DMSCO Log Book Vol.31 1953

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PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE DES MOINES STILL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY & SURGERY

Vol. No. 30 JANUARY, 1953 Number 1

AnniversaryCHICAGO, (AOA)-Iota Tau

Sigma, first osteopathic fraterni-ty, celebrates its golden anniver-sary this year. 'The Alpha chap-ter was chartered at KirksvilleMay 23, 1903, although it wasfounded in December, 1902.

Dr. Alexander F. McWilliamsof Boston, one of the originalfounders, is the current presi-dent. The society has 1750 mem-bers and a chapter at each of thesix osteopathic colleges.

Dr. Fitz JoinsCollege Family

man, Ph.D., Des Moines, Iowa.

Dr. Erle W. Fritz

Erle W. Fitz, D.O., joined thefaculty of DMSCOS December 1,1952 as Chairman of the Divisionof Psychiatry.

Dr. Fitz, a 1942 graduate ofKirksville College of Osteopathyand Surgery, interned in theMassachusetts Osteopathic Hos-pital in Jamaica Plains, Boston,Massachusetts.

Following 6 years as a generalpractitioner in Medford, Massa-chusetts, Dr. Fitz began his 3year Residency in Psychiatry inStill-Hildreth Sanatorium at Ma-2on, Missouri on December 1,1949.

Dr. Fitz is married and hastwo sons-William, 8, and Ste-phan, 18 months. The familyresidence is at 1013 KingmanCircle.

When two former Russian prisoners of war get together theyreminisce; usually each one has an incredible story to tell, incrediblefor the civilized world, but commonplace in Russia.

Before Christmas, 1952, Dr. Walter E. Heinlen, Chief Surgeon atStill Osteopathic Hospital, asked Dr. Ernst V. Enzman, instructorin Embryology at Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surg-ery if he would visit with one of his patients. Dr He.inlen explainedto Dr. Enzman that Mr. Ploog came from Germany years ago andwould enjoy visiting with someone with whom he could reminisce.

After the first "Wie Geht's", your Editor, who accompanied Dr.Enmzan on his visit with Mr. Ploog, felt like a forgotten spectatorat old home week. Watching these men-the smiles on their faces,the twinkle in their eyes, hearing the sound of their laughter, and,then-the grim look on their faces, the change of the tone in theirvoices and the absence of laughter, gave one the impression thatthese people were reliving events in their lives-happy days of theiryouth and then the times which they wanted to forget but could not.

It wasn't until the next day that your Editor found out that thesetwo men discovered that they had been Russian prisoners of war inSiberia 35 years ago. Mr. Ploog for six years, from 1915 until 1921and Dr. Enzman for five years, from 1916 until the summer of 1921.Dr. Enzman was an Austrian army officer and Mr. Ploog, a memberof the German infantry.

Some of the things they talked about seemed more like fictionthan actual happenings. These they did not want printed. They didconsent to the following.

The "whites" were defeated and fled leaving the city of Swerd-lowsk empty of soldiers. The victorious Reds entered the city twohours later. During these two hours, the prisoners of war took over

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Ontario OsteopathsWin Battle, AreGranted Self-Rule

TORONTO, (AOA) -The in-fluential Toronto Daily Star,with Canada's largest circula-tion-over 450,000-in a 3-col-umn article under a 6-columnheadline reports under a headlineas above:

"The 20-year battle by On-tario osteopaths for the right togovern, license and examine mem-bers of their profession ended invictory today with announce-ment by the provincial govern-ment that a board of directorsof osteopathy has been estab-lished.

"The orders-in-council postedtoday allows osteopaths to set upa governing board with power todiscipline and license their ownmembers and have control overqualifications.

"Chairman of the new boardwill be Dr. Douglas Firth, direc-tor of public relations for theOntario Osteopathic Association.

"Dr.Firth said the professionwould continue to press for newlegislation which would grantosteopaths broader practicerights. This includes the right to.perform surgery when qualified,prescribe durgs and assume thetitle 'doctor'."

Sixth Annual AcademyPrize Contest

The Academy of Applied Os-teopathy announces its Sixth An-nual Prize Contest. Cash prizesof $100.00 for first prize, $75.00for second prize and $50.00 forthird prize will be awarded forthe three best papers of notmore than 2,500 words submittedby any Junior or Senior studentof Osteopathy on the followingsubject: "The Role of the Osteo-pathic Lesion in Chronic Degen-erative diseases."

Three copies must be submittedto the Director of the Bureau ofA c a d e m y Publications. Dr.Thomas L. Northup, AltamontCourt Apts, Morristown, N. J.,before April 1, 1953.

If and when you changeyour address, please notifythe LOG BOOK promptly.

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Max M. Stettner, Instructor inBiochemistry, and ClinicalBiochemist, Still Osteopathic

Hospital

Clinical Test UsefulIn the DiagnosisOf Pancreatic Disease

Clinically we are limited to ex-amination of the enzymes of thepancreas, as they appear in theblood stream, feces and duodenalfluids. Briefly the pancreasmanufactures four enzymes ofimportance, which act upon eachof the basic food materials of thehuman body - lipase acting onfats, amylase acting on starchesand trypsin and chymotrypsinacting on proteins. Laboratory de-ing on proteins. Laboratory de-termination of these ferments isextremely important in differen-tial diagnosis of acute or chronichemmorhagic pancreatitis. Ser-um amylase and lipase determi-nations are always regarded asemergency tests and shouild beperformed immediately upon ad-mission to a hospital and beforeany sedation is administered.

The serum amylase is usuallyexpressed in Somogi Units, sincethe Somogi method or some varia-tion of it is the basis of anylaboratory determination today.The normal range is from 30 to80 units. The principle of thechemical determination is to in-cubate a starch substrate with aknown quantity of serum for adefinite amount of time, at 70°C., and to measure the quantityof reducing sugars liberated byaction of the enzyme. In acutepancreatitis the serum amylaserises very sharply and within sixhours of the start of an attackand can reach the amazing levelsof 1200 to 1500 units. For diag-nostic purposes any value over300 units is positive for the diag-nosis of acute pancreatitis. The

serum amylase reaches its peakwithin 24 hours, then maintainsthis level about 48 hours, fol-lowed by a sharp drop, and with-in a week from start of the at-tack is usually down to normallevels. Therefore it is impera-tive that determinations be madeearly in the clinical course of thedisease.

The value of serum lipase de-terminations is in the diagnosisof chronic recurrent pancreatitis.The normal values in serum isfrom 0.1 to 1.1 units, where 1unit is equal to 1 ml. of 0.05Normal sodium hydroxide, whichis used to titrate the fatty acidsliberated by the lypolitic activityupon a fat or oil substrate. Theprinciple of the determination isincubation of a fat base (EthylButyrate) with a known quantityof the patient's aerum at 37° C.for 24 hours, and to measure thefatty acids liberated by titrationwith sodium hydroxide. Themethod used is that of Myers.The lipase levels are initially ele-vated (usually in the range of4 to 6 units) in attack of recur-rent chronic pancreatitis, risesfor about 72 hours following theattack, and then very slowly re-turns to normal. By contrast the

serum lipase is normal in acutepancreatitis at the onset, andthen rises slowly after about 72hours, reaching its peak in abouta week.

In summary, an initial highamylase and a low lipase is in-dicative of acute pancreatitis; alow or slightly elevated amylaseand a higher than normal lipaseindicative of chronic pancreatitis,and neither situation is indicatedin the absence of either of theseconditions.

Space permits only the men-tion of one other pancreatic func-tion test-the Secretin stimula-tion test. Secretin is a specificpancretic stimulant, and when soused, with a tube placed so thatpure duodenal contents are ob-tained, it is possible to examinethis fluid for the concentrationsof trypsin, lipase and amylase,and to accurately diagnose manydisorders of the pancreas. LouisBauman has summarized boththe methods and interpretationsof this test in an excellent mono-graph, "Diagnosis of PancreaticDisease", published in 1949 byJ. B. Lippincott Company. How-ever, at the present time thistest is not a routine laboratoryprocedure.

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the military arsenal and sold guns, uniforms, even pianos to theRussian civilians.

Both Dr. Enzman and Mr. Ploog worked as farm hands at onetime. They both learned to their grief that it was "bad manners"to go to sleep with their feet pointing toward the sacred picture(icon) in the corner of the room.

These men talked about how the first German and Austrianprisoners arriving in a large Siberian town found a huge crowd wait-ing for them. The Russians had been told by their government thatthe prisoners had horns on their heads. Dr. Enzman stated thatthey explained the absence of the horns by telling the people that thehorns had to be sawed off so that steel helmts would fit but that thegirls and women at home were "horned."

In discussiong the common Russian, especially the farmer, bothagreed that he is good-natured, cruel, ignorant, hospitable in short,primitive.

"The Russian government (no matter what its nature may be)is despicable," states Dr. Enzman. "Police supervision, oppression,corruption, cruelty-is not peculiar to the Soviets but to all Russiangovernments. Conditions do not seem to have changed since 1915.Those escaping the Russian world today seem to feel the same waywe did. It is like stepping out of a dark, storm-swept night into awarm, lighted and comfortable room."

Do former Russian risoners hate the Russians? Rarely. Bothmen agreed that most former prisoners pity them. They seem in-capable of creating a decent government or an efficient social systemby their own efforts.

How did these men come to America? Mr. Ploog came to theUnited States in 1922 on an immigration quota to live with relativeshere in Iowa. Dr. Enzman's eventual arrival is another incrediblestory but it involves service with the British Army, 11 years inChina, etc.

Speaking for both of them, Dr. Enzman said, "Words cannotdescribe our thankfulness and appreciation for being permitted tobecome citizens of the greatest country on earth. Mr. Ploog and Ihope that we have in some small way shown our appreciation bybeing good and useful members of our society-Mr. Ploog, a farmerand I, a teacher."

The President ChatsThe dawn of the New Year,

with all of its hidden secrets,presents a challenge to the in-tellect of man. Serious problemsto be solved, disappointments tobe encountered and joys to be ex-perienced will be ours. Yes, 1953holds for each of us more secretsthan has any of the past years.As we take an inventory of ourpast, we readily realize that with-out friends our present effortswould be futile-so as an indi-vidual or as an institution, one ofthe prime objectives for the NewYear would be the widening ofour world of friends.

During the Christmas vacationmuch work was accomplished atthe college by constructing a newPathology laboratory on the firstfloor of the college building. Thisnew beautiful and efficient lab-oratory will not only provide theschool with another most modernlaboratory but allows for the ex-pansion of the other existinglaboratories of the college. Theseimprovements are possiblethrough the contributions ofFriends of the College. If Educa-tion is to remain on its presentlevel, Friends of Education will

be responsible by their generouscontributions to our colleges anduniversities.

Figures on the 1952-53 Statusof Colleges, printed in the NewYork Times, December 14, 1952,shows that deficits persist in theAmerican colleges and universi-ties as the enrollment rises. Thesurvey further points out thatalthough the total college enroll-ment has gone up the number offaculty members has decreased.The survey further states, "fi-nancially, the collges and univer-sities are in major trouble. Tui-tion rates have gone up year af-ter year, and the end is not ins i g h t." American educationleaders are disturbed at the fi-nancial plight of the colleges.""Appeals to business, industry,foundations, alumni and allfriends of higher education arebeing made by college presidents.They contend that the institu-tions of higher learning are nec-esary if the democratic way oflife is to continue to flourish aspart of the American heritage."

Our Colleges of Osteopathy arenot exceptions to the generalconditions as they exist in theother institutions of higher edu-cation throughout the country.

Shall not every OsteopathicPhysician resolve to make moreFriends for Osteopathy in 1953and thus, more financial assist-ance for our Osteopathic Col-leges.

May Osteopathic Educationecho from the lips of every Osteo-pathic P h y s i c i a n throughout1953.

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Dean's LetterAccentuating the negative is

sometimes the most effective wayof making a point. In conferringwith students on scholastic prob-lems, it is found that poor studyhabits are more responsible forlow grades and failures than anyother cause.

The following humorous ex-tract from a recent issue ofChemical and Engineering Newsmay be considered more impres-sive than any lengthy seriousdissertation on study habits.

HOW TO FAIL A COURSECarl Otto of the University of

Maine sent us the following listof 13 easy steps to failing acourse in chemistry. He remindsus also that there are reputed tobe 13 steps to a gallows.

1. Be absent frequently. Letthe slightest indisposition keepyou at home. Pamper that tiredfeeling. Think of the others-itmight be catching.

2. When attending class makea dramatic entrance after thelecture begins. The instructorwill thus get acquainted with yousooner.

3. Do not study the assign-ments. The instructor disagreeswith some of the text anyway.In fact, if you are not on the GIBill, why buy the texts.

4. Postpone doing homeworkuntil after that done by othershas been discussed in class. Thetime saved more than makes upfor the time lost on prelims.

5. Do not pay attention to thefigures and curves the instructorputs on the blackboard. Thatgirl last night had better onesand the blind date tonight betterhave.

6. If the text says two certainreagents give a white precipitatewhen mixed, but the experimentproduces a blue one, do not ques-tion why. It is just a chemys-tery. In fact, why bother withlaboratory when the results areall in the book. Avoid contradic-tions.

7. Do not attend laboratory at

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the scheduled time, but comewhen the instructor is not both-ered by other students and youcan have his undivided attention.He may appreciate alibis, espe-cially unique ones.

8. Do not record experimentswhile in the laboratory. Wait sev-eral weeks. When some observa-tions have been forgotten therecord will be shorter. Hand inyour reports at or after exmina-tion time when the instructor istoo busy to read them.

9. Never work with clean ap-paratus. Many discoveries andinventions have resulted fromchance impurities.

10. Use dice to determine bestanswers to "true and false" and"multiple choice" questions. Thismethod is quick and gives a va-ried pattern of answers. A crys-tal ball may be better for the"completion type."

11. Don't review old prelims.Let the dead past lie in peace.The future lies in pieces anyway.

12. Pad the body of essay typequestions with Lincoln's Gettys-burg Address repeated as manytimes as needed to give impres-sive length. The beginning andend should be pertinent to thesubject matter. The instructormay read that much.

13. If a passing grade stillstares you in the face, you arehopelessly intelligent. Your lastchance is to study all night be-fore the final exam and appearthere bleary eyed, mentally fag-ged, and barely awake.

Dr. MoatesTo Texas

John B. Moates, D.O.

John B. Moates, D.O., until re-cently a supervisor in the StillCollege Clinic has returned to hishome in Abilene, Texas where he

intends to practise.

Surgeons OpposeFee-Splitting

The American College of Os-teopathic Surgeons, during its1952 Clinical Assembly duringOctober, went on record as beingdefinitely opposed to "Fee-Split-ting."

In the premises of their formalresolution, the College of Surg-eons recites that the patient isentitled "to full knowledge as tothe identity of, the services ren-dered, and the charges of eachphysician who has rendered ser-vice" and that the doctor-patientconfidence "is materiallystrengthened by frank discussionand full understanding as to thenature of the fees charged."Further, fee-splitting (secret di-vision) "violates all rules of hon-est conduct and destroys the con-fidence of the public in the doc-tor and is otherwise against thepublic interest."

A portion of the resolutionfollows:

"THEREFORE BE IT RE-SOLVED that the Ameican Col-lege of Osteopathic Surgeons de-clares itself opposed to the fol-lowing practices as being un-ethical:

(a) The secret division of afee between two physi-cians.

(b) The deception of a patientas to the opeating surg-eon.

(c) The payment of a refer-ring physician for assist-ance during an operation,without the knowledge ofthe patient (as to thefact and as to theamount) or the paymentwith the knowledge of thepatient, of an amount notcustomary or reasonablein relation to the servicerendered.

"BE IT FURTHER RE-SOLVED that the American Col-lege of Osteopathic Surgeons be-lieves that ethical relations be-tween patients and doctors in fi-nancial transactions shall bebased upon:

(a) Each physician who hasrendered service to the patientshall bill the patient directly forthat service.

(b) If the Governing Board ofthe Hospital has approved the

A 1950 graduate of KansasCity College of 'Osteopathy, Dr.Moates interned in Detroit Osteo-pathic Hospital, Detroit, Michi-gan, before joining the staff inDMSCOS October 1, 1951.

Dr. Moates planned to visitwith his Mother and two chil-dren, Shirley Anne, 6, and JohnDavid, 4, before entering prac-tise. Dr. Dr. Moates' address is1842-North 9th Street, Abilene,Texas.

rendering of combined state-ments, a combined statement maybe rendered on initial billing bythe attending surgeon, providingit is itemized as follows:

1. Name of each doctor2. Services rendered3. Individual charges4. Combined statements shall

carry the following paragraph sothat no confusion may be creat-ed:

"This statement is renderedfor information as to the doctorswho participated in your careduring your hospital stay; theservices rendered by each, andthe charges of each. All pay-ments are to be made direct tothe office of each doctor and areto be receipted by each doctor."

(c) Combined or joint state-ments that fail to itemize thename of the doctors, the servicesrendered and the amount of in-dividual charges shall be consid-ered unethical.

(d) Any other procedure ormethod of billing or of collectingfees which may result, inten-tionally or otherwise, in the pa-tient not having full knowledgeas to the fees charged, the originof such charges and the recipientof the moneys involved, shall beconsidered unethical.

(e) Surgeons who have a reg-ular assistant at operations maypay him directly. When the as-sistant has referred the patientto the operating surgeon, thesurgeon shall follow the proced-ure as outlined."

The College of Surgeons thenoutlined the procedures to be fol-lowed by that group in advancingthe principles set forth before.This entire subject has been oneof considerable controversy inthe circles of the several schoolsof medicine, and the foregoingoutlines a comprehensive test todefine and guide all concerned.

ATLAS NEWSHere's a news item I received

from a little bird (with a mous-tache)-the engagement of An-thony W. Moscal of Windsor, On-trio, to Miss Kathleen McNamaraof Limerick-the spelling is cor-rect, believe me-Ireland. Theywill walk the aisle to maritalbliss this coming April. Con-gratulations to a fine young cou-ple. Another Atlas man joiningthe great brotherhood of honoredhusbands.

December 7, 1952, saw the re-turn of our wandering externes-We welcome back Jorgensen,Wise, Walters, Woofenden, Petty,Hatchitt, Taylor, Blackwell, andWilcher.

At the same time the abovemen returned to Des Moines,Richard Stahlman and Lee Walk-er left for similar six monthsexternships at Columbus and


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Flint Osteopathic Hospitals re-spectively. I saw Lee on my visitto Flint. Other than a slightlyrunning nose, he was happy andworking hard.

Alumni attention! If there isanything we would like as aclub it would be news from you.Jot a postcard or letter if youknow some news which might beof interest to your classmatesand to us. I'll do my best toinclude everything in my reports.Mail your correspondence to FredSmith, Still College, Des Moines,Iowa. We'll be looking for somecommuniques.

L. 0. G.L.O.G. members came back to

school with renewed interest af-ter the holiday season as theyviewed the wonderful reconstruc-tion going on about the schoolbuilding. Those new walls androoms certainly provide a moraleboost to the fatigued and ex-hausted upper classmen. Therenovated rooms provide a visualindication of the progress Osteo-pathy is making.

L.O.G. urges by example andexhortation, all students to con-tribute to the progress by highscholastic achievement ad exem-plary personal conduct in publicrelations. Participation in com-munity affairs and ASSUMINGRESPONSIBILITY FOR PUB-LIC WELFARE are methods ofcontributing to Osteopatic pro-gress. These means require nomoney, enrich personal relation-ships and broaden one's horizons.

TRAVELOGMarty Fleischer, June '52 now

intering at Art Center is aboutto wed . . . Herschel Martin,June '52, writes that he thorough-ly enjoys his internship at Akron,Ohio . . . Mike Magen, June '51,

is doing well in a "preceptorship"with Dr. Honsinger at Ames,Iowa . . . Irv. Posner, June '56,is about ready to get married inthe near future, but still looksworried . . . Joe Maxwell, June'54, has passed his Florida boardsand is all smiles . . . A. Tem-temie, June '56, spent the holi-days in Des Moines and shiveredwhile thinking of his home inEthiopia . . . B. Gold, June '56,is establishing himself abouttown as quite a piano player . . .he is now playing professionally. .. Max Stettner, June 55, andJack Stanzler, June '55, areworking quite hard these daysand promise to come up soon witha few surprises.

L.O.G. sympathetically extendsits heartfelt condolences toBrother Dick Kalman on thepassing of his beloved father.

P.S.G.Well, everyone returned from

the holiday vacation wishing itwere beginning instead of end-ing. The vacation was all tooshort, but was well spent by someof the fellows. Take Bob Botzfor example-he returned with awife. The happy event occurredon January 3rd, at Holy FamilyCatholic Church. The bride wasformerly Miss Mattie Lou Bren-del of Grand Blank, Michigan.She now is employed as obstetri-cal nurse at Still Hospital. Con-gratulations and best wishes toboth of you.

A telegram was received at thefraternity house announcing thearrival of a baby boy on January5th to Al and Doris Conway,

Congratulations, Mother a n dDad.

The fraternity is preparing fora series of work nights to be heldonce each month. The first inthe series will be on Feb. 16th atthe fraternity house. Speakerfor the evening is Dr. ErleFitz, new faculty member andhead of the department of psy-chiatry. Dr. Fitz will use as hissubject PSYCHIATRY IN GEN-ERAL PRACTICE. Everyone ismost welcome and cordially invit-ed to attend.

Guest speaker for the secondevent of the series will be Abra-ham Gelperin, M.D., D.P.H., Di-rector, Des Moines-Polk Co.Health Department. Dr. Gel-perin will speak at 7:45 p.m. atthe fraternity house on Mondayevening, March 16th. His sub-ject will be A BRIEF OUTLINEOF PRESENT PREVENTIVEPROCEDURES AND TECH-NIQUES WITH PARTICULARREFERENCE TO THE UTILI-ZATION OF VACCINES ANDANTIBIOTICS. Again a mostcordial invitation is herein ex-tended to each of you to attend. . .you are most welcome.

On February 28th and March1st, initiation ceremonies will beheld for the pledges. Followingthe completion of ceremonies onSunday a dinner will be held.Dr. Floyd E. Dunn, Grand Coun-cil President, guest speaker willaddress the old and new fraterni-ty members after the dinner.

We want to remind everyonethat there will be a Valentineparty to which you are all wel-come. Watch for the posters an-nouncing the party. There will begood music and fun for all. Webelieve a most enjoyable eveningis in the making. Come out andjoin us.

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the Club 100, December 12, 1952, was a great success," statesEdward Rugenstein, council president. "The turn-out farexceeded our expectations. This is the first time that all fra-ternities have joined together for one big Christmas Danceand it was very successful in every way. Thanks to all ofyou-doctors and students-for your splendid cooperation."

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Advancement OrRetrenchment?

David E. Reid, D.O., GeneralChairman Osteopathic Progress

FundHas our pride in our osteopath-

ic colleges as educational institu-tions blinded us to the fact thatthey are also business concernswith all the problems involved ina large busines operation? Thereis reason to believe that it has.Very apparent to all of us are thelarger student bodies and facul-ties, the larger and betterequipped libraries and labora-tories, and the new clinics andhospitals. Not so obvious are theannual operational deficits, themortgages on physical plants andthe important needs of the pres-ent and future which cannot befulfilled out of present resources.

Like any business, the osteo-pathic colleges must operate onbalanced budgets. Anything elseis suicidal. However, operatingexpenses greatly exceed tuitionand other institutional incomeand the colleges must rely on theannual giving of alumni andfriends to make up the difference.If adequate financial help is notreceived, budgets must still bebalanced and the only alternativeis retrenchment.

Should retrenchment be neces-sary, where will it begin ? Will itbe in faculty reduction; in the'elimination of courses from thecurriculum; in the restriction ofclinical training; in the elimina-tion or reduction of research ? Re-trenchment would not be an easyprocess and whatever form it

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Residency inOsteopathy

Myron B. Barstow, D.O., writesthat he is looking for graduateswho are genuinely interested inosteopathic diagnosis and therapy,and intend to practice as osteo-pathic physicians. For informa-tion regarding this Residency inOsteopathy write to:

Myron B. Barstow, D.O., Massa-chusetts Osteopathic Hospital, 222South Huntington Ave., JamaicaPlain, Mass.

Dr. C. O. Casey, D.M.S., '20of Decatur, Illinois, passedaway Sunday, February 8,1953 in St. Petersburg, Flor-ida.

LUnited Cerebral Palsy Associations Inc., and President E. F.Peters of DMSCOS pause for the photographer on their wayto an all college convocation.

"50,000 volunteer workers in the fight against Cerebral Palsyneed your help now and in the future if we are to defeat this dis-ease which threatens thousands of men, women and children in theUnited States today," stated Dr. C. C. Atwood, Director of FieldServices for the United Cerebral Palsy Associations Inc., duringan all college convocation on January 21.

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!Mrs. Burton E. Poundstone, (left), Vice President of theAuxiliary to the Polk County Society of Osteopathic Physi-cians and Surgeons and Mrs. G.I.G. Shambaugh (secondfrom left) President of the Women's Association of theWestminster Presbyterian Church accept materials fromPresident E. F. Peters (right) of D.M.S.C.O.S.

Watching the proceedings are Reverend Chester T. R.Yeates (third from left) Pastor of the church, Mr. A. C.Parmenter, Administrator of Still Osteopathic Hospital, andmembers of the Women's Association of the Church.

The members of the Westminster Women's Associationwill use this material to make gowns, surgical pads and otherarticles needed in Still Osteopathic Hospital as their serviceproject for the year. (Mrs. Shambaugh is the wife of Dr.G. I. G. Shambaugh, instructor in Dental Medicine inD.M.S.C. O.S.)

The President ChatsWhat An Important Month

This Is:This should be a month of re-

dedication for every True Ameri-can. We should rededicate our-selves to the true principles ofthe American Way of Life andbe truly proud of the heritagewhich is ours.

We should be humble in ap-preciation to the names of twogreat Americans whose birth-days we celebrate this month.One, the Father of Our Country-The other, the Savior of OurNation.

Since the day when Abe Lin-coln saved our great nation, wehave experienced a number ofimportant adventures in Ameri-can Democracy. We all rememberthat Great War to End Wars-That War to Make The WorldSafe For Democracy-What agreat disappointment-No soon-er had the smoke of battle di'eddown until new clouds of Warwere gathering on the horizon ofthe world.

Then, nearly a quarter of acentury later, came that, greatinternational conflict known asWorld War II-The War of theFour Freedoms-And still we areexperiencing wars and rumors ofwars.

Last fall, my wife and I hadthe pleasure of visiting PearlHarbor. As we went out to thesunken Battleship 'Utah,' where54 officers and men are still en-cased at their duty stations, myheart sank. Then, moving on downthe harbor to the grave of theBattleship 'Arizona' with its bowextending above the water line-the Ensign flying from itsstaff, where 1102 Officers andMen are still entombed, I couldonly ask myself this one question:"Did These Officers and Men Diein Vain?"

From Pearl Harbor we visitedthe "Arlington of the Pacific"atop the Punch Bowl. While view-ing the thousands of 'white slabs,'each slab a tribute to a life, sothat America might continue tobe the Land of the Free, thethought came to me, had theworld been educated to the "Doc-trine of Truth and Freedom"-entombed sailors, white crossesand white slabs would not be so


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much in evidence throughout theworld today.

Education and democracy areinseparable. Therefore, democracyis the inspiration of modernideals of Freedom-of Equality-of Justice; Democracy is thehope of all oppressed people, peo-ple who live in poverty and des-pair. Democracy is the result ofEducation.

Abe Lincoln's great plea in the'60's' was "Build for Peace-Unity-Opportunity."

In his 2nd inaugural addresson March 4, 1865 he said, "Withmalice toward none, with charityfor all: With firmness in theRight, As God gives us to see theRight, let us strive to finish thework we are in: to bind up thenation's wounds: to care for himwho shall have borne the battle,and for his widow, and his or-phan-to do all which mayachieve and cherish a just andlasting peace, among ourselves,and with all nations." Thosewords of yesterday are the wordsso appropo today.

Underlying Lincoln's everymove was his constant thoughtof Education. We all know ofhis struggle for an education andhis contributions to education.

Never in the history of highereducation have our colleges anduniversities faced such appallingresponsibilities as they are en-countering at the present time.

'The basic role of an institutionof higher education is to (1) pre-serve, (2) disseminate and (3)advance knowledge. Today, ourcolleges have these tasks to per-form, but in addition they areconfronted with anew list of re-sponsibilities. These additionalresponsibilities are due from thepresent state of world affairsand are due principally to thesplitting of the atom and thethreat of communism.

This is the age of ideas. Factsand machines are still wondrous-ly important, but it is what menbelieve that controls the worldwe live in, and what men thinkthat threatens our way of life.The battle of ideologies is on, andwe could lose it by default.

Therefore, as Free People in aFree, Land, we must become moreconcerned about American Edu-cation and Its Problems. Yes,"Freedom is our Sacred Trust-Let's Keep It," but we can onlykeep it through strong educa-tional institutions.

Max Al. Stettner, Instructor inBiochemistry, and ClinicalBiochemist, Still Osteopathic

Hospital

Kidney Function TestsRenal efficiency tests are often

of value when viewed as an ex-tension of clinical observation.Naturally in the majority of cas-es chemical tests simply confirmclinical opinion, but in so doinggive additional confidence. Oc-casionally chemical tests are in-dispensable or necessitate a re-vision of conclusions drawn fromclinical examination.

There are important pointswhich should be remembered ininterpreting results of renal ef-ficiency tests. First, it is diffi-cult or impossible to assess "re-serve power." No evidence of de-ficient function is obtained untiltwo-thirds or three-quarters ofrenal tissue has been renderedfunctionless. In other words, iftests are "normal," kidneys maybe healthy, or slightly damaged,or moderately deficient in func-tion, but they cannot be serious-ly damaged. If clinical examina-tion, including careful urinaryexamination, is negative, "nor-mal" efficiency tests probably in-dicate healthy kidneys. I mightmention that a careful urine ex-amination is perhaps the mostuseful, practical test of renalfunction. If proteinuria is accom-panied by granular or epithelialcasts, the kidneys cannot bestrictly healthy, however goodare efficiency tests.

The converse needs commnenttoo. Is it possible, in the absenceof proteinuria and an abnormaldeposit, for renal inadequacy tobe present? In other words, doesan unsatisfactory test have anysignificance when urine is per-fectly normal? Theoretically itis possible that kidneys might becompletely healed after a severelesion, and excrete urine of nor-

mal composition, and yet be sobadly scarred that the extrastrain of renal function testswould show them to be deficient.In practice this is extremelyrare. A strictly normal urine ispractically never encounteredwith kidney impariment.

Secondly, tests give no sug-gestion of the cause of deficientfunction. This, though obvious, iscommonly forgotten. Thus renalinadequacy may be due to ne-phritis, to stone, to tumours, etc.

