Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine - Chiron Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Veterinary Clinic building erected in 1910 at a cost ofS130,000.00, Just after the turn of the century, the President ofthe University, Dr. W. O. Thompson, presented a list of buildings and improvements to the Board of Trustees which included a 325,000.00 appro- priation for a Veterinary Medicine building. In 1903, at a total cost of S37,007.75, the Veterinary Laboratory was ready for partial occupancy. This building was specially designed for instruction in Veterinary Medicine and contained a large dis- secting room, a pharmacology laboratory, lecture rooms, an amphitheater, various private labora- tories, a bacteriology laboratory, an osteology laboratory, and oflices for the Dean and Secretary ofthe College. A new Veterinary Clinic building was erected in 1910 at a cost of S130,000.00 to replace the original Veterinary Hospital. This building, which consisted of a two story central portion and two wings of one story each, contained facilities for large and small animal surgery, large and small animal wards, a large surgical amphitheater, drug and instrument rooms, pri- vate oflices, classrooms, pathology laboratories and oihces, and museums. The 255 foot long ,7 . esp, structure served for over 60 years as the Veterinary Clinic with the interior of the build- ing being changed over the years to meet the changes in the educational program. Upon the retirement of Dean White in 1929, Dr. Oscar V. Brumley, who had served as secre- tary of the college from 1912-1929, was appoint- ed Dean and held this position until his death in 1945. During his tenure as Dean he established the Veterinary College Library, and in 1933 in- stituted a one year pre-professional entrance re- quirement. Although departmentalization of the college was requested in 1906, and 1925, and an unoflicial division was made in 1929, it was not until 1934 that the ofhcial organizational ar- rangement of the college was established. With the exception of placing Clinics directly under the Office of Administration, this departmental- ization is still in existence. Dean Brumley also wrote a text on Diseases of Small Animals and served the veterinary profession as President of the American Veteri- nary Medical Association in 1936. Sisson Hall, dedicated in 1958.

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The first Veterinary College Building, 1891. Dr. Detmers conducted the resident clinical courses in a 30 x 60 foot wooden horse barn adjacent to the dissecting building. and con- stantly begged the Legislature for appropriations to construct a separate building to serve as a Veterinary Hospital. In 1891 the hrst Veterinary Hospital was completed for occupancy. This brick structure contained facilities for a museum. pharmacy. otlices and sleeping rooms for students, lecture rooms, an otlice for the professor in charge, a bacteriology laboratory, a photographic dark room, a 28 x 30 foot clinic room for patient examination and surgery, and a 28 x 31 foot stable to house animals under treatment. ,,.-' ,,N' SSR., A reorganization of the University took place in 1895, when all the schools were changed to colleges and their respective heads were given the title of Dean. Subsequent to the re- tirement of Dr. Detmers in the same year, Dr. David S. White became the lirst Dean of the O.S,U. College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. White, a graduate of the 1890 class, served in this capacity from 1895 to 1929. During his deanship, the four year curriculum advocated by Dr. Detmers was instituted, the student enrollment increased in number, and higher entrance requirements were established. There were a few lean years during and just after World War I when it seemed that the college might be closed or changed into a Department of Veterinary Science due to the very low student enrollment, but the persistence of Dean White maintained the enrollment and kept the doors open. Veterinary Laboratory com- pleted in 1903.

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ff' 4 3 Following the death of Dean Brumley, Dr. Walter R. Hobbs was appointed acting dean until 1946, at which time, Dr. Walter R. Krill was appointed dean of the college, and is serving in this capacity at the present time. Under the leadership of Dean Krill many advances in the curriculum were instituted. In 1948, the pre- professional requirement was extended to two years and sometime later, a summer clinic period between the Junior and Senior year was established. Great advances were made in Preventive Medicine and Public Health educa- tion by incorporating in the curriculum a system by which senior students have the opportunity to apply their training in this area to actual field experience. ln 1948, the Ohio State University Planning Committee allocated a tract of land on the West bank of the Olentangy River for the exclusive use of the College of Veterinary Medicine. A building committee composed of the chairman of departments was organized in 1951 for the purpose of projecting building plans for the future location of the Veterinary College. The first structure to be realized from this action- although not of the original design--was Sisson Hall. Named in honor of Dr. Septimus B. Sisson, this S2,000,000.00 building houses the basic science departments, the administrative offices, a formal auditorium and the college library. Each department especially designed laborato- ries and classrooms for the teaching of both under graduate and graduate courses and re- search. Sisson Hall was ready for occupancy in .lune of 1957, but was not formally dedicated until the completion of the library wing in 1958. Temporary Veterinary Clinic located on Kenny Road ll -all Goss Laboratory, home of Veterinary Pathology at O.S.U. One year after the dedication of Sisson Hall, the construction of Goss Laboratory was started. This building is beyond a doubt one of the finest and best equipped facilities for the research and teaching of Veterinary Pathology to be found in the United States. The combination lecture- laboratory room is but one example of the forethought in design found throughout the build- ing. Goss Laboratory was occupied in the fall of 1962 and dedicated in 1963. With the continued growth of the University and the allocation of the tract of land upon which the Veterinary Hospital was located to the College of Engineering. it became necessary to relocate the clinical area of the college. Unfortunately the necessary funds for the con- struction ofa new hospital had not been allocated by the Legislature. However, the University provided an adequate, though temporary. facility in 1965 for the continued operation of the hospital without sacrificing its high quality of education. The next step in the development of the phys- ical plant is rapidly approaching realization. The State Legislature has appropriated 5l54,000,000.00 for the construction of a new clinic building to be attached to Goss Laboratory. Ground break- ing for the hospital should take place within the year The college has had a proud and progressive history. With the proposed completion of the new clinic, the continuance of the high level of instruction ohmered by the stahl, and the preserva- tion of the high caliber of the student body, we can be assured of further growth and continued high quality of the College of Veterinary Med- icine at Ohio State University. ..! 4s if X