Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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. Entrance to the College

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K X . -XX , Qi X 1 X t F ' X, XX X An instance of beauty rising from the midst of surround- ings quite drab, this has been the focus of all efforts for fOt11' years. This particular scene, often viewed during the 1'6S1J1i6 between clinics and lectures, constitutes, in the main, the Jefferson campus, and as such, will be most often recalled when much else has slipped from our memory. 4

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. The Samuel Parsons Scott Memorial Library Jelfersonis library was established in 1898, and in Hfty-one years has grown from a small collection of newspapers, medical journals, and a few second-hand medical books to its present collection of over forty-four thousand volumes, the biggest impetus being the donation from the estate of the gentleman for whom the library was named, Samuel Parsons Scott, Esq. During the past year, the library acquired Messrs. Wilson and Lentz, Librarians 1,0541 books and bound volumes of journals. Several of these were purchased, two large col- lections of books and journals came from the gifts of Dr. Frank Crozer Knowles, and from Dr. J. Wallace Davis who presented to the library a large group of books from the library of his father, the late Dr. Warren B. Davis. Doctors Castallo, Gruber, Herbut, Rehfuss, and Reimann, all authors of new books published in 194-8, pre- sented copies of their works. The library entered subscriptions for twenty-six additional journals, some of them new publications for which there was a definite demand. ' The need for helping students in the use of librarymmaterial has long been felt. Therefore with the help of Mr. Wilson and assistants, a pro- gram of instruction has been inaugurated for members of each freshman class to satisfy this need. Too much time can never be spent in this room, a veritable treasure-hoard of medical liter- ature, with volumes dating from the medieval i11,cu,nabula, on through the writings of the early Jeffersonians, to the present-day volumes. That it continues to grow is added insurance upon its already magnificent value. Gerald M. Hrenenzan