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

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1947 volume:

: j i !, ;| i.:,!]] 1 1:1 ™ 1 I Hi MUM. FORTY-SEVEN j illlill nf I I! ' lidii in I I If; THE DENTAL 1947 COLUMBIAN Published BY THE SENIOR CLASS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE Frank Diehl Fackenthal, LL.D ., Litt.D. Acting President of the University Columbia University — School of DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY k of the Faculty of Medicine Carl Reuben Oman, D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry To a man who has combined sincerity and heartfelt interest with the teaching of dentistry. . . . To a teacher who has demonstrated the proper balance between theory and practicability, and has allowed the student ' s conscience to be the basic factor in appreciation of dentistry as a pro- fession ; To a friend, whose quiet reserve of his statement speaks enough for his wisdom. . . . To Carl Reuben Oman ... we dedicate the 1947 Dental Columbian. A Message TO THE CLASS OF 1947 We welcome the 1947 edition of the Dental Columbian. It symbolizes for us our emergence from the shadows of the dreary war years. You can step now firmly and confidently into the broad light highway which is your future in a peaceful world. As seniors, you are well equipped by training and experience to enter the profession which you have chosen to follow. For all of you I wish a happy and successful life with rewards commen- surate with your abilities and your efforts. You have chosen well. You will find in the profession of dentistry a worthy challenge to all your skill and all your talents. As a class, you have been a source of pride. Among you there are many who possess outstanding ability. You are well prepared to carry on in the tradition of those from this school who have gone before you. Let none ever do less than his best. In this way you help to build the reputation of Columbia men. In doing this you are justifying the faith we as a faculty have in you. In this way you honor yourself and your profession. As one of your teachers I have had the great privilege of sharing in the responsibility of helping to guide you in your early professional life. I hope my influence has been for good — by precept and by example. It was Emerson who said, The man may teach by doing and not otherwise. If he can communicate himself he can teach, but not by words. He teaches who gives, and he learns who receives. You have dedicated this volume to me: this is an honor which I shall cherish above all others which can come or may come to me. A luncheon club to which I once belonged has as its motto He who seeks to serve another, best serves himself. ' In seeking to serve you then, I have received a truly rich reward. As the years go by it is my hope to serve better and more faithfully those who come under my influence. Now that you have satisfied all the conditions that the faculty have imposed upon you and you are about to take your leave, I bid you a reluc- tant farewell. You take with you all my best wishes for a successful career. Carry with you the inquiring mind and the teachable spirit and you will find your lives rich and full. Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you. Carl R. Oman Willard Cole Rappleye, A.M., M.D., Sc.D., Dean Bion R. East, D.D.S., Associate Dean for Dental and Oral Surgery fa©  Hy Operative Dentistry Operative Dentistry includes the accepted lilling operations for the individual tooth, the prevention of loss of the individual unit by caries, death of the pulp, or periodontal involve- ment. Those procedures which accomplish this are commonly taught in the course which com- prises Operative Dentistry. It is true that the aforementioned factors are important and have been for the hundred or more years that Dentistry has been recognized and dignified as a profession. But the dentist of tomorrow, yes, the Columbia graduate, in den- tistry of the future, must see dentistry in a dif- ferent light. He must have a broader base, and a more scientific point of view in dealing with his problem. By his training in the basic sciences, the result might well be that he will discover the causes of the disease which he is attempting to treat. It is no doubt important to treat symptoms, and to do it well. The dentist of the future must know how, but he must also know why. We are on the threshold of great developments in den- tistry. Surely a generation which can discover and put to use atomic energy, can, when devoted to other channels, point the way to progress in the treatment of dental caries. I believe that the answer lies in the correlation and application of our training in the fundamental sciences. To acquire the habit of thinking along these lines is our first duty. Once developed, this habit will lead us on to a new and better concept of dentistry. The technics employed and taught in the Operative Division are recognized as the best, and require only intelligent application to give success as we commonly regard it in the practice of dentistry. We know of no material or technic which will seal a cavity margin as will gold foil. Obviously, however, gold foil cannot be used universally. In resorting to other materials of in- ferior properties, we apply gold foil standards, approaching, thereby, our ideal as nearly as possible. New materials are introduced from time to time. We are courageous enough to compare them wilh our standard and to evaluate our re- sults. We learn by our failures quite as much, or more, than by our successful efforts. The teaching of Operative Dentistry is un- dergoing some changes. For instance, we no longer require the sophomore student to carve heroic models in plaster; we substitute extracted, natural teeth, or ivorine teeth of natural size. This obviates the necessity of requiring the stu- dent to transpose his knowledge or re-orient himself when he begins to work on the natural- size tooth. This also results in the saving of time, which might better be applied in clinical prac- tice. A laboratory manual, or syllabus, profusely illustrated, and carefully describing the exer- cises prescribed, is practically completed and will aid the student to master the principles of Operative Dentistry. The junior student is assigned a greater variety of clinical work, and is given more time for clinical practice. The shortage of instructors, resulting from the war, is rapidly being relieved. It is our desire to develop junior students of adequate ability to do all but the more compli- cated operations in the clinic by means of addi- tional clinical practice. By the end of the Junior Year, he is an experienced operator, requiring only the finesse of technic and judgment to fit him for success as a Senior. The senior student, with his previous in- tensive training as a Junior, becomes in effect, an interne who has mastered technics, and can now devote his attention and skill to solving problems of greater difficulty; to undertake re- search problems; to continue the learning process through practical experience; and to develop judgment in the execution of his work. We hope to develop lecture courses for the upper class- men on the seminar principle, where free, and open discussion of the problems of Operative Dentistry can be considered, and we hope to develop well-rounded, well-trained, efficient, and able professional men. CARL R. OMAN 10 CARL R. OMAN D.D.S. Professor of Dentristry GEORGE F. LINDIG D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry IRVIN L. HUNT D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry DANIEL M. KOLLEN D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry WILLIAM MILLER B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry WM. H. SILVERSTEIN D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry EDWARD A. CAIN B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry HERBERT P. FRITZ B.S., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry HAROLD SHERMAN B.S., DJ).S. Assistant in Dentistry JOS. E. FIASCONARO B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry 11 Oral Surgery MAURICE J. HICKEY D.M.D., M.D. Professor of Oral Surgery The teach- ing of Oral Surgery to the undergradu- ate student poses many problems and we in the Oral Surgery Divi- sion are fully aware of these problems. We can not even attempt, in the limited time al- lotted to sur- gery, to make you accom- plished Oral Surgeons. Yet we have a definite obligation to you. We must give you the basic fundamental principles of surgery and interpret these principles as they apply to surgery of the mouth. We must acquaint you with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the mouth amenable to surgery. We must impress upon you the vital importance of aseptic technical and surgical cleanliness. We must show you, to the best of our ability the problems and complications of surgery. If we fulfill these objectives, we will have given you a concept of surgery that will remain with you the rest of your professional careers. Oral Surgery must be considered as a specialized form of General Surgery. Oral Sur- gery is as much a Surgical Specialty as Oto- laryngology or Ophthalmology. This fact has long been recognized but only recently acted upon. The accepted method for providing the public with the protection it is entitled to is by means of Specialty Boards. This is gen- erally accepted by the Medical Profession, and the public, when seeking specialized medical care, has learned to seek a Diplomate of ■ an American Board. Dentistry must, and will, ac- credit its specialist through Specialty Board Examinations. An American Board of Oral Surgery is now functioning. New York State has formed a regional board, to examine Oral Surgeons. Sev- eral . other states have established examining boards for Oral Surgery. This does not mean that a practicing dentist must be a diplomate of a specialty board to do Oral Surgery. It does mean, however, that to be accepted as a specialist in Oral Surgery, he will be expected to have fulfilled the requirements of training and have passed an examination based on these requirements. This progress in the certification of specialists in Dentistry will be slow but it will be inevitable. Only a few of you will be sufficiently inter- ested in surgery to go on and obtain the addi- tional training that is required. Many of you will find the amount of surgery in your practice is so small that you will not attempt it. Some of you will want to do some surgery as part of your practice. We in the Oral Surgery Division sincerely hope that you will obtain sufficient post-graduate training to enable you to do simple surgery wisely and safely. MAURICE J. HICKEY ADOLPH BERGER D.D.S. William Carr Professor of Oral Surgery 12 JOSEPH SCHROFF DOUGLAS B. PARKER F. S. McCAFFREY SAMUEL B1RENBACH B.S.. M.D.. D.D.S. M.D.. D.D.S. B.S.. D.D.S. D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry ALBIN ' R. SEIDEL D.M.D. Presbyterian Hospital Consultant. F. A. STEWART. JR. A.B.. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry WILLIAM J. SAVOY B.S., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry MORRIS KAVELLE B.S., D. D.S. Instructor in Dentistry THEO. M. BUNDRANT D.D.S. Asst. in Dentistry 13 Prosthetics Pearl Harbor and Corregidor were fresh in all minds when the last Dental Columbian was published. Its pages reveal the tenseness of war, foreboding for the immediate future, con- fidence in ultimate victory and, above all, a determination to continue the search for truths. The world was being shaken by the forces of physical power, ruthlessness and intolerance; isolationism was giving way to internationalism. Dentistry had awakened to its war-borne respon- sibilities and was looking forward to advances most certain to come from the research forced upon it by the exigencies of armed conflict and a disrupted economy. The shortcomings of the profession stood out in bold relief. Little was known about the cause or prevention of dental caries. Dental training and thinking had been predominantly along reparative instead of pre- ventive lines. Selective Service had revealed the appallingly inadequate dental care received by the average draftee. Many dentists taken into the armed forces were uninformed and untrained to work with other specialists in the medical field. It was a time for courage and devotion to country and profession. The period from then to the present is his- tory. The war was won, though the cost was staggering; the forces of justice and humanity were overpowering; scientific progress made the world smaller; and the need for international harmony became imperative. Dentistry con- tributed its part and much was added to its science and art. Now we are at peace and we are faced with its problems. War must be outlawed; life, free- dom and happiness must be assured ; individuals and nations must sacrifice a degree of their au- tonomy for the benefit of all. The eyes of the world and the hopes of mankind are pinned on the Un ited Nations. Its success will not come easily; traditions must fall; sacrifices must be made; failures and objections must be over- come; and tremendous effort must be expended to achieve the ultimate goal. Much has transpired at Columbia since the last Dental Columbian appeared. Most im- portant was the action of the Trustees of the University in taking another step in their far- sighted program toward placing dentistry in its proper relation to other health services. By closely integrating Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Dentistry into one faculty, the Fac- ulty of Medicine, the stage has been set for close cooperation and concerted effort in problems common to all. The dental school administration has been changed only slightly to facilitate this union; contacts between the basic science de- partments and the Department of Dentistry have been strengthened materially; barriers between divisions in the Department of Dentistry have been broken and replaced with bonds of harmony and mutual understanding. It will take years to reveal the full wisdom of this medico-dental integration. The Department of Dentistry will now be free to draw on the resources of all the basic science and clinical departments and to con- tribute in like manner. It will not function as an isolated field but will coordinate its efforts with all others in the healing profession. A more intelligent approach to the problems of dental caries and preventive dentistry will emerge from this relation. The Prosthetic Division will be able to take full advantage of these closer associations. Pros- thetics is no longer a purely mechanical art concerned primarily with skills and techniques. No prosthetic restoration will serve acceptably unless it is conceived with an intelligent under- standing of its biologic foundation, soft tissue and bony structure, as well as the functional, physiological and psychological considerations. The Class of 1947 has had the opportunity of seeing this program get under way. Your undergraduate training has all been directed toward this end and it is our hope that you will continue to develop as broadly after your gradu- ation. May the Class of 1947 contribute its share to a better world and to better dentistry. GILBERT P. SMITH 14 GILBERT PERCIVAL SMITH D.D.S. Professor of Dentristry HARRY A. YOUNG HENRY R. JUNEMANN D.D.S. A.B., D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry MAX PLEASURE GEORGE HINDELS D.D.S.. M.S.P.H. B.S., D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry OSCAR E. BEDER SAUL MISCHELOFF ROBERT E. HERLANDS B.S., D.D.S. D.D.S. A.B., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Asst. in Dentistry m WILLIAM J. MILLER GUSTAVE T. DURRER I. FRANK BOSCARELLI HOWARD J. ROGERS A.B., D.D.S. D.M.D., D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. Asst. in Dentistry Asst. in Dentistry Asst. in Dentistry Asst. in Dental Technique 15 S. N. ROSENSTEIN B.S, D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry EDWARD V. ZEGARELLI A.B., D.D.S., M.