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

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manufacturing companies, tho hospital soon ceased to concentrate on oral diseases and accepted all sorts of cases into its wards. In 1897 the name of the hospital was changed to Garretson Hospital, named in honor of its founder. The school also changed its name to the Philadelphia Dental College and Garretson Hospital of Oral Surgery. Once again the demands upon the hospital far outstripped its facilities, and so, an appropriation for the purpose of building a new hospital was secured from the State Legislature and a modern structure was completed in 1908. It was located on Hamilton Street, adjoining the college. In 1906 the Philadelphia Dental College and Garretson Hospital of Oral Surgery offered to affiliate its holdings with Temple College. Dean Simoon H. Guilford explained it in this manner: There was a gradual change in sentiment shown by prospective students for dental schools associated with universities. Therefore, affiliation with some larger educa- tional institution would be advantageous to its interests. Especially since various state boards showed preference for students with a university diploma. Temple, on the other hand, did not want to start a dental school de novo, but was desirous of association with a dental school. The offer was accepted. As of December 15. 1906, the Philadelphia Dental College and Garretson Hospital of Oral Surgery became affiliated with Temple University by mutual consent of both institutions with a transfer of ground, buildings, equipment, good will and complete management. At this time the dental college was the fourth oldest in America, preceded only by institutions in Baltimore and Cincinnati and the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in this city. The next four decades were years of growth, turmoil, war, depression, another conflict and finally, peace. During this period the name and reputation of Temple University School of Dentistry, so named 12

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the storing of drugs and dressings. The food was brought from a nearby restaurant. Students acted as nurses. This condition could not last long, and as demands on the hospital became greater, other rooms had to be procured to accommodate the patients that were coming from all parts of the United States and Canada. Temporary quarters were found over the Third National Bank located at Broad and Market Streets. With the addition of the department of Oral Surgery the name of school was changed to the Philadelphia Dental College and Hospital of Oral Surgery. As the reputation of the Philadelphia Dental College and Hospital of Oral Surgery grew, the accommodations diminished proportionately. Therefore, it was decided in 1886 to expand the facilities, extend the influence, and increase the function of the college by merging with the Medico-Chirugical College and the Philadelphia School of Anatomy and to move to the north side of Cherry Street west of Eighteenth Street. This association of colleges constituted a firm . . . with equal rights and privileges so far as pertained to the control of the plant while at the same time maintaining a separate existence as teaching institutions. Dr. James E. Garretson, M.D., D.D.S., served as Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, Surgeon to the Oral Surgery Clinic, and Dean of the colloge (1880-1895) until his untimely death on October 30, 1895. It was through his efforts that the Philadelphia Dental College was the first dental school to introduce a course in Oral Surgery into the curriculum and to have a hospital for the treatment of oral pathologies. The ten years following the merger were so successful and growth so rapid that it bocame necessary in 1896 to dissolve the previous business relations with the Medico-Chirurgical College, and plans were mutually agreed upon to that effect. The Philadelphia School of Anatomy remained in association with the dental school. That same year ground was purchased at Eighteenth and Buttonwood Streets and a modern building of large dimensions . . . well planned and equipt for a dental school was built by Wilson Brothers and Company, Civil Engineers and Architects, for a total of $87,021.31, . . this being the full amount due us for the construction of the Main Building for the Philadelphia Dental College and Hospital of Oral Surgery, October 27, 1896. The cornerstone of the building was laid with Masonic ceremonies on January 13, 1897. A hospital for oral surgery occupied most of the first floor. However, since it was located in the district of the Baldwin Locomotive Works and other

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HOME OPTICAL in 1918, came to command national attention. In September, 1933 the school was placed in Class A by the Dental Education Council. Once again history repeated itself in that the demands upon the school far exceeded the physical facilities—even considering the renovation in 1933. In tho early months of 1946. through the untiring efforts of Robert L. Johnson, President of the University, and our present Dean, Gerald D. Timmons, the University purchased the Packard Building located north of Allegheny Avenue on Broad Street for the sum of ono million dollars. Tho building is a four story steel reinforced concrete structure faced with white limestone . . . (and) has a total floor space of 200,000 square feet . . (Four times the area of the Buttonwood school.) In a letter to the graduating class of 1947, Rob-bert L. Johnson very beautifully expressed what both students and faculty must have felt at the time of that historic commencement: . . The new probably will never have quite the place in your affection as docs the old. Professionally, you have grown up in these environs. Courts and corridors, clinics and laboratories are as familiar to you as the layout of your own home, and the walkways, streets, and student rendezvous of the neighborhood are like old friends. There is a beauty in familiarity that grows more beautiful as time goes by. Members of your faculty and your administrative officers feel that way, too. Every nook and cranny here is a repository of traditions and memories which no architect or craftsman can transplant. There are qualities of the spirit that can be carried over to the new only by human mind and heart. And so, as we, the 101st graduating class of this 100 years old institution, pass in centennial review we turn and salute the men who made it possible and say, in all humility, THANK YOU FOR OUR HERITAGE AND OUR PROFESSION. 13