Medical College of Pennsylvania - Iatrian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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TREASURER— COMPTROLLER— BURSAR Chas. Littleton Pat Morris Dave Mathis Mary Moore Bill Steck 1 , J acq. Zenzer Each year the President ' s Report in- cludes a Financial Picture. Much of the work to make this picture is due to these offices. It ' s a complicated picture, includ- nig the assets; such as cash on hand, money received from patients, that re- ceivable from the State, materials, land, buildings and equipment, loans due from students, permanent investments, tuition, research and training programs, etc. On the other hand there is the expenditures; such as cost of supplies, banks, mort- gage, money owed to endowment funds, the cost of education of students, salaries of all personnel, and cost of patient care. And of course, don ' t forget the book- keeping involved in cashing checks for the students and faculty. We, who have enough trouble keeping our bank book straightened out, can ' t begin to compre- hend the complicated bookkeeping and record-keeping handled by these people. Lucille Iannitto Joan Mitchell R. McLaughlin PURCHASING Everything has a number in our lives to- day. And Medical Schools are no excep- tion. From paper towels to electron microscopes, everything gets a number before it is purchased. Here arc the number givers, as usual, in triplicate. George Brown Mrs. R. Kline Eliz. McFadden PERSONNEL Pat Roth Kathy Pannula Susan Convery The ratio of personnel to patient in an ideal hospital is 10:1; and in an ideal medical school is 6: 1 . These people are attempting to maintain that ratio with qualified personnel. Applications, inter- views, and that usual problem, the turn- over rate, occupy their time. II

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■ ■ ■ - i H The view from the entrance to the college show — and between this, the old original college baling. We have walked the first lloor corridor of this connecting link hundreds o( times. All of us have stopped at least four times — to pay our tuition. Many of us have stopped other times — to pay book bills and — sometimes successfully — other times unsuccessfully — to cash checks. Hut there are a lot of other things happening here — personnel — purchas- ing — bookkeeping, etc. — all of which must be, to keep a medical school opcrat-

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ANATOMY Gross . . . Histology . . . Organology . . . Neuro- . . . Genetics . . . Embryology . . . We are here to co-ordi- nate your courses for you . . . yes, your cadaver is a little fat, that ' s why your instruments keep sliding out of your hands . . . Preserve that blood vessel . . . are there really only 2,000 more facts to memorize? . . . the cortico-spinal tract has 80% crossed fibers, or is it 75%? ... EPSP . . . IPSP . . . reflexes of all kinds- stretch, flexor, extensor . . . inputs, outputs . . . tilt! . . . informative slide sessions . . . hilarious lectures . . . fun and games . . . good stories . . . facilitate the synapse — student rigidity . . . Benzer ' s 3,000 mutants ... the missing fly . . . frizzled chickens. The final exam seems longer than the whole course! CORRE- LATION! Maynard Dewey, Ph.D., Chairman I Andrew Beasley, Sc.D. David Williamson, Ph.D. Madeline Fusco, Ph.D. ■ » Marie Diberardino, Ph.D. Abraham Kulangara, Ph.D. Ronald Irving, Ph.D. Alice Savage, Ph.D. Vivian Wilson Harriet Stout Nancy Hoffner Alice Sydlowski Anne Maguire 12