Thirdly, the possible influenceof non-renal factors should al-ways be borne in mind. Rate ofabsorbtion from the intentine maybe a factor in the rate of excre-tion of urine. The liver may in-fluence the amount of a substancereaching the kidneys. Excretionmay be subnormal owing to di-minished production in the body.Diet has a great influence on kid-ney function, particularly the in-gestion of water, salts and pro-tein. Even if healthy, kidneys donot excrete if given no chance.

Repeated observations a r eneeded to follow progress.

The objects of kidney functiontests can be summarized as fol-lows: (1) Differential diagnosisfrom non-renal diseases; (2) Inunilaterial disease, diagnosis ofthe side affected; (3) Estimate ofdegree of damage to each kidney,or proof that one or both kidneysis functionally efficient; (4) Esti-mate of total damage; (5) Re-peated estimations as an aid toprognosis or treatment.

In conclusion the primary pur-pose of renal function testsshould be an estimation of dam-age of a kidney or total damageof both kidneys. Other factors in-fluencing renal function tests,and which must be considered intheir evaluation are heart disease(renal congestion) diseases ofblood vessels, and especially ofrenal vessels (renal ischaemia);fall of blood pressure and there-fore of glomerular filtration rate(the moribund state); vasomotorinfluences; gross alterations ofcomposition of blood; action ofhormones; and obstruction tourinary passages, as by an en-larged prostate, pregnant uterus,tumors, etc.

In the next issue the authorwill discuss the tests employedin Kidney Function studies.

Dean's LetterA LITTLE KNOWLEDGE

How does the average collegegraduate feel at the time of com-mencement ? Does he feel that heis fully trained to step out intothe world and compete success-fully with those'who have beenworking in their trade or pro-fession for several years?

He probably feels -quite be-wildered for a time, at least un-til he has acquired some experi-ence. The essential difference be-tween the two trained men ob-viously is EXPERIENCE.

The recent graduate most cer-tainly accumulated a mass offacts during his college days-hehas accumulated knowledge andhe sometimes wonders if it wasvery much.

The knowledge is of little val-ue to him until he has learnedhow to put it to work. In otherwords, he must acquire experi-ence.

A man may know how a bi-cycle is built and know the sig-nificance of each separate part,but only by experience can heshow that he can operate it.

A student may know that a liv-ing being is composed of a fewchemical elements, which exist asseveral hundred compounds. Hemay know the difference betweenmuscle and fat. He may differ-entiate between the skeletal parts.He may, in fact, learn the com-position and functions of all partsof the body, and yet be an utterfailure as a doctor.

He would fail as a doctor be-cause he does not understandwhat he knows. His knowledgealone is of little value, but hisknowledge is of great value if ac-companied by understanding.

Understanding requires moremental exertion than the simpleaccumulation of facts and is notfor the lazy mind.

Knowledge with understandingis the asset of the superior doc-tor and experience will do muchtoward providing the understand-ing.

Commencement marks essen-tially the beginning of experiencefor the regular college graduate.For the student doctor, the clin-ics and hospital provide experi-ences before graduation. The dis-cerning student doctor has therare opportunity of enhancing hisknowledge with understanding,long before he presents himselfhumbly to the world as a doctor.

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Atlas NewsThe Club members, wives and a

roomful of interested observersthoroughly enjoyed Dr. E. Fitz,on February 2. His subject, "Psy-chotic Art", was fascinating. Thelecture, illustrated by a few ofhis vast collection of paintings,was a summary of work he beganin Macon during his sojourn there.Dr. Fitz reminded us that Psy-chotic Art Analysis actually be-gan in the 18th Century but littlework has been done in the last50 years. While there in MaconDr. Fitz began an art class forrecreation for the patients; fromthis he began serious considera-tion of art in therapy, diagnosis,and prognosis. "Art reflects in-ner degeneration even morequickly than clinical symptomsand signs. By showing groups ofpaintings by psychotic patientsand pointing out basic similaritiesin structure, colot, (or lack ofthem) early personality changesmay be suspicioned. Of course,art as a diagnostic procedure isused only in conjunction withother accepted methods of analy-sis, says Dr. Fitz. Atlas Club isproud of its outstanding alumniwho has been a member since1938.

Did you know that brother RayTaylor is a proud father of a babyboy? Father-weight 200 pounds,is doing fine. Seriously, January15th, 11:43 p. m. was the arrivaltime for Timothy Noel Taylor-Alliance City Hospital, Ohio. Con-gratulations, Ray!

From the Sophomore class-by Bill Locke-come the follow-ing bits of information.

Mr. and Mrs. William Lockewere blessed with a baby boy onJanuary 31, 1953. The cheery lit-tle lad was christened Robert Lee.

Delta Omega SororityDelta Omega has made great

plans for a rollicking squaredance on March 21 at the High-land Park Legion Hall. Excep-tional entertainment planned, andall students, wives, faculty andalumni are invited to attend.Keep the night open!

The sorority has been quitebusy in the past few months. Dr.Genevieve Stoddard had the so-rority out to her home for theirfirst December meeting to wel-come back the Senior girls, SallySutton and Pat Spurgeon fromtheir externship at Doctors Hos-pital in Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. Nancy DeNise also planneda welcome home for the girls, butan appendectomy on her inter-fered with the schedule and arain check was issued for Febru-ary 6, at which time a chili din-ner was served and a wonderfultime was had by all-with thepiano the star attraction.

Mrs. John B. Shumaker enter-tained the sorority at her home

with a Christmas party which weall enjoyed so much. A deliciousdinner, attractive decorations andgames highlighted the evening.

January 6, a technique sessionwas held at Sally Sutton's homewith Dr. Sara Jean Gibson andDr. Nancy DeNise giving us val-uable pointers in technique.

Dr. Byron Laycock spoke to thesorority January 28, at Dr. SaraJean Gibson's office, on the fi-nancial aspects of practice, fromwhich we all gained some usefulinformation regarding the pa-tient's financial relationship tothe physician. Dr. Adelaide Mc-Cormick from Milo, Iowa at-tended and was warmly wel-comed. We extend our very bestwishes to her on her recent mar-riage to Delbert Ohnimus alsofrom Milo.

Between semesters, the sorori-ty bought and made drapes andseatcovers for the women stu-dents' rest room at the college,which has made the room veryattractive.

Future activities include theDelta Omega Initiation dinnerFebruary 17, for Jenny Trip-sin; Dr. Faye Kimberly demon-strating technique; Dr. LillieDunlop reporting on her trip toMayo Clinic; Dr. GenevieveStoddard discussing Gyn prob-lems; a dinner with Dr. MaryGolden, a visit to Dr. RachaelWoods' home in Indianola, and atrip to Redfield to see the Dr'sPeace.

See you all at the squaredance, March 21!

Iota Tau SigmaOn the 4th of February the

members of Beta Chapter withtheir wives and guests attendeda work-night in the Des Moinesoffices of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce,Fenner & Beane, investmentbrokers. A film was shown whichcovered the formation and func-tion of corporations and the rolethe stock-holders play in them.Members of the firm lectured onthe mechanisms of their invest-ment brokerage and its relation-ship with the New York StockExchange. Although the majorityof us don't have enough of thatelusive green stuff to dash outand buy a few shares at present;we did pick up some valuablepointers that will aid us in in-vesting when and if the occasionshould arise.

In our future work-nights wewill continue to present lectureson the various topics of medicalmanagement and also speakerson the subject of the financialside of practice. Anyone inter-ested in attending these interest-ing and informative work-nightsis cordially invited to do so.

We wish to extend congratula-tions to Brother Richard Ballin-ger and his wife, Harriet, who

are the proud parents of a baby

girl born on the 31st of January.Congratulations also go to Broth-er William Crommett and hiswife, Margaret, who became theparents of a bouncing baby boyon the 6th of February. Thelocal diaper service wants tothank you fellows; they're hiringan extra man this month due toincreased demand for their ser-vices.

L.O.G.This frat had a very well at-

tended meeting Monday night,February 9, 1953. Several im-portant business matters werediscussed. It was decided that a"Newsletter" will be publishedby L.O.G. and distributed toalumni and externes. This pe-riodical will serve as a "clearinghouse" for news about L.O.G.members.

Pledges are to be installed asbrothers on March 14th, 1953.The place has not been selected,and plans for the evening's cele-bration are being concluded aswe go to press.

There will be another L.O.G."Forum" on Monday, April 6,1953. The topic will be "StillCollege and It's Role in The Com-munity." An interesting panelof speakers will be present.Everyone is invited to attendand direct questions to the panel.

It is with pride that we an-nounce that several of our broth-ers were initiated into P.S.A.national honorary society onTuesday evening, February 10,1953. The "bright boys" wereRichard Kalman, Joseph Max-well, and David Rothman. Con-gratulations fellows!

On Monday evening February9, 1953, our pledge from Ethio-pia, Atnafie Temtemie was aguest speaker at the local Lion'sClub. He spoke to thirty-fivemembers about "Life in Ethio-pia," and later answered ques-tions about his native land.

The interne situation amongour seniors still remains incom-plete as yet. L. Goodman, none;J. Latini, none; R. Lawrence,none; Ed. Levine, GrandviewHospital, Ohio; M. Marmon, Gar-den City, Michigan; G. Nash,Amarillo, Texas; D. Rosman,D.O.H., Detroit, Michigan; A.Simon, none.

Our frat brothers at ChicagoOsteopathic Hospital are prettypleased lately, for they werementioned in Dorothy Kilgallen'snationally syndicated column onTuesday, February 10, 1953.Travelog

Sid Gelman, June '50, and MortLevin June '50 are now practic-ing in Detroit, Michigan.

Jack Roth, June '51 was re-cently accepted as a member ofthe New York State OsteopathicAssociation.

Sol Leibol, June '46, participat-

ed in laying the cornerstone forthe new hospital at Youngstown,Ohio. The new building willhave a capacity of 50 beds andwill open in March, 1953.

Sid Adler, June '50 is nowpracticing in Levittown, Penna.,and is reportedly "stamping" outa lot of disease.

Newman Club NewsFather Weiss, the Club's Chap-

lain and advisor has been trans-ferred to Portsmouth as the newassistant pastor.

The Club deeply regrets theloss of Father Weiss, as he wasthe one who helped the Catholicstudents at Still to establish ourNewman Club.

It was on October 26, 1950 thatthe Bishop of Des Moines ap-pointed Father Weiss to be ourClub Chaplain. He has helpedmany of us during this time withhis very fine talks and discussionsat our monthly meetings. He wasresponsible for getting a numberof outstanding lay people to givetalks at our club.

At the last meeting of the New-man Club on January 15, FatherW'eiss spoke to us on the Catholicviews regarding certain pertinentsubjects, with reference chieflyto, "Birth Control," and theChurch's views regarding psycho-analysis. There was a discussionafterwards.

The Newman Club at Stillwishes to extend to Father Weissour thanks for all the help hehas given to our organization andto wish him well in the new posi-tion he has assumed.

At present the Still NewmanClub is without a new chaplain.

O.W.C.C. 'For the remaining semester,

the meetings will be held the 1stand 3rd Wednesday of eachmonth, 8 p. m. at the P.S.G.House.

At the last meeting, LelaRiesdale presented a very inter-esting musical book review. Mar-garet Hines and Hubbie did awonderful job on the Xmas cardsale for the club. Hostesses forthe last two meetings were DorisFredericks, Gail Kapp, ShirleyDakovich, Margaret Petty, Ange-la Latini, Eleanor Lawrence, andNancy Rosenblatt.

Phi Sigma GamaOn Monday evening, February

16th, the members of the frater-nity and their guests were priv-ileged to hear Dr. Earl Fitz,head of the Department of Psy-chiatry, speak on PSYCHIATRYIN GENERAL PRACTICE. It wasa pleasure to listen to him, andan honor to present him to thegroup. Thank you, Dr. Fitz; we


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are looking forward to hearingyou again in the near future.

On February 14th, a Valentineparty was held at the fraternityhouse. The turn-out was good,the party lively; we believe allwho attended are agreed that the'evening ended all too soon. Watchthe bulletin boards and variousplaces for more announcements ofother parties planned for the se-mester.

Our Congratulations to Dr.Elmer O'Berski, Class 1936, DMS-COS, and alumnus of PSG uponhis acceptance by the FACOS atthe last meeting of the college.

The fraternity is always gladto hear from members of thealumni and their accomplish-ments. Recently, the secretary

. was- privileged -to --have -a letter-from a Brother in Geneva, Swit-zerland. Dr. Henry Probst whostudied at DMSCOS, 1950-1951,wrote a most interesting let-ter of his studies here, his delightat touring this country, and ofhis "happy days spent at StillCollege and the PSG house". Dr.Probst ended his letter thus, "Toyou . . . we wish the best for1953, and we send you kind greet-ings". It was an honor to haveyou in our midst, Dr. Probst; itis especially gratifying to haveyou return to your country withyour memories of pleasant daysspent in work and play with us.

CEREBRAL PALSY-(Continued from Page 1)

Speaking of well known menand women and of communitieswho are making outstanding con-tributions in the fight againstCerebral Palsy, Dr. Atwood

praised the work of the Down-town Kiwanis Club of DesMoines for their contributions tothe Cerebral Palsy school throughtheir annual football game.

In explaining the purpose andactivities of the organization, Dr.Atwood stated, "United CerebralPalsy Associations Inc., withover 50,000 volunteers is a non-profit membership corporation-the only nation-wide organizationdevoted exclusively to a unitedattack on Cerebral Palsy. Itshumanitarian work is supportedby voluntary public contribu-tions. Its officers and board ofdirectors, representing all partsof the country serve withoutcompensation of any kind.

The affiliates, assisted by vol-unteer local Advisory Boards, de-vote their energies and resourcesto assisting the Cerebral Palsiedin th e-i resp-ctivecomm unities bydoing all, or part of the follow-ing, but with the hope they willeventually do all.

1. Establishing c li n i c s andtreatment centers. 2. Securingeducational advantages. 3. Set-ting up recreational centers.4. Expanding existing facilities.5. Initiating vocational and em-ployment services for adult cere-bral palsied. 6. Providing par-ent education and activities.7. Supplying transportation toand from clinics, schools andtreatment centers. 8. Render-ing many other services.

United Cerebral Palsy throughits National Headquarters inNew York leads the attack onCerebral Palsy through six gen-eral fields of endeavor.

1. Research, both basic andclinical. 2. Training therapistsand specialists. 3. Adult voca-tional training. 4. Legislative

cooperation. 5. Special educa-tion for the Cerebral Palsied in-cluding developing of educators.6. Public information and en-lightenment."

In closing Dr. Atwood said,"United- Cerebral Palsy and itsaffiliates are seeking to assurethat Cerebral Palsied will havethe best treatment that is avail-able today, that better 'treatmentand clinics are developed for thefuture; that the Cerebral Palsychildren will be educated and theCerebral Palsy adults will becomeproductive, self-sufficient citi-zens, and that new weapons willbe developed or discovered some-day through science and medicineto minimize or prevent this dis-order which affects every com-munity. Perhaps one of you asa doctor will be the one to dis-cover what we are seeking. 50,-000--- voliuntee-r -- woorkers- in thefight against Cerebral Palsyneed your help."

ADVANCEMENT OR-(Continued from Page 1)

took, the result would be a lossof quality in th'e finished product-the osteopathic physician. Re-trenchment implies the loss ofhard won professional recogni-tions, a general weakening of theentire program of organized oste-opathy, and a positive threat tothe present high standing of oste-opathic medicine among thelearned professions.

Fortunately, retrenchment isnot an immediate danger but ifdeficits are not prevented duringthe current fiscal year it may wellbecome a necessity during thesucceeding year. Regular monthlycontributions from an increasingnumber of osteopathic physiciansplus increased help from osteo-

pathic auxiliaries and the gener-al public will eliminate the dang-er of retrenchment and permitthe osteopathic colleges to con-tinue to graduate osteopathicphysicians of high caliber andmaintain their current high stand-ing in the academic world. TheOsteopathic Progress Fund is thechannel through Which this cancen be done.

Recent ArrivalsClass of October '51

A boy, Michael Wayne, bornto Dr. and Mrs. Clement D.Tessa on January 8, 1953. Weight7 lbs. 12 oz. The Tessa's resideat 449 So. Cloverdale Ave., LosAngeles 36, California.

Class of June '51

A girl, Juanita Jan, born toDr. and Mrs. John P. Hutchinson January 5, 1953. Weight 7lbs 2 oz. The Hutchins reside at3026 Upas Street, San Diego 4,California.

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Dr. Sutherland's Committee on Cranial Instruction Presents:Advanced course in Cranial Osteopathy, D.M.S.C.O.S., April 22nd to 30th, inclusive. For further information

write to, Dr. John B. Shumaker, D.M.S.C.O.S., 722 6th Ave., Des Moines, Iowa.

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Vol. No. 30 MARCH, 1953 Number 3

Osteopathic PersonnelWanted for Quaker

Korea ReliefPhysicians, nurses, and at least

one medical technician are want-ed for field projects of the Amer-ican, Canadian and EnglishFriends Service Committees inKorea: a hospital, rehabilitationand medical training program inKunsan, and a neighborhood cen-ter in Taegu. Osteopathicallytrained persons are just as ac-ceptable as are M.D.'s and theirnurses and technicians, accordingto the AFSC regional headquar-ters in Des Moines.

The projects are planned forthree to five years' duration, andinterested persons should plan tobe gone about two years. Teammembers will be selected for theirwillingness and ability to teach,as well as their friendliness, de-sire to be of service to their fel-low men, and propensity forpeace-m a k i n g . Transportationand living expenses will be paidbut no salary is provided. Singlemen or women are preferred, butcouples are eligible if both aretechnically qualified. Parents willnot be taken unless the alterna-tive is induction into the armedforces.

Interested persons are asked totalk with Professor Hewitt of theDepartment of Physiology andPharmacology, before seekingfurther information from theAFSC office.

Catalogues WantedAnyone having old College

Catalogues for the followingyears would make a great con-tributions if they would sendthem to the College Librarian.CATALOGUES OF THE DES

MOINES STILL COLLEGE OFOSTEOPATHY AND SURGERY

1899-1900 1920-19211900-1901 1922-19231902-1903 1923-19241903-1904 1924-19251905-1906 1927-19281907-1908 1929-19301909-1910 1931-19321910-1911 1937-19381911-1912 1939-19401912-1913 1943-19441916-1917 1944-19451918-1919 1947-1948

Dr. Harkness Resigns

President Edctwn F1. Peters of the Des VMoznes Still College ofOsteopathy and Surgery announces the appointment of Dr. Stan-ley D. Miroyiannis (pictured above) of Hyannis, Massachusettsas Chairman of the Department of Anatomy with the rank ofProfessor. (Continued on Page 2)

rvrs. iarota LDresser (left) UJzharman of the Szxth AnnualStill Osteopathic Hospital Benefit and Mrs. Burton E. Pound-stone (right) vice-president of the Auxiliary to the Polk CountySociety of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons visit with Dr.Carl Nagy, hospital Anesthetist.


Dr. Stuart F. Harkness, whohas served as Chairman of theDepartment of Internal Medicineat Des Moines Still College ofOsteopathy and Surgery sinceSeptember, 1949 has tendered hisresignation to the Board ofTrustees, effective June 10, 1953.Dr. Harkness will move to Ames,Iowa where he and Dr. E. S.Honsinger will enter into a par-tnership and establish a clinic.

Dr. Harkness, a certified in-ternist, graduated from the Phil-adelphia College of Osteopathy in1938. Since coming to Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery he has organized theTumor Clinic and for the pasttwo years has served as the Co-ordinator of the Cancer Teach-ing Program which operates un-der a grant from the U. S. Pub-lic Health Service. Dr. Harknesshas been in great demand as aconvention speaker in recentyears, as well as writing numer-ous articles for publication.

The administration, facultyand student body of the Collegewish the Doctor, Mrs. Harknessand their three sons much hap-piness in their new home.

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The President ChatsThe human body may be con-

sidered the most complicated, themost intricate, and the most per-plexing of all machines. Viewingman from the many various areasof education, man is studied andanalyzed as an entity in thatparticular area. The chemistlooks upon man as a fascinatingchemical composite and statesthat when the human body isfinally reduced to its pure chem-icals, that man is worth less than$2.00 at present commercial val-ues.

The biologist views man as acomposite of genes and cells. Thepsychologist looks upon man as acomplexity of conflicts, attitudesand frustrations. So, we can viewman and his place in the uni-verse from most any line of focuswhich our academic training andexperience directs us.

Since the early days of Medi-cal Education, man has beenstudied as an entity unto him-self; however, in recent years,greater emphasis has been givenin the training of young physi-cians to the medico-socio andmedico-legal aspects of practice.It is an acceptable belief thatthe "unity of knowledge" is mostessential for the physician andhis relationship with the public.

It is important that tradition-al subject-matter lines be brokendown and that our educationalprogram presents, not only the es-sentials, but materials which in-cludes larger areas of learningwith an inter-correlation of theBasic Sciences, one to each oth-er, and the inter-relations of theBasic Sciences to the clinicalsubjects. Not only is the studentin our Osteopathic colleges todayinterested in standard courses ofinstruction, but he must be vital-ly concerned with a study of hu-man needs and the significanceof our contemporary society up-on his profession. He must havean intelligent understanding andappreciation for the institutionsof society and the practices ofthese institutions with which welive.

HOSPITAL BENEFIT . . . (Continued from page 1)Each year the members of the Auxiliary sponsor a benefit

dinner dance to raise money for needed items of equipment forthe Obstetrical Department. Proceeds from past events havebeen used to purchase an incubator-resuscitatqr, bed-side tablesand metal inserts for individual bassinet care.

When this picture was taken Dr. Nagy had just explained theoperation of the Heidbrink Anesthesia machine with Cyclopro-pane Attachment. (Off the record Dr. Nagy was doing a sellingjob. This is one of the items he hopes will be purchased from theproceeds of the benefit this year). This year the benefit dinnerdance will be held at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club onApril 15. For tickets contact Mrs. Harold E. Dresser, 4303Wakonda Parkway, Des Moines, Iowa.

Researchers WantedPresident Edwin F. Peters has

announced that two original re-search projects which are of un-usual importance to the Collegeare being conducted by Mr. Bur-rill Freedman of the Departmentof Physiology & Pharmacology.(1) Microscopy of The BeatingNon-excised Heart( experimenta-tion in relations between func-tioning and histologic change).The possibility of such micro-scopy was first discovered by Mr.Freedman. His preliminary ar-ticles on this subject have beenpublished in Science and in theProceedings of The Society forExperimental Biology and Medi-cine. (2) The Role of the Hy-aluronidase- Hyaluronate Sys-tem in Central Nervous Func-tioning. The location of a sub-strate for hyaluronidase in thebrain is also a discovery of Mr.Freedman's. An article on thesubject is scheduled for publica-tion in The Anatomical Recordfor February (February issuenot released as of this date ac-cording to the publisher).

Ten students are now partici-pating in these projects of Mr.Freedman's in response to a spe-cial announcement of PresidentPeters urging such volunteer col-laboration for the sake of the ad-vantages to themselves and to theCollege.

Osteopathic Physicians in thearea who may be interested incollaborating in such research arecordially invited to contact theCollege or Mr. Freedman. Noprevious technical or researchtraining is required. Personswith experience, however, in bio-chemical,. histological, electronicor photographic techniques willhave ample opportunity to make

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use of their experience in thisresearch.

Collaborators in the researchwill be listed as co-authors ofthe scientific articles which re-sult.

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The Department of Physiology& Pharmacology, as one of itsfirst moves in launching a pro-gram of research, invites col-laboration by students and oste-opathic physicians in original re-search intended for publicationin professional periodicals. Theinvitation extends to those stu-dents and osteopathic physiciansin the Des Moines area who maybecome interested in any of theDepartment's projects: heart-tis-sue visualization, a "new" brain-enzyme, relation of potassuim tomuscle function, correlation ofstructural defects with cardiovas-cular dysfunction, effects of ver-tebral lesions on pituitary-adre-nal axis, and others.

At least four hours per weekof work is expected of collaborat-ors. These hours will be arrangedto suit the individual situation.No training requirements ex-ist. The only prerequisite beingconsent of the Department head.

Co-authorship, as indicated, ispromised in any publications re-sulting from collaborative efforts.Collaborators- will- gain trainingin the scientific method, as wellas in specific skills, and a de-tailed knowledge of the literaturein a field of interest, read understaff direction. This training andrecord of experience may be ad-vantageous in future applicationsfor teaching, research, or thera-peutic posts.

Interested students and physi-cians are asked to consult withthe Department staff as soon aspossible.

(Continued from Page 1)Dr. Miroyiannis received his B.S. degree from Northwest

Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho and his M.A. and Ph.D. degreesfrom Boston University.

Dr. Miroyiannis has 'had eighteen years of teaching experi-ence, the author of some sixteen publications, holds membershipin numerous scientific societies and is ,a major in the MedicalService Corps, United States Army Reserves.

Mrs. Miroyiannis is an accomplished musician and will joinher husband later in the year.I

Dean's LetterTo all members of the Osteo-

pathic profession, its colleges,their faculties, and fraternal or-ganizations,

Is Your Objective Clear?Robert Browning, the great

English poet, was reported topossess one near-sighted eye andone which was far-sighted. Hemust have experienced great dif-ficulty with his vision until helearned to close the proper eyewhen he wished to see an objectclearly.

How can the objective ofOsteopathy be seen clearly? Visu-ally the method is simple. It canbe read on the office wall whereit is simply stated as the Osteo-opathic Oath,-the oath which atgraduation, may have been re-peated without giving d u ethought to the underlying soundphilosophy contained within it.

In case we have not read itlately, here it is again: Read itnow in the light of years of pro-fessional experience which haveaccumulated and marvel at thenew thoughts which come to mindduring the reading. Note howmuch clearer your objective hasbecome.

The Osteopathic OathI do hereby affirm my loyalty

to the profession I am about toenter.

I will be mindful always of mygreat responsibility to, preservethe health and life of my pati-ents, to retain their confidenceand respect both as a physicianand friend who will guard theirsecrets with scrupluous honorrand fidelity, to perform faith-fully my professional duties, toemploy only those recognizedmethods of treatment consistentwith good judgment and with myskill and ability, keeping in mindalways nature's laws and thebody's inherent capacity for re-covery.

I will be ever vigilant in aid-ing in the general welfare of thecommunity, sustaining its lawsand institutions, not engaging inthose practices which will in anyway bring shame or discredit up-on myself or my profession. Iwill give no deadly drugs to anythough it be asked of me.

I will endeavor to work in ac-cord with my colleagues in aspirit of progressive co-operation,and never by word or by act castimputations upon them or theirrightful practices.

I will look with respect andesteem upon all those who havetaught me mry art. To my collegeI will be loyal and strive alwaysfor its best interests and for theinterests of the students who willcome after me. I will be everalert to adhere to and developthe principles of osteopathy astaught by Andrew Taylor Still.

InternshipsAvailable

Waterville OsteopathicHospital, 85 Western Ave.,Waterville, Maine. Begin-ning on or about June 15,1953.

Madison Street Hospital,18th at Madison, Seattle,Washington. Beginning Ju-ly 1, 1953.


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HONOR ROLLDr. John B. Shumaker, dean of

DMSCOS, has announced the fol-lowing named students earned a2.0 (B) or above grade point av-erage for the Fall Semester1952-53.

Freshmen: William Anderson,Americus, Georgia; Joseph Bat-tersby, Downey, California; By-ron Beville, Waldo, Florida; Jos-eph Conti, Sharon, Pennsylvania;Gerald Cooper, Ames, Iowa; JohnCox, Enon, Ohio; George Evans,Cleveland, Ohio; Herbert Feld-man, Detroit, Michigan; EdwinFerens, Detroit, Michigan; Ed-win Frieman, Jersey City, NewJersey; Richard Furney, Detroit,Michigan; Bryon Goldberg, Phil-adelphia, Pennsylvania; AlbertGolin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvan-ia; Alvin Hinders, Woden, Iowa;Robert Katz, Detroit, Michigan;Richard Kotz, Des Moines, Iowa;Robert Kreamer, Millville, NewJersey; John Parker, Staten Is-land, New York; Morton Rubin,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Don-ald Salim, Flint, Michigan; Fred-erick Sutter, Ames, Iowa; JennieTripsin, Detroit, Michigan; AllanMacKew, Windsor, Ontario, Can-ada.

Sophomores: Eugene Braunschweig, Shumway, Illinois; Du-ane Butterfield, Omaha, Nebras-ka; Robert Gillon, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania; Z a n e HurkinsBrooklyn, New York; EdwardShealy, Albuquerque, New Mexi-co; Jack Stanzler, Providence,Rhode Island; Max Stettner, DesMoines, Iowa; John Thesing, Lan-caster, Ohio; John Urse, Fair-mont, West Virginia.

Juniors: James Egly, DesMoines, Iowa; Ralph Hinz, De-troit, Michigan; Russel Holla-baugh, Ravenna, Ohio; RichardKalman, Detroit, Michigan; Dav-id Kronisch, Maplewood, NewJersey; Joseph Maxwell, Miami,Florida; Robert Nerthling, Sil-ver Creek, New York; Irwin Phil-lips, Des Moines, Iowa; ThomasPolatty, Clarion, Pennsylvania;David Rothman, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania; John Schwartz,Des Moines, Iowa; Richard Shil-linglaw, Sioux City, Iowa.

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John Urse of Fairmont, W. Va., president of the StudentFaculty Council presides over the meeting of representativesfrom 15 student organizations as they prepare the Student Ac-tivities Calendar for the rest of the school year leading to grad-uation of 66 seniors on June 5, 1953. Reading from left to right:Stanley Nelson, Nevada, Iowa, president of Osteopathic StudentClub; Raymond Cannane, Youngstown, Ohio, president of theNewman Club; Richard Kalman, Detroit, Mich., president ofLambda Omnicron Gamma; Irwin Phillips, Des Moines, Iowa,president of Iota Tau Sigma; Stewart W. Woofenden, LakeWorth, Fla., president of Atlas Club; John E. Brown, Birming-ham, Mich., president of Phi Sigma Gamma; Sally Sutton, DesMoines, Iowa, president of Delta Omeyga; John Urse; James R.Egly, Des Moines, Iowa, president of Junior Class; Robert Mc-Question, Ecorse, Mich., president of Sophomore Class; WilliamAnderson, Atlanta, Georgia, president of Freshman Class;Charles Miller, Sharon, Pa., vice-president of the Senior Class;David Rothman, Phil., Pa., president of the InterfraternityCouncil; John J. Latini, Phil., Pa., vice-president of Psi SigmaAlpha; and Kurt Grebe, Mackinaw City, Mich., president of theSquare and Compass Club.

ElectionsElection of officers in the one

sorority, four fraternities and in-dependent groups are over andall those newly elected to officeare busy planning their activi-ties for the remainder of theschool year-especially their an-nual Senior banquets. Names andhome towns of the officers of theone sorority, four fraternitiesand each class are listed below.

