Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons - P and S Yearbook (New York, NY)

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.11 nw! J P- , fu fl. l A ,gt ' s Even in the seals of thv mighty . . fi 'iW'l1qt's at rho Uptmrn tonight? The class almost gave up hope that the Bishops would ever have a baby. We understand that Bob and the Mrs. had a spat and. although the baby was expected in the first week of December. she re- fused to deliver until he apologized. He's so-o-0 stubborn! Class meetings were held at the drop of a hat- Dick Elias announced everything but the time of day. Drs. Gilman and Wold vied for the title of Most Wiords Spoken Per Lecture. What was really need- ed was a combination of the two courses: Alfred giving a practical demonstration of his drugs to keep us awake while Abner showed all those pretty landscapes. .gi f V I lr' 5 5 A Y - .,..'X ii' Take it easy, Fred, his not a class- matfffu

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After the final. the class celebrated with a sherry fnot too dry-just rnediuml party IN which was enlivened by the musical activities of Chuck Tule- vech and his Clee Club. Fittingly enough. bacteriology was replaced by six courses of assorted sizes and shapes but path just kept rolling along. The clinical path labs soon made us yearn for the good old days of bacti. This lab was unique in that both instructors and reagents were elusive and. when located. neither was generally of much help. Smilini Jackii Smith returned from Thanksgiv- ing vacation with a magnificent periorbital hema- toma. Story given out was that his girl hit him with a rock encysted in a snowball. .1 Your turn next, George. . ', 9 df in l Blasts? IVhat did you say tho Sahli was?

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-Q Pnl' i Path quiz tomorrow. Lucky Pierre. And if they write more than two blue vs books, take of 10 points! Although better known for his sartorial and medi- cal achievements, Dr. Flynn labored mightily in the cause of English education with both his student charges and Dr. Calvin Plimpton. Dr. Plimpton stubbornly persisted in mispronouncing such com- mon words as syndrome and autopsy, and misspell- ing such equally common words as mucocoele. Let it be said to his credit. however. that he gave an extremely apt definition of hysterectomy. Gurst Goldin ollicially opened the social season with a party at which the males. led by 'flohn Bar- rymore Resnik. were overwhelmed at charades by the more adroit females. Second-year students were easily recognized around PSS by their dearth of equipment and portable reference books. The average load carried by a certain segment of the class consisted of pearl book. lVlerck's Manual. a synopsis of pathology, an otoscope and ophthalmoscope. a hemocytometer,