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

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ulu' Suilu'rt'um ijjmtnntry iflriUral js’uru'ty Established 1027 OFFICERS Honorary President .... Prof. William Egbkkt Roiikrtson, M.D.. F.A.C.P. President..........................................Louis G. FeTTRRMAN Vice-President..........................................Waltkr J. Roc ax Secretary .........................................DOMKXIC CtciNOTTA Treasurer ..................................I KXXETH G. KKIN IIKIM Kit FACULTY MEMBERS Allen G. Beckley, M.D., F.A.C.P. Harold F. Robertson, M.I). Daniel .J. Donncllv. M.I). William Eglrert Robertson, M.I)., F.A.C.P. Ilcnrv C. GrolT. M.E., M.D. Michael Wohl. M.I). Joseph B. Wolffc, M.D. STUDENT MEMBERS 1932 Robert E. Brant Frank L. Cohen Loren II. Crabtree Domenie Cueinotta Frederic B. Faust Louis G. Fetterman Philip Fieinan Philip F. Fortin Ronald Harrier Edward L. Jones Morton Major Jerome Miller Morton J. Oppenheimcr Francis I). Purnell Harold C. Roxhv Thaddeus Salaexynski Hyman I. Segal Joseph A. Seiden Anthony Simeone Joseph G. Silken Harry Beloflf Jacob J. Cohen Helen E. Elliott Herbert Freed Jacob J. Freedman 1933 Abraham Mapow Abraham Meyers Nathan Pastor Kenneth G. Reinheimer Walter J. Rogan Two hundred fifty-seven

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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

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U,lu' UlUtlu'hitan iXrttrnlmjirul nrii'tij 7tFl V. mode of living in the past half century has undergone a remarkable change. ’I'he human race has metamorphosed from a rural people to a race of city dwellers. 'I'he human being has always needed thousands of years to adapt himself to anv great change in his environment. We, in less than a hundred years, have tried to force on ourselves a metamorphosis that should have taken millenniums. Our nervous systems have paid the price of our too rapid advancement. Men of vision, like Dr. Spillcr and the late l)rs. .Mills and Dercum. realized that the field of Neurology in medicine was entirely inadequate to cope with the old problems already existing, and certainly not with the new ones daily arising. Thcv set about to lift this field of medicine from the shadows of obscurity to the place which it should rightfully own. They accomplished their purpose, and have now left it to the newer generation to carry on where they left off. It was these thoughts that inspired several numbers of the Class of 1930 to form the Winkchnan Neurological Society. Its purpose was to further the interests of the students in Neurology, and the closely allied subjects of Neuro-Surgerv and Psychiatry. I'ndcr the able guidance of our patron, Dr. Winkel-maii. Professor of Neurology, and Drs. Fay and Bochroch, Professors of Neuro-Surgcrv and Psychiatry, respectively, the society has done exceptionally well. Men of national and international repute have been secured to speak at the meetings. Not one who was present will forget the memorable addresses of Dis. De Scbweinitz. Schamberg. Brill and Strecker. In saving an revoir we wish the Society continued success. Two hundred fifty-eitjhl