1954_Digest_December

of 1958

ARVANETES, EVANGELO Park Ridge, N. J. B S., University of Maryland

AXELROD, NORMAN MORTON Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania; Temple University

BARR, PERRY I. Philadelphia A.B., University of Pennsylvania

BENDER, CHARLES ROBERT Camden, N. J. B.S., Temple University; Rittenhouse College

BERGER, JOSEPH Philadelphia A.B., Pennsylvania State University

BERGER, ROBERT Philadelphia A.B., Temple University

BILBOW, WILLIAM DALTON ............. Chester, Pa. B.S., Villanova University

BISK, MARTIN .......................... Philadelphia A.B., Temple University

BROWN, GARY DAVID Philadelphia Los Angeles City College; University of Pennsylvania

BUTZ, ROBERT EARL Allentown, Pa. B.S., Muhlenberg College

CANADAY, JEAN HINMAN Tonawanda, N.Y. A.B., Hiram College

CARROLL, EDMUND THOMAS Philadelphia B.S., Temple University; Dartmouth College; Franklin and Marshall College

CICERO, GEORGE JOSEPH Brooklyn, N.Y. B.S., Ithaca College; New York University; Hofstra College

CINELLI, FRANCIS JOSEPH Bethlehem, Pa. B.S., Lafayette College; Moravian College

CITTA, RICHARD JAMES Toms River, N.J. B.S., Villanova University

CLEFF, RAYMOND BERNARD Philadelphia B.Sc. in Phar., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science

COHEN, MURRAY HARVEY Philadelphia Temple University

CROSS, CARL SPENCER Philadelphia B.S., Pennsylvania State University

DAVIS, FRANCIS EDWARD Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania; LaSalle College; Temple University

DELIO, FRANK ANTHONY Lebanon, Pa. B.S., Ithaca College

DEPFER, CHARLES ARTHUR York, Pa. York Junior College

DIMARCANGELO, MICHAEL CARMEN Camden, N.J. B.S., Temple University School of Pharmacy; South Jersey College

DISANTO, CHARLES JOHN ............... Philadelphia A.B., Temple University

DISANTO, WILLIAM ERNEST Norristown, Pa. B.S., Pennsylvania State University; Tulane University; Temple University

DITKOFF, JEROME LIONEL Brooklyn, N. Y. B.S., Brooklyn College

ELLICK, BERTRAM JAY Philadelphia A.B., Temple University

ENGLISH, WAYNE RUBLE, JR Harrisburg B.S., Franklin and Marshall College

FARROW, DONALD Erie, Pa. Florida Southern College; Gannon College

FOGEL, ROBERT MYRON Philadelphia Temple University

FORIM, MYRON ABRAHAM S. Fallsburg, N. Y. B.S., University of Alabama; University of Vermont

FUCILE, FRANCIS ANTHONY Philadelphia A.B., LaSalle College; Florida State University

GARNSEY, HUBERT HAROLD, JR Syracuse, N. Y. A.B., Syracuse University

GILLISS, ALFRED GRANVILLE, JR Merchantville, N. ]. A.B., Gettysburg College

GODOROV, JOSEPH Philadelphia LaSalle College; Pennsylvania State University

GODSHALL, CARL GILBERT Colmar, Pa. B.S., Pennsylvania State University

GRAYSON, WILLIAM JOSEPH Philadelphia B.S., Saint Francis Coll<tge

GREBER, ALYIN ........................ Philadelphia A.B., University of Pennsylvania GREENSPAN, DONALD JAY Philadelphia Rittenhouse College; Pennsylvania State College of Optometry; St. Joseph's College

GREIF, MILDRED CYNTHIA Monticello, N.Y. LL.B., Brooklyn Law School; Brooklyn College; Orange County Community College; Columbia University

GREISMAN, PAUL ARTHUR ............ Baltimore, Md. B.S., Long Island University

GUNDERMAN, WILLIAM CHARLES Jamaica, N.Y. Queens College; College of the City of New York

HAYNOSCH, CHARLES JOSEPH Warrensville Hts, Ohio John Carroll University

HOFFLER, JOHN G Philadelphia A.B., Lincoln University; Temple University; Rittenhouse College

