1952_Digest_September

52 for '52!!!

The Class of ' 52 set one record which will have a hard time qettinq tied and may never be broken , namely. having parented , before qraduation , enouqh children in their collective families to match their class numeral. Most of the 52 offsprinqs were on the front steps of Com mencement Hall for this pic ture. Major producers lor the class record were the President, Dr Kurt W Pfister D1. Joseph C. Minniti. and Dr. Samuel C Ciriaco with three each.

DE REES-Commencement, June 14,1952

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OSTEOPATHY 1952

H. MAHLON GEHMAN, D.O. P.C.O. Class of 1927

JoHN WrLLIAR SHEETZ, D.O. P.C.O. Class of 1940

PAULS. YOUNG, D.O. P.C.O. Class of 1946

ANDREW D. DEMASI, D.O. P.C.O. Class of 1947

JosEPH EDWARD GrLETTO, D.O. P.C.O. Class of 1947

DEGREES IN COURSE DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY

ABRAMS, STANLEY ELLIOTT .............. Brooklyn, N.Y. A.B., M.A., New York University

AZELVANDRE, JOSEPH JAMES Clarksburg, W.Va. Xavier University; Grove City College; West Virginia Wesleyan College

BARRETT, JOHN H Philadelphia, Pa. Ursinus College

BAWDEN, HARRIS KEMPTHORNE, JR. Phila., Pa. Temple University

BOHANNON, CLARENCE EDWARD .......... Phila., Pa. La Salle College; K. C. 0. S.

BRUCKNER, DONALD CARL .................. Rochester, Pa. University of Pittsburgh; Geneva College

BURNS, JOHN E. P Audubon, N. J. La Salle College

CAPALBO, RALPH H Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Notre Dame; Fordham

CARLIN, EDWIN SAGER Philadelphia, Pa. Drexel; Pennsylvania Area College; University of Pennsylvania

CASSETT, NORMAN Camden, N. J. A.B., Temple University

CENTZ, PAUL N Morton, Pa. Park College; Temple University; Defiance College

CETIN, JOHN C. Sharon, Pa. Westminster

CIRIACO, SAMUEL EDWARD Reading, Pa. B.S., Villanova

COSTELLO, JAMES J Utica, N. Y. B.S., Niagara University

CRANE, NORMAN B. Brooklyn, N. Y. City College of New York; B.S., Oklahoma A. & M.

DEMERY, LEROY WILLIAM Kingstree, S. C. B.S., South Carolina A. & M. College

DILLMAN, LIONEL W Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University; Pennsylvania State College; Niagara University; La Salle

DOTY, EDWIN F Copiague, N. Y. B.S., University of Dubuque

ELLIS, NORMAN RICHARD Camden, N. J. Rittenhouse College

ESLINGER, LLOYD E. Allentown, Pa. Muhlenberg College

FALBEY, FRANCIS BERNARD Philadelphia, Pa. La Salle College; Villanova College

FANTON, VINCENT Q Rochester, N. Y. A.B., University of Rochester

FELDH;EIM, HERBERT DAVID Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn College; A.B., New York University

FERGUSON, CHARLES L. Washington, D. C. George Washington University

FISCHER, ROBERT .................................. Philadelphia, Pa. Villanova College

FISHER, BERNARD Philadelphia, Pa. Oxford University, England; Temple University

FLEITZ, JOHN JOSEPH Gloucester, N. J A.B., La Salle College

FOX, DAVID Camden, N. J B.Sc., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science

FRITZ, ALBERT ROBERT Brooklyn, N. Y. A.B., Duke University

FUREY, ROBERT JOSEPH Philadelphia, Pa. Villanova College

(Continued on Inside Bacl{_ Cover)

BOARD

FREDERIC H. BARTH, D.Sc., President, College and Hospital Boards.

DR. IRA W. DREW, Chairman, Public Relations Committee.

DR. WM. E. BRANDT, P.C.O. Acting President.

PROF. KENNETH L SENIOR. P.CO. Assistant. Dean.

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OSTEOPATHIC DIGEST

Published Quarterly During the Year by the

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

48th and Spruce Streets 20th Street and Susquehanna Avenue

College eady for 1952-53

OLLEGE OPENING this year launches into a new academic year with a teaching staff stronger than ever in P. C. 0 _history, the new North Center Hospital functioning smoothly for clinics and for extern training and the largest student enrollment on record. thanks to the admission of a Freshman Class of 105.

William E. Brandt, A.B. (Muhlenberg), D.O. (P.C.O.). Litt.D. (Muhlenberg), is Acting President. Pending the selection of a permanent dean, Kenneth L. Senior, B.S. (Elizabethtown). M.S. (U. of Pennsylvania), is Assistant Dean_ Thomas lVL Rowland. Jr., B.S. (Temple University) , is Director of Admissions and Registrar. Eliot Jeffords, B.S. (U. of Pennsylvania), is Assistant Registrar.

Basic Science departments haYe added full-time teacher:; as follows:

Anatomy-R Bayard Miller. B.S. (Allegheny), ;vr_s_ (Indiana University), Assistant Professor.

Bacteriology-Philip M. Lessig, A.B. (U. of Pennsylvania), M.A. (U. of Pennsylvania). D.O. (P.C.O.), Associate Professor.

Chemistry--John H. Schall, A.B. (Lafayette), D.O. (P.C.O.), Assistant Professor.

Physiology-Roger Bowman, B.S. (Franklin & Marshall), M.S. (Bucknell lJniversity), Ph.D. (Cornell University), Assistant Professor.

Dr. Lessig and Dr. Schall have been in their departments on a part-time basis. \i\Tith the opening of this academic year they are teaching full-time.

By action of the Board, Dr. William F. Daiber, '28, Acting Chairman of the Department of Osteopathic Medicine, is now Chairman and Dr. David Heilig, '44, Acting Chairman of the Department of Osteopathic Principles and Techniques, became Chairman of the department. Dr. Arthur l\L Flack Jr '33, is Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery.

Dr. H. :Yiahlon Gehman, '27, who received his lVLSc. at Commencement. was elevated to full professorship in Ophthalmology. Dr. Leo C. Wagner, '26, became full Professor of Pediatrics.

Graduate Courses

Dr. Victor R Fisher, P.C.O. '37, has accepted the responsibility of the Directorship of Graduate Education. assisted by an Advisory Committee of the Executive Faculty, and vv-ith the cooperation of last year's co-Directors, Dr. William F. Daiber. P.C.O. '28, and Dr. Earl F. Riceman, P.C.O. '27, and C.O.P.S. '28. A pattern of courses is projected which will enable physicians in the field to attend on a part-time basis, one clay a week, io1 instance, over a period of weeks, in basic sciences as well as the special departments of practice.

Courses are presently being reviewed by the Director, the Advisory Committee and the Board Committee for Government and Instruction, Dr. C. Paul Snyder, P.C.O. '10, Chairman. Detailed announcernents will be circulated well in advance of every course to be given.

First on the Graduate Education schedule will be the Cranial course October 20 to 25, announcement of which appeared in the August "Forum" and through circularization by direct maiL

Catalogue

The College catalogue is now ava1iable tor the academic year 1952-53, with the scheduled calendar of events and courses and the roll call of Faculty, Hospital Staff, OutPatient Department, the classes, the School of Nursing, etc.

Copies may be obtained by writing to the Registrar's Office, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, 48th & Spruce streets, Philadelphia 39, Pa.

DR. WILLIAM BALDWIN, JR.. Chairman Alumni Editorial Board.

ighlights of the Year at co

(Sections of report made to the American Association of Osteopathic Colleges at Atlantic City June 11. 1952, /Jv /IV. E. Brandt. A.B D.O., Litt.D., P.C.O. Acting President.)

:t\ June 14, 1952 the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy graduated 84 Seniors with the Degree of Doctor of Osteopathy and conferred the degree in course of Master of Science in Osteopathy on 5 physicians who had fulfilled specified requirements in postgraduate vvork.

The Commencement address was delivered bv Dr. Edwin F. Peters. President. Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery. The exercises were held in Irvine Auditorium, \.Jniversity of Pennsylvania, with a capacity attendance of about 2,0::JO.

The clay after Commencement the 1953 class of 86 began ,;v·ork in their fourth-vear schedule of clinical and hospital externship. The Junior and Sophomore classes for next year enroll 93 students each. As of July 8, 1952. 105 Freshmen have been accepted for the class entering September 1952.

The annual Alumni Banquet, held this year on Saturday night. June 7, at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, had the largest attendance in the history of this feature. In general, Alumni participation in activities of the College was the outstanding highlight of the entire academic year.

Thanks to the additional teaching facilities provided by the acquisition of the Korth Center hospital, the clinical vear of the Senior class was much more than anticipated in the beginning. The lessons learned will result in a very satisfactory adjustment between clinic and hospital duty in the coming vear.

