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

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THE CLASS 'lYes, Docfor, I do wonf fo sfudy Medicine. we kepf felling fhe genflemen of fhe enfronce commiffee. Finolly, obouf one hundred ond fiffy of us were sfill firm in our convicfion fhof we wonfed fo sfudy Medicine. We were welcomed info l-lohnemonn on The evening of Sepfember fhe fhirfiefh, where we were furfher given fhe opporfunify fo deserf Medicine for some eosier fosk. We were fold of fhe hord grind oheod of us, which fo our sor- row o few ol us found foo sfrenuous. Our sfudies of l-lohnemonn hove been diffi- culf buf nof wifhouf fheir humor. The usuol closs cuf-ups ore presenf. Toke if off is 'rhe poss- word, which fo o few of us used fo be emborros- sing. If seems peculior fhof we should hove on oir-roid every fime we hove o chemisfry lec- fure-plones roor overheod, bombs whisfle ond explode close-by-fhe lecfure goes on. The reor of fhe room is hoving ifs fun. CF T945 The co-ed closs of forfy-five or forfy-four gof ifs polificol boll rolling wifh fhe elecfion of ifs officers. Sfrefch Trimmer wos elecfed presidenf wirh Zoydon os vice-presidenf. Morruci fokes fhe freosurers posf wifh Kull os fhe Sfudenf Council Represenfofive wifh Sfevens os secrefory. The Freshmon donce commiffee wos prompfly op- poinfed wifh DeVifo os choirrnon. The second semesfer is well on ifs woy. Anof- omy fokes fop honors in hours of closs ond home sfudy. l'll be dorned if if looks like fhe picfure in fhe book, is fhe chief comploinf echoed by mony of us: l found if is frequenfly heord obove fhe low mumbling of fhe closs of work. Neuro-onofomy, Phewl The closs of forfy-five is behind fhe college ond fhe Unifed Sfofes in fhe wor efforf. Mosf of us will bock Uncle Som in fhe service. l i Ii,.H.E5I3 lv ll! llll iii s . ,

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Jw. is .A..il-14-J PHYSIOLOGY We approached fhis course in our Sorlci- more year wifh a mild degree of lwyferio and fachycardia. Many and heavy were fhe rumors fhaf a flunlr in fhis course is a ore-war 'riclcef home. Dr. Scoff, lhe scholarly deparfmenlal head. who spends his Chrisfrnas holidays in re- search worlc, soon ocquainfed us wilh lhe frufhfulness of fhe adage, Work nnalfes my bread fasfe sweeler: I am o man, We lisfened lo fhe lecfures in old room E where Dr. Scoffls amplifier-filfered voice lulled us fo slumber. Some fried fo follow +he lec- fures in fhe prinfed nofeboolcs, buf fhe sub- microscopic prinfing was loo much for our myopic eyes. Periodically, we also had fo franslafe passages from MacLeod info sensi- ble English. ln fhe sunshine-filled loborafory, fhousands of frogs were pifhed, miles of smolced paper land fingersl were shellaclced, and hundreds of suppers were eafen cold. l.afer however, dogs and cafs began fo mysferiously die of 6:00 P. M. and suppers were nof so cold. Every monfh we sfruggled wifh rhe difficulf exam quesfions-bul we learned our physi- ologyl . Dr, Wheeler offers helpful hinfs. . Dr. Shapiro prepares 'rhe day's work. . Dr. Beck carefully scrufinizes our exam books. . Research Professor of Physiology, Dr. McClendon. Nwifrn f'n r s'sf bifrnr slad .ok AYKQEWGIUO oeeym.. . In hrs qulef, scholarly, observant manner, Dr. Scolf helps fhe boys. gl 71

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