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

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IP RICHARD RUHE, D.D.S. CHESTERTON, INDIANA Valparaiso University Long Beach City College Psi Omega Some of us are dental students; some of us are democrats; some of us are died in the wool Republicans . . . namely, Richard Ruhe. After Nixon ' s losses poor Rich was non-coherent for ten weeks. Since he couldn ' t talk during these periods, Rich decided to undergo orthodontic treatment to correct his dysfunction, Be ' ides politics, Rich had time to father four children. His wife, Lee, finally gave in and p resented him with a babv boy, Ronnie, last year. His other children, all girls, are Debbie, Tammie, and Jackie. Rich has many varied interests . . . 6% at California Bank, 5% at Coast Federal, 10% from a neighbor, and 3.5% from a liberal neighbor. Rich is planning to practice in conservative Orange County. Let ' s hope ail his patients are Republicans. He does have one request ... an honorable discharge from LJSC. Look — 24-hour protection! Oh well, it doesn ' t matter! 146

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You push the middle valve down, the air goes round and round . . . TERRY C. ROBINSON, B.A., D.D.S. ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA University of Southern California Delta Sigma Delta 10 dwt short? How long? Faith Rube started with a barig in dental school . . . Cathy Bleabaum! This didn ' t daunt our hero though, and he was promptly back at Santa Anita, his childhood home, with Radkovich and an XKE. Anatomy and histology interrupted his social life somewhat, but a helpful Dick Reimers managed to get him through these barriers with a minimuni of effort. The clinic was a d ifferent story. Different because the Arcadia flash had given up women (at least those who attended USC), and settled down to hard, serious work in a new atmosphere. After dropping his operative box down the stairs, separating his shoulder, and geting sick in Mexico, it seemed nothing would stop him. Unfortunately, California had imports from Norway and Germany this year and TCR was diverted again! Luckily, about this time, Rabbitt convinced him thai taking the Endo midterm was pure folly and a nite at the 901 Club would be much better for his health. The next day in the Dean ' s office, no one seemed to believe that his car had broken down. By his senior year Rube had all the secrets of a good practice down pat: make an appointment at 9:00 o ' clock and show up at 9:45; make the patient think you ' re highly in demand; have the hare tell your patient you ' re sick, and then go to the track; or, the best solution of all, go to Mammoth for two weeks and don ' t tell anybody! Seriously, TCR has close to a 3.0 and has the technique and personality to be a great.dentist. Have fun in Europa, Rube.

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Yes, I got all A ' s on my exams again Now while that ' s setting I ' ll go over to the graduation exercises . . . don ' t go ' way . . . Mother, I ' ve got ya right where I want ya! VICTOR S. SCHWARTZ, B.S., D.D.S. WEST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Ljniversity of Southern California Alpha Omega Alpha Tau Epsilon Voracious Victor has not stopped going since that first day at the S and T. He was always the first to complete any project and the first to re-do it! One point in his favor, however, is that by doing everything twice, he had gained twice the experience! When Vic does things, they ' re done all the way. He decided to have his teeth straightened in our sophomore year ... he has gone all the way to graduation, and they ' re still on! He wore his external head gear twenty-four hours a day, shortening the time of treatment by one-half! He is now one of the few members of our class to have perfect occlusion. Vic was awarded membership in ATE our junior year for his excellent scholastic ability. Since that first day in the clinic when the rest of us were listening to orientation speeches, he was on the clinic floor scaling a patient ' s teeth in preparation for his first operative clinic . . . few have approached his point total. Victor always helped those that sat around him . . . first there was Lyn Schiveley, then Tom Sawyer, and finally, Danny Warner. Yes, Victor deeply moves those around him! He will always be remembered for having turned in his crown and bridge typodont first, finishing his requirements first, and never borrowing from his neighbor! After graduation he will spend two years with the United States Public Health Department, then practice in West Los Angeles. 147