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

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ALFRED M. HAAS, D.D.S. Professor of Minor Oral Surgery and Exodontia

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do not be absent-minded. Whether at work or pleasure, have your mind concentrated on what you are doing. Edmund Burke, Bortian’s great orator, has said, Facts are to the mind what food is to the body, and upon the due digestion of these depends the strength of one and the vigor of the other. You cannot be devotees of science and followers of pleasure at the same time. Goethe has said, That you may spend in some direction, you must save in others. I desire also to commend to your reading the seventh chapter of Proverbs. What has been written in the foregoing embodies the principles and character istics which motivated the men who founded the Philadelphia Dental College. I know because I knew them all intimately and personally. I am handing it along to you to whom the future of the College must now be committed. John H. McQuillen conceived the idea in 1862 of founding the Philadelphia Dental College, formed a Faculty, and in November, 1863, opened lectures. This Faculty functioned, with some few changes, until 1870. From this date until 1878 no changes occurred. In 1879 Dean McQuillen died and was succeeded in turn by Prof. D. D. Smith, James E. Garrctson, and Simeon Guilford. During an interregnum caused by the illness of Dean Guilford, Dr. Leo. Grecnbaum acted as Dean. Under these successive administrations the College flourished and gave marked evidence of a progressive institution furnishing the public with some three thousand graduates. In 1907 the school affiliated with Temple University. The College was originally located on the Northwest Corner of Tenth and Arch Streets, but in 1887 moved to Eighteenth and Cherry Streets. At a still later period, 1896, it went to Eighteenth and Button-wood Streets, where at present it is still located. Starting its organization when there were but three other dental schools in the country, it has steadily progressed, witnessing the passing out of these three original companions, and is now the oldest dental school in existence. Its progress has been marked by a constant advancement. Students from every civilized country in the world have studied within its portals. It was the first school to include a course in Oral Surgery in its curriculum. During Prof. Gar-rctson's service it established the Garretson Hospital, devoted to the treatment of lesions and diseases of the mouth and teeth through the medium of Oral Surgery. During the regime of Prof. McQuillen it had a graded course in Histology and Microscopy, being the first in this field, now a required subject in all dental teaching. The Philadelphia Dental College has the unique experience of founding the Medico-Chirurgical College—a Medical College founded by a Dental College. In 1918 the present Dean, I. N. Broomcll, succeeded Dr. Guilford and took charge of the ever-enlarging and progressing dental school. Throughout its whol? existence the school has verified a statement of Robert Louis Stevenson, The true happiness of mankind is not to arrive, but to travel. A statement true of colleges, as of individuals, for all life is an adventure in becoming. Man's life is a succession of striving toward goals near or remote. Lay to your hearts this lesson drawn from the life of your Alma Mater. Life is very simple. It merely consists in learning how to accept the impossible, how to do without the indispensable. how to endure the insufferable. The man who made this statement inquires, What could be more simple? My question is not. what could be more simple? but, what is most desirable in life? Disraeli answers, A continued grand procession from manhood to the tomb. Sincerely, Nine L. Ashley Fauoht.

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Alfred M. Haas, D.D.S. Born in Philadelphia, 1876. Attended schools in Philadelphia, and taught in private school for four years; following this, entered business career, and finally entered the Philadelphia Dental College in 190? graduating in 1906 with the degree of D.D.S. Joined the Minor Faculty as teacher of Operative Technique and Anaesthetics in 1908. Appointed Assistant Professor of Minor Surgery and Anaesthetics in 1916, also official Anaesthetist of the Garretson Hospital. In 1918 elected to the Major Faculty as Professor of Dental Surgery and Anaesthetics. Honorary member of Xi Psi Phi Society. Honorary member of Pennsylvania Association Dcnt.il Surgeons. Honorary member of Pennsylvania State Dental Society. Honorary member of National Dental Association. Honorary member of New Jersey State Dental Society. To the Class of 1929: Complying with your request to inscribe a few words in your Class Book is indeed a privilege and a pleasure. Mentally reviewing the vicissitudes, trials, tribulations and pleasures through which you as a class and as individuals have passed during your College career will no doubt bring many memories in future years. You arc about to enter one of the noblest professions, a branch of the healing art. The art of Dentistry is old, but with the advancement of scientific knowledge, of asepsis, surgery, and the allied subjects, a greater opportunity is offered at the present time for service to humanity than ever before; therefore let me admonish you to be ever-mindful of the responsibility and trust reposed in you, having a fixed goal and striving for the ideal. You will receive your reward richer in the fact that you have indeed served well. Return to your Alma Mater at intervals and note the advancement and improvements that are being made for purpose of instruction. We shall be glad to see you, for we are always interested in your welfare. Wishing you health, success, and prosperity individually, I am Sincerely yours, Alfred M Haas. Eleven