University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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History- Class of 1906 As the last fading rays of September, 1903, glided rapidly into the ocean of eternity, there was ushered into Baltimore a conglomeration of Doctors to be, to the tune of two-score and ten, who, keeping Time, time, time, in a sort of romantic rhyme, were to be ushered through the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery to contribute fuel to that already inextinguishable flame of knowledge burning in the shrine of lea rning and to contribute their fees to the bank account of the Faculty. On the first day of October, 1903, the Class of 1906 began its career. If one had the time to give a minute description of this mighty crew, one could easily compile a volume equal to Post ' s examination paper on Comparative Anatomy; but only being allowed a year in which to generate this superficial account, such a feat would border on the impossible. There were lean men, fat men, intellectual looking men, stupid looking men, big men with little brains, little men with big brains, and various non-describable men in this assemblage. Time passed pleasantly enough during the first year, after we had been taught by the upper class men how we should act as well as where we should sit in the Lecture Hall. The word dense is the most appropriate word to describe a student ' s life during the first year. He arrives at the college in a state of dense ignorance intellectually. He begins then to relieve this density by attending dense lectures, and by dense studying of dense subjects. He morally and spirit- ually sinks into a condition of dense uncertainty. He eats dense food, drinks dense liquids, and spends dense sums of papa ' s cash, and finally winds up at the end of the year in a condition of densest idiocy. One cannot but marvel at the general air of density that characterizes the very existence of the student in the first portion of his course; but delightful April, with its budding flowers, comes to relieve the monotony of this uncertain life, and this delightful month was a God- send to the Class of 1906, for it gave them once more a chance to breathe fresh country air, to shake off the shackles of a restricted life, to close those instruments of torture, the textbooks, for a while, at least, and flee as a bird back to the home of their childhood and the bosoms of those they love. October, 1904, saw the reappearance of the now famous 1906 as Juniors; all had fully recovered and were ready to step into the ring once more to battle for supremacy. When time had flown well enough along to allow the Freshmen Class of 1904 to feel its impor-

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Class of 1906 Motto Colors ESSE QUAM VIDERE. GARNET AND GOLD. Flower PINK CARNATION. Yell Hoop-la-he, Hoop-la-ha. Sis, Boom, Bah, ' 06, ' 06, Rah! Rah! Rah! B. C. D. S. Rah. Officers Paul de G. Pickett, President. A. L. Harvin, Vice-President. N. B. GwYNN, Secretary. J. Fernandez Silva, Treasurer. J. U. Baker, Historian. Edgardo Caturla, Artist. L. R. GoRHAM, Prophet. A. F. Schlappi, Sergeant-at-Arms. F. P. Duffy, Valedictorian. Executive Committee P. De G. Pickett, Chairman. W. B. Sullivan. O. C. Post. A. P. Crist. ,J. L. Hennessey.

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tance and to become obstreperous, it became evident tliat measures would have to be taken to reduce this presumptuous gang of youths to their proper status. Consequently, after a new election of officers, the Class of 1906, in secret meeting, devised means by which this task could be best accomplished. Choice seats in the Lecture Hall were forbidden the Freshy and restrictions were placed on other privileges that make his conduct as a Freshman unbecoming and highly offensive to the dignified and sedate Juniors. The climax to this drama occurred one morning when the Fresh ies came marching out from lecture, swelling with pride and exultation. A band of the strongest Juniors had collected at the door and as each one of these youthful swell-heads made his appearance, he was unceremoniously seized and hurled through space, irrespective of whether heels or head were on top, until he reached the laboratory. This process continued until each Freshman had received his reprimand, and each one was tied to a rope, marched out of the College through the streets until the policemen thought it royal fun and joined to take a hand. After this occurrence peace reigned supreme, and Ijroken hats, collars and limbs were forgotten for the time. Realizing the Junior year was not like the first (for none of their former board- ing-houses would take them back), they knew they had something more to do than to go to and from lectures. (There were lectures to be cut.) They knew the Junior year was the most important. (They should set an example to the Freshy. ) They knew it meant study under the heat of a burning lamp (and beer beneath the belt). They knew it meant feeding the hungry dream of knowl- edge (the hungry dream of food with free lunch). They knew they had to keep painted upon the canvas of their minds a purpose (to keep the town painted red). They knew these were the duties and responsibilities they had upon their shoulders. Now approached the exams for the Class of 1906. A peculiar metamor- phosis took place spontaneously about this time — a strange hollow eye and leanness became common to all the Juniors, and as the dreaded weeks ap- proached symptoms of this peculiar disease increased. During the examinations the excitement was intense. In most cases the examinations were overcome with little difficulty, but after it was all over there were no triumphant marches, no shouting — complete exhaustion held sway over body and brain, and more dead than alive, the Class of 1906 once more departed from the door of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery to spend five months in the recuperative enjoyment of home. October 190-5 found us Seniors, and the first thing we attempted to do was to get together, like all well-regulated classes, and elect class officers; but, as our number is only forty-five, and every mother ' s son refused to be satisfied with anything less than the presidency, the attempt proved futile, and almost failed; 21