HOLT, MICHAEL J., JR ................. Camden, N.J. A.B., Rutgers University

JAMES, EDWARD EXODUS Newark, N.J. D.S.C., Temple University School of Chiropody

KABEL, SANDER E. Philadelphia Temple University; Ursinus College

KAPLAN, LOUIS MARK .................. Philadelphia A.B., Huron College

KAVANAUGH, FREDERICK LEROY Glens Falls, N. Y. Springfield College

KILONSKY, ANTHONY FRANCIS Forest City, Pa. B.S., University of Scranton

OS EOPATHIC DIGEST

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY

48th and Spruce. Streets • 20th Street and Susquehanna A venue

Member of Association of Osteopathic Publications

The PCO Position on AMA Inspection

OBSERVATION vs. INSPECTION

H. BARTH.

FREDERIC

D.Sc. Chairman. PCO Board of Directors

(This information is gi·ven to the Alumni of Philadelphia C allege of Osteopathy and to the Osteopathic Profession in order that there shall be no misinterpretation of the position of PCO with reference to the proceedings of the meeting in Chicago October 30, 1954. of representatives of the Osteopathic Colleges, the Chairman of the Bureau of Professional Edttca.tion and Colleges and the Chairman of the AOA Conference Committee, recited here so no misunderstanding should develop.)

URING the American Osteopathic Association Convention at Toronto, Canada. July, 1954. two (2) Motions were passed with reference to the "On-Campus Observation" of the joint AOA-AMA Conference Committee, for the study of relations between Osteopathy and Medicine.

Thursday afternoon. July 15. 1954, the following Motion was made by Dr. Marsh :

"That the Conference Committee of the AOA continue in its deliberations with the Committee for the Study of Relations between Osteopathy and Medicine of the AMA, and arrange for the implementation of the on-campus observations of osteopathic colleges as soon as the time can be mutually agreed to by the Conference Committee; that the House of Delegates of the AOA further instructs the Conference Committee of the AOA to adhere to all the general policies and principles of the American Osteopathic Association and to the safeguards as stated in the Cline letter of January 18, 1954, as interpreted in the supplemental report of the Conference Committee to the 1954 House of Delegates of the AOA. That the House of Delegates of the AOA further instructs the Conference Committee of the AOA to adhere to the principle that the accreditation of colleges of osteopathy and surgery by the American Osteopathic Association is the criterion required by statute or regulation in many states for the qualification of their graduates for examination leading to licensure to practice medicine and surgery, or osteopathy and surgery, to which extent the American Osteopathic Association occupies a position equivalent to trustee for each of the states, accountable to them only and duty-bound to uphold

its authority and responsibility and impugn neither; that the colleges of osteopathy and surgery shall be available as they have been in the past for on-campus inspection only by: the American Osteopathic Association, or by official state or federal examining agencies in carrying out the requirements of their respective state or federal laws. And that the Conference Committee of the AOA shall have the responsibility and duty to terminate any and all of the on-campus observations if in their judgment these general policies, principles and safeguards are not adhered to."

Following this motion. Dr. Swope of the District of Columbia, offered the following resolution:

"Whereas, in states requn1ng official state exanlining agency on-campus inspection of medical colleges and osteopathic colleges to determine eligibility of their graduates for state examination leading to licensure to practice medicine and surgery, the state examining agencies acting in their official capacity and consisting, in the most part, of members of the American Medical Association (in some instances past officers, notably a past president of that organization) have made on-campus inspection of the colleges of osteopathy and surgery and approved them as training institutions for the practice of medicine and surgery, and: whereas, accreditation of colleges of osteopathy and surgery by the American Osteopathic Association is the criterion required by statute or regulation in the remaining states for qualification of their graduates for examination leading to licensure to practice medicine and surgery, or osteopathy and surgery, to

which extent the American Osteopathic Association occupies a position equivalent to trustee for each of the states, accountable to them only, and duty hound to uphold its authority and responsibility and impugn neither. Now, therefore, he it resolved by the American Osteopathic Association in its 53th Annual Convention in Toronto, Canada, this July 15, 1954, that the colleges of osteopathy and surgery shall he available, as they have been in the past, for on-campus inspection only by: The American Osteopathic Association; or by official state or federal examining agencies in carrying out the requirements of their respective state or federal laws."

