Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine - Achilles Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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School? Oh. that many, well don't feel that you have it made just because you ore here. This institution has high standards, and if you don’t meet them, you won't be here next year, 'if you think I'm talking through my hot, then ask the upperclassmen. Boy. they sure did tell us. We nil know that school Is held together by mortar and rumor. Early in our first year, it was mentioned that we should nominate a temporary class spokesman or president. Kel Sherkin volunteered and later was named permanent first year class president by a unanimous voice vote (i.c., let him have it, I don't want it). Soon cliques began to form within our class such as the Northeast J.P.’s (Jewish Personnel). the blond headed triplets of Budo, Flash and Hatch, the Law Firm of Kahn. Cohen, and Stein, or the Brooklyn duo of Heller and Brav-stein, the North Jersey Boys, the “Fairy Station Gang, including Norton. Meyers, Mere-dick, Anderson and Dancho, the R.D.'s and the D.O.’a Jolly taking the lead, or the Deceased Japanese Fan Club —based in Atlanta, and don't forget the Botanical fans of the Thursday Evening Horticultural Society Fuerstman, Bravstein, Kleiman, Rapoport, Wayne, Wilson, Shuman, and Klein. In addition many new words hit our vocabularies like WASP. Goyiro, Schneid, Schlepper and Fer-cockto! In addition to that fine education edifice at 8th and Pine, we were to find that our school's annex was disguised as a Greek Orthodox Church — well, it was better than the Arabian Embassy conference room. Do you remember your first “foot physical by the then Fourth year class? We were soon to leam that Sunday football days would be replaced by a bag of bones and preprinted anatomy notes topped by Dr. Di-Primo's medley of questions in staccato fashion. Remember the time we had to get ticket stubs to verify that we were really going to a school dance just to get his quiz cancelled. Do you remember asking Dr. Harford “change for a Dollar or was that “of a dollar” How about Dr. Harford’s 40 year old anatomy charts and his 4 pound, hand-carvcd calcaneus. Do you recall who was jingling keys in the back of the room during Mr. Franklin’s (later Dr. Franklin. R.D.) lectures. 1 guess Bangladesh got the last laugh on PCPM after all the number one important thing you have to remember. How we u ed to hold our breath and pray when Dr. Harford went to the storeroom. Anatomy Lah being the cutting experience that it was almost caused Fred to Flip his real wig. except one day when Furman told him he couldn’t give us a quiz. Histology, taught by that Jack of All Trades, OWG was an infinitesimal” course. Remember green spleen and Was it Suh-max, or Sub-lingual? . In addition, Dr. Gibley taught us that dynamic evolutionary element of science. Embryology. After reading Dr Arey’g book, most of us didn’t know if we were going to get a D.P.M. or a D.V.M. four years later. Dr. Aroy's book underwent constant evolution, since each chapter contradicted the preceding one. Thus, when combined with Gibley's simplifying lectures, we were thoroughly confused. Charles Darwin would have had trouble with that course. Our saving grace was that the lab for this course was cancelled Animal Husbandry 101.