which it has taken years to learn and perfect, have been given you in but a few minutes, comparatively speaking, and you are able to profit thereby, financially and also render service to the public. is 2a B ttttv:) l J Page Six