Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery - Dental Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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DEDICATION We, the class of 1958, now approach the end of our four year education here at Columbia. During this time of mixed feelings there have been days of despair, days when we doubted our capabilities, our objectives, and .even our choice of profession. Never have we more deeply doubted ourselves than during the trying days of the Freshman and Sophomore years. It was then that we needed most a voice of encouragement and reassurance. We had that Voice! It told us realistically of the difficulties we were to face in the future. It spoke of no short cuts or panaceas, but offered us sincere guidance and understanding. It was a voice dedicated to an education which pro- duces dentists of whom Columbia can be proud; one dedicated to the concept of instilling in us, not only the pride of being health servants, but also professional men; a voice devoted to high standards, to integrity, to den- tistry. We dedicate this yearbook to you, Dr. Arden, because you represent to us, as individuals, as a class, as future professional men, all this in a single voice. Dr. and Mrs. Arden with their children Dr. Arden at work You guided our first faltering steps into the art and science of dentistry. It was not an easy teaching task for we were a neophyte group, a group in a strange area of knowledge, without perspective, and without insight. It was left to you to impress upon us the importance of a basic science background and the need for correlating it with clinical dentistry. You tried to implant in each of us the same high stand- ards and deep philosophy which is reflected in your own professional career. We listened, and slowly we began to understand and believe, not because of your position but because we trusted and respected you. You seemed to us then as you do now, a symbol of professionalism. You taught us the basic principles of sound dentistry and how to apply them without a compromise. You taught us and you taught us well for now these principles serve as the foundation upon which we can confidently build our dental careers. You said once that you were here to make dentists, not friends. We do not know now whether you have suc- ceeded in the former, but this much we do know — you have made friends, a great many of them. Our only regret is that all of us did not have the oppor- tunity to know you on a more personal level. So until this moment we have admired and respected you from that distance that separates professor from student. With this dedication, we hope we can communicate to you the true depth and closeness of our admiration and respect. We, the class of 1958, dedicate this yearbook to you Doctor Howard A. Arden, in the hope that for many years to come, you may continue the good that you have already done — for the student, for Columbia, for dentistry.

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Howard A. Arden, DDS Associate Professor of Dentistry Teacher — Scholar — Friend

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GRAYSON KIRK Ph.D. President of the University WILLARD COLE RAPPLEYE M.D., A.M.. Sc.D., Med.Sc.D. Vice-President in Charge of Medical Affairs Dean of the Faculty of Medicine