University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Scope Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE SENIOR CLASS 25

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THE JUNIOR CLASS. I 24 I A4 , ' - '

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My Qllwan igiainrg M . Y ou will remember, gentlemen, that at our last meeting we were discussing the fundamental, under- lying, salient principles in the development of the human ovum. Perhaps you did remember, but the chances are that during that scholarly discussion you were building air castlesg you were painting in glowing colors the picture of your future and cared little whether the finger nails were of epiblastic or mesoblastic origin. All your friends at home had said you would make a great doctor. You closed your eyes for a moment and in your dream you were a great doctor, yes, a great surgeon! You were welcomed, honored, decorated, quoted! Your 'name was on every lip. The magic art of your knife caused the lame to walk, the blind to see, the weak to grow strong. That sudden burst of applause-you bowed--alas! it was not for you, the lecturer had finished. It took all the courage you had to assume a cheerful air in the dissecting room and to give the impression that you liked it. Your imagination gave life to your subject and, armed with your scalpel, you were the surgeon. Didn't you write home to your best girl and tell her all about it? How brave you were to enjoy work in such a gruesome place. Then came chemistry. How rapidly you were approaching the seats of the mighty. You learned the Marsh test for arsenic. Tld like to see the lawyer who could rattle you when you were the expert for the defense. You knew arsenic: you knew how to detect it. Yes, you would have the jars sealed and wouldn't do a blooming thing until you had your fee in advance. How brave you were in Bacteriology! Anthrax, diphtheria, tetanus, tuberculosis, none of these had any terror for youg you knew how to carry a towel. Three more years and yould show the world a doctor! ' VV hen you returned at the beginning of the second year, you could not only say polymorphonuclear leucocyte without stammeringg but you knew every member of the class. XV hat a class it was! Brought together from all parts of the country, it possessed in the individuality of its members every human char- acteristic. You soon learned the weakness of Tom, the failings of Dick and the str-ength of Harry. Your character would form along the lines you chose. But the imagination of your first year had given way to youthful enthusiasm, so you left your character molding in the hands of Fate, decided to stick to the bunch -a promise you've kept-and went to work. W7 hat a great man you were to be able to record on smoked paper the beating of a frog's heart! lt was great at first, but did you not learn how to produce a typical tracing without a frog? An eloquent old gentleman, much addicted to the use of pooir poetry, long- forgotten Latin and botanical terms, tried to convert you into a dictionary of Materia Medica-doiyou ' 2 W. ,.. ., ...,.,.,., Y- ,,i. W -...--A - Y Y , , Y W 4, , s,,s ,,W,, -, mrgfgfg, --:N -4-Q..-,v,. i-a-.-. .4f-s- A---A ..YY zz., , .-NM... ...,, . . V. .--Y .-.. . -. --- -v----- --- --if- 1 fdiliilif' H ' 'fra ff' . '- , fllilfxg' mas. in V - : 4 Fifi' 'L A ' am wwf' www. aff' if Q V , eg1:fZ,af f! rx... w M MSF? 5,195 T' fsjsp'i,'w3'ii --as 'A 1 :K A .:v3,3i9?.12Qaui. . H NWS .K j .rdf WT 'VT l I , ,M qw 9 i x , il-wi? Zu' 24' A x' ' ? A , 2 it' l v-,4i-ft I ' V ni Y fiffzt ' riff vV'f Y 1 X lfwi ' 1 ,..:. ' ' e 539113 af 4 :li 5411 , pEi'T1:rf ,A 5, .1 ' ' if 'iillfvix in K ae , fl