In order to evaluate the work of the Senior vear. over and above the routine and observation by teachers, on May 10 there was given a Correlative Clinical Examination, under the direction of Dr. William Balclvvin, Jr.. Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. The object of the examination was to check the correlation of the first three years of study with the actual application of the teaching to the practical clinical work. For this purpose, 3 case histories were given to the Seniors one week in advance of the examination. In the examination itself, questions were submitted to the students from 10 of the college departments, all bearing on the cases under study.

During the year, we had many distinguished guests from other colleges as well as our own alumni and representatives of the national body and its bureaus and offices. One visit which stands out as a highlight was that of Dr. Lloyd Gribble. pre-medical advisor at West Virginia University. He had luncheon with our \Vest Virginia stu-

dents-about ten of them-then toured the college and the hospital all afternoon.

The same week, in late April, we had a two-man team from Tennessee, Dr. Paul Smith, former State Association president. and Dr. Nick Gill, from Chattanooga, a visit to interest students to hang out their shingles in Tennessee. We arranged time for them to speak to each of the four classes.

The College is at present being administered by an interim staff, pending the amalgamation of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia. and the Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia into one corporate body. On July 1, 1952, the Hospital Association formally approved the Reorganization Agreement. the Agreement and Joint Plan of Merger and the By-Laws of the proposed amalgamated corporation. These instruments had already been approved by the Boards of the College, the Hospital, and the Foundation. The amalgamation procedure is now in process of being presented to the Courts for consummation. Very likely next year at this meeting. the representative of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy will be representing the amalgamated corporation.

The present interim administration consists of a team of three, Acting President Dr. Brandt. appointed June 24, together with Assistant Dean Ken-

Mrs. H. Willard Sterrett, Jr., wile of Alumni Association Secretary; Dr. Frederick S. Lenz, '35, Cranston, R. I., P.C.O.A.A. Vice-President; Dr. Ruth A. Brandt, '21, Conshohocken, Pa.; Dr. William E. Brandt, '21, P.C.O. Acting President.

neth L. Senior and Director of Admissions and Registrar, Thomas M. Rowland, Jr.

I have been working with Mr. Rowland since January and v;e have had unanimous cooperation at all times vvith the Board of Trustees, with its Executive Committee and special committees of reference, and with the Executive Faculty and the Faculty at large.

To sum up, I can report that the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy has profited by a very constructive, productive and progressive year. AND -gentlemen, in making this highlight report for the administration, I am directing the main spotlight to the men responsible-our Board of Trustees, the body which sets the policy, and without which our administration could get nowhere, no matter how hard WE worked.

THEIR work-their TEAM-work is our outstanding highlight. Their far-sightedness in policy planning, their actual \/\fORK in the details of carrying out policy is what makes admin-

'52 Goes to Work

istration at P.C.O. a real pleasure. For the administration, I want to here and now, for the record, testify our sincere thanks to President Barth, Vice-President Merryman, Secretary Evans, Treasurer Eaton, C. Paul Snyder, for Government and Instruction (that's really a job, and the right man, with a good right arm, in there pitching), Ira Drew, for public relations (that's Dr. Drew's lifework), Carl Fischer (who put our college in sports page headlines about 30 years ago, national intercollegiate tennis champion for Philadelphia College of Osteopathy), Fred Garman (Fred was president of City Council for many years, he may be the next Governor of Pennsvlvania and he never misses a Board 1m;eting), George Haasis, a very smart business man, and, from over the river, Arthur Armitage, Mayor of Collingswood, member of the Board of Education Commissioners of the State of New Jersey. And from Montclair, N. J., Bill Bugbee (he and I ,,.·ere at college together), Alex Levitt, from Brooklyn, and some other wonderful men who

travel some hundreds of miles just to \/\fORK at Board meetings-Charlie Sauter, from Gardner, Mass., Speaker of the A.O.A. House of Delegateshe does a lot of work and he also is a big help in getting our Board meetings over the same day-Gene Casey, from Binghamton, N. Y., Reed Speer, from Pittsburgh, president of our Alumni Association, Senator Hatch, from \IV ashington (as you see our Board really covers our Alumni area all over the East).

It's a great team-and their main policy-in all the policy-planning-is Teamwork, and that policy of the whole team working together starts right from the top. the captain of the team, Dr. Frederic Barth.

And this teamwork, in my opinion, and because I'm the man who gets the most personal advantage from this kind of teamwork cooperation, is my own pick for the Number One highlight of the year at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy.

W. E. BRANDT, D.O. Acting President

Alumni at A.O.A.-A.C.

High spot of the A.O.A. Convention at Atlantic Citv for P.C.O. was the Alumni Banquet held in the main din\ng-room of the Hotel Ambassador, Wednesday evening, July 16th.

Alumni of the six colleges held individual dinners. then P.C.O. vvas host to the collective alumni of all the colleges for dancing. The orchestra provided by P.C.O. attracted representatives from the other reunions until well past midnight.

The P.C.O. dinner-about 100 diners, and many unfortunately turned awav because of late arrival and the of enough waiters to take care of an overflow-was the largest and most successful ever given by the Alumni Association at a national convention. Dr. Richard S. Koch, '38. from Olympia, \i\T ash., gave us the nation-wide geographical spread. Dr. I. F. Yeater. '07, Altoona, Pa., who won the prize at the Alumni Day banquet in Philadelphia June 7 as the D.O. present ( 88 years). gave the dmner the spread of decades.

At the next table to Dr. Yeater's wasT. French Youngman, '55, Harvey Cedars, N. ]., guest of Dr. Carson L. Adams, '26. Hammonton, N. J. This young man Youngman was not only the youngest diner at the dinner but also has the distinction of being the first infant delivered at the 48th street hospital to grow into a D.O. candidate enrolled at P.C.O.

The dinner list likewise showed the P.C.O. roll call of states: Dr. Frederick E. Arble, '38, Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, President, and Dr. John MeA. Ulrich, '27, Steelton, President-elect, Dr. John E. Devine, '28, Ocean City, New Jersey President, and Dr. Mortimer T. Sullivan, '21, New Jersey PresiDr. William S. Prescott, '35, Syracuse. New York President, Dr. Ralph Morgan Stokes, '44, Virginia President, and Dr. Domenic J. Aveni, '37, Cleveland, Ohio President.

Figures prominent in the general convention picture, like Dr. William B. Strong, '26, Brooklyn, A.O.A. Program Chairman, and Dr. Charles W. Sauter, II, '31, Gardner, Mass, Speaker of the A.O.A. House of Delegates, likewise araced the P.C.O. alumni reunion scene"' and were re-introduced to their fellow-alumni by the toastmaster.

Alumni Association President Reed Speer, '37, Pittsburgh, himself a Trustee of both A.O.A. and P.C.O.

There was only one speech, but it told the alumni the things they wanted to know, for the speaker was Dr. Frederic H. Barth, President of the P.C.O. Board of Trustees. Others at the top table gave the answer when some part

of a general question was deflected their way by Toastmaster Speer or President Barth, namely, Dr. H. Willard Sterrett, Jr., '44, Acting P.C.O. President Dr. W. E. Brandt. '21. and Director of Admissions and Registrar Thomas M. Rowland, Jr.

Dr. Barth gave a forthright answer to each question, as, for instance, a query suggesting that a raise in tuition fee might be in order for a college which receives about 500 yearly applications for places in a Freshman class limited to about 100 students.

·'Our present tuition is hard enough for the average young man to meet," he said. "We don't want to make it any harder, because we find, and you yourselves very well know, as alumni. that we get our best physicians from the ranks of families who are not wealthy and we feel any raise above our present rate would create hardship to such people and they are just the people we want!

"'vVe positively will not keep any good boy out of the profession by making the cost of his education prohibitive!"

Graduate Courses Plan

by VICTOR R. FISHER, D.O., '37 Director of Graduate Education

The objective of the College is to offer numerous Post-Graduate Courses on a part-time or full-time basis to meet the needs of osteopathic physicians engaged in general practice.

Whenever possible, adequate opportunities will also be provided for those who are preparing themselves for specialization. This will include all aspects which are feasible and possible under the environment and within the faciliJies of the College.

Part of the instruction will be carried out in small groups at the bedside of patients at both hospitals and in the Out-Patient Department. The many current problems encountered in general practice, with a practical approach to their understanding, will be presented by emphasizing the mechanism and methods of detection of disease.

The courses will begin in mid-October and continue to the end of the school year. Detailed description of courses will be published shortly.

ATLANTIC CITY ALUMNI DINNER

Dr. Frederic H. Barth. President. P.C.O. Board of Trustees. addresses Alumni Reunion Dinner. Dr. Reed Speer. '37. Pittsburgh. Alumni Association President. a! Dr. Barth's right hand as presiding toastmaster.

