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

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In the fields of observation, chance favors only the mind which is prepared. Louis Pasteur 1822-1895. Such was the inscription upon a plaque on the wall of the entrance hall in a professional building in Pasadena, California which I had the privilege of visiting this past summer. I was so impressed that I copied it into my notebook and have spent many hours thinking over the wisdom of those words. After spending many years preparing for your chosen profession there are three main paths which you may take after leaving school. The first path would be the easiest to follow. Your books would be put away, you would open your office in a desirable section of a city and settle down to the routine of a practice. Finan- cial success may be yours and the social clubs of the community may take up all of your spare time. Professional contacts would not be retained and before long you would be practicing mech- anically. The years will pass without your noticing that you have not made any progress profession- ally, and some day you may even wish that you had gone into some other field or profession. Due to the fact that you must make a living you continue in the easiest path to satisfy your pa- tients or, if you are unable to satisfy them, you roundly condemn your profession and wonder why you have failed. The second path would lead you to join pro- fessional societies, to take graduate courses, and to read the latest books and journals. You would associate with men from whom you could learn, and in a few years you would be happy to look LEROY L. HARTMAN, D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Sc.D. back upon the progress you had made since leaving school. You would start each day with new enthusiasm, your work would be easy be- cause your patients would appreciate the sincer- ity of your efforts, and success would certainly be yours. The third path would be truly in the field of observation which, in addition to preparation, would call for an unusual amount of persever- ance. Each day as you progress along this path your objectives seem more and more elusiv2. You study, you experiment, you observe the min- utest details and attempt to analyse each new observation. Sometimes your efforts lead you into ch an- nels from which you must retrace your steps in order to start out anew toward your objective. At the end of each day you should review all that you learned during the day and attempt to make some use of your new observations. No matter how honest your efforts may be, it seems to be the exception rather than the rule to have everything run smoothly. The obstacles placed in your path may seem at times insur- mountable and may tax your patience to the limit. The more knowledge you acquire during your years of patient study the better will you bs able to evaluate each new observation. Eventu- ally your efforts may be crowned with a contri- bution which will prove of real value to humanity: and you will then realize that your life ' s efforts have not been in vain. Choose wisely the path which you w : sh tc take and may your honest and sincere efforts lead you to happiness.

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OPERATIVE DENTISTRY MAURICE BUCHBINDER, B.S., D.D.S. Associate Professor of Dentistry MILTON R. MILLER, B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry GEORGE F. LINDIG, D.D.S. Assistant Professor of Dentistry EMERIC ANGELUS, D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry IRVIN L HUNT, Jr., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry WILLIAM MILLER, B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry t CARL R. OMAN, D.D.S. Assistant Professor of Dentistry HERBERT P. FRITZ, B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry Deceased

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ORAL SURGERY iHRSHT ' . . ' HENRY SAGE DUNNING D.D.S., M.D., B.S. Professor of Dentistry ADOLPH BERGER D.D.5. William Carr Professor of Oral Surgery JOSEPH SCHROFF DOUGLAS B. PARKER FRANCIS S. McCAFFREY SAMUEL BIRENBACH KENNETH F. CHASE B.S., M.D., D.D.S. M.D., D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. Assistant Professor D.M.D. Associate Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor ° ' Dentistry . Instructor In Dentist-y of Dentistry of Dentistry of Dentistry Ci ft JOSEPH L. McSWEENEY D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry ALBIN R. SEIDEL F. A. STEWART ROBERT NORTHROP D.M.D. A.B., D.D.S. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry •MORRIS A. ZIMMER D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry