Philadelphia Dental College - Class Book Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Notably among the apologies is Bill Devine. We cannot but conceive that he was a mistake. If he had begun the ascent of another ladder and had climbed long enough, he'd have been at the head of the theological business, as his name indicates, but-but-yes, but, that reminds one of Lewis. Ah! Lewis is a foot-ball player of great repute. He says, I kin git up a foot-ball team that'll lick them juniors out of their boots. The fact is, he's rather short in stature and has a-great tendency to- ward getting at the bottom of the heap and coming out looking like a fair sample of an unlucky custard pie. But to recommence where I discontinued, not having lin- ished what I previously began to tell, that is, Whom we are? Why we are? Whence we came? We are the Class of '98. The only Class that has ever graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College. Strange, very strange. W Why we are? Aye, that's a question. Johnny Needham set a patient on fire one day and someone else ran up and began to pound out the Hame. It was hard to tell which scared the woman the most. Ask that patient why those fellows are. Perhaps she might tell you the public opinion of dentists at large. Whence we came? That's an easy problem.-X We came from nearly all the original States, and nearly all those that are not original, and from every grand division in the world, except Camden and the VVestern Indian Reservations. We have repre- sentatives from Australia and other parts of the United King- dom, a Fox and Seal from the animal kingdom, and a Fern from the vegetable kingdom. The Class of '98, so prolific in genius, so cosmopolitan in its anatomy, became a something in October of '95, Its mem- bers reached Philadelphia with lots of dollars, but less sense. Not finding the Philadelphia Dental,College anywhere about the bureau of information at Broad Street Station, they would wan- der around City Hall till some gentleman with a blue coat and a cane, standing six foot six, would remind them that a trolley was coming. Yes, yes, thank you. How can I get to I7tl1 and Cherry Streets? Being directed, the embryo dentist hunted the halls of his future Alma Mater. Not so, however, with Dr. T94

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'Q Ilappy the people whose anhals X are blank i11 History-books. CA1u.x'1,1c. ' gf ISTORY illustrates. ,lt pictures tl1e events and Q scenes of the past, not with tl1e harinonious lines 5 and curves inclued with expression by the skill of tl1e artist, but by traeings of perhaps the same little inst1'111nent, the pen, thus giving' to tl1e future cleecls, tl1e outcome of that faculty, the mind, which is rlestinerl to its short course of but three-seore years and ten. Witl1i11 tl1is chronicle of events, the s111n of wl1ieh eomposes the history of this great planet and things l1lCllQ'C11OllS to it, a page should be reserved to a class of 1ne11 who i11 their future eourse of life shall have to deal with things great and small, the hunian type a11d the one-eellecl amoeba. That little saprofitie fungi that causes people eventually to lay their inastieators on tl1e shelf before retiring. And so. fellow-stuclents, it may in- terest you for a few 1non1e11ts to indulge i11 a few reminiscences of the pastg and you kind friends, to listen and learn VVllO11l we are? WVhy we are? NVhence we came? and the n1any other apologies we have to offer for our existence. 193

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Skinner. Chester was flush and decided to take a cab. I-Ie soon found one and comfortably seated himself in it. To tl1e Windsor Hotel! The cab had hardly started until it stopped. Chester popped out his head to see what the trouble was, and instead of trouble saw the sign Windsor Hotel. ln disgust he got out and settled with the driver, muttering to himself that the next time he wanted to cross ll-road Street he'd walk. But, Chester was Hush. There were other Chestersg but when Dr. Dorr col- lected S105 per capita, not to say anything of incideutals, the iiushncss disappeared. Soon after the term opened the boys got together and put their men up for class officers. George Marshall was elected temporary chairman of the meeting, and of course kept perfect order. The sound of a thousand cannon 'f filled the room, and when the dust settled jack Torrance was sorted out of the ballots as President, Will McClarin, Vice-President: Thos. llyrne, Secretary, and Mrs. Fitz Stubbs, 1100 Stubert, was made Treasurer. Thus we glided serenely through the Freshman year, singing to Marklcy, the demonstrator, the tune, Here- Here, 150 Strong, at Roll-Call, to an accompaniment of about as many horn mallets. The faculty took pity on Markley, who was a Senior, and graduated him the next April, giving the job to Jack Torrance. But jack got thin, too. Ah! It's hard work trying to show a Freshman how to file a tooth down. Two things a Freshman is in honor bound to do, are to hustle out any juniors who may be intrusive enough to desecrate their premises, and secondly, to advertise themselves. As to the latter, there wasnlt an available bit of wall or blackboard space that didn't have '98 in bold figures shining out. And many were the tussles in the arena, just before lecture in which the figures ,97 and 'I '98 would alternately take their places on the blackboard, guarded by some brawny classman, till he was overcome, that is, the ,97 mang and the victors, needless to say who they were, guarded their standard. As to our rushes with the Juniors through that narrow doorway, why it was a veritable reproduction of the scenes at the Pass of Thermopolae, when the Greeks held back the heathen hordes. The figure suits well. 195