A Report to the Alumni

H. WILLARD STERRETT, JR., D.O., '44 Secretary P.C.O.A.A.

The regular Alumni Day meeting the Board of Directors of the Alumm Association was held in the College Library on Saturday, June 7, 1952, for the purposes of the discussion of all reo·ular business. Dr. Reed Speer, '37, P;esident, presided.

The Treasurer reported the financia.t status of the Alumni Association to be fairly good despite the burden of last year's banquet which was_placed ?n_the shoulders of the Alumm AssoCJatJOn. Our membership this year has responded well, and we now have the greatest number of members in standing in the history of the AssoCJation.

A routine check bv the Alumni Association regarding investments of ti:e Colleo·e funds and the Osteopath1c Foundation funds was carried out, and everything was found to be in good order. A return of 6.64% was made last year on investments.

Plans were discussed regarding the amalgamation. In the present proposed plan there will be three nominees fr?n1 the Alumni Board each year, of wh1ch one will be elected by the Board of Trustees of the College for a 3-year term, so at all times there will be three members on the College Board nominated by the Alumni Association.

There was also some discussion regarding the election of men to serve on the Alumni Board of Directors. This is supposed to be accomplished by nominations by the individual regions represented on the Board. However, due to the poor organization of some individual districts there have never been any formal meetings for the nomination of men to be elected to the Board. Discussion resulted with the desire to further the local Alumni interest in the various sections of the country, with a hope that they will be able to participate more actively in the election of their officers and help from the standpoint of furthering the P.C.O. Alumni spirit.

It was also reported that the Alumni Award of Merit this year was to be conferred on Dr. H. Willard Sterrett. Sr., posthumously, and that Mrs. Sterrett had been contacted in North Carolina to receive it but due to the distance was unable to make the trip.

Plans are under way for a revision of the By-Laws of the Alumni Association, as soon as the amalgamation is completed.

JOHN E. DEVINE, '28

Ocean City physician, President of New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Divisional Host for the 1952 A.O.A. Convention at Atlantic City.

Alumni Elections

Recently elected to the Alumni Board as Regional Vice-Presidents were the following:

Northern New JerseyDr. James Chastney, '24 South and West PhiladelphiaDr. Victor Fisher, '37 Western PennsylvaniaDr. Roy Hughes, '28 New EnglandDr. Frederick S. Lenz, '35 New York City and Long IslandDr. Warren ]. E. Tucker, '35 New members elected as Directorsat-Large were Dr. James M. Eaton and Dr. H. \;\/alter Evans.

Ira Drew Establishes Pediatrics Award

Dr. Ira Walton Drew, P.C.O. '11, chairman of the P.C.O. Board Committee on Public Relations, was elected a life-member of the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians at the meeting in Atlantic City.

An annual award of $100 -vvas established bv Dr. Drew to students of all osteopathic colleges for the best essay on the osteopathic treatment of diseases of children. Dr. Drew's eminence in the field of pediatrics has for background a career in public life during which he was elected to Congress and served a term in the Honse of Representatives.

'38-Dr. lVJ:arian N. Rice, vVinclsor, was re-elected President of the Vermont Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the State Convention in Rutland.

A Word of Apologyand Thanks!

This year, clue to printing delays, alumni dues invoices were mailed almost simultaneously with the annual alumni banquet notices. As might be expected, there was a serious confusion with single checks covering banquet reservations and clues. In order to expedite matters, all separate clues checks were temporarily held up so that the banquet finances could be kept straight.

The processing of clues receipts, etc., is now under way. and if your check is one that has not been cleared, please have patience, as it should be back soon.

THANKS to all of you who have helped make up this wonderful jam of clues payments! We are far ahead of our clues membership already, with many new members. If you haven't sent in your check, do so now while it is in your mind-$5.00.

Alumni Board Elections

The Annual election by mail ballot for membership on the Alumni Board of Directors was held recently, and three new men were elected to the board, and two others re-elected.

Dr. Charles W. Sauter, II, '31, of Gardner, Mass., and Dr. George Northup, '39, of Morristown, New Jersey. were elected Directors-at-Large. Dr. H. S. Liebert. '27, of Richmond, Virginia, was elected to represent the Southern society. Dr. Charles J. Karibo, '30, Detroit, was re-elected to represent the Middle and Far Western Societies. and Dr. Carl Cook, '27, of London, England, was re-elected to represent foreign countries.

Balloting is carried on by mail, and open to all members of the association that have paid their clues within a twelve-month period prior to the election.

Opportunities

Elmhurst, L. I., N. Y., practice and equipment of Dr. Edward H. Gibbs, P.C.O. '25, office on ground floor of private residence, seven rooms, four of which can be used for living quarters. Rent $132.50 per month. Location opposite a ·school, convenient to bus and elevated. Write Mrs. Frances Gibbs. 10 Princeton street, Garden City. N.Y.

Titusville, Pa., residence, office and equipment of Dr. D. W. Hamilton, JVI.C.O. '30. at 201 West Main street. Consult Friend Kerr, Realtor, 618 E. Walnut street, Titusville.

DR.

AUDITORS REPORTS

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY

General Fund

ASSETS

Cash in bank and on hand: Unappropriated $38,684.25 Appropriated 36,491.49*

Total cash in bank and on hand $75,175.74

Accounts receivable-student fees and miscellaneous-net 464.45 Inventory-clinic pharmacy 1.947.19 Loan to Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia 15,500.00

CONDENSED FUNDED BALANCE SHEET, AUGUST

LIABILITIES AND FUNDS

31, 1951

General Fund

Accounts payable-trade $ Due Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia

Prepaid tuition and student accounts Payroll taxes and withholdings

Special funds: United States Government Cancer Detection Training grant $21,190.00 Other special designated funds 1,789.36

Total special funds Designated appropriations

Total general fund assets $ 93.087.38

Equipment Fund

General equipment $76,011.69 Isotope laboratory equipment 4,068.57 Library books 5,454.90

Total equipment fund assets 85,535.16

Total assets $178,622.54

6,836.98 35,888.85 7,054.97 1,856.82 22,979.36 36,491.49*

Total general fund liabilities $111,108.47 General fund deficit (18,021.09)

Total general fund liabilities and deficit $ 93,087.38

Equipment Fund

Capital stock: 118 shares@ $100.00 par value $ 11,800.00 Equipment fund surplus 73,735.16

Total equipment fund 85,535.16

Total liabilities and funds $178,622.54

ACCOUNTANTS CERTIFICATE

OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA CONDENSED FUNDED BALANCE SHEET, MAY 31,1951

ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND FUNDS

General Fund

Cash in banks and on hand $

Accounts receivable: Patients-net $106,374.91 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6,681.26 Philadelphia College of Osteopathy 42,222.56

Total accounts receivable Inventories Capital stock-Philadelphia College of Osteopathy Deferred charges

Total general fund assets Plant and Equipment Fund

Land $ Buildings Furniture, fixtures and equipment Radium

Total plant and equipment

4,188.55 155,278.73 34,926.42 8,500.00 1,861.59 188,154.31 798,224.21 320,959.97 2,803.06

-48th Street $1,310,141.55

Deposit on purchaseNorth Philadelphia Center 5,000.00

$ 204.755.29

General Fund

Total plant and equipment 1,315,141.55

Total assets $1,519,896.84

Accounts payable-trade $ Note payable-staff expansion fund

Note payable-Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia Payroll taxes and other liabilities

Total general fund liabilities $ General fund surplus

Total general fund liabilities

102,589.97 16,500.00 1,600.00 9,418.31 130,108.28 74,647.01 and surplus $ 204.755.29

Plant and Equipment Fund Mortgage indebtedness $ 213,405.40 Plant and equipment fund surplus 1,101,736.15

Total plant and equipment fund liabilities and surplus

Total liabilities and funds

ACCOUNTANT'S CERTIFICATE

1,315,141.55 $1,519,896.84

We have examined the condensed funded balance sheet of OSTEOP.\THIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA as of :May 3L 195L Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and included all procedures \Ve considered necessary in the circumstances excepting verification of accounts receivable and inventories which \Vas performed as at a subsequent date. In our opinion. the accompanying condensed funded balance sheet as of May 31, 1951. presents fairly the financial position of OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA at that date in conformity with principles applicable to institutional accounting on a funded basis. TArT, VVELLER & BAKER. Certified Public Accountants

vVe have examined the condensed funded balance sheet of PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY as of August 31, 1951. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and included all procedures \ve considered in the circumstances. In our opinion, the accompanying condensed funded balance sheet as of August 31. 1951, presents fairly the financial position of PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY at that date in conformity with principles applicable to institutional accounting on a funded basis. TArT, \VELLER & B.'\J.::ER. Certified Public AccoHHta1tts

