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

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E 03000 fraternitv nban W hat do we mean by a good Fraternity man P The answer to this is The Influence of Friendship,h The determination of the value of our friends depends upon the extent to which they have influenced us in the direction of higher and better thought and stimulated us to greater activity for the common good. The so-called good fellow is so often a man who is only good in the negative sense that he has not energy enough to do active wrong. We call him Hgood naturedU because he gives in to us at every turn, in every discussion. and is what Emer- sou calls a t'mush of concessionl This is not the friend we need or want. This is not the man who will ever do great good for us or for himself, and this, in reality, is the type of man which permits of the fiourishing existence of evil because he has not the stamina to cry out against it. To be good Fraternity men you and I must be active in good work, not passive. We must do the good things, think the pure, high thoughts; strive with all our might for cleaner and more healthy minds, and not really sit by and watch in passive submission the passing by of both good actors and bad one upon this stage we call life. If we would call ourselves good Fraternity men, then we must prove ourselves to be such, not merely by being agreeable, but by influencing as many of our brothers 215 we can to live upon a higher and ever rising plane of pure thought, clean life, warm affection, and thoughtful, gen- erous action. I say iithoughtful actiouii because so much of our so-called generosity is misguided, misdirected, and fails to accomplish a good end for the reason that the action of the heart has not had the guidance of the mind. Your heart and your reason must work together in close eo-operation, but your reason must always be the ser- vant and chief adviser of your heart. We often fail towards each other as brothers because we are afraid of hurting one another's feelings. This is misguided generosity. iTis true that if we can correct by gentle means, it is our duty to do so, and in fact we should cultivate an Hingenuity of gentleness? if I may use the term. But nevertheless we should look most keenly after one auotheris interests in the direction of progressive life. The indifferent man replies to us, itItis none of my busi- ness what another man does. Am I my brotherls keeper Most certainly you are! Most assuredly so! You were born into this world to be your brotherls keeper, and you came into this Fraternity, and swore upon your honor and your soul that you would be your brotherts keeper, and 110w you are bound to comply with this great Obligation and duty, not because you swore it, but because it is right. And just to the extent that you comply with this duty, just to the extent that you leave impressed upon your brothers of this Fraternity the mark of sincerity, the stamp of purity, the sea! of honor and nobility of purpose, so will you be considered and can consider yourself lta good Fra- ternity man.u I shall look baCk in future years to the friends I made in the past, or rather the friends who made themselves to me. But I ask: HWho are my friends ?i' Is a man a friend to me merely because he has been requested to join the same society that I have been asked to join, and has complied as I did with the request? Is a man a friend to me merely because he is in the same Fraternity as myself? No, gentlemen! he is only an acquaintance ; he is not a friend! he is not a brother until he realizes that my soul is in keeping, and determines to discharge the duties of his guardianship to the best of his ability. As he irn- presses me with the lasting things of life; as he stirs me to live in a higher sphere, and with a nobler purpose, and as he encourages that which he sees to be good in me, and diseountenances that which he sees to be bad and lowering, so is he my friend, and so will he stamp upon my heart the memory of him which no time can remove. He then to me has been iiA Good Fraternity Man? 12.9 e

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Else universal 1Dabit I saw her go shopping in stylish attire And she felt Of her belt At the back. Her walk was as free as a springy steel wire, And many a rubberneck turned to admire As she felt Of her belt At the back. She wondered if all the contraptions back there Were fastened just right-ltwas an unceasing care, 50 she felt Of her belt At the back. I saw her at church as she entered her pew, And she felt Of her belt At the back. She had on a skirt that was rusty and new, And didnlt quiteiknow what the fastenings might do, So she felt Of the belt At the back. She Edgetecl round while the flrst prayer was said, She fumbled about while the first hymn was read, 0, she felt Of her belt At the back. Jack told her one night that he loved her like mad, And she felt Of her belt At the back She didn't look sorry, she didn't look glad-h She looked like she thought, thell, that wasn't so bat, And she felt Of her belt At the back. '3 But-well, I donlt think ltwas a great deal of harm, For what should the maiden have found but an arm When she felt For her belt At the back? SeniorhllBill writes me that he will draw $100 per. Scrub- Per what ? Senior- Perhaps.

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lDaIuabIe hints to the Eentiet There is just one way to receive a patient on his or her first appearance in your chair, whether your own patient or one just assigned to you, and that way is this: Give each a close, careful examination, go over every tooth, examine every piece of work already there, commenting favorably, if you wish on all the good work. Be very careful, how- ever, about expressing an opinion about any work there that might fall :1 little under grade, if in your judgment the work should be done over, say so without a long explana- tion of the lack of skill in evidence on the part of the person who did the work. If you can't keep still for the sake of charity and good will to others, then do it for fear you may adversely discuss a forgotten piece of your own work some- time. If lack of time allows no examination, only an ap- pointment, then place after the name to be examinch By doing this from the very start it will in time become second nature to you. Allow your patients to have the hand mirror; let them see for themselves all the various conditions found in the mouth. Many times they are not aware of decays, these being out of ordinary sight; the rehecting glass and hand mirror will ottentimes give them great surprise, If you do this they will never say you made holes in their teeth to hll. Sometimes we chafe under the advice, restrictions, ad- monishiugs of our teachers, our elders, 01' those over us. Teachers themselves are held accountable by others for the welfare and advancement of those under their charge None are 50 perfect but that counseling i5 needed, sometimes a shortcoming made plain. If a teacher frets under the watchfulness of those to whom he is accountable, he had better get out; so is it with the. student. Dorft hestitate to ask for help and advice. But above all things learn to go to your books. Go to your books. Let those four words sink deep into your brain. Don't sell your textbooks, thinking you are forever through with them when examinations are over. If you desire to be only 130 an ordinary commonplace tinker in dentistry, then forget you ever-had a book. If you desire good reputation, Sklll and good judgment, go to your books now, ter1 years from now, forty years from now; when you get mto practme indulge occasionally in a new book relating to your profes- sion, Don't attempt to read it as you would a novel, skun- ming ever it and then adding it to your library of has- beens. Go to it for advice. Letls back trade to our new patient again. When your examination is over, plan out your work; let it be your campaign. for so it is, your fight against destruction. Don't fear to let your patient know something of your plans. He will think more kindly of you if you do. Donlt let him see worry stamped all over your face. If you must distort your features through doubt and anxiety, go make faces at yourself in some tar-off looking glass. You will hnd it a good tonic for an adclled brain. Dont get the notion into your head that swaggering and horse play with more or less roughness about the patient impresses him with the idea of your manliness. You may not believe it, but I once saw John L, Sullivan, in the Pennsylvania railroad station at Pittsburg, pick up a frightened kitten as carefully as the most gentle woman might have done; in two minutes the little thing was purring on his arm. Here are a few SilTlplC don'ts, guideposts on the road to painless dentistry: Doult squirt cold water into sensi- tive cavities. Donlt play the end of the explorer around the vicinity of the pulp and ask if it hurts. Don't let your burs get hot. D0113; let your Chisels and excavators get dull. Don't work all the time on one Spot. Doult attempt much work in the presence of a highly inflamed nerve. Donlt forget that the patient can feel pain. whether you believe it or not, and so, dont continue producing pain when he indicates it, unless you canlt absolutely help it. When you are finally away from where assistance and advice may be obtained, please remember that nWhen in doubt leadlliuo, I mean tlgo to your books.