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

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Dr. Herbert L. Northrop l 1 .

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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.

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DEDICATION he Class of l93l, expecr- ing a fulfillmenl' of faifh in iheir own professional lives, dedicaie ihis record +o rhe principles which embrace 'rhal' faifh. The life of Dr. Herberr L. Norfhrop so expresses 'rhe code +ha'r we aHach him now as our pa+ron, knowing +ha+ we can never for- gel his idealily and inspiraiion. We may never acquire 'fhe dexferiiy, 'rhe skill, +he powers of diagnosis 'rhai' he so apily displayed. We may never realize 'rhe voice and dicrion of a scholar or rhe manner of his cul+ure. .We can, however, sfrive 'For 1'he charm, +he grace and 'the friendliness which marks his presence. I+ is wifh ges'rures of respeci and congra+ula+ion for his own siandards 'rhar we dedicaie 'ro him 'fhis Medic. Above all else, we are for+una+e for fhe good example which he placed so early in our lives when we needed ii' mosr.