Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY Appreciating the importance of practical clinical experience as part of the dental students' training, new equipment consisting of 85 dental chairs and electric units was installed in 1930, with the result that the Infirmary is recognized as one of the finest in the country. In addition to this, the five floors of the Garretson Building, on Hamilton Street, which house the various scientific laboratories, contain the most modern equipment for graduate and undergraduate study. The School has also contributed to the advancement of science through the establishment of research laboratories, outstanding among which is the Henry Dorr Laboratory established in 1928, in which both undergraduate and graduate instruction is given covering the entire field of Oral and Dental Pathology. Including the last graduating class, approximately 200 young women have received their training as Oral Hygienists and are to be found following their profession not only in Pennsylvania but in neighboring states where they have legal recognition. The minimum requirement for admission to the Dental School is a completed four-year high school course, plus one pre-dental year in a college of arts and sciences. Students are selected according to their standing in high school and in the pre-dental course. The dental course proper extends over a period of four years of thirty-two weeks each and leads to the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. 421

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SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY DEAN 1. NORMAN BROOMELL By Dean THE Dental School of Temple University, since its inception in 1863, has in a consistent and honorable way carried out the work set before it and for which it was constituted: to prepare young men and occasionally young women for the practice of dentistry. Since it was founded, over 5000 students have been graduated, representing almost every civilized country in the world. In 1907, by mutual agreement, the Philadelphia Dental College was taken over by Temple University. The latter institution acquired possession of all the ground, buildings, equipment, and good-will of the former and took entire charge of its management. In addition to keeping abreast of the constant advance in dental education, the school in 1898 made a noteworthy departure by incorporating into the curriculum the study of Oral Surgery. It was the first institute of its kind in America devoted to the surgical treatment of lesions of the mouth and associated parts. The Dental School is a member of the American Association of Dental Schools and is recognized by the National Association of Dental Examiners. In recent years many innovations and outstanding activities have resulted in placing the school at the head of the list in the matter of attendance. The enrolment during the past two years was somewhat over 500, larger than that of any other Dental School in the United States or Canada. J. Norman Broomell 20 ]

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DEAN EVERT KENDIG SCHOOL OF PHARMACY By Dean Evert Kendig WHEN the introduction of a course in Pharmacy added another professional school to Temple University, the degree of Graduate in Pharmacy, Ph.G., was granted for the satisfactory completion of a two years' work schedule for afternoons three days per week This was in consonance with the requirements of the average college of pharmacy of that period, 1901, although sporadic efforts were being made to increase the number of required hours and to amplify the curriculum. Concerted effort on the part of pharmaceutical educators during the two decades following resulted in the adoption of a three-year course by the colleges of pharmacy of the country in 1925, with the requirement of a minimum number of 2250 instruction hours per year. The three-year course was an essential evolutionary step toward placing pharmaceutical education on an equality with that accepted as a standard by other university departments, and it led in due time to the adoption in 1932 of the four-year course required bv the standard Bachelor of Science degree. Within little more than a quarter of a century the School of Pharmacy has progressed from a course which, although offering excellent professional training, was entirely technical, to instruction under a curriculum which effectively combines the special scientific requirements of the pharmacist with a broad, liberal, college education. It is a splendid achievement and an illuminat- 22 ]