ATLAS CLUB: Noble Skull-Stewart W. Woofenden, Lake-worth, Florida; Occipital-HenryW. Steinecker, St. Marys, Ohio;Stylus-- illiam Ross, MuskegonHeights, Michigan; Pylorus-Al-bert Pearson, Philadelphia, Penn.;Receptaculum - James Lanham,Niles, Ohio; Sacrum-CharlesWilcher, Charleston, West Virgin-ia.

Delta Omega: Pres.-PhoebeBenson, Detroit, Michigan; vice-Pres. & Treas. Jennie Tripsin,Detroit, Michigan; Secretary-Evelyn Mountain, Brownsville,Pennsylvania.

Iota Tau Sigma: Pres. IrwinPhillips, Des Moines, Iowa; Vice-Pres.-Richard Schwan, Beaver-ton, Oregon; Sec.-Milton Snow,Des Moines, Iowa; Treas.-Wil-liam Crommett, Clear Lake, Wis-consin; Historian-Robert Mid-dleton, Greenfield, Illinois; Cor-responding Sec.-Richard Junker-mann, Columbus, Ohio.

L.O.G.: Pres. Richard I. Kal-man, Detroit, Michigan; Vice-Pres. - Max Stettner, Dayton,

Ohio; Sec.-Joseph S. Maxwell,Miami, Florida; Treas. - JackStanzler, Providence, Rhode Is-land

Phi Sigma Gamma: Pres. -John E. Brown, Birmingham,Michigan; Vice-Pres.-Joe Walc-zak, Dearborn, Michigan; Sec.Thomas Young, Mayview, Mis-souri; Sgt. at Arms-MichaelArmaly, Detroit, Michigan.

Freshmen Class: Pres.-W. G.Anderson, Atlanta, Ga.; Vice-Pres. - Joseph Conti, Sharon,Pa.; Sec.-Jennie Tripsin, De-troit, Mich.; Treas.-Byron Gold-berg, Phil., Pa.

Sophomore Class: Pres.-Rob-ert McQuiston, Ecorse, Mich.;Vice-Pres.-John Herzog, Brain-erd, Minn.; Sec.-Evelyn Mou-tain, Brownsville, Pa.; Treas.-Phoebe Benson, Detroit, Mich.

Junior Class: Pres. - JamesEgly, Des Moines, Ia.; Vice-Pres.-Waldo Frankenstein, RoyalOaks, Mich.; Sec.-William Vaw-ter, Santa Monica, Cal.; Treas.-Frank King, Des Moines, Ia.

Senior Class: Pres.-WallaceMcLain, Hillsdale, Mich.; Vice-Pres.-Charles Miller, Sharon,Pa.; Sec.-Ray Taylor, Alliance,Ohio; 'Treas. - William Ross,Muskegon Heights, Mich.

Next month names of newlyelected officers in independentgroups plus picture and story ofnewly elected members of PsiSigma Alpha, National Osteo-pathic Scholastic Honorary Fra-ternity.

Did You KnowSix Colleges of Osteopathy

granted 426 student degrees ofDoctor of Osteopathy last June.Leading the list was the Kirks-ville College with 90 graduates.

Other totals: Philadelphia Col-lege, 85 graduates; Los AngelesCollege, 83 graduates; KansasCity College, 71 graduates; Chi-cago College, 50 graduates; andDes Moines Still College, 47 grad-uates.

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NEW YORK, N. Y. (AOA)-The Osteopathic Society of theCity of New York reports thatthe percentage of D.O.'s passingthe recent medical state boardexaminations was greater thanthat of the M.D.'s.

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During the National Conven-tion held in August, the DisabledAmerican Veterans went on rec-ord urging the Veterans Admin-istration to permit Disabled Vet-erans to seek treatment fromD.O.'s and to fill vacancies inV.A. hospitals and clinics withD.O.'s.

Atlas NewsYour writer received a most

welcome letter from one of At-las' recent graduates, Dr. DonWelch. Congratulations are inorder for: 1. Finishing an in-ternship in Phoenix and estab-lishing a practice with Dr. Sher-man Meyer; and 2. Becoming theproud father of a five poundeleven ounce boy (David CraigWelch). Both of the above mo-mentuous events happening with-in one and a half weeks time.Don says he is anxious to seeand visit with all his Atlasfriends but has little time tovisit us here-says he's too busyplaying golf and swimming inFebruary. We appreciate yourcommunique, Dr. Don. Wish youthe very best of luck in both ofyour endeavors.

On Monday evening, March 2,1953, Atlas officially welcomedinto its society eight new actives.The following were received in asolemn ceremony: C. G. Apgar,Madison, N. J.; Edgar Angell,Balaclave, Jamaica; James Ven-tresco, Youngstown, Ohio; Wm.C. Rankin, Marietta, Ohio; DaleG. Keighley, Dayton, Ohio;Vaughn R. ong, Knox, Pa.; Den-nis P. Kenny, Detroit, Mich.; andLouis Hasbrouck, Ogdensburg,N. Y.

News from the SophomoreClass: Mr. and Mrs. James Lan-ham were blessed with a son(Dirk Alan) on March 2, 1953.He is the second son in the fam-ily. Congratulations, Jimmy. Mrs.Lanham and Mrs. Locke wish toexpress their thanks to the fra-


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ternity for the beautiful pottedplant that each received duringtheir respective visits to StillHospital.

Mrs. Ed Rugenstein had sur-gery this month-we hope she iswell and in good spirits by thistime. John Nadaud also was therecipient of a new bouncing babyboy (Mark Christopher) onMarch 3rd. Congratulations, Na-daud family!

February 16th brought us Dr.Robert Bachman who demon-strated-and lectured on "Oste-opathic Manipulation For the 'Ob-stetrical Patient."

Delta OmegaDelta Omega's big square

dance has kept us all busy, butresulting in a grand time for all,lots of merriment and hilaritywith the orchestra and entertain-ment provided.

Initiation dinner at Vic's TallyHo for Jenny Tripsin was a veryenjoyable evening. Dr. SarahJean Gibson gave an interestingaddress on the value of belong-ing to an osteopathic organiza-tion.

Dr. Faye Kimberly's home andoffice was the site of the meet-ing held February 17, at whichshe demonstrated several of hertechniques for pelvic visceral dis-orders, sacral and lumbar lesions.A practice session was followedby delicious refreshments.

Since one of the aims of theDelta Omega Sorority is to fur-ther Osteopathic principles, wehave planned a series of sym-

posiums for the student body inwhich a group of practicing oste-opathic physicians in an aroundDes Moines will demonstrate oste-opathic management of diseasesand their associated lesion areas.All of the students are urged toattend these meetings to be heldat the college. The first of thesemeetings will be March 26.

Iota Tau SigmaAt a work-night on the 26th

of February the members of thefraternity heard C. W. Harperof the Aetna Insurance Companyspeak on the subject, "The Psysi-cian and His Estate." Mr. Har-per outlined the various insur-ance plans which would best fitthe endowment policies to aid hisfamily through various periodsof expected additional expense...

On March 15, pledges of thefraternity started the first stageof initiation at the Park AvenueClinic in Des Moines. The twelvepledges initiated were: JosephBattersby, Owen Berger, Law-rence Bauer, Wyman Bolin,Aloys Daack, Wilfred Regiere,Frederick Sutter, Edward Shealy,Michael Warhola, and ErnestAinslie.

L.O.G.Dr. Walter Anderson, M. D.,

Polk County Coroner spoke on"Forensic Medicine" before alarge group of students, facultymembers and general practition-ers on March 9. Dr. Andersonwho recently attended the Amer-ican Academy of Forensic Scien-tists Convention in Chicago, pre-sented the latest aspects in foren-sic medicine. The coroner con-demned the inadequate system

for coroners that now exists inIowa and advocated a State Ex-aminers System which would bestaffed solely by men of medicaltraining. During the discussionperiod Dr. Edwin F. Peters, pres-ident of DMSCOS assured Dr.Anderson that he would have thesupport of the osteopathic pro-fession for such legislation.

On Sunday evening, March 15,following a dinner party attend-ed by wives and girl friends,twelve pledges were initiated in-to the fraternity. The new Logsare: Wm. Anderson, Atlanta,Ga.; Francis Chelland, Scranton,Pa.; Herbert Frank, Byron Gold-berg, Albert Golin, Morton Ru-bin, Phil., Penn.; Edwin Frie-man, Jersey City, N. J.; RobertKreamer, Millville, N. J.; IrwinPosner, Paul Ruza, Detroit,

...Mich.;; and Sanford- Siegal,--Pitts-burgh, Pa.

Out of town guests for theoccasion were Dr. Otto M. Kur-schner P.C.O. '45, former Nation-al President of L.O.G.-now pres-ident of the American College ofOsteopathic Pediatricians, andDr. Cecil Harris, P.C.O. '43,L. O. G. member (PhiladelphiaChapter) and now president ofthe American College of Osteo-pathic Neuropsychiatry.

Still College and Its Role inthe Community will be the topicof the next "Forum" to be heldin April. (Date to be announced)

O.W.C.C.On February 18, the Club met

at the P.S.G. House at 8 P. M.It was announced at the meetingthat a gift of $25.00 was sent bythe Club to Dr. and Mrs. JohnRolles in India.

The program for the evening

featured informative movies onParliamentary Procedure and Se-lecting The Proper Furniture ForYour Home. Hostesses for thismeeting were Mary Gonda, Ar-lene Sayers, and Madeline Black-well.

On March 4, Dr. Erle W. Fitz,Chairman of the Division of Psy-chiatry, will speak to the wivesand their husbands, who also areinvited to attend this meeting.Hostesses for this meeting areRio Eske, Bea Phillips, and Mar-garet Hinz.

P.S.G. NewsOn March 1, the following nam-

ed students, seventeen in all,were formally initiated into PhiSigma Gamma: Gordon L. Bris-tol, Almont, Mich.; William E.Button, Urbana, Mo.; Gerald J.Cooper, Ames, Ia.; Joseph J. Con-ti, Sharon, Pa.; George E. Ev-ans, Cleveland, Ohio; Edwin W.Ferens, Richard H. Furney,Werner E. Doberenz, Bruno F.Mirowski, and Joseph A. Owens,Detroit, Mich.; Thomas F. Har-din, Jacksonville, Fla.; RichardM. Kotz, Des Moines, Ia.; Her-bert A. Miller, Cheswick, Pa.;Dr. Joseph E. Prior, Milan, Mo.;John Thesing, Lancaster, Ohio;Henry L. Tomashevski, Man-chester, N. H.; and Donald S.Salim, Flint, Mich.

A dinner honoring the newmembers was held at the frater-nity house following the cere-monies. Guest speakers were Dr.Floyd E. Dunn, Archon, GrandCouncil, Kansas City, Mo.;, Dr.John B. Shumaker, dean ofDMSCOS, and Dr. John Q. A.Mattern, fraternity advisor.

Our thanks to the Freshmenfor a real party and entertain-ment on March 14.

Dr. Sutherland's Committee on Cranial Instruction Presents:Advanced course in Cranial Osteopathy, D.M.S.C.O.S., April 22nd to 30th, inclusive. Forfurther-information

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CLASSES OF 1928 TO HOLD REUNIONMr. Photographer

A father and son hobby-pho-tography - that started yearsago has become a full-time occu-pation for E. Lynn Baldwin,Chief, Medical Illustration De-partment of DMSCOS.

Before coming to DMSCOS,November 1, 1952, Lynn was em-ployed in commercial photo-graphic work and served 3 yearswith a Navy ReconnaisanceSquadron during World War II.

According to Lynn, his hobbyafter working hours is still pho-tography. He likes to take pic-tures of people and work withamateur photographers. As presi-dent of the YMCA Camera Club,Lynn was in charge of this group's18th annual Photographic Salon.

Dr. Edwin F. Peters (center) president of DMSCOS proud-ly displays a check he received from Mrs. Wesley Glantz (secondfrom left) president of the Auxiliary to the Polk County Societyof Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. This check representsthe proceeds from the Seventh Annual Still Osteopathic HospitalBenefit Dance, sponsored by the Auxiliary, held at the DesMoines Golf and Country Club, April 15, 1953.

Each year since 1947 the proceeds from the Benefits havebeen used to purchase equipment for the Obstetrical Departmentof the hospital. This year the proceeds will be used to purchasea Heidbrink anesthesia apparatus with cyclopropane attachment.to be used in the delivery room.

Members of the Auxiliary taking part in the presentationwere, (left) Mrs. Burton Poundstone, vice-president, (secondfrom right) Mrs. Walter Heinlen, treasurer of the Benefit and(right) Mrs. Harold Dresser, general chairman.

This year 140 pictures were se-lected from 835 entries. Thesepictures came from 21 differentstates and 21 foreign countries.The exhibit was held at theYMCA and the Des Moines ArtCenter. On January 7, Lynn ap-peared on the Guest of Honor TVShow over Station WOI, Ames,Iowa to publicize the Photo-graphic Salon.

A member of the MidwestChapter of the National Biologi-cal Photographers Association,


Third CancerGrant Received

President Edwin F. Peters re-ceived a letter from Raymond F.Kaiser, M.D., Chief, Cancer Con-trol Branch, National Cancer In-stitute of the United StatesHealth Service on March 15,1953, which stated, "We arepleased to advise that upon rec-ommendation of the NationalCancer Council at its meeting onFebruary 24, 25, 26, 1953, theSurgeon General has approvedyour Cancer Training Grant."

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The 25th Anniversary of theClasses of 1928 will be held atDMSCOS June 5 and 6, 1953.

In a letter to the Log BookEditor, J. C. Hovas, D. O., High-land Park, Michigan, Class of'28 said, "We understand thatthis is the first organized at-tempt of a Class to hold a re-union at the school. All membersand wives are invited."

Tentative ProgramFriday, June 5, 1953

Morning: Register in at theCollege. Renew old acquaintances.Noon: Luncheon (Doctors andWives) at the Des Moines Golfand Country Club, courtesy of Dr.and Mrs. Edwin F. Peters. After-noon: Tour College and hospital.Evening: College comm'encementexercises, class of 1928-Attendin a body (to be listed on officialprogram).

Saturday, June 6, 1953Morning: Two hour program-

Cancer of the lungs. Afternoon:Two hour program-Endocrinolo-gy (ladies invited). Evening:Class reunion banquet-Saveryhotel-7:00 p. m.

ScholarshipEstablished

The Eastern District of theOklahoma Osteopathic Associa-tion has estabilshed a scholarshipfor the purpose of assisting Ok-lahoma students of outstandingability who are desirious of at-tending an osteopathic college.

The Award (not to exceed amaximum of $600.00 per year)will be made by a ScholarshipCommittee on the basis of theapplicant's record in pre-osteo-pathic or other college work, mo-tivation and his or her recordduring the Freshman year in anosteopathic college.

It is expected that the winnerof the Award will be able tomaintain a high scholastic stan-dard. The Award will be paideach year until graduation orfor three years, if the require-ments are met by the student.The committee will determine thequality of a student's work on



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Thirty-s e v e n OsteopathicPhysicians from ten states,the District of Columbia andCanada are in attendance atDMSCOS, for a ten day Post-Graduate course in AdvanceCranial Osteopathy.

The states represented are:California, Iowa, Massachus-etts, Michigan, Missouri, Mon-tana, New Jersey, Ohio, Ore-gan and Washington.

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Editors Note: Engine trouble grounded the plane, in Chicago,in which President Edwin F. Peters of DMSCOS was flying toYoungstown, Ohiol to deliver the dedicatory address at the new Ca-faro Memorial Hospital on March 22, 1953. Since he was unable toarrive in Youngstown in time for the dedicatory address, hundreds ofpeople were deprived of the pleasure of hearing our noted speaker.While reading a copy of this speech your EditoT felt that he couldnot deprive the readers of The Log Book of the opportunity of read-ing this excellent undelivered "Hospital Dedication Speech" which isprinted in full below. (This is a one story 40 bed hospital with 6 ob-stetrical beds and 7 bassinets. Present facilities can be expanded bythe addition of a second floor.)

HOSPITAL DEDICATION SPEECHIn the words of Winston Churchill:"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality

which guarantees all the others."This beautiful hospital, the CAFARO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,

which we are dedicating today is a monument of COURAGE. Thatcourage which is the first of all human qualities. As I recall someof my conversations with Dr. Friedman, Dr. Leibel and other mem-bers of the Youngstown Osteopathic Profession about their dreamof an Osteopathic Hospital, in this your beautiful city, I am re-minded of the parody on that prayer that each of us learned at ourmother's knee, and how appropriate it is to the efforts of these men.

"Now I get me up to workI pray the Lord, I will not shirkIf I should die before the nightI pray the Lord, that in thy sightMy work has been alright."

It would be difficult to conceive of an ambition more definite,more cleancut, and more devoted to the service of suffering mankindthan that of a group of professional and lay individuals banding andworking together, giving of their time and money to erect an insti-tution, known as a hospital, so that the citizens of the communitycould receive the finest of health care. This hospital today sym-bolizes a fundamental passion of its founders for health improve-ment in this community.

This hospital today embodies the human objectives of Servantsof the Sick and it will become "an organic unit which cannot func-tion vigorously unless all of its departments function in harmony."

The social, professional, and economic problems of a hospital arefar reaching and diverse. But our country has removed the fearof by-gone years regarding hospitals, and now they are acceptable asone of our basic institutions of society. With the best of good willconcentrated on hospitals in the countries most advanced in the artsof civilization, it has taken centuries of unflagging effort to lifthospitals to a position of safety and desirability. In 1863, it wasstill a question whether the establishment of a hospital in such coun-tries as England and France was an event fraught with good or evil;and hence, we find Florence Nightingale beginning the preface ofthe third edition of her Notes on Hospitals in these words: "It mayseem a strange principle to enumerate as the very first requirementin a hospital that it should do the sick no harm." In our own day,the-good accomplished-by hospitals is not--a-subject-of dispute. ---Weknow that every community, regardless of size, is entitled to thebenefits which can only be provided by hospitals which are effi-ciently operated and staffed by the best trained of professional men.

The three types of hospitals in our modern world are the publichospital, managed by public officials and supported wholly by publicfunds; the private sectarian hospital; and the private nonsectarianhospital. The last two types of hospitals are each under privatecontrol. Each of these types of hospitals has distinctive character-istics, but all reflect the social, economic and scientific standards ofthe community.

The Ostecqpathic profession is proud of the more than 400 Osteo-pathic hospitals, privately owned, privately controlled, that we havein the United States today. Each of these hospitals has written asignificant chapter in the history of American Medicine, because eachhospital reveals the story that an Osteopathic physician or a groupof Osteopathic physicians and surgeons placed service above self,

placed the needs of their community above their professional livesand, thus, provided to their community an institution which wouldserve the communities needs when health services are so greatly indemand.

The true physician today is not only a physical scientist, he is alsoa social scientist and, yes, he must also be a philosopher. The humanbody may become ill either physically, mentally or spiritually, andthe physician who is sincere, competent and devoted to his profes-sion is able to recognize the area of the illness and so prescribe forthe patient accordingly.

There is a great difference in doctors. Some are continuouslybusy and others are seldom called. Some are good, others are better,and a few are excellent-outstanding. Those who are excellent arethe ones who have captured something of the spirit of the GreatPhysician. They are the ones who are willing to sacrifice time andpleasure in order to add that extra-something to their work. Thephysician who is not content with a single visit, a general directionor a cure-all prescription or treatment, but the one who takes apersonal interest in each case; the one who does all he can, notonly to heal a disease, but also to comfort the patient.

That doctor is excellent who recognizes that behind what hesees before him, there is a soul created by God and that soul is madefor God; therefore, everything he does must be the best.

Your hospital today has two major functions to perform. First,it must provide service to the patient; and second, service to thephysician. Service to the patient means not only nursing care andthe administration of therapy, but, also, the protection of the patient,against himself, against irregular procedures or practices in the artof healing, and against the incapable or unqualified practitioner. Toserve the physician, the hospital supplies space, adequate facilities,education and training, both clinical and academic.

No hospital can exist without the support of society, and no so-ciety can maintain the desirable standards of health without thefacilities of a hospital which is adequately staffed and professionallytrained.

It is my great pleasure to be privileged to have a small part in thededicatory services of this beautiful hospital today. It may be selfish,but a parent is always proud when a son achieves success, so it iswith me today, as the President of one of the Osteopathic Colleges,and so many of your Osteopathic physicians of this city are gradu-ates of our College, I like a parent, am so proud of their success andyour high regard for them.

To become an Osteopathic physician is no small achievement. Thecourse of study is most difficult, the road is rough and the length ofschooling discourages so many young people. A minimum of threeyears of pre-professional study, four and a half years of professionalstudy, a year of internship-a total of eight and a half years to be-come a Doctor of Osteopathy, then years of additional study andtraining to become a specialist in any one of the accepted specialitiesof the Osteopathic profession.

Today, we are admiring an institution constructed by man, erectedfor the preservation of health, and dedicated to the true principles ofOsteopathic Medicine.

This hospital, your Cafaro Memorial Hospital, is a Dream, rea-lized by your fellow Townsmen, your Osteopathic Physicians; andwhen dreams come true, we always find elation and happiness. If itwere not for DREAMERS, advancement would not be evident andinstitutions would not be erected. So today, we not only dedicatethis beautiful hospital, but we honor those who were its DREAMERS.

"When I have ceased to dream,God, let me die.

Hope will no longer gleamWhen I have ceased to dream.Dusk and dawn will seem

Fruitless and dry,When I have ceased to dream,

God, let me die."May the type of Courage which prompted the building of this

beautiful hospital be the eternal light of your professional life inyour city, and in this hospital.

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Dean's LetterOUR CURRICULUM

Des Moines Still College ofOsteopathy and Surgery, in itsconstant efforts to give to theprofession and the public thebest trained doctors, has put intoeffect a new program which isnow entering its second year.

In this program our curricu-lum is presented in three phases:

Phase I, extending over thefirst two years, provides su-perior training in the basicsciences by competent instruc-tors.Phase II, consisting of con-centration on studies in clinie-all subjects, begins b-efore theclose of the second year andextends throughout the thirdyear.Phase III, extending through-out the third and fourth years,combines theory with practiceby means of clerkships in theclinic and the teaching hospi-tal system.Clinical clerkship extends over

the entire 12 months of the thirdyear in conjunction with a di-dactic course of study, and con-tinues on a full time schedulefor six months of the fourthyear.

The remaining six months ofthe fourth year are devoted fulltime to clerkship in two of theosteopathic hospitals in the teach-ing hospital system.

During this final phase oftraining, the student has ampleopportunity through constantdaily contact with clinic andhospital patients and with in-structors, to combine theory withpractice, to understand the func-tioning of the hospital and to be-gin his practice with a high de-gree of confidence.

Throughout his four yearcourse of study, he receives con-stant instruction in the one all-important feature which makesOsteopathy the complete schoolof medicine-Osteopathic Prin-ciples and Technique.

Our curriculum is dynamic.We are constantly striving toperfect it and to send out intothe professional world a never-ending succession of better doc-tors.

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$25,000.00 and the period is fromJune 1, 1953 to May 31, 1954.This is the third such grantmade to Des Moines Still Col-lege of Osteopathy and Surgeryfrom the National Cancer Insti-tute.

Dr. E. R. Minnick, at presentserving as a Captain in theMedical Corps of the UnitedStates Army, will complete histour of duty with the Army inJuly and will then return to hisAlma Mater to become the co-ordinator of cancer teaching.

Officers ofIndependentGroups

The March issue of The LogBook carried the announcementof the fraternity, sorority andclass officers. Listed below arethe names and home towns of of-ficers of the independent groupsin D.M.S.C.O.S.

Inter-fraternity Council: DavidRothman, president, Philadelphia,Penna.; Ralph G. Blackwell, vice-president, Bonne Terre, Mo.;Phoebe Benson, sec'y-treas., De-troit, Mich.

Newman Club: Raymond J.Cannane, president, Youngstown,Ohio; Victor J. R'erucha, vice-president, Omaha, Nebr.; Paul E.Kleffner, secretary, Portsmouth,Ohio; John B. Herzog, treasurer,Brainerd, Minn.

Square and Compass: Kurt H.Grebe, president, Mackinaw City,Mich.; John Kalenak, vice-presi-dent, Jersey City, N. J.; DarrellD. Brown, sec'y-treas., Arapahoe,Neb.

Student-Faculty Council: JohnS. Urse, Jr., president, Fairmont,W. Va.; John F. Thesing, vice-president, Lancaster, Ohio; GeorgeE. Evans, secretary, Cleveland,Ohio; Henry W. Steinecker, treas.,St. Mary's Ohio.

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Pictured above are newly elected officers, senior members,and new members of Psi Sigma Alpha, National OsteopathicHonorary Fraternity. Left to right-front row: Ronald M.Lawrence, East Elmhurst, New York; Ralph G. Blackwell, treas-urer, Bonne Terre, Mo.; John J. Latini, vice-president, Philadel-phia, Penna.; Kenneth C. Taylor, president, Detroit, Mich.; SallySutton, secretary, Des Moines, Iowa; James A. Martin, reporter,Panama City, Fla.; *David Rothman, Philadelphia, Penna.

Second row: Arnold S. Miller, Youngstown, Ohio; RichardI. Kalman, Detroit, Mich.; *Lowell L. Troester, Latimer, la.;*James R. Egly, Des Moines, Ia.; Richard Ballinger, Toledo,Ohio; *Richard G. Shillinglaw, Sioux City, Ia.; *Irwin Z. Phil-lips, Des Moines, la.;

Third row: *Joseph S. Maxwell, Miami, Fla.; *Ralph E.Hinz, Detroit, Mich.; *Claire E. Armstrong, Des Moines, la.;Kenneth F. Hall, Bondurant, Ia.; *David H. Kronisch, Maple-wood, New Jersey; *John Schwartz, Des Moines, Ia.; *StanleyS. Nelson, Nevada, Ia.

*Junior students recently elected to the fraternity.

Convention Items...Drs. Richard DeNise and Wal-

ter Heinlen attended the EasternStudy Conference of AmericanCollege of Osteopathic Internistsin Philadelphia March 20-21-22.Dr. Heinlen also attended a post-graduate course in chest surgerywhile in the east.

Dr. Burton Poundstone attendedthe annual convention of theAmerican Osteopathic Society ofProtology in Dayton, Ohio,April 15, 16, 17.

Wendell R. Fuller, Registrar ofD.M.S.C.O.S. attended the annualconvention of the National Asso-ciation of Collegiate Registrarsand Admissions Officers in Min-neapolis, Minnesota, April 19, 20,21, 22, 23. Mr. Fuller served onthe Registration and InformationCommittee during this convention.He has been reappointed to thiscommittee for the 1954 convention

to be held in St. Louis, Mo.

New officers of the Osteopathic Women's College Club (stu-dent wives) get together to, plan club activities for the remain-der of the school year including the annual Senior banquet onMay 24, 1953. (Left to right) seated: Julie Steinecker, vice-president; Dorothy Brown, secretary; Nadine Nash, parliamen-tarian. Standing, left to right: Mary Lou Waite, treasurer;Darlene Hatchitt, president.

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the basis of his record, includingcourse grades, reports from hisClass Advisor and his instruc-tors. The Committee reserves theright to withdraw the DistrictScholarship if the student's rec-ord, collegiate actions or outsideactivities prove him unworthy.

The Eastern Oklahoma Dis-trict Scholarship is open only tostudents who reside in Oklahoma.No examinations required by theCommittee except for the reviewof his record, aptitude andachievement. The Applicant musthave been a constant resident(excepting service in the ArmedForces of U.S.A.) of Oklahomatwo years prior to college ad-mission.

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Lynn attended their meeting atthe University of Iowa February7 and 8.

Lynn will talk photographywith anyone but is modest abouthis own accomplishments andprize winning pictures. He hasspent many after work hours get-ting pictures ready for theLOG BOOK. His latest accom-plishment, a photographic mural4-foot high and 9-foot long de-picting the college, clinic, andhospital training in DMSCOS,has been placed on the wall inthe lobby of the college building.

When President Peters toldLynn how much he appreciatedthe photographic mural, theamount of time he had devotedto it and what a magnificentmural it was, Lynn replied, "Isuppose it will do."

News from A. O. A.WASHINGTON, D.C. (AOA)

-Freedom of choice of doctorand hospital is "guaranteed" inthe first health plan coverageoffered by a Federal agency toits employees.

Without cost to themselves,the 1100 employees coast-to-coast of the Federal Deposit In-surance Corporation, will receivebenefits including up to 70 dayshospital coverage and liberal in-hospital medical and surgicalcare, on an indemnity basisthrough Health Service, Inc.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS (AOA)-In an attempt to solve the prob-lem of a shortage of physiciansin rural areas, Texas voters au-thorized the Legislature to grantloans to medical students agree-ing to practice in rural areas forfive years.

NEW YORK, N.Y., (AOA)-U.S. mortality statistics show

that fewer people die in Septem-ber than any other month.

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DALLAS, (AOA)-More than2,500 veterans are doctors ofosteopathy, and 600 more are inosteopathic colleges, Dr. RobertE. Morgan, A.O.A. Trustee andChairman of the A.O.A. Com-mittee on Veterans Affairs, re-ports. "For the good of the na-tion as well as for themselves,the profession should take an ac-tive interest in veterans' affairs,"Dr. Morgan asserts.

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TULSA, OKLA., (AOA)-Anew intern at the Oklahoma Oste-opathic Hospital is off to a fly-

ing start.Dr. Edward A. Felmlee, DMS-

COS '52, has launched a flyingclub made up of interns at thehospital and a group of local doc-tors, to encourage private flyingamong osteopathic doctors.

Dr. Felmlee flew 700 hours asan Army navigator during WorldWar II. A Tulsa osteopathicphysician influenced him fromaeronautical engineering to medi-cine.

"I'm indebted to my friend thedoctor. He also pointed out to methat the body is an engineeringmechanism more complex thananything man will ever con-struct," Dr. Felmlee explained.

Did You Know? ...The VA annual report for the

fiscal year 1953 shows that7,000 osteopathic physicians par-ticipated in the home-town medi-cal care program. It also notesthat 29 state osteopathic associa-tions have formal agreementswith the VA regarding out-patient services on a fee basis.All of the states have formalagreements with dental associa-tions; 38 states have formalagreements with MD associa-tions,

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Mr. Burrill Freedman of theDepartment of Physiology andPharmacology, DMSCOS, h a sbeen invited to abstract scientificliterature for EXCERPTA MED-ICA. Located in the Netherlands,EXCERPTA MEDICA is one ofthe world's largest publishers inthe field of Medicine and relatedsciences. It issues 15 separatelybound journals of abstractsmonthly.

Dr. Floyd F. Peckham, im-mediate past president of theA.O.A. has opened an office inAlexandria Bay, New York forgeneral practice.

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Thirty osteopathic physiciansand surgeons of five neighboringcommunities have organized toform the North Missouri Osteo-pathic Clinical Society, with head-quarters in Bethany, Missouri.

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Fifty years ago last month thefollowing article appeared in TheChristian Union, Vol. VIII, No.13 published at Des Moines,Iowa: "Osteopathy" is attractinga number of men and women tothis city. Anyone wishing to takea full course in college would dowell to address The ChristianUnion. You may secure a chanceto work out part of your tuition.


