University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine - Scalpel Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SIMON I. I. HARGER, V.M.D

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was awarded the graduate fellowship for the year 1899-1900, Ctlarl UW. bay, 25.15. jill., 15.9. QI. ARL VV. GAY, born in VVaverly, New York, March 14, 1877, educated in Ithaca public schools, graduated from Ithaca High A1h School in june, 18953 pursued post-graduate work until -Tune, 1896. Entered the New York State Veterinary College, Cornell University, in 1896, graduating with the hrst class in 1899. I-Ie taking major work in bacteriology. After graduation he was appointed veterin- arian to New York State Board of Health. In September, 1910, appointed as- sistant in Veterinary Department, Iowa State College, and advanced to full professorship in january, 1902. Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry in Agricultural Division, Iowa State College, for the year 1904-05, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture in June, 1905,lhavin.g been a student in the agricultural courses while an instructor in this institution. Elected Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry in the Agricultural Col- lege of Ohio State University in March, 1905, and the following year made As- sociate professor. In june, 1907, he resigned to become Professor of Animal Industry in the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Department and to take charge of the horse breeding work inaugurated by the Department of Agricul- ture in connection with the State Livestock Sanitary Board. Member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical Association, American Breeders' Association, Penn- sylvania Livestock Breeders' Association, Guernsey Breedersy Association and President of the Pennsylvania Wfork I-Iorse Parade Association. 21

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Er. bimun 3. 3. Jiaarger R. SIMON I. HARGER was born June 18, 1865, in Hechtown, 1 U ' V . . . , . . Q Pennsylvania. He received his early education in the public schools and finished his English education at the Keystone State ml, UQ, 1 . 7 Normal School, at Kutztown, Pa., in 1884. l-le then entered the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Department, matriculating with the hrst class and graduating with honors in 1887. As a student he was diligent in his work, showing a grasp of the more diffi- cult subjects that marked him as a true student. His aptitude for anatomy and his excellent markings won for him a place as Demonstrator of Veterinary Anat- omy in 1887. Four years later he was made Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Zootechnics, a position which he held with marked honor, and rendered dis- tinguished services to his Alma Mater. In 1895 the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania passed a law creating the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, of which Dr. Harger was President and Secretary-ilfreasurer until 1899. He translated the work of Goubaux and Barrier on The Exterior of the Horse, which was well received and much appreciated by the profession. He edited the Veterinary Magazineu from 1894 to 1897. Y He was always engaged in general practice and did much in the sphere of surgery. In this Held he was one of the leaders in demonstrating the value of the newer major operations, and he contributed to veterinary literature and-the pro- fession at large the. frankest expressions of the results obtained. As a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Keystone Veterinary Medi- cal Associations, he was a valuable contributor and always presented his subjects in the most thoroughly prepared manner. Dr. Harger was somewhat retiring in nature, kind in disposition, modest in demeanor and ever held a warm place in the hearts of the many graduates of the Veterinary School by his devoted work in the field of anatomy, as a clinician, and by affording the student body the beneht of observing his many demonstrations of operative surgery. The State, Institution and profession sustained a great loss in the death of this eminent scholar, teacher and writer. 23