University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry - Bushwacker Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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2 ff Bly Friends - Students ol the Kansas City- Xvestern Dental Colege: . Fame is a reward 1 earned hy hard worlc and i hy intelligent direction of one's efforts. A person may have natural alyil- ity, he may have lqeen horn with a talent, he may have an unusual memory, hut if he has not. character, initiative, desire and a level head he will not lilcely enter the hall of fame. The plodder often goes further than the gifted person loecause he realizes his natural defi- ciencies and decides to overcome the handicaps loy hard Worlc. Eventu- ,, V K gg V , s ally you find him in the g y y V 'favijse front ranlcs. Much talent ,,. ...U , , - I , f ..,. ,A,z,,...,, . is lost because of the DEAN R. J. RINEHART laclc of a little courage. Many talented persons are lazy. They would rather loaslc in the sunshine and dream of success without effort or conjure resentment toward the successful. They are the ones who spread seeds of discontentment and hecome a part of the radical element. ' Things in this World would he much easier if we put forth a consistent effort trying to improve the quality of our taslcs instead of seelcing short cuts and offering excuses. ltys interesting to observe the beginning students, how they start with good intentions and genuine effort, using every talent they possess and all the time allotted. After a few weelcs the class divides. into groups, not organized divisions, lout just natural groups of Worlters, the talented, the plodders, and those who alibi. Fortunately time is a great corrective agent and many in the aliloi group wget religion. Before the junior year is over, that which is ahsorhed hegins to emerge, the faculty become hopeful and the workers in the ciass assume a natural brotherly attitude for the belated student lay lending a helping hand. Qur gifted and hard- working students always do a good joln of helping the student who is having a Page 8

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hard time hecause of outside work or other student prohiems. But the drifter in the great ocean of dreams is always in our midst, he is a good starter and a prompt stopper and finally a hurden and hiot upon the progress of civilization. After he has proved himself a failure in his endeavor iet him go his way in peace and trust we have done our hest in his hehaif and in the interest of human relations. Having failed in the attempt to direct and encourage him our conscience is clear. The faculty has reasons to he proud of our student hody for as a group they stand high in character, inteiiigence, enthusiasm, and ioyaity. My young friends F- students -I iooic with profound interest and respect upon your accomplishments While in schooi and my interest in you wiii continue throughout the years of your practice. To acquire a profession such as ours is today, with its long and tiresome path, requires courage, which is exemplified hy each of you who is making progress. George Eliot has said, HThere is no short cut, no patent tram road to Wisdom. After all the centuries of invention, the soui's path iies through the thorny wilder- ness Which must he trodden in solitude, with hieeding feet, with solos for help as it was trodden hy them of oiden timesf, R. J. RlNEHfXRT, Dean UUH UE!-X S DEAN of the Kansas City-Western Dental College, Dr. Rinehart has enjoyed rernaricaioie success and popularity, which may largely he attriiouted to the fact that he possesses a keen understanding of young men and their prohiems and is ever Willing to help those who seek his counsel. His long service and experience, in dental education and in the affairs of dental societies, has provided him with a Wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm which, imparted to the students individuaiiy or coiiectiveiy, is an inspiration for the higher things attainahie in the profession. He has been president of both the iocai and state societies, a delegate to the American Dental Association for eighteen years, a representative to the international Dental Congress in Vienna last year and has heen recently advanced from the rank of Major, to that of Lieutenant Colonel, in the Dental Reserve Corps. We feet extremely fortunate in having him as our friendg a man of ahiiity and ioyaity to his students - the Dean of our institution. THE KANSAS CITY-WESTERN DENFAL COLLEGE