AUDITORS REPORTS

OSTEOPATHIC FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA CONDENSED FUNDED BALANCE SHEET AUGUST 31, 1951

ASSETS

Trust Funds Trust Funds

LIABILITIES AND FUNDS

Investments $200,517.09 Corpus accounts $206,041.87 Cash in bank 12.005.88 Undistributed income 6,481.10

Total trust funds assets $212,522.97

Total trust funds $212,522.97

Distribution Fund Distribution Fund Cash in bank 16,006.07 7,837.89

Staff Doctors Dues Fund

Staff Doctors Dues Fund Cash in bank Undistributed cash

Total assets $236,366.93

Undistributed cash 16,006.07 7,837.89

Total funds $236,366.93

OSTEOPATHIC FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA CONDENSED SUMMARY OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, SEPTEMBER 1, 1950 TO AUGUST 31, 1951

Total

Balances-September 1. 1950 $ 34,208.34

Receipts

Interest and dividends Mortgage principal reductions Distribution account

Loan-Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia Contributions Staff doctors dues

6,112.35 837.75 18,949.61 5,500.00 34,235.06 14,735.00

Total receipts $ 80,369.77 $114,578.11

Disbursements

Securities purchased $ Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia College of Osteopathy Cranial Research Fund To trust funds for investment

Trust Funds $19,236.17

36,437.50 18,464.38 4,726.78 150.00 18,949.61

Total disbursements $ 78.728.27

Balances-August 31, 1951

$ 35,849.84

ACCOGNTAJ\T'S CERTIFICATE

6,112.35 837.75 18,949.61 5,500.00 $31,399.71 $50,635.88 $36,437.50 1,116.25 926.25 150.00 ·················· $38,630.00 $12.005.88

Distribution Staff Docto··s Fund Dues funcl $13,016.28 $ 1,955.89 ·················· ·················· ....••............ ·················· 34,235.06 ·················· 14,735.00 $34,235.06 $14,735.00 $47,251.34 $16,690.89 ...••........•.... $ 8,495.13 $ 8,853.00 3,800.53 ·················· 18,949.61 ··················

$31,245.2 7 $ 8,853.00 $16,006.07 $ 7,837.89

'vVe have examined the condensed funded balance sheet of OSTEOPATHIC FOL1 NDATION OF PHILADELPHIA as of A'.1gust 31. 1951 and the related statements of cash receipts. disbursements and distributions for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accertecl auditing 5tandards and included such tests of the records and other procedures as \Ve considered necessary in the circumstances. In our opinion, the accompanying condensed funded balance sheet and statements of casb receipts, disbursements and distributions present fairly the financial position of OSTEOPATHIC FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA at August 31. 1951 and income for the year then ended. in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year.

Bill Baldwin Veeps N.B.O.E.

Dr. William Baldwin. Jr., P.C.O. '40. Chairman of the P.C.O. Department of Phvsiology and Pharmacolog-y. was elected Vice-President of the National Board of Osteopathic Examiners at the Atlantic City meeting.

Thanks to Dr. Baldwin's organizing, supervision and management, the Correlative Clinical Examination given this spring to the P.C.O. Senior Class was recommended for use in all osteopathic colleges by the Council on Education. The Seniors were given three case histories from hospital records for study a week in advance of the examination. In the examination, questions from ten of the college departments were aimed to correlate work done in basic sciences and specialties.

Eaton Chairs Surgery Board

Dr. James M. Eaton. P.C.O. '28, Chief of Staff of the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia and Chairman of the P.C.O. Department of Surgery. was re-elected Chairman of the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery at the Atlantic City meeting.

Dr. Arthur M. Flack, Jr.. P.C.O. '33, Vice-Chairman of the P.C.O. Surgery Department, was elected Secretary- Treasurer.

Harris Heads A.C.N.

The annual meeting of the American College of N euro- Psychiatrists at At!antic City elected as president Dr. Cecil Harris, P.C.O. '43, of the P.C.O. Department of Neurology and Psychiatry.

At the same meeting. Dr. Harris was named a Fellow of the A.C.N.

Ped Studes Gift Cuff

An infant sphygomanometer cuff was recently presented' to the Department of Pediatrics by the student Pediatrics Society of the College.

The gift, a token of appreciation on the part of the society's members. was presented to Dr. William S. Spaeth, Professor of Pediatrics and Head of the Department by John McMenamin, president of the group.

:.\fembers of the Department of Pediatrics have been in very close cooperation with the student society, enabling the latter to hold lecture-meetings every month, each with a different member of the department discussing some phase of pediatrics. The new installation was put into immediate use by Dr. Spaeth and his associates.

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The Spirit of Science

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

EDWIN F. PETERS, A.B., B.S., M.A., Ph.D. President, Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery June 14, 1952

Irvine Auditorium-University of Pennsylvania

DR. BARTH. members of the Board of Trustees, members of the faculty, honored graduates and relatives and friends of the Class of '52-Honor comes to one only on rare occasions, and today, June 14th, is truly one of the greatest of the Honored Days of our Great Nation. It is the anniversary of the day when the Continental Congress adopted our flag in 1777. OUR FLAG-Let us pause a minute, and think vvith the author of the follmving quotation, for what this emblem stands.

"I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

I arn whatever you make me, nothing more.

I am your belief in yourself, your dream of what a People may become.

I live a changing life. a life of moods and passions, of heartbreaks and tired muscles.

Sometimes I am strong with pride, when men do an honest work, fitting the rails together truly.

Sometimes I droop, for then purpose has gone from me. and cynically I play the coward.

Sometimes I am loud, garish, and full of that ego that blasts judgment.

But always, I am all that you hope to be, and have the courage to try for.

I am song and fear, struggle and panic, and ennobling hope.

I am the day's work of the weakest man, and the largest dream of the most daring.

"I am the Constitution and the courts. statutes and statute makers, soldier and dreadnaught, drayman and street sweep, cook, counselor and clerk.

I am the clutch of an idea, and the reasoned purpose of resolution.

I am no more than what you believe me to be and I am all that you believe I can be.

I am what you make me, nothing more.

I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a syrnbol of yourself, the pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation. My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors. They are bright with cheer, bril-

liant with courage, firm with faith, because you have made thern so out of your hearts. For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making."

This anniversary day was first celebrated in this City of Brotherly Lm;e on June 14th. in 1893, at the time which was less than a year after the opening of the first college of Osteopathic Medicine. How timely and significant it is that this fine class of 84 young Osteopathic Physicians in the year of 1952, the parents of 52 children, should receive their long-sought professional degree on this historical day of June 14th.

It is most gratifying to me to be singularly honored and privileged to be with you on this auspicious occasion. This day, to you my friends, must be an especially happy occasion and I trust it will remain a most memorable day in your life of Service to Mankind. Today, the world is aflame, not only with the deadly weapons of modern

warfare, but also with hate and prejudice which might supplant freedom of thought and truth.

For a few minutes shall we think together on the subject of "The Spirit of Science'' as each of you in this graduating class is a Man of Science. Science is Truth and the search for Truth must be continued at any cost. The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom are pillars of society. Today we honor our Nation's flag as a symbol of Freedom, cherished by all true Americans, and it is an emblem of hope to millions of people throughout the World. So we know that through Science, which is Education, we find Truth, and through Truth, Man becomes Free.

The historv of science is science itself, just as" the history of the individual is the individual. Science is challenging. Today this challenge is greater than ever before in the history of the world. The world of today revolves on the axis of scientific research. Every phase of our life today is based upon some aspect of science.

Dr. Eugene P. \iV egner states that "Mankind is at least 100,000 years old, but all of our present marvelous development of science is only 300 years old. We have learned so much in that brief period and have so far advanced the frontiers of the various branches of science that it is becoming difficult for one man to learn all that he must know in order to reach that frontier and hope to push into the unknown."*

Emerson tells us that all science has one aim; namely, to find a theory of Nature, and we know that Nature is always true to herself ; she alone through the ages never lies, never changes, never hesitates, ever presses onward.-So it is with our school of Osteopathic Medicine. Osteopathy is a true science. We know that the collection and observation of facts constitute the first step in Science, but it is not Science itself. The requirements of the human intellect necessitate a grouping of isolated facts from different points of view. The thirst for knowledge renders imperative a clear insight into the laws governing natural phenomena. Wherever the purposeful

*Wegner, Eugene P.: PANORAMA OF SCIENCE. The Series Publishers, Inc., N. Y 1951, p. 403.

DR. PETERS SPEAKS

inquiry is carried on in the field of Nature, there the Spirit of Science is manifest, and we learn that worthy intention defines its shape. For science is not to be measured by practical service alone. It is an intellectual outlook, a standard of Truth and a gospel of light. Science carries us into zones of speculation, where there is no habitable city of the mind of man.

