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

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Lindsay Bard, President Myron D. Jones, D.U. - Class Sponsor Freshman Class l'r IS WITH. deserving pride that the freshman enters his first year of graduate training which will eventually lead to the realization of his long sought after goal of becoming a doctor. The mem- ory of making application, visiting the school and having an interview seem to be but a dim recollec- tion of days gone by. He recalls how he felt when he had been accepted-not fully realizing that ,he had been chosen along with some four score of hopeful candidates. With impatient expectancy he waited for school to begin. The flurry of find- ing living quarters in a new city combined with the meeting of classmates to be, seemed to add to the mounting confusion which was besetting him. During orientation week, the confusion which had previously been present seems to clear as he dauntingly realizes that he is one of a select group. This attitude is maintained by some and trans- formed by others into a form of mute humility. The inspiring thought of becoming a physician soon becomes buried under the toil of study. He quickly becomes aware of the endless task of memorizing facts-facts which at first have no apparent meaning. The burden of correlation of this minntia rests with the student as he studies the basic sciences and finds that Anatomy, Histol- ogy, Physiology, and l3iochemistry are inseparably bound together. The adept student who is quick to OFFICERS : l..i n cl s a y Bard, Pl'CSI:ll8lI,lQ james Malone, Vice-Presiflendg ald Wadle, Treasurer. James Lively, Secretaryg Ron-

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:fi sg . t- t ,rxs bib ' ,EZV . draw analogies derives a great satisfaction from the correlation ol' this subject mater. The hours spent in the dissection laboratories seem to be a lar cry from the vision ol a spotless surgical suite and the realization of becoming a doctor may at times seem to be lost in the 'trying 1'outine of lec- tures, studies and examinations. The impressive textbooks which at first marked him as a student with high ambition may now appear to he his Nemesis. The long hours spent gleaning in- formation from the pages of Gray's Anatomy, Hanfs Histology and the innumerable other texts seem to be almost without end. Weekeiids are looked forward to as a wall behind which to catch up on studies or to reflect anxiety in the form of sublimed activity. Although studies take much of the freshman student's time, there is the realization that extra- curricular activities such as seminars, fraternity rushing and school dances are part of the well- rounded education which is necessary for the as- piring doetor. He realizes too that a man is a social animal and recognizes the need of -rec- 1'eation. .lim Archer Donald Arlinsky Abilene, Texas Staten Island, New York Paul August Lindsay Bard Independence, Mo. Melvindale, Michigan 27 il l it i it it .4 -1-.2 it it