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry JOSEPH A. CUTTITA A.B., M.S., D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry DANIEL E. ZISKIN D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Oral Diagnosis It has long been the aim of the Diagnosis Division to correlate and integrate the basic sciences with clinical practice. It has been its further purpose to provide the student with an opportunity to apply the knowledge gained in other clinical divisions, not as separate opera- tions, but as problems relevant to each other and to the mouth as a whole. Because of the exacting nature of the nu- merous mechanical accomplishments required, and the relatively large amount of time allotted for their perfection, the student is likely to lose perspective in regard to the pertinent and in- alienable position of diagnosis in rendering the health service to which he is dedicating himself. In so doing, he fails to fulfill his professional duties, in their broadest sense, and actually places an obstacle in the way of progress. It is the hope of the Diagnosis Division that the members of this graduating class will enter private practice with a clear realization of their responsibilities and a determination to translate their training and ability into commendable public service. DANIEL E. ZISKIN JACK BUDOWSKY DAVID DRAGIFF D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. Asst. in Dentistry Research Assistant H. F. SILVERS GEORGE STEIN B.S., D.D.S. M.D., D.M.D. Research Associate Research Associate LEWIS R. STOWE D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry 16 HENRY U. BARBER. JR. D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry EDWARD G. MURPHY D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry The Division of Orthodontics in its relation to the other divisions and the undergraduate students, is extremely grateful for the oppor- tunity integration has wrought. Prevention in Orthodontics is primarily the duty of the general practitioner. It is he, not the specialist, who is responsible for the health of the oral cavity. A comprehensive knowledge of the body as a whole is a prerequisite to the complete understanding of the orthodontic prob- lem. The incidence of malocclusion could be effectively reduced if the general practitioner recognized incipient malocclusions and insti- tuted corrective measures. It is the desire of this division to present to its undergraduate students definite methods ARTHUR C. TOTTEN D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Orthodontics for the practical application of orthodontic procedures to general dental practice. These methods shall be directed towards aiding in the solution of problems arising in preventive and restorative dentistry as well as those related to the preservation of the health of the oral tissues. ARTHUR C. TOTTEN GEORGE S. CALLAWAY D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry HARRY A. GALTON D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry JAMES JAY D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry 17 HOUGHTON HOLLIDAY A.B., D.D.S., Hon. D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry ISADOR HIRSCHFELD D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry HAROLD J. LEONARD A.B.. D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Periodontia Radiology The use of x-rays in all phases of dentistry has become so universal, and we have come to lean upon it so heavily that an occasional word about its limitations is in order. Though x-rays are an indispensable adjunct in conducting a dental practice, they are by no means adequate in themselves. There has been a tendency to rely too heavily on the Roentgenogram, forgetting the value of careful inspection, palpation, per- cussion, response to thermal changes, and inter- pretation of the various symptoms of pain. The x-rays must be used only in conjunction with all other diagnostic means at our disposal. HOUGHTON HOLLIDAY The postgraduate teaching load in peri- odontology is expanding greatly at Columbia University, partly to meet the temporary demand from returning veterans, but also to meet the new Council on Dental Education requirements of two years of acceptable formal post-graduate training as a prerequisite to certification by the specialty board. The specialty of periodontology requires advanced training not only in the science and technics of periodontology but also diag- nosis and treatment of soft tissue lesions of the mouth, practical nutrition, and planning and procedures of mouth reconstruction. Cooperation with hospitals is being arranged in the develop- ment of dental departments where practice under good supervision may be obtained. HAROLD J. LEONARD EVALD LINDER Technician WILLIAM CAMPBELL Technician J. S. FRIEDLANDER FRANK E. BEUBE SAMUEL DRELLICH D.D.S. L.D.S.. D.D.S. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry Asst. Prof, of Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry 18 Pedodontia EWING C. McBEATH D.D.S., B.S.. B.M.. M.D. Professor of Dentistry S. N. ROSENSTEIN B.S.. D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Dental Materials HERBERT D. AYERS, JR. A.B.. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry Growing interest in Pedodontics signifies real progress in Dentistry by recognition of the strategic place this phase of professional activity holds in public health service. Pedodontics em- bodies the protection and maintenance of general health during the period of physical growth and development to insure dental health, an under- standing of mental growth and development for interpretation of the reactions of the young indi- vidual, and the exercise of initiative and profes- sional judgment for the most efficient restoration of early dental structures. Adequate training for proficiency in the practice of Pedodontics im- plies educational discipline emphasizing the close integration of Dentistry and Medicine. E. C. MCBEATH The oral tissues are the basic dental mate- rials. All that medical and related science can discover about the vital functioning and physical properties of these tissues aids the study of foreign materials for dental practice. Laboratory findings in the fields of operative, therapeutic, restorative and accessory materials must be re- lated to the condition and properties of the oral tissues. Clinical data coordinated with laboratory findings will indicate the selection of promising materials and methods and the elimination of less effective ones. Scientific progress demands this cooperative effort. HERBERT D. AYERS, JR. History of Dentistry STANLEY W. VOGEL WM. A. VERLIN B.S., D.D.S. A.B., D.D.S. Clinical Assistant Assistant in Dentistry JULIAN SCHROFF B.S., D.D.S. Clinical Asst. WILLIAM H. LEAK D.D.S. Curator of Museum 19 Anatomy rh y l m 1 ■M 1 SAMUEL R. DETWILER PHILIP E. SMITH A. E. SERVINGHAUS WIL. M. COPENHAYER Ph.B., A.M., Ph.D., M.S. B.S., M.S., Ph.D. A.M.. Ph.D. A.B.. Ph.D. Professor of Anatomy Professor of Anatomy Associate Dean Assoc. Prof, of Anatomy WILLIAM M. ROGERS HARRY H. SHAPIRO HENRY MILCH JULIUS K. LITTMAN B.S., Ph.D. D.M.D. A.B.. M.D. M.D. Asst. Prof, of Anatomy Asst. Prof, of Anatomy Instructor in Anatomy Instructor in Anatomy MAGNUS I. GREGERSEN A.B.. A.M.. Ph.D. Dalton Prof, of Physiology Physiology Km WALTER S. ROOT B.S., Ph.D. Assoc. Prof, of Physiology JOHN L. NICKERSON B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Assoc. Prof, of Physiology SHIH-CHUN WANG B.S., M.D.. Ph.D. Asst. Prof, of Physiology 20 Neuro-Anatomy ADOLPH ELWYN L. VOSBl RGH LYONS RICH. M. BRICKNER B.S., A.M. M.D. B.S.. M.D. Assoc. Prof, of Assoc, in Neurology Assistant Professor Neuro-Anatomy of Clinical Neurology Oral Anatomy Oral Pathology JOSEPH A. CLTTITA A.B.. M.S.. D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry MOSES DIAMOND D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dental Anatomy EDMUND APPLEBAUM D.D.S. Assistant Professor of Oral Anatomy LESTER R. CAHN D.D.S. HENRY A. BARTELS B.S., D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dental Pathology Asst. Prof, of Dentistry Pharmacology Bacteriology Biochemistry HARRY B. VAN DYKE ALFRED GELLHORN THEODOR ROSEBURY MAXWELL KARSHAN Ph.D., M.D. M.D. D.D.S. B.S., A.M., Ph.D. Hosack Professor of Associate Professor of Associate Professor of Associate Professor of Pharmacology Pharmacology Bacteriology Biochemistry 21 ADMINISTRATIVE AND In the Dean ' s Office PAULINE MOUND MARJORIE MacBAIN MARY GRILLO Secretary to the Dean Assistant to the Registrar Secretary On the Clinic Floor ELEANOR KOEPCHEN Sec. to Chairman of Committee on Admissions :-- FLORENCE MOORE MADELINE VanSLYCKE ANGELA BOURQUE SALLY WEBSTER Supervisor of Patients R-N. LEONA LEWIS EDYTHE WEBER RUTH THOMPSON JOAN BUCKLEY 22 CLINICAL STAFFS Secretariat II. HENDERSON A. HAWCK RUTH PIEPER M. MLiLHAUS M. DANIEL Call for Surgery ELBE BOYD GIDA STRINGER CATH. SCHULTZ ELAINE LENZ LILLIAN GREEN R.N. R.N. The Boys ROBERT WRONG Technician NICHOLAS VERO Technician WILLIAM LEADER Technician ALBERT KATONA 23 € lass© 8 Class of ' 47 OFFICERS President — Jesse W. Field Vice President — Herman I. Scheiner Secretary-Treasurer — Irving Rifkin . . . super glazed Senior Class Once upon a time there gathered in an amphitheater a group of over-awed people who were about to enter a new profession. The exact date was January 3, 1944; the place was the School of Dental and Oral Surgery. A hush fell across the room as a dignified man entered and proceeded to welcome the group to the school. Memory fails me as to the exact words that were spoken but that makes little difference. The importance of the event was that it was the first official meeting of the class of June 1947. We plunged into the difficult task of digest- ing Gray ' s Anatomy, Bailey ' s Histology, and trying to associate our classmates ' names with their faces. The names were soon straightened out, but I doubt if anyone has completely straightened out the rest. With the aid of fre- quent demonstrations, we dissected, memorized and were subjected to many shirt-cuff and pencil arterial maps, the result being a maze of lines and dots of which no one, not even the artist, had any inkling of the meaning. The big topic of conversation for the next few weeks was the immediate marriage of Leo Golub. Leo took that Navy V-12 marriage re- striction literally and picked the very first oppor- tunity to get hitched immediately after entering professional school. We had our first class elec- tion, and Ched Jurka was named president and thereafter rested on his political laurels and remained the elder statesman. The A. S. T. P. and V-12 boys began their weekly drill sessions and the most pressing problem at that moment was our impatience while awaiting the arrival of the midshipman uniforms. That Navy group was impressive, with the transfers from other units in bell-bottoms, and the newcomers in civilian clothes. But uniform trouble was not the only problem that faced this valiant group. There was a little course called Dental Anatomy which had, as part of the requirements, the task of carving a set of teeth from wax blocks. The number of wax teeth out on 168th Street, where they were tossed by the students who happened to compare theirs with the teeth carved by Joe Thomson, must have been tremendous. But life as a freshman wasn ' t too bad. We were told how to do this and that by those ever present sophomores; we were mellow and be- yond at a class beer party and helped the Physi- ology Department celebrate its good fortune in finally getting rid of us with a rousing party at the Psi Omega house. But with the coming of October we were no longer neophytes. The memo- ries of the horrors of first year exams had passed, and we looked ahead to the beginning of our study of actual dental subjects which up to this time had been limited to those wax teeth. Gentlemen and ladies, this is a tooth ! We were dentists of the first degree. They handed us a myriad of instruments and told us to memo- rize the numbers. They put a handpiece in our hands and told us how to drill an extracted tooth that was held in a vise. That was fun ' til they began that mesio-lingual and bucco-occlusal routine. We are still looking for the mesio-linguo- axial cavo-surface angle! Yet, they did not give our gray matter a chance to unlax! They also dug up a little chore called prosthetics. You made a set of false teeth (pardon, dentures) from a set of master metal models. If our pa- tients could have seen us then they would have preferred to have all their teeth removed and just go without. The law of averages did not hold in the taking of ridge impressions. We mixed plaster with such gusto, and in such abundance, that Dr. Junemann was forced to repeat time and again: Want a derby hat? It will never be known how many of us felt tempted to reply that 27 he didn ' t have to go to all that trouble, since that homberg of his would suffice, but there were many. But our associations with Dr. Junemann did not end with these repartees. There was an- other course given in second year called Dental Materials which deals with the physical, chemi- cal, and biological characteristics of all the sub- stances used in dentistry. On the final exam there was a question which read as follows — You and a friend are shipwrecked on a desert island and your friend has lost his upper denture. Describe how you would make him a new one. The editors of the year book approached Dr. Junemann as to the possibilities of printing the more hilarious answers to this problem. Unfor- tunately the papers have long since been de- stroyed, but Dr. Junemann was able to throw some light on the subject. One of our classmates used monkey teeth and half a dozen had vulcan- izers float ashore. But the highlight of the exam was the fellow who was aboard the S. S. White and managed to get a complete dental lab aboard a raft and ashore before the ship went down. No one can say our class is dumb! Second year was not limited to lab work. We indulged in such matters as pathology and bacteriology and also made our first appearance on the clinic floor where the patients displayed a far better knowledge of the workings of the unit than we did. You ' re new to the clinic, aren ' t you, bud? was a common expression among the old hands who had been coming to the school for years. Scrape-odontia was another interesting subject to which we were introduced. Scrape-odontia, or as it is known to the rest of the dental profession, periodontia, also involved working on patients, with the result that at least two in the class fainted from the sight of all the blood. Socially, most of us attended the Student Council dance at the Taft Grill and heard about the growing list of fellows who were approach- ing the state of matrimony. Class parties were absent from the calendar and the class meetings were as noisy as ever, but we did manage to elect Charley Heaphy as president. Junior year found us under the new merger of the medical and dental faculties. By this time we were experienced operators, recasting inlays by the dozens, and rebasing our own cases be- cause Dr. Young found a rock where we thought they fit so well. The seniors were telling us that this was the easy year and that all we had to do was wait ' till we were seniors and had requirements. Maybe we didn ' t have require- ments but we sure had enough weasels in the class to make any outsider think we had. Every night the watchman would drive out the members of the junior class at about seven o ' clock with his automatic, and some members were overheard threatening him with their gold foil pluggers. We were down on the eighth floor now, and Miss Bourque was after us with white glove inspection to make sure those instrument cases were kept clean. What we would all like to know is how she could watch our kits, bandage a cut finger, give out anesthesia trays, revive some patient who had fainted at the sight of a novocain needle, or the student that had just given his first injec- tion, and still be so pleasant and smiling? Will- power is a wonderful thing. Some of the marvels of the year were when we learned that you can cure any mouth disease with an application of estrogen, and our week in surgery. We began our crown and bridge in the clinic and again our dental picture became more sanguinous. It was hard to make a crown fit in the mouth even after that course in the lab. More scrape-odontia and an introduction into the Oral Diagnosis clinic where no punches were pulled in letting us know how much we had to learn. Mister X, that is not a granuloma at the apex of the lower second bicuspid. Did you ever take anatomy and if so, did you ever hear of the mental foramen? Junior year also marked the end of the military careers of all the army and navy train- 28 ees at school. What a shock it was to the rest of the class when they saw these veterans, ■ruptured ducks and all come back to school in civilian clothes. Bonds and Barney ' s must have made a mint of money. Christmas saw Bob Stuart and Al Heyen taking the vows to love, honor and listen to their wives for ever and ever, amen. Oh well, the number of engaged fellows had doubled by then also and many were just waiting for that long promised summer vacation to take the big step. Senior year started in March and we whipped through the first trimester and into the summer vacation. During this time Lane and Lucca took it upon themselves to get married and such an eager beaver as Hoelzer went back to college to get his bachelors degree. Thomson went to Wassaic State School as a junior intern and Hayward, Murray, Luboja and Kelley got under everybody ' s feet down at St. Vincent ' s Hospital. Betty Kafka went to camp as a coun- selor and Prexy Jess Field drove a cab. But summer didn ' t last very long and September found us back at the grind and wishing we had worried about those senior requirements a little more before we took the holiday. We are ending our school year now and the many memories that we hold will not soon be forgotten: the luncheon club that convenes in the eighth floor locker room every day to listen to John Breheny and Maus Darling have it out hot and he avy about politics; Rackson and Golub trapping us against a wall to write a dental ab- stract; Dr. Oman plugging a foil in a cavity which we prepared and which it would take ten years for one of us to fill; Dr. Cain and Jurka weeping on each other ' s shoulder because they were caught speeding on the west side highway that morning and practically any other morning you can mention; the hush that falls across the clinic when Miss Pieper walks in and each stu- dent remembers that a thing of beauty is a joy forever; Mrs. Moore asking if anyone wants a simple repair and Mrs. Webster giving us a holler on the loud speaker; these and many more are the topics which will be discussed at future reunions. As we go to press our vital statistics are: 38 males and two females in the class; nine married including Ellen Hosiosky; two who are parents and one more an expectant parent; at least a dozen engaged and probably within a few months after graduation most of these will have gone off the deep end. We have all had our pic- tures taken for the year book and the class group pictures have been taken so our aspirations are now pretty high. Anyway, we are off on the long journey that leads to a new life and we hope, a higher income. We have made our bed of inlays, amalgams, partial dentures and full-fulls and now we are ready to lie in it. May the future be as dynamic as our dental school experiences. JOHN O ' GORMAN LANE, JR. 29 Thomas Anthony Armao Tommy is one of the few Brooklyn boys who must make the long voyage abroad every day via the Eighth Avenue Subway. Receiving his pre-dental foundation at Manhattan College, A-Mo boasts a three-year membership record in Psi Omega, plus an equally effective score at the Armory B G; (and B G does not mean basketball and gym- nastics). He has the innate ability to turn out a clinical inlay that has a remarkable likeness to the creations we made in technique. Having al- ready spent over a year in the Navy Tom feels well prepared for his expected reappointment to duty after graduation. John Martin Breheny If your bagpipe is out of tune you will find John by the Senior lockers during any lunch hour. Possessing an uncanny knowledge of Irish history, legend, and current events in the Free State, Sean usually has a group of attentive listeners gathered about him. Born in Ossining, New York, but now resid- ing in Woodlawn, John attended Fordham Col- lege before he came to the Dental School as a Navy V-12 student. He is a stickler for facts and accuracy and his spare time is taken up with Irish dances, songs, newspapers, and, it is ru- mored, a course in Gaelic. Provided the Navy does not have any designs on him, John plans a private practice — (in Eire?). 30 Maus Tedder Darling A black sedan by the door with out-of-state license plates and an Army ammunition case loaded in the back seat plus a figure crouched over the wheel arouses Breheny ' s worst fears. But to the rest of us it merely means that Mo is in a hurry to get up to his farm in Stamford, Connecticut and unpack from his am- munition case nothing more lethal than a House articulator. Holding an A.B. from Johns Hopkins Maus is a serious student and a progressive thinker. Married a year ago October he recently became the father of a baby girl. His hobbi es are many and include sailing, tropical fish, painting, writing, and — folk songs — which can be heard almost any afternoon in G lab. Louis John D ' Errico Lou is one of those quiet fellows who always gets things done. He is the class athlete, having played on the Colum- bia varsity baseball team since his college days, and captaining the team while a Sophomore in the Dental School. With envious eyes did we watch Lou leave Gross Anatomy lab three hours early to entrain for Brooklyn or some other far-off spot for an away game. Lou received his A.B. from Columbia College in 1944. He has been a member of Jarvie Society and, need- less to say, sports are his hobby. Lou is unde- cided as to his plans after graduation, provided the Navy does not have designs on him. Could the Yankees use a team dentist? 31 Irwin Ferber Ferb is there all right. He doesn ' t say much but he ' s still always in the midst of things. A New York University product, with an intense interest in painting, drawing and sketching (to the extent of a few evening classes a week) he still finds time for the Dental Ab- stracts Society and for the last year has been twirling a Jarvie key. His No Comment as to his plans after graduation didn ' t bother us half as much as the fact that he said it over his shoulder while scurrying toward the elevator with a tennis racket in one hand, holding his shorts up with the other, and heading for the Presbyterian Garden Courts. Jesse Waldron Field Wally is in a class by himself. First of all, he is the oldest member of the class. Secondly, he is the proud father of two lovely baby girls. Thirdly, Jesse has a pate that makes all our shiny inlays cower to the distal confines of a third molar. He has an A.B. from Gettysburg College and his hobbies consist of tennis and baseball, Wally and the Missus making fame by winning the mixed doubles ten- nis match last year. Finally, he is the Senior Class president and Student Consultant on the Com- mittee on Dental Education. We predict a great future for our Polly and Wally combination. 32 Roland Anderson Fletcher Flick (we of the pool-room call him Fletch ) adds color to the group. Bottled in bond at Amherst College and then Yale University, his exciting pre-Medi- cal Center wanderings have no little influence on his dental jaunt. It seems that the Rockefeller Center brand of porcelain inlays has a superior quality to the dusty G-lab, foreign body variety, especially with just a touch of 2 a.m. melancholy and an inquisitive night watchman. The future promises a picture with much local color in it for Flick, a private practice in New York and a mailing address at the Yale Club. Leo Joseph Golub Leo has the proud dis- tinction of being the first member of the class of ' 47 to be married during the course of our dental training; he was married during the first month of our freshman year. Having a B.A. from Columbia College, The Gobble ' s main interests are Dental Abstracts, photography and bridge. A four-year member of Alpha Omega Fraternity, a member of Jarvie Society, besides being a member of the Student Council during his Junior and Senior years, Leo still found time to become a papa during his Junior year. Since Pablum Wablum resembles Coe-loid in many of its properties, Leo should have no diffi- culty with his postgraduate plans. 33 Arnold Halperin Arnie is blessed with two faculties, good looks and brains. During our hazardous freshman and sophomore years it was a rare thing if he was not seen trying to explain the Donnan Equilibrium or the location of the carotid triangle to a group of his sniveling, panic-stricken menagerie mates. With a B.S. from New York University and an active interest in athletics, Arnie ' s local interests are Dental Abstracts. Elected to Jarvie during his freshman year and becoming vice president of the Society during his senior year, he will be well prepared for a proposed internship after graduation. Donald Edwin Hayward, Jr. Don is an- other one of our class members who must spend half the period pumping up the dental chair to a height commensurate with his working alti- tude. The descent is quick but we are all waiting for the day when we get our first case of bends in the Columbia Dental Clinic (on your guard Dr. Hunt). Spending his pre-dental days at New York University, he had no difficulty acclimating himself to the dental school routine. Don ' s fu- ture plans revolve around an internship at some local hospital or a turn in the dental corps of the U. S. Army. 34 Charles Francis Heaphy Heaf is one of two Norwalk leaves that blew down to us from Con- necticut. But the class soon found out that this New Englander was not entirely foreign to New York City, for Charlie spent his pre-dental days at Fordham University. The student council felt the influence of his small-town prudence during the freshman year. With no definite after-gradu- ation plans, we still think that the Heaf will be replacing some Norwalk pivots that fall victim to his hockey puck on the previous Saturdav afternoon . Aloys Diedrich Heyen Al is envied by the rest of the class because he disproves the belief that all dental students must look like the ental of a polishing machine, after the four year dental hitch. Coming from Franklin and Mar- shall, he is a member of Psi Omega. His main interests are his bees and his newly acquired wife. These bees, though, are not entirely re- moved from dentistry, for when the stud shortage was evident, Al had four of his little friends fly- in from Lynbrook, Long Island, and take their designated positions on the upper chew-in block. An orthodontic practice in Pennsylvania is his next objective. 35 Robert Frederick Hoelzer Bob is one of our Long Island representatives — Hollis to be more specific. He roars in each day, taking the corner of Broadway and 168 Street on two wheels and comes to a screeching stop in front of P. and S. Then up and into lecture by the dot of 9 A.M. Bob gathered his pre-dental subjects at Colgate, and from which, we understand by means of a summer school session, he recently received his A.B. degree. He is interested in sports, especially golf, so naturally he ' ll make a good dentist. Bob is planning a terrific private practice. Ellen IV. Hosiosky Ellen ' s dental back- ground has constantly kept us in awe, for she has a D.M.D. from Basle, Switzerland, and a D.H. from the Guggenheim Dental Clinic School in New York City. Besides the very complete educational background, Mrs. Hosiosky pos- sesses the exciting history of having been born in Munich, Germany. Ellen ' s hobbies consist of skiing, hiking and traveling; she and her hus- band covered a good portion of the United States during the summer of 1946. Active in the Dental Abstract Society, as a member of the Editorial Committee, we see for Ellen a very gratifying and, we hope, more prolific future. 36 David Paul Jaxheimer Dave is one of the quiet retiring products of the dental school. Com- ing to us from Muhlenberg College. Jax never- theless claims a closer bond in New York City by the fact that he commutes from Freeport, Long Island, daily. With a list of hobbies in- cluding tennis, golf and what he openly in-i-l- is a home workshop (short for a wax-up-lhal- crown abode), he plans to round out his dental tussle by settling down to private practice. He claims no marital tendencies in the near future, but we have heard differently. Dave may be summed up as one who is well aware ! Charles Edward Jurka Ched comes to us from Hamilton College, with a repertoire of in- door and outdoo r activities that would humble any of us. These include squash, skiing, riding and a sport that is played on the West Side Highway, the constituents being a rusty brown convertible coupe, two men in blue suits, and a long story about a patient who is dying from an acute pericoronitis. Before Ched was even able to take his coat off he was elected president of the freshman class. Charlie ' s plans after gradua- tion are not radical — for some men in blue still appear prominent. 