University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Hippocratean Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Richard H. Horn, A.B., M.D. Assistant Dean It is with pleasure and a great deal of pride that I greet and eongratulate the 195 J graduating class in Medicine. The path which you, as members of this class, have followed during the past four years has been long, difficult, and at times. I am sure, discouraging. You have, however, worked hard and faithfully. By your industry and dedication, you have earned a place in the hon- ored family of physicians; you have acquired knowledge and skills which are not yours alone but which are a part of your timeless medical heritage to be used unselfishly and unsparingly for the comfort of the ill and for the instruction of those who are to follow you in the profession. You enter your careers with grave responsibilities toward your fellow men, but you are sustained by ex- cellent training, and you go with the good wishes of your teachers, who have faith that you will, as physicians, bring honor and satisfaction to yourselves and to your University. Richard H. Horn I 5 J

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William S. McEllroy. B.S.. M.D., Sc.D., LL.D. Dean In 1819, the Western University of Pennsylvania, now the University of Pittshurs h, was cre- ated by an Act of the General Assembly as the successor to the Pittsburgh Academy which had pre- viously been chartered in 1787. The first Principal of the Western University was the Reverend Robert Bruce. In his inaugural address, delivered in 1822. he expressed the hope that the University might soon establish a School of Medicine. On June 30, 1883 a charter was granted creatnig the Wesieni Pennsylvania Medical College and the first class of twenty-one students graduated in 1887. The Western Pennsylvania Medical College became the Medical Department of the University of Pittsburgh in 1908 and moved to the University campus in 1910. Since then the physical facilities ha ve greatly expanded and I feel con- fident that the proposed new Medical School will be realized in the near future. However, marble halls do not make a real Medical School but rather a competent and faithful faculty and student body. Any institution is known by the quality of its product. I am quite con- fident that the class graduating this June will carry on in the highest ideals of medicine and bring credit to its Alma Mater. ;( . .S. McEllroy Ml

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Davkni ' okt Hcioker, Ph.D., Sc.D. Dedication Students in all schools remember certain tew of their teachers with the fondest recol- lections, men outstanding not only in erudition, but also in character, in unceasing service and unswerving loyalty, and most ot all, a consuming interest in their students. Such are our feelings toward Dr. Davenport Hooker and Dr. W. W. G. Maclachlan. Dr. Hooker, Head of the Department of Anatomy since 1919, is the student ' s iirst contact with Medi- cal School, and were it not for his genuine interest and sage counsel would be many stu- dents ' last contact. Helping all freshmen through the sea of troubles that besets them is his keenest satisfaction. An outstanding anatomist renowned tor researches in embryol- ogy, especially tet.il behavior, he is a stimulating teacher, .iiid h,is been one ol the prime factors in the expansion of the school. Dr. Maclachlan has been a t.icuity member 16)