1953_Digest_December

reshman Roll Call- Class of 1957

AMALFITANO, ALBERT R ................. Wilmington, Del. University of Maryland Temple University

ATELLA, ERNEST F Drexel Hill, Pa. LaSalle College, A.B.

ATHENS, WILLIAM J ................................Ambridge, Pa. Geneva College, B.S.

ATKINS, ANITA HENRIETTA Old Westbury, N.Y. Adelphia College, A.B.

ATKINS, ROBERT L. Philadelphia Virginia Union University, B.S.

AUSTIN, EUGENE P Colombia, Pa. Frankli11 and Marshall College

BARKER, SAMUEL PRUYN, III Marlboro, N.J. Lafayette College, A.B.

BEAR, ROBERT S........................................... Lemoyne, Pa. University of Delaware, M.S. Lebanon Valley College, B.S.

BELSKY, DANIEL H Philadelphia Temple University, A.B.

BILSKI, STANLEY W Philadelphia University of Delaware, A.B. Wilkes College

BLANK, BERNARD E ..................................... Philadelphia Temple University A.B.

BROSKEY, RICHARD D Reading, Pa. Albright College, B.S.

BURGE, LESTER K., Jr. Wilmington, Del. Univers1ty of Delaware, A.B.

CARNICKY, RICHARD B. Bridgeport, Conn. St. Michael's College, B.S. University of Connecticut

CASTIGLIONE, ETTORE R. Philadelphia LaSalle College, A.B.

CHACE, HENRY VANANTWERP Providence, R.I. Long Island University, B.S.

CHARNEY, NORMAN MURRY Brooklyn N.Y. Brooklyn College, A.B.

CHARNOV, PAUL Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn College, A.B.

CIMINERA, ANTHONY S Philadelphia St. Joseph's College, B.S.

COOPER, ARTHUR M. Philadelphia Temple University

COOPERSMITH, MORTON GERSON New York City Columbia University, B.S.

CRISCIONE, JOSEPH New York City Iona College, B.S.

DEIGHAN, RICHARD A., Jr. Merchantville, N.J. St. Joseph's College, B.S.

DEMARCO, ARTHUR F Philadelphia LaSalle College

DUNCOMBE, RUTH COOKINGHAM Rensselaer, N.Y. New York State College for Teachers, A.B. University of Pennsylvania Temple University

EBERHARDT, HERMAN L. Philadelphia LaSalle College, A.B.

FINA, LEONARD R

Lansdowne, Pa. Pennsylvania State College, A.B.

FLICKER, JEROME I. Philadelphia Temple University, B.S.

FOSTER, HOWARD R Cheltenham, Pa. University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

FOX, ALLAN R Philadelphia Temple University

GARLAND, THEODORE C Armonk, N.Y. University of Notre Dame, B.S.

GIULIANI, CHARLES 0 Williamsport, Pa. Bucknell University, M.S. University of Notre Dame, B.S.

GOODMAN, DONALD ALFRED Philadelphia Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, B.S.

GREER, ROBERT COLLINS, III Wallingford, Pa. Florida Southern College, B.S. Sampson College Davis & Elkins College

HARDING, JOHN T., Jr. Buffalo, N.Y. Ithaca College, P.T. Ithaca College, B.S. University of Buffalo

HEINS, WESLEY, Jr. Laurel Springs, N.J. Adelphia College

HEISER, JOHN ]., Jr. Bayonne, N.]. Villanova College, B.S.

HERRICK, STUART BENJAMIN, Jr. New Britain, Conn. West Virginia Wesleyan New Britain Teachers College

HERSHEY, HERBERT ...................................... Bronx, N.Y. New York University, A.B.

HOCKSTEIN, RICHARD DAVID Philadelphia Western Maryland College, A.B. Temple University Rittenhouse Area College

JASPAN, MELVIN GEORGE ........................ Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, P.T. University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

JORDAN, LAWRENCE ]. Philadelphia LaSalle College, A.B.

KELLER, ALEXANDER ]. Bridgeport, Pa. Villanova College, B.S. Kansas State College

KIP, W. STANTON, 2nd Audubon, Pa. Pennsylvania State College, M.Ed. University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

KIRIFIDES, LAZARUS MEHALIS ............ Springfield, Pa. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, B.S.

KLIGER, ERWIN· H New Haven, Conn. University of Connecticut, A.B.

KLIMASH, WALTER Waymart, Pa. Mansfield State Teachers College

KNEE, NORMAN S. Philadelphia Temple University, A.B.

KRAMLICH, JAMES C. Northampton, Pa. Muhlenberg College, B.S.

KUEHN, HERMAN Union, N.J. Heidelberg College, B.S.

FREDERIC H. BARTH, D.Sc.

DR. IRA W. DREW DR. WILLIAM E. BRANDT

XXI

OSTEOP THIC DIGEST

THOMAS M. ROWLAND, JR. PROF. KENNETH L. SENIOR PHILADELPHIA

DR.

H.

WILLARD STERRETT, JR.

BETTY WAGNER

COLLEGE

OF OSTEOPATHY

48th and Spruce Streets 20th Street and Susquehanna Avenue

Dr. ddress to New orporation

(Thefirstmeetingofthenon-profitPennsylvaniacorporation,"PhiladelphiaCollegeofOsteopathy,"washeld intheCollegeAuditorium,Tuesday,September15th,with FredericH.Barth,ChairmanoftheBoardofDirectors, presiding.Dr.Barth'sopeningaddressisareportand 1nessagetoourAlumnieverywhereandtotheprofession whichhasbenefittedimmeasumblybyhisunselfish,untiringservice.)

T is customary at the annual meeting of the Corporation that the Chairman of the Board reports on the status of our Institution. Before going into the report in detail, I would like to express my appreciation of the cooperation and assistance rendered me by the members of the Board, the Administration, the Faculty and the Staff. Without this assistance, your organization could not function, and I can say that in a great many instances the active members of our organization have gone far beyond the requirements of their positions in their service to this Institution.

As you know, this is the first meeting of the new Corporation, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, embracing the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia, both Pennsylvania Corporations, which have merged their corporate entities. The charter has been increased in scope to include all the functions, duties and privileges of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, which is being kept active, but without function.

This is a very memorable occasion in the long history of our Institution, and you should derive a great deal of satisfaction in attending. I believe I can say without contradiction that in the past five years, the period of the present Administration, more has been concretely completed than has been accomplished in the previous twenty years.

As you know, the academic status of the institution, as far as the approving agencies of the American Osteopathic Association were concerned, were in very dire straits. During the early years of the Administration, it was a question whether we would have the full approval of the A.O.A.,

or whether we would have limited approval. The crisis that developed because of lack of academic direction have been in the main overcome, and most of you know that in the past two years, the institution has been approved by the Bureau of Colleges of the A.O.A. without qualification. We are still far from perfect, and we must make improvements in our curriculum, our faculty and our organization. We require additional laboratories and classroom space, but I know that these matters can be accomplished with the support and assistance of the profession.

The addition of North Center Hospital at 20th street and Susquehanna avenue was accomplished two years ago. This gave us additional beds which \overe direly needed and also gave us additional clinic space for teaching purposes. The acquisition of the Women's Homeopathic Hospital was a great stride for the institution. I will elaborate a bit on this further on.

The crowning achievement of the present Administration was the amalgamation and the securing of a Pennsylvania charter for our Corporation. It was impossible for us to do many things we had in mind because we were chartered under the State of New Jersey and were operating under a certificate issued by the Department of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. You can readily appreciate that many avenues of endeavor were closed to us because of this unique structural set-up. With the present Pennsylvania charter we are now in the same position corporately as the other colleges of the healing arts in the State of Pennsylvania. It will be possible for us to request financial grants from the Commonwealth which we could not do heretofore. It is also possible for us to request many privileges which were closed to us in the past.

I would like to give due recognition to the efforts of our counsel, the firm of Evans, Bayard and Frick and, particularly, Guy Rogers, Jr. and Rodney T. Bonsall, who handled our legal affairs in the securing of the Pennsylvania Charter.

The effort expended in completing this project cannot be appreciated by those who were not active in it. How-

ever, I can tell you, today, that you are highly favored in having a grouP- of dedicated men who gave of their effort and time to complete this task. This institution can never fail while such spirit prevails.

The Board of Trustees of the College appropriated $20,000 for Clinic renovating and equipment. The work is now being contracted for, so that in the very near future our Clinics-both at 48th street and 20th street, will have a new appearance, and will be operated much more efficiently.

The Curriculum Committee has been hard at work for months, particularly in scheduling the operation of the Senior Year.

An official survey was made during the past year of our College and a number of other colleges and, we find that in order to meet the requirements of the American Council of Education's allied accrediting bodies, we must strengthen our facilities in the Basic Sciences, in the size and arrangement of laboratory space, and the ratio of instructors per student, to meet minimum specifications. We must strengthen the Basic Science Departments, and that will be one of the immediate efforts of the academic department of the institution.

Our Administration has been functioning very well, but the Board of Directors feel that it is necessary that we secure the services of a Dean of the College who will direct the Faculty. Vve have had the names of four prospective deans brought to the attention of the Chairman, and in the very near future these candidates will be interviewed, and I hope a properly qualified person will be secured to fill this office in our Institution.

Dr. Brandt, Professor Senior, Director of Admissions Rowland, together with the Faculty, have literally raised the scholastic standard of the institution by its boot straps. The various Faculty committees have labored long and earnestly, and I am happy to report to you, tonight, that academically the institution is certainly in an excellent condition-and the end is not yet.

The suggested plan for utilization of North Center is to devote the Sargent Building to private and semi-private patients. As you know, this is a fine building with excellent facilities. It is the thought of some of the Board of Directors that we use the old building for wards, State Aid and Clinic Cases on the second and third floors while the first floor will be utilized for administrative offices, classrooms, undergraduate and graduate teaching.

This enables us to increase the teaching facilities and follows a pattern which the State approves. It also indicates to the officials of the Commonwealth the high quality of education we are giving our students and shows that we are endeavoring to alleviate the hardship of the underprivileged in our area. I feel sure that with the plans we have in mind the Commonwealth will grant us an appropriation for teaching purposes, and will also grant us an appropriation which will enable us to enlarge our services to the community through the hospitals. These

are all prospects and possibilities, but I feel sure that every one of them can be accomplished.

It must be recognized that the progress of this Institution has mainly been derived from the efforts and contributions of the profession on the staff of the hospital and faculty. This means not only time devoted to teaching, but also funds to continue the operation and expansion of our institution.

