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

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I. NORMAN BROOMELL. D.D.S., F.A.C.D. Dean of the Dental School Professor of Dental Anatomy and Dental Histology 10

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CHARLES E. BEURY. A.B.. L.L.B.. L.L.D. President of Temple University To the Class of 1935: In extending felicitations upon your graduation, may I give you a word of counsel which, however trite, has behind it the wisdom of experience? Your studies, far from being over, are really just beginning and should be continued all through your careers The successful professional man is always the student keeping abreast of the ever-changing aspects of his life-work. The finding of new truths is as essential to scientific advancement as is the testing of old knowledge. The task of discovering these new truths is one to which every college graduate, and particularly every graduate in the professions, should dedicate himself. This can be accomplished by individual ventures into the fields of research, exercising a pioneering spirit which will lift you above the level of the commonplace professional man, who is content to practice only along conventional lines The records of ninety years of organized development in Dentistry clearly indicate that the coveted positions of outstanding leadership fell into the hands of men who consistently developed the pioneering urge. In Dentistry, a science still in phases of gradual development, the opportunities to become more than a stereotyped dental practitioner are exceptionally alluring. Progress to date in this important branch of the public health service has been merely a scratch on the surface, and to the inquisitive student, vistas of unexplored territory are opened. The true scholar will take every advantage of these opportunities. Impress your individuality upon your profession and thus rise above the mediocre, for you will not have attained success unless, and until, you have escaped the dangerous pitfall of mediocrity. Very truly yours. CHAS. E. BEURY. President 9

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TO THE CLASS OF 1935 I wish it were possible for me to grasp the hand and personally congratulate each member of the class of 1935. To do so would become a very pleasing task when the relationship between us has been so mutually interwoven with the pleasures and vicissitudes which are always a part of modern college life. But such formality is not the custom, and I must therefore be content to record my felicitations on the printed page, and in this way, perhaps, make them more enduring. I trust you appreciate the fact that going out into the world as professional men trained to assist in the preservation of health that you are assuming a very serious obligation, one which you cannot afford to belittle or neglect. From the very beginning you must have your mind fixed upon the future path which you are about to tread, and which, no doubt, stands out dimly and vaguely before you. While you may regard the future with some anxiety, I am quite sure you are well equipped for the undertaking. I believe this to be true because in the average case it.follows as the natural result of having passed through a prolonged, intensified course of study for a professional career. Do not be discouraged if success does not immediately crown your efforts. Every beginner must in a measure serve an apprenticeship to his profession, and perhaps it is well that it should be so, because the interval of leisure which is quite likely to occur in the beginning, provides time which may be well spent in preparation to more readily meet successfully the days of greater activity when they arrive. The fact that you have graduated and received the coveted degree. Doctor of Dental Surgery, should not tempt you to believe that there is nothing more to learn. In place of this, you should look upon your college course as only a foundation for greater achievements which will advance you in the way of distinction and renown, and eventually lead you to a field rich in the opportunity to lessen the suffering, promote the comfort and increase the happiness of your fellow man. With pleasant recollections of the many happy days spent together, I extend, upon the part of my colleagues and myself, best wishes for your future success. I. N. BROOMELL. 11