Wake Forest School of Medicine - Gray Matter Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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I tr 'rests' , A y PREFACE On the following pages are some of the ingredients of memories stored during a school year at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, Remote from the clashings of a hectic world-the furor of Washington scandals, riots in Egypt, Vishinsky vituperations, and Korean battle cries-the medical school has seen another customarily quiet year. Yet it has been an eventful one, The year marked the beginning of a second decade of service to the sick by the Bowman Gray School of Medicine and the affiliated Baptist Hospital, The summer of l95l saw the formal beginning of construction of a l5O-bed addition to the present hospital plant. ln the fall President Truman flew down from Washington to take part in the official groundbreak- ing ceremony for Greater Wake Forest College held on the campus site at Reynolda. ln October a great loss to this institution and its students was incurred by the death of Dr, Vann. Then too, the year will be remembered for many routine chores and pleasures that filled it . . . LE Wim EC ,i-55525 , '3 , JU gui! i 'Q EFF Vgyg EEJA ig, ffilii Eire it L7VL,.E'aM,:'1, -ff , ii 4l.QMf3El3ElIE EEE 1 - .veirfjw ce Y- g 3