While we are speaking of State Aid, I would like to advise you that the U. S. Public Health Service has renewed our Cancer Grant for another year-also. the Heart Grant-with an increase of $11,000. This is not for research, but for teaching purposes, so our students will be properly taught in matters pertaining to these particular subjects.

vV e are expecting the Alumni at large to be more active in our organization-not necessarily through State Associations but as individuals or through the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy Alumni Association. We feel it is to the advantage of the members of the profession to see that properly motivated young men and women are sent to this institution. It is required, of course, that they must have the proper scholastic requirements.

I believe that most communities require additional osteopathic physicians, and how could a community, particularly one in which an osteopathic hospital is located, improve its position better than by sending young men and women from their community to our institutions? It is obvious that the Hospitals must get their osteopathic manpower and referral of patients, from the young men and women who graduate from our osteopathic institutions.

In line with this thinking I can report that we have just admitted a class of 100 freshmen to our Institution. I believe it is a strain on our laboratory facilities, which are fitted for a class of about eighty-but we have accepted this large group because we feel that we will be able to expand our facilities to the point necessary to take care of this class-and, we hope considerably more.

I am bringing these matters to your attention so you will have a clear picture of what the amalgamation means to us and the future of the institution. This step represents the branching out from a local set-up into a national picture, without sacrificing any of the value of being the largest osteopathic hospital east of Detroit. It means we have assumed the responsibility to the profe8sion for supplying the lion's share of new physicians each year, and everything points to the prospect that in so far as our ability makes possible, we are heading directly to becoming the Osteopathic Institution of America.

I appreciate very much the assistance and cooperation you have extended, and I know that with the same spirit and support, the next five years will bring further improvements and additions, which are so gravely needed.

I wish each and everyone of you continued success and God's Blessing.

FREDERIC H. BARTH, D.Sc. Chainnan

State of the College (ReportoftheAdministrationto theAlumni)

Philadelphia College of Osteopathy graduated 86 Seniors at the June 14th Commencement and conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science on Dr. Thomas Jefferson Howerton, ASO '08, Washington, D. C. Two graduate physicians received degrees in course, Dr. Alphonso Mascioli, '47, Master of Science in Otorhinolaryngology, and Dr. Dorothy J. Sivitz, '49, Master of Science in Internal Medicine.

The graduation exercises were favored with the largest attendance in the history of the institution, almost to the (2056) capacity of the William B. Irvine Auditorium, loaned to us for the day by the University of Pennsylvania. Founders Day was celebrated at Irvine Auditorium on January 31st, with Dr. David S. B. Pennock, ASO '01, delivering the 0. J. Snyder Memorial Address. Our Commencement speaker was William W. Tomlinson. VicePresident of Temple University, Philadelphia.

Our graduate education program reached a new high in the number of courses and total enrollment. Under the directorship of Dr. Victor R. Fisher, '36, 16 courses were given. The enrollment of 154 represented 15 states and Canada. "Day-a-Week" courses, g1ven over a period of weeks for the

benefit of physicians who preferred not to leave their practices for a solid week at a time, proved practical.

We introduced a Monday assembly period for the student body, with visiting speakers from the active profession, State association officers, and men and women prominent in and out of the

profession.

Philadelphia College of Osteopathy now includes the responsibilities of the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Osteopathic Foundation as well as its own College operation. Increased enrollment necessitates establishing adequate laboratory facilities to accommodate larger entering classes.

There is increased College use of the North Center hospital this fall. The clinic and Out-Patient units at both hospitals are on a five-days-a-week basis. Improvements in both clines and additions to equipment and space at the North unit involve the expenditure of about $20,000.

Alumni interest in College affairs and progress reached a new high this year, as evidenced bv the enrollment in the active membership of the Alumni Association, which passed the 500 mark for the first time in the history of the College. The Alumni Association Board of Directors held its regular meetings in the College on Founders Day in January and on Alumni Day in June.

DR. TRETTA

PCO's finest Alumni Day Dinner in history was a personal tribute to the work of the committee headed by Dr. Nicholas D. Trella, '42, PCO Student Health physician. He brought the whole class of 1953 through alive into the ranks of Alumni Association membership.

The Alumni banquet on the eve of Commencernent Day had the largest attendance in the history of this annual function. We were privileged at this affair to have the Golden Anniversary of the Class of 1903 celebrated by the attendance of Dr. Addison O'Neill from Daytona Beach, Florida, the 1903 sole surv1vor.

HONORARY DEGREE FOR DR. HOWERTON Pioneer of the profession in !he nation's capital. Dr. Thomas Jefferson Howerton, ASO :os, receives degree of Doctor of Science, conferred by Dr. Barth, with Dr. Paul H. Hatch, '26, Washington, D. C., adjusting the academic hood.

History eg1ns ew Chapter at P 0

OUNDERS DAY, 1954, with its memorial ceremony in the morning, graduate seminars in the/ afternoon, Charity Ball in the evening, will find Philadelphia College of Osteopathy launched into a fresh phase of development as a teaching-hospital institution-ONE institution, the College and its two hospital units integrated under one Board of Directors, with one administrative staff, one treasury, one faculty-staff and one supreme purpose, to be the BEST osteopathic institution within the capacities of the individuals and the team as a whole.

The carefully developed amalgamation procedures culminated in a Court decree July 27, certifying the merger of Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Osteopathic Foundation into one non-profit Pennsylvania corporation authorized to operate a school of the healing arts and to assurne the name of "Philadelphia College of Osteopathy."

September 15th, the new corporation held its first meeting, electing seven Directors to the Board. The Board held its organization meeting the following afternoon, electing officers : Frederic H. Barth, D.Sc., Chairman; Hon. Frederic D. Garman, Vice-Chairman; Dr. H. Walter Evans, '17, Secretary, and Dr. James M. Eaton, '28, Treasurer.

The Board will hold two regular meetings each year, Founders Day and Commencement, in addition to the organization meeting following the annual meeting of the corporation on the third Tuesday of each September.

In subsequent years at the annual organization meeting of the Board there will be elected a Director for the Alumni Association and one from a State or-

Board of Directors

Frederic H. Barth

Samuel A. Blank

Ira vV. Drew, '11 James M. Eaton, '28 H. Walter Evans, '17 Carl Fischer, '25 Frederic D. Garman Walter H. Gebhart George Haasis Paul H. Hatch, '26

George N. Joynes Herman Kohn, '27 Leon Meltzer l B. Rapp, '33 Charles W. Sauter, II, '31 C. Paul Snyder, '10 Charles W. Snyder, Jr., '33 Reed Speer, '37 F. Carlton Street, '24 Harry S. Sylk Foster C. True, '22 J. Craig Walsh, '37

ganization, the States rotating year by year, so that the permanent Board will always enroll three Alumni Association Directors at any given meeting, and three representing the three State bodies.

The business of the College through the year will be conducted by the Executive Committee of the Board, which in its present make-up consists of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, Dr. C. Paul Snyder, '10, Chairman of the College Committee, Harry S. Sylk, Chairman of the Hospital Committee, Leon Meltzer, Chairman of the Finance Committee, Dr. F. Carlton Street, '24, Chairman of the School of Nursing Committee, and Dr. Ira W. Drew, '11, Member-at-Large.

The administrative staff is headed by Dr. William E. Brandt, '21, President and Acting Dean, Kenneth L. Senior, Assistant Dean, and Thomas M. Rowland, Jr., Director of Admissions and Registrar. As this issue of the DIGEST goes to press, the Board Executive Committee is engaged in interviewing four outstanding educators who have been nominated as candidates for the office of Dean.

All indications point to the introduction of a Dean of the Faculty on or before the Founders Day gathering of alumni and friends of the institution.

The College matriculated a Freshman class of 100, which, with the addition of four transfers from other osteopathic colleges into upper classes, advanced the enrollment to 379. College opened September 9th with appropriate services in the Auditorium. The inaugural address was delivered by Dr. Barth, with the College Chaplain, the Reverend Francis M. Wetherill. S.T.D., pronouncing the invocational prayer and the benediction.

September 19th, the faculty and upper classes welcomed the incoming Freshmen and transfers with an informal reception in the Auditorium. The academic schedule for the year is proceeding in good order. Curriculum developments involving the expanded clinics at 48th Street and North Center have placed the Senior work on an advanced plane.

Founders Day this time will thus have a deeper significance than in former years, celebrating not only the beginnings of PCO back in 1899 but the dawn of a new chapter of activity and progress with the amalgamated College of 1953.

STUDENT PARTY IN AUDITORIUM ;'h.

Our President

(Asreportedby"ThePhiladelphia Inquirer.''October 2, 1953.)

Dr. Vv'illiam E. Brandt. of Conshohocken, has been appointed president of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, it was announced yesterday by Dr. Frederic H. Barth. Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The appointment was a feature of the reorganization just completed by which the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia and the Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia merged as a Pennsylvania corporation to operate the teaching institution. Dr. Brandt has been acting president of the colleg-e since June, 1952.

A graduate of Central High School and Muhlenberg College before taking his degree of Doctor of Osteopathy at the Philadelphia College in 1921, Dr. Brandt vvas chiefly knm;v·n for his sports writing, radio broadcasting- and work as public relations director for the National Baseball League, a post he held from 1934 to 1945 as assistant to Ford C. Frick. now Commissioner of BasebalL .

He also played baseball at Central High, football at Muhlenberg, and was a member of the College of Osteopathy basketball team.

He served on the staffs of the Bulletin,PublicLedger and NewYork Times before joining Frick in the National League office. He resigned from the National League staff to conduct a coast-to-coast radio sports program.

Before joining the staff of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy in 1951, Dr. Brandt was executive assistant to the president of Muhlenberg College, which conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1948.

Santucci Elected ACOP Veep

Dr. Thomas F. Santucci, '37, PCO Lecturer in Pediatrics. was elected vicepresident of the College of Osteopathic Pediatricians. Also elevated to office was Dr. Otto M. Kurschner, '45, PCO Lecturer, who became a member of the Board of Directors for three vears. In addition, Dr. William S. '25, PCO Pediatrics Department Chairman, a:nd Dr. Ruth E. Tinley, '23, Professor Emeritus, were reelected to three-vear terms on the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Arnold Melnick, '45, another PCO Lecturer, who served as president of the group for the past year, was elected Secretarv-Treasurer of the A.C.O.P. on con;pletion of his presidential term.

Drs. Heilig and Rapp Hold Arthritis Symposium

Dr. David Heilig, '44, Chairman of the PCO Department of Osteopathic Principles and Techniques, and Dr. Jacob B. Rapp, '33, Associate in Osteopathic Medicine, conducted a symposium on "Arthritis" at New Haven, Conn., November 15.

