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

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Digger O'Dell leaves with his shovel. Vlahogianis. lVelch. Laton, Tully and Resmini leave to go into prac- tice together. Fogg leaves to get out of it all. In witness thereof, we, the class ol 1950, have legally designated the foregoing as our linal will and testament and do hereby designate it to be obscured among other trivia of its kind. Signed, CLASS OF '50 M. K. and R. K. CLASS HISTDIQY Dearie, do you remember when you came to MSO . . XVasn't it a. long time ago And wasnt you then a Shmo. Vfell if you do, then you're much older than you were. Dearie, do you remember when it was Physics and Chemistry . . Instead of Optometry, And how you tried to be An A student rather than a ltVell if you do, then you're much smarter than you think. Dearie, do you remember when you first studied optometry . . My! NVasn't it a spree Until that first squizzing bee Didn't seem like it ought to be. Well if you do, then you're much more seasoned than you were. Dearie, do you remember when you took Anatomy . . . just how mixed up could it be. But between you and me You must know head from knee YVell if you do, then you sure learned more than me. Dearie, do you remember your Histology with its nuclei . . Dr. Carvin screaming at you and I Not to see but to signify. YVhat did he expect from a guy? W'el1 if you did, then you are as ulcered as I. 1 Dearie, do you remember when you first met The Bear' . Such easy work that you didn't care Except after the first exam was there So that now of Practical you are quite aware. NVell if you are, then you've learned more than you think. Dearie, do you remember when you tried to stay rational . . Wliile they were building the First National. How amidst the din and the roar Your brain wouldn't score Yet the work piled up more. Well if you did, then you were as nerve wracked as I. PAGE TWENTY-ONE

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To Dr. lVasserman. we leave one bottle of Scotch to liven him up and at the same time slow down that mathematical thinking power. To Mr. Arnold, we leave a farm that will take care of itself. To Mr. Fogg, we leave X!!Kx-NPL To the sophomore class. we leave our inalienable squatters rights on the local pinball machines. To the freshman class. we leave our deepest sympathy and the sage advice, Grin and Bear it. :lk Pl? :Xi The following members of this august and revered student body have ceased for just a moment in their incessant studying to make these per- sonal bequests: Bochinis leaves his prevention formula. Harris leaves his diary-'AMy experience in the Bush and along the Merritt. Samit leaves his secret of endurance. Gallin leaves an eraser to his successor. Rosenfield reluctantly leaves the pinball machine. Rodolico leaves his pad and pencil. Honest John Musserian leaves his record. H. Davis leaves to begin his trip to Broadway with the hopes of re- viving vaudeville. Contillo leaves to spend more time with his varying enterprises. Kisner leaves his method of tracing rays. Kranseler leaves to investigate the visual problems of young woman- hood. Pollack leaves his opinion. Katsos and Grassey leave the bowling alley, but very unwillingly. Izbitsky leaves gradually. Krieger leaves his notes. all three pages. to the library. Katz, Spear and Rappaport leave MSO's basketball hopes dashed to pieces. Frank leaves to offer his professional eye care to Southern belles and mint juleps. The Rhode Island Boys leave early to catch a train. Cooperstein leaves for the French Foreign Legion. 'Werthamer leaves 'fThe Scope , he hopes. Mann and Lustig leave in the hope that they may return in a year or two for a post-graduate course. Koplowitz leaves trying to lfind a pinochle game. Upton leaves to be married. Grossman leaves the orthoptic clinic to Dr. Kuhn. , Sloan leaves to investigate the reading speed and comprehension of cattle, mules and hogs. joy leaves Dr. Bruce. Lesniak. Hlolff, and Heal leave to practice in the State of Presbyopia. Feldman leaves with his coffers well-filled from his various ventures. Jurkiewicz, Clark and Selig leave the eyeball optometrists to their globes. PAGE 'IWENTY

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Dearie, do you remember when Dr. Cline told us all . How he made that pigeon fall, Yet he'll have the thanks of us all For a better planned course you cannot recall. YVell if you do, then you can't have pulled out as many sheets of paper as I. Dearie, do you remember when you studied your Physics and Physical Optics IVith Good joe IVright and his verbal antics. Remember Mr. Brin and his course on semantics, And Mr. F ogg-how dull and unromantics. IVell if you do, then you're much happier than you were. Dearie, do you remember when it was retinoscopy and keratometry . Ophthalmoscopy and strabismometry Accommodation and Convergence, and their relation, And oh, what you would have done for a vacation. IVell if you do, then you've mulled it over as often as I. Dearie, do you remember when school used to be . . . Until only a quarter after three. But came MSO, your good old Alma Mater YVhere from morn 'til night you sat and grew fatter. YVell if you did, then Dearie, you're as calloused as me. Dearie, do you remember when we had those softball games . WVasn't it a shame never to win some games, YVe played like a bunch of half-lames Trying so hard to please all those cute little dames. YVell if you do, then you're as charlie-horsed as I. Dearie, do you remember when good Dr. Bruce . . Would tell a joke and excuse How fair he was to all of us In covering the whole syllabus. YVell if you do, then you know a good man now-a-days is hard to find. Dearie, do you remember the awful heat from july through September . How you wished you could be 'way down by the sea At Revere or Nantasket, with a lunch in the basket Enjoying the cooling shade with a bronzed mermaid. Well if you do, then you sweated it out with me. Dearie, do you remember when you had ten minutes to call your own . Recall if you will, the bar and the grille XVhere you sought respite, from your study's delight From Alfred to YVorth's you gayly would prance, But usually wound up in a wonderful, happy trance, YVell if you do, then you must have been feeling as good as I. Dearie, do you remember when we took Perimetry and Orthoptics . . The phorias and strabismics, The theories so old and strong. That Dr. YVhitney tactlfully proved to be wrong. WVell if you do, then you must be as confused as I. PAGE TWENTY-TWO