tical of the lecture portion of the course, which Ian
conducted, while praising Trenchant and the laboratory, especially the
laboratory manual which she had written.

The manual had been written out of desperation by Trenchant on her home
computer. Over the years, the radiology lab manual had degenerated
into such a mess that it was difficult to use and impossible to
understand--especially when most of the pages were unreadable. This
was before the department obtained a copying machine and still used the
old fashioned stencils.

So Diana wrote and illustrated an entirely new manual and she
registered the copyright on it. She offered this finished manual to
Ian at no charge for use in the course and he grabbed it like the
drowning man he was. The students had made their disgust well known to
him and he realized that he did not have the knowledge or experience to
produce an adequate laboratory manual in Radiology.

Things got better in the course. Ian was improving in his knowledge
and lecturing. There was excellent cooperation between him and
Trenchant. That is, until Randy Fecesi was brought in.

Randy came with perhaps even less ability in radiology than Ian, but
where the students were sympathetic toward Ian, they were pissed off by
Randy. The SmurFFs they wrote concerning him were not kind. Many
reprimanded him for things he had said in lectures which were contrary
to what the students read in textbooks. Hurt, angry and unable to get
at the students, he turned on Trenchant. At first, Ian tried to stay
neutral but eventually, Randy convinced him that the course must be
reorganized and they had to start by redoing the laboratory manual.

His solution was to change the only part of the course that really
worked!

Chapter 7

"Now what did you do with these SmurFFs that Dr Fecesi brought you?"
questioned Henry.

"At first, I just thought about them. Then I took them to Jimbo Jones
who was chair of the department before me.

"I thought he might have some idea of what should be done and he, of
course, knew Trenchant since she had been in the department during his
tenure as chair."

Lyle continued, shifting in his chair so he appeared taller. "Jimbo
immediately took them to Mark Rogers who is the university attorney and
Mark sent them out for analysis.

"I looked through other SmurFFs and picked out a couple that seemed
strange, that didn't seem to me to be what students would write, and
J