Morning and afternoon sessions were arranged at the Warwick Inn.

Weddings

'54--John George De Prisco married Elma Teresa DiBacco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis DiBacco, 6338 Kingsessing avenue, Philadelphia, at Good Shepherd Church, 66th street and Chester avenue, Philadelphia, September 19th.

'55-The marriage of Leonard J. Tierno to Dolores Amorosi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Amorosi, 2238 Cantrell street, Philadelphia, was solemnized at the Church of the Holy Child, Broad and Duncannon streets, August 22nd.

'56--Robert G. DeRue, of Newark, N. Y., and Elizabeth Moore Tague, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. George Tague. of Highland Park, Pa., were married September 5th at Calvary Presbyterian Church, Wayne and Pennock avenues, Highland Park

"GOOD LUCK, DOCTOR!"

Director

'57 Stanley Montrom married Blanche E. Oberly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Oberly, Phillipsburg, N. J., at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Easton, Fa. The bride is a graduate of Churchman Business College and was a dental assistant. Montrom has his A.B. from Lafayette College.

"WELCOME FRESHMEN!"

No stranger to microphones, Dr. Brandl joins the Senior Class Chairman. Karl Faldon, '54, in helping the '57 PCO's gel acquainted.

of Admissions Thomas M. Rowland, Jr.. pats shoulder of 1953 Class Chairman, Dr. J. Harold Quarles, at Alumni Dinner.

Founders ay-T harity

FOUNDERS DAY 1954 at Philadelphia College of Osteopathy stands like a searchlight on a bridge. It casts the beam back to 1899, January, when its first classroom was opened under the aegis of Osteopathy. It points forward far into a bright and broad future.

It's Amalgamation Bridge the bridge that ties together the 54 years of the past, more than half a century during which osteopathy was taught in Philadelphia by a New Jersey corporation, then out ahead is the broad road stretching on-Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, the Pennsylvania institution, merging hospitals and teaching into one effective coordinating whole.

Television's beam on Founders Day at PCO will symbolize this searchlight figure. Physicians who attend the ceremonies in the College Auditorium in the morning can have the beam before their eyes in the afternoon by staying right there for visual education in its most spectacular modern development, the televising of close-up osteopathic and surgical procedures so that the hands at work can be studied by a couple hundred eyes-close-up--instead of the two or three pairs that can ever get a fair view of an operation, for instance, in the amphitheatre.

Television at PCO is brand-new. As we go to press, the installation has not been completed. By Founders Day it should be working smoothly, the headline feature in the afternoon of a great day that ties together the 0. J. Snyder Memorial program in the morning and the Charity Ball in the evening.

The advent of TV is synchronous with the reorganization of the College

corporate setup. It dates its inception exactly from the first meeting of the new Corporation Tuesday evening, September 15.

The meeting elected seven Directors to the Board.. Three of them are new members. One of them, Harry Sylk, was having a sandwich with some of the faculty and staff members across the street from the College after the meetmg.

The talk was about plans for the future, projects, hopes, dreams for advancing teaching processes and the health and growth of the institution in general. Somebody mentioned the televising of surgical operations as a wonderful thing. Everybody agreed. Sure! A whole class can get a close-up, this is a very special operation, much teaching value, they can SEE it, all of them, not just one or two.

Put that down in the plans !

"Why don't we get it right away?" inquired Mr. Sylk

He's a man of action, a self-made business success. The hard way. From a store on a little corner downtown he has advanced to the operation of a chain of drug-stores that stands out like a light-like its name, in fact, SUN RAY.

The men at the table sort of smiled. After all, there's the small matter of"How much would it cost?" Mr. Sylk wanted to know. "If that's all that's holding us back, let's go!"

Next morning the new Director telephoned Dr. Victor R. Fisher, '37, PCO Director of Graduate Education, who was one of the sandwich party the night before.

"I wasn't fooling," Mr. Sylk told

January 3

FOUNDERS DAY REFRESHERS

Dr. Fisher. "That idea you and Paul Lloyd and the other fellows were talking about. Go right ahead. Just send me the bill."

So right away the engineers moved in and we'll have the Founders Day Searchlight on the Bridge for afternoon matinee when the Graduate Education department takes over the show for the educational benefit of Physicians making a day of it at PCO-Founders Day ceremony, graduate teaching in the afternoon, dinner and dancing at the Charity Ball in the evening.

TV at PCO Heads Visual Education

Sparked by the presentation of a television system for the 48th street building through the benevolence of Harry S. Sylk, member of the Board of Directors, Visual Education has taken the most important stride.

The engineers have been measuring the amphitheatre, auditorium, labora'tories and class-rooms in preparation for tailor-making the system at the Camden factory.

The TV system, as well as the entire field of sight-sound picture projection, is being administered by a Faculty Committee on Visual Education.

Cataloguing of slides and films, establishment of a central storage depot, organizing a staff of qualified operators from Faculty and Student Body and a general survey of the visual didactic areas are the current agenda.

Dr. Victor R. Fisher, '36, PCO Director of Graduate Education, has a program ready for Founders Day afternoon. Here he is last year, same time, same place, same job, standing at left, with reunioning alumni in PCO Auditorium between lunch and education. At right, in white coat, is Dr. George W. Frison, '33. who came all the way from DeLand, Fla for the occasion.

HARRY S. SYLK

President of Sun Ray Drug Company and Board Member of Einstein Medical Center, City of Hope and Golden Slipper Square Club Camp for Children, Mr. Syl.k is Hospital Committee Chairman of our own Board of Directors and PCO's "Father of Teaching Television."

Dr. Jones, Founder. Here Founders Day

Honored Founders Day guests of PCO will be Dr. and Mrs. J. Leland Jones, of Kansas City. Mrs. JonesDr. Margaret H.-will deliver the traditional "0. J. Snyder Memorial Address" at the ceremonies in PCO Auditorium on the morning of J anuary 30.

Dr. Margaret, one of the outstand::ing obstetricians and surgeons in the profession, is a native of Colfax, Wash., and prepared for a teaching career in her home state. After three years in the public schools system of Tucson, Ariz., she entered the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery and was graduated with the Class of 1922.

She is one of the many alumni of other osteopathic institutions who have become "graduate alumni" of PCO by virtue of postgraduate training in our institution. She is now a member of the attending staff of the hospitals of the Kansas City College and became head of the College Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Presently she is Professor of Obstetrics and Surgery, culminating a 30year record of service to her institution, starting as Field Obstetrician upon graduation. For 13 years she was a member of the hospital Board of Control. She has headed units also at Kansas City's Lakeside Hospital and Conley Clinical Hospital.

Our Founders Day speaker is a Founder herself-first organizer of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians, of which she served as President 1934-36. She has been VicePresident of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, and a member of the American Osteopathic Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and the Osteopathic Women's National Association.

Extracurricularly she has been an active member of the Soroptimist Club since 1935, served as President of the Kansas City chapter and on its Board of Directors. She was General Chairman of the Children's Health Conference Clinic in Kansas City, 1937-39 and has written articles for professional journals as well as lecturing widely on professional and community service topics.

The Charity Ball Is Here!

by BETTY PCOOPFSecretary

"The time has come," Dr. Walrus said, "to talk of the annual Charity Ball."

"Why, naturally," we replied, "it's the social event of the season!"

Where else could anyone find such a tremendous place for the gala affair on January 30th but the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel? Most past Charity Balls have been held at the Bellevue. It is centrally located and has a long-standing reputation for efficient service.

The primary purpose of the Charity Ball is to raise money for the improvement of your alma mater and its hospitals. The accent this time is on the Visual Education Program. This program will give Philadelphia College of Osteopathy the most modern and upto-date visual education courses available.

In order to be an important part of the plan, the Charity Bali must "pay off" a higher rate of public and professional interest than in previous years. One big improvement is this year's adbook Harold Salkind, Chairman of the Charity Ball Committee, has arranged to have a larger, more impressive adbook than ever before, but the ad-book alone will not make the Charity Ball a financial success.

This depends on you. Your interest. Your participation.

Salkinder

Harold Salkind. General Chairman of the Charity became a grandfather twice in 24 hours this summer when his daughter and daughter-in-la'v gave birth to a girl and a boy respectively, at PCO North Center HospitaL And in the same week, at the 48ch street Hospital, the wife of Dr. Alan Salkind, '47, became the proud mother of a baby boy.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

Heading distinguished galaxy of guests at last year's Charity Ball was the Speaker of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Hon. Charles C. Smith.

R. GEORGE W. RILEY, pioneer New York Osteopathic physician, was honored on May 20th at the annual Dinner-Dance of the Osteopathic Society of the City of New York, at the Hotel Pierre, at which time his portrait was presented to him by Donald J. Hardenbrook, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic of New York.

Dr. Riley, who is now 87 years of age, has practiced in New York City for 49 years. A native of Lerna, Illinois, Dr. Riley graduated from the Illinois State Normal University, received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1895, and was granted his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Missouri, in 1904. In 1942, Dr. Riley was granted an LL.D. degree by Philadelphia College of Osteopathy.

President of various city, state and national osteopathic organizations, a member of the staff of the Osteopathic Society of the City of New York, Dr. Riley has contributed an article on Osteopathy to the Encyclopedia Britannica as well as articles to professional magazines. He is the author of a chapter

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in the book, "The Lengthening Shadow of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still," by Dr. A. G. Hildreth ( 1938). Dr. Riley was one of the founders of the Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic of New York, and has contributed greatly to the progress of this institution as well as to the advancement of the profession both locally and nationally.

The distinguished assemblage included Dr. David J. Bachrach, '27, President of the New York State Osteopathic Society, Dr. William 0. Kingsbury, '26, President of the Academy of Applied Osteopathy, Dr. J. Marshall Hoag, '34, President of the New York Academy and Dr. Albert Finkelstein, representing the Chicago College of Osteopathy.

Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery and Philadelphia College of Osteopathy were represented by their administrative chiefs, Dr. Morris Thompson, KCOS President, and Dr. William E. Brandt, Acting President of PCO. Dr. Thompson at the time was President of the American Association of Osteopathic Colleges, an office in which Dr. Brandt succeeded him in July.

Philadelphia"s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Frederic W. Barth,

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and the Secretary, Dr. H. vValter Evans, '17, were notable figures present as were the President and PresidentElect of the Auxiliary to the Osteopathic Society of the City of New York, Mrs. Martin Kurtz and Mrs. Harold S. Goldberg. Mrs. J. Barton Freedman represented the Auxiliary to the New York State Osteopathic Society.

