Temple University School of Dentistry - Odontolog Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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experiences were before us. Up to this time our Class had presented an unbroken front, but now for the first time deep sorrow and regret appeared in our midst. W e were all deeply grieved when the I land of Death claimed a victim in the person of our honored Treasurer, Mr. W illing Vose. The shock of so sudden a loss had not died away, when another classmate, Mr. F. J. Minnaman, was removed by the samestern Harvester. Fora long time the pathetic sight of those two empty seats with their sombre coverings of crape were a constant reminder of our lost and of the uncertainty of all things earthly, and it was long before the merciful hand of time soothed in some degree the regretful hearts of their classmates. It is sometimes hard for our finite minds to comprehend the wisdom of the infinite Ruler, but we may rest assured that such workings arc for the best. Let us then to-day, while so deeply regretting that these classmates cannot be present with us in our Class day exercises, feel assured that their lot is doubtless best Toward the end of the term a happy innovation was introduced into our College life in the shape of a Smoker when we entertained the graduating class. Modesty forbids us to enlarge upon the excellence of the affair, suffice it to say that the music was good, the refreshments equally so and apparently the cigars of the very best. Needless to say, the result of this new departure was most satisfactory to all concerned and the memory of that evening when class distinctions were obliterated and good fellowship reigned everywhere will ever be a pleasant one to every one there present. Such events as these though could not of course be permitted to interfere with the more serious work of the term and as that fateful month of March was again approaching it behooved us to prepare ourselves most fully for the dread ordeal before our several professors. The eventful day came at last and anxious faces were everywhere seen as the hour of examination drew near. First on the list, it will be remembered, came the examination in anatomy and surgery and if the faces wore an anxious look before the paper was given out it was soon changed to one of almost despair as the full realization of what was before us dawned on our minds. Hut a cool head is often of as much service on such an occasion as in other contingencies and though many a pillow supported an anxious and sleepless head that night, the state of affairs looked more hopeful in the light of the morning, and when the results came out at last great was the satisfaction as it was realized that things were not so bad after all. In due course followed the other examinations and it must be stated that everything 49

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at about the hour of five P. m. the electric lights should suddenly and mysteriously get out of order, all sorts of things of a nature calculated to be pleasing to Mr. Skinner might eventuate. But all the time of the Junior Year was not employed in matters so practical as plates, crown and bridge-work, etc., there was the Bacteriological Laboratory to be attended to and there again we distinguished ourselves. One man (it is needless to say he comes from the West) who understood that I )r. Bacon's pets were classed somewhere in the Animal Kingdom, and thinking that his assistance might be required in bringing them to order, came the first morning equipped with a most carefully prepared lasso, and great was his disgust, when on entering the mystic room nothing more wonderful than a microscope could anywhere be seen. He was subsequently heard to remark that Bacteriology was a lot of “-----rot” and that he failed to see the necessity for so carefully studying bodies so minute, and he even went further and said that he did not believe anyone could detect one from another and finally wound up by insinuating that he was prepared to make a sporting wager, to the effect that if the experiment were tried, he was willing to lay odds that their respective mothers could not distinguish the Streptococcus, Septopyaemieus from the Bacillus, Buccalis Maximus, or for that matter from the Micrococcus, Gingival Pyogenes. Theh too, we had to be introduced to the Chemical Laboratory and here again we shone—in fact some startling discoveries were here made, and it was noticed by Dr. Boom’s friends that he began to wear a rather dazed look about this time, due it is said, to the fact that the result of some of our efforts was to bring to light certain facts, hitherto unknown to the Scientific World. While, however, our Second Term had but half run its course, new and sad 46

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must have been very satisfactory for nowhere could there be found any one who had not a “clean sheet,” “in spite of Professor Burchards historical 30%.” By the way, it should prove rather interesting to try and discover where the “conditions go. It is certainly on record that one man once was heard to admit that he had one condition but with this one exception nothing but “clean sheets have ever been found. That George Washingtons are not found everywhere now-a-days would appear to be the only explanation of the matter. So now the hard working Junior had entered on the third stage of College life and was now everywhere to be found seeking shoes and hats of sufficiently capacious dimensions to accomodate so important an individual. Again the Spring and Summer passed and again as the October days came round, there gathered together for the last time our Class of ’99 now fairly entered on the last struggle for the much coveted degree of D. 1). S. Class elections were a subject of much discussion, during the first two weeks of the term, and again the wisdom of the Class was displayed in its choice of officers. The men chosen this year were : for President, W. O. Beecher; for Vice-President, E. D. Crawford ; Secretary, W. L. Stevenson ; and Treasurer, W. A. MacNicholl, and for the important office of Valedictorian, C. X. Reinig, after giving us a sample of his oratorical powers, was unanimously elected. Now began some of the most marvelous transformations, men could everywhere be seen, visibly increasing in stature and chest measurement, and the growth was really as evident as is that of a tropical plant in the Spring. What a wonderful Class we are. It would entail the consumption of too much ink to fully recount the many proofs of our claim in this distinction, but attention might be briefly called to the evidences of it as indicated by the various organizations of which our men arc the main-spring. Look at the standing of our P'oot-ball team, our Hockey team, Garretsonian Society, Orchestra, Y. M. C. A., etc., and to what, we would ask, can these positions of these bodies be ascribed, if not to the presence of our men. The Senior is a great person, and greater this year than ever before. If you doubt this statement ask Professor Burchard, his opinion can certainly be relied on. With what a beautifully patronizing air we stroll through the Junior and Freshmen Laboratories and deign to advise the poor occupants thereof as to the most profitable course to pursue in certain directions. What wonders of beauty and skill our gold fillings are. Certainly, such 50