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

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panicd by any change in the complexion or any other startling circumstance. Some of the fellows kept late hours the next morning, and were a little uncertain in their movements. But otherwise nothing worthy of note occurred. . V- 1 fx ' l ' ' 2, .is 1 ' A J x 1 j K3 'V A Diplococcus. W11e11 the class returned in October of '97, a new and hand- some building awaited them at the corner of 18th and Button- wood Streets, and we were proud to enter as the first class that should graduate from it. Its accommodations and equipments are, to say the least, modern. The Class of '98 was not long in taking possession of the iniirmary and initiating the new chairs into their future use. Arthur Zentler has the honor of having treated the first patient in the new building. The Class of '98 contributed largely to the social functions of the institution, being well represented in the Orchestra Foot- .ball Team, Hockey Club, Glee Club, and the various entertain- ments given throughout thc three years. VVQ must make some special mention of that Glee Club. Ah! its melodious dischordsg its time: it was of the independent order. A sort of Tempodi fugue, on the each-one-for-himsclf style. It was lcd by one. Archibald Mactaggart, ex-leader of the Lemon Taffy, or some such name, singing society of Sydney, Australia. It is a won- der it survived. But Archibald is not the only bald Australian. There's Electric Mallet Elvy. The boys say he had water on the brain, and his hair fell in and was drowned. T99

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That was a famous rush. The college was guarded for several days afterwards by a squad of gentlemen in helmets, with little wooden clubs dangling from their belts. One ff X of these worthies thought to inspect the Y. M. lxl 2 j C. A. room in tl1e basement, and thereupon descended. The thought must have struck him that it was time for the sergeant to be coming round for he suddenly ,V r e c k 1 e s s . student had locked the door, and the '- d i g n i fi e d N S guardian of the peace had to squeeze his corpulent anatomy through an open window, to the amusement of a l crowd of very sympathetic students. Time flies, saith the bard, and whither it goeth we know not. That's the way with our in- struments in the laboratories. The Junior ex- aminations are at hand' and the boys crowd through tl1e doorways eager for the test QPD. It reminds ' V V arose to depart. But some Qil it Xt as X1 one of the diapedesis of leucocytes. Speaking of germs, we have a little spirillium in our class. His A ' 'N name is Van Deusen. He and his chum, Tom f ' Carrier, make a practical illustration of a diplo- Il1Sll'll I11Cl1tS gO coccus, for, as Stevens explains it, they travel in . inlgrgfggflgffd pairs. This germ theory is a good one. A patient is willing to undergo almost any amount of expense to get such a thing as an Oedium Albicans out of his buccal cavity. Prof. Tiurehard gives us these tips. It is believed that he can con- verse with the staphylococcus pyogencs aureus, and it is said that he is acquainted with the whole family. We had our heads full of germs, that is, were well versed in the theory when examinations came around, and so we be- came serious. Singularly this metamorphosis was not accom- I 198

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One of the members of this Glee Club, a certain Eddy Graham, an ephemeral sort of article to be had on the south .B Mactnggart leading orchestra. too. He joined the Glee Club. I side of Chestnut Street daily from 3 to 5 P. M., and con- spicuous at lectures by his absence, said, He thought he might take singing lessons from Signor Del Puente. He even had his voice tried. lt must have been very try- ing for the Professor. Our advice to Eddy is to stop in a hardware store and buy a file. And there is Parsons, guess it was for solace. They say Parsons advises the fellows not to waste too much time on girls of a certain complexion and style of beauty. He says the're treacherous. But you'll have to ask him why. How about that little Yankee girl, Parsons? Versus Parsons is Pee Wee, otherwise known as Slippery McWilliams, a typical ladies' man. Pee Wee made the mistake of his life when he parted with that petit downy hirsute superfiuity just under his nose. He was the famous manager of our famous football team. The games we lost were those we didn't care aboutg but we carried off the laurels in theprincipal ones of the season- The Pennsylvania Dental and Pharmacy. ffl -wmv . fr 50' Q4 WQTV 1- X-4.1-'I M.. L- X Facial expression of McWilliams watching the gate attendance at the P. D. C. vs. P. C. D. S. games. However, kind friends. these digressions all tend to lacerate the continuity of this history. After the Senior year had begun, and we had adapted ourselves to our new college, we began to 200