Scrolls of recognition of d:stinguished service were presented to the Past Presidents of the Osteopathic Society of the City of New York, Dr. Kingsbury, Dr. Thomas R. Thorburn, Dr. William B. Strong, '26, Dr. Bachrach, Dr. Lawrence S. Robertson, '29, Dr. George F. Johnson, '36, Dr. Riley, Dr. Sydney M. Kanev, '25, and Dr. Hoag.

During the business meeting, the following officers of the Osteopathic Society of the City of New York were installed:

Dr. Sydney Mark Kanev, '25, President; Dr. Jacob G. Sheetz, '36, President-Elect; Dr. A. Leon Smeyne, '42, Vice-President; Dr. Harold S. Goldberg, '44, Secretary; Dr. John J. Lalli, '35, Treasurer; Dr. E. F. Bernhardi, Sergeant-at-Arms.

Directors: Dr. George F. Johnson, '36; Dr. Robert Sacks, '21; Dr. Wilbur Price.

DINNER AT PIERRE'S

Close friends and distinguished visitorssurrounding Dr. Riley on his Big Evening. Standing, left to right, Dr Sydney M. Kanev, '25, Dr. W. E. Brandt, '21. Dr. Morris Thompson, Dr. Donald B. Thorburn, '23, Mrs. Marlin Kurtz, Dr. J. Marshall Hoag, '34, Dr. William 0. Kingsbury, '26, Dr. Alexander Levitt, '25, Dr. Albert Finkelstein, CCO '46. Seated: Donald J. Hardenbrook, Dr. Frederic H. Barth, Mrs. J. Barton Freedman, Dr. Riley, Mrs. Harold S. Goldberg, Dr. David J. Bachrach, '27.

School of Nursing Graduates Fifteen

The first Commencement held under the auspices of Philadelphia College ?f Osteopathy, the non-profit Pennsylvama corporation, presented 15 graduates of the School of Nursing who received their diplomas in the College Auditorium Monday evening, September 14th.

The Commencement Address was. delivered by Dr. Lester Eisenberg, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, who spoke in a serious vein of the opportunities for service for which the gradqates have qualified.

Frederic H. Barth. D.Sc Chairman of the Board of Directors; presented the diplomas and made the address of welcome to the families and friends of the graduates. The Reverend J. H. A. Bamberger, D.D., Rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles and the Mediator, gave the Invocation and pronounced the benediction.

Special awards were presented by Dr. H. Willard Sterrett, Jr., of the Department of Surgery, as follows: Board of Directors A ward for Highest Average in Theoretical Work Miss Mary E. Py; Gertrude K. Daiber Memorial Award for Second Highest Average in Theoretical Work, Mrs. Dorothy Maglieri; Obstetrical Award for the Best Obstetrical Nurse, Miss Barbara Patterson; Women's Auxiliary Award for Best Work in Dietetics, Miss Carolyn Burton; Ethel M. Beegle Memorial Award for Best Student in Nursing Arts, Miss Carolyn Burton; Nursing Achievement A ward, Miss Joyce Eley; Bruce Kingman Sterrett Memorial Award for Best Operating Room Nurse, Mrs. Dorothy Maglieri ; Dr. H. Willard Sterrett Memorial Award for Best Work in Urological Nursing, Miss Beverly Kelly ; Highest Average in Theoretical Work, Intermediate Class, Miss Marlene Smith.

The graduating class : Sanda Bohaczk Atlas, Pa.

Carolyn Burton Yeadon, Pa. Joyce Eley Detroit, Mich. Phyllis Hartranft Morton, Pa. Hazel Hintz Webberville, Mich. Mildred C. Hogeweide, Upper Darby, Pa.

Beverly Kelly ....... Saginaw, Mich.

Dorothy Maglieri Reading, Pa.

Joan Miller Philadelphia, Pa.

Amelia Mulholland Upper Darby, Pa.

Barbara Patterson Morton, Pa. Mary E. Py Philadelphia, Pa.

Joan Ramey Harrisburg, Pa.

Therese Walsh ...... Gloucester, N.J. Carol \iVilson \i\Taymart, Pa.

Miss Aydelotte

Cyra E. Aydelotte, graduate of Philadelphia Osteopathic College School of Nursing, class of 1920, an outstanding private duty nurse for 33 years, respected and beloved by her co-workers and patients, passed away September 21, 1953 at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy Hospital.

Miss Aydelotte entered training October 1, 1917, when the Hospital was in its infancy. She was graduated after the Hospital entered its own building at 19th and Spring Garden where she worked as a private duty nurse, until the Hospital moved to its present address in 1930. She continued her services until a month prior to her death.

Christmas Seals

The 1953 osteopathic Christmas seal campaign is ready for the road. To get 80,000 sheets of seals into the hands of the profession, auxiliary, and public is its objective. To publicize osteopathy and to raise funds for osteopathic student loans and research are its reasons for being.

"Participation in this campaign cannot be too strongly urged," said Dr. E. H. McKenna. Committee Chairman. '"The Christmas seal is no longer a purely professional matter, any more than are the benefits that accrue from it. Osteopathic student loans are one answer to the doctor shortage. Osteopathic research is an answer to the thirst for increased scientific knowledge. Both benefit the public. Both may justly look to the public for support.

First '57 Babe

Two days after college opened, at 4:48 A.M., September 11, Joseph Michael Garland emitted his first cheer for old Notre Dame in the delivery room of PCO Hospital and thus began making history for the Class of 1957.

The proud papa is Freshman Theodore C. (Ted) Garland, of Armonk, N. Y.. who checked into PCO from South Bend, Ind., where his wife was an X-ray technician at South Bend Osteopathic Hospital. Joseph Midiael (6 pounds 14 ounces and 1931:2 inches tall) captured the honor of being the first infant born to the Class of 1957 after matriculation.

His dad is a born competitor, judging by the record. As a juvenile, he finished sixth in the International Soap Box Derby at Akron, representing White Plains, N. Y. He made the boxing team at Notre Dame and in his Junior year was the University middleweight champion.

By the luck of the alphabet when Garland sat down in the Freshman classroom he found himself beside another Notre Damer, Charlie Giuliani, three years ahead of him in graduating, detained three years in the service.

Giuliani was an honors graduate in 1950, stepped right into a lieutenancy in the Air Corps. His elder brother Jim is a Senior at PCO. The Giulianis are from Williamsport, Pa. Charlie's application was in for the class entering September 1954, but August 26 he received notice of release from service, hopped a plane from Iceland and landed on the campus in the middle of the heat wave, one year ahead of the schedule on his osteopathic time-clock.

PCO AT FLOWER SHOW

Philadelphia's annual Flower Show is famous all over the world of flora and each year the first aid depot all week is womaned by nurses from PCO Hospital. Here are Miss Betty Johns at lei! and Miss Ruth Willard on duty in a beautiful spot.

Joyce Rejoices

("Joyce"isaprominentnatneinthis newspaperfeaturewhichappearedin "ThePhiladelphiaInquirer"ofSeptember12th."JohnSt.GeorgeJoyce" isnotanewnameto DIGEST eyes. Thestaff-writerofthe"Inquirer"who typedthefeaturearticleisnephewand namesakeoftheJohnSt.GeorgeJoyce whowaseditorofthe DIGEST formany yearsbeforehisdeathin 1952. Monday,October5th,the"Inquirer" printedapictureandanewsstoryof little]oyceRothhappilymarchingout ofthehospitalonherownlegs.)

By JoHN ST. GEORGE JoYcE

A blonde little girl who has walked only 22 months, out of her nine years of life is patiently hooking potholders in a Philadelphia hospital today as she awaits recovery from an operation that may permit her to walk again.

Joyce Roth, of Johnstown, Pa., has made dozens of potholders this summer while she was in bed in the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy Hospital, 48th and Spruce streets, after a complicated hip operation.

Her mother, Mrs. Blanche Roth, yesterday told the story of hardship and

pain that has been the child's lot since birth. She told of the girl's determination to walk again, to sell as many potholders as she can.

Yesterday Joyce was smiling because Dr. James M. Eaton, chief surgeon at the hospital, removed a cast the girl has worn on her left hip and leg since June.

The girl was first brought to Dr. Eaton in December, 1950. The mother told him a history of the child's having had a dislocated hip at birth which was not discovered until 14 months later when Joyce began to walk

For the next six years Joyce's life became an ordeal of cast after cast until a disease known as Legg-Perth £et in. The marrow of the bone started to die • and the bone structure was affected.

At that point doctors from nearby Indiana, Pa., feared that Joyce might lose her leg through amputation. They consulted with Dr. Eaton and the child was brought here.

Dr. Eaton deepened the socket and reinforced it with bone from other parts of the child's body. He found that her left ankle, broken some time prior, had been affected by the disease and was twisted.

Joyce was then faced with the problem of not only learning to walk at the age of seven, but to walk with crutches and a brace. She did that through sheer determination.

But this spring the old trouble returned and in June Dr. Eaton repeated the operation. After removing the cast and examining X-rays yesterday Dr. Eaton said the chances were excellent that Joyce would soon be able to walk.

But she'll need another operation when her body is matured, eight or 10 years from now, said Dr. Eaton. Then a permanent reconstruction operation can be made on the hip, he said.

To Mrs. Roth the series of operations have been a minor miracle.

"At one time we thought Joyce would lose her leg," she said. "Now, thanks to Dr. Eaton and our wonderful neighbors, I'm certain my little girl will someday even take hikes with the Brownies."

The wonderful neighbors spoken of were the service clubs and other Johnstown organizations.

As for Joyce, the little girl said she was going to keep hooking the potholders with the bright hope of some day soon fashioning a jumping rope for herself.

DR. EGGLESTON SHOWS THE WAY PCO was honored by the visit of the President of the American Osteopathic Association. Dr. Allan A. Eggleston. KCOS '29. of Montreal. whose talks to the students were not only verbal and inspiring but also manual and even more inspiring.

PCO Rides Again In Basketball

Grads of olden time will be interested to know that this winter PCO will have a team on the basketball courts again after a long lapse of years.

This is in no sense an entry into intercollegiate competition in any major way, since the rigors of healing arts graduate training preclude long road trips, lengthy practice sessions, hard physical work to prime legs and for sprints up and down the firehouse floors.

PCO on the boards this winter represents the zeal of some of the Philadelphia resident alumni rallying around the boys at college who get some muchneeded recreation by recreating their undergraduate college laurels on a winter's evening now and then. Last year a team of former college varsity players now enrolled for osteopathic training played in the Philadelphia League under the name "Westside Collegians."

Just to make it legal, the administration voted to have the college players operate in the traditional Maroon and Gray colors of oldtime PCO · teams, with the "P.C.O." right there on their chests.

