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

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Edward Derhpsey Cfiairman; Anatomy Listen, fellow graduates, Class of Seventy-one To a tale of labor, of boredom and fun. Forty-six to begin with, but soon minus two As the fainthearted heard Moss, and that was their cue. The first day in school, and what do we find But, believe it or not, we ' re two weeks behind! Histo and Gross, Stat and Genetics Six days a week, the pace was frenetic. Collusion, dissension, the code not obeyed, After this episode, our reputation was made. After eleven, onto T. G. or Maxwell, To carouse, to get smashed, to indulge and let pants swell. After Brandt, Luse and Rogers, Rankow, Albert and Chayes, We began to all wonder if this really pays. But onward we trudged, along a path to the garden, When who should obstruct us but old Howie Arden. And Barnaby, Scarola, Kessler and Ras Just a millimeter longer, that looks like an elephant ' s ass.

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WU 1 tfCMMHttt 1 n I Charles Noback, PhD John Taggart, M.D. Chairman; Physiology Finals and practicums, boy what a pain Christmas vacation . . . and then there was Cain: On hatchet, up chisel, down amalgam condenser, Out black books,write ballpoint, antediluvian censor Doctors Portway, Pandolfo, Deesen, Scrivani, Mellana, Boelstler ... I want my mommy! Dental Materials — a course or a joke? Unmixable alginate, amalgam that broke. Biochem — did we take that course? Oh yes, Dr. Smith With Krebs cycle and chains, or were they also a myth? Muscles that twitched in cat, dog and turtle, Blank ' s lectures, Chien ' s English, more obstacles to hurdle. Thank Heaven to Mero for pulling me through So that now I am able to drill, wax and sprue. Neuro and Noback, what did he say? Brains, neurons and tracts, now go find your way. 72 hours— 7 FINALS; 7 SECONDS— ALL FORGOTTEN, First year over, summer recess, days, of leisure, soft as cotton.