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

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Till we worked out Therapeutics, Practiced on our fellow-students, Gave advice in goodly measure, Gave our patients quinine tonic Demonstrating our specific, Killing, conquering the bacillus, Killing microbes of home-sickness. And Pathology, the Dental, We could hardly ever vanquish, Vanquish nor control disease, 'Specially the Klondicitis, For when seized by this high fever All the boys were wildly raving. We were proud and very happy When our plate-work was completed, Finished, polished, passed on safely Thro' the hands of our Instructors. One another's heads we bandagedg With our arm-nerve worked extraction Operations most severe. We were thoroughly enamoured Making golden crown- and bridge-work Triumph of the grand profession. And our kind professors waited As they hammered in the knowledge For development of brain-work, Knowing that in by-gone old-times They were sadly like us fellows- We are only their quotations- For their Platos called them stupidg So tl1ey tell us. Aren't they jolly? IU.-Pl'0lIIOIl0lI We appear upon this platform Proudly claiming our diplomas As a trophy of our labors, As a badge that we may enter On the Practice of our calling, Having given satisfaction To our Intellectual Athletes In curriculum of college, Well equipped as Surgeon Dentists, Going forth to meet the perils 215 S:

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With eommodious clinic hall-rooms. Then my feelings gave expression: I have made a find! Hoo-Rah-Hoo! Gold and Olive-float your colors! Whoop it up! Rah! Boomerang-Rah! There I found a class of blue-eyes, Black-eyes, brown-eyes, gray and hazel, Bright-eyed, witty, jolly fellows, From domains in all locations, North, south, east and west directions, Hemispheres both Eastern, Western. Antipodes who now have risen On the right side of the planet, In the right place in this city. Classic Greek sends us a scholar, Quite a royal man, so loyal To his college, class and nation. Yankee men of Uncle Sammie, From the shores of Maine, the mighty, Swooping in New York, the finer, City of New York, the Greater, To the coast of California, Land of honey, fruit and flowers, Favored with perpetual summer. Dental Surgery we tackled: Olioes of ologies, and Protoplasm, anabolism, All the plasms and the isms. Physiology us stumped to Keep intact the human struetureg And our brains were almost crazy With Anatomy, the complex, Deliniating nerves and muscles. We contested long with Chemistry, Searching Pharmacy so deeply Our Anatomy was shaken, And, alas! was much endangered. Materia Medica infusions Filled our heads with complications, We daren't take our own admixtures, Neither would the other fellows. Metallurgy was a favorite, Better did we like the metals, Chiefly nuggets of the yellow. Theories were dry and lifeless 2x4

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Lying in the doctor's pathwayg Going forth with manly courage, Feeling all the weight and burden Of a life-work so important. VVc, with full appreciation, Thank our Faculty profoundly, And our Demonstrators also, For the skill and power and genius Manifested in their teaching. Infinite are our Preceptors In their faculties and talents, They, the highest in our nation. We are very much indebted For their good and lasting service, For the everlasting value Of such hearty distribution Of their gifts conferred in College, Class of 'Ninety-Eight endowing. Let the good work that is started In our lives continue growing And progressing, moving forward With a clear, perceptive conscienceg Faithfully performing duties With unselfish aims and motives, Living for thc good of others, Energetic and untiring In our worthy avocation. And in any place whatever We may Find our sphere of labor, Let us ever carry with us The insignia of P. D. C. Let us set a high, high standard, Aiming ever at perfectiong Holding up our Alma Mater In the light of noon-day splendor. Would you know the greatest secret Of success, and how to get it? It is gotten by acquiring Loveliness of disposition, Love combined with manly vigor. As we know it is essential For the Dentist and the Surgeon To have tact and touch so gentle, In their wise manipulations, It is also quite essential 216