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

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, .. Katharine Toomey Administrative Assistant Auxiliary Staff

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Jhe c eniopS CLASS OFFICERS President: RlCHARD E. Bolyard J ' ice-Preside it : Peter R. Reiner Secretary: Mary E. Pate Treasurer: Donald F. Marshall Historian: Burton M. GreiFER Sergeant-at-Arms: Roberto G. Tassixari The pages of this book will serve as a graphic record of our dental school days; their value will increase with the years ahead. During the past four years we have made a great investment in time and effort. Many of us have been able to attend school only because of considerable sacrifice and with a measure of personal inconvenience and hard- ship. At times we have been tempted to give up our effort, but in spite of many vicissi- tudes we have come to the successful completion of our objective. Our academic program has been the main college objective, and we are indebted to the faculty for their enduring patience with us. Often situations arise which are as trying for them as they are for us. However, the academic is only a part of the education which we have received. Our informal associations with fellow students, with the faculty, and with other members of the community have provided us with educational experience, valu- able and important in our preparation for a happy, useful life. Coincident with our entrance into the profession, we accept innumerable responsi- bilities. People must put themselves unquestioningly in our hands. We must be worthy of that trust. In dentistry there is the joy of accomplishment, the feeling of personal satisfaction. We may compare ourselves with the engineer who accomplishes a difficult feat, or the artist who surveys his completed canvas and finds that it is good. If we allow this sense of pride and obligation to follow us throughout the years of our dental practices, our financial reward will necessarily ensue. From our Commencement Day we can move on and develop, for Commencement does not signify the conclusion of four years of specialized training and education, the end of a long duration of arduous labor. Rather Commencement means the beginning, and truly it is. We are entering society as capable public servants. Our lives should be in co nstant motion not only towards a greater future for ourselves but also for the people around us. For we, the moulded but yet unfinished product of the B.C.D.S., are the potential of the dental profession. -{12V