Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Qaeda 'aft 'U' -Q N xarr: HR'-xQx K3 I.. r, X .. ' ' ,meg ,hw F r it A' '- GREETING 51' 4 Cr 5 h -5 . P .-a . l tt- , . I . If gg, ' ' Nffgvk fha' N PRESENTING this record of the Class of Igor to those whose loyalty to Old Hahnemannn 95? may lead them to a perusal of its pages, the Committee has no apologies to offer, and but little X 1' 3 ' . . if . -ally' to say by Way of introduction. QE' 'gtk-sfffzlfv! . . . . . . . X JL S2 VVe are making no pretensions to literary br1ll1ancy g what we offer is simply a Record of V li the College Life of a handful of youths who have worked, laughed, loafed and scrapped together for four years, and who are now emerging from the struggle older and wiser, and prepared to stag- ger along under the weight of the Old Man of the Sea that they have voluntarily taken upon their shoulders. But, our bias? alumnus may say, it's the same old story thatls been told year after year 3 surely there's nothing new under the sun. Well, Doctor, you may be right, but to the loyal son of our Alma Mater, there's nothing old under the sun. If, upon opening this book, you will turn back men1ory's pages, and recall the happy days when you laughed and sung, and filled in those long dreary lecture hours with refreshing sleep, this book will not present the same old story, but a bright new one, meaning as much to you as it does to us. One word more. If there be among our old class-mates any one who, shrouded in his new-found dignity, cannot look without distemper upon this good natured raillery-any one who cannot endure that his 7

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highest honors, the specimen has been in the museum at the Hahnemann Medical College. It enjoys the distinction of being the only one of its kind in existence. Dr. Weaver revisited the museums of Europe in 1889, and in 1891 the Hahnemann Medical College conferred upon him its honorary degree of M. D., in recognition of his signal attainments and valuable scientific work. Among the memories that the graduate ot Old Hahnemannn holds dear, none are more sacred than the cherished recollections of Dr. Weaver, and the many delightful hours spent at his side in studying the mysteries of the human body. With him, it is a labor of love to assist the students in clearing up the com- plexities of Anatomy, and to elucidate the problems found in that greatest of mysteries-the human body. His heart is big enough to embrace the classes of the past and present, and yet leave room for those to come. To the doctor, the students are all his boys, who love him as teacher, brother and friend. wer e 6

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eccentricities and foibles be set down in black and white we caution him against reading these pages. As Tristam Shandy would put it: Go, poor devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? This world is surely Wide enough to hold both thee and me. But to all who love good-natured sport and honest fun-to all who Wi' merry sangs and friendly cracks, And uncoe tales, an' funnie jokes will laugh with us over the merry times we have had-to these we address our greeting. , So, boys, before opening the book to see what shafts the marksmen may have launched at us, let us say with Holmes, A health to our future-a sigh for our past g We love-we remember, we hope to the last Q And for all the base lies that the almanac hold, While we've youth in our hearts, we can never grow old. , , ,fp Wa Ny L1 ffaw gg 'milfs' sic . 1 ' QS, 6- . - A 1 'Q4.',.:Q.:ig ' -Q, ' f 05 TK lt it -4' -' or W Q-V' -lim O- U ,.' 'AQ lfvp . ,p 4 Z i - ?gLQ' J,Q1CX' V f 4 ,w9'1 1'.p AI' ' u i G Q - I'-t3aQ'4i'l995Wf25 O X' V ' J '5 1, L-gg? 8