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

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.H Co:ed at College from a Co:ed's .ftandpoint O, what a snap it will be! soliloquized a little maiden who was about to enter the Dental College. iVVhat a jolly time I am going to have with so little to do and such lots and lots of spare time for reading books and taking jaunts into the neighboring park with the other girls. Poor child! She did not know into what a chaos of boys she was. getting. Did someone whisper dissecting? O, yes, that was simply the cut- ting of a head to get at the teeth. NVhile chemistry would be the learn- ing of the names of the medicines and their application! As for the real dentistry, all she had to do was to drill a hole and stuff it tight with gold or some black material, Whichever would stick best. These surely seemed easy enough. Soon her dream was to be realized. She entered, knowing no one. Her first great surprise was the scarcity of her sex. Before having time to recover from this shock, she, with her class, was headed into the lecture room along with those worthy juniors. . How her heart did sink! Wliat could that dreadful sound be! Surely the floor was falling. But no, it was simply the infantile amusement of those boys! So, all day long, new surprises were in store for her. Some Freshies, bolder than the others, put an innocent snake in her working bench. On beholding it, she gave one bound out of the door and up the steps, not returning until fully convinced that the harmless reptile was dead and buried. One day, about a week later, the doctor told the class to take an impression of the mouth. VV hat could he possibly mean? She dared' not display her ignorance by asking, so she waited. Soon she saw the boys put some soft, red, sticky stuff into their mouths, and then, withdrawing it, take it to the demonstrator for approval. O, was that it? She could do the same, of course! So after a thorough blistering of her mouth, she succeeded in getting a funny looking object, which seemed to her perfect. Triumphantly she car-V ried it to the doctor, only to he met with a surely you know what is the matter with it P 76

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Don't You LUish You Had cz Picture of l?Sill,' Doll using his mouth instead of the chip blower. The bunch at the blackboard trying to solve Tim Callahan's puzzle that could not be done. T Dusty Rhodes extracting two teeth at the same time, knocking out a central incisor as he withdrew tl1e forceps holding a molar. Clark preparing a cavity with a finishing bur. Morton making love to his twelve-year-old patient. Dr. Scott with his grip in his hand. The Junior class that day when the Freshman threw the water. Some members of the Freshman class that same day. Ike Ming' when he drew his pocket knife on the crowd saying, 'i'Come one, come all, this knife will lie In some one's heart, before I die. Heller, when he pulled a bottle belonging to Humphreys or Tim Callahan out of his pocket, in front of his particular lady friend. Trullinger's illustrations of the' shaggy-haired dog story for Calla- han's benefit. Mayor Schmitz chasing Mr. Kinney with a bunch of grass. I ,H 7 Z 3 2 5 . - MC DANIEL'S DREAM REALIZED AT LAST. 75

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A river could not have dampened her spirits more. So it went on from day to day. Chemistry had not even the smell of medicine, and everything be- came hard, up-hill work. Still, she fought on bravely, trying to hide all her little troubles, afraid that the boys would josh her. As she became more friendly with them, she found that theirs was not a path of roses either, so together they travelled, and had many merry times in spite of the hard work and difhcult tasks. Reminiscences , Do you remember the day when Dr. Mcfliettigan asked for a bone and Dusty handed him one saying, I-lere, doctor, this one is all marked P Do you remember the day when our friend Keyes from the P. K S. ordered Douglas to write something on the blackboard that he had just rubbed off? Douglas' answer was only a look, but such a look I Do you remember the day that Minahen told his patient that tartar was a kind of fungus growth on the teeth? Do you remember the day when McLaughlin stumbled in to Dr. Sullivan's lecture and the doctor had to light him to his seat with his one candle power searchlight? Do you remember the day that Steinmiller fogged the lens of Ike Minors microscope, and Ike tried for an hour to locate his slide? Do you remember the day that Howard asked Dr. Sullivan if the symphasis of the jaw was broken, and the doctor in his dry way said, No, the jaw itself. Do you remember the day that Rodolph got back at Tim for his puzzle, by telling him the story of the shaggy-haired dog? Do you remember the day, March 17th, when Dr. Sullivan recited for our benefit the story of how Ireland was founded? Do you remember the day that Bill Doll told us what jack Smith said when he thought that he had lost his cast aluminum plate? If you don't, perhaps Miss Bachy does. . Prepared 'lINell, Dusty, are you ready for that ex. in Histology? You bet I am, I'm loaded for Baer. 77