Ohio College of Dental Surgery - Alethian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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HARRY WATSON, EAs'r ROCIeI1+2sTIiR, OIIIO. Entered college IQOZ. Class Historian. 'S X . HERBERT S. WHITNEY, FAY, OHIO. Entered college I9oO. Re-entered 1902. A gentleman in every meaning of the word. CLINTON H, WOOLGAR, M. D. WAI.DRON, MICHIGAN. Entered college IQO3. The greatest men are the simplest. 39 His mind to ambitious heights ever flew. CATHERINE HOWRY WHALLON, CINCINNATI, OIIIO. Entered college IQOI. Meinber of l'. S G. Fraternity. A sweet disposition is a wholesome confec tion.

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ROBERT C. VAN OSDOL, DILLSBORO, IND. Entered college IQOI. Member of fl' .4 .Y Fraternity. ber Ducheirotos GEORGE OMAR WALTON, ERLANGER, KY. Entered college IQOI. Member of fl' .4 it' Fraternity. Aspiration is inspiring, accomplishment ennoblingf' SIMEON GRANT VVALTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Entered college IQOI. Member of 'I' S! Fraternity. President of Class ,O2. President of Glee Club Life's difnculties melt before his sunny disposition. 38 Member of Base Ball Club. Member of Band. Mem- Club. A jolly good fellow who can relish a joke. ERNEST SOLOMON WALKER, SCRANTON, PA. Entered college IQOI. Member of 'l L! Fraternity, Member of Glee Club. His face is a letter of recommendation and his heart a letter of credit.

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Class of 1904. NCE more the historian is called upon to record the history of a class, which, after three years of trials and tribulations, has at last reached the goal which only the ambitious can attain. On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. If you will look back o'er the annals of tradition, you will find that history is replete with achievements of the past, and it is with feelings of pleasure that I write one more chapter in the unfinished book. In pursuing the task assigned me, I shall endeavor to trace the evolutionary steps which marks the progress of the class, from its incipiency to that culminating plane of distinction which we term seniority, The journey has been a long and monotonous one, and as the end has at last been reached, we can stand at the threshold of our professional career, and repeat the words of the immortal Caeser CVeni, Vidi, Vicij I came, I saw, I conquered. If it is not a deviation from historical accuracy, it was in October, IQOI, on one of those beautiful days characteristic of the season, that this band of conquering heroes left the parental roof, and wended their way to Cincinnati to be instructed by the members of the illus- trious faculty, whose portraits adorn the walls of this time honored school. It is eminently Htting and proper that our history, which will undoubtedly be read by posterity, should be so recorded, that when they study the facts which actuated us in aspiring to that lofty pin- nacle in the constellation of celebrities, they will be so impressed by our untiring zeal, that they will inculcate in the minds of the youth of their day, the noble precepts of this grateful class I would very imperfectly execute the task assigned me, were I not to soar in an atmosphere of eulogy in emulating the deeds of this class, and in so doing, it will be necessary to go back to the palmy days of our beginning. In tracing the process of evolution by which Freshmen illiteracy has been transformed into senior enlightenment, the historian must deal with facts as he finds them. The story abounds in figures of speech which range from the sublime to the ridiculous, and I trust there are none so censorious as to heap undue criticism upon the writer. Our inception as a class dates back to October 6, 1901, and since then it has been one continuous story of achievements, brought to fruitage within the walls of the O. C. D. S. It was on the morning of the above date, that this aggregation of intellectual giants assembled in Taylor Hall, to be perfected into a class organization. College spirit had not yet manifested itself, and the stillness of the hour was occasionally broken by the respiratory or- gans abnormally performing their function. While we were enjoying this serenity of mind, the studying of faces revealed the fact, that mechanical genius was not the only mark of intelligence we possessed, for it was quite perceptible that some possessed brains remarkable for their profundity of reasoning. It is no exaggeration in saying their intellectual accomplishments shone with such brilliancy, that even the Professors looked upon them with fear and trembling lest they might ask some question unknown to the profession.