Illinois College of Optometry - Annual Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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' if Dr. Morton Abram, vice-president of Illinois College of Optometry, intro- duced the president, Dr. Eugene Strawn, one of the dedication speak- ers. ff f ,SJ ,,,. clinic. Father Lawrence, Chaplain of Illinois College of Optometry, spoke from the entrance of the new clinic. 1 ., Q f X fr e Q e, H K Q lf, I , ' , WI er wtf - W0 ,, f- N f ' i V ' t Many faculty members, students, and friends attended the dedication pro- gram tor the new clinic on South Michigan Avenue. His Honor, Mayor Richard I. Daley ot Chicago. spoke at the December dedication ceremonies of the new Z ,WW , V , ,, 3 W? 1 s., Wx 3 T, f s'ti it as X ss ggi! Q Q, liplffml Q . y ffigviyzmvx j., - lb 1, if 1.35 1-'ff' 1 ,Q at

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E. R. TENNANT. O.D.. D.O.S. Director of Clinics Until yesterday, your clinic work was supervised and guided, and the staff was ready to discuss and explain each case. Now with your newly earned degree, honor and privilege, the first responsibility facing you is the necessity to be your own judge, to decide for yourself. This responsibility leads perhaps to the greatest satisfaction in the knowledge that you, yourself, can ,offer this splendid service upon which so much depends in our modern world. Your clinic staff joins me in wishing you a most successful and happy future. E, R. Tennant, OD. Clinic Director

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Dr. L. Mamas Head ot Vision Training Department Dr. R. Teshima Clinic Stat! Dr. A. B. Hoss Clinic Slat! Dr. Yasko Assistant Director ot Clinics Clinic This is the end product oi all our learning, it is the practical application ot the sum total oi each lec- ture and every laboratory hour We have known. Gur clinical experience is our very beginning in what is to be a lite-long task, our contact and assistance in the preservation ot human vision. lt is only a start, but it is here that our fundamental ideas and grow- ing pains oi real thinking are molded. Here We have the opportunity to meet our iirst real live patient. We listen to the complaint and make the examination, but unlike the years to come, here alone We may Watch and listen to the advice oi our superiors, the clinic stait, While they criticize our Work, correct our mistakes, and help make the diagnosis. This was the beginning, but a slight l5O patients later, We have learned and come to understand the reasoning oi these men and now with graduation in sight tind ourselves more capable. There is still much, much to learn and to master, but the die is