Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences - Stethoscope Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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A SALUTE TO THE SENIORS Our' College has two major responsibilities in its program of education and training. The first of these is to you the students to assure you of a sound basic knowledge in the science of medicine, and an under- standing of man and his diseases. The second of these responsibilities is fulfilled through you our grad- uates, as physicians to the public you will serve. From this you see that you the students are the central figure in all of our plans, our efforts, and our ambitions. Each year at this period we give thought and appraisal to our work as a professional college whose chief purpose is the training of physicians who will serve responsibly the health needs of our fellow man. You graduates are the results of our work, the human product of our endeavors to fulfill our responsibilities to the profession of which we are a part' and the public we serve. It is you, our graduates, who carry our hopes, our ambitions, and our dreams for the future. How you individually meet your challenge of the life of service to which you have dedicated yourselves will determine the success that you will achieve. How you collectively meet and serve the health needs of the public will determine the place that our profession will occupy in the future. The public today is conscious of the value of good health and more than ever are aware of the increased benefits now available through the advances made during recent years. Your understanding, recognition, and adequate response to this new challenge to medical service and care is vital to your success. Charles Dickens once said, It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is, and to think himself bound to uphold it, and to claim for it the respect it deserves. This admonition is particularly applicable to you graduates of our class of 1954. Live byhthesg tenets and your hopes for the future will be ac ieve . As you leave be assured that each of you carries our approval of your qualifications and our sincere rvishes for your professional success, good health, and iappmess. Sincerely, I. M. PEACH, President. 61

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Earn? Symptoms ' The Freshman year-with its problems of acclimation, anatomy, and anticipation. Diagnosis Sophomores-now well settled in their new life of study-beset by pathology and living in the hopes of next year's practicality. 753-rk Treatment Juniors-or as some may say, sub-seniors. The clinic and hospital routine round out the didactic years just passed. gawk 7:'5'ulZ-. Recovery Seniors in full blossom-gathering the finishing touches for that long-awaited goal, the D.O. degree. -X .llflf 'Ng p kt ,Zoo X t V ,fog 'X of if ll I ,f . t? .ffffffx fl

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KENNETH J. DAVIS A.B., D.O. DEAN One of the great impulses of the young man or woman who chooses the profession of Osteopathic Medicine is to learn the tech- niques and skills which will enable him to serve in an ethical manner the professional needs of his community. i Positions of leadership already attained by graduates of our College in their communities attest to the fact that it is a privilege for a young man or woman to receive a degree from our institution. I consider it an honor to serve as the Dean of this College with its loyal faculty and staff, fine student body and responsive alumni. K. DAVIS, Dean.