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

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Some Attributes Which Serve to Make a Successful Dentist Dean I. N. Broomell to be successful, he should be honest. By this we do not mean that ould be a man that would scorn to steal his neighbor's goods, or con it a crime not to pay his just debts. Such honesty belongs to most The honesty to which reference is made is that in which he claims is professional ability no more than is justly due. He should be hon-est in sustaining the code of ethics promulgated by his profession. He should be honest in upholding the dignity of his art. He should be honest with his professional brother, and finally, he should be honest with his patient. Second, he should possess self-respect. In no profession docs a man more require a possession of this truly honorable attribute. It is the duty of every dentist, from the very beginning of his career, to cultivate self-respect, to bear always in mind who he is, and what he is, not yielding to the whims and fancies of his patients a rational opinion, without reasons perfectly satisfactory to his judgment. Third, he should be a self-relying man. While he should treat authority with all due deference, he should soon educate himself to have great confidence in his own ability. He should be “a man who knows he can trust himself. Fourth, he should be a determined, persevering man, a man of steady purpose. There is scarcely a quality which so dignifies human nature as consistency of conduct, and no weakness more deplorable than that of instability. The wavering, uncertain, aimless man is entitled to no confidence, and for the most part receives but little. Fifth, he should be an industrious man. Without the habits of industry, the finest talents will lie dormant. By the character of the age in which we live, an age of progress, an age of great discoveries and rapid advancement, we arc compelled to be industrious if we desire success. Finally, he should be a gentleman. A noted authority tells us that a gentleman is one raised by birth, office, fortune or education above the vulgar, but truly such a definition is far from the truth. To be a gentleman, something more is required than to have had a grandfather, nor does education alone make a gentleman. There must be combined with these good breeding and good morals. Education may modify and harmonize, but alone will never develop a gentleman. Many years ago a distinguished writer, Bishop Deane, in defining a gentleman, said, “A gentleman is a gentle man, no more, no less—a diamond polished that was a diamond in the rough. A gentleman is gentle; a gentleman is courteous; a gentleman is generous; a gentleman is slow to take offense, as being one who never gives it; a gentleman is slow to surmise evil, as being one who never thinks it. A gentleman subdues his feelings, and finally a gentleman controls his speech. Of such attributes the dentist should be made. It is my sincere wish that the Class of 1927 may meet with success and the fulfillment of at least a majority of the foregoing suggestions may assist in bringing this about. May prosperity, good health and long life come to each one of you. Twcnty'four

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LEVI W. POWNALL, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry GEORGE D. ESSIG, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry LOUIS HERMAN, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Technic and Porcelain Work RENE OLDFIELD, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Crown and Bridge Work LAURENCE E. HESS, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry HUNTING J. LORD, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry AUGUSTUS J. BRUBAKER, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry CHARLES A. SUTLIFF, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Technic DAVID W. BELL, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry PETER J. KELLY, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry EDWARD J. DOYLE, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry FREDERICK J. GLEASON, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry CHARLES T. SHALLCROSS, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry LEONARD E. POWELL, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry FRANK C. ABBOTT, M.D. Chief Demonstrator of Anatomy JOSEPH D. LIMQUINCO. M.D., A.B., Ph D. Demonstrator of Anatomy LOUIS M. JACOBS, M.D. Demonstrator of Anatomy CHARLES SCHABINGER. Ph.D., M.D. Demonstrator of Anatomy C. G. ROWE Demonstrator of Bacteriology RUSSELL A. SHADE, D.D.S. Demonstrator of General Pathology and Histology B. M. MAKUS, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Orthodontics ROBERT ROWAN, B.S. Demonstrator of Chemistry and Metallurgy SOL LEIKEN, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Anatomy LEON M. GRISBAUM, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry ABRAM MITCHELL, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry ALFONSE L. VENTURA, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry HELEN M. BECK, D.D.S. Director of the School for Dental Hygienists B. ELIZABETH BAETTY, D.D.S. Demonstrator of Applied Bacteriology KATHARINE M. MacBRIDE Technician WM. MATTHEWS, A.B., D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry W. S. BAGLIVO. D.D.S. Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry Twenty-three

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I. NORMAN BROOMELL, D.D.S., F.A.A.D.S. Dean, Professor of Dental Anatomy, Dental Histology and Embryology