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

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FCJREWORD he prepara+ion of lhis Medic has 'raken more 'rime and eFFor'r 'rhan we as s+uden'rs could offen afford +0 expend. The fask was increased by our ambilions lo creaie wiih our hands a finer and greaier book. This feeling was engendered byiour own proud apiilude for doing and ge'r'ring ihai which is 'lo be desired, and noi' for gain or remunerarion in 'rhe empirical sense. We have 'lhis year ggiven io our Facul'l'y +he prominence +ha+ +hey deserve. There was an op- por+uni+y in 'lhis for us +o edii biographies under each por+rai+, bu+ we have desis+ed from +his ver- bosi+y, believing +ha1' as 'few words as possible is +he mosf laudable choice in any wrifing. The personal commen'rs on each s+uden+ were wriH'en in secrel session as ii were, coniribuiions being accep'red from various sources and finally collaled by one man. Each'wri+ing aH'emp'I's io be a s'rudy of fhe man as we knew him and avoids all saccharine s'l'uFF abou+ fhe mos'r wise, mos+ lov- able and mos1' friendly. If we have wriH'en down men as human beings fhen no cri+icism can desiroy fhe vic+ory. Coming +o an explanaiion of Humor we lay down 'rhe pen wi+h +he afore+hough+ +ha'r +here has been so much gaye'I'y among us ihai' wha'r is wrif- +en is only a weak commen+ary. All of 'ihis aH'emp+ed reasoning means only Thai we, in ediforial fancy, have lived, dreamed and walked arm in arm for so long wi'rh The Medic of '31, and would no+ deserf now al 'fhis ceremony of publicaiion.

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THEME odernism and Biology are fhe fhing. Queer disforfions of animafe life fumbling againsf columns, resfing on shaffs of lighf, sliding info shadow-block, embellish our remofe fhoughf wifh an adequafe symbol. Biology here de- picfs fhe corporafe plan of our winnings and Modernily gives if flavor, a bi+ of spice. So now we unife fwo age-old fefiches, fwo evergreen pre- fensions info fhe pages of our youfhful record. There is no more pofenf charm againsf fhe ab- sorpfion of fhe infimacies, fhe comminglemenf of fancies, and fhe zealous faifhs of our sfudenfship fhan fhis idea of Biology, which has fhe sagacify fo never be finished in ifs own eyes. Sef adequafely againsl' a sfern, sfoney, modern background wifh heavy and unreal arches, angles and affifudes, fhese old and young dreams may never die, for fhaf which is modern is an elasfic experience becoming fomorrow, foday and yesferday. Many liffle devils will have become sainfs before fhis archive will be only a cover and a number of pages. Many days will have become bygones be- fore a record of our yearnings and complacencies will have become nebulous. From our fray of magic, we have dispensed fhe fwin pofencies of Life and Living, Biology and Modernism, fo upsef fhose who advise forgeffing and forbearing. As Biology and Modernism have become con- gruous here and in all fime, so shall we unife Acfion and Memory. ln fhe end fhere shall be only a meagre separafion. Perchance, we shall go deeply info ourselves, our irrefrievable selves, and fall onfo fhe subiecf of our advenfures in learning so sfeadily fhaf we should desire fo recapifulafe and fo do over. ln fhaf evenf, and expecfing fhis, we pro- iecf fhe spell info fhose fanfasfic years by fhe creafion of our book of personalifies, giving if fhe magnifude of a poefical fheme fo nurfure fhose dreams, and praying fhaf our livings may nof be all prose.