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BY THE DES MOINES STILL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY & SURGERY

MAY, 1953 Number 5

66 SENIORS GRADUATE JUNE 5DEAN'S LETTER

ANOTHER MILESTONE

On June 5 another graduatingclass will begin the lifelong obli-gations to The Osteopathic Oathwhich they will solemnly repeatwhen their degrees are conferred.

Graduation means very simplythe satisfactory completion of adesignated cours'e of study. Theexperience of being a doctor isabout to begin. The experience ofhelping those who may be physi-cally or mentally ill, and the feel-ing of immense satisfaction andcontentment for lending an ex-pert helping hand to those whoneed it.

The doctor and the ministerhave much in common and it issomewhat difficult to divide thetwo fields of endeavor. May themembers of this graduating class,whose names appear below, intheir treatment of the sick, beever mindful that the triangle hasthree sides - physical, mental,spiritual. These three are insep-arable and all three must be main-tained adequately to prevent thecollapse of the triangle of health.

William Arvant, Detroit, Mich-igan; Richard B. Ballinger, To-ledo, Ohio; Robert D. Belanger,Flint, Michigan; Regis A. Benton,Kersey, Pensylvania; Ralph C.Blackwell, Bonn'e Terre, Missouri;Robert J. Botz, River Rouge,Michigan; Victor J. Bovee, Jr.,Milford, Michigan; Phillip S. Cash,Des Moines, Iowa; Joseph D.Chapman, Moline, Illinois; AllynW. Conway, Norwalk, Ohio: Rich-ard T. Cronk, Flushing, Michigan;Milton J. Dakovich, Des Moines,Iowa; Stephen A. Evanoff, Flint,Michigan; Donald E. Fern, Ot-tumwa, Iowa; Teddy R. Fred-ericks, Buffalo Center, Iowa; Pe-ter E. Georgeson, Detroit, Mich-igan; William R. Gonda, Detroit,Michigan; Louis Goodman, De-troit, Michigan; Kenneth F. Hall,Bondurant, Iowa; Jack W. Hat-chitt, Des Moines, Iowa; Robert R.Hayes, Bedford, Pennsylvania;Walter E. Herman, Minneapolis,Minnesota; Joseph R. Kapp,Youngstown, Ohio; George L.


Record Turnout for Alumni LuncheonThe attendance at the Alumni Luncheon held during the state

convention of the Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeonsat the Savery Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 19, was far aboveexpectations-a new record. Genial Jean F. LeRoque, D.O., presidentof the National Alumni Association of DMSCOS had to post the S.R.O.sign before the luncheon began. Although additional places were pro-vided a number of alumni were not accommodated.

Those in attendance were treated to a fine meal, a well knowndynamic speaker, a fast moving business session (complete wvitbengine and tracks), and flash fire works.

President Edwin F. Peters of DMSCOS speaking on "Educationand Your College" ended his speech with these words, "I am certainthat we are doing a good job with the present facilities that we haveto work in and to work with. But if we are going to do the jobthat you, the Alumni, want us to do-we must have additional fa-cilities".


President of ChicagoCollege of OsteopathyCommencement Speaker

Richard N. McBain, D.O., dis-tinguished president of the Chi-cago College of Osteopathy willdeliver the commencement ad-dress at the fifty-fourth com-mencement of DMSCOS at St.John's Lutheran Church on Fridayevening, June 5. The subject ofhis address will be, "The RoadAhead".

Dr. MacBain served as Directorof the Clinic for two years follow-ing his graduation from C. C. O.in 1924. In 1926 he left his AlmaMater to enter private practice.In 1930 he was persuaded to re-turn as dean and served in thiscapacity until 1937 when he waselevated to the presidency. Duringthe years 1930 till 1951 he con-tinued to carry on his privatepractice in addition to his collegeduties. In 1951 he gave up hispractice to devote full time to theduties of president of C. C. O.

Dr. MacBain has devoted manyyears to the osteopathic profes-sion. He has been a very activeand contributing member to theAmerican Osteopathic Associationand the Illinois Osteopathic Asso-ciation since 1924. He served aspresident of the American Asso-ciation of Osteopathic Colleges


The Osteopathic OathI do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am

about to enter.

I will be mindful always olf my great responsibility topreserve thee health and life of my patients, to retain theirconfidence and respect both as a physician and friend whowill guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity,to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ onlythose recognized methods of treatment consistent with goodjudgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mindalways nature's laws and the body's inherent capacity forrecovery.

I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare ofthe community, sustaining its laws and institutions, notengaging in those practices which will in any way bringshame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will giveno deadly drugs to any though it be asked of me.

I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in aspirit of progressive co-operation, and never by word or byact cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices.

I will look with respect and esteem upon all those whowho have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal andstrive always for its best interests and for the interests ofthe students who will come after me. I will be ever alertto adhere to and develop the principles of osteopathy astaught by Andrew Taylor Still.

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The President ChatsYes, 'every college and universi-

ty in the country is in need offunds for operation and expan-sion. The following article ap-peared in the April issue of theCollege and University Bulletin.

AAC LISTS HONOR ROLLMEMBERS FOR 1952ALUMNI FUNDS

"The 1952 Alumni Fund Sur-vey of the American AlumniCouncil shows an increase inalumni gifts of $2 million overthe 1952 Survey, as well as anincrease of more than $4 millionin gifts from other solicitedgroups, such as parents,friends, corporations, and com-munity.

Yale again leads the "TopTen" in the amount raised withits second consecutive milliondollar year, while Dartmouthwith 65 per cent of its alumnicontributing, continues to holdthe leading spot in "Percent-age of Alumni" participatingin its fund.

In total funds received duringthe year, Notre Dame with$963,993 closely follows Yale.In third place is Harvard fol-lowed by Union, Dartmouth,Princeton, Vassar, Stanford,Cornell, and Chicago.

Princeton ranks second in"Percentage of Alumni" par-ticipating with its 61 per cent.Next is Mount Holyoke, Vassar,Regis, Bates, Worcester Poly-technic, Amherst, New JerseyCollege for Women, and Drew.

Because of a gift of $494,000from one individual, Union Col-lege stands high above the nineother leading colleges with its"Average Gift" of $271.59. Sec-ond place is held by NotreDame with $134.73, followed byHillsdale, Mills, Westminister(Pa.), Lehigh, Vassar, LowellTextile, North Dakota, andSaint Louis.

In the category of "Numberof Contributors," Harvard, bycombining the totals of HarvardCollege and the Business, Law,and Medical Schools, replaceslast year's leader, Yale, whichdrops to second plac'e. It is in-teresting to note that with theexception of the top two in thiscompetition the first eight col-leges are the same as in the1952 Survey: Ohio State, Dart-mouth, Princeton, New York,Pennsylvania, a n d Cornell.Smith and Standford replaceWellesley and Texas A. and M.to complete the honor roll list."

Every graduate of our Osteo-pathic colleges must realize theirresponsibility to their Alma Materif Osteopathic Education is tocontinue to be a dominant con-tributor to the American Educa-tional system.

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Kemp, Portland, Oregon; RalphD. Lambert, Skelton, West Vir-ginia; John J. Latini, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania; Ronald M. Law-rence, East Elmhurst, New York.

Edward J. Levine, Portland,Maine; Jack H. Little, Detroit,Michigan; Marshall E. Lowry,Detroit, Michigan; Milton W.Marmon, Detroit, Michigan;James A. Martin, Panama City,Florida; Beverly L. McCaleb, Bea-ver, Ohio; Loyal L. McCormick,Laurens, Iowa; William W. Mc-Lain, Hillsdale, Michigan; Mi-chael J. McLoyd, Detroit, Michi-gan; Arnold S. Miller, Youngs-town, Ohio; Charles H. Miller,Sharon, Pennsylvania; ThomasJ. Moylan, Detroit, Michigan;Gerard K. Nash, Lakewood, NewJersey; William J. Nichols, Iowa

City, Iowa; Leonard C. Nystrom,Chicago, Ilinois.

Albert R. Olson, Minneapolis,Minnesota; Chester R. Owens,Centerville, Iowa; Zane H. Petty,Des Moines, Iowa; Aldo GraziosoPigneri, Des Moines, Iowa; PaulH. Ribbentrop, Detroit, Michigan;Donald Rosman, Detroit, Michi-gan; William A. Ross, MuskegonHeights, Michigan; Sigmund Ros-tek, Jersey City, New Jersey;Paul H. Rutter, Wayne, Michi-gan; Owen E. Sayers, DesMoines, Iowa; Arthur Simon,Youngstown, Ohio; Patricia E.Spurgeon, Detroit, Michigan; Ro-bert K. Stahlman, Clarion, Penn-cylvania; Sara Esther Sutton,Des Moines, Iowa; Kenneth C.Taylor, Detroit, Michigan; Ray-mond G. Taylor, Jr., Alliance,Ohio; Lewis E. Thorne, De-troit, Michigan; Dean E. Tracy,Los Angeles, California; Lee J.Walker, Hillsdale, Michigan;Earl V. Walters, Des Moines,Iowa; Paul M. Warren, DesMoines, Iowa; Charles F. Wil-cher, Jr., Charleston, West Vir-ginia; Victor R. Wise, DesMoines, Iowa; Stewart W. Woof-enden, Lake Worth, Florida.

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during the years 1931-34, 1937-38,1944-45, and 1949-50. In 1949the Los Angeles College of Oste-opathic Physicians & Surgeons,Los Angeles, California, conferredthe honorary degree of Doctor ofScience upon Dr. McBain for hisoutstanding service to the osteo-pathic profession. During theseyears he has been a regular con-tributor to osteopathic publica-tions. His recent contributions tothe Journal of the American Os-teopathic Association include,"Body Unity-In Health and Dis-ease", August 1951, "The Applica-tion of Osteopathic Therapy inOrthopedics", December 1951, and"The Aspect of Immunity", Jan-uary, 1953.

His fraternal affiliations in-clude Atlas Club, Sigma SigmaPhi, and A.F. and A.M.

Convention ItemOn Tuesday, May 5th, Dr.

John B. Shumaker, dean ofDMSCOS spoke to the Ohioalumni at the Still College Alum-ni Luncheon which was held inconjunction with the annual con-vention of the Ohio OsteopathicAssociation at Columbus. He re-viewed the activities, improve-ments, and advances which haveoccurred at the college duringthe past year.

Dr. Shumaker reports that theluncheon was well attended andthat Dr. Gordon F. Sherwood '45was elected president to succeedDr. Norbert A. Heichelbech '47.

Environment ImportantIn Therapy

Says University PresidentToday's physician is as much

a scientist and social philosopheras he is a physical scientist, Dr.Henry G. Harmon, president ofDrake.-. University .. told- the -. PolkCounty Society of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons. To besuccessful he added, physiciansmust know the social as well asthe physical environment of pa-tients.

Note: The theme of the 57thannual AOA convention inChicago July 13-17 is "ManPlus His Environment EqualsGood Health or Disease."

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FIFTY-FOURTH COMMENCEMENTDES MOINES STILL COLLEGE

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Organ Prelude................................George Trissel"M'editation"-Sturges Organist"Largo"-Handel

Processional..................................George Trissel"God of Our Fathers"-Warren Organist

Invocation ......................... Frederick J. Weertz, D.D.Pastor

St. John's Lutheran Church

Selection ................................... St. John's Choir"Open Our Eyes"-MacFarlane Director

Kenneth A. Gfeller

Address............................... R. N. MacBain, D.O."The Road Ahead" President

Chicago College of Osteopathy

Selection . .............................. St. John's Choir"Praise To The Lord"-Christiansen Director

Kenneth A. Gfeller

Presentation of Class................John B. Shumaker, Ph.D.Dean

Conferring of Degrees ................. Edwin F. Peters, Ph.D.President

Recessional ........................... .George Trissel"Fanfare"-Lemmens Organist

MarshalWilliam F. Hewitt, Jr., Ph.D.

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Pictured ar e thirty--seven osteopathic physi-cians from ten states, theDistrict of Columbia andCanada who attended aten d a y Post-Graduatecourse in Advance Crani-al Osteopathy at DMSCOSduring the month ofApril.

Front row, (left to right) Drs. Grace L. Gray, Kahoka, Missouri; Second row (left to right)i: Drs. Anna L. Slocum, Des Moines,C. B. Spohr, Missoula, Montana; G. Glen Murphy, Winnipeg, Can- Iowa; Claude B. Root, Greenville, Michigan; Beryl E. Freeman, Desda; J. Thomas Shuman, Hawk Point, Missouri; Rolland L. Miller, Moines, Iowa; Rebecca C. Lippincott, Moorestown, New Jersey;Waterloo, Iowa; Alice R. Paulsen, LeMars, Iowa; Christopher L. Rachael Woods, Des !Moines, Iowa; Raleigh S. McVicker, The Dalles,Ginn, Baltimore, Maryland; Nellie D. Kramer, Pella, Iowa. O(regon; William C. Bugbee, Montclair, New Jersey.

Third row (left to right): Drs. Kenneth E. Marshall, Kalamazoo,Michigan; Howard A. Lippincott, Morrestown, New Jersey; W. B.Dodson, Canton, Misouri; L. A. Doyal, Osage, Iowa; A. P. Warth-man, Detroit, Michigan; L. E. Carr, Coldwather, Michigan; LuluWaters Hare, Washington, D. C.

Fourth row (left to right): Drs. Dorothy H. Wilson, Montclair,New Jersey; M. Paul Christianson, Hamilton, Ontario. Canada; C.G. Baker, Seattle, Washington; C. L. Henkel, Massena, Iowa; W. A.Larrick, Cambridge, Ohio; Robert IM. Willis, Grosse Point Park,Michigan.

Fifth row (left to right): Drs. William C. Rankin, Marietta,Ohio; M. A. Brandon, Lorain, Ohio; M. C. Derr, Maitland, Missouri;C. D. Bailey, Urbana, Missouri; Edward Barnett, Clinton, Missouri;James A. Keller, Kirksville, Missouri.

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Dr. Donald V. Hampton(right) of Cleveland, Ohio,President of the American Osteo-pathic Association is welcomedto DMSCOS by President Pet-ers. In Des Moines for the an-nual college visit which the pres-ident of the A.O.A. makes eachyear Dr. Hampton took time outto address an all student convo-cation. Speaking on "Your Pro-fession," Dr. Hampton remindedthe students that "Our School of

the healing art is the only schoolwith a philosophy." In discussingthe organization of the AmericanOsteopathic Association and oflocal and state osteopathic or-ganizations he encouraged activeparticipation in all of thesegroups. "It is a collection of in-dividual strengths of a groupthat make it strong," stated Dr.Hampton. "Participate in yourgroups and if called upon to doso-go up the ladder as far as

your abilities permit."

Speaking of the standards ofthe osteopathic colleges Dr.Hampton told the students thatthe Bureau of Professional Edu-cation and Colleges of the A.O.A.is constantly reviewing the setup of the professional programand will always strive to raisethe educational standards.

In closing Dr. Hampton re-quested the graduating seniorsto always remember the Osteo-pathic Oath which they will takeon June 5.

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During the business session thepresent officers, President Carl-ton P. Christianson '45 of Tipton,Iowa, and Secretary - TreasurerArthur M. Abrahsohn '43 of Dav-enport, Iowa were re-elected. There-election would have been unan-imous except for the one dissent-ing vote of Dr. Abramsohn whoalways goes on record of havingvoted "NO".

Perhaps the hottest thing at theconvention was the camera beingused by Lynn Baldwin. Lynn hur-ried to the luncheon for the ex-press purpose of taking a pictureof the group that your Editorcould use to get in a plug for theevent in this issue of the Log

Book. In a flash one of the doc-tors nipped the plan in the budand got in a plug for himself.Signals were mixed up and thedoctor plugged one end of Lynn'stwo way flash cord into a 110-voltelectrical outlet. Then the fire-works began complete with soundeffects. The changing colors ofthe faces of Mr. Baldwin and yourEditor added greatly to the dis-play.

As he is in any emergency Dr.Peters was the calmest person inthe room before, during, and afterthe fireworks. When asked howhe could remain so calm when oneof his cameras was burning up hereplied, "I was busy mentally cal-culating the cost of repairing orreplacing that camera."

Dr. LeRoque is hoping for thebiggest turnout in history for theAlumni Banquet during the na-tional convention in July in Chi-cago. "There is a real treat instore for each of you," statesgenial Jean. "It is something thatthose of you who have not visitedyour College recently will longremember. There will be plentyof room for all and I sincerelyhope that I see all of you there."


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Atlas NewsYour writer apologizes for lack

of news last month but here it isto date: On March 3, Mark Chris-topher Nadaud made his apear-ance-weight 8 lbs. 5 oz. Con-gratulations, Brother Nadaud.Brother Vic Wise also joins thethrong of fathers with a bouncingbaby boy in March-congratula-tions to you, too. On the 16th ofMarch the club had a work niteconsisting of the returning ex-terns: Kapp (Wilden), Woofen-den (D. M. Gen'eral), Taylor-Georgeson-Wise (Doctor's Hos-pital in Ohio), Walters (Flint Os-teopathic), Ross - Hatchitt - Wil-cher-Blackwell (Still Hospital).These men gave their views andadvice upon the various hospitalroutines-we enjoyed them im-mensely.

On March 30 the followingpledges were welcomed into theclub: Dwight Heaberlin (sopho-more) William Giese (freshman),J. Z. Schmidt (freshman), LyleFettig (sophomore), D a r r el 1Brown (sophomore), and WilliamHildebrand (sophomore). Wel-com into our fraternity circle,men. Later that evening two Os-teopathic films were shown. RalphBlackwell was the chairman."Osteopathic Manipulation of theDorsal Area and Occipito-AtlantoArea" and Osteopathic Lesionsand their Relations to the Heart".April 13 meeting welcomedLyle Fettig and Myron Timkininto the circle of Atlas pledges-congratulations, men.

On April 27 Atlas Club was

honored to have Dr. Joseph Back-er, D.O. from Greenfield, Iowa,as guest speaker. His subject was"Considerations in General Prac-tice". He spoke of not only meth-ods of choosing your locations ofpractice but suggested how toevaluate your office equipment.Atlas Club came from the meet-ing inspired and better equippedto meet the challenge of the newpractice-its necessities, its du-ties, and rewards. Thank you,Dr. Backer, for awonderful eve-ning-we appreciated every min-ute.

Iota Tau SigmaAn election of officers was held

during the regular business meet-ing on Friday, May 8. The newofficers are: President, RichardL. Schwan, Beaverton, Oregon;Vice-President, Michael J. War-hola, Lorain, Ohio; Treasurer,John L. Gier, Rancho Santa Fe,California; Corresponding Secre-tary, Aloys Daack, Zillah, Wash-ington; Recording Secretary,Frederick D. Sutter, Ames, Iowa;and Historian, Edward M. Shealy,Albuquerque, New Mexico.

On Friday evening, May 15, abanquet was held at Vic's Tally-Ho to honor the graduating seniormembers of the fraternity and tocelebrate the 50th anniversaryof Iota Tau Sigma. We werepleased to have so many of ouralumni celebrating with us andhope to continue our close asso-ciation with them throughout thecoming years.

L. O. G.It is fitting that we take hats

off to Delta Omega for schedul-ing such a wonderful series ofwork nites. Those of us fromL.O.G. who attended the firstsession were greatly enlightenedand appreciate the work of D.O.and the D.O.'s that made thework nite possible.

Congratulations to Mr. andMrs. William G. Anderson onthe birth of a daughter at StillHospital. Best wishes also toRobert Gillon and Dee Siegalwhom we understand are nowofficially engaged to be married.Frank Chelland is pleased to in-form us that his better-half hasnow joined him in Des Moinesand they are apartment hunting.

Phi Sigma GamaDelta Chapter welcomes

Thomas Gasper, Jr., Norristown,Penn., as a new member. Tomwas initiated on Monday evening,May 4th, in ceremonies at the fra-ternity house.

New pledges of the fraternityare: Byron A. Beville, Waldo,Fla.; John W. Cox, Enon, Ohio;Alvin Hinders, Woden, Iowa.

On Saturday evening, May 2,the members of the fraternityand friends enjoyed its annualspring formal held at the Pas-time club. We hope each of youenjoyed partaking of the event

as much as we enjoyed sponsor-ing it.

Our thanks and appreciation tothe Wives Club for their recentgift to the fraternity. Your giftof silverware is once again a tokenof the fine cooperation which wefeel exists among the variousgroups of Still College.

The fraternity wishes to takethis opportunity to thank thosemembers of the alumni who havecontributed to the house improve-ment plan. We are a long wayfrom our goal but we feel thatthe receipt of a check or twonow and then will help us to real-ize our undertaking, and we havebeen receiving checks periodical-ly. We feel that the support youhave given us is proof of yourinterest in your fraternity andour efforts on its behalf.

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ISSUESeniors ReceiveRed CrossInstructorships

Eighteen of the 66 graduatingseniors are certified first aid in-structors. They are the first sen-iors of DMSCOS to take part ina new program set up by the Col-lege and the Polk County Chapterof the American Red Cross.

The course, currently being con-ducted by Mr. Ralph- C. Scroggs,director of safety service of thePolk County Red Cross, will berepeated annually for all seniorswishing to participate. It willqualify them to introduce, carryon, and teach first aid courses intheir communities.

The program was undertakenrecently because of an increaseddemand for trained first aid work-ers. Through training additionalinstructors, the Red Cross hopesto meet its goal of one trainedcivilian in every six.

Attention AlumniI have just seen some of the

scenes from the movie, "TheDoorway to Osteopathy." I amso enthused over what I haveseen that I can hardly wait tosee the entire movie. But I mustwait until Wednesday evening,July 15 to see the entire produc-tion.

The premier of this movie, incolor, will be held during theAlumni Banquet at the A.O.A.Convention in Chicago.

From time to time I have writ-ten to you and have made an-nouncements in the Log Bookabout the changes that have beenand are being made in DMSCOS.


96 per cent of The Class of '53 to InterneSixty-four of the sixty-six members of the class of '53 have an-

nounced one yelar internship appointments.Most of the graduates will begin their internships o'n July 1. Oth-

ers will begin in August, September and October.Names of the graduates and their place of internship or private

practice are listed below.

William Arvant, Garden City Hospital; Richard B. Ballinger, ArtCentre Hospital; Robert D. Belanger, Flint Osteopathic Hospital;Regis A. Benton, Flint General Hospital; Ralph C. Blackwell, LakeView, Iowa; Robert J. Botz, Riverside Osteopathic Hospital; VictorJ. Bovee, Jr., Saginaw Osteopathic Hospital; Phillip S. Cash, DesMoines General Hospital; Joseph D. Chapman, Still OsteopathicHospital; Allyn W. Conway, Grandview Hospital; Richard T. Cronk,Flint Osteopathic Hospital; Milton J. Dakovich, Still OsteopathicHospital; Stephen A. Evanoff, Flint General Hospital; Donald E.Fern, Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital; Teddy R. Fredericks,Wilden Osteopathic Hospital; Peter E. Georgeson, Zeiger OsteopathicHospital.

William R. Gonda, Zeiger Osteopathic Hospital; LouisGoodman, Zeiger Osteopathic Hospital; Kenneth F. Hall, Fort WorthOsteopathic Hospital; Jack W. Hatchitt, Wilden Osteopathic Hospi-tal; Robert R. Hayes, Still 'Osteopathic Hospital; Walter E. Herman,Des Moines General Hospital; Joseph R. Kapp, Bay View Hospital;George L. Kemp, Portland Osteopathic Hospital; Ralph D. Lambert,Skelton, West Virginia; John J. Latini, Stevens Park OsteopathicHospital; Ronald M. Lawrence, Maywood Hospital; Edward J. Le-vine, Grandview Hospital; Jack H. Little, Doctors Hospital; MarshallE. Lowry, McLaughlin Osteopathic Hospital; Milton Marmon, MountClemens General Hospital; James A. Martin, Dallas OsteopathicHospital; Beverly L. McCaleb, Doctors Hospital; Loyal L. McCor-mick, Hillside Hospital; William W. McLain, McLaughlin OsteopathicHospital.

Michael J. McLoyd, Riverside Osteopathic Hospital; Arn-old S. Miller, Doctors Hospital; Charles H. Miller, Farrow Hospital;Thomas J. Moylan, Art Centre Hospital; Gerard K. Nash, AmarilloOsteopathic Hospital; William J. Nichols, Still Osteopathic Hospital;Leonard C. Nystrom, Dallas Osteopathic Hospital; Albert R. Olson,Detroit Osteopathic Hospital; Chester R. Owens, Rocky MountainOsteopathic Hospital; Zane H. Petty, Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital;Aldo Grazioso Pigneri, Still Osteopathic Hospital; Paul H. Ribben-trop, Stevens Park Osteopathic Hospital; Donald Rosman, DetroitOsteopathic Hospital; William A. Ross, Still Osteopathic Hospital;Sigmund Rostek, Mount Clemens General Hospital; Paul H. Rutter,McLaughlin Osteopathic Hospital; Owen E. Sayers, Rocky MountainOsteopathic Hospital; Arthur Simon, Green Cross General Hospital;Patricia E. Spurgeon, Detroit Osteopathic Hospital; Robert K. Stahl-man, Stevens Park Osteopathic Hospital; Sara Esther Sutton, Far-row Hospital.

Kenneth C. Taylor, Detroit Osteopathic Hospital; Raymond G.Taylor, Bay View Hospital; Lewis E. Thorne, Grand RapidsOsteopathic Hospital; Dean E. Tracy, Portland OsteopathicHospital; Lee J. Walker, Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital; EarlV. Walters, Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital; Paul M. Warren,Still Osteopathic Hospital; Charles F. Wilcher, Jr., Bay View Hos-pital; Victor R. Wise, Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital; StewartWoofenden, Detroit Osteopathic Hospital.

The fifty-fourth commence-ment of DMSCOS held at St.John's Lutheran Church at 8:00p.m. June 5th, 1953 will live for-ever in the memories of the 66members of the 1953 graduatingclass and those who witnessedthis beautiful ceremony.

From the time of the colorfulprocessional to the recessionalthe ceremony was one of dignityand solemnity befitting the occa-sion.

Robert N. McBain, D.O., presi-dent of the Chicago College ofOsteopathy delivered the com-mencement address. Speaking on"The Road Ahead" Dr. McBaintold the graduates:

"The miracles of modern medi-cine have given you techniquesand understandings that wereundreamed of a few years ago.You have at your command theaccumulated skills and experi-ences of many generations ofphysicians and thousands of sci-entists.

"There is much to be done inresearch and in better clinicalpractice in the years that areopening up for you as practicingphysicians.

"You must not let yourselvesbe complacent, self-satisfied.There are hard battles to befought."

Mr. Lawrence W. Mills, Direc-tor of the Office of Education ofthe American Osteopathic Asso-ciation received an honorary de-gree of Doctor of Science.

The degree was conferred onMr. Mills in recognition of hismany accomplishments in thefield of education and his valua-ble contributions to his countryand the profession of Osteopathy.

Mr. Mills has been the Directorof the Office of Education of theA.O.A. since November 1945.

I If and when you changeyour address, please notifythe LOG BOOK promptly.


Nine graduates of the Clas-ses of 1928 and one adoptedgraduate from the Class of1918 celebrated their 25thgraduation anniversary onJune 5, and 6.

For a full story and pictureof this event see the July is-sue of the Log Book.

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Graduation and Convocation Highlights

1. Dr. John B. Shumaker (left), dean of DMS- Bain delivers Commencement Address. (story onCOS congratulates senior student Albert R. Oison page 1). 5. Ralph Charles Blackwell of Bonnewho was awarded the Psi Sigma Alpha scholastic Missouri graduats-Wih Distinctionaward preisented annually to the graduating senior i rad thhaving the highest scholastic average throughout Present Peters administers th steopaththe entire course. 2. President Peters accepts th? Oath to the 66 members of the graduating class.

new Directory presented to the College by Richard 7. Lawrence W. Mills (right) director of the Of-

Schwan, president of Iota Tau Sigma. 3. John P. fice of Education of the A.O.A. receives honorarySchwartz (left) accepts the Dr. Lewis Kesten degree (story on page 1). "This is it," says Pat

Memorial Award presented annually to a member Spurgeon, graduating senior as she demonstratesof the Junior Class. The award based on scholar- her technique on Jennie Tripsin for the benefit

ship, leadership and interest in his chosen profes- of the members of Delta Omega. Left to right

sion was presented to John by the donor, Dr. Hein- E. Mountain, Spurgeon, P. Benson and Sally Sut-

rich H. Kesten of Flint, Michigan. 4. Dr. Mc- ton (graduating senior). (Story on Page 4).

FOUNDERS DAY AND HM GMING

The President ChatsThinking is behavior and the

ability to think, like many otherabilities, increases with age.However, adult thinking does notalways reach the degree of clari-ty or purposefulness that itshould. Too frequently our emo-tional make-up, our prejudices,our inability to reason and ourfalse standards of life, hinder orretards our mental processes.

Clear thinking is man's price-less gift and what we think isgreatly influenced by what weread, with whom we associateand from our vocations and avo-cations.

Each recognized profession andtrade has an official associationor society which makes an at-tempt to guarantee the abilityand honesty of its members. Ev-ery young person entering a pro-fession should immediately be-come affiliated with the profes-sion's recognized organizations,not for selfish motives, but sothat he may make the contribu-tions which are expected of him.

On June 5th we graduatedsixty-six seniors representingfourteen states. These youngmen and women have been pre-pared to serve the sick in a mostprofessional manner, but theireducation is not completed, theirdays of study are not over, andthe ability to think and to thinkclearly will be more in demandnow than ever before in theirlives.

May these young physicians bemindful always of their greatresponsibilities to their patients;may they never bring shame ordiscredit upon their professionand we trust that each of thesefine graduates will remain loyalto their Alma Mater.

Graduates We Salute You!May God's Richest Blessings GoWith You Through Your Life.

ALUMNI...(Continued from page 1)

Since many of you have not beenable to visit the College and seethese many changes we are go-ing to bring the College, throughthe medium of photography, toyou in Chicago.

The movie will show, not onlythe physical changes but the ad-vances made in the training ofosteopathic physicians in DMS-COS.

Won't you accept my personalinvitation to join me at the pre-mier showing of "The Doorwayto Osteopathy"-the story aboutour Alma Mater.

See you at the Alumni BanquetWednesday evening, July 15.

Sincerely,Jean F. LeRoque, D.O.President, NationalAlumni Association

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Graduates of June 5, 1953

Front row (1 to r) Lambert, Cash, Botz, Kemp, Rosman, Third row (I to r) Warren, Little, McCaleb, Dakovich, Bo-Levine, Hatchitt, Herman, Goodman, Latini, Marmon, Spur- vee, Arvant, McLoyd, Evanoff, C. Miller, Walters, Hayes, Rut-geon, Rostek, Kapp, Woofenden, Petty. ter, Nystrom, Conway, Pigne'ri, Owens.

