New England College of Optometry - Scope Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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ln the foreign news section we saw that Sonny Cohen and Bill Morin along with happy Harry Nieman, were now working with Ernest Maddox, devising seven new grades of convergence. XVe also noted an item of interest concerning Bernie Issokson. It seems that F almouths gift to optometry had become the foremost refractionist in his community and has his office refrigerated to a temperature of twenty degrees above zero. Issokson, when fully aroused has been known to throw snowballs at uncooperative patients. Icicles hanging from his ophthalmometer lend a picturesque atmosphere to his ofHce. After having read all the items of interest in the newspaper, we disposed of it. and started to ponder over our awesome journey into the future. As we did so we were suddenly enveloped in a cloud of positive scotomas that carried us back through time. back to 'The Little Theatre Off Scollay Squaren. XVhen we finally recovered our senses we discovered that physically, we were none the worse from our experiences. though the stage presentation had given us a slight case of exophthalmus. Mentally. however, we were in a turmoil, so we hurried OH to consult a psychologist. who promptly declared us to be on the shady side of sanity and ordered us to be committed to this institution. Here the writing ends. As we finish the tale of this unbelievable odyssey into the future, the sheet of paper falls from our trembling Hngers. Crocodile tears run down our quivering faces as we slowly walk away. bewailing the fate that played such a trick on three of optometryls most promising men Cone loud razz.l The scene ends amid boos, bronx cheers and cat calls, and everyone heads for the nearest straight jacket. Robert Rosenthal Jerome Rutberg Norman S. Saperia page twenty-eight

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Concerning Juniors CLASS OFFICERS President, NELSON XVALDLIAN Vice President. ROBERT LIPPIN Secretary, ABIELIA C.ATON Sergeant-at-Arms, IOHN COLLINS Due to the conditions which the war had forced upon us, the Iunior year was comparatively uneventful, but in the future when we look back we shall remember that Bob Bianchi, Lenny Cohen, Art Cowan, Larry Dimmick, Jack Flodin, jim Newman, Norman Pansey, Herman Pollock, John Reardon, Dick VVells, Lenny Wolfson, Dave Yorra and Larry Young have left our ranks to assume duties in Uncle Samys ranks. Our best wishes to this fine group of men. Nelson F. lValdman JUNIOR CLASS First Rauf: Steinberg, Volovick, Collins, Lippin, NValclman, Caton, Urdang, Veaner Seennd RHIC! Kofos, Scanlon, L. Cohen, Kates, Rubin, Dubois, D. Cohen, Colclenherg Third Huw: Bershacl, Cowan, Beloff, WVhelan, Bickmore, Rossen, Yorra page H1 iffy