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Oscar busby
Editorials Oscar Busby
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HEI are but few who are able to enjoy more personal popularity a11101lg their confreres throughout a lifetime of practice than did Busby, of Texas. His genial smile, and ever-ready wit, a sense of humor without a peer, made of him somewhat of a colorful character, a kind of a Will Rogers, as it were, among his orthodontic confreres, not only in America, but in Europe as well. In his younger days no orthodont,ic get-together or banquet, no matter where held, was thought to be complete without the Busby touch, not only because of its value as a humor asset, but because men could not possibly take themselves too seriously as individuals in the presence of this radiant personality. He had a way, it is said, all of his own, and a philosophy of life, together with its expression, that was devastating to any form of intolerance in either the great or the near great. It was often said of him that he was the only man in his profession who could make the sphinx laugh, and in addition to this, he was one of the few who could completely and helplessly disarm the late formidable Martin Dewey in forensic repartee by using his characteristic role of “only a country boy who has studied a smattering of Latin. ” He was known as Oscar throughout the land, rarely as Doctor Busby. There is an important place in professional life for men of his type and character, for men who have that rare accomplishment of being able to radiate happiness and cheerfulness into t,hc somber lives of others not so fortunately endowed with the spirit of optimism during life’s journey. He was wholesome and he enjoyed the confidence of people; an honest fellow with a. modesty pertaining to his own personal talents and interests that was always concealed behind a jest. Let us hope the world is able to produce more of this type in professional life. If there were more of this personality there would be more happiness, tolerance, and good will toward men. His memory will live as a. man who cont,ributed much to his profession by making the path of his confreres bright and cheerful. In retrospect he will, no doubt, live in its heart, reflecting some of the bright days in orthodontic progress as a new specialty. Oscar left his own imprint on the early history of the specialty, highly individualistic, but none the less important, and it is easy t,o imagine him genially waving his hand in departure from life in the same happy spirit that, he lived. Another orthodontic pioneer has gone to his reward. and the world was made happier by his living. 11. c. P. Our Twenty-Fifth Birthday
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issue of the AMERICAX JOURXAL OF ORTHODONTICS ASI) ORAL, SURGERY marks the beginning of our twenty-sixth year. A quarter of a century of service to the specialty of orthodontics is behind us. The type of service rendered can bevisualized bpthe 25 bound volumes of the JOURNAL that are scattered HIS
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HEI are but few who are able to enjoy more personal popularity a11101lg their confreres throughout a lifetime of practice than did Busby, of Texas. His genial smile, and ever-ready wit, a sense of humor without a peer, made of him somewhat of a colorful character, a kind of a Will Rogers, as it were, among his orthodontic confreres, not only in America, but in Europe as well. In his younger days no orthodont,ic get-together or banquet, no matter where held, was thought to be complete without the Busby touch, not only because of its value as a humor asset, but because men could not possibly take themselves too seriously as individuals in the presence of this radiant personality. He had a way, it is said, all of his own, and a philosophy of life, together with its expression, that was devastating to any form of intolerance in either the great or the near great. It was often said of him that he was the only man in his profession who could make the sphinx laugh, and in addition to this, he was one of the few who could completely and helplessly disarm the late formidable Martin Dewey in forensic repartee by using his characteristic role of “only a country boy who has studied a smattering of Latin. ” He was known as Oscar throughout the land, rarely as Doctor Busby. There is an important place in professional life for men of his type and character, for men who have that rare accomplishment of being able to radiate happiness and cheerfulness into t,hc somber lives of others not so fortunately endowed with the spirit of optimism during life’s journey. He was wholesome and he enjoyed the confidence of people; an honest fellow with a. modesty pertaining to his own personal talents and interests that was always concealed behind a jest. Let us hope the world is able to produce more of this type in professional life. If there were more of this personality there would be more happiness, tolerance, and good will toward men. His memory will live as a. man who cont,ributed much to his profession by making the path of his confreres bright and cheerful. In retrospect he will, no doubt, live in its heart, reflecting some of the bright days in orthodontic progress as a new specialty. Oscar left his own imprint on the early history of the specialty, highly individualistic, but none the less important, and it is easy t,o imagine him genially waving his hand in departure from life in the same happy spirit that, he lived. Another orthodontic pioneer has gone to his reward. and the world was made happier by his living. 11. c. P. Our Twenty-Fifth Birthday
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issue of the AMERICAX JOURXAL OF ORTHODONTICS ASI) ORAL, SURGERY marks the beginning of our twenty-sixth year. A quarter of a century of service to the specialty of orthodontics is behind us. The type of service rendered can bevisualized bpthe 25 bound volumes of the JOURNAL that are scattered HIS
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