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

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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

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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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 TO THE CLASS OF 1963 The class of 1963 graduates in one of the significant years in the history of Temple University and its School of Dentistry. It is the 75th anniversary of the Charter for the Univorsity. During those years the institution has grown from a small evening college to a university of nine degree granting colleges and many divisions. Its early enrollment of five hundred evening students grew to the more than thirty thousand enrolled last year. A figure which ranks her as the third largest private university in America. On graduation day you become members of an alumni body of a university which has an impressive heritage and a significant influence upon the education of this day. The School of Dentistry is holding its centennial. It is not only the second oldest dental school in the world in continuous existence but also among those whose alumni span the globe in residence and influence. In these one hundred years dental education has advanced in a fashion similar to that of other health sciences, so that today the art, science, and practice of dentistry bring health, comfort and well being to increasing populations who had need for them. Congratulations to you the members of the class of 1963 who are to become Alumni of the Philadelphia Dental College—Temple University School of Dentistry in this significant year of your graduation.