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

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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

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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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4 Coney Island Hospital Superficially, a highly skepti- cal and cynical young many essentially, a keen analyst and regular fellow. Sid has always commanded, our admiration for the nonchalant manner in which he has undertaken to master the many intricate problems of mod- ern Medicine. l-le has succeeded because there exists, beneath that outward indifference, an alert mind responsive to the challenge of the curriculum. I-le seems to tire easily during lec- tures, but anything pertinent brings him sharply out of his reverie. After all, if he can take it 'from Fischer, he can take it from the profs. I-le goes forth in- to the world as another accom- plished practitioner of the art of Medicine, and were he properly appraised-as he has here been evaluated-his classmates would some day bask in the radiance of his fine reputation. Ninety-four Sidney Hoffman Brooklyn, N. Y. Coe, B. S. Fleur-o-scope 2, 3, 4