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

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• April 2ad of Urn calwwfar ymOl d—ifd mofricwtof Ion Philadelphia College of Osteopathy APPUCATION FOR ADMISSION ' ' «,„«. - „„ , , y .0 [hi. C0U.P) — w„ ,.,„...„„,„ .. CLA55 HISTORY FROM HERE . . . The first year at P.C.O. was primarily one of basic science, in which we as students were introduced, indoctrinated, informed and intubated. A great part of that year was spent in Anatomy where we were serenaded by Jimmy, Tommy and Latissimus Dorsi and their iliotibial band, while Kogan and SklofT entertained Felis domestica amidst the cadavers in the laboratory. Anatomy lectures were a mixture of fine art with Colvin dropping his colored pencils, heated debates on dorsi and plantar flexion and infinite quizzes to disor- ganize our intellectual demeanor. In Embryology we got the pitcher and memorized our manuals like good little stu- dents, while Bayuk and Dr. Torrieri held pri- vate discussions on numerous and sundry topics. Histology, a Tremenjous course left us with a permanent ring around one eye and a hypertrophied biceps from looking into and lift- ing our microscopes. Little did we realize, that it was basic training for actual combat with Pathology. The first Biochemistry midterm, where John marked the papers by osmosis, taught 43 of us that we were not infallible but that we could always get a job at Penn Fruit upon Dr. 4 Schall ' s recommendation. For one whole trimester we learned how to build atomic bombs to the tempo of a Texas drawl and footsteps back and forth from podium to blackboard. Out of the tumult and holocaust of the first year there arose four permanent institu- tions of the Class of 1960: 1) Our perennial class president, LoBian- co, who traumatized his digiti pollex by tack- ing official office notices to the bulletin board. 2) In spite of the commotion made by Jones, a substantial note-taking system was organized and perpetuated which before it was through, gave rise to such greats as notetaker Cipriano and co-ordinator Pavorsky, without whom many of us would have had to learn to write. 3 1 Pinochle, bridge and Canolli clubs were started with exclusive membership. 4 1 An intricate system of espionage and counter espionage was initiated for the evalua- tion and dispatch of all rumors received from many and varied sources. After a brief respite, we were plunged into our second year of study w here we fin- ished the basic sciences and dealt with the clinical sciences. We started in good health with eight courses and finished with sixteen and some of the signs and symptoms of shock. A directive from the front office sent Allenius to Loder scurrying to the rear, while Marruchello to Wozniak occupied the front. The former group strained their eyes or dozed while the latter group paid strict attention in class. When the Loder brothers, who occupied key positions by the windows, decided that what the class needed was a good airing out, Dabney and Kingsley rallied their pneumonia- ridden bodies in an eff ' ort to close them. The big course that year was Pathology, which I can assure you is spelled B - 1 - G . However, when all of us racked vip such ter- rific scores in the laboratory practicals, the de- partment was forced to pass us. Physiology was in reality a comparative anatomy course in which we climbed the phylogenetic scale from turtles to frogs, to mice and finally to rabbits. With our fingers still black with kymograph dust we plunged into Pharmacology. As early as the second year it was clear to see that Kogan and Soechtig would be big doctors at graduation time. We worked ourselves into a feverish, pitch in Physical Diagnosis and just about managed enough time to hand in our coloring books in Principles and Techniques as the year ended.