The pages of history are filled with the historv of men who devoted their lives in of the Truth and to them the opposition of their fellowmen was only a stimulation for a more intense investigation. It can be clearly realized today how the thought of the early medical writers was kept in a constant state of confusion by the quickening influence of the philosophers of that day. The writings of Hippocrates, that great physician who was also known as the Father of Medicine, portrays to us the spirit of those great scientists. Galen, A.D. 130, Greek Anatomist, physician and medical writer, illustrated the importance of a knowledge of the joints emergence of spinal nerves supplying an affected part. From Para 1570, known as the Father of Surgery, we learn that he describes how to treat a dislocated vertebra. His early writings were ridiculed, yet they met with the challenge of Science. Louis Pasteur had to face the wrath of noted investigators when he announced that fermentation and putrefaction took place in wine arid food because of contamination by microorganisms from the air. The adversaries of all men of science have been consistent with their ridicule from the time of the earliest investigators to the present, but the Spirit of Science remains unshaken and truth and more truth is constantly being given to the world so that man may fully enjoy Nature more abundantly.

The acceptance of the theories of the early scientists were received in the same manner as were those announced by the Father of our particular school of Medicine. But his spirit of science. which was Truth. was not cast aside. It was Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, who proclaimed to the world that the natural remedies are compounded within tlie human body, so that in disease these remedies can be stimulated to increase in amount and will go where they are most needed by the means of manipulative treatment. Dr. Still was an analytical investigator. He was always analyzing and attempting to find the reason for all conditions or physiological disturbances. He found that the structural integrity of the body was necessary in the maintenance of health ; and that the restoration of structural integrity and normal physiological

body function was necessary in the treatment of disease.

This great scientist was moved by the spirit of seeking the Truth, he was in constant search for irnproved methods of treatment which were based upon the laws and principles of nature. The study of Nature is elevating. and its material value is of the highest. His theories were subjected to intense opposition and ridiculed by the members of the old school of practice and by the pseudo-scientists. It, therefore, became necessary for him to establish a new school of medical thought and in the words of that great physician and scientist, "Osteopathy is a science, and is confined to the lavvs of nature and to God, who is the author.'' Education must cultivate a supreme regard for Truth. The discovery of some secret of Nature unknown before, except to the Architect of the Universe, surpasses all rewards the world can bestow upon you. It is time for us to realize that no man can be considered as having a liberal education unless he has some acquaintance vvith the principles of science.

Those who transgress the laws of man sometimes escape punishment; but the lavvs of Nature can never be broken without paying the penalty. The course of study which you, the Class of '52. has followed the past four years has been most broad and all inclusive. The concept of Osteopathy, based upon the true laws of Nature, which vvas found in every course of your curriculum, will provide for you a deeper appreciation of the theories of Dr. Still. Therefore, I say to you, that though you understand all these things in your mind, you should understand them so well that you can tell them effectively to whomever you may be engaged in a discussion. What is Osteopathy and what does it embrace? It is a story that is convincing because it is factual. It is factual because it is a true science.

The first class enrolled in an Osteopathic College in 1892. Today, there are approximately 12,000 Osteopathic Physicians in practice. They are engaged in practice of their profession in every state of the Union and many of the foreign countries. This growth is because of the vision and spirit of one man and his courage to carry through many years of sacrifice and hard work.

Today, you are entering a profession enjoying a recognition almost undreamed of a few years ago, and yet a profession still suffering from growing pains. No doubt, each of you has been busy the last few weeks with plans; plans for internship or plans for the starting of your profession. Any plan you make must include a program for

increasing your own knowledge, a program for continued intellectual growth both of your profession and of your fellowman.

While we usually think of Science in certain specific areas, we must remember that great area of Science which deals with human behavior. Gen. Le-vvis B. Hershey recently stated, "the greatest frontier of our ignorance lies m the relationship of man to man. Man must learn more about himself than he already knows. The human emotions and the meaning of human behavior present difficulties in measurement much greater than those encountered in learning to measure steel or gold."*

We must remember that as long as we live, we learn. We learn from experience, we learn from our profession, we learn from study and we learn from our fellow-man. You must learn to discipline your mind to attack difficult tasks and to keep records of your problems and their solutions. Learn to estimate, to criticize and to evaluate your own work. Remember, what goes on in your mind will reflect in your life. A true student will appreciate the problems of others the same as he will appreciate the dignity of his own work.

The need of Understanding was never so great as it is today. People of all walks of life need a higher deoTee of this ART which becomes"' a SCIENCE. Some people frankly admit that they do not understand themselves; others believe that they do, although their friends will tell you the opposite. Many of the reasons for the lack of UNDERSTANDING are simple, yet it is surprising to see how fevv people have a real understanding of the other person's point-of-view.

As Huxley has so beautifully stated, "Modern civilization rests upon physical science, for it is physical science that makes intelligence and moral energy stronger than brute force. The whole of modern thought is steeped in science. It has made its way into the vvorks of our best poets, and even the mere man of letters. who affects to ignore and despise is unconsciously impregnated with her spirit and indebted for his best products to her methods. She is teaching the world that the ultimate court of appeal is observation and experience, not authority. She is creating a firm and living faith in the existence of immutable moral and physical laws, perfect obedience to which is the highest possible aim of an intelligent being."

There is much misunderstanding between people-lack of understanding between members of the same family,

*Wegner, Eugene P.: PANORAMA OF SCIENCE. The Series Publishers, Inc., N. Y.. 1951, p. 403.

between business and professional associates, between friends and between one generation and another. It is imperative that UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION be raised to a higher level. In order to accomplish this, it is necessary that it be accompanied by happiness, by success and by tolerance. Our lack of Understandingis the key to many of our worries. to many of our conflicts, and to many of our struggles of every clay living. It is impossible for many of us to have a sympathetic toleration for people who think and act differently than we do. Much worry is developed by trying to make people believe as we do, or in trying to convince people that they are wrong because they do not believe as we believe.

Analyzing human nature and human conduct is comparable to that of the family physician, who sees his patient as an entire personality rather than a practical and workable combination of bones, muscles and nerves.

Thorough Understanding lies m bringing the various elements together and in appreciating how they operate in the total life of the individual. One of the most irnportant keys to accurate understanding is the respect for the individual.

Education is being judged more critically for its accomplishments in the teaching of its students the Science of Understanding, than it is in teaching them the specialties. Our Osteopathic Colleges are vitally interested in training their students not only to be physicians, but to be physicians vvith the ability to thoroughly understand those with whom they come in contact and those to whom they will administer professional services.

It is with the thought in mind of developing not only a physician, hut a PHYSICIAN PLUS-one who is so trained that he will be able to merit the success of which he has dreamed and to be able not only to be understood, but to understand those with whom he assoc:ates.

There is a great difference in doctors. Some are so busy. others seldom called. Some are fair, others good, and some excellent. Those who are excellent are the ones who have captured so:nething of the Spirit of that Great Physician of Nazareth. They are willing to sacrifice time and pleasure in order to add that extra-something to their work

The personal interest in each case vvhich so comforts a patient, instead of treating the sick as just another case, is essential to good service. That doctor is excellent who sees behind a broken body a soul that is in need of helpwho realizes that eyes too weak to

renmin open may have been fixed on eternity for years.

Yes, our Osteopathic Colleges today are imbued with the Spirit of Science, and are so training their students, that when they enter the professional life of their calling, they will be able to approach their duties in the true scientific manner.

The Osteopathic Physician who, with his truly scientific professional training, his zeal for continued professional advancement, his thorough understanding of the problems of others. and his faith in Divine Guidance shall be a PHYSICIAN PLUS-thus, not onlv a credit to his Alma Mater. to his oprofession, but above all, to his conscience. In the ·words of an unknown poet:

I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself to know.

I want to be able, as the clays go by Always to look myself straight in the eye.

I don't want to stand with the setting sun

And hate myself for the things I've clone.

I want to go out with my head erect, I want to deserve all men's respect. But here in the struggle for fame and pelf

I want to be able to like myself; I don't want to look at myself and know That I am bluster and bluff and empty show.

I never can hide myself from me, I see what others may never see,

I know what others may never know, I never can fool myself and so, Whatever happens I want to be, Self -respecting and conscience free.

vVhen you, my friends of this graduating class. truly practice your profession, you will be revealing to your patients the secrets of nature designed by the great architect.

And in conclusion, permit me to ask the question, in the words of Herbert Spencer, "\!Vhat Knowledge Is of Most Worth?'' The uniform reply is: SCIENCE. This is the verdict on all counts. For direct self-preservation, or the maintenance of life and health. the all important knowledge isSCIENCE. For that indirect selfpreservation which we call gaining a livelihood, the knowledge of greatest value is-SCIENCE. For the discharge of parental function. the proper guidance is to be found only in SCIENCE. For the interpretation of the national life, past and present, without which the citizen cannot rightly regulate his conduct, the indispensable key is-SCIENCE. Alike for the most perfect production and present enjoyment of art in all its forms, the needful preparation is still-SCIENCE. And for purposes of discipline-intellectuaL moral, religious-the most efficient is, once more, SCIENCE, DIVINELY GUIDED.

