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

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Qfficers and Faculty THE 1935. IRIS

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ll-lE art of glass manufacture reached an advanced stage in Egypt centuries ago. The earliest pieces of Egyptian blown glass on record are dated from l6OO l3.C. Curious enough, the earliest piece was an eye of blue glass imitating turquoise . Nothing left by the Egyptians indicates that they made glass for optical purposes, but the skill with which they wrought glass objects is important. lt showed later artisans how the ma- terial could be applied to the construction of different objects. Consider also that the first eyeglasses were looked upon more as articles of curiosity and adornment than as instruments for visual improvement. ' The Egyptians attained rare achievements as glass cutters and edgers. lt is said that volcanic glass was first used. Ala- baster' vases were hollowed out with uncanny precision from solid blocks of glass. Hieroglyphics were skillfully cut or edged on glass vases- sometimes even on glass beads. The Egyptian glass was never cast but was worked as a pasty mass. The importance of Egyptian glass making to optics is that that ancient era developed a very fine type of clear crystal glass, as good as we now have, long before Phoenician traders carried the art into Western Europe, and made possible the making of lenses many gEl leI'aflOl'lS l3l'EI'. iCourtesy of Optical Journal and Review of Optomctryi

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Dr. lzitchls Message to the Class ol '35 lt is gratifying to view in retrospect the uniformly fine product leaving the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry each summerf You, the members of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Five, uphold the ideals and aspirations the College strives to inculcate in its graduates. You have been unusually fortunate, being the first class to complete the course in the new location and improved surroundings of the College as it stands today. You have further had wide scope of opportunity in having perfected your optometrical technique in the most complete eye clinic in existence, the only one in which is covered the whole gamut of eye work in its special applications, such as the diagnosis and treatment of sub-normal vision cases. With the complete remodeling of the old Clinic, which was effected during your interneship, the acquiring of the most modern and complete equipment and apparatus for all phases of treatment of the human eye, together with the earnest application to study evinced by your Class, you should, and l believe you do, enter your professional field with a better back- ground and more chance for complete success than any who have preceded you. 'This clinical development demonstrates in a practical manner the great advancement which has come in recent years in all phases of our professional work, and in its scientific background. Ours is a profession which presents many facets of character, each of which has been clearer cut and better polished with the passing of the years, because of the zealous efforts of those who devote their wholehearted efforts toward its advancement. One note strikes clearly in your class individuality,-a highly satisfac- tory one-your complete accord with the ideals of ethical practice, and all that it evokes. 4 With natural reluctance l regard your departure, but with faith and deep sincerity say- Cod speed you. THE i935 IRIS ' 3