Both motions were carried.

You will note that Dr. Marsh's motion states that the Conference Committee is to arrange for the implementation of the "On-Campus Observation" of the Osteopathic Colleges as soon as the time can be mutually agreed to by the Conference Committee. It also states that the colleges of Osteopathy and Surgery shall be available as they have been in the past for inspection only by the AOA or by official state or federal examining agencies in carrying out the requirements of their respective state or federal laws. And, that the Conference Committee of the American Osteopathic Association shall have the responsibility and duty to terminate any and all of the on-campus observa,tions, if in their judgment these general policies, principles and safeguards are not adhered to.

Dr. Swope's resolution re-states that of Dr. Marsh- ''that the colleges of Osteopathy and Surgery shall be available as they have been in the past for "on-campus inspection" only by the AOA or by official state or federal examining agencies in carrying out the requirements of their respective state or federal laws."

We at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy had anticipated an "oncampus observation'' by the members of the Joint Conference Committee. We were rather surprised to receive from the AOA, under date of September 20, 1954, a letter, together with an enclosure-the enclosure being headed: DATA ESSENTIAL TO ON-CAMPUS OBSERVATION OF OSTEOPATHIC COLLEGES. The letter requested that we fill iJ?- this data.

Upon examination we found that this

data sheet was a seventeen ( 17) page questionnaire and, upon further investigation, we ascertained that this was with few exceptions the form used by the AMA in the inspection of medical colleges.

Under date of October 17, 1954, we received from Dr. Robert B. Thomas and Dr. Morris Thompson, consultants to the AOA Conference Committee, copy of the following letter:

"Dr. Floyd F. Peckham, Chm. Conference Committee American Osteopathic Association Northern New York Tr. Co. Bldg. Alexandria Bay, N. Y.

Dear Dr. Peckham:

"This is being written after joint consultation on the matter of persons suggested to review the completed blanks of our colleges for the purpose of the on-campus observation visits by representatives of the AMA Committee on Relations with Osteopathy.

"It is felt that review of these completed information blanks by the Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges as required under AOA directive, should represent insofar as possible all phases of interprofessional opinion on this matter.

We are sure that all who are involved will recognize that the issue of on-campus observation has been determined and that our task here is simply to activate the instructions of the House to the fullest and best advantage.

"Since time is short and in light of the arguments presented we are two teams to do the rev1ew:

Team I

1. Dr. R. McFarlane Tilley, Chairman

2. Dr. H. Dale Pearson

3. A President of an Osteopathic College

4. The Chief Administrator of the College concerned as Consultant

Team II

1. Dr. Robt. B. Thomas, Chm.

2. Dr. R. C. McCaughan

3. A President of an Osteopathic College

4. The Chief Administrator of the College concerned as Consultant

''Doctor Mulford and yourself should float between the two teams and be available for consultation at the level of the study as it concerns an individual institution.

"This we believe completes the final arrangements for the meeting

you directed the Consultant from the American Association of Osteopathic Colleges and the Chairman of the Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges to arrange. We realize that it may not be as adequate as is desirable, but hope that we will be able to do the job in such a manner as to enable you to proceed."

Signed by Dr. Thomas and Dr. Thompson.

You will note this refers to on-campus observation and that the task is simply to activate the instructions of the House to the fullest and best advantage.

We also received a mimeographed copy of a letter sent to Dr. Floyd F. Peckham from Dr. John W. Cline of the American Medical Association Committee for the Study of Relations Between Osteopathy and Medicine, dated September 13, 1954, in which the assignment of AMA personnel for "on-campus observation" was stated, in addition to any individuals whom the AOA may designate.

It is noted that Kansas City College of Osteopathy; Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery; Los Angeles College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, and Des Moines College of Osteopathy, have been assigned three ( 3) individuals to observe these four colleges. The Chicago College of Osteopathy and Philadelphia College of Osteopathy have four ( 4) individuals designated by the AMA Committee to observe the latter two colleges.

In checking the methods used by the AOA Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges to inspect our College in Philadelphia, it was found that the proposed method used by the Joint Conference Committee was that used for a complete inspection and not an on-campus observation.

