George Washington University School of Medicine - Speculum Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The class of '66 managed to get through their first obstacle course, registration, on September 13, 1962. Although there were few casualties, the IBM cards pre- sented the first of many traumatic experiences to much of the freshman class. Almost all of the class, however, felt the sting of the highest tuition fee in the history of the medical school. In the orientation week, following registration, the stalwart pillars of the school, led by Dr. Parks, pro- ceeded to instill the fear of God into the novice hearts of the freshman class. The knowledgable words of the upper classmen were a great comfort in those first trying weeks, Don't worry guys-it gets much worse in the sophomore year. Under the combined efforts of the Biochemistry and Anatomy Departments we were buried beneath averitable mountain of information. With only six weeks of ex- perience, but with many more gray hairs,we encountered our first set of mid-term exams. The result for most was a feeling of relief and satisfaction, however, the era of good times was short-lived. Ben Smith,with his metabolic merry-go-rounds, and Bailey's Boiler made short work of any feelings of elation. Much thanks is due to Dr. Christensen, for were it not for that extra hour of sleep in his anatomy lectures, it is doubtful that any of us would have gotten through in biochemistry. Christmas presents were handed out in the form of examinations, and histology had the honor of being the first course to claim mortality in the freshman class. Dr. johnson, the renowned cartoonist, replaced histology with neuroanatomy just prior to the Christmas holiday. Finals came much too quickly after the far too short Christmas vacation, however, with the end of finals came the end ofourfirstsemester,theend of biochemistry, and the end of Saturday and eight o'clock classes. The first several weeks of the second semester were spent in a valiant attempt to decode the physiology laboratory manual-but to no avail. All efforts in this attempt were abandoned when we came to the realization that not even the Physiology Department completely understood the lab manual. We received our first real contact with clinical medicine in Dr. Letterman's course on plastic surgery. CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE Howard Schwartz assumes a pose of cool and relaxed Frosh - before lst exam. L. FROSH OFFICERS are W. Chalfant, presi- dent, E. G. Alexander, vice-president, C. Shaw, secretary and K. Petersen, treasurer.

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, 1 uv f f f 1 T FROSH CLASS: Hrs! rozug B. Birldn, R. Folmar, S. Kaufman, G. Noga, J. Garra, E. Alexander, second row, D. McMullen, R. Ku, j. Kunishi, 1. Mountjoy, J. Dowling, H. Haynes, R. Ludewig, third rowg J. Landis, W. Adams, H. Ashton, K. Peterson, R. Allen, T. Bisho , G. Bunnel1,fourlh rowy R. Hamilton, P. Cannava, C. Hennings, D. Evans, D. Franklin, E. Katz, B. Vkgeber, P. Man is, row,' E. Barham, j. Hofman, M. Stein, R. Aebersold, I-. Devorss, P. Goldfinger, W. Isrgreen, R. gmith, szlxlh rowg F. Lillis, G. Basinger, F. Noyes, W. Eldredge, R. Wilson, J. Saunders, H. Schwartz, J. Stern, F. Tally, seventh rowg T. Neviaser, W Chalfant, C. Nielsen, R. Eclmonston. 137

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v 'x 'R If 1 1 J QUICK LOOK brings all Lhe answers to Dr. Bailey. l SATURDAY NIGHT OK 8 .m. Coralie Shaw sets up study period. HAMBURGER. No, t.hat's just one of the easier histology slides. Dr. F. Allan shows some fresh the ropes when it comes to histology and embryology. XJ l Lfilfg . 5 5 1 KX f fb- f