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

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Brooklvn, N- Y- Colurnbia B. S. Lawrence J. Alvarez To some, fraternity spirit im- plies friendship only with one's brothers. However, Al was not of such a kind. He was everyone's friend-always will- ing to discuss amiably the var- ied perplexities which We en- countered. He has gone through school gaining strong friend- ships and enduring admiration. Always a conscientious student, the tedious regime of medical school never bothered him. Rath- er, he welcomed it, for he had realized early just what his ob- stacles would be when he cast the die and decided to study Medicine. Philosophically resigned to the fates, he resolutely entered into the spirit of the curriculum, and his success is partially account- ed for by that admirable esprit de corps . This, and his natural intelligence have served him Well. He starts his interneship with more than adequate knowl- edge, prepared to face with equanimity the responsibilities of a doctor. Prospect Heights Hospital Fifty-nine

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Norton Memorial Hospital Louisville, Ky. Medicine is a fertile field in which to demonstrate the vast chasm between book learning and its application to practi- cal problems. Iohn is an un- usual medical student: appar- ently, he knows everything-at any rate, he always has a logi- cal answer to the problems be- setting us. His medical knowl- edge is so beautifully and effect- ively organized that broad com- mon sense principles are never lost sight of, and only rarely are the finer details lost. A thorough foundation of facts and logic is what he carries to the realm of research and teaching. Molded into these profound concepts of medicine is a personality that is, to say the least, unique. His un- bridled enthusiasm at times provokes critical comment from classmates. The final arbiter of all student arguments, lohn has ably demonstrated the neces- sary ingredients for success. Fifty-eight John Abajian, J r Providence, R. I. L. I. U.

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Fresh-very fresh- from the miasmic swamps of New lersey, via Colgate, came lohnny full of hope and bluster in the Fall of '33, lt was merely a matter of minutes before many had struck an acquaintance with this forceful newcomer. In the very first semester some of us be- gan to realize that here was in- testinal fortitude with a capital Nl Cjejeunuml, for lohnny took the Boss and his course in Anato- my in full stride. On the basket- ball court his now-you-see-him- now-you-don't qualities togeth- er with an hypertrophied delight for bodily contact made him a constant source of wonder and despair. To the epigrammatic gentle- man who offered the world the principle that great things come in small packages , we submit the supreme vindication and justification of that principle in the person of pugnacious Iohn- ny. Christ Hospital, Iersey City l Sixty Iersey City, N. I. Colgate A. B. Phi Alpha Gamma Dance Committee 1, Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 2 John E. Annitto