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

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Fifty DEAN BURRETT'S MESSAGE Dear Friends: This is the twelfth year it has been my privilege to greet our students in the year book, the Fleur-O-Scope. Each year has brought with it a student body eager to learn, serious in its desire for medical knowledge, and alert to take advantage of the opportunities offered by our institution. The Board of Trustees is giving its support in time, money, and thought, with but one purpose-to be of service to humanity in the great cause of making life more worth living. The Faculty has grown in numbers and earnestness, keeping step with the rapid advances in medical progress, and the Alumni are giving added sup- port each year by sending their sons and daughters to the College for medical training, by their increasing interest in the hospitals of the College, and by their enthusiastic help in all the activities of their Alma Mater. I You young men and women are preparing to enter the profession of medicine at a time when events of the greatest importance are taking place. The period of growth in numbers of medical colleges and physicians in America has passed, but the science of medicine is advancing with a rapidity that is difficult to utilize at the bedside. Specialization in the numerous fields of medicine and surgery has become necessary in order to make use of the increasing knowledge in every field of medical science. The governments of city, county, state and nation are increasing their control in the care of the sick poor, treatment of communicable disease, care of the mentally sick, and in protection against epidemic disease. Departments of health are reaching out to help protect the well from illness and to influence the health of the unborn. I greet you an-d envy you the opportunity that lies before you in the years to come. This period of advance in medical scientific understanding with its widened horizon, is unparalleled. You have the privilege of taking part in the adventure of saving lives and making life more livable. I have every confidence that you will take advantage of this opportunity. You have my earnest good wishes for useful and successful careers. Sincerely yours, CLAUDE A. BURRETT, Dean

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OMNIA MUTANTUR NOS ET MUTAMIR IN ILLIS ALI.. THINGS ARE IN COURSE OF CHANGE, WE ALSO ARE IN COURSE OF CHANGE WITH THEM

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MR. T I-1ALSEY'S MESSAGE h TO THE STUDENT BODY Gentlemen: In reviewing the year which ends this Iune, it might possibly seem that this has been one of little progress as far as the Institution goes. What has actually been taking place, however, is a situation involving the consolidation of our gains cf the year before. As you know, it is not easy for a person to assimilate a very large bite all at once. The same is true of an educational institution. Therefore, we have been slowly but surely digesting this mouth- ful which we bit off last year. To you Undergraduates, this may seem a slow and painful process but let me assure you that it is most necessary. Along with this, however, our plans for the future have been developing with as much speed as we can normally hope for. The blueprint drawings of The proposed new College building have been completed, and while efforts to raise the money for this building have been delayed by several unfore- seen events, we have actually got a portion of it in the bank and prospects for the rest are materializing gradually. Until this is raised, we will have to be content with our present layout, but it is my sincere hope and belief that it will not be very long before our entire plant will be classed among the finest in the country. The need for doctors is as great today as it ever was, but because of the depression, the need for honest, sincere unselfish physicians and surgeons is greater than it was before. You have a marvelous opportunity before you. If You handle it in the proper way, the possibilities for the future are unlimited. On the other hand, if you only see in your practice an opportunity to make money, your future is very definitely limited. The choice is yours to make, and I can do no more than Wish you my sincere good wishes for your future. Very sincerely yours, CHARLES D. HALSEY PRESIDENT Board of Trustees Fifty one