New York Medical College - Fleuroscope Yearbook (Valhalla, NY)

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HIG HLIGHTS 16 1 20 23 26 MARCH 10 15 21 22 25 APRIL 4 10 14 25 MAY l 12-15 22 29 Fleur-o-scope is now taking pictures of pathological cases for use in the Year Book. Many Seniors go into hiding. Seniors hold dinner-dance at Ritz-Carleton. Microscopic dinner, miniature dance floor, expensive liquor. Affair a huge success. First Class meeting after dance. Bisconti and Chinigo ab- sent. Mascia again demands an investigation. Giorgio is seen more and more at Fifth Avenue. Does any- body know why? Tramont decides to run the Fleur-o-scope. Scala objects. Riot results. G. Schwab, after drinking beer, diagnoses an R. O. P. in a male patient with ascites. Ricciardi claims Schwab is wrong --the patient, he insists, has twins. The advent of Spring finds Longworth speeding more and more rapidly to the college in the afternoon. For a dealer in negatives, he is very positive about some things. Chuck Basile has been asked to stick to Neurology. After his two weeks on Obs, the Met was quarantined. Basketball team beats Hahnernann. Philadelphia boys claimed they were poisoned by New York food. Ga.rbarini's hypnotic playing was not impressive. Rohmer still prostrated. One of his rumors proved true-the Seniors did not have an Easter vacation. Promises to stop spreading rumors-Rose threatens to keep the ball rolling. Mersheimer and Knox are frequently seen closeted with Burrett, Tramont, Lynch, et al. Any significance? Keefer interrupts bridge game to advise. Resolution is being signed. Seniors intend to ask Prexy when the annual Dinner-Dance is to be held. Prexy challenges Mascia to a duel. Social Notes: Epstein and Prisco are expected to merge most any day: Berger has replaced Arenson in the affections of the beauti- ful blonde: Fisher and Hoffman have separated: Ozarin has become a social luminary under Papp's benevolent l?1 tutelage: Verbarg still is unable to tear herself away from the devastating Tramonty and Gartner and De Philips are still seen together. Seniors realize Boards are due soon. Buy Blue Books to study--discover they have forgotten how. Zoller and Gesell celebrate May Day with the rest of the Nazis. Other Seniors in seclusion-give them six months more and they might be able to pass the Boards. National Boards: Dragutsky swoons, Stark shows up, Ozarin wastes away to a shadow. Prognosis on Seniors is excellent. Dragutsky is now only semi-comatose, Stark has disappeared, and Ozarin is put- ting on weight. Only a few days more, and the present Senior Class passes into oblivion. Tears and laughter, work and play-all epi- sodes in the building of a career. As internes new problems await us-we expect to take them in stride. Two hundred nine

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SENIOR 1936 SEPTEMBER 20: 23 27 OCTOBER 5 9 15 22 NOVEMBER 10 22 DECEMBER 3 10. 15 19 27 1937 IANUARY 5 8 12 15 23 FEBRUARY 7 15: Two hundred eight School convenes. Seniors resolve not to cut classes. Dr. Seward lectures. Seniors change their minds. Rohmer announces 10'k of Seniors will flunk. It looks as though the Seniors will have to study this year. Ethical culture courses start. Seniors protest-its not ethical to have lectures from 5 to 6. L. Rubin becomes rambunctious, and tells medical resident that we are wasting our time in medicine. Resident is sym- pathetic-feels Lenny should have realized that three years ago. Fleur-o-scope seeks contributions-Response: 5 Seniors, 3 Juniors, and 2 Sophs. Prospects look good. Seniors are joining political clubs. Seniors now assured of an interneship. Bisconti appoints dance committee. Rumor has it that the contract has already been signed. f Sheriff finalls runs DeNyse out of town. DeNyse seeks refuge in Mamoroneck. Zoller is puzzled: Who now pre- pares Don's lunch? Rohmer spreads rumor that Seniors must pass comprehen- sive exams to qualify for the Boards. Rohmer's life is threatened by distraught Seniors. Rose announces publication of his article in the I. A. M. A. on Phimosis with Metastases, Complicated by Fecoliths of the Circle of Willis. Iuniors rush to read it. lnterne appointments to Flower-Fifth Avenue published. Bisconti appointed by mistake. L. Rubin's bust of the late Dr. W. F . Honan is presented to the school. Oratory is a distinct bust. Gallagher and Garbarini hear Mascara is going to interne at St. Iohn's. Decide to go to Binghamton. Sam Cohen, the miracle man of the century: insists he was appointed to the Met on his scholastic record. Graham insists that Apha Sigma Tuxedo picture be in- serted in the Fleur-o-scope. Scala objects on the grounds it would be the only formal picture in the book. Alpha Sigs gang up on Scala-pictures inserted-Scala tears his hair. Dance Committee holds its first meeting. ls informed dance is to be held at Ritz-Carleton. Mascia demands an investi- gation. Seniors look handsome this week. Year Book pictures are being taken. The strain is terrific. Prexy announces dance is to be held on February 20th. Iuniors have their dance scheduled for February 20th. Seniors fervently pray that the Faculty will attend the lunior Dance. Fleur-o-scope holds staff meeting. Decide to eulogize Seniors rather than reveal the truth. Seniors heave a sigh of relief. It is rumored that Murray Re has finally consented to con- sider Interneship offers. Murry indignantly repudiates the base libel. Rohmer claims Seniors are not to have an Easter vacation. Seniors object-their year vacation is not formal, and they insist upon another legal holiday.

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LEUR- -SCOPE 51 if CHARLES l. SCALA RALPH E. RICCIARDI FRANK I PRISCO T I-IE staff is not naive enough to harbor the thought that the l937 Fleur-O-Scope is the best the school has produced. It does believe however, that it has pointed the way for future improvements, and indicated just how much can really be accomplished when the staff is organized. The Faculty has been subjected to the critical assay of the students, and should the idea be continued future staffs will be overwhelmed by a multitude of libel suits. The photographs, depicting different activities, should have been labelled: the Seniors will not 'recognize the photomicrographs, and the Freshman will be unable to figure out the different techniques portrayed. For a consideration, the Staff will provide answers to all puzzling pictures-and students can then amaze the folks at home by the profundity of their learning. The literary sec- tion is an expression of the scientific and creative instincts of the students. While it may be topheavy with the medical we feel that other sections of the book provide enough of the lighter elements to balance. To the Staff, the Editor wishes to express his deep appreciation: Frank Prisco who could only write when in the moody the literary fecundity of Ed Gallagher who, however, could only write love poetry: the beautiful senior write-ups of Chinigo which had to be halved before they could be used, and the cutting sarcasm of Manocchio's pen. The amazing art department, where Ricciardi labored night and day to turn out a decent looking book-but insisted upon having his picture on every other page: where Lenny Rubin threatened to sue the Editor if a certain picture were used, and Hy Reinstein swore that if his drawings were not used, the book would be an artistic failure. The ef- ficient Business Staff where only Irv Katz knew what it was all about, but Zodikoff acted as though he did, and the work the Sophs did-because Zodi- koff was an executive and could not be bothered by fatiguing clerical work. We,have been so absorbed in the production of the book, that we are unable to evalute its worth. However, we believe that even the best of year books are rather rotten, We hope you will not agree with us. Two hundred ten