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

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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

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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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keeping us away from our rivals, the seniors, the Faculty secured the third fl-oor and fitted up a lecture room expressly for us. Thus the Chinese wall was built and the seniors protected. On this same floor the library and museum were placed. We are glad to know that such improvements have taken place under our supervision. We know that the library is the best dental school library in the world and that the museum is a va.luable addition, has been proven beyond the peradventure of a doubt. ' This lecture room of ours was a great success. The air in it was generally impregna.ted with numerous species of .micro-organisms. An electric fan was provided to blow them out, but mo-st of them would no-t be blown, and as a result that tired feeling came over us after being in the room a few minutes. At the end of half an hour deep sleep ensued. Generally restforatives were applied in the form of yells like the war-whoop of Indians tit was alwa.ys the Indians who did the yellingj, and songs, such as There's a Hole in the- Bottom of the Se-af' Twenty-o-new Bottles Hanging on the lN'all, VV here ls Peck, etc., etc., till consciousness returned. After the sleep had passed the following symptoms were usually n-oticeable: Nausea, ver- tigo and fZ.7Z7ZZ'fZlS rzzwfizmz. The junior class of the present year report that the order of things in this room has been changed. , We began our work in the clinic. After learning how to apply the rubber dam and a few other details, we began to make it known that many in the junior class were 'cas good as some seniorsf' From the start we didwe-ll. Ho-wever, stories have been told about some of us that show we were willing to follow instructions in all instances. j. Austin wanted to adjust the rubber dam to extract a first superior bicuspid. Bowen was given a case of scaling and very carefully per- formed the operation.. He called the demonstrator to inspect the wo-rk, when it was discovered that the teeth were attached to a vul- canite plate. Hines asked how long a temporary bicuspid should remain in position before extraction. These are merely rumors, and we cannot, vouch for their truthfulness. However, we overcame all of the obstacles that we encountered. h , Time passed and with it other things. Chief among them was the pony. This little animal that had been the source of so much pleasure and profit to us had to go. 79