Headman Coach is Thomas Mifflin Rowland, Jr., Director of Admissions. One dozen assorted Freshmen reported for the first warm-up session, which makes it a pretty good team, since not all of last year's stars were Seniors.

With the college name to carry, classroom performance becomes a criterion of eligibility for the team, likewise the schedule, while listing college and professional schools of the Philadelphia area, will never keep the team away from the study lamps too long.

Texas Calling

Dear Dr. Brandt:

Dr. Lester Farquharson has passed away. Dr. June is going back to finish her internship in Boston. Dr. Chester passed away five years ago. We still get many calls for Dr. Chester and I'm sure we will for Dr. Lester from referred patients from every place and even here at home.

It's a wonderful opportunity for a couple or one or two Osteopaths.

I rented them one small and one large office and a large waiting room. If you know of any one let them know at once. I hate to think and see more than 36 years of a grand practice wasted. I have a wonderful business location.

Thanking you in advance, I am, Fraternally, LoviE MAY EvANS, D.O. 1412 Westheimer Houston 6, Texas

Letter from London

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46, New Cavendish Street, London, W. 1 England. September 10, 1953.

Dear Dr. Brandt:

I am contemplating retiring from my practice here in London, and moving to the country to carry on a restricted practice, as the demands of my busy London practice are becoming a little too much for me-it really requires a younger and more active man to keep it at its present level, and, even, if necessary, to increase its scope.

It consists of a 99% office practice, and is purely ten-fingered Osteopathy.

If you have a recent graduate who would be aiL'\:ious to practice Osteopathy in this country, and who would consider buying my practice, I will be glad to hear from him.

A. E. BURROWES, D.O.

COACH ROWLAND'S FOUR HORSEMEN

The graduating members of last year's "Wesl Side Collegians" receive ilie Coach's big smile at ilie Victory Dinner. Left to right: Robert J. Zweibel, Rahway. N. J.; Alvin Rosen. Philadelphia; Donald S. Brown. Jr.• Belleville, N. J., and John W. Gaul, Harrisburg, Pa.

AOSH BECOMES AOAS

This is ilie head table of ilie annual pilgrimage to PCO of an earnest body of physicians meeting for mutual advance. This year they convened as the American Osteopathic Society of Hernioloqisls but by the lime they got around to dinner they had advanced mutually to a new name, ilie American Osteopathic Academy of Sclerotherapy.

Left to right: Dr. P. Boyd Osborne. KCOS '36. Latrobe. Pa.; Mrs. William A. (Dr. Doris Moyer) Reynolds, '41. and Dr. William A. Reynolds, '41, Haverford, Pa.; Mrs. H. A. Fisher and Dr. Fisher, KCOS '38. Dearborn, Mich.; Dr. Enrique G. Vergara. '25, PCO Clinical Professor of Proctology, and Dr. Frederic H. Barth, PCO Board Chairman.

Miss PCO Goes to AOA in Chi

by BETTY WAGNER, PCO,OPF,Secretary

NNE BOGGS and I, the PCO Secretariat, entered the doors of the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago at precisely 10 to 10 A.M. Saturday, July 11, 1953. The fifty-seventh Annual AOA Convention had started! Dr. Brandt was scheduled for several other meetings that day, and since I was already involved in promoting public relations with the alumni of PCO via the Osteopathic Progress Fund, Dr. Brandt suggested that I attend the AOP meetings as representative for our publications.

The AOP (Association of Osteopathic Publications) met all day Saturday to discuss our national alumni publications. Naturally, the ultimate aim of all editors is to stimulate the interest of you, the alumni, in your state organization, as well as the AOA, and to keep you informed of happenings in the 01' Alma Mater. And these editors take their job seriously! The meetings were lively and instructive up until the very last stroke of the five o'clock bell.

However, the convention had just begun. We barely had time to dash back to the room and change shoes before guests started arriving at the college suite for an informal gathering. For yours truly, of course, this was new ground and it was exciting to meet Dr. R. N. MacBain, President of the Chicago College of Osteopathy and his

wife; Dean Eldrett of the Chicago College; Dr. Joseph M. Peach and Dean Kenneth J. Davis of the Kansas City College; Dr. M. D. Warner, Dean of Kirksville College; Dr. Edwin F. Peters, President, and Dr. John B. Shumaker, Dean, of the Des Moines College; and Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Mills, Director, Office of Education; all for the first time.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were devoted to reminding PCO gradu-

ates to sign the register and purchase their tickets for the Alumni Banquet.

Unfortunately, however, a great many of our loyal alumni did not seem to realize that the Philadelphia College booth was down in the Exhibitors Hall. Consequently, our attendance roster wasn't as complete as it should have been. This was a slight source of embarrassment at times. Especially when one of the men from another college would come up to ask if "Doctor John Jones" had registered. Upon receiving a negative answer, the gentleman would usually look at us in surprise.

So, next time, all you conventiongoers, PLEASE REGISTER with us. We may have messages for you from friends from far away places.

However, we did get a chance to meet "Pappy" C. R. Starks from Colorado. A great man, and a lot of fun. Also had a chat with Dr. Harold Osborn, Champaign, Illinois, '37, Olympic high jump champion when he was a .student at the U. of Illinois. He said it was not often he got the opportunity to see the PCO men in his class, and he had been looking forward to the :reunion. Dr. C. Edward Long, '38, from Buffalo and Dr. William S. Prescott. '35, of the Syracuse Prescotts, stopped by for a few minutes.

And now, ·wednesday, the high spot of the entire convention, was here. Why? The Alumni Dinner, of course ! Forty-six of us were present and never has there been a more convivial company in one dining room. Imagine yourself surrounded by classmates and alumni of other years, some of whom you haven't seen for long stretches, some you never met before. After a

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FOUNDERS DAY PANEL

In between Founders Day ceremonies in the morning and the Charity Ball. !here's some serious thinking and case discussion in the Auditorium. At the rostrum here is Dr. William F. Daiber. '28. PCO Chairman of the Department of Osteopathic Medicine.

TEACHING THE TEACHERS

Osteopathic concept in action shows, lelt lo right. Dr. David Heilig. '44. PCO Chairman of !he Department of Osteopathic Principles and Techniques. Assistant Dean Kenneth L. Senior. Dr. C. Paul Snyder. '10. Chairman of !he College Commillee of the PCO Board of Directors. Dr. Angus G. Cathie. '31. PCO Chairman of the Department of Anatomy. Dr. Kermit H. Lyman. '40. PCO Instructor in Osteopathic Principles and Techniques ••. AND. the man using his "mens el manus" is Dr. Allan A. Eggleston. KCOS '29. President of the American Osteopathic Association. hearty meal you listen while the Alumni President, Dr. Roy E. Hughes, '28, introduces each person present.

Then Dr. Brandt reported to the alumni on the state of the College. The most important of course, was the upto-the-minute details involved in the amalgamation. Too bad the Court did not act until July 27, about two weeks too late to be an Alumni Dinner headline.

Dr. Brandt commented in closing on some of the outstanding students entering PCO this fall. Then everybody practically took turns making speeches, mostly short, but all interesting. Dr. Alexander Levitt, '25, Brooklyn, Chairman of the A.O.A. Bureau of Professional Affairs, offered a well-worded plea to each and every doctor to do more recruiting for the College. He stated that you, the family doctor and friend, whose opinions are respected and venerated, are the person who can do the most to persuade a young man or woman to consider osteopathy and P.C.O.

So, with a few final comments on this subject from Drs. Edward J. Ropulewis, '44, from Old Town, Maine, and C. Edward Long, '28, of Buffalo, the dinner was over-all too soon. As we left people were saying, "Good dinner; best Alumni gathering in years." "Marvelous!" We retired that night with smug smiles of satisfaction that we were part of such a 1oyal organization.

Thursday we visited the AOA office building. Designed in modern style, it is a structure that the osteopathic profession as a whole has every right

to be proud of. Up-to-date and impressive, the building seems to symbolize the advance and achievements of osteopathy. The offices are light and airy, and seems to contribute to the atmosphere of efficiency that is so noticeable. We spent tl;le remainder of the day there and all of Friday working in conjunction with the OPF staff.

In relation to the Progress Fund at

PCO we had a terrific amount of work to accomplish, and we never could have finished had it not been for that wonderful bunch of gals, the OPF secretaries. They have all information right at their fingertips and, in the last analysis, are the ones most responsible for helping the national organization keep on its toes. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to see the AOA in operation.

All too soon it was five o'dock and we had to pack up, dash off to dinner and then, the train. The memory of that dinner will remain with us for many, many years, thanks to one very wonderful event, a $300 bolt out of the blue. All week we had been listening and learning for the first time the problems confronting the osteopathic profession, and primarily, the difficulties that are part of college administration, how much the colleges need every dollar of support in their battle to keep on even terms with the rich and subsidized medical schools. All week we had been working on those Progress Fund figures. So ... out of a clear blue sky, Dr. Richard Sayre Koch, '38, from way out in Olympia, Washington, walked over to our table and plopped a wad of bills down in front of us.

"Here's three hundred dollars for the Progress Fund," he said, matter-offactly. Then because we were too stunned to say anything for a minute, he went on, "It's important for each of us alumni to stand back of our institution. I only wish I could do more."

ANOTHER MEDAL FOR "UNCLE DAVE"

Dr. Barth beams as Dr. Frederick C. Kum. '53. loops Phi Sigma Gamma medallion around !he cervicai column of Dr. David Sands Brown Pennock, ASO '01. PCO Professor Emeritus of Surgery, who received !he 0. J. Snyder Memoriai Medai on Founders Day 1953.

SURVIVORS CLUB CELEBRATES AT FESTIVE BOARD

Outgoing and incoming residents and interns throng annually to the banquet cloth in the traditional commemoration of their hospital experience organized as "The Survivors Club," by sponsor Dr. Galen S. Young, '35, PCO Clinical Professor of Surgery. Crouched in the middle, sombrero in hand, is the President, Dr. Charles A. Hemmer, '43, PCO Assistant in Anesthesia. That lady al lhe head table is Dr. Dorothy J. Sivitz, '49, PCO Instruclor in Osteopathic Medicine, who is Secretary-Treasurer. Five seats lo Dr. Dorothy's right we find the Club Historian, Dr. H. Willard Sterrel!, Jr PCO Associate in Urology.

At the Board in Chicago

PCO's Alumni Dinner at the Chicago AOA Convention was not as numerous as Kirksville's but the calibre of the diners, reading from left to right around the horseshoe and then right to left around the inner ring, was a proud sight to behold.