Second row (I to r) Sutton, Lawrence, Ben-on, Belanger,Lowry, Georgeson, Fredericks, Fern, Wilcher, Hall, Stahlman,Sayers, Gonda, McCormick, Walker, Thorne, McLain.

Fourth row (I to r) Nichols, Moylan, Simon, Cronk, Bal-linger, Ribbentrop, Chapman, Nash, K. Taylor, Martin, R.Taylor, Blackwell, Tracy, Ross, A. Miller, OIlson, Wise.

Senior Wives-Class of June 5, 1953

TWVives of graduating seniors receive degree of I.H.T. (Pushed Husband Through). (See story orpage 4-OC.W.C.C.).

Dean's LetterTo The Class of 1928

Although we did not know youpersonally when you graduated25 years ago, it seems now sinceyour reunion at the College onJune 5th, that we always knewyou.

A happy occasion with one so-ber note-some of you did notcome back to us. Reminiscences,humorous now but some neartragic back in those days, anec-dotes by your favorite and splen-did teacher, Dr. John M. Woods.Astounding changes in the school-its faculty, equipment, build-ings and student body. Much canhappen in 25 years, especially ifconstant contact hasn't beenmaintained.

We are glad you came and weare expecting you to return fre-quently.' May your reunion be astimulus to succeeding classes asthe years roll by and may youall continue in the good workyou are doing for humanity formany, many more years.

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ConvocationThe Annual Senior Convoca-

tion was held at the College onJune 4.

Certificates of Merit for out-standing service in various de-partments were awarded seniorstudents as follows:

AnatomyArnold Stephen Miller

BiochemistryJoseph Dudley Chapman and

James Arthur MartinClinical Laboratory

Joseph Dudley Chapman, Ken-neth Ferrell Hall, Jack W.Hatchitt and James Arthur

MartinPublic Health

James Arthur MartinRadiology

' Ja-ck W. Hatchitt'

Albert R. Olson received thePsi Sigma Alpha ScholasticAward presented annually to thegraduating senior having thehighest scholastic averagethrough the entire course (Pic-ture on Page 2).

Representatives of the frater-nities and the sorority presentedlifetime certificates to theirgraduating members.

John P. Schwartz received theDr. Louis Kesten MemorialAward presented annually to amember of the Junior Class.(Picture on Page 2).

Richard Schwan, president ofIota Tau Sigma presented a Di-rectory, to be placed in the lobbyof the College, to PresidentPeters. (Picture on Page 2).

Delta OmegaThe 1952-53 school year was a

very successful one for DeltaOmega Beta. Throughout the yearour programs stressed osteopath-ic manipulation. The climax of

these programs were two sym-posiums held on March 26 andApril 30. The first symposium onthe Cervical and Upper DorsalLesion was presented by 10 D.O.'sto 70 students. The second sym-posium on Low Back Problemswas presented by 20 D.O.'s to 85students. (Our thanks to Drs. C.Bugbee, C. Ginn, W. Larrick, G.Murphy, A. Paulson, W. Rankinand J. Shuman who stayed overfollowing the Advance CranialCourse to participate in thissymposium.)

On April 9, we were guests ofMrs. Edwin F. Peters at a buffetdinner at the Des Moines Golfand Country Club. Following thedinner Mrs. Peters entertained usin her home. Her stories and pic-tures of Hawaii were excellent.Dr..illie... .Dunlop. spoke^to_.u...s.about her trip to the Mayo Clinic.

May 10 found us in Fort Dodge,Iowa, at the home of Dr. PaulKimberly. He gave us an excel-lent lecture and demonstrationon Physiological Motions. Thedinner was excellent too.

Dr. Mary Golden entertainedus at a wonderful dinner at theSea Food Grotto on March 16 andagain in her home on May 13.She gave us some very valuablepointers from her 41 years ofpractice. Her subject-"How ToBuild A Practice."

Dr.* G en pvi ev Stnddn.rd le-

Iowa and Drs. Nancy DeNise,Sarah Jean Gibson, Mary Golden,Faye Kimberly, Genevieve Stod-dard, and Rachel Woods.

The success of Delta Omegahas been due to the excellent co-operation received from so manypeople. To the administration, thefaculty, the fraternities and thosepracticing osteopathic physicianswho gave so generously of theirtime in helping us we say, ThankYou.

O. W. C. C.The annual senior banquet of

the Osteopathic Women's CollegeClub (student wives) was heldat the New Pastime on Sundayevening, May 24.

.T.. Follo-wingth -e -very impressiveinstallation of new officers byMrs. Robert O. Fagen (wife ofDr. Robert O. Fagen and advisorto the Club) 48 senior wives re-ceived the degree P.H.T. (PushedHusband Through). Degrees wereconferred by Mrs. Henry Stein-ecker, incoming president.

Gifts were presented to pastpresidents of the club, to Mrs.Fagen and Dr. Edwin F. Peters,president of DMSCOS. The giftto Dr. Peters was a check for twoview boxes which are to be placedin the lecture rooms of the col-lege.

tured to the Sorority at her home Just before the banquet was toMay 15 on "The Therapy for the start Dr. Peters was asked to fillMenopausal Patient." in for the guest speaker who was

The finale of the year was the unable to be there. With only afew minutes to think over what hebanquet for the senior girls, Sal- ew u es t er awould say Dr. Peters camely Sutton and Pat Spurgeon on

May 26 at Rocky's Steak House. through with a terrific speechyDr. Nancy DeNise welce Sal complete with poetry. Dr. Peters,Dr. Nancy DeNise welcomed Sal-

ly and Pat into the profession. e Thank YouThe sorority presented each of Musical selections for the ban-the girls with a thermometer and quet and graduation were byholder. Guests included Mrs. sophomore students Skip HuddleGeorge Sutton of Mt. Pleasant, and Cliff Sampson.

Board Member DiesMr. William E. Ray, member

of the Board of Trustees of theDes Moines Still College of Oste-opathy and Surgery, died Fri-day morning, May 29th followinga heart attack.

Mr. Ray was General Managerof Grocers Wholesale Co-opera-tive, an organization whichserves more than 600 food storesin Iowa and adjacent area. Hewas extremely active in numer-ous national associations alliedto the food industry as well asdevoting his life to every worth-while interest which was for thebetterment of the city of DesMoines.

Mr. Ray's passing is a tremen-dous loss to the Des Moines StillCollege. of, Osteopathy aand -Surg-ery. The Board of Trustees, Ad-ministration and Faculty shareswith Mrs. Ray and the childrenthis untimely loss.



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The President ChatsJuly, the month of our national

convention, the month of vacation,is also the month when all theremaining personnel at our col-leges turn to, in an attempt to getthe college buildings in readinessfor the opening of the fall se-mester.

Each summer the Board ofTrustees of this college launchesa major project of capital im-provement for the college. Lastsummer, the project was a face-lifting of the college building. Atthe present time, new windowsare being installed on the southside of the college building. Inanother year, we hope that newwindows will be installed on theremaining two sides of the collegebuilding.

The maintenance of a college isa continuous process and an ex-pensive one but the proper main-tenance of our present facilitiesshould not cause any one who isinterested in Osteopathic Educa-tion to be content. Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery needs to double its pres-ent facilities. We are in need ofmore library space, more researchlaboratories and more hospitalbeds. These are only a few of ourneeds, but like every institutionof higher education in the UnitedStates today, this college is inneed of money and more money tobe used for expansion purposes.

The history of our Osteopathiccolleges has been built upon thefoundation of professional supe-riority and individual financialcontributions. Tax money hasnever been appropriated for col-lege buildings or for our opera-tions budget. For this we areproud, as the splendid growth ofour colleges, the prominence andthe quality of professionally


Many years ago Henry Georgopulos of Hoabart, Tasmania(standing, right) promised his nephews that he would come toAmerica to attend their graduation exercises provided they grad-uated from a professional college or university.

In 1948 Mr. Georgopulos made his first visit to America towatch Menas Georgeson (standing, left) receive his degree, Doc-tor of Osteopathy, from DMSCOS. On June 5, 1953 Peter E.Georgeson (seated, left) received his degree of Doctor of Osteo-pathy and true to his prom-se Uncle Henry was on hand to, per-sonally extend congratulations to the new D.O.

Uncle Henry will have to make a third trip to America in1957. Byron P. Georgopulos (seated, right) has been accepted asa member of the 1953-54 freshman class.

"I am very proud of my nephews and nothing could pleaseme more than to return to America to watch Byron receive hisD.O. degree", stated Mr. Georgopulos. "Incidentally manychanges have been made in the college. The improvements arevery noticeable. I also noticed that your president has more grayhairs. Is there any connection?"

Dr. Hsie To SpeakIn California

Dr. Jen-Yah Hsie, AssistantProfessor of Bacteriology ofDMSCOS, has been invited topresent a paper before the Socie-ty of American Bacteriologistsat San Francisco, California, onAugust 13, 1953.

The title of the paper, in whichDr. Hsie is the senior author, is"Dihydrostreptomycin RequiringMutants of Mycobacterium Ra-nae." This research was sup-ported in part by a grant fromthe National Tuberculosis Asso-ciation. Dr. Vernon Bryson ofthe Biological Laboratories, ColdSprings Harbour, Long Island,New York, is the junior authorof this research.

Dr. Laycock AuthorsTechnique Manual

Dr. Byron E. Laycock, Profes-sor of Osteopathic Principles andPractice at the college is the au-thor of a New Manual on Osteo-pathic Technique which shouldbe of much value to every prac-ticing Osteopathic Physician.

The volume contains 437 pagesand has over 300 photographicillustrations of technique.

This contribution to Osteopa-thic literature is the result ofmany years of teaching experi-ence.

Orders for the book may besent to Mrs. Lucile Williams,Mgr. Bookstore, Des Moines StillCollege of Osteopathy & Surgery,Des Moines, Iowa. Price $7.00.

Al Pigneri, D.O.,Italian Immigrant,Makes Good Here

Seven years ago, a young Ital-ian boy, Al Pign'eri, reached theport of New York, not knowingthe language or what the futurehad in store for him. Today, heis a full fledged doctor of oste-opathy and has set a record ofwhich he can well be proud.

Al attended grammar school inhis home town, Terravecchia,province Cosenza, Italy. His highschooling was at the SeminarioVescovile of Cariati and college atLiceo-Ginnasia Telesio in Co-senza and Liceo-Ginnasio Pitagorain Crotone, Italy. Upon comple-tion of his college work, he enroll-ed at Messina Medical school inSicily, to begin his doctor train-ing and make his childhooddreams come true.

While attending medical schoolthere, he was called to Americaby his father and willingly, hecame, arriving in New York inAugust, 1946.

To DrakeDuring the first two years in

this country, Pigneri lived in NewHaven, Conn., with his father andworked in several hospitals andfactories learning the Englishlanguage at the same time.

As a student there, Al per-formed any kind of work such asmachine operator, truck driver,parking lot attendant, custodianand other odd jobs. He enjoyedthem all because of the varietyand because it was important thathe would learn different phasesof life in America.

In 1948, while vacationing andvisiting with his relatives in NewHaven, he decided to continue hiseducation here and enrolled atDrake University to satisfy theAmerican pre-medical require-ments.

In the fall of 1949, Al was se-lected by the strict AdmissionBoard of Des Moines Still Collegeof Osteopathy and Surgery to bea member of their freshman class.

Basic TrainingThe young Doctor-to-be started

his medical training, completedhis basic sciences and oth'er re-quirements and received a certifi-


College MovieNow Available

A 16mm kodachrome movie,The Doorway To Osteopathy,which depicts osteopathic edu-cation in DMSCOS is nowavailable. Address your re-quests to Dr. Edwin F. Peters,President of DMSCOS, DesMoines, Iowa. State first,second and third choices ofshowing dates.

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Alumni DoingsNine graduates of the Classes

of '28 and one adopted graduatefrom the Class of '18 celebratedtheir 25th graduation anniver-sary during commencement weekat D.M.SC.O.S. Reading from

left to right: J. Clark Hovis,Highland Park, Mich.; J. Max-well Jennings, Kalamazoo, Mich.;L. R. Morgan, Joplin, Mo.; Wel-den R. Loerke, Ottumwa, Ia.;J. Frank Wilson, Dayton, Ohio;Roy G. Trimble, Montezuma, Ia.;George H. Lawyer, Ironwood,Mich.; F. W. McIntosh, Keosau-qua, Ia.; Clarence T. Liebum,Lansing, Mich. and the adoptedson Warren L. Stevick, Nowata,Oklahoma, Class of '18.

From the moment they got to-gether until they left-these for-mer students really enjoyedthemselves.

The banquet at Hotel Savery,presided over by Dr. Jean F. Le-Roque, president of the NationalAlumni Association was high-lighted by a very amusing his-tory of the Class presented byDr. Hovis; incidents and storiesfrom their student days, a speechby one of their favorite profes-sors, Dr. John Woods, and a re-view of the growth and futureplans of the College by PresidentPeters. A cash gift for a presi-dents plaque to be placed in thelobby of the College was pre-sented to President Peters.

Staff and FacultyEntertain Students

During the annual all schoolpicnic held just before gradua-tion administrators, faculty mem-bers and wives don cap andapron to prepare and serve a pic-nic lunch to the families of thestudents. (See picture No. 3 onthis page.)

Dr. Harold Dresser (with razor) and Dr. Earle Fitz enter-tain at the square dance. Theirtake-off on the Barber of Sevillewas one of the entertainmenthighlights. (See picture No. 6 onthis page.)

Community ServiceDr. Frank E. Souders (left)

Pediatrician of D.M.S.C.O.S. andDr. Myron S. Magen (right)Resident in Pediatrics examined

135 Iowa Boy Scouts just priorto the departure of the scouts forCalifornia and the Scout Jam-

(1) Alumni Doings (story top of page). (2) Al Pigneri, D.O. (story on page 1).(3) Staff and Faculty Entertain (story on this page). (4) The Salesman from Coio-rado (story on page 3). (5) Our Ambassadorl (story on page 3). (6) Staff and Fac-ulty Entertain (story on this page). (7) Community Service (story on this page).

boree.Drs. Souders and Magen also

examined Boy Scout Troops inDes Moines and Camp Mitigwaat Boone, Iowa. These examina-tions were required before ascout was permitted to attend asummer camp.

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Our AmbassadorOn The Job

The July 1952 issue of the LogBook carried a story titled "OurAmbassador and Family.' Thisstory told of the realization ofpart of a great dream of a manand wife-that of his returningafter an absence of 6 years tothe London Mission, Kamalapur-am, Cuddaphdts, India not onlyas a missionary but as a medicalmissionary.

The following letter to Mrs.Jack Hatchitt, past president ofthe Osteopathic Women's CollegeClub clearly shows that M. JohnRolles, D.O., a graduate ofDMSCOC, Class of 1952 is be-ginning to realize the other partof his great dream-long yearsof service to the children of Godas a man of the cloth, physicianand friend.

Dear Mrs. Hatchitt,

Your welcome letter has justarrived, and since I am going tocamp this afternoon I want towrite immediately to thank youfor the check sent by the Osteo-pathic Women's College Club. Mywife and I want you to know howvery much we appreciate yourgift, for from our own recent ex-perience we know how difficultit must have been for you to raiseso large an amount. I also wantto assure you that the money willbe put to good use at once.

We have had some difficulty ingetting our grants through, andup to the present we have had tomanage with the equipment Ibrought with me and a minimumof drugs, so you can imagine thejoy we feel now that I can sendoff an order to the All-India DrugHouse for a supply of the thingswe most need.

Our Home

Returning here after an absenceof six years was a most interest-ing experience. We expected tofind our furniture in poor shape,but some of our colleagues fromother stations have stayed h'erefrom time to time and we wereagreeably surprised to find every-thing in fairly good condition.With a mixture of peanut oil and


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cate of proficiency in those by theState of Iowa.

Following his basic training, hespent 18 months in Still Clinic asa student doctor; and six monthsin Doctors' Hospital, Columbus,Ohio, as an extern.

On the 'evening of June 5, 1953,at the commencement exercises ofthe graduating class, he was pre-sented with the degree "Doctor ofOsteopathy" by Dr. Edwin F.Peters, president of Still College.

To further his education, Dr.Pigneri will intern at Still Osteo-pathic Hospital starting July 1.

Dr. Pigneri was a member ofthe Iota Tau Sigma professionalfraternity, the Osteopathic Stu-dent Club and the Newman Clubwhile at Still.

Staff and readers of The Amer-ican Citizen newspaper extendcongratulations to Dr. Pigneri.We are indeed proud of such ayoung man and wish him successin his profession.

Reprinted through the courtesyof the American Citizen, the onlyIowa weekly devoted to Ameri-cans of Italian descent. Pub-lished by Sarcone PublishingCompany, Des Moines, Iowa.

Salesman FromColorado

Dr. C. M. Parkinson, (See pic-ture #4 page 2) DMS '31 proud-ly displays a pictorial folder onthe great state of Colorado tostudents of DMSCOS. Dr. Park-inson visited the College for theexpress purpose of enlighteningevery student on the many reas-ons why he or she should selectColorado as the state in whichto practice Osteopathy. TheChamber of Commerce of Colo-rado can be justly proud of Dr.Parkinson. Using colored slides,many pamphlets and folders, andaugmented by numerous adjec-tives Dr. Parkinson was a tire-less salesman as he talked togroup after group of students.His friendliness and sinceritygreatly impressed the many students who visited with him. Ar-rows point out two members ofthe Class of '53 who are now in-terning in Colorado.

Dean's LetterEver alert for better teaching, our faculty constantly seeks new

methods and techniques of presenting the courses of instructionwhich are offered to students of Osteopathy. For the past threeyears we have been engrossed in the presentation of our new programof instruction which is now in force for the coming year.

The curriculum is now presented in three phases, the first twoof which necessarily overlap to some degree.

Phase I. Basic Sciences:These subjects (biochemistry, anatomy, bacteriology, physi-ology, histology, embryology, etc.) are presented in the firstyear, with continuation into the early part of the secondyear. Pathology comes throughout the second year. Theseare basic or preparatory courses of study for Phase II.

Phase II. Clinical studies:These studies in medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, andsurgery begin in the latter half of the second year and con-tinue through the third year. Thisp hase may be consideredas the application of the principles of the basic sciences tothe theory of practise. In the course of the year., the juniorstudents devote one half of each day to experience in theclinic. This year of clinic clerkship is coincidental withmuch of the didactic material of Phase II.

Phase III. Clinical clerkship:The student devotes full time to his clinical clerkship in hissenior year. He has completed the didactic studies, whichgive way to an extensive series of clinical conferences, semi-nars and case presentations in conjunction with the usualclinic activities. These conferences, etc., are conducted inthe hospital as well.Six months of the senior clerkships are devoted to the clinicand the remaining six months are completed with assignedstudy and service in the hospitals of our affiliate hospitalteaching system. These hospitals are all approved by theBureau of Professional Education of the American Osteo-pathic Association and are currently five in number. Theseare:

Des Moines General Hospital.. Des Moines, IowaDoctors Hospital ............. Columbus, OhioFlint Osteopathic Hospital.... Flint, MichiganStill Osteopathic Hospital... Des Moines, IowaWilden Osteopathic Hospital.. Des Moines, Iowa

Each student obtains experience in two of these institutionsfor a period of three months each.

HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE HIGH GLOSSON THE PROFESSIONAL POLISH WHICH HE STARTED TODEVELOP IN HIS JUNIOR YEAR IN THE CLINIC, BY OBSERV-ING HOSPITAL PROCEDURTE IN ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGE,AND PROFESSIONAL HANDLING OF PATIENTS; HOSPITALBUSINESS PRCEDURES; RELATIONSHIP OF HOSPITAL TOPHYSICIAN IN PRACTISE; LEGAL FEATURES AND ETHICSAND MANY OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST TO HIM PRO--FESSIONALLY.

In all phases the principles and practice of Osteopathy are con-stantly stressed.

'The student progresses logically from phase to phase to gradu-ation and in the course of his progress he develops into a doctoralmost without noticeable transition.

Other systems of medical education are conceivable which aremore efficient but with attendant greater cost, in laboratories, equip-ment, personnel, and library facilities.

Still College offers the student a program of study to matchthat of any school of comparable circumstances. Our curriculum isdynamic and always progressive. :

HOMECOMINGGeneral Theme: THE THORACIC CAGE

Thursday, Friday, Saturday - October 1-2-3

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(Continued from Page 3)salt, plus a little energetic polish-ing, tables and chairs and deskssoon began to take on somethingof their old lustre. The bungalowhad also been newly whitewashedoutside, color washed inside, andthe woodwork painted. Our pic-tures were still on the walls, soall we had to do was to hang thecurtains to make it homelikeagain.

Clinic Opened

Within a couple of days of ourreturn I had an unsolicited butflourishing outpatient clinic onour back verandah! Word hadgone round the villages that thedoctor had come. It wasn't longbefore Helen decided that the backverandah, where she has to dealwith the cooking materials, is notthe best place for a clinic, so Ihave made temporary use of anempty bungalow on the com-pound! Sometimes we get as manyas sixty-five patients in a morn-ing. Osteopathic manipulation isgreatly appreciated and peoplecome from miles around to talkabout their aches and pains.There are two local doctors in thetown, both Christians, and theyoften send patients to me, or callme in on consultations. You willalso be glad to know that I am amember of the Cuddapah DistrictMedical Association, and at thelast meeting read a paper on"Fibromyositis."

Red CrossI do not have a nurse since I

do not have funds for a sal-ary, but Helen has been actingas my receptionist-nurse-dresser-pharmacist! Now we are feelingmore hopeful because the RedCross is showing interest in ourwork. We have an old hospitalbuilding here which has not beenused for twenty years, and we areplanning to repair it and open it

in June as a Maternity and ChildWelfare Clinic. The Red Cross isconsidering giving us a grant ofRs.500 for equipment and anothergrant for a nurse-midwife andayah(women helper). I shall bethe medical superintendent, andthe other doctors in the town willbe consultants. At this stage it alllooks very promising.

Main Work

Our main work is not here inKamalapuram, but out in thevillages. During the last twoweeks, I have visited centers 200miles north of here, and 100 milessouth, and today we are going toa place 100 miles west. When weset up our village clinic we arebesieged. Our chief enemy ismalnutrition, and so many of thediseases which we meet can onlybe overcome by building up thepatients' general health. Some-times the immensity of the taskseems daunting, but it is a greatchallenge, and there is somethingto be done all the time. Evenwhen we feel that the day is doneand are about to go to bed, it isnot unusual to have someonebrought in moaning with a scor-pion sting. I always keep asyringe and "antivellin" on handfor such 'emergencies.

Bandages NeededWould your club be interested

in collecting some bandages for

me ? I am using some now whichcame from Australia and werepassed on to me when I arrived.They were made from the clothused in wrapping new car tires,and the women of one of theChurches had washed and rolledthem. Now I am running shortof them, and am unlikely to getany more from that source. Anyrag that can be washed and rolledwill do. But declare on the par-cel "of no commercial value", orduty is heavy.

It was so good to hear fromDes Moines. You folks were won-derfully kind to us, and we lookback with gratitude as we thinkof our time with you. Still Col-lege has given us a great opportu-nity in this field, and we are proudto be an outpost of the profesisionn

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"The future of osteopathy andthe success of the American Ost'e-opathic Association in its manyactivities are dependent on onething-education and our researchprogram," Dr. Eveleth said.

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POST GRADUATE PROGRAM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 2Communitu Service Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery will offer

the following program of postgraduate study to Doctors of Osteopathywho are graduates of a College of Osteopathy approved by the Bu-reau of Professional Education of the American Osteopathic Asso-ciation.

Credits earned under this program arc acceptable -: -requirements for license in Surgery in the State of Iowa and thesecredits also constitute credit in the graduate college for those whoare interested in advanced degrees. This course of study shouldprove of immense practical value to all Doctors of Osteopathy whoare in practise.

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Deborah Sue White, 4 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Robert T. White, of 1137 26th St., Des Moines, Iowa seems to beenjoying her physical examination given by Frank E. Souders,D.O. The occasion was a baby health contest held at Still Clinicsponsored by the BPO Does, Drove No. 25 of Des Moines, Iowa.

The physical examinations of 300 entrants ranging in agefrom 4 months to 5 years was supervised by Dr. Souders, Pedia-trician at Still Osteopathic Hospital and Still Clinic and Dr.Myron Magen, Resident in Pediatrics.

In July these. two doctors examined over 300 Boy Scouts.130 of these scouts attended the Scout Jamboree in California.Others attended Camp Mitigwa at Boone, Iowa.

Dr. E. R. MinnickReturns as CancerCoordinator

Edward R. Minnick, D.O.,DMSOCS '48 has returned to thecollege as Coordinator of theCancer Teaching Program fol-lowing 24 months active dutywith the U.S. Army MedicalCorps.

Capt. Minnnick entered theservice July 16, 1951. Follow-ing 6 weeks training at the Medi-cal Field Service School, Ft. SamHouston, Texas he was sent toKorea. On his return to thestates October 9, 1952 after 13months in Korea he was assignedto the United States Army Hospi-tal at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansasas Chief, General Medicine Sec-tion. Capt. Minnick remained atthis post until his release fromactive duty on July 15, 1953.

Before entering the service Dr.Minnick was an instructor in thecollege and on the staff of StillOsteopathic Hospital.

Half A MillionCases of CancerEstimated in '53

WASHINGTON, D. C. (AOA)-On the basis of data from therecently completed cancer morbid-ity studies covering 10 major pop-ulation areas, National CancerInstitute statisticians estimatethat more than half a million newcases of cancer will be diagnosedin 1953. The studies show that sur-vival of cancer patients dependslargely on the stage of disease atthe time of diagnosis.

The statisticians estimate thatonly half of the cases expected tobe found this year will be diag-nosed while localized, and that 2out of 5 patients with newly di-agnosed cases will di'e within oneyear unless a better record ofearly diagnosis is made.

The ten metropolitan areas areAtlanta, New Orleans, Birming-ham, Dallas, San Francisco, Den-ver, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh,and Philadelphia.

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Common Psychiatric Problems, including Psychosomatic Disorders:Credit: 3 semester hours (54 clock hours)

Erle W. Fitz, D.O.

A course designed to assist the general practitioner in an under-standing evaluation and treatment of common psychiatric prob-lems, including psychosomatic disorders with a review of basicdynamic and therapeutic procedures.

Mondays, 7:00-10:00 P.M. First class, Monday, September 14

Registration Fee-$75.00

Gross Anatomy Credit: 3 semester hours (54 Clock hours)

Stanley D. Miroyiannis, Ph.D.

A systematic study including head, neck, thorax and upperextremity, emphasizing surgical and clinical aspects.

Wednesday, 7:00-10:00 P.M. First class, Wednesday, September 2

Registration Fee-$z75.00

Physiology Credit: 3 semester hours (54 Clock hours)William F. Hewitt, Jr., Ph.D.

A review of basic physiological principles with special referenceto pathological-physiological states of the body.

Fridays, 7:00-10:00 P.M. First class, Friday, September 4

Registration Fee-$75.00

Any or all courses may be taken for a total of 3, 6 or 9 semesterhours credit.

A course will be conducted only if the class membership consists often or more.

Graduates of colleges other than D.M.S. are required to providethe transcripts of credit from their alma mater.

All registrants must be in good standing with their local, stateand national association.

Registration: Must be completed on or before the first class meet-ing. Fee is payable in advance.

Apply to John B. Shumaker, Ph.D., Dean of DMSCOS for admis-sion.

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FOUNDERS WEEK - HOMECOMINGThursday, Friday, Saturday - October

Pictured above are the new officers and the executive sec-retary of the Polk County Society of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons. All of the officers are graduates of DMSCOSand are active in civic and professional groups in Polk Countyand Des Moines, Iowa.

Seated (left to right) Drs. Fred Tente, Jr., '48 president;Ralph A. Gaudio '50, first vice-president; Jean F. LeRoque, '40second vice-president. Standing (left to right) Dr. Bryce E.Wilson, '49 treasurer and Wendell R. Fuller (Registrar ofDMSCOS) executive secretary.

The first fall meeting will be held on Wednesday, Septem-ber 9. All society meetings are held on the second Wednesday ofeach month. Visiting D.O.'s are always welcome.

Shall We LiveBy GEORGE W. SUTTON, D.O.

Mount Pleasant, IowaIt is time for us to take stock

of ourselves as individuals and asa profession. We have come along way since 1875. Never beforein history has so small a groupaccomplished so much. Such anadvance must not halt; dare nothalt; and the key to continue prog-ress is our osteopathic colleges.

The osteopathic colleges havethree very important functions:

1. They must continue to re-plenish our losses throughdeath and retirement andprovide additional graduatesso the profession may grow.

2. They must progress withmodern knowledge and tech-nics to teach better, buildbetter, and serve better.

3. They must continue, as theyhave in the past, to providethe educational basis for eachand every legitimate effortof the osteopathic professionto advance.

or Die?It is obvious that if our col-

leges are to train doctors worthyof carrying on the profession,they must have the financial abil-ity to secure and maintain thenecessary facilities and personnel.It is equally obvious that all ofus will not agree with all of thecollege policies and methods. Itis well that this is so for it is theobligation of informed alumni tocontinue to bring their influence tobear upon their colleges. The firststep in expressing this influenceis the provision of financial sup-port for nothing can be gained bywhipping a dead horse.

Loyalty to our college is loyaltyto ourselves. Each of us existsprofessionally in three parts.

1. In our own practice.2. In our professional associa-

tions.3. In our educational institu-

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GENERAL THEME: THE THORACIC CAGEThursday, October 1, 1953

10:00 A.M. Registration-NO CHARGE.

2:00 P.M. "Anatomy of the Thoracic Region"Stanley D. Miroyiannis, Ph. D.,Chairman, Department of Anatomy.

3:00 P.M. "Physiology Common to the Thoracic Region"William F. Hewitt, Jr., Ph.D.Chairman, Department of Physiology.

4:00 P.M. Anatomical Movies.

8:00 P.M. Fraternity Smokers.

Friday, October 2, 1953

9:00 A.M. "The Chemistry of Pneumatology"John B. Shumaker, Ph.D.,Chairman, Department of Biochemistry.

10:00 A.M. "Bacteriological Aspects of the Thoracic Cage"Jen-Yah Hsie, Ph.D.,Department of Bacteriology.

11:00 A.M. "A Pathological Study of the Thoracic Cage"Dominic Ambrosecchia, D.O.,Chairman, Department of Pathology.

2:00 P.M. "A Radiological Study of the Thoracic Cage"Henry J. Ketman, D.O.,Chairman, Division of Radiology.

3:00 P.M. "Bronchoscopic and Esophagoscopic Diagnosis"R. B. Juni, D.O.,Chairman, Division of Ophthalmology and Otorhin-olaryngology.

4:00 P.M. "Statistical Reports of Neoplastic Diseases WithinThe Thoracic Cage."Edward L. Zimmerer, A.B., M.D., M.P.H.,Commissioner of Health, State of Iowa.

