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

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C. BARTON ADDIE. D.D.S. Acting Associate Dean Professor of Orthodontia and Crown and Bridge 12

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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

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I appreciate the honor of the invitation to subscribe something for your class record; which reminds me, with regret, that passage of time has brought us to the parting of the ways. However, I congratulate you on your achievement, yet beg to remind you that you are just beginning. Please don't misunderstand for I am not a joy-killer, I am merely at this moment thinking back in reminiscence over years of strife, and once again I want to remind you that youth cannot in its fullest sense compete with age and experience. You may have technical ability, unquestioned, and also the recommendation of scientific learning sufficient for your faculty fq advise your graduation, nevertheless the experience obtained by close observation and comparison with that which has gone befpre, comprises a wealth of knowledge that is not gained in universities. | An active interest in The Humanities is significant to the patient whose personal problems you are studying and is an all important factor. All your talk cannot obliterate the object for which they .came—namely professional advice; nor can you yourself give this all important service unless you have the proper conception of professional responsibility. Don't betray yourself and your profession; .if you believe in it practice it. Keep abreast of the times. Study continuously. Practice technique in your laboratory. Believe in preventive endeavor. Make proper social contacts, and maintain faith in yourself. These are my parting words and I wish you, one and all, a fullness of life. C. BARTON ADDIE. 13