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

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C. BARTON ADDIE, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. Dean of Temple Dental School Professor of Crown and Bridge and Orthodontia 18

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T)r. Johnson’s Message A T THE close of a school year that has been marked with difficulties for education everywhere, I greet with pride the students who have persevered through the distractions of troubled days to achieve their goal. Dental surgeons, like physicians, are necessary both to military and civilian defense, a fact to which your government has given recognition. This places under heavy responsibility you who are being graduated this year from the School of Dentistry. Even though you never fire a gun, you may regard yourself as being in the first line of defense. This precious quality that we term morale rests in part on health, and you are one of its guardians. Health is as vital to an army as its weapons, it is as important to war industry as its tools. You, along with practitioners of the other healing arts, must protect it. The diploma that Dental graduates receive is evidence that you have the skill to do this, and the pcrsistance with which you have sought your education shows that you have the will to do it. You may be sure that your University is proud of you, as it is of those who for so many years have gone out from the School of Dentistry, for the service which you will offer, in peace or war, to human health and welfare. As your University President, 1 shall hear with pleasure of your individual successes, and I wish you a full measure of happiness. Robert L. Johnson. 17

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zA Message From Dean zAddie TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1!)42: I N RESPONSE to your request that I give to you a few parting words of advice and encour-agenient upon the occasion of your launching into the stream of professional activity after six long years of preparation, I must frankly admit that at this moment, I hardly know how or where to begin. So much can be said at a time like this, especially when so much has to be done in a world of turmoil and distress. We have passed through some strenuous times together these past few years and while you may look upon the future with a great deal of anxiety because of the war, comfort yourself with the realization that you are well equipped and prepared in professional training and can take your place among the ranks of those who are so nobly contributing specialized skill toward alleviating ills and injuries resulting from a noble service to one’s country. No one can predict with certainty, the events of the future, “but win the war we will. Such victory, however, will entail many hardships and much suffering for both combatants and non-combatants alike, yet for those who have been trained to minister to the wounded and aid the sick are distinctly privileged. Yours is a heritage, incomparable to any other especially at times like these, and 1 envy you your opportunity for service. Your professional career is just beginning as are also your selective studies and development. Up until now, you have been chiefly concerned with fundamentals and professional background. Today you start in to acquire by continuous study and practice, that skill and knowledge that will mark you as a qualified authority in your chosen field. 1 bid you one and all God’s speed together with health, wealth and happiness. Wherever you may roam, remember your Alma Mater and let her hear from you occasionally. C. B. A. 19