37 Betty Kafka If it is accurate lecture notes or equipment that you wish to borrow, Betty is the girl to see. I guess Betty wonders why some of us fellows bother going to lectures at all! Hailing from Brooklyn, Betty earned her B.A. degree at Brooklyn College and then followed in the footsteps of her brother up to Columbia Dental School. She has been on the staff of the Dental Abstracts Society for three years, and is now the Associate Editor. She is also a member of the staff of the Dental Review. We understand that Betty made enough money from renting out her mechanical spatulator to open up an office with her brother ( unless the draft catches up with her!). Edward Joseph Kelley, Jr. Ed has the charming ability of being what is known as a good guy. A product of Fordham University, we find that his talents are not entirely limited to shiny inlays. He tells us he plays the clarinet in the Norwalk Summer Community String Band. Well, politics are politics and He ' s the law so I guess we will have to wait until the next election to express our feelings about the above matter. Ed would like to specialize in surgery. The only remaining point to clear up is the un- common e before the y, this being presented to Ed by the Government for a vatful of used cotton rolls. 38 Leonard Kovarsky From Freshman year we knew that Len had IT. And in Sophomore technique he made most of us look silly. Hail- ing from Passaic, New Jersey, Kov attended Ohio University and N.Y.U. An energetic and exacting worker, he has heen a member of Jarvie for the past two years and a Senior Student Council member, besides holding the responsible office of Business Manager of the Dental Colum- bian. All of which probably accounts for the fact that he hasn ' t eaten lunch for the past two years. His plaintive, Bring me a ham and cheese — rings in our ears as the elevator car- ries us down to the hospital cafeteria. After graduation Len plans a practice in the home town — and a good lunch! John O ' Gorman Lane Jack received his A.B. from Columbia University, got change for a dime, took the subway from 116 Street to 137 Street, got off, picked up a Navy uniform, hopped back on the subway with the other nickel, and landed on 168 Street, where he has been ever since. His work on the Dental Columbian as Associate Editor made everybody happy ex- cept perhaps his w 7 ife. With his main interest being to get enough sleep, the underground being just as comfortable as a lab windowsill, Jack figures that his nickel series education should be completed by a private practice in New York with — yes, Dad. 39 Alfred Warren Levin Along about 4:30 of an afternoon when most of us are dragging our- selves from the clinic floor, Al can be seen sprint- ing for the elevator with a tennis racquet under his arm and gym clothes in his bag. He even found time to enter the Medical Center Tennis Tournament during the Fall. N.Y.U. claims him as a former student — and a conscientious one too, as attested by the heavy reading found in the equally heavy books that Al frequently has in his locker. Elected to Jarvie two years ago, Al is also a member of Alpha Omega. His spare time is often spent at the piano or a concert in Carnegie Hall. FK Wilfred Levine Willie ' s bywords are music and art. Having been swept up with some old scores in Carnegie Hall and having a B.S. de- gree from New York University, underlined by a key that makes a single-breasted suit manda- tory, Wilfred realized that his success at the piano predisposed to the making of a successful dentist (the common denominator in both cases being ivory tickling). A contributor to Dental Abstracts and the Dental Review, Willy has also been an active member of Alpha Omega. Get- ling engaged as of November, 1946, Wil finds that his marital plans are much more definite than his post-graduate career. 42 Edward Stephen Luboja Ed turns out C and B units faster than rabbits can multiply. He was off with the gun in Sophomore technique, and he and John Lucca haven ' t stopped chas- ing each other yet. It is said that the William Tell overture was written to the tempo of their work. Ed was born in the Bronx twenty-one years ago and attended Fordham College. He has been on the staff of the Dental Review since Sopho- more y r ear, and its Editor in Senior vear. He has been a member of Psi Omega for three years and has handled the photographic work for the Dental Columbian. Tapping the ivories is his favorite pastime, and he handles that keyboard like an eighty-eight unit bridge. After gradua- tion Ed plans an associateship or possibly the Army. John James Lucca Johnny is our perpetual motion machine. It fatigues one just to watch this conglomeration of energy. Having as a foundation an A.B. from New York University John has been a member of Psi Omega for three years, a class vice president and has been wear- ing a single breasted suit for the past year I long for Jarvie convert). Married in June of last year he now has little time for his hobbies: chemistry and photography. Luc-ca expects a turn in the Army after graduation but we wonder — if he is mixing plaster with one hand, eating a lab lunch with the other, who will hold the gun. 43 John Joseph Murray John is in charge of the Complaint Department in reference to these class member write-ups. Well suited with a wit that would take the strains out of a piece of blue wax, and having polished his veneer at Fordham University, John will embellish these written prefaces with some of his verbal uncensored re- marks for those who care to apply. Besides his work on the Columbian, he has found time to please Betty — (abstracts, that is). The future predicts either an internship at some New York- City hospital or a stay with the U. S. Army. May we hope that he just says nothing at all to the Colonel. Leonard John ISicoletti Nic happens to be one of the few class comedians. He is able to massage humor out of the slightest incident, and we all love him for it. Besides having a B.A. from Columbia College, he also has the grand distinction of hailing from Weehawken, New Jersey. He is a member of Psi Omega and the Dental Abstract Society and is good to his mother, bringing home gifts every evening wrapped in brown paper and garnished with engine cord braces. Nic has no further obliga- tions to the Government, having served the re- quired time at an earlier date. There must be something clever we can say about the name Weehawken — well, then, just a little more grated cheese. Hmmmm — Leonard? 44 Philip Oberman The thing that fascinates us about Phil is his inquisitiveness. Whenever Ave are not fully understanding of a statement made in lecture (which is quite often) Bapo always poses a question while we are still turning it over in our minds. Phil attended N.Y.U. and came up to the Dental School after a short stay at Camp Upton. A member of Jarvie, he has been on the editorial board of the Dental Ab- stract Society, on the staff of the Dental Colum- bian, and a Senior representative to the Student Council. Hailing from the Bronx, his hobbies are making jewelry for Isabel, to whom he be- came engaged last July. After graduation, Phil plans three things in this order — marriage, ex- ternship, and associateship. Chester Bert Rackson Chet amassed his prerequisites at two schools ; Queens College and Colgate University. A member of Jarvie for four years, an ardent pursuer of the Dental Abstracts Society, being elected president last year, and a four year member of Alpha Omega, Chet is a very busy man. If you can make an ersatz dupli- cate with a piece of solder, a length of string, and much between-locker discussion, he ' s inter- ested. Keeping his deft fingers busy during his off time by playing a mean piano, he plans to intern at Mt. Sinai Hospital if the Navy does not claim him. 45 William Raebeck, Jr. Here is our most ubiquitous senior. Calling Belle Harbor (which for some reason he thinks is Long Island) his home, Bill spent three profitable years at Col- gate before coming down to the Dental School. A conscientious student with boundless energy, Bill is the Editor and guiding hand of the Den- tal Columbian, besides being a member of Jar- vie and Psi Omega for four years and serving on numerous committees for class functions. Pos- sessing a dry wit which gives rise to sudden, pungent remarks, Bill ' s hobbies are combing his hair and sports. His plans after graduation include an associateship and residence some- where on the Island. Herbert Stanley Remnick If bigger and better dentists are built Stretch will still be in our memories as the only dentist whose pa- tients needed oxygen while perched high in his dental chair. From the low altitudes of his bracket table he has to bolo-punch his coe-loid into the waiting orifice of his lonesome patients. A graduate of New York University, Herb is business manager of the Dental Abstracts So- ciety, a member of Jarvie for the last three years and has been active in the Dental Review. Pater- son, New Jersey, take notice, for the future promises a nascent oral surgeon in private practice. 46 Irving Rifkin A ready grin, a helping hand, and plenty of savvy — these are his qualifica- tions. Although born in Yonkers, New York, Rif now claims Los Angeles as his home and as an added proof can usually be found in his California clothes — a brightly flowered sport shirt with plaid slacks. Irv is a member of Jarvie and President of the Alpha Omega Fraternity. His other political offices are Secretary-Treasurer of the Senior Class and a member of the Co- lumbian staff. His athletic build commands the respect of all — except Ray Russell. A post graduate course in surgery and a West Coast practice are his plans. We hope that we won ' t see his name alongside one of those California Staze ads. Raymond Homer Russell Known to most of us as Rus, but to one of the Freshman profes- sors as Jamison, Ray has been scurrying be- neath bracket tables for almost four years now. Hailing from Ilion, New York, where his dad practices dentistry, Ray attended nearby Union College, and like most of us, came down to the Dental School with the Army Specialized T rain- ing Program. He has been a loyal brother of Psi Omega for three years. Being very definite in his opinions he recently went and got himself engaged. After State Boards and graduation Ray and Bill ie will head for Ilion. 47 James Joseph Salem Jim has, for the last three years, been confusing the class by his pre- occupied attitude about everything. The class expected a great precipitation of his thoughts to occur one day and were not disappointed; Julie shouted Uncle on December twenty-eighth. He was well suited for his role as a Navy dental student, due to his past training at Fordham University. Jim was vice President of the Junior Class and co-editor of the Columbia Dental Re- view. James likewise kept us out of the red in his job as advertising manager of the Dental Columbian. Finally, as a member of Psi Omega for three years, he still had time to worry about whether that lateral should be extracted, pushed to place (a la Thomson) or make a swap with Nicoletti for that lower lateral. Eugene Frank Santeramo It is strange but true that Gene still has two good appendages after all these years of constantly giving his proverbial right arm to all who became caught in the dental mire. He attended Queens College. He has been a capable member and then presi- dent of the student council, and a three-year advocate of Psi Omega. Gene ' s home plate is Jamaica, Long Island. Yet this is not his only distinction. It has never been fully proven that he has kept a weasel kit company on the Eighth Avenue and secondly he does not have Stuart ' s plaster bowl and spatula. The Navy gets the de- cision after graduation. 48 Herman Isaac Scheiner Hy is the class an- swer man — if the dentures don ' t fit he demands to he the first to tell you so. He obtained all his effervescent wisdom at New York University. As vice president of the Senior Class, a member of Alpha Omega, and a contributor to Dental Abstracts, Hy has made sure that most school activities were run according to the Bronx equiv- alent of Hoyle. The most amazing item in Hy ' s makeup is that he is never wrong ( Dr. Junemann, please note!), and if it is possible to put a child ' s pinafore on a lower first molar, we will admit he is right again. Charles Joseph Slagle Chas is one of the few soft spoken members of the Class of ' 47, this quality standing out prominently because of the close approximation of his locker to that of one Santerouni. Born in a small town called Port Chester, located just a spray ' s flight away from Long Island Sound, Charlie finally hitched a ride on an oyster boat and made his presence known at the Medical Center. His New York University pre-dental training consisting of a correspondence course via the Tin Can Mail Service. Just recently engaged to Nancy, with the denouement coming in June, Chas will in- tern or sport the colors of the U. S. Army. C 49 Robert Sterling Stuart Bob came down from the Maine woods with his coonskin cap, shotgun, and Number 7 spatula in time to enter the Freshman Class in January, 1944. As soon as graduation is over in June, he is going to put on his coonskin cap and go right back. Born in Portland, Maine on December 7, 1921, he natu- rally attended Bowdoin College, where he re- ceived his A.B. degree in 1944. His hobbies in school have been saving rubber bowls and Num- ber 7 spatulas, of which we imagine he has quite a number by now. Stu married a very pretty nurse from Presbyterian Hospital a little over a year ago, and after an interneship, they will return to Portland where Bob plans to practice oral surgery. Daubert Telsey Daube is another quiet, collected member of the menagerie, and one can never tell what ' s cooking under that chapeau of his (we pause here, while all recall that dog- matic piece of felt perched solidly above those equally ever-present acoustic appendages). With a B.S. from New York University Daubert holds the reins of the Jarvie Society (president in his senior year), and has been an active Alpha Omegan for the last two years. Besides worry- ing, Daube takes an active interest in a game called Bridge — but when he plays with his best girl we call it sub-servience. Dave will intern at a local hospital after our dental Ark reaches dry land. 50 Joseph John Clayton Thomson The first time we saw Joe was at Camp Dix, where he was picking up cigarette butts in December. 