We felt that we should have some additional information regarding the on-campus observation and. therefore, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy requested Dr. Floyd F. Peckham to visit with us to give us adjlitional information to clarify this situation for us.

Dr. Peckham visited Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and, after conference with the Chairman of the Board, Dr. Frederic H. Barth; the Secretary, Dr. H. Walter Evans; the President of the College, Dr. Brandt and the Dean of the College, Mr. Sherwood Mercer-the only conclusion the committee could come to was that the proposed on-campus observation was to be actually an on-cmnpus inspection.

The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors passed the two following motions :

Motion No. 1-"Motion dulv seconded and carried: 'That the "Philadelphia College of Osteopathy shall be available, as it has in the past, for on-campus inspections only by:

" 'The American Osteopathic Association; or by official state or • federal examining agencies in carrying out the requirements of their respective state or federal laws.' "

Motion No. 2-"Motion duly seconded and carried: 'That the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy will be pleased to invite as its guests a representative group from the American Medical AssociationAmerican Osteopathic Association Conference Committee for a visit to the College campus in Philadelphia.'"

The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors feeling that perhaps our interpretation of the on-campus observation and on-campus inspection might be in error, referred the motions of the House of Delegates and the data noted above, to our attorneys for legal clarification. Counsel, after going over the data, furnished us with the following opinion (letter dated October 29, 1954) :

"Philadelphia College of Osteopathy Philadelphia, Pa.

Gentlemen:

"You have asked my opinion as to the effect of the two resolutions passed by the AOA House of Delegates July 15, 1954, and appearin;; in the second column on Page 43 and continued on the first column of Page 44 of the Journal of the AOA for September, 1954. as related to a questionnaire that has been furnished you as a preliminary move in what purports t® be an on-campus observation by the Committee for the Study of Relations between Osteopathy and Medicine of the AMA and the Conference Committee of the AOA.

"It is understood that the actual observation is not necessarily to be carried out by the immediate members of these committees.

"Both of the resolutions in question specifically provide that the Colleges of Osteopathy are to be available as they have been in the past for On-Campus Inspection only by the A OA or official state or federal exammmg agencies. The narrow

question. therefore, is whether the questionnaire is of such a nature as to be simply on-campus observation or whether it passes that status and becomes a part of on-campus inspection.

"I have examined the questionnaire very carefully and have also compared its scope with what are admittedly annual Inspection Reports of the Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges of the AOA. From this examination it would appear to me that the questionnaire, if anything, is more detailed than the Inspection Reports above referred to and this immediately points up the necessity of finding out from a legal point of view what is covered by the term 'inspection.' In the time afforded me for writing this letter it has been impossible to make an exhaustive research of this subject, but it clearly appears to me that the questions asked as a preliminary to this so-called observation are of the type to be included in an inspection rather than an observation. Legally the term 'inspection' been defined as a 'strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutinv or investigation.' Silfies vs. Austin 104 Pa. Superior 344.

"In a New York case in re Becker, 192 N. Y. Sup. 754, it was stated that 'inspection' means more than· perusal and means a careful examination; close or careful scrutiny; a strict or prying examination or an investigation. There are also a number of' cases which indicate very clearly that the word 'inspect' means more than a mere ocular examination. Delaplaine v. Crenshaw, 15 Grat (Va.) 457; or optical observation Fidelity & Casualty Co. \'. Seattle 16 Wash. 445.

"On the basis of the above decisions it would be my opinion :

(a) That your resolutions adopted on October 26. 1954. are quite within the spirit and the strict language of the resolutions adopted bv the House of Delegates on July 15.

(b) That they simply state with particular reference to the College, the general safeguard in the foregoing resolutions and extend your invitation to education representatives as guests for a visit to the College; and

(c) That the detailed questions contained in the proposed questionnaire go beyond the definition of 'observation' and really constitute a:1 'inspection.' "

(Signed) RoDNEY T. BoNSALL

The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Philadelphia

College of Osteopathy, feeling that the matter involved was of such grave importance. voted four individuals be delegated (Barth. Evans, Brandt, Mercer) to represent our Institution at a meeting called for October 30, 1954. in Chicago, at the AOA offices, which was a called meeting of representatives of Osteopathic Colleges, the Chairman of the Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges and, the Chairman of the Conference Committee of the AOA.

