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

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Another summer passed, and we came back to school anxious to overcome the last obstacle on the road to our D.D.S. degree .... the senior year. Shades of sophomoritis ! We found ourselves once again racing to meet requirements. But, this time, we weren ' t able to pack the object of our efforts into a weasel kit to catch up. Even our Pedo patient couldn ' t squeeze into that little tin tool box. Never before had so many tried to do so much in so short a time. We soon became thoroughly acquainted with the Comprehensive Case System. After submit- ting our diagnosis and finding out why it was all wrong, we commenced work. Before long, we were working on several prosthetics patients at once, and each morning upon opening our lock- er, we ' d be buried beneath an avalanche of fall- ing models. In Operative, we accumulated points and hunted for Class III foil patients. In Pedo lec- ture we learned that very few children are un- manageable, and in Pedo clinic, two such cases were assigned to us. 1 WAWT To SEE THAT HOfiS£5HO£ B tPG£OH TH£ DIES, fi OM { SrrMULUS--- GO AH ID , TC W SBE TFROM - ZAVOCAI J£ Our once abundant vocabulary deteriorated to about ten words . . . requirements, stools, com- prehensive, dies, gold foil, miscast, graduation, instructor, and double impression. And suddenly, it came to a halt! There was nothing to do over ... no points to get ... no patient to call ... no worry to awaken us from slumber in the quiet night . . . nothing was left except the memories. But memories, like messengers from the past, linger on. And, despite the headaches and disap- pointments each of us experienced in those four eventful years, there are countless happy remem- brances to warm our hearts for the rest of our lives. The parties, the fine friends we made, the oood times we had, our association with men o devoted to dentistry ... all these things and so many more we will cherish. Opening our eyes now from this session of reminiscing, we realize that it ' s not all over by any means. Dental school was only the begin- ning of our professional lives. A whole wonderful future lies ahead. Columbia has given us the very best dental education, of which we are justifiably proud. The rest is up to us. Warren Nadel 23