6:45 P.M. Banquet, Hotel Savery, $5.00 per plate.Speaker, J. P. Schwartz, D.O., F.A.C.O.S.,D.Sc.,D.Hum.

9:00 P.M. FOUNDER'S DAY BALL

Saturday, October 3, 19538:30 A.M. "Management of Thoracic Diseases"

Richard P. DeNise, D.O.,Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine.

9:30 A.M. "Cardiovascular Disturbances"J. R. McNerney, D.O.,Director of the Heart Station.

10:30 A.M. "Thoracic Surgery"Walter E. Heinlen, D.O., F.A.C.O.S.,Chairman, Department of Surgery.

1:30 P.M. Special Convocation-Consistory Auditorium"Clinical Approach to Broncogenic Carcinoma"Edward R. Minnick, B.S., D.O.Coordinator of Cancer Teaching.

2:30 P.M. "Structural Problems of the Thoracic Cage"Byron E. Laycock, D.O.,Professor of Osteopathic Principles and Technique.

3:30 P.M. "Case Study and Presentation of Pneumonectomy"Staff-Panel Discussion.

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The President ChatsWithin a few days, the stu-

dents who have been attendingclasses at Des Moines Still Col-lege of Osteopathy and Surgeryduring the extreme heat of thissummer, will be enjoying a much-deserved vacation before enter-ing classes for the fall term onSeptember 8, 1953.

While the theremometer hasbeen in the upper 80's and 90'sduring these summer months, theactivities of the various craftshave also been traveling at ahigh rate of speed. Many im-provements to the buildings havebeen made and in the futuremany more must be completed.

Among the more noticeable im-provements are:

1. The installation of newMarmet wndows, surrounded withglass blocks on the entire southside of the college building. Thisalone was a tremendous under-taking.

2. The refacing of the college'sBook Shop.

3. The revamping of one of theapartments on the third floor ofthe clinic building into a modernresearch laboratory. This lab-oratory will be used by the De-partment of Physiology andPharmacology for the new elec-tive course in Research which isoffered to exceptional studentsin the college. The course is sodesigned that those students en-rolled will be in constant collab-oration with members of thestaff in original experimenta-tions in Physiology and Pharma-cology. The students will be co-authors of scientific publicationsas circumstances indicate.

4. The construction of a clini-cal presentation room on thethird floor of the clinic building.A special room properly equippedand furnished for clinical pre-sentation has been greatly neededfor many years at the college.With the adequate facilities nowavailable, the students in theclinic will be provided improvedclinical instruction.

In addition to these four majorprojects, numerous minor oneshave been completed, all with thethought uppermost in mind thatthe physical facilities are closely

General Practice

Dr. G. C. Redfield (center) S.S.S. '03, of Rapid City, South Dakota celebrated his 50th anniversaryas a general practitioner at the DIMSCOS Alumni Banquet July 15, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. In the pic-ture to the left Dr. Edwin F. Peters (left) president of DMSCOS and Dr. Jean F. LeRoque, president ofthe Nat'l. Alumni Association have just extended congratulations from the college and the alumni as-sociation.

In the picture to the right, Dr. Redfield is shown passing along a few gems of wisdom to Dr. RalphA. Gaudio, '50, (3rd from right) Des Moines, Iowa; Dr. Paul E. Dunbar, '51 (2nd from right) Pa-ducah, Kentucky and Russell E. Dunbar, '50, East Rainelle, West Virginia.

related to the educational pro-gram of an educational institu-tion.

As we prepare and look for-ward to the opening of a newacademic year, as we anxiouslyawait the arrival of our new stu-dents to start their professionalstudies which ultimately will leadthem to the time-honored degreeof Doctor of Osteopathy, we arereminded that each of our stu-dents has a central purpose inlife.

The question may be asked ofevery student in our colleges,"What will you choose as thecentral purpose of your life?"This is the most important de-cision for you to make.

John Oxenham in his familiarpoem, "The Ways" has expressedits importance:

"To every man there openethA Way, and Ways, and a Way.And the High Soul climbs the

High Way,And the Low Soul gropes the

Low,And in between, on the misty

flats,The rest drift to and fro.But to every man there

openethA High Way and a Low.And every man decidethThe Way his Soul shall go."

Dr. Jean F. LeRoque, PresidentNational Alumni AssociationDes Moines Still College of Osteopathy & Surgery720 Sixth AvenueDes Moines, Iowa

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with complex enzyme (chemicalaccelerator) systems within thebody is still meager."

Shoemaker added that manypersons are alive today becauseof the antibiotics and said no phy-sician should hesitate to use thepreparations when such a courseis indicated. But he added, "Thereare no miracle drugs. The realmiracle of modern medicine is indiagnosis and treatment."

Shoemaker reported that twoof the most widely used antibioticpreparations, aureomycin and ter-ramycin, have caused serious andfatal reactions in some cases andshould be used with caution.

He termed the illness resultingfrom the drugs a "super-infec-tion," and said it developed froma new race of bacteria able toresist the action of the prepara-tions.

Diagnosis of PolioA cheaper and faster method of

diagnosing poliomyelitis has beendiscovered by two research work-ers in the Public Health Service'scommunicable disease center, na-tional headquarters in Atlanta,Ga., announced recently.

The two government scientistshave developed a virus from micethat will speed up diagnosis andmay lead to an improved vaccineagainst the disease. Dr. C. P. Liand Dr. Morris Schaeffer of theVirus and Rickettsia Laboratories,Montgomery, Ala., made the dis-covery.

Heretofore, polio research hasbeen retarded by the necessity ofusing monkeys and chimpanzees,which are more expensive andmore difficult to work with thanare mice. For this reason re-searchers have been trying to cul-tivate the polio viruses in other

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WASHINGTON, D. C. (AOA)-"The medium of radio enablescommunity mental health groupsto bring to their own town agreater awareness of the impor-tance of good emotional health toeveryday living."

The U. S. Department ofHealth, Education and Welfarein a recent bulletin continued,"The fifteen-minute radio drama-tization has been found to be anideal vehicle for presenting amental health problem and show-ing how it can be m'et by the indi-vidual concerned."

(The A.O.A. Division of P&PWhas radio scripts and tape record-ings on mental health in its seriesof subjects on general health sub-jects. These radio scripts and re-cordings are available throughdivisional society secretaries andradio chairmen.)

Antibiotics CanCause Death

(AOA) Although penicillin andsimilar antibiotics are among themost useful medicines, the so-called miracle substances derivedfrom soil molds sometimes cancause death and other serious re-action when administered to sus-ceptible individuals, the AmericanAcademy of Forensic Sciences wastold by H. A. Shoemaker, Ph.D.,professor of pharmacology at theUniversity of Oklahoma medicalschool.

"The matter of sensitivity oridiosyncrasy of the individual can-not always be anticipated," Shoe-maker said, "and consequently wefind reports of serious reactionsfrom every one of these drugs.

"This is to be expected whenwe use substances having a rathercomplex chemical structure, par-ticularly so when we consider thatour knowledge of the chemistry ofreactions of therapeutic agents

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animals or in the test tube.The Public H'ealth Service be-

lieves that the discovery may leadto the development of a "live"virus vaccine against the disease,which might be effective a year.The only immunizing agent now inuse, Gama Globulin, is effectivefor about five weeks only.

Miracle Drugs(AOA) at least half of the so-

called miracle drugs like peni-cillin are "wasted" through exces-sive and indiscriminate use, Dr.Altemeir of the University of Cin-cinnati School of Medicine and aconsultant to the National Re-search Council told the AssociatedPress.

He added that physicians arepart-ly-reisponsible by often usingsuch drugs in excessive doses orfor undiagnosed conditions notnecessarily susceptible to them.The public, he added, also is toblame for demanding the newerdrugs.

Addressing the annual meetingof the Academy of General Prac-tice, Dr. Altemeir stated thatabout ten per cent of patients ingeneral wards of hospitals has be-come sensitized to penicillin fromprevious and sometimes indiscrim-inate use. He added that an esti-mated three per cent of personsseeking treatment from familyphysicians also had become sen-sitized to the drug.

He added that a growing im-pression that use of these drugseliminated the problem of con-trolling surgical infection is falseand often leads to complications.

Freshman Convocation to Open 1953-54School Year

A Freshman Convocation in the college building on Wednesday,September 2, 1953 at 9:00 A.M. will officially open the 1953-54 schoolyear.

Principal speakers for the occasion will be Edwin F. Peters,Ph.D., president of the college and Jean LeRoque, D.O., president ofthe National Alumni Association of DMSCOS.

Classes for the first semester of the 1953-54 school year will beginon Tuesday, September 8 at 8:00 A.M. An all college convocationto honor the members of the freshman class will be held in the Con-sistory Auditorium at 6th and Park Ave. at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday,September 10, 1953.

REGISTRATION SCHEDULEFALL 1953

Wednesday, September 2, 19539:00 A.M. Freshman Convocation

Thursday, September 3, 19539:00-11:00 A.M. Freshman Registration9:00-12:00 Noon. Freshman Physical Exams

Friday, September 4, 19539:00-11:00 A.M. Sophomore Registration.9:00-12:00. Noo-n.. Freshman .Physical Exams...2:00-3:30 P.M. Junior Registration

Tuesday, September 8, 19538:00 A.M. Classes begin8:00-9:00 A.M. Seniors register for 2nd quarter

Thursday, September 10, 195311:00 A.M. All-College Convocation

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not long exist as individual physi-cians without the other two parts,because to them we owe our exis-tence.

Failure to belong to our profes-sional associations as dues payingmembers and failure to give oursupport to our colleges is a denialof ourselves as professional menand women. If we permit justone of these three parts to die,the others will not long survive.Our support to our colleges is anobligation to our associations and

obligation to ourselves.A chain is no stronger than its

weakest link and although theosteopathic colleges have sur-mounted many vicissitudes in thepast and made phenomenal prog-ress through very difficult times,they are still operating on the pro-verbial shoestring. They have noreserve strength to fall back uponin the event of a major emergen-cy. With national and world af-fairs in their present shape, andas they will be for years to come,such an emergency could arise atany time.

1953 Seal CampaignThe Osteopathic Foundation

headquarters, Chicago, Ill., re-cently announced plans for thetwenty-third annual ChristmasSeal Campaign which will beginOctober 1. Members of the pro-fession, and of the Auxiliary willreceive examples of the campaignmaterials they are to send to pa-tients and friends from Novem-ber 1 through the seal season.

This year's seal will carry asits central figures, three mensinging of Christmas.

Proceeds of the campaign willagain go to osteopathic studentloan and research funds. This yearfor the first time the campaignwill be conducted under the Osteo-pathic Foundation. Seal Commit-tee Chairman is E. H. McKenna,D.O., Muskegon Heights, Mich.Committee members include Mrs.S. MM.Pugh, Everett, Wash.; S. V.Robuck, R. C. McCaukhan, andC. N. Clark and Miss Rose MaryMoser, A.O.A. Treasurer, all ofChicago. Ann Conlisk is the Cam-paign director.

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WELCOME

Pictured above are 56 members of the 1953-54Freshman class. The 63 members of this classcome from 16 states: Michigan, 21; Ohio, 12; Penn-sylvania, 9; Iowa and New York, 4; California, 2;and one each from Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota,Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey,

Front Row (left to right): Jack iSpirtos, Campbell, Ohio;Bernard M. Kay, Detroit, Michigan; Charles J. Yelsa, Ana-conda, Montana; Alvin J. Shapiro, Detroit, 'Michigan;Marcia J. Ollom, New Braunfels, Texas; Daher B. Rahi,Shweir, Lebanon; Robert J. Fuss e, egtroait n Ber-nard L. Conn, Detroit, Michigan; Dino T. Cacciopo, Akron,Ohio.

Third Row (left to right): Charles J. Defever, St.Clair Shores, Michigan; Christy Ventresco, Youngstown,Ohio; Charles P. Russo, St. Clair Shores, Michigan; An-drew Cucuiat, Detroit, Michigan; David T. Salvati, Auburn,New York; David Susser, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; WillieF. Sibley, Youngstown, Ohio; Ernest A. Schillinger, NewYork, New York; Alexander R. Hardie, Detroit, Michigan.

Fifth Row (left to right): Byron P. Georgeson, Detroit,Michigan; Walter L. Wilson, Tulsa, Oklahoma; LlewellynWilson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Irving Epstein, Phila-delphia, Pennsylvania; Robert C. McLaughlin, Des Moines,Iowa; Charles C. Atwood, Center Harbor, New Hampshire;Jack R. Briar, Des Moines, Iowa; Robert F. Weissinger,Des Moines, Iowa; Hugh C. Furness, Van Nuys, California.

FRESHMEN!

Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin. One foreigncountry, Lebanon, is also represented.

All of the members of this class have at leastthree years of pre-osteopathic education and 46have Baccalaureate degrees. One student has aMasters degree. (See chart on page 3)

Second Row (left to right): Samuel W. Kaufman, River-side, California; Harry E. Harrisl, Bloomfield, N. J.; Ber-nard Dash, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saul Jeck, Philadel-phia, Pennsylvania; Lamar Miller, Poland, Ohio; LouisRadnathy, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Paul D. Tenney,Mount Vernon, Iowa; John C. Baker, Manrkato, Minnesota;Witliam J. Vernier, Detroit, Michigan.

Fourth Row (left to right): Allen 'M. Waller, Brooklyn,N. Y.; Thomas R. Carey, Detroit, Michigan; Louis A. La-Riccia, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Maurice Cook, London, Ken-tucky; Tom L. Sefton, Dayton, Ohio; Leon Gilman, Kenosha,Wisconsin; William J. Seifer, Warren, Ohioa; Donald E.Glanton, Dayton, Ohio; Harry Stiggers, Warren, Ohio;David L. McSwain, Detroit, Michigan.

Sixth Row (left to right): Bernard Weiss, Detroit,Michigan; Albert J. Stepanski, Royal Oak, Michigan; Ken-neth E. Neff, Detroit, Michigan; William J. Eubanks, De-troit, Michigan; Howiard P. Crum, Tiffin, Ohio; FranklinJ. Schniderman, University, City, Missouri; Robert S. Ravetz,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Charles A. Murphy, Detroit,Michigan; Edward K. Farmer, Newark, Ohnio,; Edward R.Kadletz, Iron Mountain, Michigan.

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State Fair, supposedly one of thelargest state fairs in the nation,closed its most successful season.What fun as a boy it was to al-ways attend the county fair andthen, later in life, to be privi-leged to attend various statefairs. A fair and a circus aretruly great American Institu-tions.

When thinking of fair or cir-cus time each year, I am remind-ed of Roe Fulkerson's story.

"There were once two smallboys who almost saw a circus.Their father, a farmer, on asmall farm ten miles out in thecountry, told them that if theywould work hard all summer, hewould give them the money to gosee the circus when it came totown that fall. All summer longthey labored faithfully and thatfall their father kept his prom-ise.

"When the happy day arrived,they arose at the crack of dawnand walked ten long, dusty milesto town, their fifty-cent piecesclutched in their hands. On theedge of town they saw their firstcircus poster. It depicted glori-ously-beautiful ladies in spangledtights walking the high wire.When they could tear themselvesaway, they walked down thestreet to the next poster wherethey were confronted with man-eating lions, elephants from thejungles, giraffes, hippopotamiand many other strange animals.The boys were delirious with de-light. Through the streets of thetown, from poster to poster, theboys walked, gazing blissfullyat bare-back riders in fluffyskirts, clowns with painted faces,strong men lifting unbelievableweights, aerialists flying throughthe air with the greatest of ease.It was late afternoon when theboys finished looking at the lastposter.

"Realizing that there was nomore to be seen, one of the boysturned to the other and asked,'Who do we pay?' A tall fellowstanding nearby said, 'Pay meboss. I take the money.'

"It was a year before theyfound out they had not seen thecircus at all."

How many of us today are liv-ing as those two boys lived thatday, mistaking shadow for sub-stance and mistaking the surfacethings of life for life itself? Yes,how many of us are mistakingthe false for the true, and goingon to old age without ever havingseen the circus at all?

The three fundamental char-acteristics of living are: (1)adapation, (2) growth, and, (3)reproduction. Education is not


"This is that place called Korea," points out Robert J.Fuss of Detroit, Michigan, who spent 9 months in Koreawith the 180th infantry of the 45th Division. The occasionwas a get together, in the college, of those students whoserved in the armed forces during the Korean conflict. Sixof these Korean veterans are also veterans of World WarII.

Seated left to right: Robert F. Weissinger, (K) DesMoines, Iowa; Richard J. Bayles (W W II & K), Detroit,Michigan; Ernest E. Ainslie (W W II & K), West La-fayette, Indiana;

Standing left to right: Robert W. Gustafson (W W II &K), Des Moines, Iowa; Donald E. Glanton (W W II & K),Dayton, Ohio; Fuss (K); Aloys J. Daack, (W WT II & K),Zillah, Washington; Andrew Cucuiat, (W W II & K), De-troit, 'Michigan; David Susser, (K), Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-vania; Willie F. Sibley, (K), of Youngstown, Ohio.(K) Korean Conflict.

(W W II & K) World War II and Korean Conflict.

Two New Motion Pictures Now Available From

American Osteopathic AssociationCHICAGO, (AOA)-Two new

motion pictures for public show-ing have been produced and re-leased by the American Osteo-pathic Association and The Oste-opathic Foundation. They portraythe wide scope of osteopathic ed-ucation and practice and fill aneed long felt and widely ex-pressed throughout the profes-sion. Both films are in 16 mm,sound and color.

Prints will be available forloan or purchase to divisional so-cieties, the Auxiliaries, the affili-ated groups, and individual mem-bers of the profession.

The film "For A Better To-morrow" utilizes the theme of thedoctor shortage as a current andhighly controversial problem ofwide public interest. It uses theeducational program in osteopath-ic colleges to illustrate that thetraining of physicians is the long-est, costliest and most complexeducational program in Ameri-ca.

This presents opportunity to

describe at the film showing thewide range and scope of osteo-pathic education and practice.The story is of special interest toclubs, fraternal organizations,veterans groups, church and PTAgroups; schools, colleges, wom-en's clubs, and many others. Thefilm is 22 minutes long.

The film "Physician and Sur-geon, D. O." asks what the let-ters after the doctor's name meanand then proceeds to portray thesignificance of the degree "D.O."It also tells the story of osteo-pathic education and research.

This film is particularly de-signed for vocational guidanceuse in schools and colleges andfor the vocational programs ofservice clubs and other groups.It may be used effectively to bringinformation about the wide rangeand scope of osteopathic educationand practice to any special group.

To book either of these films orto secure additional informationwrite: The Osteopathic Founda-tion, 212 East Ohio Street, Chi-cago 11, Illinois.

Selective ServiceTest DatesAnnounced

The fourth series of the Selec-tive Service College QualificationTests will be given on Thursday,November 19, 1953 and Thursday,April 22, 1954. The test scoresand scholastic standing, in juniorcolleges, colleges and universitieswill be used by local boards todetermine whether registrants areeligible for consideration for de-ferment as students. These testswere first given in the spring of1951.

Continued manpower demandsmake it important that draft-eligible students who have nottaken the test should do so assoon as possible.

Students whose academic yearwill end in January, 1954 areurged to take the November 1953test so that the score will be intheir Cover Sheets before the endof the academic year, at whichtime the local boards will reopenand consider their cases to de-termine whether they may be de-ferred as students. To be eligibleto take the test, an applicantmust (1) intend to request de-ferment as a student; (2) besatisfactorily pursuing a full-timecourse of instruction; (3) mustnot previously have taken thetest.

Applicants forthetestwill secureApplication Blanks and Self-Ad-dressed envelopes from their local


Commonwealth of Pennsyl-vania

Department of Public Instruc-tion Osteopathic Surgeons'

Examining BoardHarrisburg, August 28, 1953

Dr. Edwin F. Peters, PresidentDes Moines Still College ofOsteopathy and SurgeryDes Moines 9, IowaDear Dr. Peters:

At a meeting of the Osteo-pathic Surgeons' ExaminingBoard held here yesterday, amotion that the Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery, Des Moines 9, Iowa,be placed on the list of ap-proved hospitals was passedunanimously. The Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery will, therefore, beplaced on the list of hospitalsapproved by the Board.

Sincerely yours,(Signed)D. E. CrosleyDeputy Superintendent, andChairman,Osteopathic Surgeons'Examining Board.

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Lowell Troester (center) president of Psi Sigma Alpha,National Osteopathic Scholastic Honor Society presents toMax Stettner (right) the annual P.S.A. award given to thesophomore student with the highest grade point averageduring his first two years at DM.S.C.O.S. Stettner fromDayton, Ohio received his B.S. degree from the City Collegeof New York and his M.S. degree from New York Univer-sity.

Byron A. Beville (left) of Waldo, Florida received theannual P.S.A. award given to the freshman student with thehighest grade point average during his first year atD.M.S.C.O.S. Beville who received his B.S. degree in Phar-macy from the University of Florida operated his own drugstore before deciding to become an osteopath.

Presentations were made during the first all college con-vocation honoring the members of the freshman class onSeptember 10.

ENROLLMENT STATISTICSFALL - 1953

ber of: Fresh- Soph-men

Students .................. 63States Represented .......... 16

Foreign Countries Represented 1Women ................... 1Colleges Represented ........ 38Degrees, AB, BA. BS. ........ 46Degrees, MA, MS ............ 1Veterans-W. W. II .......... 17Veterans Korean........... 4Veterans-W. W. I & Korean.. 3

Members of the student bodyof D.M.S.C.O.S. for the 1953-54school year come from 28 states:Michigan 71; Iowa 37; Ohio 34;Pennsylvania 30; New York 11;California 7; Florida and Nebras-ka 5 each; Illinois and Missouri 4each; Kentucky, Minnesota andNew Hampshire each has 3; andOklahoma, Washington, and Wis-consin have 2 each.

The following states are repre-sented by one student from eachstate- Indiana, Maryland, Mon-tana, New Mexico, Oregon, RhodeIsland, South Carolina, South Da-kota, Texas, West Virginia andWyoming.

Two of our students come fromThe Territory of Hawaii. BritishWest Indies, Dominion of Canada,Ethiopia and Lebanon are repre-sented by 1 student each.

omores Juniors Seniors *Sp

69 58 5613 & 19 16

Hawaii1 0 11 2 0

43 41 3552 39 423 5 2

26 26 440 0 01 1 0

It is interesting to ncmembers of the studenreceived t h e i r pre-training, at least 3 ydifferent colleges andand that 182 studentceived their Baccalaigrees and 11 studentceived Masters Degre(

In reviewing thestatistics from the FRuntil the present tirfound that the numbdents having Baccalagrees has increasedyear.

No. ofDegrees

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)ecials Total

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Edgar 0. Angel (left) of Balaclava, Jamaica, BritishWest Indies welcomes Dahar Rahi of Schweir, Lebanonto D.M.S.C.O.S. as Atnafie Temtemie of Addis Ababa,Ethiopia observes. Before entering D.M.S.C.O.S. Angel (sen-ior) received his B.A. degree from Drake University, Tem-temie (sophomore) received his A.B. degree from NebraskaWesleyan University and Rahi (freshman) received his B.S.degree from the University of Detroit.

Dean's LetterPost Graduate Education-Why?

To a doctor, post-graduate education may have several connota-tions. Post-graduate education may mean a few days snatched froma busy professional life for the purpose of attending the educationalfeatures of a convention. It may mean the deliberate departurefrom a busy office for the purpose of attending a special study con-ference, involving loss of time and money.

Most doctors know that advances in their art and the basic sci-ences which underlie it are constantly occu'rring. In fact, the accumu-lation of new knowledge is mounting in almost geometrical progres-sion.

2 28 & The necessity for keeping informed and up-to-date becomes asHawaii important as the proper attention that must be given to professional

1 4 practise in the office. How can both responsibilities be managed at0 4 the same time?3 91 Will a few minutes a day with the druggist do it? Will pam-3 182 phlets and circulars from drug mnaufacturers do it? Will a few2 11 days at the convention do it? Will late hours reading through the0 4 latest books and periodicals do it? Or should specially planned short0 5 courses and other programs and workshops be seriously attended?

No doubt most doctors resort to most all of the above methods ofote that the continuing their education-an education which will never end. Manyt body have doctors continue their education on a day-by-day pickup plan, whileosteopathic others select a special area for concentrated study making it a hobby,ears, in 91 so to speak.universities The latter group take time off periodically to attend a special:s have re- series of lectures which is frequently offered in an osteopathic college.ureate De- What better place could there be than a college with all the bene-;s have re- fits of a highly trained faculty, each an authority in his field! Thees. atmosphere is academic and conducive to concentration on study, theenrollment study program is well organized and correlated and there is the

all of 1950 library for further support.me it was When the doctor graduated, he received a diploma which para-er of stu- doxically meant that he was qualified to begin rather than to stop.ureate De- In Osteopathy, there can be no stopping. The four years spent inyear after an osteopathic college are only the beginning. From that time on,

the graduate doctor will always find it to his advantage to continueto enroll at his school for the many valuable courses of instruction

Enrollment which only his college can offer properly.The organized mind will profit most from organized educational

299 progress-the loss of a little time and money will not be a sacrifice,281 but will pay dividends many times over in the satisfaction of know-258 ing that every effort is being made to follow the stipulations of the249 Osteopathic Oath.

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preparing to live, but is the actof living. What is this act ofliving? Adapation in Educationplays a most important role. Thedemands of society, the discov-eries of research, and the recentdevelopments in the Art of Prac-tice have required many changesin curriculum and teaching tech-niques in all educational institu-tions. The process of adapationis constantly evident in all ourschools.

A review of any statistics inthe field of Education readilyshows the tremendous growthwhich has occurred in the lasttwo decades and the plateau hasnot been reached. This growthis especially noticeable in Osteo-pathic Education.

The third characteristic of lifeis that of reproduction, and, fora profession to live, reproductionis a must. Therefore, for theOsteopathic profession to live,there are two optional programs:Enlarging the facilities at ourpresent colleges, or, foundingnew Osteopathic colleges. Onlythen will we be able to trainmore Osteopathic physicians.

Let's not mistake satisfactionwith our professional status oftoday for the needs of the profes-sion for tomorrow. Let's notlive a life of self-contentmentwhen we should all be striving forgreater professional goals andattainments. Let's not reach theage of retirement without seeingthe circus at all. Yes! Thereis a difference between fantasyand reality.

Dr. Laycock's Book Now Ready Did You Know!The July issue of the Log Book

carried a story on page 1 underthe heading of "Dr. Laycock Au-thors Technique Manual." Italso stated that you place yourorder, for the Manual of JointManipulation, with Mrs. LucilleWilliams, Mgs. Bookstore, D.M.-S.C.O.S., Des Moines, Iowa.

Mrs. Williams states that dueto the fact that the books were

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board. They cannot obtain themfrom any other source. Applica-tions for the November 19, 1953test must be postmarked not laterthan November 2, 1953 and maileddirectly to the Educational Test-ing Service. Applications post-marked after midnight of thatdate cannot be accepted for theNovember test.

The present criterion for de-ferment as an undergraduate stu-dent is first, a College Qualifica-tion Test score of 70 or better;second, a class standing as fol-lows, (upper one-half of malefreshmen class, upper two-thirdsof the male sophomors class, orupper three-fourths of the juniorclass.)

Students accepted for admis-sion. and attending graduateschool prior to July 1, 1951, satis-fy the criteria for deferment iftheir work is satisfactory. Grad-uate students admitted and at-tending graduate school afterJuly 1, 1951, must have been inthe upper one-half of their classor made a score of 75 or better

a month late in arriving fromthe publishers the orders couldnot be filled promptly. Suffi-cient quantities are now anhand and orders are filled theday received. If you have notreceived your copy by this timenotify Mrs. Williams.

The volume contains 437 pagesand has over 300 photographicillustrations of technique. Price$7.00.

on the College Qualification Test.It is important that registrants

realize that the test score doesnot in itself constitute a directiveto the local board to place the stu-dent in a deferred classification,nor does the test constitute anexemption of any kind. The testscore simply constitutes additionalevidence to be considered in con-nection with a request for defer-ment.

A bulletin containing completeinformation with regard to eligi-bility, application procedure, andscope of the test, is available atall local board offices, junior col-leges, colleges, and universitiesin each state.

College MovieNow Available

A 16mm kodachrome movie,The Doorway To Osteopathy,which depicts osteopathic edu-cation in DMSCOS is nowavailable. Address your re-quests to Dr. Edwin F. Peters,President of DMSCOS, DesMoines, Iowa. State first, sec-ond and third choices of showingdates.

At the national convention inChicago during July the Houseof Delegates reaffirmed the de-termination of the osteopathicprofession to maintain its identityas a separate and distinct schoolof medicine.

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All six osteopathic collegeshave received cancer grants (ap-proximately $25,000 each annual-ly) from the United States Pub-lic Health Service. The U. S. Pub-lic Health Service and the U. S.navy have furnished osteopathicresearch grants for the collegewhich are located at Chicago, DesMoines, Kansas City, Kirksville,Mo., Los Angeles and Philadel-phia.

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Medical Economics, in its Jan-uary 1953 issue says the AverageDoctor has an income of $3.76 perhour while the average bricklayermakes $3.25 per hour.

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Dr. R. H. BeutnerJoins CollegeFamily

President Edwin F. Peters ofDMSCOS announces the ap-pointment of Dr. R. H. Beutnerof Philadelphia, Pa. as AssociateProfessor of Pharmacology.

Dr. Beutner received his Dr.Eng. degree from the Universityof Karlsruhe, and his Ph.D.(Physical and Electrochemistry)and M.D. from the University ofBerlin. From 1924-36 he was atLouisville School of Medicine andfrom 1936 until 1950, Dr. Beut-ner served as Professor, thenHead of the Department of Phar-macology, Hahnemann MedicalCollege.

Dr. Beutner is a member ofnumerous scientific societies andhas published over two-hundredresearch articles. He is also theauthor of three books*. On Sep-tember 2, 1953, the Doctor pre-sented a paper on "The Originof the Action Current of Nerve"before the International Physio-logical Congress in Montreal,Canada. On September 7, 1953,Dr. Beutner presented a paperbefore the American Society forPharmacology and ExperimentalTherapeutics in conference atYale University on "ReversiblePhosphatide Splitting and theNerve Impulses."

On September 11 and 12, Dr.Beautner attended a Symposiumon Neuro-Humoral Mechanisms,held in Philadelphia, Pennsylva-nia. Attendance at the sympo-sium was by invitation only.

*Physical Chemistry of LivingTissues and Life Processes;The Origin of Electric Currentin Living Tissues;Life's Beginning On the Earth.

Dinner for StudentsSeniors and juniors of

D.M.S.C.O.S. and their wives willbe dinner guests of the IowaSociety of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons at the Hotel Sav-ery in Des Moines, Sunday eve-ning, November 29.

"The best wishes of the members of the official family, thealumnae and student body of the college go with you on your newprofessional assignment." With these words President Edwin F.Peters (right) said goodbye to Dr. Murray Goldstein.

