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

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third law explains why the professor's upper denture escaped its confinement and landed three laboratory tables away. Silsbee sought to retrieve it but found greater pleasure as he peered across the way at a window of the High Street apartments. He tried to keep his find quiet but couldn't and all of a sudden the bac- teriology laboratory tilted to starboard as the class surged for the rear windows. The professor pushed his way to a front row position but was too late for the nude form had disappeared. The class was dismissed to recover from wounds received in the scramble. Filling teeth in an artificial sort of way and the handling and burning up of precious metals came easy but the most tedious of all our tasks was to take the rocking action out of our technique dentures. It was quite a shock to submit for a final grade, a set of dentures that we thought were the best ever made and have them take on an awkward form as the judges placed them in the manikins. There were good bites, bad bites, side bites, over bites, under bites, cross bites, open bites, closed bites, bedbug bites and mosquito bites, but in the final analysis we did fairly well. It was in the latter part of the sophomore year that the operative clinic was made available to us. The south end that is! For a time destruction reigned, but wounds soon healed and old friendships were regained. Baxter, Weber 8g Brown had trouble finding a chair that would elevate high enough, whereas Betts, Neri and Ganon were occasionally seen wearing their high-heeled sneakers. Ol- son 8i Haar, however, had the situation licked. Being south- paws they had five c h a i r s t o choose from. A summer of much needed

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loan which maintained the dental supply houses and allowed us to continue on. Joe Gauchat was president of our iunior year. A Republican at that, too!! Joe was later instrumental in putting a close acquaintance of his into the office of Dean. The Dental college was familiar ground to some of 'Z those amongst us. Ray Cleveland claimed blood tv relationship to the crown and bridge department, I., ix easy going Ed Farmer laid claim to a portion of the fl - 2 prosthetic end of the profession, a few corpuscles linked Nachbar to the afternoon session in the surgery clinic, Gugino felt at home during the manual dexterity course in dental anatomy, but Lay had everyone licked-he could use the phone on the prosthetic floor for personal calls. Extra-curricular activities became quite popular and possible at this stage and consequently the fraternities flourished. Rathke, DiLaura and Haar were the politicos of the Zips as well as other functions. Cleveland, Barber, Shepson 8t Schoenleber took over the reins of Delta Sigma Delta. Tresser, Lieberman, Zitrin 8g Redstone manned the guns for Alpha Omega. Three fraternal organi- zations for a small institution seemed quite futile, to say the least, but they all managed to stay above board and furnish a quarter or half of foam now and then. The occasional party was always well attended and usually afforded a good deal of entertainment. Casper Ferraro amazed everyone with the notes he could strum out of his home-made, single-stringed bass violin. Accom- panied by one of several masters of the keyboard, the rhythm bounced. Joe Quinlivan, noted for Gaelic wit, oft'times sang a solo in praise of the Emerald lsle. Any and all floor shows highlighted the star performer from Coney Island-- the one and only representative from Greece in the school, Peter lHi Societyl Koutros. c Slowly we progressed through the basic dental sciences and techniques. Some- thing to remember during this phase is the demonstration the professor of Oral and Dental Histology gave the class on the detrimental effects of thumb sucking. Newton's C' My ....' , , K 235 it xiix it X

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rest freshened our spirits and enlivened our hopes for the third year, which was soon upon us. A new face appeared in our midst as we returned to the grind-Dick Tetter had a new chin-and plenty slick. We were lost for awhile as we took over the duties of the school because a senior class was no longer with us. lt was like sending a boy after a man's iob, but in this case the boys could handle it. Or, as Joe Amico would say, he's not only good-looking--he's handsome. Days grew into weeks and weeks into months and before we knew it another year had folded beneath us. The things that we will remember from our third session are: Growth and development is the etiology of orthodontia, partial denture is no snap or Nil illegitimes carborundum . Anderson gave his clinical instructor a prophylaxis and the 38th parallel still exists in the operative infirmary. Stanford handled the latter situation nicely by always selecting the chair on the boundary line, thereby having access to instructors from the north and the south. As seniors we, Davis, too, suddenly appreciated the fact that time flies. Nevertheless, in the confusion that existed McKnight could find a moment or two to reminisce of his experiences as a gunner in the Eighth Air Force. Triolo having tired of single bliss, took a bride. Baxter worked harder than ever for his A in surgery. Colarusso having settled down to a life of marriage, was forced to stay close to home while Salvatori preferred to concentrate his efforts on trading automobiles. John LaRose was elected to the office of class presi- dent and did an excellent job. On the clinic side of the picture, Hayes con- tinued to vie with the czar of the north end concerning a bridge started in the iunior year. Pliny, the elder Groman, took his turn in the diagnosis department and was surprised by the patient's quizzical 'y look when asked whether or not he breathed at night. Gaughan continued to make the rounds from the Town Casino to Children's Hospital and vice versa, but Carstensen carried out his duties well and received innumerable gifts from his patients. Our final year was marked with a serious accident involving Herb Bohnet.