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

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Temple University Medical School Building

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To the Staff The 1955 SKULL is, as all past SKULLS were, a record of a class career at Temple Medical School. Herein are the facts and the faces which make our class unique among all the others that have observed your disciplines. Through your teachings you have made subtle but signal changes in us all; the SKULL deals with the products of this metamorphosis, and we must recognize your role in the great maturing period of our lives. It is a fact that you have led us into avenues of thought and conduct of which we were totally ignorant in September, 1951, and it was inevitable that we should choose your propositions— though grudgingly at times—as our future methods of living with our profession. Your influence has been varied and vital. We realize this more with each new responsibility, with each new problem, and our appreciation of your wisdom has put a different perspective on our rudimentary quest for that ethereal stuff. Accept, then, our gratitude for your patience and work in squeezing us into the die that molds a physician. You have seen to it that our ambition to bear the title with pride has been fulfilled. Forgive our levity, when we were unaware of the value of your time and experience. Those of you who have offered us part of himself may be assured that we will nurture those fragments carefully and attend to their growth. We, singly and collectively, are the sum of these portions. 8 THE CLASS OF 1955

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History of Temple University Hospitals The Old Look Excavation Juno 1954 Dr. Conwell, Founder of Temple University, became aware early of the real need of a hospital to serve the sick indigents in the college area. When a young woman with a serious illness sought Dr. Conwell's aid, this awareness was quickly concentrated in the direction of beginning an active program to provide this service. A private home on Broad Street was purchased, and with many physicians offering their services, the North Philadelphia Hospital was organized in the year 1888. It soon became evident that larger facilities were necessary, and a new building, then named the Samaritan Hospital, was officially opened in February, 1892 This undertaking flourished under the guidance of Dr. Con-well, who imparted to all associated with this venture a spirit of dedication and enthusiasm. The Medical Department of Temple College was started in 1901 with the admission of thirty-one students, classes being conducted at night. The course of study included five years of night study with seven hundred hours of day work per year. The didactic material was presented at Broad and Berks Streets, and the clinical sections were completed at the Samaritan Hospital, which, by then, had been expanded to 125 beds. The first Dean, Dr. Fitz, served until 1903, when Dr. Newton assumed direction of the school's growth for the succeeding six years. 10