Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Synapsis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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JUNIORS CLASS COUNCIL Walter Willis, Chairman Stanley Turner 5T Stanley- Schiowitz, AOT Richard Borman, Atlas Irving Ontell, Independents

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When We Were Freshmen In September of 1941, our class assembled at the college. We were enthusiastic, full of ambition, and our one constant thought revolved about the question What is Osteopathy all about? Within a few days we began to learn the answer, and we became occupied with our study of Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, and our Freshman Year was well under way. The frogs and turtles in the Physiology laboratory, we found quite intriguing, especially when we tried to obtain kymographic tracings which were acceptable, and we were constantly being amazed at how much Anatomy one could forget over-night. Each bone just seemed to have too many borders and surfaces to remember! One thing we all could retain was that Fletman was using a Tenth Edition of Grays ' when all of us were using the Twenty-third. We found Dr. Moody quite an interesting instructor in Embryology and Parasitology, although we frequently failed to comprehend the intri- cate details he presented. Who will ever forget his vivid description of the dive-bomber tactics of the Bed-bug? Then came December 7, 1941. The rape of Pearl Harbor impressed upon us the necessity for studying more assiduously than ever, and just a short time was to elapse before we learned that the Philadelphia Col- lege of Osteopathy was on a speeded-up curriculum in the interests of national welfare and defense. Our odd moments between classes, we spent trying to dodge a certain notorious cigarette chisler, Waxy . Barron, Krieger, Carr, Mayer and Gagliano left us to enter the Armed Forces. The remainder of the class struggled on until before we realized it Final Exams were on hand; after the two-week long battle we emerged victorious but a little tired, sleepy and irritable. A recess of a few days, and we found ourselves, with a few excep- tions, on the Sophomore Class roll-call. C. L.