1943. Imagine our surprise when three weeks later we found him sitting next to us in Histology lec- tures! Joe claims that he was born in Jersey City and attended St. Peter ' s College, although he now lives in North Bergen, New Jersey. He has been quite active while in school, having been Freshman Vice-President, a member of Jarvie for three years, and of Psi Omega for four years, beside turning out C and B units while the rest of us were sleeping. He also fills his own teeth, and then tests the solubility of the materials over at the Armory and T.G. Joe will intern at the Wassaic State School and then plans a practice of oral surgery. Robert Francis Walsh Bob is one of those quiet shrewdicles that always has the right an- swer at the right time. Pretending to know little but always having the minutest details at his fingertips, he is a constant source of amazement. He attended Fordham College. He was elected to Jarvie in his second year, and has been a member of the Psi Omega Fraternity for four years, serving as Treasurer in his Junior year and Grand Master in his Senior year. He was also Junior Class President. As for the future. Bob hopes to intern, and then settle down to private practice. 51 1957 . . . Where are They now? Golub, Rackson and Halperin — Coming to blows over differences of opinion concerning an x-ray. Golub says caries, Halperin, decay, and Rackson, bacterial in- vasion. Mrs. Hosiosky — Still smiling. Thomson — Internship at Wassaic terminated in 1948. Couldn ' t leave. Considering buying the place. Raebeck — Giving a course on Advantages of well-polished models and the art of polishing. Breheny — Still looking for a bar that hasn ' t one Irishman inside. Now practicing in Ireland. Lane — Eight lab technicians, all with the same last name — LANE — from one year of age to eight. Walsh — Office one flight up. Above bar and grill. Armao — Visiting Walsh every night. Never get- ting past the ground floor. Santeramo — Cannot find any use for thirty-five No. 7 spatulas. Is sending them, as gifts, to his classamates of ' 47. Scheiner — Fractured root on central incisor with advanced perio while extracting it. Says, It ' s much easier to take out in two parts. Levine — Reading Shakespeare to his wife at night, after a hard day at the office. Remnick — Still interning at Mt. Sinai. Says, I ' m learning an awful lot here. Kelley and Heaphy — Sitting in a restaurant in Connecticut. Looking down the figures on the menu, finding the lowest figure, order- ing it, and then waiting to see what the waiter brings them. Nicoletti — Selling Air-Wick to fellow 7 prac- titioners, in the vicinity of Secaucus. Oberman — Has three children. Says that he is glad that his children have ears like his. With proper muscle development, they aid greatly in balance, and as a result, a level head. Salem — Rushing to meet Luboja for a quick lunch and the latest inside! Russell — Curing an acrylic step-ladder. Says I get awfully tired climbing into bed at night. Telsey — After long and faithful service to the Boy Scouts, retiring to devote all of his time to his practice. Ferber and Levin — Cancelling appointments to play a few games of tennis. Score now stands at a tie — 16,234 to 16,234. Luboja and Lucca — Partners. Take turns doing Lab work. Teaching wives to wax up crowns with one hand while washing diapers with the other. Heyen — Still sending in applications to study Orthodontics at Columbia. Will try Cape- town, Africa, Dental School if not admitted to the ' 60 class at Columbia. Field — Hacking on weekends, for old times sake. Hopes to run into Scheiner crossing the street. Won ' t miss this time. Murray — Practice growing. Moving office from Bowery farther uptown to Canal Street. Hopes to get up to Delancey Street by 1967. Slagle and Stuart — Stuart still causing Charlie ' s face to flush with his so-called Maine pot- bellied stove, dry humor. 52 Miss Kafka — Graduate adviser of Abstracts. Still doing them all herself. Fletcher and Jurka — Still looking for someone to squash their speeding tickets. If hunt is not successful by 1960, will donate den- tal services to neighboring police depart- ments two mornings a week. Hopes that will help. Darling — Anesthetizing patients by singing bal- lads to them. Cannot tell whether they are asleep or in fourth stage. Jaxheimer — Patients still coming to his office for treatment of sore spots. Advises pa- tients to return to Columbia, where the dentures were made. Patients reply But, you made them there. ' ' ' ' Hayward — The laundry still sending him Rus- sell ' s dental jackets. Kovarsky — Parading down Main Street in home town on Memorial Day. Looks swell in A.S.T.P. uniform with Good Conduct Medal across his chest. D ' Errico — Still playing on the Columbia nine. Hoelzer — Still looking for a patient; edentulous, with ridges that will fit into his technique models. Says It ' ll save an awful lot of time. Rifkin— Same old Rif with a Hollywood tan. Added by the Editors. IRVING RIFKIN 53 v lcLSS of ' 48 OFFICERS President — Rudolph V. Pino Vice President — Thomas R. Haufe Secretary-Treasurer Kenneth C. Deesen . . . ground to contour Junior Class Alter hvo years of surviving the vicissitudes of life in Denial School, we find ourselves in that celestial state of heatitude referred to com- monly as the Junior Year. Indeed all through the gruelling Freshman Year, an occasional word of encouragement from a third-year student kept us going — kept us glar- ing through those hapless microscopes, kept us carving doggedlv at tiny defenseless pieces of wax. Then finally we emerged into the Second Year and became the wise fools (Sophomores) of our School of Dental and Oral Surgery which in that year had added to it the embellishment: - of die Faculty of Medicine. At that time we were looking forward with great anticipation to welcoming back to the fold our public servants. Ten of these gallant souls had temporarily fore- saken our sacred halls for Lido Beach to offi- cially shake the salt sea sprays from dieir curly locks. And thus was the last vestige of militarism. a reminder of the Great War, eradicated from our ranks. At that time odds were that Korneiwicz would doff the Navy blue for pegged pants; that Pete Stern would be partial to yellow sports jackets; and that Art Zinn would stick to dark blue. Later results showed that the bookies made out quite well. The change to Civvies ' was al- most complete, but an occasional stiff white paper collar or pair of GI underwear may still be seen on several of our colleagues. It was during the Sophomore Year that the veil began to be lifted from that most esoteric of all subjects — Crown and Bridge. Remember how Papa Cacciola used to run around the lab extending a word of encouragement to those of us who hadn ' t yet finished soldering our little white metal bands after four weeks? More than one of our fellow cohorts was to be found sob- bing softly to himself : They used to call me outcast; now they call me miscast. But the climax of our Second Year came as the zero hour of FP (First Patient) Day ap- proached. We had many a preparatory arduous maneuver with the rubber dam, and there were not a few mutilations resulting from the deadly aim ol the rubber dam clamp as it sprang to the attack from behind a gently curving widest bucco-lingual diameter. But with such inspiring cries as Pass that contact point, and, Invert at all costs, we managed to rout the gremlins that taunted us and saved the patients for a re- turn engagement. And finally we started the third year with a day of mass migration. It will be a day long remembered in the hearts of the forty-odd no- mads who undertook that perilous trek from the ninth to die eighth floor. The early morning sun of that fateful day found most of our tribe fold- ing up their tripod stands and other parapher- nalia and then clamorously scurrying away. And, as in all mass migrations, the countryside felt its effects. More than one meddling waste- paper container bit the dust as the gallant charg- ers of the neo-Juniors sallied forth. Scattered, loo, along the wayside one could see the skull-like remnants of scarred white pots. Then, finally, through the haze could be discerned the spark- ling dental units neatly aligned like tree ' s in an orchard. Yes, this was it; the eighth floor — the promised land! Of course, our scouting parties had charted it some months previously, but now it was fully ours to exploit. And exploit it we did, although we must admit that we were somewhat slow getting started. However, the charge that some of us were so slow that we couldn ' t keep up with the caries is entirely unfounded. And as long as we ' re in such a thankful mood, we may as well give the nod to Dame Fortune for getting us far enough to taste the joys of the Third Year Paradise. ENNIO LOUIS UCCELLANI 55 of ' 49 OFFICERS President — Armando E. Andreozzi Vice President — Bernard N. Yanowitz Secretary-Treasurer Marc Louis Berg . . . biscuit baked Sophomore Class The class wits ' have it that when the present sophomore class reaches graduation it will hold its senior dinner in a telephone booth widi room to spare. It is merely their way of saying that we are the smallest class in the Dental School in recent years. Nevertheless the small number has had no material effect on the thoughts, desires, and aims of us all. To a man, each aspires to per- fection. After all, what other class has had an instructor for every student? Besides, there will certainly be no shortage of patients when we sally forth onto the clinic floor in June. The number of class members lost so far has been lather high and we are all hoping that the end of the sophomore year will see our present con- tingent among the successful. Freshman year certainly had its trials and tribulations, but it proved one point — that you can successfully sit through ten lectures, take a full set of notes, study many hours and realize that you still don ' t understand a thing. Oh yes! We learned too that the sophomores ' advice on how easy freshman year is was mere untruth ! ! ! Tough though it was, freshman year had its lighter moments. We can ' t forget the days one of our members, after finishing his set-up in dental anatomy, was told he had a fine set of teeth ex- cept for one minor detail — he had his molars in backwards and on the wrong sides. So after a refreshing and well-earned sum- mer vacation we all returned, starry-eyed and confident, to be initiated to the respected art of tooth manipulation. This, gentlemen, is a class I gold foil preparation. This is an abutment, gentlemen. Go back and polish those enamel rods!! Mister, have you tried reading the syllabus? There will be a short ten-minute quiz . . . We have been exposed to technique — with a vengeance. That ninth floor lab is no longer a chamber of mysteries, luting no longer means an act of vandalism. We are all grateful for the unending patience and good temper of our instructors. They have carried us over the greatest hurdle that confronts every sophomore — namely, the transition from being a born plumber to using one ' s hands to an advantage and recognizing the finished product as some- thing approaching good dentistry. However, we were quick to realize that we were still in the shallows of our pre-clinical foundation. Pathology too, as in Histology, and Physiology, had its pitfalls — there isn ' t a one of us who hasn ' t immeasurable respect for the little polymorph and more than just a nodding acquaintance with a giant cell. Although none of us discovered the etiological agent of neo- plasms, nevertheless we all enjoyed pathology and look back with nostalgia at those lectures carried on in utter darkness. The conditions were ideal for correcting any forms of insomnia, but our better judgment prevailed, and what a shock for many of us when we took up the study of the mouth flora in Bacteriology lab. The Dark Field is certainly a revealing sight and for at least one of us a harrowing experience. The same old question so oft repeated was like- wise brought up — Will we ever finish a tri- mester without carrying a microscope? Pharmacology was a mystery when we first began the course and for a few it still remains just that, and that text is so thick! ! Now, onward into Junior year, with bated breath and shaking hand. Will we remember all we learned in technique? Will the first few- patients live? They say that patients are just like Typodonts only that they bleed. Somehow we can ' t help but feel that the advice and word of a Junior is no more trustworthy than that they gave us when we were freshmen and they were sophomores. C. B. MCALLISTER, JR. 57 vjlclSS of ' 50 OFFICERS President J. J. O ' Loughlin Vice President Cornelius A. Jenkins Secretary-Treasurer Michael A. Russo . . . the impression Freshman Class This first year class is a great deal different from most that have started in the School of Dental and Oral Surgery. We are eighty-five percent Veterans and older, in general, than pre- vious freshman classes. We started, one warm day in September, an eager group, anxiously awaiting the time when we would be preparing cavities, removing impacted third molars and so forth. We were somewhat dismayed, however, when we were introduced to our friends in H-230, with whom we were to spend some 260 hours between then and Christmas vacation. We soon learned, through the conscientious efforts ol Dr. Rogers, that our stay with our friends ' 7 was most important to us as the dental surgeons of tomorrow. As time passed we came to realize this fact more fully as Trigeminal became our password. Histology was interesting in its own little way. We all glided along casually observing fibroblasts, macrophages, et al, until one day, some sophomore asked one of us to tell him the difference between a Purkinje fiber and a Glia cell; this was a week before the first exam. Then there was a mad scramble to microscopes and Baileys. From that day on we read our Bibles and our Baileys daily, with emphasis on the Bailey. Dr. Copenhaver was our constant guide in the laboratory and any success we achieved with our microscopic components can be credited to his tireless attention to detail. Whenever we had a question to ask, Dr. Copenhaver was there to answer it. In January we came face to face with our first tooth, in Dental Anatomy — we had to carve it ourselves. That wax block certainly didn ' t re- semble a central incisor the first few times we tried it, but all this comes in time — so they say. Despite all the work and the study involved, the class has always been a jovial one, with ex-servicemen arguing about who ranks who, and alumni from many different colleges dis- cussing the merits or demerits of their alma maters. Another topic always good for a lively bout is that concerning which should be admitted lo the union as a state first: Hawaii, Alaska, or the State of Matrimony. Over one-half the class are married men and many of these are Dad- dies. The bachelors are certain that they are living under the most ideal conditions, the mar- ried sages are always ready to refute this and will pat their paunches to prove it. It might be added that some of our staunch bachelors are teetering on the brink of the 49th state. As one we are looking forward to the four- week summer course offered to us by Dean East as a chance to get a bit of plaster on our hands and to proceed a step further toward acquiring the art of Dentistry, which is our dream and our future. We ar e proud to be members of the dental profession, and in a school that stands for the best in dental education. J. J. o ' loughlin 59 activity STAFF Editor— William Raebeck, Jr. ' 47 Associate Editor — John