Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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JOHN CHEW APPLEGATE. M.D.. F A C S

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President Peury’s ‘Message JT IS a pleasure and a privilege to wish the members of the Class of 1927 Godspeed upon their forthcoming entrance into the professional world. The record of the School of Medicine and the calibre of its students are a matter of pride to the administrative officers of Temple University. So uniformly devoted and serious have been your work and application during your years of study at the School of Medicine, that we entertain no doubt as to the success and standing you will achieve in your chosen profession. Needless to say, that profession is one of the utmost importance to the welfare of humanity, and we are convinced that you are thoroughly imbued with the responsibility which henceforth will be yours. We know that you will discharge your professional obligations with that sense of unselfish devotion to your suffering fellow men and with that close regard for the ethical principles of your profession which the members of our splendid Faculty, by precept and example, have taught you to feel and to observe. Thus you will be highly valuable members of whatever community you may choose in which to practice. In the vital work which you are about to undertike in the world, you will be heartened and encouraged by the realization that your Alma Mater stands back of you. And with the wonderful plans for the expansion and further development of the University, in which the School of Medicine figures so conspicuously, that support, principally in the form of added prestige, will grow as you advance in your professional career. In return for this, and for the opportunity the University has offered you, all Temple asks is that you do not forget her. Remember, we beg of you, what Temple has meant to your life and your career, and be ready to stand by her, as she is to stand by you, whenever she may need your aid and cooperation. Sincerely, Chas. S. Beury. 19}

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3Jn jHemortam JOHN CHEW APPLEGATE, M.D., F.A.C.S. Professor of Obstetrics ONCE again has the Grim Reaper swung his scythe, and taken from us one who was so com plete a man, that his absence leaves us with a sense of real, of personal loss, an emptiness which only the passing years can fill. It was once said of him, “He was a perfect gentleman. No truer sentiment, no more fitting express on of his character was ever voiced. Each year saw him more gentle, more sympathetic, always ready with helping hand and cheering smile, to smooth the path before us and iron out the difficulties confronting us. As a teacher he exemplified that spirit of sacrifice and unselfishness, with regard to his personal acquisition, which has characterized all the great teachers of history, such as Socrates and Aristotle. He reached the very pinnacle of his profession and his career has been as a beacon to those who follow after. And yet, when all is said, he was still greater as a friend, especially in those trying moments when friendship counted most. It may well be 6aid, that he laid down his 'ife for his friends, with his unflagging pursuit of the tiring routine of lectures and clinics as an added burden to his already-crowded day. While we miss his presence in the flesh, still are we influenced by his precept and example, and we feel that kindly Spirit still watching o‘cr us and guiding us, as we progress on our journey through life. ‘We have lost him; he is gone. We lyxow him now. all narrow jealousies Are silent; and we see him as he moved. How modes . Ipndly, all'occomphsh'd, wise. With what sublime repression of himself. And in what limits, and how tenderly; Not suuying to this faction or to that; Not malting his high place the lawless perch Of wing'd ambitions, nor a i antage-ground For pleasure; but through all this tract of years Wearing the white flower of a blameless life. —Tennyson. H. A. K. M. (Hi