University of Oklahoma - Sooner Medic Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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, l ,Kai L. 1 We L..-.. : ' .Q M X it me W' fl ,tr IB F Q, 51 3 Senior Class Officers, left to right: Charles Martin, Student Council representative: Kelly West, Vice-President: Sam Capehart, President: Iohn Delarnette. Social Chairman: Robert Cvarst. Secretary-Treasurerg Frank Gatchell, Student Council representative. THE SENIOR CLASS i wi ,,.: ei- Above: Groves obtains that precious pint. Somewhat grayer about the temples and with a new furrow in his brow, the Senior student returns to his work with the gratifying assurance deep down in his heart that this year cannot be too long and that it will be a not-too-broken man who wanders down the aisle to receive that covetedidiploma, Pa- tients and more patients . . . But much to his de- light he is beginning to see in each and every one of them, the challenge which first interested him in med- icine. He finds increased comfort in the knowledge that some day the years he has spent in preparation will be inconsequential when compare to the satis- faction he will receive from serving, He passes from clinic to clinic, and clerkship to clerkship, He dis- covers the thrill of the birth of a new being. The training which he has received in the past is now elaborated upon and slowly but certainly he assumes a bit of polish, medically speaking. One bright morn-

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Below: ln the beginning there was created a Freshman. sw J A .. Above: And then there was light and the dawn of a new day. f Qi A Senior is born. kk, Below: Student Council. Front row, left to right: Bill Click, President: F. H. McGregor, Richard Bakken, Dr. Howard C. Hopps, Faculty Advisor. Second row: Sam Capehart, Charles Martin, Thomas Hodges, Frank Clark. Back row: Frank Gatchell, Ralph Ownby, Secretary-Treasurerg Chesley Erwin, Philip Morgan, and Bob Mayfield. ? E v l P

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Seniors Engles, Robinson, Schmidt and Payne nostalgicly revisit old haunts in the little yellow building. ing he is absorbed in the intricate mechanics of sur- gery and that same afternoon he is engrossed in the facts surrounding a particular medical problem. At long last, people at home begin to sit and take notice when he speaks and he is now more confident of his presence. Thrill after thrill is experienced and his love for his profession has assumed boundless limits. With a sigh of relief he approaches graduation day, Who knows the gratification and inexplicable emotion found in the heart of each candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine? With convictions and ambitions firm, chin high, and heart light, he passes to take his place in the world of medicine. Many pleasant memories are tenderly tucked away, always to be kept in readiness to draw upon when occasions shall call for a bit of nostalgia and retro- spect for School Days . Below: Dr. Kildare Neely at play. M 'Wwe f WM, , ff , ,ffwfswi it is i i .J 1 Above: Dr. 'AKildare Neely at work