O ' Gorman Lane, Jr. ' 47 Business Manager — Leonard Kovarsky ' 47 Faculty Advisor — Dr. Solomon N. Rosenstein Photography Editor — Edward S. Luboja ' 47 Advertising Manager — James J. Salem ' 47 Circulation Managers — Jesse W. Field ' 47 Eugene F. Santeramo 47 Associate Photography Editors — Editorial Staff- John J. Lucca ' 47 Kenneth C. Deesen ' 48 John J. O ' Loughlin ' 50 Charles B. McAllister ' 49 Ennio L. Uccellani ' 48 Ivin B. Price ' 48 Chester B. Rackson ' 47 Irving Rifkin ' 47 Wilfred Levine ' 47 Robert F. Walsh ' 47 Philip Oberman ' 47 John J. Murray ' 47 Dental The need for the rebirth of the Dental Columbian became more and more obvious as the end of dental undergraduate days came into sight. With the post-war readjustment routine still clogging our free flow of thoughts, we dared begin to wonder about the future, and whether our memories would be accurate enough to re- call the trials, tribulations and faculty, say ten years from now, of our stay at the Medical Center. The Columbian is here presented — and may its many faults quicken your memories. The Dental Columbian has a theme — Medical-Dental Integration. Three men who we felt could express the potentialities of such a program were asked to write articles for our 62 Columbian Features section, and we thank them for their cooperation and the promptness of their articles. We are sure that their ideas on this dental renais- sance will be of great assistance in the advance- ment of the program. Yet the yearbook needed more than an editor to pull the Columbian ' s vestiges from its quiescent, war shadowed past. To Ed Luboja for his conscientious job of handling the photogra- phy assignment, we give our heartfelt thanks. To John Murrav for his thankless job of helping write the individual class member write-ups, we offer the comfort of the staff ' s appreciation. To Jack Lane for his grateful assistance and ever needed confidence, we are deeplv indebted. There were many others, students, facultv. who aided. The mast head proudly displays their names. Special mention must be made of the guidance given us bv Dr. Solomon N. Rosen- stein, w T ho seemed to always have plenty of time for the reorientation of the confused staff. To Mr. Griffin of Comet Press, and the engravers, for their help in planning and designing layouts and their general technical excellence, we offer our thanks and appreciation. To Miss Jean Thomas for her fine assistance in making the copy readable through the use of her typewriter and her patience, we express our gratitude. Finally to Dr. Bion R. East for his ever-present enthusiasm and helpful criticism, we here make record of our thanks. The Dental Columbian of 1947 is now yours. We have enjoyed compiling this issue and hope that it may highlight a few of your vague memories in years to come. All the aspirations and frustrations of an embryo dentist are here permanently recorded between its covers. May the future fulfill all your expectations and the memories of the past make it mo re enjoyable. 63 William Jarvie Society OFFICERS President — Daubert Telsey. Vice-President — Arnold Halperin. Secretary-Treasurer — Ivin Bittker Prince. Faculty Advisor — Dr. Solomon N. Rosen- Seniors — Leo Joseph Golub, Arnold Hal- perin, Leonard Kovarsky, Alfred W. Levin, Chester Bert Raekson, William Raebeck, Jr., Herbert Stanley Remnick, Daubert Telsey, Joseph J. Clayton Thomson, Robert Francis Walsh, Louis John D ' Errico, Irwin Ferber, John James Lucca, Philip Oberman, Irving Rifkin. stein. The William Jarvie Society for Dental Re- search, founded twenty-one years ago, in honor of William Jarvie, a benefactor of the Columbia Dental School, is the school ' s undergraduate so- ciety. Membership is based on scholarship, char- acter, and participation in extra-curricular activities. The activities of the society during the cur- rent year included addresses by men on the staff, men in the profession, and an annual dinner at the Faculty Club of Columbia University. Juniors — Harold Daniel Baurmash, David Maimer, Ivin Bittker Prince, Irwin Schnoll Robinson, Paul Arslan, Gabriel Irving Auer- bach, Lionel Earl Rebhun, Ennio Louis L ' ccel- lani, Arthur Zinn, Jr. Sophomores — Jack M. Breuer, Julius Ken- rick Makepace Richmond. 64 Omicron Kappa Upsilon OFFICERS 1946-47 President Dr. Moses Diamond ice-President Dr. Daniel E. Ziskin Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Edward V. Zegarelli Dentistry, too, has its Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, membership to which is extended to graduating students of superior scholarship and character. Omicron Kappa Upsilon, our national honorary fraternity, was organized in 1914 by the faculty of Northwestern University Dental School. Since that time the Society has expanded steadily until it now has active chapters in thirty-seven dental schools in the country. The Greek letters chosen in naming our fraternity are very appropriate and distinctive since they signify Conservation, Teeth and Health. Our chapter here at Columbia was granted a charter on March 19, 1934 and given the name of Epsilon Epsilon. On May 16, 1934, the chap- ter was formally organized and elected Dr. William B. Dunning its first President. During the past twelve years of our local chapter ' s ex- istence the membership roll has gradually in- creased until at present it totals 156. Each chapter is composed of active and alumni members, the active membership con- sisting of those members of the dental faculty who w r ere formerly alumni members or elected to active membership after service as a teacher for at least three years, and the alumni members being those elected to membership from various graduating senior classes. Toward the close of each scholastic year, the active members of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter elect a group from the senior class not to exceed twelve percent of that body. Election is based on excellence in scholarship and character dur- ing their four years of attendance in dental school. At the last annual convocation of our fraternity, the following members of the class of March 1946 were inducted: Leo Zachinsky, Wesley Halpert, Robert Morris, William Archer and Solon Ellison. In addition, the following members of the staff were also initiated 1 Drs. Maurice Hickey, Oscar E. Beder and George Stein. In order to encourage professional achieve- ment after graduation, the chapter from time to time extends membership to dental alumni of Columbia University who particularly distinguish themselves in our profession. In this way Omicron Kappa Upsilon tends not only to advance the high ideals of dentistry, but also stimulate progress and research. Our chapter will soon exercise its happy although difficult duty, of selecting for member- ship certain individuals from the class of 1947. Who they will be cannot be known as this book goes to press. However, to those of you who may not be among the few chosen, the fraternity looks forward to the time when it may honor you for distinction in practice, teaching or research. To each and every member of the class of 1947, Omicron Kappa Upsilon extends its heart- felt congratulations upon entering the profession of dentistry. May you at every turn in your careers keep ever foremost the unselfish ideals which will further elevate and dignify the prac- tice of dentistry. 65 Dental Abstracts The Dental Abstracts Society is an under- graduate organization whose function is the abstracting of current dental literature for pub- lication in the school ' s official journal, Dental Abs tracts. The Society was organized six years ago to actively interest our undergraduate students in dental literature, to instill methods for the proper evaluation of current dental articles and to prepare and disseminate abstracts of worthy contributions to the literature. The students ' participation in this program was most enthusiastic. The Society ' s journal ap- peared first in mimeographed form. Copies were sent to interested individuals and organizations and the reactions were gratifying. Spontaneous letters of commendation from the circle of read- ers emphasized the acute need for such a publi- cation. Dental Abstracts was forced by this demand to grow in stature and with its develop- ment many more requests for copies were re- ceived than could possibly be fulfilled. The Society felt, therefore, that its publication was deserving of a place in the field of dental litera- ture if financial aid were obtained. Realizing our precarious financial position and recogniz- ing the potentialities of Dental Abstracts, Columbia University granted a sufficiently large sum of money to cover an expected deficit in the first year of rapid expansion and change. The new Dental Abstracts is prepared and edited by the student body with the cooperation of the teaching staff of The School of Dental and Oral Surgery of the Faculty of Medicine. Columbia University, and published by Colum- bia University Press. It is now an official publi- cation of the dental school and merits the support of our students and faculty. STAFF Editor — Leo J. Golub ' 47. Associate Editors — Chester B. Rackson ' 47, Betty Kafka ' 47. Editorial Board — Arnold Halperin ' 47, Herbert S. Remnick ' 47, Eli S. Stern 48. Arthur Zinn 48. Staff— Ellen Hosiosky ' 47, Phillip Ober- man ' 47, William Raebeck ' 47, Gabriel Auer- bach ' 48, Nicholas J. Cava ' 48, Morton S. Loeb ' 48, Rudolph Pino ' 48, Irwin Robinson ' 48, Marc L. Berg ' 49, Jack L. Breuer ' 49, Dana Cook 49, George Kurzius ' 49, Alfred W. Levin ' 49, Harvey Pobiner ' 49, Raymond L. Prata ' 49, Julius Richmond 49, Bernard Yanowitz ' 49. Faculty Advisor — Dr. Edward V. Zegarelli. 66 Dental Review Co-Editors — Faculty Advisor- ' 47— STAFF Edward S. Luboja James Joseph Salem Dr. Ewing C. McBeath John O ' Gorman Lane, Jr. Herbert S. Remnick 18- Leo J. Golub Student Council Wilfred Levine Daubert Telsey Betty Kafka William Raebeck. Jr. Ennio L. Uccellani Nicholas J. Cava President — Eugene F. Santeramo. Vice-President — Arthur Zinn, Jr. Secretary-Treasurer — Ennio L. Uccellani. Faculty Advisor — Dr. Edward V. Zegarelli. Seniors — Jesse W. Field, Leo S. Golub. Philip Oberman, Leonard Kovarsky. Pino. Frank J. OFFICERS Juniors — Rudolph V. Cacciola. Sophomores — Charles B. McAllister. Jr.. Armand E. Andreozzi, Alfred W. Levin. Freshmen — John L. O ' Loughlin. Philip P. McManus. Q ' 48. ' 49. OFFICERS Grand Master — Frank J. Cacciola ' 48. Junior Grand Master — Nicholas J. Cava Secretary — Charles Bruce McAllister, Jr. Treasurer — Armando E. Andreozzi ' 49. Class of ' 47 — Thomas A. Armao, Aloys D. Heyen, Edward S. Luboja, John J. Lucca, Leonard J. Nicoletti, William Raebeck, Jr., Raymond H. Russell, James J. Salem, Eugene F. Santeramo, Joseph J. C. Thomson, Robert F. Walsh. Class of ' 48 — Frank J. Cacciola, Nicholas J. Cava, Kenneth C. Deesen, James W. Delasho, Walter F. Engel, Jr., Thomas R. Haufe, Paul Emil Halla, John A. Korniewicz, Gene C. Maillard, Rudolph V. Pino, Steven S. Scrivani, Arthur Zinn, Jr. Class of ' 49 — Armando E. Andreozzi, Charles B. McAllister, Jr., Raymond L. Praia. 68 Psi Omega A half century ago, a group of men with a zealous love for humanity and joined hy a kinship for lofty ideals, combined their efforts and ideas and set forth to organize a group which hy a mere mention of its name would convey the highest ideals of a noble profession. Today, years later, it still lives. The Psi Omega fraternity has grown steadily through the rich years and through the lean years, in countries flourishing with peace and those ravished by war, a veritable tribute to the men who founded it and those who kept it alive. An organization, just like any home fashioned out of firm mate- rials and sound construction, will always he an edifice to its architect. What is stronger than prudence and integrity? Thus the qualities of the individual form the character of the entire organization. The necessary care in selection of men whose thoughts conform by nature to these ideals becomes essential. For we know by ex- perience that insincerity of beliefs like faulty materials of construction eventually prove to be detrimental. Our founders knew the value of establish- ing an organization with which every member is proud to be associated. Their ideals brought about the leadership and success of Psi Omega at home and abroad and enlisted the efforts of men alert in all the aspects of the endeavor, scientific, educational as well as social. Today the members likewise realize that organization has been the means by which members of society with a common interest have been able to secure collectively certain benefits that could not be achieved through individual effort. Since the success of cooperation has made organization a principal factor in the success of all modern institutions, it is not to be wondered at that pro- fessions should recognize in it a sure means of development and stabilization. In the recent conflict, many of our members were present in the outposts of the world, caring for our men in base hospitals, on the high seas and in the front lines, fulfilling their obligation to humanity in numerous ways. They rendered services unselfishly to the unfortunates of war stricken areas, alleviating their sufferings and diseases. How differently they conducted them- selves from the concepts that many have of men in a profession — that they are not happy unless they can satisfy themselves that profit or pleas- ure is secondary to service rendered to God or man. How gratifying was their work even if it wasn ' t conducted in a shiny chromed office, but in the shattered ruins of buzz bombs. These officers were duly elected to lead the Gamma Lambdans through another year — Bro. Frank J. Galgano fulfilled the position of Grand Master, Robert F. Walsh, Assistant Grand Mas- ter, Walter F. Engel, Jr., Treasurer, Arthur Zinn, Jr., Secretary. Plans are now being adopted for the successful climax to the senior banquet, at which time the handsome Psi Omega Diplomas will be awarded to the following: Thomas A. Armao, Aloys D. Heyen, Edward S. Luboja. John J. Lucca, Leonard J. Nicoletti, William Raebeck, Jr.. Raymond H. Russell, James J. Salem, Eugene F. Santeramo, Joseph J. C. Thomson, Robert F. Walsh. Now we face the ensuing year eagerly look- ing forward to new faces, new programs, new associations, still pleased by those we have had in the past. Above all we are inspired by those principles which guarantee the c ontinued wel- fare of our group and which promise that our members will always be men we are proud to know. Let us then be up and doing With a heart for any fate. Still achieving, still pursuing Learn to labour and to wait. LONGFELLOW Song of Life ' ' 69 AQ OFFICERS President — Irving Rifkin. Vice-President — Harold J. Klein. Secretary — Leo S. Golub. Treasurer — Sidney Shapiro. Historian — Wilfred Levine. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer — Eli S. Stern. Class of 1947— Wilfred Levine, Chester B. Rackson, Daubert Telsey, Herman I. Scheiner, Herbert S. Remnick, Irving Rifkin, Leo S. Golub, Alfred W. Levin. Class of 1948 — Melvin Klickstein, Joseph R. Stein, Eli S. Stern, Irwin S. Robinson, Ivin B. Prince, Leo Kantorowitz, Lionel E. Rebhun, Irwin H. Auslander, Harold J. Klein, Harold D. Baurmash, Stanley M. Mand, Sidney Shapiro. Class of 1949 — Harvey Pobiner, Bernard N. Yanowitz, Jack M. Breuer. 