Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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EEIIHEE ALLEN BENNETI' AB MII 9

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1 w THE JEFFERSON HEDlCALC-OLLEGEOF PHILADELPHIA orrm: or we num toes wmmur srncn To the Class oi l95l: You are now entering a world with an uncertain iuture. Once again, an aggressor nation is casting the ominous shadow oi war onto the path oi peace-seeking peoples and forcing mobilization upon us. With the passage oi drait legislation, the likelihood is that many of you will be inducted into the Armed Forces. Your duty as doctors will be to serve your country and humanityg and, with your background oi four years at Jefierson, l ieel certain you will periorm your tasks in a most creditable manner. At commencement, you will take the Oath oi Hippocrates -- honor it, and you will honor yourselves -- be loyal to all it stands tor, and you will find the success that comes from being admired, needed, and loved by a most grateful society. lt is oi special importance to iace the threat in this country today oi the socialization oi medicine. We, in America, have the highest health standards in the world, but, that is not enough. It is up to you -- the new blood oi American medicine -- to guide your proiession through its trying hoursg and this can be done successiully by honesty, common sense, and the practice of good medicine. As the immortal Sir William Osler once stated, To have striven, to have made an eiiort, to have been true to certain ideals -- this alone is worth the struggle . Congratulations on your achievement! May your accomplish- ments in the iuture continue to bring success and happiness to you, beneiits to society, and distinction to your Alma Mater. 6,1121-' Q. George A. Bennett, M.D. Dean L J 8

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lp' 5 R. WILLIAM HARVEY PERKINS has spent a good part of his life trying to better the lives of Jefferson J Q? 4 students. He l1as given his time, sympathy, and PVNJT ' philosophy to all. More remarkable than the nobility and unselfishness of his character is the breadth of his point of view. He has never lost the largeness of his visions in the urgency of the immediate task. He offered us mental sustenance and intellectual and emotional nourishment, which might have otherwise been denied. We are privileged to have studied under him, and consider him one of the great figures of our school. His logical mind and great command of facts rendered methods precise and widened our field of scientific thought. He led us to seek truths designed for the refinement of human life and medical and social advancement. Illness befell our beloved Dean, but with heroic fortitude he shared his secret with few and continued his exhausting and laborious duties. Not until the fall of 1950 did he finally admit defeat as far as public appearances were concerned. But his indomitable force of character refused to bow-and though retired from the active life of Dean, he remains as one of our professors. We, as students, rapidly and unhaltingly learned to understand the symmetry and warmth of his personality. He is a man possessed of immense vitality, humor, penetrating tenderness, and a strong belief in the personal worth of students. His appearance gives hint of his intellect and nobility of character-tall, distinguished, and ease of bearing. Thus it is for personal qualities as well as his lead- ership that we shall always remember Dean William Harvey Perkins --distinguished in appearance, eloquent orator, writer, magnetic in personality. 10