Gra&1ates of 1952, We Salute You and May God's Richest Blessings Go vVith You Through Life's Journey.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN OSTEOPATHY

Dr. J. Williar Sheetz. '27. Dr. H. Mahlon Gehman. '27. Dr. Paul S. Young. '46. Dr. Andrew D. DeMasi. '47. Dr. Joseph Edward Giletto. '47.

Classified

'07-Dr. I. F. Yeater, Altoona, Pa., only surviving member of the class, was a distinguished guest at the Alumni Day banquet and took in everything at the AO.A convention at Atlantic City.

'13-Dr. Eugene R Krause, New Y ark City, was the headline speaker for the A.O.A. Convention in discussing "The Role of Roentgen Rays in Cancer Detection."

'15-Dr. Stephen B. Gibbs, Coral Gables, Fla., A.O.A. Trustee and Chairman of the Committee on Special Membership Effort, headed the Technic Clinic at the Academy of Applied Osteopathy's annual convention in Atlantic City.

'18--Another A.O.A. Convention has come and gone and the best collection of Toby Jugs in the profession still belongs to Dr. Nathania! W. Boyd, Germantown, Philadelphia.

'23-Dr. R MacFarlane Tilley, former A.O.A. president, now Chairman of the K.C.O.S. Department of Osteopathic Medicine, not only delivered the Andrew Taylor Still Memorial Lecture, but jumped from the A.O.A. Convention to Philadelphia for radio and TV appearances in the course of the Atlantic City program. His presentation of ''The Duties and Responsibilities of the Physician to the Cancer Patient" was a highlight in the convention program.

'23-Dr. Paul T. Lloyd, Chairman of the P.C.O. Department of Radiology, discussed "Radioactive Isotopes in the Diagnosis and Management of Carcinoma'' at the A.O.A. Convention. With the activation of the P.C.O. Isotope Laboratory this fall, P.C.O. will have one of the outstanding Isotope units in the profession.

'24 and '31-Dr. James E. Chastney, Hackensack, and Dr. Harry A. Sw·eeney, Atlantic City, are Co-chairmen of the Legislative Committee of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

'25-Sara Jane Fischer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carl Fischer, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, was a debutante presented at the June Ball by her parents. Miss Fischer is a graduate of Springside SchooL

'25-Dr. Alexander Levitt, Brooklyn, P.C.O. Trustee and Chairm.an of the A.O.A. Bureau of Research, dealt with the visceral component of the osteopathic concept of body unity in his address to the A.O.A. Convention.

'25-Dr. Wilbur P. Lutz, P.C.O. Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, demonstrated and emphasized the osteopathic approach to physical diagnosis at the 54th Annual Convention of the

Wisconsin Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons at Milwaukee. "Though new scientific laboratory methods and preCJsJOn instruments have enriched physical diagnosis,'' Dr. Lutz maintained, "they are not substitutes for the seeing eye, the trained finger, and the educated ear. Absolute reliance can not be placed upon laboratory procedures to the exclusion of information ·which eyes, hands and ears can supply.''

'25-Dr. William S. Spaeth, Chairman of the P.C.O. Pediatrics Department, described the uses of antibiotics in pediatric practice for the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians at Atlantic City.

'26--Dr. Edwin H. Cressman, Chairman of the P.C.O. Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, brought the A.O.A. convention the most recent findings in the osteopathic management of skin malignancies in his allotted place in the general program.

'26--The A.O.A. Convention program devoted an entire afternoon to the osteopathic management of shoulder conditions, with Dr. William 0. Kingsbury, New York, N.Y., in charge.

'26--The outstanding success of the program events at the A.O.A. Convention represented the tireless efforts of Dr. William B. Strong, Brooklyn, A.O.A. Program Chairman, not only the work extending back over most of the year in arranging the features, but

the expediting job right there on the spot keeping the numbers clicking with the clock. Great job by William B., who also finds time in his busy life to journey to the P.C.O. Clinic as a teachin-g supervisor.

'26--Dr. Leo C. Wagner, P.C.O. Professor of Pediatrics, gave the pediatrician's angle on blood dyscrasias when he addressed the A.O.A. Convention on the general subject of

'26--Dr. Charles M. Worrell, Palmyra, Pa., was in charge of the kidney section of the A.O.A. Convention prograrn.

'27-Dr. Earl F. Riceman, Coordinator of the P.C.O. Cancer Detection Program, discussed pituitary dysfunction in the young at the A.O.A. Convention.

'27-Dr. Carl Cook, London, England, sent a cablegram to the Alumni Day banquet which came one day late, so here it is: "Greetings to the members of the Class of 1927. Happy reunion. Jolly banquet. Best wishes to all Alumni."

'27-Dr. Oswald Dieter, Ridgewood, N. J., is the Secretary of the BergenPassaic Counties Osteopathic Society.

'28--Dr. Beryl E. Arbuckle, of the P.C.O. Department of Principles and Techniques, was chosen as the leading authority in the problems of the handicapped to address the Academy of Applied Osteopathy at its annual convention in Atlantic City.

ALUMNI PRESIDENT

Dr. and Mrs. Reed Speer, '37, Pittsburgh, at Alumni Day Banquet JJune 7. Dr. Speer is a Trustee of the A.O.A., as well as a member of the P.C.O. Board.

P.C.O. 1921 BASEBALL TEAM

Thirty.one years ago P.C.O. played Villanova. Haverford. Swarthmore, and some more. Here they are. standing left to right, Coach Milton Francois D'Eliscu. George VanRiper, '23. Fosler True, '22. Don Thorburn. '23. Dan Ya.tes. '24. Ernie Henke. '24. Mort Sullivan. '21. Ralph Cossaboom. '24. Gubby Street. '23. Pete Integlia, '24, Paul Lloyd. '23.

'28-Dr. John C. Bradford, Wilmington, is Vice- President of the Dela\Yare State Osteopathic Society.

'29-Dr.]. Raymond McSpirit, Teaneck, N. ]., discussed ''The Modem Management of Hyperglycemia'' for the benefit of A.O.A. Conventioneers.

'31-Chaperoned by Dr. Enrique G. Vergara, '25, P.C.O. Associate in Proctology, Dr. Angus G. Cathie, P.C.O. Professor of Anatomv. flew to Denver for the Convention -of the American Osteopathic Society of Hemiologists. June 22-29. and when Angus got through his 14 or 20 hours of chat, there were no secrets left in that part of the country about that part of the body.

'31-From the standpoint of P.C.O., the outstanding feature of the A.O.A. Convention exhibits at Atlantic City was the Anatomy Gallery, right at the Convention Hall entrance, organized, planned and managed by Dr. Angus Gordon Cathie, Chairman of the P.C.O. Department of Anatomy. Strictly for free and ''for Osteopathy,'' this exhibit attracted more attention and evoked more enthusiasm from physicians country-wide than anything else of the sort on display. In between running his movie of the Halladay Spine, Dr. Cathie bounced up to the rostrum in Convention auditorium to deliver his masterful analysis of shoulder-girdle conditions.

'32-Dr. Francis ]. Beall, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Public Health of the New York State Osteopathic Society, has been elected to a 3-year term as Director of the Onondaga County Branch of the New York State Division of the American Cancer Society.

'32-Dr. George B. Stineman. Harrisburg, Fa., pediatrician, did an outstanding job as chairman of the pediatrics section of the A.O.A. Convention program.

'32-Dr. William B. Wilson. Ridgewood, N. J., recently resigned as Police Surgeon after ten years service. The Mayor immediately appointed him Fire Surgeon and made a formal presentation of the badge of office.

'33-Dr. Nelson J. Walter, Dubois, Fa., is a District Governor of Rotary International. His duties include coordinating the activities of the 41 Rotary wheels in the Pennsylvania 259th District.

'33-Dr. F. Munroe Purse. P.C.O. Associate Professor of Pediatrics, shed new light on the rehabilitation of the spastic paraplegic in the Pediatrics section of the A.O.A. Convention program.

'33-Dr. George 'vV. Tapper, Camden, N. ]., P.C.O. Clinics Chief Supervisor. was chosen to present the subject of ''Islet Cell Tumors'' to the A.O.A. Convention.

'34--Dr. Clarence E. Baldwin, P.C.O. Associate Professor in Hernatology, in charge of the Blood Dyscrasias section of the A.O.A. Convention program, opened the three-hours session with a classification of the anemias from the osteopathic standpoint.

'34--Dr. ]. Marshall Hoag, New York, N. Y., concentrated on dorsal and rib corrections in the manipulative section of the A.O.A. Convention program.

