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

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child smell it first in order to avoid being bitten by the little darlings. Remember eyebrows. Bmchmon Skates and Roberts plates. i When we heard a course in P.V.D. was to be offered wc were enthused until we found out that P.V.D. didn’t stand for Primary Vaginal Disorders — the R.D.'s lose aRain. Late in the day a course was offered by Dr. Rudnick who attempted to teach u» about Psychiatry. Do you remember the day he asked us to write all of the dirty words that we knew on n piece of paper and to pass it in? We felt thnt thia was one of the few equitable quizzes we ever took during our four years since spelling didn’t KOUNT. We originally had an R.D. scheduled to give us a course in orthopedics! When this did not materialize, Dr. Schoenhaus arranged a series of guest lecturers instead. It seemed that we had two speakers — one at the front of the room nnd another attached to Ken Hatch’s tape recorder. As usual the class migrated. Another course that was in tough competition with a pinochle deck was Physical Medicine. This was taught by Dr. Helfand and Mr. Bruno — who coined the famous names of Mr. Modality and A.T.D. (Art the Dart). Late in the course we were invited” for a memorable day at South Mountain. Rumor has it that at one time South Mountain was a Honeymoon Resort in the Poconos which was later converted into a nail farm. Nail Farm, What’s that? Well, it sure isn’t the name of a book written by George Orwell. Dr. Newman was originally scheduled to leach us a course in Traumatology. It appeared that he was to leach us how to bolt bones together but he eventually bolted himself after an unfortunate misunderstanding. Finally, we were the recipient of a new course at PCPM — Statistics. It's a shame that Dr. Marbach’s talents were wasted on such a course. It seemed that we weren’t in the MOOD to learn about the mean and the mode. Highlighting the end of the year was our Class’ effort to come up with a more equitable method of testing. Thus we submitted questions of our own. Dr. Rubin liked the idea, but Drs. Samitz and Witkowski thought otherwise. A thankful word to those diligent members of the tape club — originated by Jack Rubinlicht who made this year seem like a LaSalle Home Study Course in Podiatry. In addition, a wave of militarism hit our class during the third year. One group of students was trying to enlist in the military full time while another group was trying to get out of the reserves (part time). One exception was Jack who tried to do both nnd almost succeeded — but you know that ALMOST only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Except for Jack, both groups were generally successful, the recruiters got them in and Punchy’s Corollary (Ar 140-10 Para 2-2B(7) AR 135-33) got them out. Does the CIA really have a contract out on Punchy (PFC USAR Ret.)? Well after the smoke cleared, the class had 9 Flyboys; Lts. Dancho, DiMario, Kahn. Katz. Meyers, Miller. Stein. Taylor and NVuertzer. If years two and three were the years of the R.D. then year four should have been the year of limbo. It seemed os though the whole year was spent waiting for the mailman and phone calls with info concerning internships. How. ever, we also hoped that the phonecallswere. n’t from MaryAnn trying to get someone to go to KIwyn or Fort Dix ss alternates. Alvie tried to impress Dr. Weil by showing him he could

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29 break his leg faster than anyone in the claaa. Multiple classes were scheduled and cancelled as usual with little notice. A classic clinic announcement went something like this, “Attention all fourth year Btudent doctors, the class with Doctor LaPorta this afternoon has been cancelled.” A typical student response was. “What, again? However, not all was lost since our class was occasionally graced with the presence of his apostles, Stipek, Jolly, and Harris. Who can ever forget Dr. Cohen’s course in medicine and its relation to PO-die-a-tree. In addition we found out for the nth time that Die-a-beel-teea is a damned important disease. Don’t forget his cautions about Phene- aisle-buat-zonc and hy-PER-gjycemin. Again the class was confronted by Art the Dart and Community Health —a course that seemed very similar to the previous year's course in Physical Medicine. Remember, HMO’s. 65 Special, Prevailing Fee and Forensic Podiatry. 'That’s a whole new boll of wax. Doc. Dr. Hymes was scheduled for a course in Ml surgery (minimal incision, not myocardial infarction). Take it away. Dr. Lenny! Forensic podiatry with Edwin Seave, D.P.M., J.D. seemed like a channel 46 flashback of Perry Mason reruns. Trying to get him to give you a straight answer to a question was like trying to get our whole class to attend lecture ain’t no way. He bobbed and weaved around our questions like Ali ducking punches from Foreman. In addition, he was the only instructor to get 51 different reasons why 50 guys didn't attend lecture. C.Y.A. cover your Definition: Fiduciary — the kind of relationship that you have with your patients — or maybe it should be with your secretary? When the year began Dr. Helfand gave us a booklet listing all the various allied facilities. This rather simple listing of assignments proved to be more complex than the circuitry of a color T.V. It seemed that we were to be in many places at the same time (i.e. schedule 15A. as ammended, revised, altered and realtered) — just as medicine is dynamic, so was our schedule — always changing. Don’t forget Eagteville, Fort Dix. that pleasant ride to El-wyn and free lunch with LeBow at St. Iggy’s. Who can forget the many times Dr. Hyraes said in class, how Ray Brown assisted him on a procedure, but Ray never showed up in class to tell us about it. And if you ever wanted to reach Harvey or Craig they could always be reached on the 6th floor. Dave Wuertzer and Terry Claycomb must have known that hair styles changed over four years or did they? If anyone is having an affair, the formal type, contact Bruce and Don. if you want it to be a success. And Gary Smith after 4 years finally perfected his Henny Youngman routine. The philanthropy awards unanimously go to Mann. Hall, and Marcus. Speaking of externships, who will ever forget that great West Virginia Lottery, the chosen few for Metro and Cherry Hill and the PHI-HEP (Philadelphia INVOLUNTARY Health and Education Project). Last but not least, don't forget clinic, it seemed that we realized that $.'1000 was a small price to pay to be permitted to drive all over the city and learn very little. Purchase of the Brooklyn Bridge would have been a much better investment. However. in Machiavelli’s The Fnnce, he stated that the end justifies the means — so lake our money, give us our license, and let’s begin to live. Best of luck to the Class of 1975. In numbers there is strength.