University of Kansas School of Medicine - Jayhawker MD Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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MTo A CaucllgweirW I take this scalpel reverentlye Hesitont to violate the one thing That was yours alone to give. I do not know youenot even your name. But I know your race. You belong to those who stand in Simon's line- Block Simon, who bore the burden of the Cross When Jesus fell beneath the load; Who have the centuries overlong Borne patiently their own crosses, Searching for liberty, life, and honor . . . If I dissect as reverently with this blade As Carver held the test-tube in his hand, I can do you and yours no wrong. I also know your sex. You are of those Who give the race What continuity it knows In all its fitful change. Yet I know not how many sons you may have borne, Or whether you have known motherhood cut all. I can but guess your age, the work you have done, The pains and joys you've had in alternation: These are secrets shut from me forever . . . But there are other secrets, hid now by your brown skin, Which through you I hope to learn. I do not know you . . . I only know I am in debt to you. And this much more perhapse That but for some unknown stroke of Fate, Or more mysterious stiII-- But for some uncomprehended purpose of our common God- I might Iie upon this table, Strong-smelling, cold and hard, Forsaken 0nd alonee And you might hold this knife. Arden Almquist IOriginolly published in Scientific Monthly, April, I947l

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J .15 more than they know. The .rt ...... STAFF 1950 ditor .................................................................... J D Kahler .ssociate Editor .................................................. Jean Poelma rt ................................................................ Sherman Saffier .................................................... Julie Robinson 1 ' holography .......................................................... John ROth : usiness Manager and Treasurer ................ Richard Pokorny dvertising Manager ...................................... Claire Tamblyn Editorial Assistance by: J ack Perkins Bart Ramsey Grove Roberts Alex Roth Glen Agee Jordan Burkey erman Hiesterman Waldo Holt Warren Kump Esther McDonald Bob Mosser Dewey Nemec Bea Parks T 1' E Our profound thanks to all those, named and unnamed, hho have made this publication possible. The Senior Mass has supported us magnificently, and our appre- tiation goes to the other classes and to the faculty and e hospital staff whose interest and assistance has aided Jayhawker, MD. will lways be in their debt. With the Amphojel at the alert, Kab races the calendar to the deadline. In an unposed shot, Roth illustrates proper technique for psychotic groups. TtSaff,7 gets lined up on the art work. The rodeo Will have to wait. After selling ads to everyone but a certain Kirksville college, Mrs. T. is still unchanged. Pokorny flips the Shekels. He managed to make it faster than the rest of the staff could spend it.

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