'34--Maine headlined the delivery of quadruplets in the Portland Osteopathic Hospital in the wee sn;all hours July

7th. Three girls and a boy were born to 35-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Pingham. wife of a Standish, Me., carpenter. The play was ''J\!(orse, unassisted," featuring Dr. Edwin E. Morse. head of the Obs department, called to duty when the expectant mother checked in a few minutes after midnight. He performed the quadruple play in 45 minutes. starting 3 :31 A.M. Ed is something of a double play specialist, with 35 pairs of tvvins on his all-time infant-fielding record.

'34--Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Szalay. Teaneck. N. J., toured Europe for the month of July.

'35-Dr. Nelson D. King, Boston, gave the latest findings in the early feeding of supplemental foods in a symposium presented to the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians at Atlantic City.

'35-Dr. Lewis Martin Yunginger, Lancaster, Fa., discussed the diagnosis and managernent of acute lympathic leukemia before the A.O.A. Convention at Atlantic City.

'35-Dr. Julian Lansing Mines, Los Angeles. discussed fetal cranial stresses in pregnancy and parturition for the American College of N europsychiatrists at the Atlantic City meeting.

'35-Dr. Warren A. Pratt. P.C.O. Anatomy Instructor, who conducts an ortho-podiatry clinic weekly in the Out- Patient Department, gave the A.O.A. Convention-ears a lecture on the applied anatomy of structural foot lesions.

'36-Dr. H. Earle Beasley, Boston, brought to the A.O.A. Convention the up-to-the-minute developments in the management of hyperthyroidism in the endocrinology section of the program.

'36-Dr. Floyd E. Dunn, Kansas City, was Chairman of the Tuesday afternoon session. Division II, at the A.O.A. Convention and delivered the feature address: ''Diagnostic Criteria in the Common Psychiatric Disorders."

'36-Dr. George H. Guest, P.C.O. Associate inN eurology and Psychiatry. developed the psychiatric aspects of thumb-sucking for the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians at the Atlantic City meeting.

'36-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland. :t\cw York, N. Y., captained the Civil Defense sessions of the A.O.A. Convention, which featured an address by Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, commander of Civil Air Patrol, from Bolling Air Force Base.

'37-Dr. Arthur H. Witthohn. Grand Rapids, Mich., featured the Medical Emergencies section of the A.O.A. Convention program with his illuminating discourse on possible vertebral fractures.

Allentown Takes Big Stride

by GEoRGE S. EsAYIAN, '39

The bright flame of the Osteopathic torch has been a shining light in the Allentown-Bethlehem area most notably since the Allentown Osteopathic Hospital opened its doors in September, 1945. The efforts of the progressive members of the profession, valuable allied agencies and a host of friends have spread the light further and fur: ther with each succeeding year.

The big stride this year was the acquisition of the building and grounds of Walter S. Bastian estate, 1736 Hamilton street, right next door to the original hospital on the comer of 18th. From the modest beginning of 25 beds in 1945, the taking over of the Bastian property in May makes a strong move towards the goal of 100 beds by 1953.

Luther R. Bachman, President of the Board of Directors, says the hospital will take possession of the 15-room mansion about December 1st. Plans are for 30 new beds to add to the 40 adult beds now in operation in the main building. Included in the purchase is a large garage with a second floor apartment. June 2nd, the new Superintendent, John E. Keene, a Columbia University hospital management graduate, moved in.

There was the shine of a big year coming up when the Christmas party nearly burst the seams of the hospital basement, especially when the orchestra of D.O.'s, known as "The Seven Lesions,'' were holding forth. J anuary saw the Gray Ladies organized by Mrs. Ruth Barry. February, the annual Nurses' Dance at Brookside Country Club. The A.O.H. Quakertown Auxiliary staged the Charity Ball in May, then on June 7th came the big annual Lawn Fete at A.O.H.

The Lehigh Valley's leading newspaper, the Allentown "Morning Call," donated X-ray equipment in May. A.O.H. now has two diagnostic units and one for therapy, ably manned by Dr. Paul B. Miller, '33, and tvvo assistants.

District III of the P.O.A. holds meetings monthly in Allentown at the Livingston Club under the capable leadership of a couple of '34's, Dr. Edvvarcl R. Boughner and Program Chairman Dr. Michael Blackstone.

You may think we are proud of osteopathic accomplishments in this area. and if you do, you are so right. Furthermore, year after year we shall continue to pour the oil of Truth on the flame that is Osteopathy, for all to see!

New Lancaster Annex

ALLENTOWN ADDITION

Daiber P.O.A. Programmer

Ground-breaking ceremonies for the $640,000 annex to be built for the Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital were held Sunday, July 27, with about 250 persons gathered in front of the canopy on the Orange Street side of the hospital.

Two charter members of the Board of Directors, Henry H. Banton and Fred A. Wiker, both past presidents, turned the first spade-full. Then came the three oldest members of the profession in the area, Dr. vVarren A. Sherwood, P.C.O. '06, Dr. Ned L. Swift, A.S.O. '07, and Dr. Leonard C. Mook, A.S.O. '18, following which present-day members of the Board and Staff took a hand.

The addition will double the present capacity of the hospital which dates its origin from 1927, although for a tenyear period the unfinished structure stood empty and idle before it was completed and formally opened in 1942. Mayor Kendig C. Bare and Mrs. Bare were guests of honor at the groundbreaking.

Requiescat

'37-Dr. Samuel A. Brown, aged 40, of Ridley Park, Fa., died June 10 in Malvern Institute, Malvern, Fa., after a short illness. After graduation, Dr. Brown interned at Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia before beginning practice in Ridley Park. He is survived by his father, Dr. Samuel A. Brown, mother, wife Gladys, and one son, Samuel A., III.

Evaluation of the newest developments in the various fields of medical science and their osteopathic applications will make up an impressive program for the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association's annual convention at the Penn-Harris Hotel. Harrisburg, September 26-28.

Dr. William F. Daiber, P.C.O. '28. Chairman of the P.C.O. Department of Osteopathic Medicine, is Program Chairman, with Dr. Randall R. Raeuchle, P.C.O. '39, Harrisburg, as Local Chairman, Dr. Harold H. Finkel, P.C.O. '46, Exhibits Chairman, and Dr. Alexander B. Rakow. K.C.O.S. '44, Harrisburg, Banquet Chairman.

Nuptials

'51-Dr. \iVilliam Thomas Post, Philadelphia, married Marilyn Tallman, of Columbus, N.J., at St. Mary's Church, Borclentovvn, N.J., July 12th. Dr. Post completed his internship July 8th at Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia and will practice in Philadelphia's Mayfair section.

'53-Frank E. Muggier, Philadelphia, Senior at P.C.O., took unto himself a wife as he took up his summer schedule of externship and clinic service. The bride was Ruth Frieda Wolf, Hatboro, Fa., the elate was June 28th, and the double ring ceremony was performed at the Girard Avenue Methodist Church. Frank prepared for P.C.O. at Virginia Military Institute, Temple University and U. of Pennsylvania.

'25-Dr. Enrique Gerasio Vergara. Associate in Proctology, P.C.O. Department of Surgery, became a grandfather in June and again in July. First to arrive was Enrique Gerasio, III, born June 20. in the 48th Street Hospital, son of Enrique G., II. Babe, father, mother and both grandparents doing welL Not so well with the July grandchild, John David Tussey, born to Henry's daughter, Mrs. Esma Tussey. Born at North Center Hospital July 30, the little candle went out a week later, August 6. Condolences along vvith the congratulations, Henry, the bitter sometimes mixes with the svveet.

'37-0n May 2 a daughter, Catherine Elizabeth, born to Dr. and Mrs. T. Craig Walsh at the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia. Delivery by Dr. Frank E. Gruber, '26. Dad is P.C.O. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology.

'39 (KC.O.S.)-Cigar received by editor from the team physician of the Villanova College gridironers, Dr. Nicholas S. Nicholas, Upper Darby, upon birth of Evan Alan June 15.

'44--Dr. and Mrs. Albert Bonier, Camden, N. J., welcomed son Bruce Stevens on May 22 at O.H.P., with Dr. Arthur l\IL Flack, Jr., '33, getting the assist.

'44--No foolin' this April 1, for Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Kochman, Philadelphia. It's a girl at North Center HospitaL

'44 (KC.O.S.)-Dr. and Mrs. Walter Pelser welcomed daughter Nancy Martin upon arrival at 0 .H.P. June 8. Pop is a new member of P.C.O. faculty, Clinical Assistant in Pediatrics.

'51-Brenton Rae, born to Dr. and Mrs. Quentin R Flickinger, of Philadelphia, May 14, in O.H.P., with Dr. Lester Eisenberg, '38, at the controls.

'51 (C.C.O.)-Dr. Victor L Moss celebrated his internship at O.H.P. with the birth of a daughter, Ruth Andrea, to his wife Helen, June 16.