70 Alpha Omega Alpha Omega, founded in 1907 at the Pennsylvania College of Denial Surgery, has grown to become a nation-wide fraternity and a prominent factor in the progress of dentistry. Thirty-three Alpha Omega chapters and fifteen alumni clubs are present in the United States and the formation of chapters in Canada, Eng- land, and France is being contemplated. Here at Columbia the chapter has always been a spiritual tie and bond which has cemented together students with the common loyalties of fraternity and school. Our house ' at 910 Riverside Drive has been a meeting place to which we had continued recourse, especially when spirits needed bolster- ing up and the harkening ears of sympathetic fraternity brothers. Here were held weekly meetings, socials, and speaker meetings. And hither lonely fraters wended their way on nights when companionship was needed; such compan- ionship was always found. We shall always keep a warm place in our hearts for our twin mascots and proud posses- sions: the luring horse ' s skull and our formalin- preserved embryo, the two items most zealously pointed out to scpieamish visitors. We shall always remember that poor misguided sopho- more who thought that eight-thirty (8 ; 30) parties began at 8:30 and shivered outside in the cold until 11:00 p.m., at which time we all appeared, fresh from the show. We shall not forget our Good and Wel- fare Sessions at which fraters ' personalities, etc. were pleasantly and mercilessly torn to shreds and which so frightened an abject pledge that he didn ' t join the fraternity until his Senior year. We shall remember Hy Scheiner, the ever social, social charmer and his Southern Ex- posure: Papa Golub and his probably precocious infant phenomenon and Wilfred Levine, our spectacled historian, smitten by Cupid at last. Our house at 910 Riverside Drive which has personalized Alpha Omega to us, is no more, having been taken over for rehabilitation by its owner; one might say we were dispossessed. We now hold our meetings at the Iota Chapter ' s house, an indication of the friendliness and mutual cooperation existing between the two New York chapters. Thus, this year marks the end of an era as far as Eta chapter is concerned, an era during which the chapter house was a vital and integral part of life at Columbia Dental School. We hope that such an opportunity will again soon be available for Alpha Omegans. Elections have been held for the coming year and the graduating class wishes the best of luck to the new officers. Hal Klein will take over the duties of President ably assisted by Lennie Pobiner, while Eli Stern as secretary and Melvin Klickstein as treasurer complement the new staff. And so, another year has passed and mani- fold events have been relegated to the limbo of memory, among the most treasured of these memories being that of our fraternity Alpha Omega. 71 features Medico-Den ta I Integration The theme of the 1947 Dental Columbian is Medico-Dental Inte- gration. It was chosen because of its prominence in our minds at this time and because we are the first graduating class to have had a chance to fully appreciate the effect of this program upon the functioning of our dental school. The editors decided thai we should include in our book the views of certain men whom we felt were able to evaluate advantageously this great undertaking. We wish to thank these men who have written the articles, and appreciate the promptness of their response. We feel these statements will stand as a milestone in the history of the dental school ' s educational advances and will prove valuable reference when the integrating program has been successfully time-tested. EDITOR I am highly appreciative of your kind invitation to comment on Medical and Dental Integration. Your selection of this subject is a credit to you yourselves and to your University. The future of our profession at this crucial time lies largely in your hands. For more than thirty years I have been studying the children who pass through the clinics of our institution and putting to test the various findings of the laboratory. Twenty years ago I thought I knew something about dental decay. Today, I know very little. My education still goes on. Science in general is advancing by leaps and bounds. We must strive to go along with the current or else be left alone on its banks. I have as much admiration as anyone for the beauty and skill of our restorative measures; but we cannot rest the case here. We must take larger and broader views along physiological and biological lines. Particularly do we need to know more of the processes involved in the building and maintenance of calcified tissues from the time of their beginning in utero through the various stages of their growth and development. The problems before us are greater than we have thought. The surge of interest expressed in all parts of the world in the dental disaster of today fairly forces us to extend our horizon. We look for educa- tional leadership to the universities unhampered lay political affiliations. It may be rough sailing for a time. Keep straight on the course. Others will follow. Percy R. Howe Director The Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children 74 Dental Education at Columbia University This is the first Dental Columbian to appear since the integration of the University ' s Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, the first since the beginning of World War II. It seems significant that the student editors of the Year- book should choose Medico-Dental integration as the book ' s theme and certain parallels can be drawn from these events. The war introduced dynamic changes in the relationships between nations. Just as the provincialism of the nations made each think that its problems were peculiar to itself and that they could be solved only by- stout defense of itself, so medicine and dentistry- have suffered from provincialism, too. As the universality of social, political, and economic difficulties have become apparent, so in the sec- tor of life covered by the health services we have begun to have a better understanding of inter- dependence in solving some of our mutual prob- lems. Science is now so vast and ever-widening that no person or group of persons can even begin to grasp the significance of a fraction of its diverse subdivisions. For the health services to approach their principal objective — the pre- vention, cure and or control of disease, they must explore and develop this interdependence; they must exploit it to the full. First, the inter- dependence must be acknowledged. Second, each must relinquish some of its responsibilities and assume others. There must be a division of labor as it were; to each must be assigned the respon- sibilities which it is best prepared to meet. It is a sign of maturity when an individual or group does not cling to all its functions and preroga- tives but assigns problems to those best qualified in a particular field or specialty. The dental disaster so tragically recorded by the physical examinations of young men of this country during World War I, and confirmed during World War II, may well serve as an example of the pressing need for integration of effort by scientists and members of the various health service professions. There is a tendency to place the full blame for this health debacle on the dental profession. This seems unjust and unrealistic considering our present knowledge of the causes of dental diseases, particularly tooth decay. The physician, the obstetrician, and the pediatrician in particular, should share the responsibility of the anatomist, the bacteriolo- gist, the biochemist, the chemist, the dentist, the nutritionist, the pathologist, the physicist, the physiologist, the psychiatrist, the sociologist, and members of all the scientific groups working in the fields of human and animal investigation. To better enable these groups to cooperate, to better coordinate their respective efforts, and to better enable them to interpret their respective findings, they must, in effect, speak the same professional and scientific language. They must be trained and conditioned to work together. This can best be accomplished, at least begun, in the professional schools. The Columbia plan for dental education is aimed to further this objective. To better reach this objective the den- tal student ' s professional attitude and interest should be broadened. His inquisitiveness must be whetted, his thinking trained to follow the scientific method, and his basic scientific and medical vocabulary expanded. And further, he must be influenced to examine both old and new practices and methods with a critical and objec- tive mind. All of the above are part and parcel of that which is grouped under the generic term 75 Medicine, which Webster defines as the sci- ence and art dealing with the prevention, cure or alleviation of disease. To reach this objective there has been, from the beginning, a most intimate relationship be- tween the Faculty of Medicine and the Officers of Instruction of the Dental School. On March 6, 1916, the Trustees of the University adopted the following minute: By a School of Dentistry on univer- sity lines is meant a school the require- ments for admission to which shall be the same as those for admission to the Medical School and whose students shall then pursue a four-year course, the first two of which will be almost identical with the first two years of the course in Medicine. The two last years would be given to special preparation for dentistry and dental surgery. This statement was an important milestone in dental education because the definition of a School of Dentistry on university lines was adopted. A year later, the University statutes were amended to implement such a program by establishing: first, a Department of Instruction of Dentistry in the University and second, a School of Dentistry, effective September 1917. To carry out the program an administrative board was created. This seven man board was composed of a chairman, who was a professional educator without medical or dental training, four individuals who had seats in the Faculty of Medicine, including the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and two dentists. The first announcement of Columbia ' s School of Dentistry, published in 1917, carried the following statement: Dentistry, quite as much as any of the medical specialties, is logically a branch of general medicine, although traditions which have separated medi- cine and dentistry, and which operate against the public welfare, have pre- vented due recognition of this funda- mental fact. It is obvious that dentistry cannot render its highest service to the individual or in the interest of public health unless dentists are thoroughly educated in the knowledge of general medicine and of dentistry as a medical specialty. Columbia University has provided such a broad special prepa- ration for the practice of dentistry by establishing a School of Dentistry co- ordinate with the School of Medicine. Ten years after the dental school ' s estab- lishment, the Faculty of Dentistry was founded with its Dean. Incidentally, and possibly signifi- cantly, the school ' s first Dean held not only a dental degree but a degree in medicine as well. During the period when a Faculty of Dentistry functioned, approximately 40 per cent of its members also held seats in the Faculty of Medi- cine. In 1933, a further step was taken to inte- grate medical and dental education when the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine became Acting Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry and Dean in 1935. This arrangement continued until July 1, 1945, when the Faculty of Dentistry was inte- grated with the Faculty of Medicine. Now dental teachers have a voice and vote in determining policies relating to medical, public health, nurs- ing as well as dental education. This action by the Trustees was an acknowledgement that dental education in Columbia University had become of age. Dentistry is now to accept its responsi- bility, in the broad field of medical education. The challenge is inspiring, and the reward prom- ises to be great. BION R. EAST Associate Dean (Dentistry) Faculty of Medicine 76 The Problem of Medico-Dental Integration The general science of medicine without its dental specialty may he compared to a lan- guage minus one letter of its alphabet; dentistry without the medical picture, behind, beneath and throughout, is merely a mechanic art. This statement is in all probability not questioned by persons concerned with problems affecting the public health, yet the fact remains that the rela- tionship today of organized medicine and den- tistry is one at arm ' s length, and of suspicion and apprehension. This maladjustment between the members of a great and important family, is not only unfortunate from the standpoint of human welfare, it is also unintelligent and unnecessary. Of course we must remember that human progress has ever been of a clumsy and stum- bling sort. We take a step forward, and two back, — and then at long last and painfully, something is gained on the road. The history of dental practice reaches into a far antiquity — a con- temporaneous but kind of left-handed relative of the healing art. It performed humble and unwelcomed service in bodily care. The dentist was, and in millions of minds still is, a necessary evil. During the past century he has become eminent in highly specialized skills, due to the genius and vision of men who were attracted by the nature of dental practice. With American dentistry leading the world in its field, a certain complacency now appears to hamper further essential growth. This eminence, so obvious and so estab- lished, has led the minds of many competent practitioners to a belief in self-sufficiency. We are a separate profession — the academic and scientific equivalent of general medicine — but distinct, and in no way bounden to that older aristocracy whose members apparently speak another language. Our independence must not be trammeled by the suspicion of subservience to an ancient authority whose attitude toward us, throughout the years, has been one of con- descension and of scant courtesy. We have made our place in every community with no thanks to medicine. We can be on the friendliest and most cooperative terms with physicians of course, but, ' ' autonomy is the word. It takes two to make a difference. For some reason — now lost in antiquity — the medical mind has been trained in the knowledge of all parts of the human body with the exception of the teeth and their supporting structures. The average medical graduate (until recently) has remained a layman, concerning dental matters; those details could be cared for sufficiently by the dentist. The dentist, in his estimation, is a useful