University of Alabama School of Dentistry - Dentala Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Too bad. Henry Bright should have known not to leave a wax tooth on his desk. Anyone could have sat on it, but Da Greer was the lucky one. Anyone for a slightly used carving? Ned Cargile took inlay impressions with sticky w after being advised by Dr. Osmund Coleman. Dr. Bloom has been casting gold for 30 years wit out a mishap. Well. it happened in our class. Tho X X werenlt flying saucers, ma, that was pieces of molt gold. Gee we could have been killedll, av' K 13 E 1 S B. Scruggs didn't try to stay ahead. it just happened that way. If he had had one more tooth to carve he would have died-the simple way out to say the least. 5 V F . Talmadge Farrar is a very economy minded fellow. He has enough samples to keep ' his practice going for several years. It is rumored that he has two bedrooms. a kitchen. A a living room. and a sample room in his apartment. ' 1 Bill DuBose is no plumber nor is he a plumber's son but he could trace pipes in the C lecture room better than anyone. ln fact it took nearly an hour for Bill to trace the pipes in room -10. Remember when Phil Timberlake caused a mild riot when he stopped the fan in technic lab with a broom handle? W o f f 41: l A 0 J ,, E t . Charles bpencer threatened to go to the Dean about someb I . 1 Sf 1' , wetting his bed. xo. that's not right. Somebody put a bag of w ' in his bed and it didn't burst until the wee. wee hours of XS f' : morning. There was a card left signed 4'The Phantom. 4 5 S - I Bob Gray holds the world's record for most times first , ni out ot lecture. He 15 undisputed champion since there are v ,MQ no challengers who can match his speed and size. They're - off and running. l 71 4

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Then, too, dentures had to be made and Colonel Milburn in his sporting way reminded us to uget busy or we'll d you home for Christmas fas a present, that isl and you'll be picking cotton next fallf' ,y G9 if X X I' Bill Burton and Charley Spencer hit on a new idea of impression material. They H would use peanut butter so that it could be eaten after the work at hand was X completed. Q tk y ,K . 6 QS' J. Billy Beall, who possesses great artistic ability, carved a ,T ' . . . - . XX eleonzolc monster in techmc lab. Not by choice you under- x nd. ' C7 i . x Norman Carlson and Ken Cochran proved to be heavyweights when they were challenged at one of the downtown cafes. 3 We were startled to learn in Physiology that nothing does it like your favorite ww soft drink. I think most of us would agree with Dr. lNlcFall that we would 5 Hthink twice before doing a hemisection of the mandiblefl W'ynston Pittman gave Dr. Pigman a test tube to observe a Q . . . . O characteristic color change. The test tube was qu1te hot and Dr. Pig- 2 2 man's hand and Mr. Pitmanls face turned a characteristic color. 2 ll 'N' , ' l a f'3 ' .D CY - 1 f t . ' if Q

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SONG IN A DENTISTS CHAIR By CHRISTOPHER MoRL1-:Y All joys I bless, but I confess there is one greatest thrill: Wfhat the dentist does when he stops the buzz and puts away the I-Iis engine hums along my gums its excavating drone I salivate and gurgling wait, vibrating to the bone Oh will he save this tooth concave or will he now decide To grind away some more decay? I'Ie murmurs, HOpen Wide So I must feel the burring steel, the hot and fragile twinge And mutely bide till he push aside the bracket on the hinge. But will he swerve toward that nerve? I wonder, gagged agape: I-Ie sees me gulp and spares the pulp-My God, a close escape! The creosote is in my throat, I weep against my will, My nostrils itch, sensation which I can't relieve until I-Ie stops the buzz and packs in fuzz and puts away the drill. I grant the bliss of love's warm kiss, or wealth, or fame, or skill: These I esteem but yet I deem there is one greater thrill- When he stops the buzz as at last he does, and puts away the drill! I drill