Dr. Goldstein, Class, of October, 1950, will report to the UnitedStates Public Health Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, oln November 1,1953 as a United States Public Health Medical Officer with therank of Senior Assistant Surgeon. Dr. Goldstein is the first Osteo-pathic physician to receive such an appointment.

Dr. Goldstein, a native of New York City, graduated fromNew York University in 1947. After his graduation, with distinc-tion, from the Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgeryhe interned in Still COsteopathic Hospital and then spent two yearsas a resident in Internal Medicine. Dr. Goldstein is a Veteran ofWorld War II and is married.

Dr. E. W. McWilliams DMS '14Honored for Community Service

Dr. E. W. McWilliams, osteo-pathic physician of ColumbusJunction, Iowa, was honoredwith the presentation of a 40year pin at the Business andProfessional Women's dinnerThursday evening. The awardfrom the BPW was presented byhis son, Dr. Thos. P. McWilliamsof Bayard, Iowa. Dr. and Mrs.McWilliams are the parents oftwo sons, Edgar Leonard, whodied in infancy and Dr. T. P.McWilliams of Bayard.

Dr. McWilliams in addition tohis successful practice as anosteopathic physician, has servedthe community as mayor, secre-

ary of the Columbus ChautauquaAssociation, member of the towncouncil, member of the board ofeducation, superintendent of thePresbyterian Sunday school, anelder of the church officiary,president of the Community Cluband active in all community wel-fare projects. Fraternally he isa member of the Masonic andI.O.O.F. Lodges and of the East-ern Star where he is now serv-ing his 20th year as Worthy Pa-tron. He was in the Service inWorld War I.

-(Courtesy of The ColumbusGazette, C o l u m b u s Junction,Iowa, October 8, 1953.)

DMSCOS HostTo BiologicalPhotographers

The fall conference of the Up-per Midwest Chapter of the Na-tional Biological PhotographicAssociation Inc., was held in DesMoines, Iowa September 26-27,1953.

The membership of the Asso-ciation is composed of profes-sional photographers who areprincipally engaged in Medicalphotography.

The following scientific ses-sions were held at the VeteransHospital on Saturday, Septem-ber 26.

"Duplicating Positive ColorTransparencies, Joseph K.Brown, Des Moines, Iowa;"A Method and Illuminatorfor Radiographic Reproduc-tion", Howard T. Toenniges,Des Moines, Iowa; "MedicalExhibits-"A Modern Con-cept"-Barbara J. Allison,Des Moines, Iowa; "An Ap-paratus for Close-up Sterio-photography", H o w a r d G.Swift, Des Moines Registerand Tribune, Des Moines,Iowa. "Print Quality" - apanel discussion of exhibitionphotographs-E. Lynn Bald.-win, Des Moines, Moderator."Magnetic Sound Recordingon 16 mm Motion PictureFilm"-Richard Kent, IowaCity, Iowa.Saturday evening members of

the association w e r e dinnerguests of the College at HotelSavery. Following the dinner,Leo C. Massopust, (Fellow of theNational Biological Photogra-phers Association) from Milwau-kee, Wisconsin, spoke on "Infa-Red-its Medical PhotographicSignificance and Applications."

On Sunday morning the follow-ing demonstration - seminars,were held in the college.

Closed circuit television,Doug P. Minnich, DesMoines, Iowa,Stero motion pictures (Theo-dore R. Schinzel and HarryL. Forsyth of Des Moines,Iowa.)

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The President Chats tudent Grouin Elect Officers Did You Know!At a busy corner, a traffic of-

ficer was hard at work. He heldup his right hand to stop thethree cars approaching from thenorth and south so that the twocars coming from the east andwest could cross the street. Allthe cars stopped at the signal ex-cept the small coupe driven by anelderly lady, who drove serenelyon against the signal. The of-ficer blew his whistle shrilly andwaved the lady over to the curb.Striding up to the side of thecar, he demanded, "Don't youknow what I mean when I holdup my hand like this?" "I oughtto," she replied, smiling reminis-cently. "I taught school fortwenty-five years."

She was a woman of experi-ence.

Every man, while in early life,goes through the entire experi-ence of the human race. Ourancestors climbed around in treesuntil they discovered that firewould scare away the savagebeasts. Streams impeded theirprogress until they learned aboutboats. They learned to lie to es-cape the consequences of theiracts. Each man has gonethrough all these steps, climbingevery tree and back fence, play-ing with matches and buildingbonfires, building rafts to paddlearound on frog-ponds and creeksand, finally, learning to lie toescape the consequences of hisown acts.

These things are of no greatconsequence, because they aresimply the stages in the advance-ment of a man from childhood tomanhood. We might say thatthis is the evolution of humangrowth. And so it is with theeducational programs of today.The magnitude of the educationalhorizons has expanded from anarrow restricted curriculum,limited to the chosen few, to agreatly expanded offering of for-mal instruction in all the areasof human endeavor.

We have passed the 'time whenone can live on the reputation ofhis father or grandfather, or onhis own achievements of yester-day. The day of prejudice andbigotry in the educational worldis past history. The student bodyof our schools must be all repre-sentative, the uniform of our stu-dents to be the common purposeand ideals of their educationalcourse.

Down the street marches acompany of soldiers. Look intotheir faces as they pass. See ifyou can pick out the Republicanfrom the Democrat, the Catholicfrom the Protestant. Select for

Election of officers for student groups has held the spotlight in student activities. With the 1953-54 school yearwell under way, smokers and parties for the Freshmen stu-dents and the Student-Faculty Council Dinner-Dance nowpast history, new officers of student groups can now plantheir activities for the remainder of the school year. Re-sults of elections are listed below.

Atlas ClubPresident, William Vawter, Santa Monica, Calif.; Vice-President,

Donald Waite, Columbus, Ohio; Secretary, Dale Keighley, Dayton,Ohio; Treasurer, James Lanham, Niles, Ohio.

Iota Tau SigmaPresident, Richard L. Schwan, Beaverton, Oregon; Vice-President,

Michael J. Warhola, Lorain, Ohio; 'Treasurer, John L. Gier, RanchoSanta Fe, Calif.; Corresponding Secretary, Aloys Daack, Zillah,Wash.; Recording Secretary, Frederick Sutter, Ames, Iowa; His-torian, Edward M. Shealy, Albuquerque, New Mexico;

Lambda Omicron GammaPresident, Zane Hurkin, Brooklyn, New York; Vice-President,

Edwin Frieman, Jersey City, New Jersey; Secretary, Albert Golin,Philadelphia, Pa.; Treasurer, Robert Gillon, Philadelphia, Pa.; I.F.C.Representative, Robert Kreamer, Millville, New Jersey; Alternate,Sanford Siegal, Pittsburgh, Pa.;

Phi Sigma GammaPresident, Thomas Young, Mayview, Mo.; Vice-President, Bruno

Mirowski, Detroit, Mich.; Secretary, Gerald Hohn, St. Clair Shores,Mich.; Treasurer, John Herzog, Brainard, Minn.;

Delta OmegaPresident, Phoebe Benson, Detroit, Mich.; Vice-President and

Treasurer, Jennie Tripsin, Detroit, Mich.; Secretary, Evelyn Moun-tain, Brownsville, Pa.

Square and CompassPresident, Herbert Miller, Cheswick, Pa.; Vice-President, Dar-

rell Brown, Arapahoe, Nebraska; Secretary and Treasurer, LouisHasbrouck, Ogdensburg, N. Y.

Psi Sigma AlphaPresident, Lowell Troester, Latimar, Iowa; Vice-President, Rich-

ard Kalman, Detroit, Mich.; Secretary, Claire Armstrong, Glendale,Calif.; Treasurer, Joseph Maxwell, Miami, Florida.

Newman ClubPresident, John Thesing, Lancaster, Ohio; Vice-President, John

Herzog, Brainard, Minn.; Secretary, Joseph Walczak, Detroit, Mich.;Treasurer, Joseph Conti, Sharon, Pa.

Osteopathic Womens College ClubPresident, Julie Steinecker; Vice-President, Dorothy Young; Sec-

retary, Mary Kalenak; Treasurer, Lucille Schmidt; Parliamentarian,Alta Lee Beville.

Interfraternity CouncilPresident, John Gier, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Vice-President,

Robert Kreamer, Millville, New Jersey; Secretary and Treasurer,Jennie Tripsin, Detroit, Mich.

me the Jews and the Gentiles.Pick the boy from across thetracks and the boy whose familybelongs to the "400" group. Thatuniform makes them all lookalike. They have a common goalin mind-they will risk theirlives for freedom.

Let us risk our lives for thethings we believe in and holddear by supporting our own edu-cational program!

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sity, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; MayoClinic, Rochester, Minnesota;State University of Iowa Medi-cal School, Iowa City, Iowa; Uni-versity of Minnesota MedicalSchool, Minneapolis, Minnesota;and three Veterans Administra-tion Hospitals located in DesMoines and Iowa City in Iowa,and Wood, Wisconsin.

"Founders Week at DMSCOSwas a great success," stated Dr.Jean F. LeRoque, president ofthe National Alumni Association.

"I want to take this opportunityty to thank every one who helpedmake this a memorable occasionand to express the thanks of theAlumni who were in attendance.The progress that has been madein osteopathic education in DMS-COS and the many changes in thephysical plant were constanttopics of conversation."

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Stanley D. Miroyiannis, Ph.D.,Professor of Anatomy of DMS-COS was recalled to active dutyfor 90 days during the summermonths.

A Major in the Medical ServiceCorps (Active Reserve) he wasassigned to The Medical FieldService School at Fort SamHouston, Texas. Major Miroyi-annis was an instructor in Anat-omy as well as a student.

"It was a complete trainingprogram and a very good one,"stated Major Miroyiannis, "classroom lectures eight hours a dayplus full field training at nearbyBullis Field. In order to accom-plish everything in the programwe had to get up at four o'clockin the morning and many timeswe were still going strong ateleven o'clock at night."

Major Miroyiannis is presentlyassigned as a staff and facultymember to the 373 General Hos-pital Unit, Detachment 1 of theFirst Army Command and to the5904 Medical Unit of the FifthArmy Command, Iowa MilitaryDistrict, Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

Square & CompassThe Des Moines Still College

Square and Compass club heldits annual September meetingfor election of officers. Results ofelection: President, Herb Miller;Vice-President, Darrell Brown;Sec.-Treas., Louis Hasbrouck.Tentative plans were made for aclub dinner-dance at the El-BonClub of the Za-Ga-Zig Shrine,similiar to the one held lastspring. A potluck picnic anddance for Masons and guests isalso planned during early fall.

The club elected Dr. RaymondJuni club sponsor for the comingyear. Dr. Juni has greatly as-sisted the club program for de-gree teams this past year.



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Deans LetterOctober 1, 1953, is in the past.

This date marked the Third An-nual Professional Day for theCollege. On this occasion, repre-sentatives from six states madetheir appearances before the stu-dents of the college and engagedin many subsequent individualconferences with the students:(See picture number 5 on thispage).

Seated (left to right) Dr. LeoR. Conley K. C. '42, Chairman,Intern Selection Committee, Doc-tors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio;Dr. Carl V. Blech, DMS '33 Pres-ident Wisconsin Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Sur-geons; Dr. Frederick K. Stewart,Spencer, West Virginia, and Mr.William Haese, Public RelationsCounsel, Wisconsin Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Sur-geons.

Standing: (left to right) Dr.Roswell P. Bates, PCO, '35 Sec-retary, Maine Osteopathic As-sociation and Speaker, House ofRepresentatives, Maine; Dr. C.L. Naylor, DMS '33, PresidentOhio Osteopathic Association ofPhysicians and Surgeons; Dr. M.E. Coy, KCOS '38, Secretary,Tennessee State Board of Exami-ners and Registration;Dr. RobertS. Sedar, DMS '47, Colorado Os-teopathic Association and Dr.John B. Shumaker, Dean ofDMSCOS.

Dr. H. L. Gulden DMS '34, PastPresident, Iowa Society of Osteo-pathic Physicians and Surgeonsand Mr. Dwight S. James, Secre-tary, Iowa Society of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons were onthe program but were not avail-able for the picture.

Maine and Colorado have joinedthe Professional Day plan forthe first time this year.

The occasion of ProfessionalDay has a four-fold purpose.

1. It offers an opportunityfor the states to bring tothe students first hand in-formation about the statesand opportunities for pro-fessional service.

2. The students can be-come personally acquaint-ed with these representa-tives.

3. Hospital representativescan have personal con-ferences with future pros-pective interns.

4. A long range plan forbringing doctors into astate becomes possible atlittle cost to the state so-cieties and approved hos-pitals.

Our Professional Day plan isbecoming more popular each yearand our students look forward toeach occasion. Professional Dayfor next Fall will be announcedin the August, 1954, issue of theLog Book.

Picture No. 1 above. Picture No. 2 above.

"This fellow was quite a character," stated Dr.Thomas E. Slater, (right) D.M.S. '20 from OilCity, Pennsylvania to senior student George S.Roulston, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The fellow in thepicture was George's father, Dr. George A. Roul-ston, a classmate of Dr. Slater.

Dr. Slater recently visited the college for thefirst time since 1920. After taking Dr. Slater ona tour of the college, clinic and hospital Georgeremarked, "I know a lot about my father nowthat I didn't know before and he thinks I'm acharacter'."

Picture No. 3 above.

One of the highlights of Founders Week was theFounders Day Banquet at Hotel Savery.

Introduction of guests was short the speech ofthe evening was terrific the food was good andthe orchestra was tops.

Visiting alumni relived their student days andwives found out a few things that they hadn'theard before. Everyone attending had a most en-joyable eveneng.

$25,000 Grant toDMSCOS

President Edwin F. Peters hasreceived word that the SurgeonGeneral of the United StatesPublic Health Service has ap-proved an Undergraduate Cardio-vascular Training Grant for theCollege of $25,000 a year for thisyear and for two additionalyears.

DMSCOS received a similargrant of $14,000 for the pastyear.

Dr. John P. Schwartz, ASO '19 of Des Moines,Iowa was the main speaker at the Founders DayBanquet. J. P. as he is affectionately known tohis colleagues and his many friends all over theUnited States was president of DMS from 1941-44

In reviewing the growth of the college Dr.Schwartz paid tribute to the osteopathic physiciansand lay people who have contributed so generouslyof their time and energy year after year. The ob-stacles that have been encountered and conqueredwith the many amusing incidents highlighted aterrific speech.

Picture No. 4.

Dr. Roswell P. Bates, (right) PCO '35 Speakerof the House of Representatives from the greatstate of Maine and Secretary of the Maine OIsteo-pathic Association receives a warm greeting fromIowa's Governor William Beardsley. In DesMoines for Professional Day at the College, Dr.Bates paid a courtesy call on Governor Beards-ley.

Following his visit with Governor, Dr. Batesvisited with Secretary of State Melvin D. Syn-horst.

Iowa AcademyThe Iowa Academy of Applied

Osteopathy met at the home ofDr. Anna Slocum on October 22.Dr. John Woods led the discus-sion covering "Disorders of theLiver."

Meetings of this organizationwill be held in Des Moines untilfurther notice. For informationwrite Dr. Sarah Jean Gibson,536 35th Street, Des Moines,Iowa.

Attention PleaseGive careful attention,

please, to the letter you re-ceived early this month fromE. H. McKenna, Chairman ofthe Committee on ChristmasSeals. It will tell you to ex-pect your seals about Novem-ber 10. It will ask you to or-der seal packets immediately,so you will have them readyfor your mailing to your pa-tients about November 10.

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ITSOn September 19th a party

honoring the entering Freshmanclass was held by Iota Tau Sig-ma at the Moose Lodge in DesMoines. The party was well-attended by members of theFreshman class as also by stu-dent members, their wives andalumni of the fraternity. The eve-ning was highlighted by dancing,a fine act by Mr. Eddie Tullock,a professional magician, and en-tertainment by brother Dr. Har-old E. Dresser, staff and facultymember of DMSCOS.

To Miss Helen Nahas who isRegistrar Wendell R. Fuller'ssecretary and brother HaroldPolance, our heartiest congratula-tions on the anouncement of theirapproaching marriage which willtake place on November 8, 1953.(Latest reports state that theRegistrar is looking for a newsecretary (married not single).

Our sincere congratulations al-so to Dr. Donald E. Sloan of DesMoines who recently was honoredby being elected the NationalPresident of Iota Tau Sigma.

P.S.G.Phi Sigma Gamma gave a very

successful pledge smoker on Sat-urday, October 17. Movies put outby the A.O.A. were shown and Dr.Juni delivered a "pep-talk" tothe freshmen who seemed to en-joy both. Congratulations aredue to the pledging committee forboth the size and success of thisaffair.

The next P.S.G. all school par-ty will be Saturday, October 31.The theme will be Halloweenand we believe a Hay-ride is inorder.

Dr. Harkness recently donateda 150 volume library to P.S.G. Itincludes some of the best volumesavailable on internal medecine in-cluding Tice's Practice of Medi-cine. Let us again thank you Dr.Harkness.

Osteopathic Women'sCollege Club

Mrs. Henry Steinecker presidedas the O.W.C.C. opened theirseason on September 22 at theP.S.G. House with a tea for thenew members. Guests, new mem-bers, and our sponsors-Mrs. ErleFitz and Mrs. R. O. Fagen, wereintroduced. Mrs. Louis Manley,Club Historian, gave a resume ofthe club's origin and progress.Dr. Edwin F. Peters welcomedthe new members and gave aninformative talk on the progressof the Osteopathic Physician andSurgeon. Hostesses for the eve-ning were Margaret Crommett,Georgia Daack, and Fran Fell.

First business meeting of theClub was on October 6. A letterfrom Dr. and Mrs. John Rolles,of- India- was --read and the Club -decided to again assist the Rolles(Dr. Rolles graduated from Stillin '52) in their new maternityclinic and hospital for childrenin India. Mrs. Ray Cannane wasappointed chairman of the com-mittee to select the articles andsecure them for the bundles forthe Rolles. Mrs. Aloys Daackwas appointed chairman of theStill Hospital Gift Cart commit-

Delta OmegaDelta Omega Sorority began

its activities on September 11,1953 with an outdoor supper atGreenwood Park. Miss Marcia J.Ollom of New Braunfels, Texas,Freshman was honored at thesupper.

The Sorority's first all-schoolactivity will be a Square DanceNovember 7 at Idlewilde Ranch.Details to be announced later.

Doctors Pat Spurgeon and Sal-ly Sutton, graduates of June1953 are interning in Michiganand Pennsylvania, respectively.

tee. The Club has its supply ofXmas cards and can fill orderspromptly - any quantity - bestquality. Hostesses for this meet-ing were Irma Wilson, NormaAnderson and Charlene Geise.

On October 16, Mrs. J. M.Moore, Jr., of Trenton, Tennessee,Student Wives' Counsellor of theA.A.O.A., came to visit our Club.Mrs. Moore and the Club Officerswere guests of the Polk CountyAuxiliary Executive Board at adinner at Younker's Tea Room.Mesdames B. E. Poundstone,Harry Elmets, John Agnew,Erle Fitz, and Dr. and Mrs. Ed-win F. Peters were all at thedinner after which the regularclub meeting was held at thehome of Mrs. G. L. Elliott, withMrs. G. P. Peterson as her as-sistant hostess. Mrs. James Lan-ham entertained the Club andguests with two delightful read-ings. Mrs. Moore, our charmingspeaker of the evening, told theClub of her visits with the Stu-dent Wives at Kirksville andKansas City and explained thevaried activities of the Osteo-pathic Auxiliary.

The next meeting will be heldNovember 3 at P.S.G. FraternityHouse.

L. O. GoLOG welcomed the freshmen

with both a picnic and a smoker.The picnic was held at BirdlandPark September 20. Sportsseemed to be the theme as thefreshmen took our measure infootball-but we managed tosave face in a softball game thatfollowed the eats.

The smoker on September 29thwas well-attended and featuredDr. Fitz in a lecture and demon-stration of hypnosis. Afterwardsthe upper clasmen formed around table and answered ques-

tions put to them by the fresh-men.

We will hold a work nightsoon-please watch the bulletinboards for the date.

In the middle of NovemberLOG will honor its seniors witha dinner. At the same time weexpect to initiate five sophomorepledges: Harry Handlesman, Her-bert Feldman, Gene Sikorsky, Al-lan MacKew, and Jack Chaney.

We all express our congratula-tions to brother Murray Goldsteinwho is the first osteopathic physi-cian to gain an appointment tothe U. S. Public Health Serviceas Senior Assistant Surgeon.Other accomplished brothers areBob Gillon and Irv Posner. Eachwas married during the summer.The Max Stettners are recentproud parents of a baby girl.

AtlasOn September 11, 1953 the At-

las Club held its annual Fresh-man smoker at the airport shelterhouse. The evening was high-lighted by consumption of enorm-ous quantities of refreshing bev-erages and food as well as theshowing of three educationalfilms. The turn-out by facultyand students numbered in thenineties.

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The Official Publication ofDES MOINES STILL COLLEGEOF OSTEOPATHY & SURGERY

Accepted for mailing at special ratesof postage provided for in Section 1103Act of October 3, 1917, authorized Feb.3, 1923.

Entered as second class matter, Feb-ruary 3, 1923, at the post office at DesMoines, Iowa, under the Act of August.24, 1912.



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SERVICE FRATERNITY REACTIVATED* * * * * * * *

A.O.A. Committee onChristmas Seals

Ann Conlisk, DirectorThis is the 23rd campaign in

osteopathic seal history. To get80,000 seals into the hands of theprofession, auxiliary and publicis its objective. To publicize osteo-pathy and to raise funds for oste-opathic student loans and re-search are its reasons for being.

Pictured above are the officers and some of the members ofAlpha Chapter of Sigma Sigma Phi, National Honorary OsteopthicService Fraternity. These students from the Kirksvitle College ofOsteopathy and Surgery were in Des Moines to initiate twelve stu-dents of DMSCOS into the reactivated Beta Chapter of Sigma SigmaPhi.

Three Men SingOf Christmas

One would give of himself asa physician. He is the osteo-pathic college student. He hasthe head, the heart, and thehands for healing. BUT . . . helacks the means to complete histraining.

THE STUDENT LOANFUND of The Osteopathic Foun-dation is helping one in 12 stu-dents in the osteopathic colleges.

Their average age is 2876% are married.56% have children.23% of the wives are employed.Most are in the upper half of

their classes. In 23 years of Stu-dent Loan Fund history, everymatured loan has been repaid.

Another would give of his in-curable curiosity. He is the re-search scientist who would ex-plore the limitless potential ofthe osteopathic concept of heal-ing. BUT . . . he needs equip-ment and technical assistants.

THE RESEARCH FUND of


Seated, left to right: John Schwei, treasurer, Temperance, Mich-igan; Ervin J. Maveal, president, Flat Rock, Michigan; Ben Testa,Bronx, New York; Keith Shaw, Dexter, Michigan.

Standing, left to right: Russell J. Joy, Fredonia, New York;Jto. Pron, Pesv otlaond, Oregon; Fred W. Vossbruch, Beach Haven,New Jersey; Frank Wedling, Willoughby, Ohio; Paul P. Shelton, Jr.,Madison, Indiana; William Williams, recording secretary, Twining,Michigan; James M. Short, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Alumni Re-elect Dr. LeRoqueTo Board of Trustees

Dr. Jean F. LeRoque has beenre-elected by Alumni of DMSCOSto be their representative on theBoard of Trustees of the College.

Genial Jean as he is known tohis many friends in and out ofthe profession has an intense in-terest in the growth of the Col-lege and is a tireless worker forhis profession. Although he is abusy G.P. he always finds timeto help out when asked to do so.

In addition to being president

of the National Alumni Associa-tion of DMSCOS Dr. LeRoque isa member of the Board of Gov-ernors of the American Collegeof General Practitioners in Os-teopathic Medicine and Surgeryand Chairman of its EducationalCommittee. Locally he is 2ndVice-president of the Polk CountySociety of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons and Chairman ofits Professional Affairs Com-mittee.

Beta Chapter of Sigma SigmaPhi National Honorary Osteopa-thic Service Fraternity inactivein DMSCOS since 1942 was re-activated during an organizationmeeting held at the College onNovember 9.

DrsS, VJlobuck, Grand Pres'-t_dent of Chicago, Illinois and P.R. Koogler, Grand Secretary-Treasurer of Kirksville, Missourimet with President Peters andstudents of DMSCOS to developplans for the formal reactivationand initiation of new members.

Objects and PurposesDr. Robuck told the students

that the objects and purposes ofSigma Sigma Chi were: "To fur-ther the science of Osteopathyand its standards of practice, toimprove the scholastic standingsand to promote a higher degreeof fellowship among its students;

To bring about a closer rela-tionship and under s t a n d i n gamong the student bodies and theofficials and members of the fac-ulties of our Colleges;

To foster allegiance to theAmerican Osteopathic Associa-tion and to perpetuate these prin-ciples and the teachings throughthe maintenance and developmentof this organization."

InitiationOn Tuesday evening November

17, during initia .. ceremoniesat the College twelve studentswere initiated into the fraternityby the Initiation Team of theAlpha Chapter, of Sigma SigmaPhi, located at the KirksvilleCollege of Osteopathy and Surg-ery, Kirksville, Missouri.

The new members are: Seniors,Claire Armstrong, Glendale, Cal-ifornia; Irwin Phillips, DesMoines, Iowa; Thomas Young,Mayview, Missouri; and JamesD. ZeBranek, Dearborn, Michi-gan. Juniors, Kurt Grebe, Mack-inaw City, Michigan; John Her-zog, Brainerd, Minnesota; JamesLanham, Niles, Ohio; EdwardRugenstein, Roseville, Michigan;Jack Stanzler, Providence, RhodeIsland; Max Stettner, Dayton,Ohio; John 'Thesing, Lancaster,Ohio, and John S. Urse, Jr., Fair-mont, West Virginia.

OfficersOfficers of the fraternity elect-


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The President ChatsPublic Relations, as generally

understood, are those activitiesso essential in building and main-taining sound and productive re-lations with the public at large.This definition certainly impliesmany avenues of endeavors forany business, institution, or pro-fession. With the above thoughtuppermost in the minds of theBoard of Trustees of the TexasAssociation of Osteopathic Physi-cians and Surgeons, a most am-bitious and far-reaching programof Public Relations was recentlyinaugurated by that governingbody, who, have sensed the im-portance of telling the story ofOsteopathic Medicine, not only totheir patients, but also to the col-leges--and-universities of Texas.

--- Thle-writer --has- just- completed-the second intensive week of theprogram, having the honor- of fol-lowing Dr. Morris Thompson,President of the Kirksville Col-lege of Osteopathy and Surgery,and helping to pave the way forDr. W. Ballentine Henley, Presi-dent of the College of OsteopathicPhysicians and Surgeons, andMr. L. W. Mills, Director of Edu-cation for the American 'Osteo-pathic Association.

Each of the four visiting peda-gogues are accompanying Dr.Phil R. Russell, Executive Secre-tary of the Texas Association ofOsteopathic Physicians and Sur-geons, to the colleges and uni-versities of Texas, counselingwith pre-medic advisors anddeans, speaking before pre-medi-cal and science clubs and address-ing district meetings of Osteo-plathic physicians and surgeons.Three or four such conferences,or speaking engagements, wouldbe held each day. At each speak-ing engagement the. new film, en-titled, "Your D.O.-Degree," pro-duced by the American Osteopa-thi.-- Association .thia.ipast spring,would be shown.

-- The reception by the educatorswas always a reception of cor-diality with an expressed desireto learn more about the Osteo-pathic colleges and the programof Osteopathic Education. Onequestion always asked by theTexas educators was, "What canwe do as a pre-medical institutionto help meet your college require-ments?" No finer question couldever be asked. The question doesindicate how the educators aredesirous of cooperating with ouiprofessional colleges. Further-more, this type of a question

' clearly indicates that a very important phase of Public :Relations has been slighted in thE'past by our profession.

While the writer has alwaysprided himself in being able t(stand the impossible when icomes to hard traveling and longhours, he must admit that Dr

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the Osteopathic Foundation sup-ports research programs in osteo-pathic colleges, hospitals, andclinics throughout the UnitedStates. A prime object of osteo-pathic research is to explore therelationship between body ab-normalities and disease.

For 31 years, research grantshave been made under osteopathicauspices. For a number ofyears, grants have also beenmade by the United States Pub-lic Health Service and the UnitedStates Navy.

Another makes possible thegiving of these two. This thirdone is YOU. You can buy a text-

book or help with tuitcan furnish a test tubeoratory.

One and one half pethe profession (168 docticipated last year irChristmas Seals to thei:-with a total of $7,000efforts. The total strivthis drive is $40,000. Ifof the osteopathic physiticipate in this camptotal will be easily resurpassed. Will YOUthe participating physic

Use the seals, that cmeet the 'Three Menof Christmas. Give tothat osteopathic medbetter serve you.

. .. ::ass ficers Elected

Freshman ClassPresident, Richard W. Pullum, North Miami, Fla.; Vice

Paul Tenney, Mount Vernon, Iowa; Secretary and Treasui

Ollom, New Braunfels, Texas.

Sophomore ClassPresident, Byron Beville, Waldo, Fla.; Vice-Preside

Frieman, Jersey City, New Jersey; Secretary, Jennie T

troit, Mich.; Treasurer, Byron Goldberg, Philadelphia, Pi

Junior ClassPresident, John Herzog, Brainerd, Minn.; Vice-Pres:

ald Blem, Detroit, Mich.; Secretary, Evelyn Mountain, I

Pa.; Treasurer, Phoebe Benson, Detroit, Mich.;

Senior ClassPresident, Henry Steinecker, St. Marys, Ohio; Vic

Lowell Troester, Latimar, Iowa; Secretary, E. Stanley

vada, Iowa; Treasurer, William Vawter, Santa Monica, C

Phil Russell, who arranged theTexas schedule of college visita-tion, has an unbelieveable amountof strength and endurance.

May the members of the Osteo-pathic profession, individuallyand collectively, imediately rea-lize that it is most important forthem to acquaint the public withthe high educational standards oftheir profession..

No greater honor can man be-stow upon a physician than toentrust unto him his health andlife.

Our physicians are duly proudof this honor and shall alwaysmerit such confidence. Also, nogreater challenge can be givenan Osteopathic physician than tocharge him in not only providingthe finest of professional serviceto his patients, but to provide tothe public accurate informationregarding his profession.

Fuller ElectedSecretary ofRegistrar's Assc

Wendell R. Fuller,DMSCOS was electeof the Upper Mid-Wtion of Collegiate Re;Admission Officers aassociation meeting hat Macalester CollegMinnesota October 25

This Associationof Registrars andOfficers from collegversities in Iowa,North Dakota and S(

Mr. Fuller is alsothe College facultiAlumni AssociationNorthwest Des Moi:Club and the Polk Coof Osteopathic PhiSurgeons.

