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

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ornery, His immediate superior, though, could go him one better with his pseudo-Oxfordian ac- cent, The fourth and final round was begun by the somewhat dis- enchanted members of our ranks. There were more gratifying inci- dents, such as Tookie's assuring Dean Carpenter that her recog- nition of him was as incomplete as his of the senior class. There were signs of progress: medical histories shrank to plausible lengths, the Mafia lost some of its grip on OB, and a much wel- comed teaching course came into our curriculum-Pediatrics. Sen- ior OB was more enjoyable than junior OB, when, according to LaLa, we spent most of our time doing slut work. Miss Shirley continued to manage Surgery with the compassion of a Nietz- che through her front man, l-ll-IB. Finally we reached that long awaited day of June 3, l957, when we were graduated not with an infinite knowledge but with Colin Wilson's consoling thought: ln the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king, , X X V . v T xx' OPD: Now, let's see-your head, neck, chest, arms, hands, ab- dornen, genitalia, legs, and feet ache. Do your teeth itch, too? Graduation: June 3, l957. Stepping over the cow piles, we were graduated in the Coliseum, Go ye into all the world l 1 J . '- ., ..v' f' I' , -'F ll X' T .. ' 7 f . -X., - far - A -I Airlie cs ft- l. I l . X- , fi-sit' 4 - - ' - ff-., 'EWG i - ... sf.-421' ' ' - . - T 5 . K : ! , fzffi-A vi: ' .' i rr' K. fy 1' 1 'f f,,f . s i ' A I hy' YQ: JJ, , f 55'-ty l ' 19'5fzZf' f if ' 'l A : 6 ganna ,I li :,, Q ' -' f , - 1 f f l , J'-??' -J.. .H ' I 1 .. . ,gy-I , 5. ,, ',- r . ,Y HY, Y W, , 1 l Surgery: Blood sugars and arches fall and OR super- visors shriek, but one holds tightly to the idiot stick

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DEDICATION grneaf younf, fr. No bubble is so iridescent or floats so high as that blown by the successful teacher. Sir William Osler's descrip- tion can well be applied to the didactic abilities of the man to whom the 1957 Gray Matter is dedicated. The last ofa list of honors, which includes Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha, is re- ceipt ofa Markle Scholarship, the goal of which is to improve medical re- search and education. The l957 graduates first encountered the Chairman of the Department of Medicine in their junior year. That first meeting in the third south conference room was memorable for the brevity, clarity, and sincerity ofthe explanation regarding the privileges and duties of the third year student on Medicine. Ward classes and clinics conducted by this doctor resulted in great admiration for his teaching ability, which was fur- ther felt by its influence on the house staff. The sensation of learning some- thing caused many students to wish for three quarters on Medicine. How- ever, the pedagogic aspect of this ver- satile personality was equaled, if not superseded, by his contacts with pa- tients, witnessed best in the fourth year. lt would be difficult to determine who, his students or his patients, holds this internist in higher esteem. It is, then, to this doctor's doctor, Ernest l-l. Yount, jr., that we, the Class of l957, do gratefully dedicate our yearbook. Nine