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

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TormfcellUh hliuork. So (tut Dolmin mouU ran H, Spike McKee Jroppei It ill Into pore nitric add Next mot nine lie JinceJ And more like Turk, When he ste»eJ the r»m ln» Of hit four month of work, 35

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Being freshmen, the rear seats in the lecture rooms were reserved for us, where we could busy ourselves by periodically carrying a Junior “ up ” and depositing him in the rear of the room. We were badly frightened and given a great deal of worry, wondering how we could commit to memory Doctor Stellwagen's two hundred words and several hundred stories. Dr. Frit?, ihen invited us to sojourn in his “ Skeleton Park.” situated on the roof, where we learned, in a few moments, to be expert meat carvers, and where we became famous explorers, looking for nerves, muscles and blood vessels, that seemingly did not exist, only in books of Anatomy. A gloom was cast over the class this year, as our beloved colleague and classmate. Mr. Ernest E. Hess, was taken away by our Creator. A committee was appointed, who sent appropriate resolutions, also flowers, to his home. The seat which he occupied in the lecture halls was draped in mourning to show our respect and bereavement. Being an enterprising class we intended to have amusement of our own. so. therefore, concluded that a rousing smoker where other things besides tobacco and pipes were to be had, would be the proper thing. The officers of the Junior and Senior classes were extended invitations, and were overjoyed at being remembered by such an organization as the Freshman Class. They accepted, with all due haste, and unanimously declared that it was the event of their college life. One of our Professors, Dr. Fritz, attended this smoker. At nine P. M. he received a call, but twelve P. M. found him still—smoking. We have since learned that his patient survived and did nicely. We were being continually overrun in our laboratory by the all-important Seniors, until we Anally concluded to eject one, Parker by name, and he is still moving, they say. The insignificant Junior Class will remember, with sorrow, the occasion we took to push Juniors, blackboard and all. through the door of a lecture room. They apologized to the Professor for passing out of the room so quickly and unceremoniously. Examinations were drawing near, and with warnings and terrible tales from the Junior and Senior classes we proceeded to enter the fray with our false teeth chattering and our knees shaking. It is needless to say we came from the battle royal with flying colors, and thereby ended our Freshmen year, the last of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. The second epoch of our career began the first of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, with some members missing and a few new faces. Some of the missing ones, who, by the way, were conditioned in certain »4

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subjects, entered that Preparatory School, the Medico-Chirurgical, on Cherry street. As all organizations have their leaders, so we, of course, had ours, and holding a meeting we again elected class officers: Richard Johnson. President ; George McLaughlin, Vice-President; William Glynn, Secretary, and Ewell J. Laishe, Treasurer. Work commenced with a vim, as the Junior year is the hard year of programme was the making of a depositing plate. Well, we all learned that soft solder would cover all holes burned in our plates, and that oil would cover checks in porcelain teeth. James (alias •• Spike ”) McKee and Clifford Mara took upon themselves the exalted position of demonstrators, and instructed the class in the methods employed when cleaning crowns and silver plates with nitric acid. The crowns and plates disappeared as if touched by a magic wand. We also learned, by experience, that a certain spirit existed at college. Some unseen force that caused everything, not anchored, to mysteriously disappear. The Lord helps those who help themselves. We proceeded to enlighten the weak and sickly Freshman class in regard to their various duties, and also to feel inferior to the mighty Junior Class. We endeavored to make crowns and bridges from German silver that had the density and resistance of armor plate. Our duties were so arduous this year Elizabeth Fruehan, was unable to keep awake during lectures. This year was our first experience in the Chemical Laboratory, and discoveries were made that would turn the well-known chemists green with envy, even when the substance analyzed consisted of Schuylkill water only. The Junior Class was entertained at a dance given to the college by the Freshman Class, at Odd Fellows Temple. All voted the Freshman Class as typical entertainers. The only smoker, in all senses of the word, was given by our class to the Senior Class and officers of the Freshman Class. Even our beloved Faculty and demonstrators were there, and found it impossible to excuse themselves until a very late hour. One of the features of the occasion was the recitation given by that orator. Dr. Dolman, entitled. “ The Courtship of Short Pete and Lady Lil.