Leaders in their fields, active w·orkers in almost every extension of the profession's influence, here they are, PCO grads rallying for a reunion some 600 miles from the home campus:

Dr. and Mrs. John MeA Ulrich, '27, Harrisburg, Pa., President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association.

Dr. Sevilla H. Mullet, '23, Bryan, Ohio.

Dr. Harold M. Osborn, '37, Champaign, Illinois, 1924 Olympic High Jump Champion.

Dr. Reed Speer, '37, Pittsburgh, Trustee of the A.O.A. and Chairman of the A.O.A. Council on Education. and Mrs. Speer.

Dr. Charles W. Sauter, II, '31, Gardner, Mass., Speaker of the A.O.A. House of Delegates, and Mrs. Sauter.

Dr. Roy E. Hughes, '28, Indiana, Pa .. President of the P.C.O. Alumni Association, and Mrs. Hughes.

Dr. Ruth Elizabeth Tinley, '23, Philadelphia, P.C.O. Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics.

Dr. Galen S. Young, '35, Chester, Pa., Trustee of the American Osteopathic Association.

Dr. William E. Brandt, '21, Conshohocken, Pa., Acting President and Acting Dean, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy.

Dr. John E. Devine, '28, Ocean City, N. J., President-elect of the P.C.O. Alumni Association.

Dr. Arnold Melnick, '45, Philadelphia, Treasurer of the P.C.O. Alumni Association, and Mrs. Melnick.

Professor Kenneth L. Senior. Assistant Dean of P.C.O.

Thomas M. Rowland, Jr., Director of Admissions and Registrar of P.C.O.

Dr. Frederick E. Arble, '38, Carrolltown. Pa .. Immediate Past-President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association.

Dr. John H. Warren, '28, Philadelphia, member of the Pennsylvania Board of Osteopathic Examiners, and Mrs. Warren (Dr. Beryl E. Arbuckle, '28), Associate in the P.C.O. Department of Osteopathic Principles and Techniques.

Dr. Michael Blackstone. '34. Allentown, Pa., P.C.O. in Urology, and Mrs. Blackstone. Students' Wives· Counselor of the Auxiliary to the American Osteopathic Association.

Dr. Charles Lichtenwalner, Jr., '39. Pottstown, Pa., and Mrs. Lichtenwalner, who is Editor of the Record of the Auxiliary to the American Osteopathic Association.

Dr. ·william B. Strong, '26, Brooklyn, N.Y., Chairman of the New York State Osteopathic Society Committee on Post-Graduate Education.

Dr. Jay Marshall Hoag, '34, New York, President of the New Y ouk Academy of Applied Osteopathy.

Dr. David J. Bachrach, '27, New York, President of the New York State Osteopathic Society.

Dr. C. Edwin Long, Jr., '38, Buffalo, N. Y.. Chairman of the New York State Osteopathic Society Vocational Guidance Committee.

Miss Elizabeth Wagner, P.C.O. O.P.F. Secretary.

Dr. William S. Prescott, '35, Syracuse, N.Y.

HowardS. Lubin, '55, Newark, N.].

Dr. H. Enrico D'Alonzo, '27, Philadelphia, Pa., P.C.O. Clinical Assistant in Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Richard S. Koch, '38, Olympia, Wash., Past-President of the Washington Osteopathic Association, and Mrs. Koch, First Vice-President and Program Chairman of the Auxiliary to the American Osteopathic Association.

Dr. William C. Bugbee, '24, Montclair, N. ]., Trustee of the P.C.O. Board.

Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Ropulewis, '44, Old Town, Maine.

Dr. Alexander Levitt, '25, Brooklyn, Chairman of the A.O.A. Department of Professional Affairs.

Dr. and Mrs. Augustine R. Novak, '47, Muskegon, Mich.

Miss Anne Boggs, Secretary to the P.C.O. Board of Trustees.

Dr. James M. Eaton, '28, Treasurer of the P.C.O. Board of Trustees and Chief of Staff of the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia.

At the special table:

Mrs. William A. Blacksmith, Jr., Lemoyne, Pa., President of the Auxiliary to the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association.

Dr. Robert D. Anderson, '30, Philadelphia, Pa., President-elect of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association.

Dr. Lewis M. Yunginger, '35, Lancaster, Pa., Program Chairman of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association.

Governor Appoints Dr. Wesley Gorham

A six-year term on the State of Connecticut Public Health Council for Dr. H. Wesley Gorham, '31, of Norwalk, Conn., by appointment of Governor John Lodge is the latest attestation to the prominence of osteopathic physicians in the Nutmeg State.

Dr. Gorham had served on the Council since January when he filled the place made vacant by the death of James W. Knox, Hartford. The Council is composed of six members and the State Commissioner of Health. It directs all purposes and functions of the Department of Health, formulates its policies, manages the expenditure of approximately $2,000,000 annually and establishes an equitable distribution of federal health funds.

Dr. Gorham, a specialist in X-ray diagnosis and industrial medicine, located in Norwalk in September 1931. He has served as industrial physician to several business establishments with a long record of public service, including police commissioner, town chairman for the Republican party, Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors, a director of the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce and the Mid-Fairfield Council of Boy Scouts. He is deputy of decontamination in Norwalk's Civil Defense, Medical Division.

He is a past President of the Connecticut Osteopathic Society and Past President and Secretary of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, as well as a Diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology and member of the American Osteopathic College of Radiology.

Homecoming Honor For Dr. Foster True

The election of Dr. Foster Cogswell True, '22, Cranston, R.I., as a member of the Board of Directors of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy marked a return to the camnus for Board meetings of a man first dozen years of professional life were closely identified with the institution.

Dr. True was born in Northfield • N. H., November 14, 1899. He graduated from Penacook, N. H., High School in 1917 and matriculated at the College of Osteopathy m Boston in the fall of 1917. After one year of miLtary service he resumed study at Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and was gTaduated with the class of 1922.

He interned at New Hampshire State HospitaL Concord, N. H., and Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia. He opened his office for practice in Haddon Heights, N. J., and with Dr. D. S. B. Pennock, at 1813 Pine Street, Philadelphia. He was a member of the faculty of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, Associate Professor of Surgery, and of the staff of the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia. For many years he was Director of Clinics.

In 1932 he removed to Rhode Island as one of the founders of the Osteopathic General Hospital of Rhode Island, located at Cranston, where he has been Chief of Staff since its inception and Superintendent until 1946.

Since locating in Rhode Island he has specialized in major surgery, is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and is an A.O.A. Diplomate certified in general surgery.

He married Miss Marion Crabbe of Concord, N. H., in February, 1923:

Osteopathic Host On Coronation Day

PCO had a front seat for the Coronation procession of Elizabeth II in the person of Dr. Charles W. Barber, for some 20-odd years a distinguished member of the Faculty and Staff in Philadelphia before establishino- his "' practice 111 the British capital-140 Park Lane, Marble Arch, London W -1.

"My flat is on the Coronation route," writes Dr. Barber, "and the Rotary Club has taken it over. I have three large windows facing the route and we can see the procession coming up East Drive in Hyde Park.

"My place is at Marble Arch. We can see them coming, going through the Arch and then starting down Oxford Street. About 90 people were here by 8 A.M., and the procession passed about 3 P.M. It took two hours to pass. It was not quite 'The Black Hole of Calcutta' because we have windows l

"The crowds started to stand on the streets the day before-they kept on the kerb (English) and talked and sang and had for themselves a good time. The Queen is very popular and also her husband-England is very fortunate in the Queen's choice of a husband-this one-is one of the very bestintelligent, charming and always does the thing and says the right thing at the nght place. \Vhat you Yankees would call a good fellow well met."

And the final add-up--as we were informed through the Rotary channelnetted £450, about $1,200, for London Rotary's pet project, a Rest Home for the Aged.

Dr. Barber sends hello to his old associates on this side and a warm invitation to drop in at Marble Arch any time. Telephone Mayfair 1353!

DR. GORHAM

DR. BARBER AT HEAD Of HIS LONDON TEA-TABLE

Open Letter to the Alumni

by BETTY VVAGNER PCOOFFSecretary

As Secretary of the Osteopathic Progress Fund, it has been my duty to contact alumni in relation to past pledges and contributions to the Fund. In the course of the past six months I have received many comments, vocally and by letter, as to the personal feeling toward PCO. Now I feel impelled to set down some of my thoughts. Kind words about an organization are just as pleasant to hear as a compliment paid to an individual. Discrediting comments are often a reflection on the person who makes them.

Being a fairly recent graduate of an out-of-state college myself, however, I can understand some of the typical complaints. Among the most frequent replies to my questions are, "I paid for all I got." "It cost me my own money to study osteopathy-! don't owe anything else."

I, too, had many "gripes" about my own college. And, to me, also, some bit of negligence was so irritatingly obvious-the administration could have remedied it so easily had they wanted to! Then, at times, I was certain that any other college could have offered me a much better curriculum for the same money. But, now, having been an alumna and seen a little of the other side of the story, my feelings have changed a good deal. Since graduation I have had a chance to meet and talk with other college graduates. I can now realize the advantages my own alma mater has given me. And I will want my daughters and their friends to have the same opportunity I have had.

Consequently, I feel a deep responsibility toward my college and I am doing all I can, via the alumni organization, to insure those things for others.

In the remarks quoted above by PCO alumni, I cannot comprehend the lack of loyalty they indicate. VVithout PCO how could you have attained the social and economic status you now enjoy? Suppose you had the money you paid to the college. VVhere else could you get that equipment and those teachers but in an organized college? Could you have gotten as much for your money if you had invested in stocks?

Or real estate? VV ould you have enjoyed the same social prestige you do as a physician? VV ould you be as valuable to your community?

And not only those factors are involved, but osteopathy as a whole, which again reflects back on you. If you, a gr<!-duate, criticize your alma mater, what are others to think who have no knowledge of the institution? Your complaint is taken by them to label the college. And, in turn, the entire osteo-

pathic profession.

Did you ever stop to consider what you could do about redressing your complaint? Do you ever go to the person in charge of the situation and ask him VVHY it is thus or so?

It seems to me like the story of the man who was camping in the wilderness thousands of miles from civilization. It was dark. He lit a fire to protect himself from the animals, and crouched in front of it with his gun cocked. Then, in the shadows of the night he saw what seemed to be the image of an angry bear. The man raised the gun to shoot, but as the shape drew nearer he saw that it was another man. As the stranger stepped into the light of the fire, he saw it was his own brother.

