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

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The most important thing is to have some convictions and to follow them, I think that is what everyone is looking for anyway. City Line? I think it will come into being. Too much has been done by too many people to doubt it. Recruited in 1942, first as a student health physician, then as an instructor in Osteopathic manipulative therapeutics, Dr. Bradford decided to head for a spe- cialty in E.N.T. In 1944 he was asked to join the Physiology Dept. It was a tough choice giving up a specialty, but I decided to give it a try. Dr. Bradford enjoys teaching, he says it is probably the biggest single thing in his life, apart from his family. If you see one face light up with understand- ing, it ' s worth beating your brains out. Yet he has multiple outside interests; he works in four districts for the Philadelphia council of Boy Scouts, is a member of Lions International, has taught Sunday school for ten years, enjoys hobbies — switching from summer archery and fishing to winter folk and choral singing ( I belong to a small choral group who tolerate me because my wife has a beautiful soprano voice ); he is conversant in Anthropology, Archeology and History. Dr. Bradford ' s hopes for the Physiology department is one in which he can give the students the best clinical and theoretic training; one which can conduct signifi- cant research (especially Osteopathic research), and one which can serve as an advisory and educative func- tion for the profession as a whole.

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FREDRIC H. EARTH, B.S., D.Sc, LL.D. PRESIDENT PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY There appear in history, from time to time, examples of institutions which, with the right leadership, move forward rapidly and vigorously. Phila- delphia College of Osteopathy is an illustration of such an institution. Over a decade and a half ago, the college was at that point where, be- cause of internal and external conditions, it was ready to move forward with the right leadership, and the right leadership appeared. The Class of 1965 salutes Dr. Fredric H. Barth in admiration and in grati- tude for the leadership which he has brought to this college, and for his contribution to the Osteopathic profession. More than anyone realizes, the welfare of the Osteopathic profession is the result of Dr. Earth ' s faith in Osteopathy, in his determination that this college shall be a great insti- tution, and in his conviction that the future, not only in this profession but in America, rests in the education of young people dedicated to the service of their fellow citizens and this nation. The Class of 1965 wishes to express its gratitude to Dr. Barth for what he has done for each member of the class, for the college and for the Osteopathic profession.