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

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This is a stick-up? . . . Oh, you ' re kidding! m Relieve it here, here, here, . . . and there. You say the patient swallowed the bridge and it hasn ' t been paid for yet. Hmm. There I was, doing the twist . Who said you couldn ' t do it yourself? 19

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Standing, Left to Right: Miss Inge Roehrig, Mrs. Josephine Lamas, Miss Maxine Leibowitz, Miss Suzanne Wegner, Miss Evelyn Ruddiman. Seated, left to Right: Miss Ruth Burgos, Miss Margaret Lambert, Mrs. Jeanne Botwick, Mrs. Emma Schreier. Robert Wrong Michael McGrath Nicholas Vero Albert Kotono William Gregory 18

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Class of 1962 Yes, this is the last in a series of four class histories. Blood, saliva, sticky wax, and Duco cement could just about sum it up. It all began about four years ago, when forty freshmen in their immaculate white starched jackets found seats in Amphi- theater A anticipating an Embryology lecture. As the lecturer began introducing Medical Biometry, forty students in forty white jackets rose and headed for the exits, only to reappear some twenty minutes later, reassured but not convinced of the value of Medical Biometry in the First Year curriculum. From Amphitheater A it was upstairs to the No Visitors lab. Here, when not attending class meetings, doing Biometry problems, putting a dime in the time pool, or attending lectures which all seemed to begin with the same slide (the one with the crack down the middle and the chipped corner), one some- how managed to get in a little dissection on the root of the lung, if the tags did not get in the way. We had come to see and, indeed, we saw. The technique courses were anxiously being awaited and soon came upon us. Having no idea of what to look for, we began digging in our spacious lockers for a conesocket knife, a box of wax, and a Boley gauge. The latter was not used again until Senior year when it was to share the spotlight with a steth- oscope, but more about that later. 20 When the pace became a little too hectic the boys usually headed for the Student Lounge for a little relaxation, but invariably found a lounge class in session. However, Dental Materials, Part I, soon began and need for a lounge decreased in direct proportion to the length of the lecture, the distance from the blackboard, and the concentration of tin in the amal- gam. Dental Materials was the course in which we were to ma- jor for the next two years. Here, sitting on wide or narrow bot- tomed chairs one became enlightened about dental materials, surrounded by apparently very impressive, top-secret, classified equipment which was always kept under wraps. Even the tele- phone was kept in a secret drawer. It was Dental Materials and the History of Dentistry which were to give us one of our class mottos, Pierre Fauchard says, ' Use a THICK MIX ' , (yes, even when using scopolamine).