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

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still shines as an example in the control of epizootics. Finally, his deep understanding of the needs in hospital administration is embodied in his statement dated May 4, 1909: Everyone coming to the hospital must be assured prompt, courteous and im- pressively able attention. Every animal brought to the hospital for treatment must be given a sympathetic and systematic examination, conducted with the utmost attainable thoroughness, and receive the best treatment known to veterinary science for the malady with which it is afflictedf' FRATERS Clyde I. Boyer, Jr. lVIartin NI. Kaplan Joshua Rosen Everett B. Miller VValter A. Hughes Karl Pcrsichetti Herbert J. Jenne Gordon R. Ellmers Glenn G. D. Gates

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, , ,I fl, 11'o'M eo 4, 6' N9 ..,-0... I I l' 5 1' s':Av -q': 3 5 a i 3 f Q as X01 5:3 'Q' P ow If I 0 'I If - -I 'D N Q N 1 ff Tx QP hah... vnu , . 0 5 Dlrl -., 'vrasld 1' ,,,, ,ilfll PHI ZETA HE society of Phi Zeta was first organized at the Cornell University School of Veterinary lledicine in 1924. It was felt that there was a definite place in the Veterinary profession for a society similar to that of Phi Beta Kappa in the realm of arts and Sigma Xi in the field of research. Thus a recognition and promotion of scholarship and research in matters pertaining to the welfare and diseases of animals was achieved. Such a need was felt at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary lVIedicine even before the existence of such a society at Cornell was known. However, upon discovering this fact it was decided to form a Beta Chapter at this School in 1998. At the present time there are chapters in existence at Ohio State, Iowa State, as well as Pennsylvania and Cornell. The Greek letters Phi Zeta stand for Philo Zoa, meaning those having a common love for animals. Those eligible for membership are members of the faculty. graduate students and undergraduate students who have completed two and one-half years of the course in Veterinary hledicine. The following stipulations are mentioned in the constitution: They shall have an acceptable personality, be of good moral character, and possess high ideals respecting professional service and conduct. If elected in their Junior year, they must rank in the highest ten per cent of this class in scholarship. If elected in their Senior year they must rank in the highest twenty-five per cent of their class in scholarship. Each chapter selects a personage that most closely approximates the ideals of the Society. The Beta Chapter at the University of Pennsylvania has selected Dr. Leonard Pearson, a former dean of the Veterinary School, as its example. There is set aside on each annual program of the organization a talk by one of the members on some phase of Dr. Pearson's interest and activity in veterinary medicine, educa- tion, and research. His wide range of activities in these various fields provides an abundance of topics. To mention a few, we find that he was the first to use tuberculin in the Pnited States for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. His remarkably efficient han- dling of what threatened to be a disastrous foot and mouth disease outbreak in 1908 56

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