Temple University School of Dentistry - Odontolog Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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In 1905 Dr. Leo Greenbaum was elected Assistant Dean and in June. 1906, Dr. S. H. Guilford resigned the office of Dean and Dr. Greenbaum was elected to that position. In June. 1908. Dr. Greenbaum resigned the office of Dean and Dr. Guilford was elected to that position. In June. 1907. the Philadelphia Dental College, by a vote of its Board of Trustees, was affiliated with Temple University, thus becoming an integral part of the large institution. The former Dean and members of the Faculty were retained, and the course of instruction and governmental policy continued as they had been. In 1908 Professor Stellwagen resigned and was succeeded by Dr. Henry F. Slifer. In the same year Dr. Wayne Babcock was elected to the chair of Oral and General surgery; Dr. John Byers Roxby to the chair of Anatomy; Dr. Henry Augustus Bacon to the chair of Bacteriology and Anaesthesia; Dr. Sidney E. Bateman to the chair of Histology and Dr. Mervyn Ross Taylor to the chair of Materia Medica. In the same year Dr. Thomas E. Weeks was elected Professor of Clinical Dentistry and Operative Technics. In [909 Dr. Babcock resigned his chair, and Dr. Carlton N. Russell was appointed Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In 1910 Dr. Bacon resigned and his chair was divided. Dr. G. McConnell assuming the chair of Bacteriology, and Dr. Taylor adding Anaesthesia to his chair. In 1911 Dr. Bateman resigned his chair of Histology, and Dr. F. E. Freeman, his former assistant, succeeded to the position. The College has witnessed few changes in the Presidency of the Board of Trustees. The first incumbent was Rev. Richard Newton. D.D., the second was Hon. James Pollock. LI..D., and the third General James A. Beaver, I.L.D., while the present incumbent is Russell H. Con well, D.D., LL.D., ami President of Temple University. At the time of its incorporation there were but three other dental schools besides the Philadelphia Dental College, with a combined attendance of one hundred students. To-day there are in the United States more than fifty institutions, with a total yearly attendance of about five thousand students. In the forty years of its existence the Philadelphia Dental College has graduated no less than three thousand students. Like the other schools, it has advanced from a two-year to a three-year course, with supplemental spring and fall courses, covering three months or more. From a yearly curriculum that required thirty-four lectures from each professor, it has advanced into one in which more than one hundred didactic lectures are given annually by the incumbent of each chair. 20

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Thus far some change had taken place in the personnel of the Faculty each year but one. During the succeeding eight years no change occurred, but in 1878 Professor Garretson resumed his chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. Henry I. Dorr was made Adjunct Professor of Practical Dentistry. In 1879 the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics was established, and Professor Flagg was chosen to till it. Owing to the lamented death of Professor McQuillcn during this year, some changes in the chairs were made necessary. Professor Stellwageti succeeded Professor McQuillen in the chair of Physiology and his former chair of Operative Dentistry was united to that of Mechanical Dentistry. At the same time a new chair of Clinical Dentistry was established and Professor 11. J. Dorr was chosen to fill it. In 1881 Professor Smith resigned, and Dr. S. H. Guilford was elected incumbent of the chair of Operative and Prosthetic Dentistry and bthodontia. In 1880 Professor Dorr's chair was changed to that of Practical Dentistry, Anaesthesia and Anaesthetics. From then until the death of Professor Garret-son in October, 1895, a period of fourteen years, no change occurred ; hut after his death Dr. II. C. Roaming was elected to the chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. M. C. Cryer. for many years the assistant of Professor Garretson. was chosen Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In January, 1896, Professor S. H. Guilford was elected Dean of the Faculty. In the spring of the same year Professors Dorr and Flagg resigned, owing to ill health. Dr. Leo Greenbaum was thereupon chosen to succeed Professor Dorr, and the chair changed to include Materia Medica. Anaesthetics and Odontotechny. Dr. II. H. Rurchard was also chosen to fill the place of Dr. Flagg and made Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. After serving the school most acceptably for three years. Dr. Rurchard's failing health compelled his resignation. In October, i8 i. Dr. Cryer resigned to accept a position in the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania. In May. 1899, A. H. Thompson, of Topeka, Kansas, and Dean of the Kansas City Dental College, was chosen to succeed Dr. Rurchard, and the chair was extended to include Comparative Dental Anatomy. In May, 1900, Dr. Thompson resigned to resume his former Professorship in Kansas City Dental College, and Dr. Otto E. Inglis was elected Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. In October, 1901. Dr. Room succeeded Dr. S. R. l fowell. who became Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Physics and Metallurgy. At this time also Dr Otto E. Inglis was elected to the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. '9

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In addition to this, the clinical facilities have been enlarged, thereby giving to the students opportunities which were undreamed of years ago. One of the most recent advancements has been the establishment of technic courses in the Freshmen and Junior years, this being of a great advantage to the new student. The Philadelphia Dental College was the first to introduce into its curriculum a course of oral surgery, and the first to establish a hospital for the treatment of diseases of the oral cavity. Professor Garretson was first to introduce this, as a part of the dental curriculum. The Philadelphia Dental College in the many years of its existence has lost but six of its professors through death. These men were Dr. McQuillen, Dr. A. C. Kingsbury, Dr. Garretson, Dr. J. F. Flagg. Dr. FI. H. Burchard and Dr. II. C. Boenning. Each of these was a master in the art of teaching. During its existence two changes of location have been made necessary by the growth of the college. Upon its establishment it was located at the northwest corner of Tenth and Arch Streets. There it remained until 1887. when it removed to a new and larger building on Cherry Street, below Eighteenth. Outgrowing these quarters in the course of eight years, it was decided to purchase ground in a new locality and erect a large and commodious building, adapted solely to its own educational purposes. In i8 ;6 a suitable location was found at Eighteenth, Buttonwood and Hamilton Streets, and here ground was broken and the erection of a new building begun. The cornerstone was laid with Masonic ceremonies. January 13. 1897, and the building opened for the fall term of September tst. and formally dedicated on October 4th. In 1 yog. owing to the increase of patients, the hospital required more room, and a petition was made to the state for money to erect a new hospital on the college campus. Great credit is due to Dr. Boenning. whose untiring efforts succeeded in getting enough money to build the new hospital. The new hospital is now fully equipped and stands as one of the most modern hospitals in the city. S. H. G. 21