Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Udjr ffitriu'if piiijiiuiUtyiral SnrU'ty PATRON J. Garret Hickey, D.D.S., M.l). Professor of Physiology HONORARY MEMBERS V. Wayne Bibcock, M.D., F.A.C.S. Professor of Surgery. Harry K. Bacon. M.D. .Matthew S. Ersrter. .M.l).. F.A.C.S. Professor' of Otology. Edwin Sartain Gault, M.l). Associate in Pathology and Bacteriology. Annie Bartram Hall, M.l). Edward Larson, B.S., M.S., Ph.I). Asst. Professor of Pharmacology. Hath Webster Lathrop. B.A.. M.l). Associate Professor of Physiology. Alfred K. Livingston, M.S., Ph.I). I’rofessor ol Pharmacology. Arthur C. Morgan. M.D., SC.I).. F.A.C.P. Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine. •John B. lioxbv, M.l). Professor of Anatomy. PRESIDENTS EX-OFFICIO IN SCHOOL Kredric B. Faust. '32 Leo V. Hand. '33 OFFICERS President .......................................Paul A. Cox. '34 Vice-President .............................. LkSLIE J. Boone. ’33 Secretary.................................Wai.TKR I). McElROY, '34 Treasurer ......................................Lvi.K C. Eai.Y, '34 CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES Program Committee: Leo V. Hand, '33 Membership Committee: George Stark. ‘34 Freshmen Committee: Joseph C. H atch. '35 'TlCO hundred fifty-five

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tilu' inrluui lilufstulmjtral 7i THK mid-winter of 1922 a group of Sophomores gathered in the Physiology Laboratory at 18th and Buttonwood Streets and founded a society for undergraduates, the objects in view being the advancement of knowl edge in applied Physiology and the gaining of experience in the presentation of papers, and reporting the results of original study and observation. The founders deemed it appropriate to name the organization in honor of the Professor of Physiology. (lathering momentum in the ensuing years from the impetus of its origin, the Society has steadily grown. Manv of the meetings are conducted as symposia upon general clinical topics, especially those which lend themselves to experimental study by the undergraduates. The subjects are usually suggested by a guest speaker who criticizes, amplifies and applies the student's contributions, in relation to definite clinical problems. Included among the representative men in their various fields who have thus addressed the Society are: Drs. William K. Hughes. Henry L. Boekus, Wayne Babcock. James V. Kennedy, George Morris Piersol, Arthur C. Morgan. John B. Carnett and A .A. Stevens. A plan was initiated in 1929 whereby most of the income of the Society, accruing principally from membership dues, is so invested that in time the income will finance a Research Fellowship in Physiology. This will be administered under the combined authority of the Dean of the School of Medicine; the officers of the Society and the head of the Department of Physiology. 1 n o hundred

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alir Shihrrtsmt iitmuirarji tflrbiral '7t i IK Robert son Honorarv Society, established in 1927 under the guidance of William Kgbert Robertson, M.l)., F.A.C.P., its honorarv president, holds an enviable position in the life of the Temple University Medical School. I’he membership of the society is limited to twenty seniors and ten juniors, who have the highest scholastic rating in their respective classes and are recommended by the dean. 'I’he purposes and aims of the society are admirably reflected in its “guardian angel”: I)r. Robertson. Dr. Robertson enjoys an enviable position as a teacher and diagnostician. To attain and maintain this desirable position in a community demands not only the training and knowledge acquired in the class room, at the bedside, in the clinics, and in the quiet seclusion of the study, but also the magic influence of an alert and cheerful presence and an unfailing contagious enthusiasm that attracts and holds the attention of the students and gains the unbounded confidence of the patient. Here is a man. who in his keen search for the truth, is willing to hazard his personal comfort, to take time from his hours of rest and case, for the sake of research and investigation. He has instilled this same indefatigable desire for knowledge into all with whom he has come into contact and the Robertson Society, as a small integral unit in the universal associations of this great man, acknowledges a debt which it shall try to pay by following in the footsteps of its founder. T wo limitin'(I fifty-six