UCSF Medical Center - Medi Cal Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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DEAN FLEMING In some seventeen years of deaning I have delivered enough messages to qualify for a bicycle and a Western Union cap. At first I was a little skeptical of the value of such messages and inclined to put them in the category of a Mayo1 s message of welcome to the delegates of a visiting convention. However, during these same years there has been enough response from the graduates to indicate that a message does stimulate some students to a little introspection and analysis which later may prove to be helpful. ' This message has to do with grades and records. During your student years there are two recording angels at workg one is Mrs. Chryst in Room 62B of U.C. Hospital, the other is the Recording Angel, third door to the right just inside the Pearly Gates. I know the University system Mrs. Chryst has to use, with its A to F grades and grade point averages. I do not know the other system, but I suspect the Recording Angel isn't quite as sure as our professors are, that he can accurately grade one student a B, and the other a C or even a D. The Recording Angel probably uses a Pass and Not Pass system, or maybe just a few short notes on day to day behavior. The point I wish to make is that the transcript Mrs. Chryst issues simply records some symbols that rather inaccurately evaluate a student's knowledge and skills. The transcript in the Office of the Recording Angel is a record of integrity, character, interest and kind- liness. It is a pretty private record because only you and the Angel know what it is. Not even the dean has access to this record, although there are times when he would give his eye tooth fthe solid onej for a look. I do not mean to say that the records in Room 62B are not of use. Certainly they lead to diplomas and licenses and future appointments and jobs and money and lots of things. However, it's the records in the room third door to the right inside the Pearly Gates that, in my opinion, count the most. They lead to satisfaction and respect and appreciation and affection. It is kind of nice to know that when the time comes, the latter record is already on file. Remember, you can't take the record in Room 62B with you. WILLARD C. FLEMING Dean, School of Dentistry

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l DEAN SAUNDERS i 4 l First of all may I, in the name of the faculty, extend to the 1956 graduating class my heartfelt congratulations on the completion of their professional training and best wishes for a successful and rewarding career. We are confident that all of you will be a source of pride to us. We have every expectation that you will make significant contributions to the health and welfare of your community. It is my hope that you will continue to maintain through your Alumni Association a close tie with your Alma Mater, for the strength of this institu- tion depends, in large measure, upon the influences which you can bring to bear upon it in your professional career. It is my hope that we shall remain sensitive to your opinions. Godspeed in your enterprises! JOHN B. DEC. M. SAUNDERS, M.D. Dean, School of Medicine

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DEAN DANIELS Members of the Graduating Classes of 195 6 have completed educational programs de- signed to serve the basic needs for continued growth and advancement in their respective fields. This is merely the beginning of an educational process that must continue throughout a lifetime. To comprehend and appreciate the rapid changes that are taking place in the health sciences and that stem largely from advances in the basic and applied sciences requires a constructive program of study and self-discipline. The importance of this can be appre- ciated when it is realized that many of the graduates of 1956 will be offering professional services in their respective fields in the year 2000 A.D. During this period of public service many changes will be brought about through your initiative and the initiative of others who- will graduate in the near future. The average person unthinkingly resists changing his personal habits, ideas, concepts and behavior. Were it not for men and women of ability and vision progress Would be unthinkable. New developments in the health professions need to be integrated with the old and there is also need to continuously re-evaluate your services in terms of the basic sciences. The University through the Extension Division offers instruction designed to assist graduates in the Health Sciences in keeping up with recent advances. It is difficult to over- estimate the importance and benefit of such programs and I suggest that the members of the Graduating Classes would do well to take advantage of Extension offerings in their respective fields. Congratulations and best wishes to you all. Txor C. DANIELS Dean, School of Pharmacy