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Osteopathy andThe Red Cross

r patleiLs, The symbiotic relationship, sofor their

ed for tin to speak, between the American9 percent Red Cross and Osteopathy be-

icians par- comes perfectly obvious when we)aign, the read the following paragraph

be one of from a letter by a recent gradu-cians? ate "I think you might be inter-)thers may ested in the results of the course

Who Sing in First Aid we had at school. I)'the seals, have been giving lectures to theicine may Sheriff's Posse, Churches and

the Sea Scouts-They are allwonderful chances for public re-lations and the reactions havebeen more than favorable. Istrongly recommend it to all theboys as a community opener asit brings them directly beforethe people."

-President, 'The Polk County (Iowa) Redrer, Marcia Cross is repeating its course in

first aid to our Senior class thisyear under the direction of Mr.Ralph C. Scroggs, Director ofSafety Service. Upon completion

nt, Edwin of the course, the students will'ripsin, De- be certified as First Aid Instruc-

a. tlors.

Instruction to the layman by adoctor on emergency and firstaid measures, or "what to do un-

ident, Don- til the doctor arrives" is of ma-Brownsville, jor importance to the community

and the nation. Who could bebetter qualified to instruct thepeople than a Red Cross instruc-tor who is also a licensed physi-cian?

e-President,e-resident, The American Red Cross,Nelson, Ne- through its various 'trainingJalif. programs, hopes ultimately to

realize that worthy goal of onetrained civilian in every six.Through its program for traininginstructors, our graduates whoqualify as instructors are pre-pared for a good entree into com-

)ciation munity life.

Registrar ofd Secretaryest Associa- Service Fraternity-gistrars andt the annual (Continued from Page 1)eld this year ed by the new members are:,~e, St. Paul,t an l C' laire E. Armstrong, President;

2 a 2 Irwin Phillips, Vice-president;is composed Jack Stanzler, Secretary-Treas-

Admissions'es and uni- urer and John Thesing, Histori-

Minnesota, an.)uth Dakota. Alumni

secretary of Alumni of Beta Chapter num-y, National bers 193. Time, date and placeof DMSCOS, of meetings will be announcednes Kiwanis soon. Alumni are urged to at->unty Society tend these meetings. When in

esicians and Des Moines contact Jack Stanz-ler at DMSCOS for information.

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Convention ItemsPresident Edwin F. Peters,

Doctors Harold E. Dresser, Ro-bert 0. Fagen, Walter E. Hein-len and Henry J. Ketman andMr. A. C. Parmenter, Adminis-trator of Still Osteopathic Hospi-tal attended the national conven-tion of the American College ofSurgeons and the AmericanOsteopath'c Hospital Associationat the Statler Hotel in LosAngeles, California, October 18-21.

President Peters appeared ona panel discussion, "What Osteo-pathic Colleges Are Doing toPrepare Students for Internship."

Mr. Parmenter also attendedthe national convention of theAmerican College of OsteopathicHospital Administrators held atthe Statler Hotel October 17.

Dr. Harold E. Dresser, Urolo-gist and Assistant Professor inSurgery in DMSCOS spoke to themembers of the Hawaiian Osteo-pathic Society in Honolulu Octo-ber 27. Dr. Dresser's sub-ject was "Urological Problems inGeneral Practice."

Still Dancing(See picture on this page-Sec-ond group from top.)

Students, faculty and D.O.'s inand around Des Moines dance tothe music of Keith Killenger andhis orchestra at the Annual Stu-dent-Faculty Council D i n n e rDance held at the Des MoinesGolf and Country Club, Wednes-day evening, October 21.

This event, the social high-light of the fall semester waswell-attended and a good timewas had by all.

In a note to your Editor, Soph-omore student George E. Evansfrom Cleveland, Ohio, presidentof the Student Faculty Councilmakes the following statements,"With the splendid cooperationreceived from everyone, students,the administration, faculty andD.O.'s in the field, how could thisevent help but be a great success.

Since it is very difficult for meto thank everyone would you puta note of THANKS in the LogBook?"

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Former StudentsSupport Wayne U.

--- ^On Friday night, November 6,

almost everyone in Drake Sta-dium thought that Wayne Uni-versity had brought with thempart of their student body to beon hand for the Drake-Waynefootball game.

What they didn't know wasthat the cheers and noise thatcame from the Wayne sectionwas provided by a small groupof 31 former Wayne students,now attending DMSCOS, andtheir friends.

Coaches and the team trainerfrom Wayne visited with theseformer students and toured theCollege in the afternoon beforethe game.

These former students, the LogBook Editor and E. Lynn Blad-win, photographer, were guestsof the Wayne coaches for the biggame. Following the game theformer students rushed onto thefield and grabbed three of theirplayers, and two of the coaches.The picture tells the rest of thestory. That ole college spiritand pride might fade a little butit never dies. (You don't have toguess which team won!)

College ExhibitAt TeachersConvention

DMSCOS had an exhibit at theIowa State Teachers Conventionheld in Des Moines on November5, 6, 7.

Designed to attract vocationalguidance personnel of the publicschools the exhibit was well re-ceived. Emphasis was on the doc-tor shortage not only in theUnited States but in Countriesall over the world. In the back-ground is a large map with smallflags on which was printed thenumber of people per doctor ineach country.

Below the map is a photomon-tage showing the various phaseso f osteopathic education inDMSCOS. Four side panels re-veal the requirements for en-trance into DMSCOS, the curri-culum, information on Cancer andCardiovascular diseases.

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Dtotogwycat rtolograprc Abssoczaztor,, inc., watch thre tuaest zn Siuduring their recent convention held at the V.A. Hospital andDMSCOS.

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Atlas ReportThe Atlas Club held its first

square dance of the year at theIdleWild Ranch October 3, 1953.There was a very large turnoutwith a mixture of students andfaculty. A professor of DrakeUniversiy did the calling while athree piece band banged out therhythm. All kinds of refresh-ments were served.

On October 5, 1953, MyronTimken and Lyle Fettig wereformally initiated into the AtlasClub. They are both Juniorswith high scholastic standing,Atlas reports.

On October 25, 1953, Mr. andMrs. Don Waite were blessed withtheir fourth child. That makesit four of a kind-all boys.

On Wednesday, November 4th,the following men were pledged

-dt-ike --A--3tl- Cl: L -Byro D I..'-. P.'Georgeson, Detroit, Mich.; BillSeifer, Warren, Ohio; HarryStiggers, Warren, Ohio; CharlesMurphy, Detroit, Mich.; EdFarmer, Newark, Ohio; JohnBaker, Mankato, Minn.; ErnestSchillinger, New York; HughFurness, Van Nuys, Cal.; DonGlanton, Dayton, Ohio; HowardP. Crum, Tiffin, Ohio; CharlesRusso, St. Clair Shores, Mich.;Charles Yelsa, Butte, Mont.;Dino Cacioppo, Akron, 'Ohio;Bill Hildebrand, Newton, Iowa;Bill Giese, Erie, Penna.; VernonHall, Seattle, Washington; J. Z.Schmidt, Kissimmee, Florida;Darrell Brown, Arapahoe, Ne-braska.

Iota Tau SigmaOne of the regular work-nights

which Iota Tau Sigma holds forthe benefit of its members andfriends was held on November4th at the clinic of brother Dr.Donald E. Sloan. Dr. Sloan dis-cussed the theory and operationof E.K.G. machines after whichactual operation of the various-types of E.K.G. machl ines was fol-

Attention Please!Have you ordered you copy of the "Manual of Joint

Manipulation"? Authored by Dr. Byron E. Laycock, Profes-sor of Principles and Practice of Osteopathy in DMSCOS thebook has 448 pages with over 360 photographic illustrations.Only $7.00 per copy this book is a must for every osteopathicphysician. Order your copy now by writing to Mrs. LucileWilliams, College Book Store, DMSCOS, 720-6th Ave., DesMoines 9, Iowa. A new supply from the publishers permitsimmediate delivery.

lowed by a discussion of the in-terpretations of E.K.G. recordsand the significance of variousfindings. The meeting was wellattended and much valuable in-formation was presented.

During the recent United Cam-paign held in Des Moines, thelocal chapter elected to give$50.00 to help carry on the workof the varlious 'haritb'abT1 organi-zations.

Many more work nights areplanned for the near future, thenext being an 80 minute A.O.A.film on the Management of Ob-stetrical Patients, on a date soonto be announced.

L. O. GoWe have a big work-night com-

ing! LOG is presenting a paneldiscussion with audience partici-pation on a topic of interest toall associated with our profes-sion-"Plans and Public Rela-tions of DMSCOS and Hospital."The date is set for December 8th.The panel will include PresidentPeters, Dean Shumaker, Dr.Waterbury, and another well-k n o w n osteopathic physician.Questions submitted by the stu-dent body and faculty will be dis-cussed. Look for our questionboxes and posters.

We are happy to welcome thefollowing men into our fraternityas pledges: Bernard M. Kay, Al-vin J. Shapiro, Willie F. Sibley,Irving Epstein, Robert F. Wes-

singer, Samuel F. Kaufman, Ber-nard Dash, Saul Jeck, Robert S.Ravetz, Richard J. Bayles, Har-old S. Powell, Seymour Weiner.

Sam Kaufman became a celeb-rity overnight-by proxy. Hiswife won a quizz contest and be-came "Queen for a Day!" Onethousand dollars in householditems was part of the prize.

Several of our seniors areleaving for out of town extern-ships-Dick Kalman, Joe Max-well, and Sam Schulman. Thesemen were honored at a senior par-ty at the Hotel Fort Des Moineson November 21st. Special con-gratulations for Dick Kalman whowon the coveted Williams Key-a National LOG award for thegraduating man who has donethe most for his chapter.

Newman ClubThe Newman Club has started

its monthly meetings under theguidance of the most Rev. Fr.Rasmussen of Dowling HighSchool. The programs will be acontinuation of a series of lec-tures on Medical Ethics.

On October 29 a picnic washeld at Water Works Park inhonor of the new members of theFreshman Class.

The next regular meetingwill be held at the P.S.G. House.All wishing to attend are cordial-ly invited. Watch for our meet-ing dates.

O. W. C. CoMeeting of the O.W.C.C. was

held at the P.S.G. House, Novem-ber 3, with Mrs. Henry Steinec-ker presiding.

Door prize was won by Mrs.Herb Miller.

It was reported that the PolkCounty Auxiliary was very en-thusiastic about helping the Clubin the project to send bundles toRev. and Mrs. John Rolles fortheir new maternity and chil-dren's clinic in India. Mrs. RayCannane, chairman of this com-mittee for the O.W.C.C., urgedthe members to get their bundlesready and contact her.

The Gift Cart is again in op-eration at Still Osteopathic Hos-pital and it is hoped it will ac-complish -the two-fold purpose ofrendering service to the patientsand add to the club receipts.

The Club has quite a varietyof Xmas cards, ribbons, andwrappings. Several of the wivesare selling these articles.

O.W.C.C. will make Xmas fav-ors for the hospital trays at Still,Wilden, and Des Moines GeneralOsteopathic Hospitals. Mrs. Wm.Crommett is chairman of thiscommittee.

Mrs. Tom Hardin and Mrs.Richard Kotz are co-chairmen ofthe committee for the Xmasparty to be held again this yearat the P.S.G. House for the chil-dren of Still College students.Several members have agreed tobake cookies, etc. for the party.

Hostesses for the evening wereMesdames Henry Tomashevski,Irwin Posner and Herbert Rosen.

LOS ANGELES-Nearly 500pounds of medical journals andtext books were shipped to theUniversity of Athens, Greece, bythe College of Osteopathic Physi-cians and Surgeons here early lastmonth. The college has sent al-most seven tons of books to over-seas schools since World War II.


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Peace On rurLth, Goud Wvvill To All Men-iThis phrase, so familiar at this season of theyear, is not only on the lips of those who believe in Christiandom, but is an echo resound-ing from the hearts of men of all creeds.

To pause and praise the birth of our Saviour can help to bring forth the light of heav-enly peace and joy so needed throughout the world today. May we all celebrate thishistorical day in humility and gratitude, in unselfish love and cheerful service to all, andmay our blessings radiate a benefit to our fellow men.

May our college, dedicated to a definite cause, never lose its charge of Service to Alland Prejudice Toward None. The philosophy of equality to all, regardless of race, color orcreed, is essential in the preparation of a physician. Then, and only then, will the teach-ings of the One whose birth we celebrate be a blessing to our souls and a true tribute toa great life.

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Dean's LetterNot so long ago a 14 year-old

boy wrote his impressions of whata scientist should be. If wecould measure up to all of thequalities conveyed in his applica-tion of the 12 Scout Laws toscientists we would be living thefull professional life and be eligi-ble for top awards in the Here-after.

Here they are:Trustworthy: A scientist should

be honest and not lie aboutwhat he observes.

Loyal: If he's living in theUnited States, he should notmake a bomb for Russia.

Friendly: If a scientist is friend-ly, it is more likely that hisideas will get across.

Courteous: Scientists are sup-posed to be well-educated,and ifhe goes around acting like anape people are not likely tothink well of him.

Kind: He should be kind to ex-perimental animals he is work-on and to other people too.

Obedient: If he is working forsome one else he should alwaysdo like he is told or it mightcause an explosion.

Cheerful: If he is cheerful hedoes his work better.

Thrifty: He shouldn't spend awhole lot of money for equip-ment he doesn't need.

Brave: A scientist should bebrave enough to present hisfindings even if they are un-popular.

Clean: A lot of dirt wouldn't begood in a liquid or whateverhe's working on. Also hedoesn't need to cuss everytimesomething goes wrong. That'sprobably up to the individual.

Reverent: I think he should nottalk against religion becausethey can go together-scienceand religion.

Mrs. HustonJoins CollegeFaculty

Mrs. Ruth K. Huston has joinedthe faculty of DMSCOS as an in-structor in Dietetics.

Mrs. Huston, formerly Thera-peutic Dietician at Iowa Metho-dist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa,received her B.S. degree in Foodsand Nutrition from the Universityof Wisconsin in 1945.

Following her graduation sheinterned at the University Hospi-tal of Western Reserve Universi-ty. Mrs. Huston is a member ofthe American Dietetic Associa-tion and is president of the DesMoines, Iowa, Dietetic Associa-tion.

Robert Porte

One of the busiest students ofDMSCOS during the Thanksgiv-ing and Christmas season is Rob-ert Porte, junior student fromDetroit, Michigan.

Being busy to Bob is nothingnew. Since coming to DMSCOSin September of 1951, he has beenvery active in young people's workin the Central PresbyterianChurch.

As advisor to the junior highgroups, Bob has been planningthe Sunday evening programs ofreligious and recreational educa-tion. During the holidays moreevents and activities must beplanned and this keeps him busy.Bob also helps to plan the week-end retreats that start on Fridaynight and end Sunday afternoon.These are held at the Y.W.C.A.camp at Boone, Iowa. When thisevent is not on the program, onecan find Bob and his group onSunday afternoon hikes.

Bob helped form the class forthe College and Business AgeGroup (age 19 to 25) and was theassistant instructor of this group.He still takes an active part inits activities.

When time permits Bob likesto sing in the church choir.

On November 17, 1953 an arti-cle entitled "A.M.A Head SaysFaith In God Vital to Doctors"appeared in the Des Moines Trib-une. In this article Dr. E. J. Mc-Cormick, president of the Ameri-can Medical Association, stated,"Religion is as important to thephysician as is a knowledge ofnhysiology and therapies . . .Physicians must be concerned notonly with the body but also thesoul .... One cannot practicemedicine long without becomingmore convinced that there is aGod and He rules the universe."

"If I didn't believe what Dr.McCormick said, "I doubt that Iwould be able to work in and forthe church," stated Bob whenasked his opinion of this article.

Dental AssociationCondemns DistortedAdvertising Claims

CLEVELAND-The AmericanDental Association told 2,000 peo-ple who crowded the Music Hallof this town's Public Auditoriumduring their 94th annual sessionsthat a genuinely therapeutic den-tifrice has not yet been developedto prevent tooth decay or gumdisorders.

Dr. Thomas J. Hill, chairmanof the ADA's Council on DentalTherapeutics said, "it is not def-initely established that the denti-frices used by the public materi-ally decrease the caries rate be-cause of any specific therapeuticsubstance incorporated in them."

The house of delegates of theADA also adopted a resolutioncondemning the distorted adver-tising of dentifrices, mouth wash-es, chewing gum and other prod-ucts as "detrimental to publichealth" and calling the attentionof the public to the serious dang-ers involved in inaccurate anduntruthful advertising claims.

"As far as I am concerned Godand the doctor go hand in handto help the suffering and thosein need of comfort in the darkhours of trails and tribulations."

Being interested in church workgoes back to Bob's high schooldays at Redford High in Detroit,Michigan. It was during this timethat he started teaching fifth andsixth grade students in the ChurchSunday School.

During his undergraduate daysat Albion College in Michigan,Bob was also active in studentchurch groups in addition to be-ing a member of the swimmingteam, trainer for the football andbasketball teams and social chair-man of his fraternity.

"I hope that I can continue mychurch activities when I enterprivate practice" states Bob. "Ireally enjoy the work and lookforward to many happy years ofservice in the church and the oste-opathic profession."

Collier's Airs A.M.A.'sStand on Fee Splitting

Among the feature stories inthe October 30th issue of Collier'smagazine is an article titled,"Why Some Doctors Should Bein Jail." This interesting, inform-ative story relates the AMA'sstand on fee-splitting, paddedbills, unneeded operations and inwhat sections of the country theseevils flourish. In conclusion, Dr.Paul R. Hawley, president of theAmerican College of Surgeonssaid:

"After all we've sentenced con-gressmen to jail for less-for tak-ing kickbacks from office help, fortaking campaign contributionsfrom the clerks. That's badenough. But when medicine's 50per centers take kickbacks, it'snot just dirty money, it's 'bloodmoney.' Your blood!"

Dr. Robert B. Thomas, Chair-man of AOA's Bureau of Pro-fessional Education and Colleges,has just released a revised edi-tion of "Educational Standardsfor Osteopathic Colleges." Book-let places strong emphasis onrecommendation that pre-osteo-pathic students complete threeyears of college training. Copiesare available from AOA head-quarters.

Mr. Lawrence D. Jones, Execu-tive Secretary of Missouri As-sociation of Osteopathic Physici-ans and Surgeons, passed awayon October 4 following lengthyillness. At time of his death Mr.Jones was President of the So-ciety of Divisional Secretaries.

Students GuestsOf Iowa Society

The 56 seniors and 61 juniorsof DMSCOS and the wives of themarried students were dinnerguests of the Iowa Society ofOsteopathic Physicians and Sur-geons at Hotel Savery on Sun-day evening, November 29.

Speakers for the evening wereDr. Holcomb Jordan of Daven-port, who spoke on the economicadvantages of a D.O. locating inIowa and Mr. Dwight James, sec-retarv-treasurer of the societywho discussed the activities of thesociety.

Dr. D. C. Giehm, Sioux City,Society president, presided.

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Did You Know .. .?The number of persons seeking

to become doctors has droppedsharply, members of the Associa-tion of American Medical Collegeswere told recently.

In 1949 men and women ap-plying for admission numbered24,434 in the 79 medical schoolsof the Nation. This year only14,651 applied and 7,703 were ac-cepted.

John M. Stalnaker, director ofstudies f o r t h e Association,blamed the drop 'on the low birthrate during the depression, mili-tary service and increased op-portunities in the business field.

Frederick J. Fellman, D.O.,DMSCOS '51 really saw doubleon two consecutive maternitycases last month. Within 36 hoursDr. Fellman delivered two setsof twins-one, twin girls; theother, twin boys. It is said thatonce in every 100 births therecomes a set of twins. What arethe odds on a doctor deliveringtwins on consecutive maternitycalls? You figure it. Dr. Fell-man is at the Cradle Home inSanta Fe, New Mexico.

Dr. William F. Hewitt, Jr.,Chairman of the Department ofPhysiology and Pharmacology inDMSCOS is conducting a postgraduate course in Medical Phy-siology at Mary Greeley Hospitalin Ames, Iowa.

Twelve osteopathic physicianspracticing in and near Ames arepresently enrolled in the 18 weekcourse held on Tuesday nights (3times a month) from 7 p.m. to 10p.m.

Doctors enrolled: L. D. Barry,Williams; H. L. Gulden, Ames:C. L. Hall, Zearing; M. L. Hod-son, Jewell; E. S. Honsinger,Ames; R. W. Jack, Ogden; W. J.Mack, Hubbard; Dorothy Mullin,Ellsworth; R. C. Rogers, Eldora;J. I. Royer, Woodward; C. E.Semler, Story City, and B. A.Storey, Nevada.

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Dr. J. Chas. Savarese, DMSCOS'51, of Los Fresnos, Texas, hasbeen appointed medical examinerfor the Southwestern Life In-surance Company of Dallas, Tex-as, and medical examiner for theMutual Life Insurance Companyof New York.

Gov. Phil M. Donnely on De-cember 5th appointed Dr. GerardZauder of Pleasant Hill, Mo. asCass County coroner to succeedthe late Dr. L. V. Murray.

Dr. Zauder graduated fromnDMSCOS with the class of 1944.

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Enrollment in the nation's

colleges and universities has in-creased for the second consecutive

year, Rall I. Grigsby, Acting

Commissioner of Education, U. S.Department of Helath, Educa-

tion, and Welfare, announced No-vember 8.

Reporting partial results fromthe Office of Education's annual

fall enrollment survey, Acting

Commissioner Grigsby said:

"An estimate-based on re-

turns from 70.5% out of approxi-

mately 1900 institutions-showsa total enrollment for the fall of

1953 of approximately 2,215,00.This constitutes an increase of3.1% over the enrollment figure

of approximately 2,148,000 forthe fall of 1952. Since the in-crease from 1951 to 1952 was1.5, the present estimate wouldindicate that the rate of increasefor total enrollment has been ac-celerated."

Although there is a considera-ble increase in the number ofnew students enrolled, the rateof increase for this group has de-clined. In 1952-the first yearto show an increase since 1949-there were 537,00 students en-rolling for the first time, an in-crease of 13.7% over the previousyear. This fall's enrollment ofnew students totals 575,000, oran increase of 7.2% above lastyear.

"The trend toward a largerenrollment in institutions ofhigher education was anticipatedby the Office of Education," Dr.Grigsby added. "The favorableeconomic conditions, educationalbenefits by Congress to WorldWar II and Korean veterans,student deferment policies, andefforts by private institutionsand groups have all tended to in-crease the number of college anduniversity students."

John M. Woods, D.O.

Dr. John M. Woods, DMSCO'23 has reentered private practiceat 702 Equitable Building, DesMoines, Iowa as of December 1,1953.

To some readers of the LogBook this story will possibly bejust a notice of a doctor reopen-ing his office. But, to hundredsof alumni of DMSCOS it an-nounces the return to active prac-tice of one of their most belovedteachers and friend.

A student teacher in Anatomybefore graduation in January1923 Dr. John found time toteach courses in Anatomy, Path-ology and Osteopathic practiceuntil 1946 on a part time basiswhile conducting a private prac-tice. In June of 1946 Dr. Johnjoined the college on a full timebasis as Director of the Clinic.

In 1948 Dr. John left the col-lege and started devoting moretime to his farm and his orchard.As time went by the urge to re-enter practice kept gettingstronger until he had to make adecision. "I'm not sorry that Itook a few years off. I knownow that I can't stay away frommy practice as an osteopathicphysician. It's great to be back."

A fine teacher with a keen un-derstanding of human nature healways found time to lend a help-ing hand to a student. Many ofthe students, during the period1923-1948 would have given up ifit had not been for a kind, under-standing Dr. John who had theknack of making the difficult alittle easier and the desire to suc-ceed a little stronger.

Welcome back Dr. John.

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P. S. G.P.S.G. announces its fall pledge

class of 21 freshmen. They are:Frank Schneiderman, UniversityCity, Mo.; Louis LaRiccia, Cleve-land Heights, Ohio; Tom Sefton,Dayton, 'Ohio; Lou Radnothy,Beaver Falls, Penna.; David Sal-vati, Auburn, New York; CharlesYelsa, Anaconda, Montana; PaulTenny, Mount Vernon, Iowa; La-mar Miller, Poland, Ohio; BobFuss, Detroit, Michigan; DaharRahi, Hamalaya, Lebanon; KenNeff, Detroit, Michigan; WalterWilson, Tulsa, Okla.; Dino Caci-oppo, Akron, Ohio; Charles Rus-so, St. Clair Shores, Michigan;Bill E u b a n k s, Philadelphia,Penna; Bill Vernier, Detroit,Michigan; David McSwain, De-troit, Michigan; Charles Giana-rokas, Lowell, Mass.; LlewelynWilson, Philadelphia, Penna;Chase Atwood, Center Harbor,New Hampshire, and Al Waller,Brooklyn, New York.

Tom Sefton was elected pres-ident of the group.

At a recent meeting three so-phomores were initiated as broth-ers. They are: John W. Cox,Enon, Ohio; Alvin Hinders, Wo-den, Iowa; Byron Beville, Waldo,Florida.

Brother Beville was presentedthe freshman scholarship awardin September and is currently theSquibb detail man here at Still.

P.S.G. will have its annualChristmas get together for thehouse members on Tuesday De-cember 15th.

Seven members of P.S.G. wereelected to the newly reactivatedservice fraternity here at Still.Brother Armstrong was electedits first president. Congratula-tions fellows.

Square & CompassThe next regular meeting of

the Square and Compass Clubwill be held January 7th at 5p.m. in the school. All M.M. ingood standing are cordially in-vited to attend. The regularmeetings are scheduled for the1st and 3rd Thursday of eachmonth, and it is hoped that anyM. M. in the vicinity will feelwelcome to attend without a spe-cific invitation.

There have been two disap-points in the social program; wehave had to cancel the plans forthe dinner dance a the El BonClub and the drouth which hasclosed the city parks for fireshas thwarted our Pot-Luck pic-nic supper. The dinner dance isbeing planned for early next se-mester and the picnic for thespring.

John Lowell Gier was madea Master Mason at MoingonaLodge November 30th. TheSquare and Compass Club's de-


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gree team, under Dr. Ray Juni'swatchfulness, did the work ofraising him. Last month EdwardRoger Kadletz joined the F. M.Moore Consistory in Marquette,Michigan. His home is at IronMountain, Michigan.

AtlasAtlas again is happy to an-

nounce that one of its memberswas blessed with a bouncing babyboy. The proud parents are Mr.and Mrs. Henry Steinecker.

Atlas had a couple of very in-teresting work nights last month.On November 23, 1953 two filmswere presented for the benefit ofthe whole school. The first filmwas "Doorway to Osteopathy"followed by "Physician and Sur-geon, D.O." There was a largeturn out and everyone agreedthat the film presentation wasvery beneficial.

Previous to the film presenta-tion Atlas held a work night forits members and a rather largegroup of doctors around DesMoines. The title of the presen-tation was "How A Doctor ShouldInvest His Money." The instruc-tive talk was given by MissFlorence Meyer, who is a stockbroker for Merrill-Lynch-Pierce-Fenner-Beane, and well qualifiedto handle a financial lecture suchas this. This type of work nightwas presented because of the factthat doctors are notoriously poorinvestors; so an effort was madeto correct this situation. Thepresentation was held at her of-fice. Although words will notadequately express our feelings,Atlas would like to convey itsdeepest sympathy to Bill Locke,whose brother died in Ohio onNovember -27.

Meeting of O.W.C.C. was heldNovember 20 at the home of Mrs.J. R. McNerney in West DesMoines with Mrs. Edwin F.Peters as assisting hostess.Speaker for the night was Dr.E. V. Enzmann of the CollegeFaculty, who related the "Chi-nese Love Story", and displayeda painting by Dr. Wm. Chu, aformer student at the college.The painting was of the heroineof Dr. Enzmann's story. Re-freshments were served by thehostess and a social hour fol-lowed.

The December 1 meeting, atthe P.S.G. House, was a com-bined business and social meet-ing. Reports were given of theactivities of the Ways & MeansCommittee of the "Bundle forthe Rolles" committee, and of theChildren's Xmas Party commit-tee. Mrs. Peg Kotz and Mrs.Joan Hardin, co-chairman of this

Delta OmegaSaturday evening November

7th, Dr. Rachel Woods of Indian-ola acted as hostess to the Sorori-ty for the ceremonies pledgingMiss Marcia J. Ollom, Freshman,to Delta Omega.

Following the ceremonies Dr.Woods entertained the groupwith the projection of manybeautiful scenic Kodaslides. Re-freshments followed the enter-tainment. In addition to Dr.Woods, Dr. Sarah Jean Gibsonand sorority member Jennie Trip-sin, Phoebe Benson and EvelynMountain were present.

May thanks to Dr. Wtoods forher cordial hospitality.

committee, announced that theXmas Party would be held at theP.S.G. House on Sunday, Decem-ber 13, from 2 p.m. to 4p.m. San-ta will be there to delight thekiddies and refreshments wil beserved. A movie will be shown.It is hoped that all the childrenof the students will be able toattend.

Mrs. Eillen Van Horn of VanHorn Plastics, 1905 Ingersoll,gave an interesting demonstra-tion of the uses of plastic foam,etc., in Xmas decorations-ascenterpieces, window decorationsand tree decorations. Refresh-ments were served by the host-esses: Mrs. Georgia Daack andMrs. Naomi Rosenblatt.

The next -business meeting willbe held at the P.S.G. House onTuesday, January 5, at whichtime pictures of the group willbe taken. New officers will beelected at that meeting.

L. O. G.We hope everyone enjoyed the

work-night we had on December8th. LOG feels assured that thereis a no more distinguished andinformed panel than the one thatdiscussed "What Should Be TheRole of Still College, Clinic andHospital In Our Community andProfession." We are only sorrythat due to the limitations oftime, not all your questions couldbe discussed.

LOG has entered a basketballteam in the YMCA league. Welost our first game but consider-ing the negligible practice, wedo quite well-and it's fun too!

By publication time the en-gagement of Miss Charlotte

Schneider and Herb Feldman willhave been announced. Both aregraduates of Wayne University.A summer wedding is being plan-ned. The marriage of MissTrudy Kriloff to Dick Kalmanhas been set for the day aftergraduation.

We're happy to welcome backbrothers Herb Rosen and DaveRothman from instructive extern-ships at Des Moines General andDoctors Hospitals respectively.Congratulations to our juniorswho have been elected into thePSA honorary fraternity-BobGillon, Philadelphia, Penna; ZaneHurkin, Brooklyn, New York;Jack Stanzler, Providence, RhodeIsland; and Max Stettner, DesMoines, Iowa.

ITSA closed Smoker was held on

November 11th at the Amvet PostNo. 2 Club Rooms. Our gatheringwas honored during the course ofthe evening by the appearance ofalumni, Dr. Donald E. Sloan andDr. Henry Braunschweig. Thosein attendance expressed a desirefor more of these affairs in thefuture and more will be held.

Important coming events forthe month of December includethe Annual, Christmas Banquetwhich will take place at the El-loth Restraurant on the 15th. En-tertainment a n d after-dinnerdancing are planned as well asfried chicken in abundance whichwill be served family style.

Also on the agenda for Decem-ber is the election of Beta Chap-ter officers.



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