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

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While clinic work was our major concern, there were still lecture notes to be taken. The Huntsman, down from the hills at 181st Street, interrupted his 6-day bike-race to lecture us on ethical behavior and legal ins and outs. Sen- ior lectures in Periodontia covered the more advanced problems of periodontal therapy, i.e., biopsy indications, prognosis in tooth mobility, fixed splinting, and treat- ment planning. With the burden of point requirements, partials, spe- cial assignments. State Boards, and preparation for post- graduation positions, the Senior year will best be remem- bered for the hectic spasticity that prevailed unabated throughout. Boys with carefree manner and gentle dis- positions in earlier years showed signs of the strain as often the only humor discernible was the giddiness that comes with overwork. With the end finally in sight, we strove to revitalize our sagging dispositions, while strug- gling through Roach Arms, Immediates, Class III foils, and State Board practice setups. Despite our trials and tribulations, it was a year of learning and experience. The staff ably drew upon our extensive preclinical science training to make the Senior year a logical culmination to our earlier education. To this, they added training in the most modern tech niques of dental practice, plus the personal instructor-student rela- tionship particular to Columbia. While we know that we still have much to learn, we are convinced that we have been prepared for it in the best possible manner. Ashley Brown Stephen Stambler Bernard Tolpin I 26

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By October, we were all hurrying to review our Sopho- more year Psychiatry lecture notes, as we had to apply these principles, and those of the rounded line angle, to the practice of Pedodontics. On the eighth floor, however, sharp line angles still prevailed, as the Hydrocolloid King encouraged enough students to use the material to win for himself a new Alpha unit. It was his adopted son, Silent Tom. who explained that the Hydro King ' s right jab to the gut and primitive hack sign were really indications of deep affection. Other members of the department received mention in verse. A poem, read to Dr. Carl Oman upon his retirement, paid a tribute to his accomplishments as an educator, included these lines: There ' s Silent P. conversant B, and Hydrocolloid C, Then S and F. with specks hooked on, and smiling S.H.B.; With knapsack H, pain-killer S, and F with high- pitched bray, And lanky S, and Kodak D. and L with dilok tray. The first course to get under way was Periodontia. As Seniors, many of us were fortunate enough to participate in an experiment based on modern electric toothbrushing methods and gingival biopsy techniques. Some students were also given an opportunity to judiciously prescribe newly developed troches for the treatment of periodontal disorders. As in the past, they ' ll help us out, and teach us all they know, But it ' s your name that ' s legend here, and wherever students go, Long after we have left this school, our cards we ' ll proudly show; The lines which start, Class III Gold Foil, and end with C.R.O. 25

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Langdon, you don ' t have o C.P.C. yet, do you? It might help, Berge, if you put a slide in!