University of Southern California School of Dentistry - El Molaro (Los Angeles, CA)

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The National Order of Alpha Omega was founded in Baltimore, Marylcfnd, predicated on the standards of Character, Leadership and Personality. Too Chapter of Alpha Omega was initiated on the campus of U.S.C. in 1924, and from a group of nine members today incompasses a local chapter of 40 men and an alumni of some 350 graduates. The founding of Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity was in the year of 1882 at the University of Michigan. By 1906, Chi Chapter had been established at S.C. The Fr aternity ' s present home was acquired in 1926 and has been our permanent residence since that date. Twenty-four members from the Class of 1957 join the ranks of some nineteen thousand alumni. . . . four years that were going to trudge slowly by have now suddenly evaporated. Years of study have been condensed Into a myriad of sciences, theories, techniques, ethics, knowledge, and exper- iences. These are all beyond the point of being forgotten, but have been absorbed, and now are a part of us. Are the organizations on this page, as well as our training, an interlude or a prelude? The answer: we ' ve just begun! The fraternities are a good starting point for this example of a mutual association for development, benefit, and service to ourselves as well as to each other. Here then, is the rule or a concept of coordinated labor and service which we must carry throughout our days. It ' s not a burden, but enlightenment and success. Psi Omega Fraternity was founded in 1 892 at Baltimore College of Dentistry and now enjoys the distinction of being the largest professional dental fraternity in the world. Upsilon Chapter of Psi Omega was re-established at U.S.C. in 1949, hav- ing gone off campus in the early 1930 ' s. Now Psi Omega includes some 102 active members. From the class of 1957, eleven men will join the Psi Omega Alumni. Xi Psi Phi Fraternity was founded on the S.C. cam- pus in 1921. In the years that have followed, the Fraternity has grown to become an outstanding srganization in dental affairs. This year will wit- less the entrance of twenty-one men from Alpha rheta Chapter into the profession.

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Fridoy afternoon, 5:30, light going out; perspiration rings that have long since circled and recircled each other, grade card with hieroglyphics inscribed thereon; patient hobbling up the aisle with ankles suffering from five hours of dissuse atrophy. Your feet, flat, sore, numb. A bracket table an abstract composition of clamps, green compound, gold foil pellets, strips, in- struments corroded with blood, intertwined ligature, burrs and operative syllabus long ago hid- den with towels on the bottom layer; all dusted with a coating of pumice, chalk and tin oxide. The operative case is closed and hoisted off its wobbly stand, which simulating that edifice in Pisa, defied the laws of gravity. Somehow, the week ends, the week end begins. It was an- nounced, gosh knows how much earlier, that a meeting of the T.G.I.F. club would be held at the club house — that first beer was necter as it slipped down a parched, constricted esophagus. Home to home, rooming house or fraternity house. Friday night, lecture notes and texts for- saken for an evening of television, a movie, a date. oi 153

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The metamorphosis is completed. We can ' t say adieu without some mixed emotions. With humility, we offer our thanks for an education and for the opportunity of associating with and making the close friends of the past years. We appreciate the devout efforts of our instructors, their time spent and their enthusiasm. We would criticize their ego and make a plea for respect. 155