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

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THE FRESHMAN YEAR a t a u 4 1 1 1 a u Two weeks prior to our return to college for this session we received the usual greeting from our Dean. With it he also stated that the college had been selected as a training unit by the government and that we must come prepared to stay. Naturally our enthusiasm was aroused for we were soon to be inducted into the army. At eight o'clock on the evening of September thir- tieth, we assembled in lecture room number one for the opening exercises. After some preliminary remarks by Dr. Pearson, Col. L0ckwood.was introduced and made the opening address giving us an idea of what our new duties would be. He also made some very profitable remarks bearing upon the conduct and deportment befit- ting a soldier. Lieutenants Hughes, Donegan and Berkman were introduced and each made some remarks referring to their particu- lar lines of work. These men were graduated from Plattsburg and held, the commissions of second lieutenant. Lieutenants Hughes and Donegan were to attend to the paper work and Lieuten- ant Berkman was to be in charge of the military tactics. The following day the entire student body assembled in room number one and at exactly twelve o'clock, October the First, Colonel John A. Lockwood administered the oathof allegiance . The significance of this oath made a deep impression upon each and every one of us. A busy two 'weeks followed during which time we were physically examined, signed induction papers, took out insurance and attended to the hundred and one details coincident with an en- listment. The First Regiment Armory at Broad and Callowhill Streets was procured for us as quarters but owing to the influen- za epidemic which was raging at that time we were not permitted to assemble and still maintained our private residences. How- ever, on November Sixth, dinner and supper were served there and on November Tenth we were assigned to bunks on the second and third floors. We went into permanent quarters the same day peace was declared. I Just at this time, Colonel Lockwood was relieved from active duty and needless to say, his departure was the cause of much regret on our part. He had become exceedingly popular with the men and as a slight token of our esteem we presented him with a humidor during the farewell exercises held in his honor. Captain R. B. Frazee succeeded to the command.

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Time and space prevents a detailed account of our army life but you will perhaps recall the tailors who came and took our individual measurements ---- and the visions we had of a per- fectly fitting uniform ---- and our surprise one afternoon in seeing a big pile of cotton uniforms in the middle of the drill floor from which we :ado our selections. The issue underwear was designed for those who were destined to put on weight rapidly for the average shirt came below the knees and the unmentionables encircled the arm-pits so that really one had the warmth from two suits instead of a single set. They served their purpose how- ever in filling up the excess uniform. Y'ho can forget those shoes ---- nice big ones. Our unit had a foot-ball team and we were represented by Williams, Hartman and Toomey. Drexel, Westchester State Normal, St. Josephs and Villanova went down to defeat before them Bill Mathev:son's talce-off of the captain, Sergeant Stewart's memorable slide dorm the coal-chute, the loss of the bugle and the substitution of the whistle, extra guard duty, our dances, the ability to get one's name on the corporal's re- port even though absent at assrnbly lSee Williams 3, Stitzels optic interference with a piece of flying mush on its return journey to the kitchen, our parade downtown x-:hen peace was announced, those little friendly games after signing the pay-roll and numerous other side issues all helped to take the dull edge off the 'monotony of army life. After numerous authentic renorts from Corporals Bier and Clark, they were able to get the paper woric in such condition that the unit was finally disbanded on Monday, December 16, 1918. After signing our honorable discharges, once more we reverted to our normal civilian life glad to have been' enlisted in the World War armies and glad to know that our services were no longer needed. It is needless to sag: that our scholastic work suffered during this period for we were just being introduced to'Ph,1'siolo-s. XX gical Chemistry, Histology, Embriologgg and Anatomy. But by hard work and honest effort we were able to catch up in our studies and do credit to the mid-year examinations. Immediately after the Christmas vacation we were glad to welcome three men to our class who had just been discharged from the army. Evans Hmby had held a commission as second lieutenant in the Artillery and had served as aerial observer. Kepner Lessig was in the aviation corps and saw foreign duty. Dwight Sipes was in the medical corps and was in active service at the front from where he was returned as a casual. Hanby and