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

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Ninety-two William L. l-leeve Brooklyn, N. Y. North Carolina University Alpha Sigma 'ii Flower Hospital His weakly drawl though short, too long. This tall, lean Brooklynite has passed among us for four years, at various times interjecting into our lives his mellow philosophy of life and Medicine. In early years unappreciative of his counsel, we later realized the truth of his many pronounce- ments. Bill was raised in an atmos- phere of medical lore and his calling to Medicine was one of heredity. His aims in life are threefold: to continue in later life the associations formed in medical schoolp to do anything that would forward the cause of Mediciney and, most important, to treat the patient as a human being. Fortunate indeed are we to have met this northern ex- ponent of southern culture. We shall bend our every effort so as not to lose track of him in the future.

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John L. G-utovvski i Brooklyn, N. Y. St. Iohn's Alpha Sigma King's County Hospital There is such charm in melancholy I would not, if I could, be gay. A melancholic state does not always imply a depressed state. When Milton wrote Il Penser- oso , he meant not a man de- pressed by difficulties and hard- ships, but rather a man who planned- to overcome obstacles. I-Ie sang of a man who might one day lift himself by thought alone from the commonplace things in this World. Such a man is this dark hair- ed Brooklynite. Modern civiliza- tion has attempted to buffet him about as it has so many others, -but in vain. With unusual serenity in the face of hardship, his unruffled countenance re- flects an inner calmness which is a characteristic trait of his. An acquaintance with such a man is desirable. A friendship with such a man is invaluable. Ninety-one

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Harlem Hospital Purvis is one of the strong, silent type-in fact you scarcely know that he is around. How- ever, Purv is one of the finest fellows we know. Coming to the New York Medical College with a background of Harvard and Yale behind him, he is perhaps the most educated man in the class. Quietly and unassuming he has worked his way through medical school, and, despite the obstacles in his path, he has finally reached the top. At the Met. the colored pat- ients with whom Purv came into contact beamed with delight and seemed very proud of him. He had a confidence-inspiring abil- ity of obtaining complete histor- ies from any of his patients. Purvis goes out well prepared to tackle new fields, by virtue of his nature, manner and intelli- gence. We wish him all the success in the world in his chos- en work, that of negro education. Purvis S. Henderson New York City. Yale, M. S. Harvard, B. S. Ninety- three