Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Synapsis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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CHARLES W. SAUTER, II, D.O. Gardner Massachusetts President, American Osteopathic Association, 1962-63 PRESIDEIVT DF A.D.A. Greetings to the Class of 1963, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy: As this is being written you of the Class of 1963 are preparing for the final tests that will qualify you to leave your Alma Mater and proceed to the area of advanced clinical training in the profession of Osteopathy. You have been aided in acquiring the basic fundamentals on which to build a sound future and contribute to the health care of the peoples of this troubled world. The alumni of P.C.O throughout the past sixty years have provided many strong and influential leaders of the Osteopathic Profession. Your class members will soon be added to this reservoir of learning and teach- ing. I look forward with great anticipation to your contributions to the growth and independence of the Osteopathic Profession and to your influ- ence and respect in the stature of the D.O. degree. This degree represents the greatest truth that America has contributed to the healing arts. May this profession which was founded by a pioneer in American medicine continue to be developed by you who have accepted the challenge of this pioneer spirit. Sincerely Charles W. Sauter, 2nd, D.O. President

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SHERWOOD R. MERCER, A.B., A.M., LL.D. Dean DEAH To the Class of 1963 : The essential characteristic of education is that it never stops. Movement, change, pace and redirection are paradoxically the esence of what is often considered the stable base of a culture. The cycle of education is marked by a series of events called com- mencements. You have now reached another and probably, for most of you, a last com- mencement. I wish to congratulate each of you on achieving the degreee of Doctor of Osteopathy. I welcome you on behalf of the Osteopathic Profession to a life of study and service. Philadelphia College of Osteo- pathy is proud to call you sons and daugh- ters, and it hopes that you will keep vital the ties that bind your alma mater to you. Philadelphia College of Osteopathy pledges its help whenever it can be of service, and it hopes that as you care for your patients you will study with us from time to time in your interest, in our interest, but above all in your patients ' interest. Each of you has my cordial best wishes for a happy life, a prosperous practice, and a full measure of satisfaction from your service to your patients. Sherwood R. Mercer, Dean Dean Mercer, Miss Sensenig.

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Site of the new P.C.O. The foundation The workmen arrive Construction in full swing Construction in final stages Ht Landscaping is Building inspector The new P.C.O.