Philadelphia Dental College - Class Book Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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And it may be that our sunset Will transfix, impart transfusion To all, looking on our colors, Who will catch some inspiration That will strengthen and encourage All their noble aspirations. Tl1ey will hearken to the prelude That precedes our song eternal, When our sun will sink at setting To arise in realms much fairer In the other, heavenly Kingdom, Where our light will be enveloped In the Central Light of Heaven, In the halo and the splendor Of eternal bliss and glory. At our final test and trial We will stand before the presence Cf the Great Heart-Searching Teacher, And our records will be taken. If approved and marked as perfect, Then our College gowns and colors We'll exchange for ones more prineely, Robes of light, the pure white garments, Given by our Prince Messiah To all those who pass his judgment On the day of final reckoning. He will grant us a diploma Of admission to the Kingdom, Thro' the pearly gates of glory, As a trophy of our labors, As a badge that we may enter On a higher, grander calling, In the everlasting service, Reigning with our King Emmanuel. That promotion will be final. Graduation of such numbers, Matchless in array of beautyg Filling us with joy and wonder, With ecstatic joy and praises . Of our Saviour's Kindly presence, In l1is palace, in the city Paved, inlaid with gold and jasper. 218

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That our conduct and our manners Be refined and very gentle, And our thoughts infused with kindness For the weal of all about us. And obliging all our patients, W'hile restoring fallen structure, While imparting balmy healing To the suffering and afflicted. Then our altruistic instinct NVill be gratified so fully We, ourselves, will be quite happy. We must guard 'gainst dissipation, Concentrating all our forces On the one work we have chosen. Aeonite and Digitalis Are, as has been often proven, Incompatible entirely. So we know that dissipation And integrity, its contrast, Are, undoubtedly, most truly, Incompatible entirely. One produces great depression, Failure of the heart quite often, And the other, vital power, Stimulating animation. And with Herculean efforts Difficulties meeting bravely, If we calmly face them boldly, Like the panther, they will eower, Be they never so collossal. Looking to the Source and Fountain Of all knowledge, strength and power, For the merchandise of wisdom, For the wisdom of more value Than fine gold and precious rubies, Let us in our bosom carry Perseverance, truth and honor, All the virtues and tl1e graces, And we'll gain our high ambitions. Then when our next term is closing, When all filled are our appointments, We must lay aside our weapons, Instruments and all our service, Others must take up the practice Of the work where we relinquish. 217

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cm Gdl'l'QfS0llldll Society 0f the Pblldfklpbld Dellldl ZOIIQQC W - N the 27th ofSepten1ber, 1883, a 1111 mber of game- men then studying at the 1 D C, met in the office of Dr Leopold Gieenbaum a meeting to cele . . ., I A D 1 H ga AA brate the birth of The Garretsonian Society of the Philadelphia Dental College. The christening took place at the same meeting and the organization was named after and in honor of Dr. James E. Garretson, the well-loved Dean of the Philadelphia Dental College. The objects of the newly-born society were to improve the social relations, and for the intellectual elevation of its members. Officers were to be elected from the college classes, the President and Secretary to be members of the Senior class, while the Juniors were to fill the offices of Vice-President and Treasurer. At the first election held, the following gentlemen were chosen to office: President, Mr. W. E. THALL, '84. Vice-President, Mr. B. D. Se11LAU1J1sc1cIaR, '85. Secretary, Mr. W. R. HEliNARD, '84. Treasurer, Mr. I. L. ZKREWSON, '85. For a long time Dr. Garretson delivered lectures on philo- sophical subjects before the society, every Tuesday evening, and that those learned discourses were highly appreciated is evi- denced by the fact that the lecture hall was invariably filled to overfiowing by audiences composed not alone of the college students, but also of strangers, eager to listen to the gifted phil- osopher. For the past three years the society has given enter- tainments of a musical and literary character, and these have 219