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

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HIJTORICAL 'MEMOIRJ or CLAJJ 1901 I 9 5 EDMTZMPORTANT events never occur singly. The present year 9 marks the beginning of a new century. It will also witness 5 the graduation of this, the most illustrious class that has 3 ever passed from the portals of dental colleges. The history of this class will beuwritten high in the hall of fame. Many of ourmembers promise to go into the world and elevate the pro- fession to higher planes. - How well we remember the beginning of our course, and now, as we are about to leave, memories of our first da.ys at college flash upo-n us. We were met at the entrance by an individual wearing a two-karat, twenty-tenth centigrade smile Qthe widest on the listj, who called us Doctor, asked us abo-ut our trip to town, where we intended to live, and ended by giving us his card, saying that the house he represented wa.s the best and that their goods were second to none. We were glad to know this, but, oh, how many times have we regretted ever having met him, for, to our sorro-w, he spoke the truth in at least one particular-his house was certainly the best to separate us from our cash. We saw the Secretary and paid our five dollars, which we took from the roll that we had been so carefully guarding. VVe were assigned a number and led -to o-ur locker. After looking up the locker mann we were to-ld how to open the lock or we were told the combination and proceeded to work it: 7, II, 8. Smooth place, 7, click. click, II, click, click, 8 click, click. Thrice we tried it and still the d-oo-r refused to open. We appealed to our neighbor, only to find him in af state of nervous excitement worse than our own. VVe tried again, and, 77ZZ.7'5lbZ'!E cz'z'cZzz,' to our surprise it opened. VVe assembled in the lecture room with fear and trembling, for we had heard of passing up,', and we wondered if such a thing would be done here, but it was not until we had gathered courage that we engaged in such spo-rt. The first fellow to go into the pit said it 77

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was fun, but a certain student, who wore a razah,', co-uld not be convinced thus, and attempted to carve the first man that laid ha.nds on him. ' The freshman prosthetic laboratory, with its memories of plaster impressions, blow-pipes, our efforts at soldering and vulcanizing, even Ben, comes to us as a dream. VVe were experts at polishing VV e worked faithfully at our first vulcanite pla.te for two half days and tho-ught that we had a finished piece of work. After submitting it to the demonstrator we were given to understand that after we had polj ished the scratches out of it and cut away the excess of rubber here and there that it would be all right. A-gain we polished, and kept on polishing until we were confident the work would be accepted, but we were some-what chagrined when told we must cut out a little more and then polish with oil and p-laster. The technic laboratory, with its ivory blocks, the brass instru-A ments, and the too-th sections, kept us more than busy. The anatomical laboratory, with all of its unpleasantness, can at least be remembered with a feeling of forgiveness. But to enumerate in detail every stage in the development of this class would occupy more than the threeescore- and 'ten years allotted to man. We at once achieved and have always maintained our position at the top of the ladder. The mo-nkey stage: of man was never known to us. TN e have always been QMcj Masters of the situation and when in our Young Days we were threatened with a deluge from the sky-Light we showed o-ur courage and the seniors took passage upwards, and at ano-ther time they gave awa.y when our Macedonian phalanx came against them. Presently we were brought face to face with other things more real than seniors. In fact, we were upon other things, for we were learning to ride and how to use the pon.y when examinations were on. Every one secured a pony, and as the results came to us we were convinced that any o-ne of us could have put Tod Sloan to shame, so successfully had we ridden. T The junior year came and with it many changes. Some that were with us the year before, tired of the race and dropped out. Some returned married, notably Young, too young, too. Wfe were told that we were to assemble in a new lecture room on the third floor. Realizing the importance of this 'class and the necessity of 78