'53-Dr. Herman Kohn, '37, was in charge at the arrival of Marjorie Lynne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Tridico, May 19, Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia.

'53-Douglas Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack J Brill, Philadelphia, took his first bow June 12, with Dr. Lester Eisenberg, '38. in charge.

'54--June 19 was natal date of daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gabriel, Allentown, at O.H.P.

Auxiliary Lawn Fete

Favored by sunny skies in the middle of a rainy spelL the 21st Annual Lavvn Fete sponsored by the O.H.P. Women's Auxiliary ruled the campus along Spruce street from early morn of June 4 until the last lantern went out, a perfect June day made to order for the occaswn.

Under the guidance of Mrs. H. Walter Evans, Auxiliary Chairman, and ::\1rs. Edgar Doyle, Committee Chairman, the workers on the committee, l\1rs. G. C. Frantz. Mrs. Henry J. Claus and Mrs. J. M. Eaton, and their aides de fete, were busy from morning to night and their efforts were richly rewarded.

They had wonderful help from the North Philadelphia group, the Camden County group, the Student Wives and the Junior Aides. Attractions included a flower mart, gift shop, treasure chest, fortune tellers, a pony for the kiddies to ride and feed, clowns to keep the kiddies happy, and gaily decorated booths for the sale of cakes and candies.

Best of all, there was a shady tea garden for luncheon and dinner on the East Wing campus. A wonderful Wednesday was the vote by one ancl all, with the permanent memento of about $1,500 profit to the Auxiliary beneficence for our hospital cause.

Melnick A.C.O.P. Prexy

The American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians named as president for the ensuing year Dr. Arnold Melnick, P.C.O. '45, youngest man ever to hold the AC.O.P. presidency. His classmate, Dr. Otto l\IL Kurschner, was elected secretary-treasurer.

Both men are Philadelphians, active on the College Faculty and Hospital Staff. Dr. Melnick is Treasurer of the P.C.O. Alumni Association and Alumni Day committee chairrnan. He was named editor of the Bulletin of Pediatl·ics for the fourth successive year.

Wanted-Dr. Halladay's Book

Dr. Angus G. Cathie needs more copies of Halladay's "Applied Anatomy of the Spine'' for the P.C.O. Anatomy Library.

It was printed by the Journal Publishing Co., Kirksville, but they're all sold out long since, no copies available except through friendly donors who want to enrich the P.C.O. teaching ·facilities.

If YOU want to be on Dr. Cathie's Honor Roll, just drop the book in the mail addressed to ''Dr. Angus G. Cathie, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, 48th and Spruce Sts., Philadelphia 39, Pa."

'48-Dr. Alfred A Grilli. New Cumberland, W. Va., is SecretaryTreasurer of the Ohio Valley District of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society.

LADIES RULE THE CAMPUS

ommencement, June 14,1952

GALUTIA, PAUL R Hornell, N.Y. Alfred University

GARTZMAN, N. HARRY Camden, N.]. A.B., University of Pennsylvania

GATTER, CHARLES W. R , Philadelphia, Pa. La Salle College

GRASSIN, FREDERICK ARTHUR Seabright, N.]. B.S., Ursinus College

GREENBERG, RICHARD BAYARD Philadelphia, Pa. Villanova College

GREENMAN, PHILIP ERWIN Buffalo, N. Y. University of Buffalo

GROSSMAN, MISCHA F Gloucester, N. ]. A.B., University of Pennsylvania

HELLER, HOMER M. Detroit, Mich. University of Chicago; B.S., Michigan State

HERR, PAUL W ............................................. Lancaster, Pa. Franklin & Marshall College; Eastern Mennonite; A.A., A.B., Goshen

HOFFMAN, MARTIN JAMES ..................Johnstown, Pa. B.S., University of Pittsburgh

HOOVER, HERBERT 0 Johnstown, Pa. B.S., University of Pittsburgh

JUNIUS, WILLIAM EDWARD Philadelphia, Pa. B.S., Temple University

KANOFF, HYMEN Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University

KELLAM, ROBERT T. ..........................Binghamton, N. Y. A.B., Colgate University

KOTSCH, GEORGE ............................ Collingswood, N. ]. B.S., Pennsylvania Military College

KWOKA, NATALIE ZDANIEWICZ ...... Camden, N. ]. A.B., Temple University; Chestnut Hill College

LLOYD, WILLIAM ]. : Allentown, Pa. B.S., Lebanon Valley College

LOEB, REUBEN BERNARD .................. Philadelphia, Pa. Wayne University; A.B., University of Pennsylvania

LOSER, MORGAN LEE Harrisburg, Pa. Harrisburg Area College; Franklin & Marshall College

MALET, SIDNEY Brooklyn, N. Y. City College of New York; Queen's College; Birmingham University, England; B.S., Oklahoma A. & M.

MARINO, FRANK ]. Brooklyn, N. Y. A.B., Brooklyn College

McGOWAN, FRANK A. Collingdale, Pa. Pennsylvania State College; A.B., La Salle College

McMENAMIN, JOSEPH D ..................... Philadelphia, Pa. A.B., La Salle College

MIGNONE, ROLAND ]. Newark, N. ]. Seton Hall; A.B., Rutgers University

MILLER, NEWTON FORREST New York, N.Y. B.S., Franklin &' Marshall College

MINNITI, JOSEPH C Paulsboro, N.]. La Salle College

MONROE, ROBERT B................................. R.I. B.S., University of Rhode Island

PAGE, BILLY ]. ............................................ Detroit, Mich. Albion Coliege PARSONS, WALTER CLARK, JR. State College, Pa. B.S., Pennsylvania State College PFISTER, KURT WILLIAM .................. Philadelphia, Pa. New York University; St. Joseph's College; Temple University

POOD, WILLIAM H ............................... Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania State College; Temple University PROCARIO, RUDOLPH F New York, N.Y. B.S., Manhattan College REALE, JOSEPH A. .................................. Philadelphia, Pa. B.S., St. Joseph's College

ROSE, DONALD EDWARD Uniontown, Pa. B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan ROSENBERG, WILLARD W Atlantic City, N. ]. A.B., University of Pennsylvania ROTHSTEIN, MORTON HARVEY .... No. Bergen, N. ]. A.B., New York University

RUBENSTEIN, HARRY Buffalo, N. Y. A.B., University of Buffalo RUDIN, NORMAN Philadelphia, Pa. A.B., Temple University RUNDELL, ROBERT MARVIN Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University

SANTANGELO, PETER NICHOLAS Brooklyn, N.Y. A.B., Brooklyn College; Columbia University SELNICK, WILLIAM BLAKE ........................Akron, Ohio University of Akron; B.S., Western Reserve University

SNADER, ROBERT S. Lancaster, Pa. N. E. Missouri State Teachers College

SNYDER, SIDNEY Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University; A.A., The George Washington University

STEFFY, HARRY L. Ephrata, Pa. Muhlenberg College; Franklin & Marshall College THALER, DAVID D Brooklyn, N. Y. A.B., University College of New York University

TREPEL, MARTIN L. New York, N.Y. B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

UNGER, LEO FRANK .............................. Brooklyn, N.Y. N. C. State College; Adelphia College; A.B., New York University

V ARRONEY, DANIEL JACK Brooklyn, N. Y. B.S., Long Island University

WAINER, DANIEL ]. New York, N. Y. A.B., Syracuse Institute

WALMER, HAROLD C Lebanon, Pa. Franklin &' Marshall College; Temple University

WARREN, ROBERT WISE, JR W. Collingswood, N. ]. University of Pennsylvania

WEBER, MARTIN Philadelphia, Pa. A.A., George Washington University

WECHSLER, ARNOLD ........................ Long Island, N.Y. Rutgers University

WHITE, GLENN D Philadelphia, Pa. Gettysburg College; The Kings College

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY Graduate Course

48th and SPRUCE STREETS PHILADELPHIA 39

Offers

Basic and Advanced Courses In

Osteopathic Cranial Therapy

October 20-25 , 1952

LECTURES SLIDES DISCUSSIONS ANATOMICAL LABORATORY DEMONSTRATIONS TECHNICAL and CLINICAL TECHNIQUE

The Basic Course includes osteopathic cranial principles, the study of anatomy and physiology as related to these principles

The Advanced Course, in addition to continuation of c rania l principles, includes brain dissection, laboratory demonstrations and advanced technique with correlation of spinal and cranial technique.

Emphasis will be placed on the use of cranial technique in general practice.

Class Limited please make application earl y.

Tuition $150.00 $50 wi th application

Make appli cation to offic e of th e D ean: Philadelphia College of Osteo path y 48th and Spruce Streets Ph iladelphia 39 , Pennsylvani a

October 20-25, 1952 APPLICATION

Osteopathic College Year of Graduation What Cranial work have you pursued to date? $50.00 deposit required with application. Signature