Temple University School of Chiropody - Tempodian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SOPHOMORE CLASS President............................... Earl Lawton Vice-President ....................... Bernard Seldon Treasurer ......... .................... Harry Wright Secretary Corresponding ...................... Edwin Stein Recording .......................... Lucille Labosco Historian William Sindoni Student Council........... Charles Bossert 38 Sergeant-at-Arms Ralph High

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J U M I O R ( I A September 29. 1937. was a date of special significance to some seventy-five men and women who were selected to comprise the freshman class of the Temple University School of Chiropody. These students coming from various states in the Union, were to find companionship and fraternalism which would be strongly bonded in the ensuing four years. The first meeting of our class was graced with welcoming speeches from our Dean, Dr. Willoughby, and our class adviser. Dr. Eby. As the scholastic programs were launched, the enthusiastic freshmen soon became acclimated to their curricular activities as well as to the annual pranks of the upper classmen. After weathering quarterly and midyear examinations, we had our first social function, the Chiropody Formal, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The affair was a well rounded success. Thus we took off the yoke of obscurity and in the spirit of equality and fraternalism clasped hands with our upper classmen. Soon the smiles faded slightly as preparations for the final examinations overcame us. The attitude was not of doubt, but of anticipation and anxiety. After the finals we disbanded, hoping to see everyone return for the new semester. On September 28, 1938, we were surpris-edly shocked to see the smaller number of students returning to school, but fate must have its way. After congratulating one another upon returning, we all set to the task of conquering that much discussed course, anatomy. Dr. Stirling, being a strong advocate of ' spare the rod and spoil the child,” has been a strong influence on any and all the spoiled'' characteristics that the class of 41 has had. After midyear examinations our annual social was held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel with the swing lyrics of Alex Bartha putting us in the groove, so to speak. Everything was a rosy pathway thereafter, but there still remained a few thorns to heckle us. Again we prepared for the final examinations; took them; and then were homeward bound praying and hoping all the while for a thick, heavy envelope borne by Uncle Sam's mes- S S H 1ST 0 R V senger in gray. This is Mrs. Moore’s quaint method of informing us as to whether we passed or . . . As sophisticated a Junior group as could be imagined gathered together on the morning of September 27, 1939, in our much discussed new headquarters to climb another rung in the School of Chiropody. We, as a class, must pay Dr. Willoughby and the faculty our highest tribute for their splendid and untiring effort and accomplishment in obtaining these new quarters. Every prospective chiropodist in the class of 1941 looked forward with great enthusiasm to the forthcoming term because they would now learn the more important practical side of the course. Dissection, as was to be expected, proved an invaluable experience to everyone in the class. We actually saw the complicated mechanism of the pedal extremities and may this experience forever stay within us. Since this is being written before the final examinations, the results and expectations cannot be recorded here but we can safely say that those who do not pass will of a certainty fail. No class history can be complete without recalling incidents that occurred during the year, so let us recapitulate a bit: Remember our class meetings . . . our arguments about dues . . . Goltz psychologically speaking . . . the Balin's perfect dissection . . . Centrella interpreting the Italian language for several clinicians . . . Hymes having shooting pains, bang, bang, bang . . . Schiller pulling for the class . . . Schneyer riding Hubby . . . Reale beating out a rhythm . . . Concino reaching for a towel in clinic . . . Shea worrying . . . Luken's ticklish rib . . . Bleshman quoting volumes . . . etc.? And so the best Junior class offers its heartiest wishes to the best Senior class for continued success and happiness. And when this class history is again written, ours will be the Senior student body and we will endeavor to carry on and maintain the dignity and decorum befitting the University and the Profession. 37 JOSEPH A. CALVARESE.

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SOPH G M CPt: CLASS HISTCR Y Psychologically speaking, there are several stages in the course of endeavor. First there is the concentrated interest of the fresh spirit, the willingness to accomplish of the beginner. Secondly, the glow of conquest, the ease of continuation, the unfolding recognition of results being accomplished in the advanced student. Finally there develops the sure knowledge, the will of manipulation, the responsibility of maturity and the purposeful stimulation to apply and make us9 of experience. We appreciate, as sophomores, our position in the cosmos of learning. We have mentioned the period of initiation and introduction of the freshman year, and feel stimulated to carry on the task assumed under impressions of results with the soberness of procedure and method. We look lorward, certainly, to the prestige of the senior class, but rejoice in the dignity of our advancement. It has permitted us now the luxury of deep breath, having proven our metal, so to speak, and the anticipation of acceptance into the tradition of the school. We presume, also, to a pride of individuality. We point, of course, to general scholastic accomplishments, but we boast of exceptional records. We expect, naturally, friendship, but we beam with the feeling of good fellowship and family closeness which our class has developed in itself. And specifically we urge you to consider something, while probably not unique, that is at least representative of the initiative ol our group. We have formulated a scheme whereby the work of the class is divided into seeming parts, appointed individuals to concentrate on these parts, and giving them the responsibility of imparting their advantages to the others. We urge, modestly but sincerely, that other classes find time and inclination to observe the workings and effects of these student conducted classes. The election of class officers was. for us, hardly a problem. Our president, we reelected unanimously, while our other officers were elected by such close margin, that had the loser not lost, there would have been hardly less satisfaction in the results. In our group, as in a large family, it doesn't matter who administers so long as one of the family does. We have, in the course of our progress through life, often had cause to admire in ethers what we consider impossible of our own accomplishment. We have seen much that has been excellent and some that has been outstanding. Who shall compare, for instance, with the grasp of a Pythagoras? Who can hope to achieve the biting wit of a Voltaire, the effortless rhyme of a Dunbar, the powerful pathos of a Tschaikowsky, the subtle plotting of a Dumas, the excellent rendering of a Renoir, the firm line of a Whistler, the photographic memory of a Macauley, the gall of a Hitler, the charm of a Sonja Henie, the grace of a Littlefield? We despair. But also who will, in his boldest gamble, hope that his absence from chemistry class will escape the eye, without the aid of roll call, or a check on possible change of seating arrangement, of Dr. Rowen. And then we consider the new building. Of course we recognize the tact that it is the stimulated interest, and sincere desire to learn and to accomplish that are the fundamentals of any school. The Greek philosophers gathered their students to any space that happened to be available. Sitting on fallen stones or huddled on grassy plots of earth, they sent forth effects and conclusions that will live as long as people have the ability to remember. Our own college. Temple University, emerged into its present dignity and splendor from most humble origins. Yet we also recognize the growing necessity, in our complicated specialization of projects, of a suitable arrangement for at least efficiency. We will be cognizant of the purpose and hopes, and we will bear ourselves as we know the seniors will, accordingly. And we will also, as our seniors have done, more and more poignantly realize the burden which has been placed, by our own volition, on our humble shoulders, and with our minds looking forward to the duties which it entails, become some day, men in white. WM. C. SINDONI. 30