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

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T H E RECORD 19 18 duces for us the features of the men who have taught us. the faces of classmates, and the scenes in which we have lived for the past three years. It is full of quips and cranks; it offers its tribute to the men who live and to those who have passed from our midst; it is a catalogue of ourselves. May it please you. Professor Inglis, the books is yours, and with it our hearts, in loyal acknowledgment to our Alma Mater and to you. The Class of 1918, Philadelphia Dental College. Leo A. Collins, Editor-in-Chief. 13

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tEo professor ©tto C 3nglt!S. E are not unaware that in the dedication of volumes of more serious import than this, there has from time immemorial prevailed a rule of address, demanding fulsome congratulation, laudation, and magniloquence; but this we wish to avoid, and desire, rather, to address you in a more intimate, but none the less appreciative, fashion, as better fits the relation which you have made us feel exists between us. Moreover, this volume—an incentive to memories of the school we are about to leave, with mingled enthusiasm for the future and regret for the parting—does not comport with stern formality, but appeals to our sympathy for you and to your sympathy for us. Sympathy, sir. is an abounding grace in the history of your connection with the Philadelphia Dental College. It has been known personally by every one of the hundreds ot students who have gone to you in difficulty, perplexity, or trouble. It has been realized by every one who has cared to share with you his pleasure and success. It has, perhaps, at times, cost you money; certainly it has demanded your time, and often your earnest and serious thought; but no one except yourself can really know to what extent it has made demands upon your heart and brain. We appreciate the fact that your learning and scientific achievements have won for you a distinguished position among men of learning, and that primarily they are the reasons for which you have been selected as an instructor in this notable institution. We know, as a matter of past history and by present evidence, that vour ability in, a knowledge of. the science of Dentistry, have contributed greatly to the success of the many dentists to whom you have taught your methods and whom you have trained to be skillful. But we know. too. by our own perception, that your knowledge of men, your heartfelt interest in the efforts of your students, your sense of justice and your keen appreciation of the other man’s position—we know all this to he the real foundation of your best accomplishments. Thinking upon these traits, we. as a class, dedicate to you this volume of our school history. Obviously, it is in no sense a contribution to human knowledge ; it is nothing more than a private and personal record of the non-professional memories that we would preserve for ourselves and our friends, ot our existence as the C lass of 101S of the Philadelphia Dental College. It repro- 12

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THE RECORD 19 18 Jfyisitovp of tfje -pijitabelpljia Cental College anb hospital of € ral Surgery Jfrom its inception in 1852 to 1918 eflHE first institution established in Pennsylvania for imparting of knowledge in the science and art of dentistry was organized in 1852, under the title of Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery. After a useful but short life of four years, it yielded to internal dissension and ceased to exist. In the fall of 1862 Dr. John M. Quillen, holding the chair of Operative Dentistry and Physiology in the Pennsylvania College, retired from the faculty, and in 1863, with the assistance of other members of the profession in the city and State, after great expenditure and overcoming great opposition, he succeeded in obtaining from the Legislature of Pennsylvania a charter for a new institution under the name of the Philadelphia Dental College. After the securing of a competent Faculty and Board of Trustees;, the new institution opened its first term in November of the same year. Its Faculty consisted of: Dr. J. H. McOuillen, Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene. Dr. J. Foster Flagg, Professor of Institutes of Dentistry. Dr. C. A. Kingsbury, Professor of Physiology and Operative Dentistry. Dr. Thos. Wardell, Professor of Mechanical Dentistry and Metallurgy-. Dr. Henry A. Morton, A. M., Professor of Chemistry. Dr. McQuillen was elected Dean, and held that office continuously until his death. In 1865. Professors Kingsbury and Morton resigned and were succeeded by I)r. George W. Ellis and Alfred R. Leeds, A. M. In 1866, Professor Ellis resigned and Professor Kingsbury resumed his former chair. In 1867. Professor Wardell resigned, and Dr. D. D. Smith was elected to succeed him. The same year two new chairs were created, one of Principles and Practice of Surgery, and the other of Anatomy. Dr. James E. Garretson was chosen incumbent of the former, and Dr. Harrison Allen, of the latter. In the following year, 1S68. Professors Garretson and Leeds resigned, and Dr. S. B. Howell was elected to succeed Professor Leeds. 14