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.

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Physiology, taught to us in Dr. Pitkow’a Eunuchoid voice, wan another basic science course. We learned about T3 and T4, Cholestyokinin?. the Na-K pump, the “hyrogen ion and the Huaai dog. Who ever thought we would see the day Howie himself would be hypoxed and consequently 150 pounds thinner. We could never understand why he never roamed from the podium. His famous line was Gentlemen, there are 2,346 handouts in the back of the room. Remember Dr. Marbach’s physio lab where were the antivivisectionists when we needed them. Another scar on our cerebral cortex was linked to a course called Biochemistry. Dr. Scheff could do logarithms in his head. Prior to this course, some of ua thought that the Krebs cycle was a 10 speed imported bike or Ron Klein‘s oil spilling motorcycle parked on the front sidewalk. Remember drawing each others blood — for the first time, and some needing CPR. Dr. Whitney’s biomechanics are well remembered for the superb drawings a la Frank Net-ter. Those quotes from Steindler were more than ambiguous. Remember playing guess the angle? Introduction to Podiatry, split between Drs. Lyons and Shapiro — that famous vaudeville act. was an ego builder for us aspiring chirope. Dr. Shapiro informed us that man was not meant to walk upright. Remember his debates with Chuck Shuman on sociology. Did Allan Mann really have a discussion with Dr. Lyons about hair replacement or was it the Duke? And those mandatory white pants and shoes for clinic. Most of us never even wore them —except to sell ice cream and Don Kaplan's OK used cars. It’s good we discovered that first-year allied facility — Dr. Watson's Pub. Other electives afforded to first-year students were the Troc and Rirdman's Flight School, and TG1F at Jefferson's Student Union. Second year was the year of the R.D. and old tests. Names like Weiner. Zonis and Rutherford will forever bring a chuckle. And wasn't it Gurwood and Klaus who replaced the famed Jurgensen to MacDonald combination on and off the field. We figured that without anatomy, our second year would be a snap. Little did we know that fibular notes would be replaced by MacCon-key's medium and EMB plates or Sabouraud-Dextrose agar. Speaking of Micro, do you remember Ray Bock's plaid lab coat or Bill Harris adjusting the microphone for Dr. Bishara. How about the time Neil won $3,000.00 but after taxes he came away with only $1.66. And who described E. flocoasum as Piss in the snow in his mycology exam9 Remember the attempted mycology lab boycott. Micro lecture is remembered for classic lines such as Profes sional syphilis is Syphilis anywhere else except your penis or write that down and leam it thoroughly . We thought those early taped lectures during Abe's period of convalescence were hard to. follow until he returned. Gentlemen, Gentlemen, no migration!! And the only time there was no migration was when the Breast Exam film was shown by mistake. Dr. Krauex'a onychopathy course was high lighted by a complete set of slides and exciting references such as Current Chiropody, October. 1924. 21 Pathology class was marked by sedative lectures by Dr. Arden, poor attendance, and pre-