Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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ZQJSXQZQZQHQZSQZQSQZQ lass llbropbecig DnLIVE1zEn ox Class IJ.-xr, Mu' 21, 1894. flfr. P1'5.vz'a'u11f, ffafzorizbft' Ezfzffzjf, f mr- lfmfus, Lmz'z'r5 mm' Gl'11fli'111uf1.' Now it came to pass as I tarried with my books that the hour did arrive in which I must of necessity hie me to my couch. 'Iihat meal which the landlady extolled in words such as are becoming only to landladies did gnaw and even tear away at my yitals. In sooth it was of that baser sort that incites a feeble stomach to rise and mutiny. It was well-nigh the hour when the church-yards yawn and solid girls do likewise. Then I replaced my books upon theirshelves, and taking off my garments did retire-my head all filled with epiblastic tumors, my stomach with things much worse. Verily, I was weighed down and sorely grieved, for slumber visited not mine eyelids, neither did sweet Morpheus come my way. At length, after much tossing and weariness, I slumbered, but my slumbers were not such as a babe sleepeth, for gruesome things did haunt me -thoughts weird and ghastly chased each other across my wearied brain, scorpions did rend my tiesh, and slimy serpents with forked tongues did crawl upon me and make me to writhe. Now it came to pass as I wrestled with these things unnatural and uncanny that at length I found myself in a forest dark and thick. , I know not how I got there, nor yet where it was. It mattered little. No sound to break the silence so oppressive save the occasional hoot of a distant owl and the sighing of the wind in its course through the tree-tops. Yea, verily, it was dark- so dark, in fact, that e'en one of Pharaoh's own body guards might well haye lost his way. And as I sat and did commune with myself--lo, there did appear a small uncertain light shining through the underbushes, and when I did behold it I straightway took heart, and smiting my thigh with my palm said, By the sword ofthe prophet,this is my deliverance Q and as I thus did commune with myself, the light e'en so drew near unto me, and as it came still closer I saw 2o5

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-which we had many. We will append an account of one meeting: The pres- ident was in the chair. Rain-in-the-face, with a blood-curdling whoop, moves that the class roll be put on the invitations, seconded by Sharp and Smith. 'The president puts the motion and 137 of the 138 present arises to speak and each one speaks. Tarsi being deaf sits still. t'Warho1'se objects, for no one can pronounce his name if it were all over the invitations. Mrs, Gan- son's anchylosed face will not move and she sits down. Tensor wants Mrs. G. to speak: Sliver objects: IQIRBY begins to study: Trueman lashes his arms, roars, perspires, and hurling a threat at the opposite side, wants to wager his chances for getting plucked that he will never have his name on the invitation. The-young-man-afraid-of-the-professors wants anything but a position at the stock yards. Riordan says, Vy are ve all here togedder anyhow? XVhisk- ers wants to be heard: Shorty wants to read a committee report: Chrys- alobin asks the president to call him Doctor. The Boodlern calls for business. Papa says this is worse than a whole nursery of babies. Artie requests the loan of two dollars. Cope pulls his whiskers: Lottie sings Ta-ra-ra: the president calls for silence and says not more than II7 would be allowed to talk at once, for that annoyed him. Flagpole calls for blood: Della objects: Lord Fauntleroyn wants silence so he can sleep: Jewell tells a story: No. ISN takes his seat: Mrs. Lease still speaks loudly: Jerry Baldy pulls his back hair: VVindy dances his favorite ballet: Medical Man arrests Frogeater, and the meeting adjourns with I23 men talking. These items were partly taken from the secretary's report and are substantially correct. College life with its pleasures and happy surroundings has many dark places, and three times in our course we were reminded that life at most is short. Only a few months ago we were apprised that Mr. E. L. XVYCKOFF was dangerously sick in the Presbyterian Hospital. Day after day when inquiry was made at his room the nurse or attending physician could give us no hope that he was growing better. Finally it was announced that his mother had .arrived to see him, and only a few hours later that he was dead. No one not in contact with the class can imagine our sadness when we held a meeting that bright morning and made arrangements to pay the last tribute of respect to the life of our fellow class-mate, which had so suddenly gone out just in the morn- ing of his usefulness, and in the prime and vigor of life. He was honored by receiving a position as class officer, respected by all of his class for his frankness and liberality. Mr. BEHLE was sent to accompany the remains to his home at Rock Rapids, Iowa, resolutions of condolence were drafted, and the class did all in their power to console the sorrowful friends and relatives. As we leave Rush our life study has only begun. Wie have laid only the foundation for a medical education: we must continue to study if we expect to keep pace with the rapid advances in medicine. Wle ask your best wishes for four future success, and promise to strive faithfully to maintain the high repu- tation of Rush, and to hold sacred the dignity of our chosen profession, ever looking upward to our motto, Scientia et l-lumanitasf' ,lol-ix Ross. X fi mf F-5 V. ' -s-rf 1 JE : 20.1.

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that it was a torch of pine knot that a form all bent and tottering carried in his withered hand. He was old, yea, very old, his hoary locks did fall in great abundance from his temples, now so hollow, until anastomosing with a beard, still more white, almost concealed his face. He came upon me. He must have known of my presence, for there was no surprise when he beheld me. Now it came to pass that as he gazed upon me he did draw himself up to the full stature of manhood, and placing his thumbs in the axillary spaces of his toga, viewed me in the most oppressive way, and having gazed did shake his head and say in tones most sarcastic : So you indeed are he whom the class of '94 hast sent to me that their future might be revealed. It behooves me to say that I am in truth surprised and disappointed. Suffer me, I pray thee, to see thy credentials. Thereupon with trembling I did hand him a letter that our worthy president had given unto me as I set forth upon my journey. He read it in silence and having finished it said, Very well. First I will tell you who I am. My name is Future. The past I know not of. The present lasteth but a moment. XVhile I, Future, contain all the probabilities and possibilities of the destinies of men. I live only in the things that are to come. This portion of the earth and the fullness thereof is mine, and in it are all these things contained you shall to-night, if eyes and ears you use, a lesson learn that will abide within your memory so long as the Nile runneth to the sea and the soil of the Sahara is athirst. Follow me and e'en these things shall be shown unto you, and girding up his loins he led the way. And it came to pass after we had journeyed over fallen trees and briers that did scratch and e'en forsooth tear my raiment, that we at length did come before a cavern large and still and even blacker than the Stygian darkness round about us, set between two boulders, large and awful in their greatness. Bats and winged animals,the like of which I ne'er had seen, did Hy against the light and made it to Hicker e'en more than before. I was in sooth sore stricken and sick at heart,and methought: Verily, I have bitten off more than I can chew,and peradventure some accident will be- fall me. Suffer me, I pray thee, to depart and forbid me not. But he only laughed and mocked my cowardice. Seeing that it availed me naught, I straightway took my hypode1'mic out and did inject a sixtieth of strychnine into my arm e'en unto the deeper tissues. I-Ie then moved calmly forwards I followed, but not with eagerness. On and on and still downward we did go towards the very center of the earth, The air coming from Plutos' sulphurous realm was thick and stifling, but that strychnia was getting in its work, and nothing daunted I followed. At length we suddenly stopped, a large rock did block our way. He made a few passes strange and Hermannlike, and the gigantic boulder was rolled away, and there before me did appear a sight that only Dante and myself have ever seen. A caldron huge and dirly sputtered and tried to boil over a sickly Ere. I .stepped forward and peered in, and there in shapeless confusion did I see bits 206