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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I. 2. 3. ,533 A 14,6 ,,, Dr. Sylvis - excellenl Teacher, superb surgeon, an unlorgellable characler. Scholarly Dr. Riclfells shows lhe boys where il comes from. Viewing Jrhe remains ol fheir careful dis- seclion. F 1, NEURO- AND VISCERO- ANATOMY Some called him Wild Bill, buf we prob- ably will remember him as Roaring Bill Sylvis, for he cerlainly roared 'rhrough neuro- and viscero-analomy lilce a sleam locomolive. Be- cause he leclured direclly lo lhe lirsl few rows, lhere was a high premium on lhe back row seals, where lhe usual bunch dozed all in 'rheir regular sieslas in spile ol The roar. Oc- casionally 'rhey were awalnened by a sharp whislle which emanaled from lhe Roaring Bill direcled al Jrhem, or by lhe inleslines of a cadaver which were sfrelched lhe lenglh of lhe room for lhe benelil of 'rhose who couldn'+ be- lieve 'rhal lhe inlesfines were 25 feel long. Those papier mache models were of greaf aid 'ro him and a greaf developer of our imagina- Jrions because we never could see wha'r he was poinling 'ro on lhose Jrhings. Though Neuro- analomy slill causes us 'ro lhinlc ol somelhing lhal is myslic, we emerged from our course wi+h greal admiralion and respecl for Dr. Sylvis' knowledge ol analomy. ' 1. J 4