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

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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

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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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Dr. C. W. Hayle Dr. l. Shepherd Clinic Slaff cast and now we shall be on our own. This learning and molding and doing is the clinic's gift to each of us, the seed from which to develop. The time con- sumed, now past, seems short but the knowledge gained will remain indefinitely as the keystone of our future. Each year, each graduating class undoubtedly feels much the same and their clinical internship is their guiding light in the dark beginning but in l956 we were doubly blessed: for that year, for the first time, we were two schools in one. The union of Chicago College and Northern lllinois College brought together the teachings and avenues of thought of both institutions and their methods of prac- tical application in the clinic situation. Two clinics have been maintained, each with its own staff, but with student interns serving both. We are truly grateful to the staffs of both clinics for the practical knowledge they have given us. Clinic Staff Dr. B. L. Pearl Clinic Stall Dr. E. Scanlon Clinic Stall