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

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' ■ T S J v U« «-fl JOHN M. ECKER. D.D.S.

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■ ' m - BILL DOMS, D.D.S, ; :ii:TiT JE5. a!!y ' j - viV ' : vni ii ' i After earning a chantc lo participate in clinical affairs following 2 outstandingly dismal years in the S T, Bill discovered that he was no longer bumping elbows with his classmates but trying to bump them out of their clinic chairs in order that he might be able to earn a few clinical points. At the end of his junior year he found that by working straight through lunch he was able to climb from 98th to 96th ' in the class. Realizing that he would have plenty of extra time his senior ye r he took on the job of Class President, and then to keep busy in the evenings he became the midnite hydrocolloid maintenance man. But it was all worth it, forat graduation Bill received a very high honor from the Operative Dept. for his outstanding work and dedication: 20 points of 4.0 in hydrocolloid and amalgamator technique from Dr. Flygenring. He also received honorable mention in the gold foil essay contest from Dr. Ingraham, for which he was awarded a life-time supply of mat, non-cobesivo. cohesive, and extra- pliable gold foil.

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JAMES EDGAR ECKHART, JR., D.D.S. And so, where from here? I am 25 and have been in school all my life. The years of education have been poorly planned — a lot of wasted time. It is behind now, and I don ' t regret it much — who could have predicted the way things would change from 1955 to 1970? It seems that I am finally prepared with the essentials to enter a profession. Society has molded me to its advantage and satisfaction. Now I will try to mold myself — the real education starts. Where from here? The first step is to figure out what I want to know, what I need to understand to relate myself to the complex world. Then I ' ve got to find the route to learn about these things. Finally I hope to put these things together and to understand them in a philosophy that; accepts change. Up until now I have been told a lot, have repeated a lot, and have remembered little. I hope that in my future I will be able to find a significant and rational life style without becoming polarized.