Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Glass of '96 5' Y 9 1bietorQ E, the Class of '96, have passed f' V , 'ifi'ff7W,-rw-W,' ,,:f'f'i1 -. over half of that long and nar- Xf,t,.3g,3., I-img GLM, f r :---aw - . . I - 1?-,::-L., '17 ,, 3' row pathway leading to the much it ,,,,L'mi.ie 'Q sought for degree of 1. NI. Dy, This is ,- A ill 'lu nu.-1 . ff. ..:.....'. a mere statement of a fact, and it re- .,., h . 4,1 1 Hn u mn. L . l . ......:::,Lmffff'-f i mains the duty of the historian to tell A ' ' '- '...Q:f' H, ,: Zz. fyiptvg 4 aurrfli-E?- M by 1. ' . . . N 1 , ,, trim N, W 1-'ff of tl1e manner 111 which it has been done. 'li wwf- Now, if tl1is were an ordinary class, it would be a comparatively easy 1nat- terg but to relate the many victories, advancements and the results attained by the present Middle Class would require volumes, so, therefore, o11ly a few of the notable events of our existence thus far will be recounted. Before the advent of the Class of '96, athletics at Rush were never a successg but in the Spring of 1894 they were give11 a great boom by the so-called UD. who, with the aid of one or two upper class men, organized a base ball team that met with such great success tl1at we need say no more of it. That this seed took root was plainly shown in the following Fall, when a foot ball team of no mean ability was put in the Held, upon which we were very well represented. Then came in the natural order of sequence the organization of a College Athletic Association, comprising both Faculty, alumni a11d students. XVe would not have you think, however, that the bringing of athletic sports to the front was our only virtue. No, no. I11 the free dispensary clinics, where the true and earnest student is to be found every afternoon, there we were also, and in a remarkably short space of time our few shining lights, such as Hemingway, XYeisskopf and Donahue, soon gained IOS

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.qRH..f1S2H,.fS2H,.fS2f..fSZwSZn. Glass of '96 wfficem A. Iimmxns, . Prusident S. D. BEEISE, . First Yicc-Prcsidcnt H. XY. CL'I.l3lfR'1'S4JN, Sccuml Vice-1'residcut F. A. GUTHRIE, RCCfJ1'C1iI1g' Sccx'ctzu'y C. L. HHBHS, L'orrespomli11g SCCl'Ct21l'j' F. N. ISRETT, . Treasurer XY. F. Hlwma, , Chaplain F. G. Cnxxbili., . llistoriau M. IJ. H.x'1'1is, Sergeant-at-,Xrms 107

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positions of trust and honor as assistants in the various branches in which they shall some day set the medical world on Ere. After the vacation we again assembled in the upper lecture room, as we had done once before, but, alas! we were greatly changed. XYe had received a new name: collectively, the Middle Classf' each separately and distinct individual, a Middler. As to the true significance of that word, only a D. J. can tell. Many were missing, never to return, having gone to other institutions of knowledge, or perhaps had ceased the study of medicine entirely, for reasons best known to themselves. These places, however, were nearly all filled by new members from neighboring colleges, and our most worthy Senior class was quite generous in helping us replete our numbers. Then, too, when taken as a whole, we were different in other ways. The freshness and greenness, which was such a prominent feature in our make-up a year previous, was now conspicuous for its absence, feven Tillie Schramm was quiet, at least quieterj. Possibly our change in this may be accounted for by the fact that, when contrasted with the same properties of the present Freshman class, we had faded into insigniiicance. VVe here diverge to mention the attack of diabetes mellitus with which Green suffered during his laboratory work in urinalysis. Though severe while it lasted, we rejoice in saying that its duration was short and his recovery soon complete. Now appears an epoch in the history of the class and college. Through the energies of Mr. J. B. Schreiter, the adoption of a college button, such as a student of Rush need not be ashamed to wear when among other college men, and the issuing by Mr. F. C. Honnold of a college directory, which fills a long-felt want in the every-day life of the student body. VVe have had our quota of pushes and scraps with both the gay and frivolous freshmen, and the sedate UH and dignihed QU seniors, and fas is customary with every classj claim as many victories: none, however, so signal as that memorable one upstairs, in which the seniors found it necessary to seek a Faculty dispensation before they could safely and peaceably occupy the front rows and eye the leather manikinf' Possibly it would be more in place to speak of whisker-growing in connection with seniorsg but as some of us seem to have taken work in that IO9