University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine - Reflector Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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THE DENTAL CLASS CDF 1951 'll iv wi-- ' tltgffr .' gown- 'it l X513 5 it 'l' l , Q ' if A long time ago we met, gen- - ' ' . V tlemen, and on that memorable occasion in September T947, old friends, acquaintances and pure strangers assembled to form a family, conceived in one ideal and bound as a living unit for an undivorced four years. Waiting outside the portal of 25 Good- rich, looks of wonderment and awe grasped us for at least a moment or two as we reflected to realize that the last and most important step toward that coveted degree was at hand. lt all seemed strange that we, out of the multitudes called, were chosen. l could have been someone else and you, too, for that matter, but it was soon made known to us that we were the cream of the crop. We had heard this rhyme before, so we took it in our stride and before we knew it the big conquest had begun. The dental building appeared at a distance from the arena where we practiced the black art and an occasional glance down across the alleyway gave us new hopes for the future, as time plunged on and we, in quadruplet groups, plowed through the notes, while our fifth and ever silent partner under- went the knife. Tempers raged at times and were quieted, gales of laughter surged and gave way to serious thought. Some humorous incidents come to mind about Old lron Nerve Gehrman, whose ambition it was to greet O. P. with a firm handshake supplied by his ca- daver's gangrenous right arm held concealed, in part, in his coat sleeve. He fulfilled his L ,, T' f ambition and still remains with 5 t us. But, on the other hand, :1 y I l' Heise hid the identification tags p is A' during the anatomy practicals f E

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science, who took up their residence in the West and especially in ltaly, and lastly, the discovery ot America, marked the beginning of a new era, and are the most essential factors in bringing about the revival ot art and science. ln the midst ot this transition which was characterized by a vigorous intellectual lite, dentistry, like many other branches ot science, made notable progress. lt was in the sixteenth century, and to be more precise, about the year l544, that the first monograph, in which dental ailments were discussed independently of general medicine and surgery. The book alluded to is that of Walter H. Ryft and is particularly noteworthy because it was written in the vernacular lGerman instead ot the customary Latinl. The first signs ot separation ot dentistry from general medicine were, therefore, per- ceived in the sixteenth century and from that time this separation tended to accentuate itself ever more strongly and dentistry progressed even more rapidly, both in scientific and practical knowledge. Although, there have been, even from the most remote times, individuals who have devoted themselves exclusively to the cure of dental maladies, or to repairing the losses of the dental system by artitical means, and notwithstanding the progress gradually accom- plished in this branch of medical art, which progress was especially remarkable during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it is not to be denied that, up to the beginning of the eighteenth century, dentistry was in great part, considered one with medicine and surgery in general. lt is but natural that dental art land the same may be said of every special branch ot medicinel could not assume a real individuality until it had attained a higher grade of development. As a matter of tact, dentistry, toward the end ot the seventeenth century, was already a true specialty, although it counted but tew worthy representatives at that tirne. The ultimate separation between dentistry, medicine and surgery, although it may have been retarded, could not tail to take place. However, in our time, we appreciate a closer bond between the related sciences of medicine and dentistry.

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and he remains wiTh us, Too. Poor Crawford- were They hard To find? You found only one and ThaT was Tagged Holland Tunnel. MusT have TQ been worTh sevenTy-five poinfsll Q I, fl? Our firsT presidenf, as you recall, preached gif cooperafion and his plaTTorm was cooperafe if ' and graduaTe. Well, aT leasT he's being paid for D 5 whaT he s doing now. Johnson and Lazio hiT The - ' J headlines abouT This Time and before The end of J 1? I , The year word goT around ThaT Marge died in C T a seizure. Hours, days, weeks passed and besides, weak and bloodshof eyes. Bausch 8g Lomb gave us The inside sTory. Microscopic sTudies soon gave venT To The absTracT which meanT TwenTy-four hour samples and a big brown lug. HunTingTon shaTTered all records in This deparTmenT and To daTe iT has been unsurpassed. AbouT 9O !o of The class reporfed four plus wiTh BenedicT's quanTiTaTive analysis and a dark cloud of gloom descended unTil The WhiTe Tower noTiced a decided drop in sugar supplies. No names were menTioned, buT MarTin, Randolph and l-lunTingTon were wiThin The normal range. LaTer on They resorfecl To waTer pisTols for pasTime. AT This poinT Kellogg challenged any man in The class and leff unconTesTed he challenged The whole class. ThaT's whaT l call a man. Gorgeous George Bill Braun on The oTher hand conTinued To inquire, WhaT's your weighT class? buT couldn'T find a maT parfner. While all This Transpired we were inTroduced To The All or None Law . This parTicular law seemed To be an omen for The class of l95l because iT sTuck wiTh us Through The years ThaT followed and became parficularly noTice- able in January of The final year. IT was in This deparTmenT ThaT The faThers T of The class became readily apparenT. Especially Dolan, for every Time a rabbiT would squeal he would uncon- sciously call for Mary. The second year commenced wiTh The sTudy of bugs, drugs, and The middle man paThology. IT was around This Time ThaT WhiTe decided To run his morphine experimenfs on