UCSF School of Dentistry - Chaff Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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showed their ability during the hrst month of college, and others too numerous to mention, completed the list of our early collection of talent. As juniors We succeeded in upholding the reputation which we gained as Freshmen. Of course a few cerebrums enlarged. Did a class ever pass from the first into the second year without having that unfor- tunate experience? These enlargements caused us no annoyance, except in one or two instances where the cranium did not expand in proportion to the cerebral growth. Then a troublesome case of sore- head developed. It was in this year that we had an aggregation of baseball men that treated a Freshman team very impolitely. For score see last edition of CHAFF. Of course the prominent position which we secured in track athletics our first year was retained. It was a pitiful sight to see the ,QQ and '97 teams playing tag, while far in advance was the ,925 team, showing them how the race should be run. Our voyage from the Junior to the Senior was accomplished with that ease and dignity that have ever characterized our actions. Modesty almost but not quite prevents us from saying that we are the model class of the Dental College. Final examinations now loom up threaten- ingly before us. If success in the past is a guarantee for the future, we may feel assured that our object will be attained. May that good- fortune which has favored us smile upon our friends in other classes, and this beautiful edition of CHAFF. its nl ig: R, Pg? .- bib xx.. as NJ! 53

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Ualebictoty 61855 of '98 HIS class of ,98! VVho has not heard of it? An aggregation of talent, the equal of which has seldom been assembled within any college walls. Our merit was very early appreciated. When we made our initial appearance, it was sufficient incentive to bring forth our worthy Dean in a special address of welcome. Have all classes been so honored ?-They have not. In fact, the class of '98, if we are to believe tradition and history, is the only one which has been favored thus. The quality of material which appeared upon the Dental College horizon September 7, 1896, warranted such a greeting. A few weeks from this date we held our first class meeting. ' Our lecture room was the scene of trouble. A slender young gentleman of downy countenance, from southern parts, called us to order. He explained to us the necessity of immediate class organization, and also mentioned a few of his ambitions of life, one of which was to be our' president. Alas! he has left us. He has gone further south, where his versatile accomplishments will be appreciated. He was not destined to be a president of '98. Could he have looked ahead and seen us as we are now, how his presumption would have appalled him! In the laboratory our cleverness soon manifested itself. We were brilliant dental students, as every demonstrator will testify. But then we had our specialties also. Singers we had without number. Some were good and some were not. Is there a ,QS man who does not remember that touching melody, I Found a Horseshoe ? Hark! I hear it now. I picked it up and nailed it on the door. It will never cease ringing in our ears. Our noisy men were another star attraction, and frequently the cause of much comment of professors. Plaster! sharp-shooters, water-ball manipulators, plaster eaters, who 52

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Ebe Glass of llflinetvsnine 25 VVe work and laugh together, As student friends and mates,- A polish in our manners And a polish on our plates. ' SYMBOL on coMPLET1oN. n suggests the end of the , century-fin de siecle, up to date, perfection. Another year of study has but added to the laurels of our class, without increasing the self-esteem of its members. The satisfaction of work well performed is sufficient for modest worth. First in study as in fun, iirst in laboratory as in field, has ever been our aimg and if we have not always hit the mark, it will only serve to remind us that after all we are but mortal, and a little lower than the angels. The junior class is always one whose position is to be envied. It has grown out of that callow verdancy that ever pertaineth unto Freshmen, and it is still securely guarded by the protecting arm of alma warez' from the dangers and perils that the Seniors have so soon to face. i The Ninety and Nine still safely stay ' In the shelter of the fold, W'hile the Ninety and Eight are far away, Where fodder is short and skies are gray, ' And the world is, oh, so cold! Time is not always measured by days, and having in the two years of our college life acquired a vast store of dental knowledge, it seems a long way to look back to the time when we first gathered in the lecture room to listen, awestruck and spellbound, to the Dean's opening address. The events of our Freshman laboratory life are now matters of history. Plaster impressions have lost their mystery and terror, and though obturators and gum teeth are still our portion, our knowledge of them now is not that wilderness it was in those far-off times. 54