Northwestern University Dental School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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next, in my feeble way, endeavor to chronicle the events in the life of one of W'isconsin's illustrio.us sons, Henry Baumgarth. His life is a picture of innocence and bliss. His disposition is as a sum- mer dream, 'as sweet as the perfume of the rose that floats upon the dewy air of a summer morning at ten minutes past four. Nothing can disturb this sweet serenity, not even the necessity of making over a gum section+plate about fourteen times. So great was Henry's love for his native hills and vales that all last year he boarded about half-way between Chicago an-d-lVIilwaukee, that he might be as near them a.s possible. He now lives in the city and is beginning to even enjoy, at his leisure, the time he used to spend in walking. Henry is a wo-rker, and is one who will stand at the fro-nt, and were I a. prophet I should predict for him as glorious future. . Carl Rudolph Brandt comes from Iowa, but from his dignity and noble bearing o-ne might feel certain that he belonged to the royal family of the Kaiser, in fact, in form and feature, he resembles the Emperor, except for the mustache, which he does not wear. He assures us, nevertheless, that he could raise one just as fine as VVilliam's, but he doesn't want to. He is becoming very popular as a dentist and has to book his patients weeks ahead. Many people have been deceived in Mr. Brandt by the story which has obtained notoriety of his being the Count Von Bismarck Qpersons believing it no-t hav-ing heard of the Count's deathj in disguise studying the pro- fessions and trades, as did Peter the Great. Wfhatever may be re- fported in the future, I here make public the fact that he is not Bis- marck, and that there will come a time when Carl Rudolph Brandt's name will stand so far above Bismarck's that the difference cannot be measured with a millimeter gauge. ' Any account of this class would be incomplete without the life of Charles VV. Bushnell. Wfhile others are struggling' for fame he can sit inihis easy chair and feel content, for all there is, is his. He is a prodigy in his chosen profession and such exhibitions of his skill did he give in- his native hamlet after his Hrst year that it was with dif- ficulty that he was able to get away from his patrons to put in another year at schoo-l. Peter Alexander Campbell, like Alexander the Great, has a love for war, so he, along with Frederick lVilliam McCallum. enlisted in the football team and did credit to themselves, to their class, to their 115

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and when the novelty has worn off, Childs takes him under his arm and walks up and down the aisle a few times, so- that the patient may c-ool down gradually, thus preventing any serious disturbance of function. I know of no other class showing such consideration for passed-up men. Our class has a love for long lectures which is al- most a mania and when the lecturer appears their joy knows no boundsg we sh-o-ut for jo-y, we sing for joy, a.nd it is often difficult to suppress the joy sufficiently to start the lecture, and before the hour is up many be-come uneasy because they cannot have the time length- ened to two hours. I The history of a nation is the biography of its leading men, so the history of a class is the bi-o-graphy o-f its leading members. The only difference between this class and a nation being that in a nation a few are leaders, while in this class all a.re leaders. To give the biog- raphy of all would require several volumes, but the Purple and Gold, I understand, is to- be in o-ne volume, which at once precludes my giv- ing the biography of the entire class. I shall, therefore, take at ran- d-om a few of the illustrious lights and shall endeavor to give them such a setting as may make them appear fair and impartial examples of the entire class. Allen! Is Mr. Allen here? Maxwell Sedgwick Allen o-f Syd- ney, Australia, was reared among the bushmen a.nd kangaroos of a far-off corner of the wo-rld. He loves his native land and longs for his old companio-ns to such an extent tha.t he has ado-pted their name that the separation might no-t seem so grea.t, but, as is the custom in this country of cutting everything short to save time, the name has beenabbreviated until it is simply 4'Kang. Mr. Allen is rapidly climbing the ladder of fame and it is feared that if he keeps on at his present rate Fame will have to put in another round at the top of her ladder to keep him from falling off. Fame has a good stand-in with the class of 1902 and has made known her willingness to- co-mp-ly with any o-f its demands. Henry Edward Barber, the gentleman from Texas, is a. gem of the first water. Mr. Barber excels in almost everything he under- takes, and his winning way and pleasant smile captivate all who come within the sphere o-f their influence. He- has but one fault, and that is overwork, which is apt to endanger health, but it is earnestly hoped that he may outgrow this habit of his youth and innocence. I shall - 114

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school and to their nations-Campbell to Canada a.nd McCallum to the land o-f the free andthe home of the brave. Great and glorious were the achievements of this pair, and had they the proper support they c-o-uld make touchdowns against theiworld, for Tommy Cole- man says so, and he's not a junio-r, either. Charles,Lyle-Daniels of Pennsylvania is a man who has se-en things. himself.-3. He is a bro-ad-minded, deep thinker, often thinking aslow as Q,Q. his diaphragm, brave and unflinching in times of peril, and, I dare say,'wouQd as readilyface. the lions infront of the Art Museum as did Daniel the lions of old. For a time in-the early part of his course he handled hash in a restaurant for the sole purpose of deter- mining its chemical composition and itseffect upon the teeth. He has unraveled the mystery, and that long unknown compound is n-ow within his power. This wonderful addition to science is no-t all of the results of Dr. Danie-ls'. research. He has also discovered an anti- dote against alQ kinds of hash, even a.gainst the variety known as boardin-g-h-ouse hash, and will have it on sale soon, la.rge size, SI, six bottles for 35, and to anyon-e who can prove that there is any- thing poisonous or injurious to health in his antidote, Dr. Daniels offers. to give the complainant three more bottles free of charge. The Doctor assures us that by using his antidote people ma.y eat all kinds of hash and not only live, but thrive to the fullest extent of human capability, and he thinks that with its introduction hash will soon become the only recognized food of the American people. A man who says little but thinks much, who is small of stature but a giant when measured by his ability, is Charles David Eaton. He is certainly carving his way to fortune and to fame. Filling teeth is mere play to him, and he does it so easily that most of his patients fa.ll asleep as soon as he begins to- work up-on them and do not wake up until he presents the bill., Edward Stanton Gregg. The great three in one-dentist, doc- tor and violinist-has not yet decided whether he will pull teeth with the violin, coctor with the rubber dam, or fiddle with the forceps. He will no doubt use the hddle a.s a l-ocal anesthetic in painful extrac- tion, will rosin his bow with liver pills and fill teeth with :'Air from Bohemian Girlf' There is nothing like correla.tion, and the mo-re you get correlated the more fascina.ting the mixture and I dare say that Prof. D1'.'G1'Cgg,S will be sufficiently fascinating to make 116 Y! fl