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

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QW It is difficult to sum up in so little space the myriad experiences that have changed and shaped our lives in four years-years that when looked upon with our freshmen eyes seemed so long and never ending, but now to our senior eyes have disappeared with astonishing rapidity. We have reached now the most crucial point in our lives and are about to go our separate ways unaided and without the reassuring voices or helping hands of the men who have taught us all they know of the practice of medicine. Four years ago, one hundred and five of us started together on this perilous courseg today 80 of us are left who have run the gamut. To let each man tell his tale would be, of course, impossible, therefore we must record here the history of our class as a whole so that in future years each can take up this book, leaf through it and recapture the precious and fleeting moments spent at Hahnemanng renew old friendships, hear once again the advice of our professors, walk down the long and musty corridorsg remember the tests we passed and those we did not. So it is with the future in mind that we now here summate our efforts of four arduous years. May we all look back to this time with joy and with appreciation for the experience of attending Hahnemann. P

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To the Class of l952: This message of congratulation is accompanied with the fttll recognition of the broad scope of responsibility and obligation of Alma Mater and gradttate to person, community and Country. When yott entered in the fall of 1943, llahnemann Medical College was recovering from a crippling condition and already had growing pains. The persistent growing pains, while disconcerting at times. are reasonably easy to bear, in that accomplishment and satisfaction are effective analgesics. As you approach graduation, you may he proud in the realization of your part in carrying forward the highest standards and ideals in Medicine. About 1400 young men and women wished to he members of the Class of 1952. Screening, grading, and evaluating credentials placed the opportunity and responsi- bility on the shoulders of 105 applicants to formulate your class. Scholastic failure and illness have taken a heavy toll. Your present class represents a gathering of minds from many places, and the completion of basic training has molded your skill and ability only to disperse you into a great variety of professional activities in widely separated geographic areas. You are the pride and joy of Hahnemann, and she will be proud of you. You are residents of twelve different states and Puerto Rico. Your college training, before coming to Hahnemann, was obtained in forty-eight different colleges and universities. Fifty-eight of your class received their premedical education in the same states in which they are residents. Now that the first and basic stage of your medical education is almost completed, will you return to serve your home community and continue your professional and scholarly growth? Time alone will tell. General practice will and should claim most of you. The many specialties and subspecialties, the military, veteran and public health services and industry will have their disciples among you, as well as the sciences closely allied to medicine. The world is your work-shop. These comments bring with them the realization that you are about to leave one another and the teachers who have been responsible for your assembly and training, to embark upon opportunity, future accomplishment, and personal responsibility and obligation. We hope you will come back to Hahnemann, in spirit, and in person, as the years go by. May time be kind to you and long health be yours. Our heartiest congratulation to each and every one of the Class of 1952. CH.ARLES L. BROWN, Dean .6W..,7w

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