Long Island College Hospital - Lichonian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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25521325-Ilniszminrrrfc-T - of ini I. ,eil Freshman Fancies. E lflfritten by Rapaport in collaboration with Grolnich. liiil lti fir l l PART THE FIRST li CWhich being explanatory, explains nothingj X On Thibet's lofty mountains , , The holy llamas dwell ' V And Buddha gives them knowledge H Beyond which tongue may tell. These sacred priests nor eat nor sleep. They strive with rigor but to keep Their minds upon great books from Wisdomls fountains. l Each llama holds within his hand A ponderous ball, f Which, if he chance to fall asleep F To earth must downward fall And strike upon the iron floor With hideous clang and high pitched roar ld! And wake him. For this purpose it was planned. l 4 'T PART THE SECOND Y 5 Cln which we plunge into the very thick of it.l , X I . y THE SEARCH T A youth there was well versed in every art Ear. To whom but pumping muscle was the heart To whom the luring glance of maiden fair Was but an artifice nature put there H For the perpetuation of the race In this youth's mind hut one chief thought held place. The awful secret of life's spark he sought For which great masters struggled but for naught. 1 t 3 Long time in massive tomes of ancient lore , N He strove to penetrate life's inmost core. i 'Till once a yellow manuscript he scanned Written by a thrice mighty masterls hand, JI And there with starting eye he slowly read In The method whereby to evoke the dead. II ll, .THE RECIPE l'Essence of foetal heart, injected lung Together mixed the while this chant is sung. A Here followed such an invocation dread J As cannot aloud hy mortal he said .1 Unless the daring Wight hold in his hand ff.7'i?:'pQy-igfi l'L'2QHMEAEl?i si in Page two lumdrcd and five iltf iff: 4

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E Hi IU l l it 5 i l F! i i l i i ii J l . 3 . at Wil Til ll' i ng lui N A i i i Mi H! lg, lu. . I 1 .lu ,aw ff, 1 l ,' J . .f ' Lf, my ua .. mf g- ' ' lilr'.9HUN'5ll.li in 'fi F1 -:Lt an in jf A--,i v 'gf 'J QA, nffif ' rp l' revies? 'A F .iaufvw 3.1 E he EIL . Es, He's not feeling well, spoke up Hallux. Last Christmas he was injured in his weak spot-you know-where the arrow struck him at the siege of Troy. A freshman was trying to articulate his tuberosity with Cuboid, over there, and pressed quite hard. - They'll never learn, sneered Femur. They always go at a bone wrong end first. We get even with them, though, said Mandible. VVe bones of the skull scare some of them. They dream about us for weeks and weeks. That's not getting us anywhere. Let the vertebrae align themselves now. First of these, Atlas tottered forward, numb from supporting the skull. QThis is the why of the numbskullj Closely following came Epistropheus with his nose sticking up in the air. Then came Cervices Tertius, Quartus, Quintus, Sextus, and bringing up the rear. Vertebra Prominens. The latter went by Femur without even bending his spine, and for this lack of respect he was roundly reprimanded and pro- nounced a most irregular bone. At length all the vertebrae had filed past and stood in a long imposing column, thirty-three strong. Have you any complaints to record, Father Atlas ? asked Femur. No, mumbled the latter. The boys leave us pretty well alone. I lost the last member of the Coccygeal region, but the inhabitants of that district seem to get less in number every year. E Well, yes. tl1at's been happening ever since Darwin invented evolution. Next. And now the ribs moved solemnly forward in two -columns. They put up a chesty front and took up a lot of space, but a whisper went around that they were a hollow lot. Indeed, the smaller ones were so flighty that they almost floated on air. Walking between the two columns and lending them support was sternum. Fickle as the ribs were they realized that sternum was a close relation and hence were much attached to him. With pride did Femur survey the numerous host. One hundred and sixty-four assorted bones were lined up before him. Who wonders then, that he forgot the proximity of the dreaded enemy and dreamed of conquest and glory. ln front of him were the people, behind him the big men of the kingdom-his twin brother, Femur Sinistra, only one-fifth of a second younger than he, the Os lnnominatum, who delighted in traveling incognitog Tibia and Fibula, who were only slightly inferior to Femur, himself, in stationg Scapula who was looking rather thing Humerus, who had more deaths to his credit than any of them: Clavicle, who was not very strongg and Radius and Ulna, who were quite inseparable. The only thing wanting now was lVIusic, which is so elosely related to Anatomy, as any bone knows. So Femur called upon the iliotibial band for an appropriate selection. The latter, consisting of the twenty-two bones of the skull, responded with great gusto, and began- YE CHANT OF YE BONES 'H You who would know Anatomy Each tubercle, each impression, Must first know Osteology- Each line and tuberosity, So learn each fossa, each depression, If on the A 1 list you'd be. The chant was proceeding in a most gratifying manner, and all the bones were gravely keeping time, swelled with a sense of their own importance, when suddenly discordant notes were heard. Immediately, Femur cried, Stopl the bones of the cranial vault are flat. All present thought this showed amazing perspicacity on Femur's part, but in truth, any anatomy book will tell you the same thing. However, some of the bones suggested that the skull was cracked and hence could not give forth a true tune. But, alas, at this point, as Femur, unnerved by the dreadful occurrence, relaxed his watchfulness, all the bones were suddenly seized by ruthless hands and frightened back to death. A BY GERSON RAPOPORT, '26.

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.,, 1 .3 l X ,H gl I 1 3 ' lift :gill alll ' igjll Section of the resting marnmary gland At stroke of midnight must all be begun lfli And hnished as the churchyard bell tolls one. lie? And when the product is required to do lts deed, dissolve in spirit of home brew. 'Ill if '1iI'lE Powen OF STRONG SPIRITS All things which in that ancient script he read. Things written by the hand of one long dead Our fearless youth digested till at length L-Q, He saw that most depended on the strength W Of home brew used, for that old parchment said, i'Qnly.strong spirits can evoke the dead. lhen in all things most faithfully he wrought. Dissolved each milligram in costly quart Until that potent liquid was prepared Then he to a dissecting room repaired. Into each mouth open with gruesome gape He poured the burning Huid as to slalce The agelong thirst consuming every part Kept from its rightful rest hy human art. liiflgne fraught is lien enough to rlaiiiz the diadu qw at usty crum ing pare ment a a egec. And so in truth it was. Each grisly head Upraised itself upon its stony bed. 'lil Each ghastly form with wonder gazed around iw' Then all with one accord their rags unwound. Only the Evil Qne who rules below Is able to describe such utterlwoe. As gripped each form when it beheld the state X311 Into which those pursued by ruthless fate Are cast. In truth it was 11 fearful sight YVhich our intrepid youth did e'en affright. IV iQ THE ASSENIBLY Now in that place of death there is a room Where those who rule are wont to mete out doom 'P Cut limb from limb nor stop at vital heart. To students who with scalpel razor sharp lgfl Into this room as tho with one accord That motley crew, from death arisen, poured if A crunch, a moan, a creak, a stifled sigh- Unearthly sounds-were heard as there passed by An arm, a leg, a trunk, an eyeless head. i Oh! who can picture such a scene of dread? 5, When to that place of judgment all were come , :Wifi A Then there arose a murmur and a hum 'lit fig e are are T fr- i- -- l .j.Vl ' lr l fl .l A kg,- ,..17,fv-.:.' X -4 bfi. 4, lik jig, br T 'f5 '-fir: t - fs, , ,-,J fl, - 1 ' -.-K 1-...- J K, -,L--- - -., Page I-wo hundred and .six