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

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IN l925 a group of undergraduates met to form a society for the promotion of the higher ideals and tenets of Medicine. The name Co?1tin was selected after the Lctin continuetur Let it be carried on. At first its members were chosen from the unofficial highlights of the class. Later, a faculty committee presented a more official list of eligibles from which to choose. Finally, in l93O, it was decided to eliminate the personal element entirely and to select the new candidates on a basis of scholarship. The society now selects stu-dents in the upper ten percent of the class who are approved by a faculty committee and are then sub- ject to the unanimous consent of the undergraduate members. The higher five percent are elected in the 3rd year and they must maintain a B plus average to remain eligible: the re- maining five percent are chosen in the fourth year, thereby offering an opportunity to those students who do exceptionally well in the third year. The Society is very proud of its faculty members, honorably elected because of original research and other contributions toward the advancement of Medicine. Our Alumni body is quite active and has been helpful and kin-d to the undergraduate members. The activities of the Society during the College year usually consist of an Induction Ban- quet, a few open and closed discussions, The Contin Lecture, and lastly a farewell dinner to the graduating members. At the Induction Banquet, the new members are formally ac- cepted and a distinguished member of the Medical World is a guest speaker. The entire student body is invited to attend our open meetings This year, there were a series of lectures on How Should the Undergraduate Prepare Himself for Surgery , In- ternal Medicine , and Specialties . The annual Contin Lecture is also an open affair. A prominent scientist is selected to speak on his particular contribution. The outlook for the future, and this should especially interest the first and second year men, is very bright. The College has expanded rapidly during the last few years and con- tinued progress is in view. The Contin Society should and will keep pace. It has submitted a formal application for membership to the National Honorary Alpha Omega Alpha Frater- nity. It expects to be accepted as a chapter in the near future. MEMBERS SEN IORS Iules Berger Lucy Ozarin Louise Fischer Herman Heinstein Solomon Klotz Leonard Rubin Sidney Lipenholtz Irving Shiner Lydia Verbarg IUNIORS Meyer Golob Daniel Green Sidney Green Two hundred thirteen

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ONTIN SOCIET Honorary Scholastic Sooie Established In 1925

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L P HA SlGtMA MEMBERS 1937 Iohn H. Crump lames T. Dodge Donald L. DeNyse Edward l. Gallagher Iohn G. Garbarini I. Douglas Giorgio Allan S. Graham Iohn L. Gutowski William L. I-leeve Edward W. Keefer Nicholas A. Knox Edmund F. Longworth William I. Martin Walter L. Mersheimer Anthony Noto Anthony l. Stalonas Philip A. Zoller 1938 PERHAPS, earlier than 1892, the need for a medical fraternity at the New York Medical College was recognized, but it was not until the class of 1895 was admitted that active work toward the achievement ot such a goal was instigated. After several preliminary meetings throughout the fall of 1892, a committee was appointed to determine the name and motto, and to draft a suitable constitution and by-laws. Shortly aiter, by the acceptance of the report, the Alpha Sigma Fraternity came into exist- ence. lt was not merely a social group: rather its prime purpose was that of a quiz group. Subsequently a distinctive emblem was ap- proved and plans for the continuance of the society were evolved. Of the original ten founders, three were per- haps more active in its birth than any of the others. These were Walter Gray Crump of New York City, E. Rodney Fiske of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Lucius L. Button ot Rochester, N. Y. The task these men assumed did not cease with graduation. Thus it was that by 1902 Alpha Sigma was a fraternity oi national scope with chapters in the following cities: New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Ann Arbor, San Francisco and Detroit. Later two Chicago chapters were established. Iarnes V. Giardina William P. Goergan lohn I. Hamley lohn B. Plass Russell R. Roberts Two hundred fourteen