In just such a way do we often find that what appears to be a flagrant wrong, upon more sufficient study becomes amazingly acceptable when seen in the light of the whole truth. This is YOUR Alma Mater. It is operated for osteopaths, by osteopaths and of osteopaths. And, because of this, it is my feeling that you should participate, not disparage. If you have a complaint, why not send it in to the DIGEST? Or is it easier to be an armchair aggravator?

At the AOA convention in Chicago last month, Dr. Richard Sayre Koch, '38, came up to our at dinner and,

in a casual manner, handed me $300 for the Progress Fund. I was completely taken by surprise. This was not obligatory, but a free will offering, and his comments will always remain in my memory.

"It's important for the alumni to stand back of the institution. I only wish I could do more. I look forward to these conventions to see my friends and to hear how PCO is getting along. I'm sorry I'm so far away but it's a wonderful place. I can never repay all that I got out of the institution."

In the final analysis, it remains for you, the Alumni, to perpetuate Osteopathy. Our colleges are not like the medical schools, with multi-million dollar endowments. and other outside access to funds. ,Yet our colleges must compete with med schools for enrolling students and preparing them to pass State Board examinations, often the • self-same exams the medical graduates take.

PCO has progressed this far mainly because of wonderful alumni support, not only financially, but the time and labor of the graduates in Philadelphia on the staff and faculty. The College's reputation can only continue to advance as long as you give this support. You, our PCO graduates, are the trustees of the College future.

And that means the future of YOUR profession.

MISS WAGNER AT CONVENTION-TIME

PCO OPFHallof Fund Finalists

Betty Wagner, Osteopathic Progress Fund Secretary of PCO, has a pleasant job all the time, but it hits its high every time her scorebook shows a perfect mark of 100% on a pledge made by an alumnus to the College maintenance and advancement financial blood-stream.

Here are some of the "Fund Finalists" chalked up in the Wagner Scorebook in recent months, they pledged it, they delivered, they are marked 100 in Betty's book, and here's what she writes:

RobertH.Abbott,D.O.

The PCO graduating class of '40 is proud to claim Dr. Robert H. Abbott among its members. He has been influential in the POA, and was re-elected as council representative of District 6. Dr. Abbott accepted the appointment as State Chairman of the Ethics and Censorship Committee. He is also a member of the AOA.

Dr. Abbott is not only active within the organization, but has shown himself as a civic-minded citizen of Muncy, Pa., his home town. In 1951, Dr. Abbott was elected to the Muncy Borough Council. He is an elder in the Muncy Presbyterian Church; a member of I.O.O.F., and F. & A.M. (Muncy Lodge) as well as the Williamsport Consistory Irem Temple Shrine of Wilkes- Barre.

Now it is our turn to acclaim Dr. Abbott as one of our Fund Finalists. along with all his other successful activities.

GroverF.Artman,D.O.

Dr. Artman, class of '44, is now on the staff of the West Side Osteopathic Hospital, in York, Pa. He is kept busy with his work and his family-as what father of three children isn't! However, a man needs some relaxation. and Dr. Artman manages to have some- time for his favorite hobbies-hunting, fishing, and flying.

In reference to PCO, Dr. Artman remarked, "I am glad to see the increased activity in graduate education."

William, A. Ellis,D.O.

Dr. William Ellis graduated from PCO in 1931. At the present time he is in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Aside from his private practice, Dr. Ellis is very active at the Academy of Applied Osteovathy, of which he is PresidentElect.

Dr. Ellis devotes his leisure to gardening and farming ; and when being the proud papa of three boys and two girls is not too exacting, he enioys bowling or a good game of golf.

To implement his belief that PCO needs as many ten-fingered osteopaths as possible, Dr. Ellis has been a steady supporter of our Osteopathic Progress Fund, and it gives us great pleasure to have him on our Fund Finalist list.

ArthurH.Witthohn,D.O.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, can boast of two Fund Finalists. Dr. Witthohn, '37, is another of our extremely active and influential osteopaths who counts among his titles that of Roentgenologist at the Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital; President Emeritus of the Osteopathic Board of Radiology; Fellow of the Osteopathic College of Radiology and member of the Michigan Osteopathic Society of Radiologists. He has also been named President of the Maine Osteopathic Association and the Maine Osteopathic Hospital Association.

This is an imposing list of activities for the father of four children, yet Dr. Witthohn still manages to find time to publish the bulletin for the Grand Rapids East Kiwanis Club. For a change of scenery, Dr. Witthohn can be found on the golf links, or in a fisherman's garb. And, last, but most important, Dr. Witthohn has been a steady contributor to our OFF since 1947.

GeorgeF.Jmnes,D.O.

Dr. James, '28, has been one of the steady contributors to the Osteopathic Progress Fund as well as being an important member of the Ohio district and state osteopathic associations. Dr. James is also a member in good standing of the Interstate Cardiac Society and the AOA. As an internist and consultant, Dr. James practices in and

around the vicinity of Lakewood, his home town.

Dr. James also writes that he and his wife have just purchased an eight-acre estate on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. They are planning to raise citrus fruit and Brittany spaniels. What a marvelous idea! It certainly sounds like the perfect vacation retreat-all the more so to city-bound eyes.

NathanH.Sokoloff,D.O.

Dr. Sokoloff, of Overbrook Hills, Pa., is a member of the class of '43. He is active in both the AOA and the POA. At the present time he reports that he is an Associate in Osteopathic Medicine at the Metropolitan Hospital.

On the extra-professional scene, Dr. Sokoloff has a very interesting hobby. While his wife takes care of their child, Dr. Sokoloff delves into the intricacies of breeding tropical fish.

For over five years, Dr. Sokoloff has contributed to the Progress Fund, and even at the time this is being written, we have received notification of a further pledge. Many thanks to Dr. Nathan Sokoloff!

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'12-Sports page headlines, with picture, highlighted Dr. Charles J. Van Ronk, Philadelphia, when he took over the celebrated case of Bobby Shantz, Philadelphia Athletics' pitching star of 1952, who was incapacitated for nearly the entire 1953 season with a "sore ann. Dr. V anRonk began treating Shantz in early September and before the season closed the invalided southpaw worked three brilliant innings against the New York Yankees. It was no surprise to the galaxy of athletes who have been Dr. V anRonk' s patients down through the long years. Although a general practice man all the way, Dr. VanRonk's main newspaper headlines have been won by his "miraculous" cures of sore arms and other athletic injuries, usually achieved after the best in medical procedures had been employed without success.

'20-Dr. Mary Hille Losee, Westfield, N. J., passed away July 7 after a long illness. Besides her husband, Dr. Chester D. Losee, '20, she is survived by a son, Chester D. Losee, Jr., and two sisters, Dr. Louise Hille, '23, and Bess M. Hille, of Bath, N.Y.

'21-Dr. Custer B. Long, educator and civic leader of Clarion, Pa., as well as leading osteopathic physician, was elected to the Board of Trustees of Thiel College at the 111 th annual convention of the Pittsburgh Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America.

DR. ROBERT H. ABBOTT

P.C.O.A.A. Fiesta

Alumni Day, 1953. will be long remembered by close to 500 alumni and friends who packed. the Warwick ballroom for a most enjoyable evening of fun and fellowship. They will not soon forget the fabulous Warwick cuisine, topped off with the superb service of this hoteL Nor will they forget the long evening of fine music provided by three splendid orchestras-the Dinner Trio, Harry Dobbs and his Orchestra, and the Latinaires-music that began early and ran continuously into the vvee small hours.

What else will they remember? They'll think about the brief but interesting banquet program, presided over by the Toastmaster, Dr. Arnold Melnick, '45. They'll recall the g-reetings from Dr. Roy E. Hughes, '28, President of the PCO Alumni Association, and the report on the status of the College from Dr. Frederic H. Barth, Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Four distinguished graduates were given Alumni Awards of Merit, the highest honor the organization can confer.

Certificates for outstanding service in their fields of endeavor and for bringing prestige to the institution from which they were graduated were presented to Dr. Angus G. Cathie, '31, Dr. William F. Daiber, '28, Dr. Alexander Levitt, '25, and Dr. William B. Strong, '26.

Several classes were honored, particularly the one-man class consisting of Dr. Addison O'Neill, of Daytona Beach, Florida; the only survivor of the Class of 1903, celebrating his 50th year since graduation. And they'll think back to the honoring of a group of 86 graduates of this year and their wives.

Most of all, they'll want to recall the many old classmates they had seen again after so many years'. absence and the many new acquaintances they were able to make that evening. For all this contributed a great part to the evening's enjoyment.

Some of those alumni will long remember Alumni Day for the fine academic program put on during the afternoon by Dr. William F. Daiber, '28, bringing to the men in practice the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment.

All will want to remember Dr. Harry E. Binder, '36, and his fine committee who did the leg work to insure this gala affair. And that committee included Dr. Nicholas D. Tretta, '42, who was Banquet Chairman, Dr. Nicholas C. Eni, '46, Dr. Saul Kanoff, '47. Dr. Thomas F. Santucci, '37, and all the class reunion Chairmen.

Yes, Alumni Day, 1953, will be long remembered. It should. It was a great day for P.C.O.

THE CLASS OF 1903 Dr. Addison O'Neill came from Daytona Beach, Fla., as Golden Anniversary Guest of Honor at the 1953 Alumni Dinner. He is the sole survivor of old '03.

PRESBREY AWARD TO DR. TAPPER

Dr. George W. Tapper, '33, PCO Chief Teaching Supervisor of Clinics, was voted by the graduating class as the Faculty member of most help lo them in their Senior year. The desk clock symbolic of the distinction was the gilt of Dr. Alice Presbrey, '24, of New York, N. Y. Dr. J. Harold Quarles, SeniOr-. Class Chairman, makes presentation al Alumni Dinner.

Alumni

1953 JOINS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

CREAM OF THE CROP

MAESTRO MELNICK

It took a cool-headed toastmaster to set the pace of the Alumni Dinner and here he is, Dr. Arnold Melnick. '45, Alumni Association Treasurer.

"THE ONE-MAN GANG"

When the special Commencement Awards were distributed. the distribution was highly concentrated in the person of Dr. Fairman L. Denlinger. of Paradise. Pa. There were ten awards and four of them went home to Paradise, leaving six for the other 85 members of the graduating class.

Association President. Dr. Roy E. Hughes. '28. Indiana. Pa.. presents membership scroll to the Chairman of the graduating class, Dr. J. Harold Quarles. at the Alumni Dinner.

