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

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, i VETEF ANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL Write an order, and you write it to yourself, because you are the only one who will look at the order sheet. Whether it was Surgery, Psych, Neurology, or Medicine I or II, Hines was a nightmare of busywork, inefficient labs, and cigarette smoke-but full of those unforgettable characters we called the Vets. St. Francis, Loyola's north- 'U - A W 'Ai' ern branch, was home to Surgery, Medicine I 8z II, and Ob-Gyne clerks. A few tid-bits to remember tor forgetl: Plunkett Hall, great. 45 cafeteria food, Plunkett Hall cockroaches, Lois, 5- ..,', North blood draws, the best nurses, commuting, pa' tients 65 and over tway Q Q5 overl, and the dreaded OB T If clinic. 5'-+2lQ'Q'- 29 ' .:,xAl- A ,f-V ' QI Ls-t Be it Surgery, Ob-Gyne, or Med II, Resurrection was a place where you enjoyed the luxuries of a private hospital, but endured the workload of two private docs. 1 Mercy nosoimana Mmleafcmm fy a Ill E Q Five minut.es from McCormick Place by foot and a fortune cookie's throw from Chinatown, Mercy Hospital can be remembered for a good cafeteria, busy clinics, and U. of I. students. Both Ob-Gyne and Pediatrics clerks had plenty of first-hand experience with newborn patients.

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On July 30, 1982, it began. 130 people - previously unknown to each other for the most part - were drawn together and named the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine Class of 1986. Having emerged from among 5,656 AMCAS applications, it was a diverse group. Ages spanned from 20 to 33. 18 members were married. 3 members were parents. 34 were female 126521, and 96 male. 51 were not residents of Illinois, hailing from 13 different states 125 from California alonel. They represented 63 different undergraduate institutions. 15 had graduated from Loyola, 10 from Notre Dame, 7 from U of I, and 5 from Northwestern. 109 had been Science majors, 54 of whom had majored in Biology. The next most common major was Chemistry 4127 followed by psycholo- gy 181. 2 had earned engineering degrees. 10 had gone on to earn M.S. degrees. Three of those students entering med school that day were doctors already of the Ph.D. variety. The two days of Orientation were filled with welcoming speeches, introductions, a panel discussion with upperclass- men, and distribution of pamphlets and folders, most of which - it is believed - have yet to be read. The orientation schedule was peppered with many social breaks for coffee 8a doughnuts, a picnic where the bookstore now stands, and a pizza and beer party in the Pub. As an encouraging reminder that actual human beings and patient care await us as the reason we were about to submerge ourselves in basic science, a lively lecture on Seizure Disorders was delivered on the second day with a patient as an invited guest. It wasn't long, however, before those 130 people had begun to become very familiar with each other as they quickly developed a tendency toward herd movement: That first lecture in Gross Anatomy early Monday morning, a mass migration to the cadaver lab lwith a stop-off at the cafeteria CURRICULI First Semester Gross Anatomy Histology Biochemistry Second Sem ester Neuroscience Physiology Biostatistics Medical Ethics Freshman Year president Marshall Steel addresses the class in mellow- speak. 24 The First Year for a doughnutl, a return stampede to the lower level lockers fto the chagrin of the switchboard operators and parking department who, from that day until Christmas would grow well-accustomed to the aroma of phenol and formalinl, and so to lunch, more lectures, and more labs. The class immediately became very responsive to the advice given by those ahead of us at Stritch: Live it up now - it only gets harder. Soon, those 130 people began to grow to know each other not simply as classmates in room 2706, or as lab partners, but as friends over for dinner, drinking buddies on Rush Street, white water rafting partners in Wisconsin, true confidants over coffee and and a snickers bar at 3:00 a.m. in the wet-labs, or simply as fellow adventurers to Golda's for lunch or to the Brookfield Zoo during Embryology lecture. WY W Pimsf fm mp V -fzwrwr gl PGOT1' 1