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

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ESTABLISHED IN 1892 In October 1902 therefore, due to its evident need, the first register of Alpha Sigma ap- peared. lt was published and edited by Walter Edmond Nichols, then grand president of the fraternity. Although successful it never became a periodic publication. It was again published in 1910 and 1912, and finally in 1920. For one of two reasons these other chapters of Alpha Sigma gradually became inactive. Either the medical college was unable to weather the hectic years during the Great War, or else the alumni of these chapters failed to stimulate properly the interest of the under- graduate. At the New York Medical College, Alpha Sigma has not only kept the undergrad- uates interested in fraternity activities, but more than that, we have held our alumni in closer bond than many medical fraternities elsewhere. Meetings are held at the New York Athletic Club on the first Saturday of every month from October to May inclusive. Papers on medical topics are here discussed and matters of gen- eral fraternal interest are talked over. In ad- dition, the two annual formal dances of Alpha Sigma-one sponsored by the active chapter and the other by the alumni-serve further to solidify the union between Alpha Sigma men. - . . . fi it 1 1 MEMBERS 1939 Whitelaw Birss Andrew C. Botti Fred I. Clark Philip C. 1-lultenschmidt George K. Looser Robert V. Martin Eric I. Norrington Richard H. Stahl 1940 Stuart P. Barden Charles I. Bivona Warren I. Brady George W. Deyoe Henry R. Ennis Richard Gaillard Iohn A. Hamilton Hunter P. Harris Eugene I. Kennedy Francis I. Wixted Cyril V. Kimball Thomas K. Merwin Samuel B. Moore Iohn I. McQuade Robert T. Shipman Charles H. Thoms loseph A. Tyburczy Paul L. Wells Two hundred fifteen

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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

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BETA BI-ICD Two hundred sixteen THE BETA BI-IO fraternity was organized in October, 1936. Its members are composed of students who are desirous of promoting fellowship and a broader medical outlook. Frankly, it is definitely determined that all of its members shall be good scholars, regular fellows, and gentlemen. Because of the youth of the fraternity, much time and effort has been expended in its organi- zation program. Shortly, it expects to become affiliated with a national medical fraternity. At present, there are twelve active members, whose co-operation and close friendship have formed a firm foundation for the expected rapid growth of the organization. It affords the bene- fits of friendship and affiliation with a national and highly honored fraternity.