Pennsylvania College of Optometry - Iris Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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E IRIS i934 0 Quality Beyond Question SI-IURON OPTICAL COMPANY, INC., CENEVA, N, Y. Manufacturers since l864 of quality Optical Products -l-he Statt ot The Iris wishes to set aside this space in recognition ot the generous spirit in which were loaned the plates tor the subjects ot the blue dividers in this book by VV The QPTICAL ClQl,llQlNlxAxl. AND REVIEW or oIvtoIvIEtI2v

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0 THE IRIS 1934 Y 0 u 1- D 5 . o QQ 101 9 M og 6 iff? 'P XX if This memorable event will mark the day when you set up the offices in which you will practice your profession. There on the wall, for all to see, it will represent your years of study and hard work to become proficient in your profession . . . Now comes the task of building your professional reputation. Here, new factors enter into the progress of your career: the appearance of your offices, the efficiency of your equipment, the accuracy of your instruments, the quality of the lenses, mountings and frames you use ...J 1 lay we cooperate with you to make the total of these factors a worthy complement to your education and training. Oar one hundred and one years of optical progress has fitted us to serve welt your erery requirement for building and holding your practice. 0YTlC4l are 1833 Oo Q a ! A ? i e E 2 193 ,if Q. i y?7.:'..Li'5?3 y Alneriean Optical Company One Hundred and Sixty-four

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5 -l'l l E IRIS l Dr. Albert President of THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY Announces the inauguration of a standard college pre-professional course of one year in length, beginning with the i934-35 school year. This course will include most of the subjects offered in the first two years of the usual College course in Arts and Sciences. From the view- point of preparation for professional study, however, it will be distinctly advantageous in that all extraneous subjects such as militaryr training, gymnasium, etc., are eliminated. An exceptionally well qualified Faculty will offer the following sub- jects during the year: English Composition Foreign Language Mathematics Chemistry Biology For the present, enrollment in the pre-Optometry course will be optional with the applicant, although to some extent dependent upon the character of his preparatory credentials. Such pre-Optometry cultural courses have been advocated by leading optometrists for years, and have been required in all University courses in Optometry, but for some reason it appears that these University courses have failed to attract students. The Pennsylvania State College of Optometry, however, realizes the value of such work and believes that if it were offered in conjunction with the distinctive type of optometrical instruction given in this institution, it will be a very valuable and popular addition, making possible a consider- able development in the scope and content of the professional courses by making available, for other subjects, the time usually devoted in the reg- ular professional course to such purely academic subjects as mathematics, chemistry and biology. The Pennsylvania State College of Optometry has always pioneered educationally for the best interests of Optometry, and believes that it originated most of the advances made in the field of optometrical educa- tion during the last fifteen years. One Hu dred and Sixty-six X.