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

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Che IDIUSICD Stubent EAR the close of last term a patient from the country came to the college for a denture, and, as is usual in such cases, wanted it in 'a great hurry. Our genial Dr. D-d-l undertook the task, and with that obliging disposition which is one of his most charming qualities, volunteered to expedite matters by yulcanizing the case that evening at home. So the materials were hurriedly handed out by the lynx- eyed colonel, who never makes mistakes. By II o'clock that night the denture was in the vulcanizer, and the gas turned on. At 1 A. M., breathless with expectation, the doctor opened the flask, and tenderly removed the first-fruits of his dental career. Exquisite in design and perfect in symmetry it wasg but, oh, horror ! the plate was flexible. Feeling sure that he had opened the vulcanizer too soon, and determined not to disappoint his patient, he refreshed himself with an amber-colored fluid, started a fresh cigar, and again lighted the vulcanizing tires. This time he determined to do the business so thoroughly that there should be no possibility of failure. But at 5 A. M., when the tiask was opened, the obstinate plate was as flexible as ever. There are natures that difficulties do not discourage, but only arouse to fresh exertion. That obstinate plate had a still more obstinate man to deal with it, Again was the unhappy denture refiasked, with many a potent incantation known to students of dental lore, and once again was it consigned to the Hres of Vulcan. But at 9 A. M., when the time for college had arrived, that depraved plate was, if anything, limberer than ever. He hied him to college, and asked certain Seniors for information. These wise men gravely looked it over, and learnedlylinformed him that he must vulcanize it about half an hour longer. But Dr. Noble, coming in just then, smilingly informed him that there was such a thing as soft rubber that heat would not harden, and he had got some of it by mistake. The colonel looked very thoughtful all that day. 77

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ml1lJ8f'5 in 8 mame? VVHAT the girls say when they want favors---DU Bois. A pair of I11CCl13.11lCS4COOPER AND SMITH. An artist4PArNTER. What thirsty boys all like-BEERS. An expression appropriate to extraction-SCOTT. Vlfhat a man ought to do when he is in love with a sweet little thing -- MARIOTTE. A pleasant fI'lllt7LEMMON. A noted riverfjoRDAN. What the owner of a forest can do--SELLWOOD. W'hat is the matter with the tooth ?-AIKEN. W'hat we want when we have tasted something good--WY MORE Questions to flak p 1If you 'tllllant an Hntetesting llbinute or Uwe Ask Baker how to take impressions with Pumice. Ask Whitmari what happened when for the first time he saw a patient chloroformed. - Ask Callender how to Vuleanize an empty flask. Ask Schillig if talking to a deaf mute is not trying on the vocal cords. Ask Gove how to hypnotize a chicken with an ax. Ask Likens how to burn water in an alcohol lamp. Ask one of the Senior maidens how it feels to get your curls entangled in a dental engine. Ask Craig why he always travels under cover while crossing the bay on the ferry. Ask Colgrove why he don't throw paper in the class room. 76

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El Giluster of jlfresb Stars 2? IIIMSIHRGS HARRY LEPPO tried to convince Dr. Tuggle, at the dissecting room, that the chorda tympani was situated in the heart. Of course he was thinking of the chorda tendinae. And it was the same day that Freshman Scott insisted that the pericardium was the surrounding membrane of the lungs. three Geniuses THE Freshman class, this term, is remarkable in at least one Way. It has already developed three geniuses, all of whom are carrying on their investigations along practically the same line. These three brilliant students are Baxter, Bergstrom, and Foster, their special study being the art of soldering. Their Work is by no means secret, for both Baxter and Bergstrom have been seen attempting to solder teeth to a plate by means of borax aloneg While, on the other hand, Foster has been seen attempting to do the same thing Without the use of borax or anything else, and Without even any backing on the teeth. At last reports, none of the three had met with any success, but the boys are not discouraged, remembering, as they do, that the greatest scientists have often met with dismal failures in their early investigations. Nevertheless, C. M. VVhite, Foster's stand-by, claims that his friend would have been entirely successful if he had bent back the pins on his teeth. It Gluestion in Ilbecbanical Dentistry DR. W. F. SHARP: The next thing to do, Mr. Pohlman, is to coat the investment with shellacg which part of the flask would you shellac, the part that has already been poured, or the part that has not? POHLMAN Qbrilliantlyj: The part that has been already poured, of coursef' Dr. Sharp felt embarrassed, and asked Pohlman several more questions. 78