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

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r 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 Stellwagon 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 1909, Dr. Babcock resigned his chair, and Dr. Carlton N. Russell was appointed Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In 1911 he was advanced to full Professorship. In 1910, Dr. Bacon resigned and his chair was divided. Dr. C . 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 w itnessed few changes in the Presidency of the Board of Trustees. The first incumbent was Rev. Richard Newton. D. D.; the second was Hon. fames Pollock. I.L.D., and the third. General James A. Beaver. I.L.D.. while the present incumbent is Russell H. Comvell, D.D.. LL.D., and President of Temple University. At the same time of its incorporation there were but three other dental schools beside 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, w ith supplemental spring 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 arc given annually by one incumbent of each chair. 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 Freshman and Junior years, this being a great advantage to the new student. The Philadelphia Dental College was the first to introduie into its curriculum a course of oral surgery, and the first to establish a hospital for the treat- 14

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 year but one. During the succeeding eight years no changes occurred, but in 1878. Professor Garretson resumed his chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. Henry J. Dorr was made Adjunct Pofessor of Practical Dentistry. In 1879, the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics was established, and Professor Flagg was chosen to fill it. Owing to the lamented death of Professor Mc(Juillen during this year, some changes in the chairs were made necessary. Professor Stellwagen 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 H. J. Dorr was chosen to till it. In 1881, Professor Smith resigned, and Dr. S. H. Guilford :‘s elected incumbent of the chair of Operative and Prosthetic Dentistry and Orthodontia, In 1889, Professor Dorr’s chair was changed to that of Practical Dentistry. Anesthesia and Anesthetics. From then until the death of Professor Garretson in October, 1895. a period of fourteen years, no change occurred, but after his death Dr. II. C. Poenning was elected to the chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. M. C. Cryer. for many years the assistant of Professor Garretson, was ihosen 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 Grcenhaum was thereupon chosen to succeed Professor Dorr, and the chair changed to include Materia Medica, Anesthetics and Odon-totechny. Dr. H. FI. Burchard 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. llurchard s failing health compelled his resignation. In October, 1896, Dr. Crver 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. llurchard. and the chair was extended to include comparative Dental Anatomy. In May, 1900. Dr. Thompson resigned to resume hi. former Professorship in Kansas City Dental College, and Dr. Otto F. Inglis was elected Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. In October. 1901. Dr. Hoorn succeeded Dr. S. B. Howell, who became Professor Fmeritus of Chemistry. Physics and Metallurgy. At this time also Dr. Otto F. Inglis was elected to the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. In 1905. Dr. Leo. Grccnbaum was elected Assistant Dean, and in June. 1906. Dr. S. H. Guilford resigned the office of Dean and Dr. Grccnbaum was elected to that position. l.i June, 1907, the Philadelphia Dental College, by a vote of its Board of 13

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merit of disease of the oral cavity. Professor iarrctson 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. McQuillcn, Dr. A. C. Kingsbury, Dr. Garretson, Dr. J. F. Flagg. Dr. 11. 11. Burchard and Dr. H. 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 1 enth and Arch Streets. There it remained until 1887, when it removed to a new and large building on Cherry Street, below Eighteenth. Outgrowing these quarters in the course of eight years, it was decided to purchase a ground in a new locality and erect a large and commodious building, adapted solely to its own educational purposes. In 18%. a suitable location was found at Eighteenth. Buttonwood and Hamilton Streets, and here ground was broken and the erection of a new building began. The cornerstone was laid with Masonic ceremonies, January 13. ISO , and the structure completed August. 1897. The building was opened for the fall term of September 1st. and formally dedicated on October 4th of the same year. In 1905, owing to the increase of hospital patients, a petition was made to the State Legislature for money to erect a new hospital building on the College Campus. This was granted, and the building, with its complete modern equipment and accommodation for 50 patients, is serving the worthy poor of the city and State with free medical and surgical aid. In honor of its founder, the hospital has been named the Garretson Hospital. S. H. G. 15