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

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HARRY A. PATCHEN Editor-in-Chief

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Fellow Classmates:— Four years ago, we took passage on the good ship Knowledge ' bound for our Land of Promise, the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery; each one of us eager with the desire for accomplishment, and fired with ambition to achieve great deeds. Like all sea faring vessels, ours encountered stormy waters, sometimes seemingly overwhelming. Such times were moments familiar in everyone’s life, times when the weight of doubt and anxiety seemed inexorable. Some of our numbers have, unfortunately, been unable to compete successfully in the struggle. Perhaps it is better so, in that they may have found their places in the great machine of life, where they may he better qualified to carry out their particular line of endeavor, and develop to a greater degree their specific potentialities. Perhaps problems we encountered had not been settled to our satisfaction. Per chance we thought that Dame Fortune had forsaken us or at least had dealt us a harsh blow, when suddenly our horizon grew bright again, our vision cleared and once more we found ourselves enjoying our lot with the levity so characteristic of college life. Let us never he so practical as to overlook for one moment the ethical phase of our profession. That we never prostitute the principles of our vocation for mercenary gain, should be our constant prayer, and that we may ever prove worthy of the title Doctor of Dental Surgery. Our good ship “Knowledge has reached its much coveted destination, The Promised Land We have disembarked and find ourselves ready for a new voyage. We look to the future with the same indomitable courage and confidence that imbued us four years ago. Our new voyage is very different in character It is far more tangible and concrete. It necessitates the putting into practice of those principles we have learned and read. It is a time for keen discernment and wise discrimination; a time of self reliant execution of those fundamental laws which should be a part of us. Service to humanity is and ever will be the measurement of man’s worth. Is there any field where there is such opportunity for this as yours? How can I pay deeper homage to our four years of daily association, than by uniting them into one great force; a force which can never be entirely relegated to the past, but which will always reach out into the future, and make our lives here, nut individual experiences, but rather, a part of a great drama, which might well be called, “The Lasting Interlude. To you, members of the Faculty, whose labors have been impressing powerful influences upon our lives, how may we pay worthy tribute? You. whose life labors have been so nobly embodied in your teachings. It is futile to attempt an adequate remuneration for such a service; we can only say that our lives will be centers cf greater influences for good, for having been exposed not merely to your teachings, but to that greater power, that spiritual guidance and mentorship, which, unknown to itself affects those who may stand in its luminous plane. Seventeen John Joseph Tilli.

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Foreword In presenting this Record of the achievements of the individuals and as a class, the staff has tried to provide a permanent account of the incidents in our four years spent at P. D. C. We have tried to build up a permanent account so that in the future when we peruse the contents of these pages, they will bring back fond remi' niscences and serve as a binding tie between our' selves, the 66th Class and its Alma Mater. Harry A. Patchen. Nineteen