The Fifty-Year golden circle is nearing for these members of the PCO Alumni Old Guard. Left to right, around the table, a! the Alumni Dinner. are Dr. J. Walter Jones, '05. and Mrs. Jones. Dr. Ira F. Yeater, '07. Mrs. Alvah G. Harding, who was !he guest of Dr. Marie A. Matchinsky, '06. then Dr. Malchinsky herself, then Dr. Fred Xraiker. '06, and Mrs.

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'26-Dr. Charlotte G. Thielacker has opened her office in Mifflinburg, Pa., after a year on the staff of Laurelton State Village.

'27-Dr. Earl F. Riceman, PCO Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American College of Osteopathic Internists. Dr. Riceman was also made a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists, along with Dr. William F. Daiber, '28, and Dr. H. Earle Beasley, '36.

'28--Dr. Harry C. Hessdorfer has been elected "Tail-Twister" of the West Philadelphia Lions Club. For the benefit of non-Lions, this is the big job around a meeting, a combination sergeant-at-arms, party pepper-upper and general M.C. whenever things get too quiet.

'28--Dr. John C. Bradford, Wilmington, is President of the Delaware State Osteopathic Society.

'28--Dr. James M. Eaton, Chief of Staff of PCO Hospital and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, is President of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons.

'30---Dr. Robert B. Anderson, Philadelphia, President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association, addressed the PCO student body October 19 on the subject of their future responsibilities to the future of the profession as members of district professional organizations as well as the nationaL

'30---Dr. Joseph B. Culbert, New York, N. Y., succeeded to the practice of Dr. George Washington Riley at 16 Park Avenue, upon Dr. Riley's retirement August 31.

'30---Dr. Alice Chase has moved from Nanuet, N. Y., to 6 Ridge avenue, Spring Valley, N. Y.

'31-Dr. William A. Ellis. Grand Rapids, is President-elect of the Academy of Applied Osteopathy.

'31-For the second consecutive year, the keynote address at the AOA Convention next July will be delivered by a PCO alumnus. Dr. Angus G. Cathie, Chairman of the PCO Department of Anatomy, has been chosen for the honor in Toronto, following the path of Dr.

YE LAB OF LONG AGO

Forty years ago PCO was way downtown in Philadelphia, 832 Pine Street. This is a wonderful picture of the old laboratory where some of the finest D.O.'s in the profession learned their basics. The photograph was loaned by Dr. Chester D. Losee, '20, Westfield, N. J.

THE NEW CAMPUS

From Eighth and Pine the College moved to 19th and Spring Garden. Dr. George E. Heibel. '18, Lexington, Ky who sent this pic, was a member of the first class to graduate from Spring Garden. (Left to right) Mildred Louise Maybee, Dr. Heibel. Charlol!e Holland Merrick, Fred A. Belland, May Pease.

Alexander Levitt, '25, who opened the Chicago convention this year.

'33-Dr. Arthur M. Flack, Jr., PCO Clinical Professor of Surgery, and Secretary- Treasurer of the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, has been appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Blue Shield Medical Service Association of Pennsylvania, the third largest organization of its type in the United States.

'34-Dr. Edward A. McDonnell • passed away at the Springfield, Mass., Hospital September 23 at the age of 47, following a series of heart attacks. His classmate and college roommate, Dr. Frank F. Poglitsch, of New Britain, Conn., sent us the sad news to be comnmnicated to the '34 men and women everywhere.

'37-Dr. William L. Tanenbaum, Philadelphia, already one of the widesttravelled member of our alumni, made it to Europe this summer on a radiological tour of the Continent, chiefly the World Congress of radiologists at Copenhagen. Upon his return he addressed the PCO student body on the subject of their individual limitless possibilities of development in whatever field they elect.

'38---Dr. Richard Sayre Koch, Olympia, Wash., is President-elect of the Washington Osteopathic Association and Chairman of the WOA Department of Professional Affairs and

GLOBE TROTTER

Dr. Tanenbaum tells students some of the adventures of an osteopath in the wilds of European medicine.

of the Public Education on Health Committee.

'38---Dr. Lester Eisenberg, PCO Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, addressed the staff of the Doctors' Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, November 5, on "Management of Borderline Cephalopelvic Disproportion."

'41-Dr. Norman Lazin, Lebanon, Fa., celebrated the 1,000th operation in his Nose and Throat Hospital just five years and five months after its opening. Dr. Lazin was team physiCian of the Pittsburgh Steelers professional football tea!Tt the year he graduated from

PCO and served two years as Staff Physician of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission.

'43-Dr. DanielL. Ford, Springfield, Fa., Supervisor of Hospital Undergraduate Training at PCO North Center Hospital, represented the Faculty at the Mackinac Island course of the Academy of Applied Osteopathy in August, and addressed the faculty meeting upon his return.

'44-Dr. Stanley J. Coltune is President of the Miami Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce.

'44-Dr. Nicholas V. Oddo, Long Beach, is Chairman of the Bureau of Professional Affairs of the California Osteopathic Association.

'49-Dr. Robert E. Maglieri moved from Reading, Fa., to a new office in Pennsburg, Fa., upon the graduation of his wife, the former Miss Dorothy Rittenhouse, of Allentown, by the PCO School of Nursing in September.

'53 (Grad.Ed.) )-Dr. Theodore L. Sharpe, KCOS '36, of Martinsburg, W.Va., is President of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society.

'75-Lisa Flaherty, daughter of Jack ('54) and Betty Flaherty, has been entered for the PCO Freshman Derby of 1975 by her proud parents soon after opening her eyes and taking a look around the deliverv room at PCO Hospital July 31, 1953.

FLAHERTY PITCffiNG FOR 1975

The "Welcome-Freshmen" party in the PCO Auditorium was September's social highlight on the campus. Here we have a dignified Senior explaining the intricacies of life at PCO and incidentally pointing with justifiable pride to his own contribution to !he Class of 1975. (See above, right!)

SERIOUS-PCO-SOCIAL

Monday

In

Assembly at PCO brings to the student body the serious thinking of distinguished alumni who lake time-out lo re-visit alma mater and lo give today's D.O. degree aspirants the fruits of their own experience down the years.

the same auditorium there are evenings in the course of the academic year when the chairs are pushed lo the walls for a spell of dancing and old-fashioned sociability as a break in the grind of a solid graduate school training schedule.

Freshman Roll Call- Class of 1957

(Continued from Inside Front Cover)

KUIPER, DALE Grand Rapids, Mich. ROSNER, MARVIN L. Philadelphia Calvin College Temple University, A.B.

LEONE, ANTHONY GIRARD Philadelphia St. Joseph's College, B.S.

LINDENBAUM, ELLIS J. Philadelphia Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, B.S. Pennsylvania Area College Centers

LONGENECKER, WILLIAM W. ..: Allentown, Pa. Muhlenberg College, B.S.

MAcAUSLAN, ROBERT C North Grafton, Mass. Harvard College, A.B. Boston University

MACKEY, HOMER F ......................... Clarksburg, W. Va. West Virginia University, M.S. Ohio University, B.S.

MAJKA, MICHAEL ALFRED Philadelphia Temple University, A.B.

MALAMUT, MARVIN Philadelphia Univert.ity of Pennsylvania A.B.

MALLON, JAMES J ........................................ Philadelphia LaSalle College A.B.

MARTURANO, ANTHONY V. Philadelphia Jefferson Medical College, M.S. Temple University, A.B.

MASTERSON, ELEANOR Brooklyn, N.Y. New York University, A.B. New York University Graduate School

MILLER, LAWRENCE E Philadelphia University of Tulsa, B.S.

MONTROM. STANLEY C Easton, Pa. Lafayette College, A.B.

PAPP, MICHAEL J : Trenton, N.J. Lebanon Valley College, B.S.

PAPPAS, ARTHUR GEORGE Flushing, N.Y. New York University Graduate School, P.T. Springfield College, B.S. Mohawk College

PEARSON, ROBERT Wm Philadelphia LaSalle College

PEPE, HARRY N Philadelphia LaSalle College, A.B.

PHOTIS, JOHN CHRISTOS Philadelphia Temple University, A.B.

POMERANTZ, BURTON Philadelphia Universrty of Pennsylvania A.B.

PORT, ELLIOT B Brooklyn, N.Y. University of Connecticut

REA, JAMES F Bergenfield, N.J. Bowling Green State University, B.S.

REBER, LOTHAR G West Reading, Pa. Albright College, B.S.

REDLITZ, MILTON ROGER Webster, Mass. Upsala College, A.B.

RENTE, FREDERICK WOODVILLE Williamsville, N.Y. University of Rochester

ROBB, LEO ]. Havertown, Pa. LaSalle College, A.B.

RORRO, LOUIS M ......................................... Trenton, N.J. Temple University, A.B.

ROWLEY, MAURICE S........................... Rochester, N.Y. Hobart College, A.B. Temple University

RUDMAN, SOLOMON Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, B.S.

Si\PONARO, PHILIP P Philadelphia LaSalle College, A.B.

SARAMA, FRANCIS T. Philadelphia St. Joseph's College, B.S.

SCHMIDT, WILLIAM ALBERT Maple Shade, N.J. Albright College, B.S.

SHUMWAY, DOUGLAS K River Edge, N.J. Davis & Elkins College, B.S. West Virginia University

SIMMONS, DUANE ........................................ Nixon, N.J. Columbia College, A.B.

SIMONSEN, VERNER M .................................Rome N.Y. St. Lawrence University, B.S.

SLIFER, HARRY L. .......................................... Philadelphia Temple University

SNOW, ROBERT M. Philadelphia Lafayette College, A.B.

SPEAR, JOSEPH E Oneonta, N.Y. Denver University Hartwick College

STANTON, DONALD F ..................................... Troy, Pa. Pennsylvania State Teachers College, B.S.

STEIN, EDWIN ZACHARY .......................... Philadelphia Temple University, A.B. SULMAN, JEROME ........................................ Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

TRIEHY, HERBERT E. Belfast, Maine University of Maine, B.S.

TRIMBLE, A. ANDREW Moultrie, Ga. Georgia Military College Oglethorpe University

VASILE, SALVATORE R. Philadelphia Villanova College, A.B.

WAGNER, WILLIAM C., Jr. Steelton, Pa. Pennsylvania State College, B.S.

WEISER, BURTON K Camden, N.J. Rutgers University, A.B. LaSalle College

WEISS, PAUL Wm ........................................... Philadelphia Temple University

WHITAKER, RICHARD WILMOT Philadelphia Muhlenberg College, B.S. University of Connecticut

WILLOUGHBY, WALTER 0., Jr. ............Pittsburgh, Pa. Grove City College, B.S.

XANTHOPOULOS, JAMES E Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Lafayette College, A.B. Kings' College

*ZAROFF, RALPH Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, A.B. *Special Student