Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Glass of '94, WffiC6F5. E. H. OcHsNEn. President. .J. V. C'AN,u'AN. Vice-President. H. M. HAYES. Secretary. E. B. MCALLISTER. Treasurer. F. E. ANDEE. Valedictorian. JoHN Ross, Historian. F. W. INIILLER. Prophet. J. V. RrTssELL. Choi-ister. A. T. CORLISS, Chaplain. O. B. Bociz. Serg'teat-Arms. IEIGCIITIVG GOUIHIITICG. F. P. LIERLE. Chair-inan. E. L. WYCKOFF. O. R. MANNING. B. N. CLARK. W. E. NICHOLS. tllcct-asm-1l,l lbistorp, Happy is the nation which has no history. has long been an aphorisni among every people of the civilized world. If this terse adage will apply as well to medical college classes as to nations, the present senior class has surely been enjoying a season of unchecked beatitude: and now near the end of three years of hard study. we are about to launch upon the literary Held it short! history of at class ol' Whom a decade hence volumes' could he XVl'ilt0l1.'ff we hesitate. but the editors of this book cry for history. 2 From year to year there comes to Rush an odd assemblage of inenfi hut in the fall of 'Stl the gathering was exceed- ingly strange.-in fact a oonglonieration of hopes4 and fears. 6 successes and failuresi. youthl and aget: yet belle-iltll ll 1. Of fiction. '2. But what do wt-get? Si. In cmhryo. 4, Of Cook County. Of being plucked. ti. In passing.: up. T. In passing exzuninulions. R, Russell. tl. Bock, 152

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cold uneouth exterior' 'l there dwelled deeply seated in throbbing heartsll fond hopes of blood and carnagel famel if and honoi-14. skill and wisdom. usetulnessl Wand sagacityluz beneath many noble brows were throbbing brainsll that throbbed as brains never throbbed before: glistening eyes there were that told of piercing intellects: and yet those danditied' S dignified' f' seniors called us D. Jls. The opening lecture came and likewise Came all of our class for we were determined to get all there was for our moneyf . and as everybody seemed to be yelling at everybody else we expected to acquire medical knowledge in very large chunks. The tirst year went smoothly. quickly. and while we had only four branches yet these kept us exceeding busy: 1. and although we were mediral students we did not have the time to revel in the medical atmosphere which seemed to engulf those mighty seniors and in which our friendly preoeptors kindly advised us to enter as soon as we had visited the Clerk. and tried the stand oft racketfi until Christmas. The end of the year came. and we had learned that dissecting was not done with a broadax. that Certain chemicals would explode. and also burn rlothing. During this year Here Salt tlrst sprung into exists-nee as a student who was always ready to answer to his name. Tensor. whose surname is Tarsi. covered himsell' with glory one bright morning by declaring vehemently that a Certain muscle rearhed from head to foot and thereby demonstrated that the elastivity of the muscle was only equalled by the fragility of the gentleman's invmory. Another man distinguished himself by calling on a druggist for Virginian Prunes. At last the examinations came and we learned among other things that we knew less than the professors93 and had contradicted the best au - thors on several points. Most, of us then became Middlers. Thus the Middle year eanie and likewise went. So did a number ol students that tried to pass the tinal examina- tionsfl. The lat-ulty had taken a solemn oath at the beginning of the year to break the customary pony's backw. so that not even the weak might ride and so successfully was this done 'that many fell by the wayside. The superiority of ltl,XXll1l:lll4l woolly. Il 'I'olv:u-wo lit-arts. l'I, H1-1liol'1'l:i,ssInn-olillgs. lit. Willa-tl to he at St-nn. 14. lhtss toseru- :is.Iimmie's foutus. IS. Ili' .Xllistvrzllill Lit-l'lt'. Ili. .ls-wt-ll. IT. Vaiust- 'zu jug. ls. llarry'I'Im1'npstnn. ltl Vollins. '20, Wliivli nas borrow:-ml. '!l. Yea too busy. 431, .X 4'li:il':u't1-1-isllv of tln- -'lass 'EIL Surprisingly strange. 24. lllslory will rt-pt-at. 15. Thu-ir only hope. 155