and ingenious person, who has been trained in extraordinary technique, who works all day on well persons, and who knows little about sickness. He (the dentist) is narrow, trav- els in a rut, has few interests beyond his pro- fession and gives the impression that his early education was somewhat inadequate. This difference is bred in the bone, on the two sides, during the undergraduate years. The medical student knows from the outset that his group is apart and superior to the fellows in the 77 dental school; the dental student is hurt, on the defensive, careful to keep with his mates or self-conscious when the groups mix. Here is the time and place to iron out such nonsense. With identical pre-professional academic require- quirements these men should mix daily, in com- mon tasks and problems, at least throughout the courses in the basic sciences. Men who work together as youngsters, respect and care for one another, as classmates, throughout life. Quite aside from traditional prejudices, which fair-minded people agree should be abol- ished, let us consider the problem of the training of the dentist, in his necessary relationship to medical practice, in the broad sense. No one will question the medical implications of every dental case that comes to him for treatment. The great question stands: how may a workable curriculum give him the general knowledge he should have, beyond the knowledge and skill he must have? I have italicized the word skill, for it can only be acquired through digital training, which is time-consuming. With the dentist, technical skill is a prime requisite. Few educational problems are more com- plex than ours. No other medical specialty re- quires the variety of techniques used in dental practice. The hard and resistant nature of enamel and dentine, requiring power instruments for drilling and shaping, the many types of fillings and inlays and their exacting techniques, the uses of porcelain and of plastics; the casting of dentures, and many other procedures, are pe- culiar to dentistry. In orthodontics and dental prosthesis the dentist must be an engineer, and in all his restorative work he must be an artist, with a true sense of form and of color. In his root-canal surgery a delicacy of skill and per- ception is required which is more exacting than surgery elsewhere except, perhaps, the eye. These skills must be assured by adequate blocks of time for training. It has been said one can put only a certain number of apples in a barrel. The academic year provides a limit of work hours; the conscientious student is limited by his vital equipment as to home or night study; his age and financial status affect the number of years he can afford in preparation for his life ' s work. Any dental school must hit upon a program which will make it humanly possible for the student to meet stand- ard requirements plus a maximum of basic and cultural medical knowledge and training. By ' ' cultural ' I mean such knowledge of basic sciences more or less remote from his own field as will serve to make a clear vision of a general medical condition. He must be able to consult intelligently with the physician in charge of the patient, and to appreciate the importance of consultation, in borderline cases. Where medical and dental undergraduates work to- gether, this habit of cordial cooperation becomes established. It is not my purpose here to discuss the administrative problems of an institution in which the medical and dental schools are merged. But I am glad to point out the obvious advan- tages and some of the dangers and possible disadvantages of such a merger. It is clear that the habit of daily contact, in work equally important to the dental and medical student will do much to break down and abolish old prejudices which are still bred in separated schools. This will lead in time to the mutual esteem and understanding which should exist between men responsible for the health of their patient. Duplications in expensive equipment and in teaching staffs can be largely reduced, es- pecially in the freshman and sophomore years, and standard instruction is more feasible. In junior and senior years clinical instruc- tion is greatly simplified for the dental student where he may pass through a corridor to the adjoining hospital or medical laboratories. Medi- cal students should receive instruction in dental 78 anatomy, histology and pathology, for which purpose the same corridor will be convenient! Facilities for research in dental and oral problems and conditions are greatly enhanced by the merging of schools and hospitals. In such an institution the dental faculty should have all power necessary to control the strictly dental courses — and the general faculty should be in close harmony with these require- ments. An over-balanced medical curriculum will make a poorly trained dentist. This matter of equilibrium, we should re- member, will change with the advances in science and art. Preventive measures now unknown may one day in the not distant future, control or abolish dental caries: in which tremendous event our dental restorative procedures will be- come obsolete. The dental specially will then fit more naturally into the prevailing medical training. However, we must not forget that chil- dren of today with carious teeth will need what is known today as dentistry for the better part of another century. Therefore, the dentist and bis problems will continue throughout the life ' s work of each member of our class of 1947. Let us hope some of them will lead the way to greater usefulness in the opportunities for growth which undoubtedly lie ahead. WILLIAM B. DUNNING Professor Emeritus of Dentistry 79 auy cMC v = Frances Agnes Stoll, R.D.H., B.S. Instructor in Dental Hygiene MARY JANE KELLOG R.D.H. Asst. in Dental Hygiene DOROTHY WILLIAMS R.D.H. Asst. in Dental Hygiene ALBERTA BEAT R.D.H. Asst. in Dental Hygiene 82 Oral Hygiene The Courses for Dental Hygienists is round- ing out thirty years as a part of the School of Dental and Oral Surgery. During the thirty- year period from 1916 to 1946, 1,330 women have heen graduated from the Courses for Den- tal Hygienists. Students have enrolled from thirty-three states, and the Island possessions of the United States, as well as Canada, Germany, Norway, and Sweden. Graduates have practiced in every state in which the dental hygienist is licensed. In 1941 the Courses for Dental Hy- gienists, by action of die School of Dental and Oral Surgery, was to be increased to two aca- demic years. However, the war intervened and due to the great shortage of trained women in this particular field, an increase in the length of the course was not practical until the war ended. That time has come. The committee study- ing the curriculum for dental hygienists has submitted its recommendations. These recom- mendations have been received favorably by the Committee on Dental Education of the Dental School and the Committee on Administration of the Faculty of Medicine. In September 1947 the Courses for Dental Hygienists will be raised to two academic years in length. This increase will affect both the number of courses, which is to be increased in those areas pertaining to education, and the con- tent of the courses which are retained from the present one-year curriculum. By accepting the two-year course, Columbia University has indi- cated that the Courses for Dental Hygienists is a University discipline. The program of education aims to combine the best traditions of dental ethics with the ac- cepted concepts of the dental hygienists ' respon- sibilities to society. The purpose of the course for dental hygienists is to provide education in theory and practice requisite for the licensed profession of dental hygienist. The policy of Columbia University in educating dental hygien- ists is to give superior education to each student so that she may successfully fulfill the duties of the dental hygienist in any field of practice and to be eligible to take the state board exami- nations in all states. The certificate in dental hygiene will be granted to candidates who have successfullv completed the required two-year course. Entrance requirements will continue to be graduation from an accredited high school with proficiency in sixteen units of prescribed and elective subjects. Candidates are chosen from the upper one-third of graduating classes. Candidates with advanced education will be given preference. The University has under consideration the granting of a Bachelor of Science degree in Dental Hygiene based on a prerequisite of sixty semester hour credits from a college acceptable to Columbia University and the satisfactory completion of the two-year curriculum for Den- tal Hygienists. There exists no doubt that the actual need for the type of service the dental hygienist ren- ders is greater than the supply of persons pre- pared to fill it. In hospitals and clinics where dental service is being gradually expanded, den- tal hygienists are customarily employed to con- serve the dentist ' s time and to assist with the educational program. The most promising outlook for the dental hygienist lies in public health. In this field, where qualifications and earnings are generally higher, the demand for hygienists has been steadily increasing and is likely to continue to increase as local, state, and federal agencies provide more dental service as a part of general health programs. There has never been a surplus of regis- tered dental hygienists. The present facilities for training these women is less than the demand for the course by eligible candidates. The num- ber of positions available exceeds the number of candidates that can be trained each vear. 83 CLASS OFFICERS President — Jean Corrigan Vice President — Thelma Rosenbluth Secretary — Esther Kirshner Treasurer — Mildred Koch YEAR BOOK COMMITTEE Jean Corrigan Thelma Rosenbluth Miriam Jaflee 84 Oral Hygiene Class There was once a great ship which set sail with twenty-seven good women and true. This was the maiden voyage of all aboard, and so it was not surprising that some took leave and had to be set ashore at the first port of call. Another hand joined the ship to help fill the rosier. Thev sailed, this sturdy crew, for ten months, dropping anchor only to take on fuel. Finally, their ship came to port with twenty-four strong mates, and dropped anchor for the last time. The crew disembarked amid joyful scenes winch always accompany the end of a successful voyage. After several scouting expeditions, we were led by the echo of hand clapping into the pres- ence of Mrs. Stoll, Dr. East, and the remainder of the faculty. Here we were informed as to our conduct as professional women and our schedule fur the coming days. Following was a social gathering of our class mates at a luncheon at Fort Tryon Park. Our mates hailed from ports all over the country including Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. This geographic distribu- tion made for a most interesting mixture of accents for our speech instructor to untangle. We were also proud to have among us three students on scholarships, namely: Agnes Bulat of Utica, New York, whose passage for this noble voyage came from the Scholarship Fund of the Dental School and the Anna V. Hughes Loan Fund; Margaret Cunningham of Greenwood, Missis- sippi, was granted her scholarship and stipend from the Mississippi State Board of Health ; Esther Kirshner of Brooklyn, New York, won her scholarship from the United States Employ- ment Service for high average in written and oral aptitude and psychological tests. We were privileged to have with us several veterans of the Armed Forces: Mary Brent and Celia Carline, both First Lieutenants in the Army Nurse Corps, Corporal Nan Payne of the Army; Lieutenant Harriet Kaelin of the United Slates Marine Corps; and Adelyne Catalucci, Pharma- cist Mate First Class in the Navy. Mrs. Esther Kirshner and Mrs. Mildred Koch add the dignity of motherhood to our crew. They are the proud and able mothers of Baby Kirshner and Baby Koch. Classes began September 19, 1946. Enter Dr. Rogers with a skeleton and his cadavers. The awed expressions soon changed to ones of experience and appreciation of how complex the human body is. This course was accompa- nied by Dental Anatomy with tooth carving. Then began the gamut of the ologies, which included Histology, Radiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, and Bacteriology; and the all-impor- tant Nutrition, Bio-chemistry, and Child Hygiene. Our first trimester was marked and remem- bered for the long hours we spent in manikin training. When we were finally ushered into our two clinics, one at 59th Street and the other at the Medical Center, we realized quite suddenly that human patients were different from our manikins. Teaching patients toothbrushing tech- nique and proper care of the teeth and mouth made us realize the importance of our new pro- fession in the health of the nation. Thus, with countless hours in our clinics and lecture halls, we are equipped with an ex- cellent frame of reference with which we shall endeavor to educate the people of our nation. Altruism shall be our pilot. We firmly be- lieve this the greatest lesson we have learned. We promise that you shall be rewarded for your efforts by the continued success and growth of the profession as we take our places beside our colleagues, to bring a better understanding of the value of good dental health to our people. 85 Mary L. Brent Constance Beairsto Agnes C. Bulat Bernice Call Celia Carline Adelyne P. Catalucci Jean Corrigan Dolores I. Connelly Margaret E. Cunningham Daphne M. Hawkins Blaine Hutton Camilla Jo Huiisucker Miriam Jaffee Jeannette Johnson Harriet W. Kaelin Esther Kirschner Betty Lawson Mildred Koch Nan P. Pavne Anna M. Ryan Ann M. Spoon Ruth Springer Millicent Strusser 90 Hygienists Roster Beairsto, Constance 389 Park Avenue Yonkers 3, N. Y. Brent, Mary L. Rt. 4, Box 181 Staunton, Va. Bulat, Agnes C. 1022 Bleecker St. Utica 3, N. Y. Call, Bernice 45 Roe Blvd. West Patchogue, N. Y. Carline, Celia 438 Main St. Oneonta, N. Y. Catalucci, Adelyne P. 1117 8th Avenue Conway, Pennsylvania Connelly, Dolores I. 25 Fourth St. Bridgeport, Conn. Corrigan, Jean 117 Marion St. Bridgeport 6, Conn. Cunningham, Margaret E. 708 Dewey St. Greenwood, Mississippi Hawkins, Daphne M. 32 Brinkerhoff Ave. Freehold, New Jersey Hunsucker, Camilla Jo Box 4 Maiden, North Carolina Hutton. Blaine 16 Hadden Road Scarsdale. N. Y. Jaffee, Miriam 1646 Weeks Ave. New York 57, N. Y. Johnson, Jeannette Hunter, N. Y. Kaelin, Harriet W. P.O. Box 1089 Orlando, Florida Kirshner, Esther (Mrs.) 608 Tinkham Ave. Boise Hall 115 Brookly n 29, N. Y. Koch, Mildred (Mrs.) 522 21 Street Schenectady 4, N. Y. Lawson, Betty 86 Washington Ave. Irvington, New Jersey Payne, Nan P. Monticello, Georgia Rosenbluth, Thelma 141 East 3rd St. New York 3, N. Y. Ryan, Anna M. 3282 Hull Ave. New York 67, N. Y. Spoon, Ann M. 128 Greenacres Ave. White Plains, N. Y. Springer, Ruth 19 Ells Street Ansonia, Conn. Strusser, Millicent 6807 Clyde St. Forest Hills, N. 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