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

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The Auditorium 22 Efforts were begun lor lire enlargement and improvement of tire faculty witlr (Ire appointment, in 1:910. of Dr. Wmi N. Parkinson, class of 1911. as Medical Director of Temple University Hospital and Dean of lire School of Medicine. In the same year hope became reality when construction began oir lire new and modern building for the Medical School at Broad and Ontario Streets, to be built Dispensary Waiting Room

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9 3 B I'rank C. I lammond began 20 years of unceasing effort as dean to advance the institution to the coveted A rating. From 1905 to 1 ) 1 ■) two more floors and a roof garden were added to the Samaritan I fospital. In i()2 | it was felt that the Oarretson Hospital as such had outlived its usefulness because of the fact that many industrial plants were moving to distant suburban locations, and the maternity department had been moved to the Grealheart Hospital at Fighteenlh and Spring Garden Streets, in the Spring of 1923. It was therefore der ided to utilize the three upper floors of the GarretsOn Building lor laboratories, whereupon modern equipment was installed lor the Departments of Physiology. Fmbryology and Histology. Pathology and Bacteriology. In addition, a new anatomical dissecting room was installed in the basement. On duly 18. 1923, the most elaborate improvement of the Samaritan Hospital was completed with the dedication of a new main building, raising the capacity to 233 beds, with provision lor a new kitchen, record room, amphitheatre, and operating rooms. In 1927. two new medical wards, the Roosevelt Wards, with 58 beds, were added, bringing the total to 330. Finally in 1929. in order more clearly to indicate the relation of the I fospital to the University, it was renamed I emple University Hospital. ' In spite of these improvements the American Medical Association refused a request to grant the School a new rating. At last, in 1928. following an inspection by the committee of the American Medical Association, the much-sought A rating was obtained, climaxing the long continued, tireless efforts of Dean Hammond. The Library 21

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9 3 B Medical School Lobby af a cost of one and a quarter million dollars. I lie splendidly equipped building was dedicated on October 15. iq-jo. by Dr. YV. J. Mayo. Subsequently 450 students. tbe largest student body in tlie history of the school, convened lor ( lasses. Di spensaries. administrative offices, and a beautiful library are found on the lirst and second floors. I he third floor is devoted to the departments of Ncurologi- A Classroom 23