Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine - Caduceus Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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?Iexus thivensity Ipoyoia Editor's Note I When the question arose, ttWhat shall the title of this vol- ume be? it developed into a difficult matter to select a name adapted to the requirements and one in accord and harmony with its miscellaneous contents. After many suggestions and much debate, it was decided by the committee to obtain, if possible, an appellation of distinction which would conform to the character of the work, not only appropriate for this occasion and year, but a title that would remain as a permanent standard of the future and pertaining to the maintenance of the contents as a paragon for the many departments of Loyola University. In this old world of ours, when we take time to reflect and consider that everything is known by its name, it must be ad- mitted that everything depends on a name. A name signihes a manls nationality to a marked degree, the insignificance or great- ness of anything, if it be good or evil, large or small, it is the distinguishing appellation by which a person, place, thing or class of persons or things is known. So in seeking a name for our work, by which it would thereafter be known, was no simple matter. The name or standard should necessarily be in relation, to some extent, to all departments of our institution; the object being to use it as a caption under which all can unite and share in a common cause-namely the advancement of learning, by bringing together the students of the different classes and then the classes of the various departments ; thereby interweaving the opinions and thoughts of the individual with the incidents of the classes and the events of the University, entwining the student body as a unit in a ttPLEXUS. This will be our plexus of Loyola, making a network which will when colored with the proper spirit, written in the right light, and published year after year, act as a background or chronicle to be cherished by every student, not only today but in years to come. As the plexus is an essential part of many organs of the human anatomy, it is a term for a set of equations express- ing relations which exist between a set of quantities, and in an argument the intricacy of the parts; so will our plexus be the' instrument Which the student body Will present to the world by its compilement, the essentials, arguments, and quantities of the quality of our institution, making a texture that will always be good to look upon. T0 Otto A. Kreml, a native of Chicago, Illinois, the home of the plexus, is due the credit for the happy thought, PLEXUS, it as a title of our work.