This meeting was called to review the completed questionnaire which had been sent to the various colleges, so that they could be jointly reviewed and then turned over to the AMA members of the Conference Committee by the AOA members of the joint committee. It also was to decide the dates for the inspections of the various colleges by the AMA Joint Conference Committee. The thought was presented that two colleges at least would be inspected in early November so that Dr. Cline could present a report to the AMA Board of Trustees at their meeting December 1, 1954.

The text of the letter calling the meeting is as follows:

"American Osteopathic Association

October 6. 1954

Dr. William E. Brandt

Dr. R.N. MacBain

Dr. Joseph M. Peach

Dr. Edwin F. Peters

Dr. W. Ballentine Henlev

Mr. Morris Thompson •

Gentlemen:

"I have been requested by Morris Thompson, representing the American Association of Osteopathic Colleges, to call a meeting in Chicago, on October 30 and 31, of representatives of each osteopathic college, together with the Chairman of the Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges and the Chairman of the Conference Committee of this Association.

"We understand that the Chairman of the Bureau of Colleges may invite any other members of his Bureau to be present as he sees fit.

"Dr. Peckham has asked that a copy of this letter go to members of his Conference Committee, 'explaining' (to quote him) 'it is not a must that they attend.'

"Dr. Peckham says that the purposes of the meeting might be stated as follows:

"

'1. A review for the colleges of the Cline Proposal with statement of policy, discussing in detail the plan and adding

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any infonnation we can from conversations we had with the Cline Committee.

'2. Discussion of the role I am to assume on these trips and how best I can make myself useful, from the Colleges' standpoint.

'3. A review of the completed forms of the Colleges.

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"4. i\ discussion of possible scheduling of trips.

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·5. Any general directions or suggestions to me personally from the colleges.

''We suggest the meeting should get underway not later than 10 :00 A.M., October 30. It would help if you would let the undersigned know who will represent your institution.

"We can, if desired, help with hotel reservations but should know very soon the time of arrival and accommodations required.

Sincerely yours, (Signed) R C. McCAUGHAN, D.O. Executive Secretary" (Copies to :) "Members of Conference Committee Members of Bureau of Colleges Dr. John W. Mulford Dr. Hobart C. Moore"

In reviewing the motions passed by the House of Delegates, which state specifically "that the colleges of osteopathy and surgery shall be available as they have been in the -past for oncam('1ts inspection onlv by the AOA or by official state or federal examining agencies in carrying out the requirements of their respective state or federal laws,'' and tlut Conference

Committee of the AOA was to arrange for the implementation of the "oncampus observation" of Osteopathic Colleges as soon as the time can be mutually agreed to by the Conference Committee- it is the opinion of the Board of Directors of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, and the opinion of their Counsel, that the AOA Conference Committee has gone beyond the directive of the motions of the House of Delegates.

The procedures as outlined by the Conference Committee of the AOA are exactly those used in inspections of the Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges of the AOA. The number of personnel involved, i.e., three or four, is the usual number used by inspection teams of the AOA. The time of observation as recommended by the Conference Committee of the AOA is three days, which is the usual period of complete college inspection of the Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges of the AOA.

In the discussions in Chicago between the representatives of the colleges and the AOA Conference Committee representatives, it was admitted that this on-campus observation was actually an on-campus inspection. The word "inspection" was used freely during the discussions. All the discussions were around the proposed inspection of the colleges by the AMA Conference Committee.

Because the proposed inspection:; were at variance to the House of Delegates' Directive of July 15. 1954. the representatives of Philadelphia Coll-:-;c of Osteopathv were obliged to advice the meeting that they could not fill in the inspection questionnaire which had

been submitted and, that they could not approve an inspection by the representatives of the AMA Committee. They also expressed the opinion and conviction that the AOA Conference Committee had gone beyond its authority in calling for an inspection.

In order that all the information is complete in this resume, the question was raised at the meeting as to whether the motions printed in the September 1954 issue of the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Vol. 54 (Thursday afternoon session), were accurate_ We ascertained that the mimeographed motions as submitted to the members of the House of Delegates were exactly as printed on Pages 43 and 44 of the Journal.

The members of the American A::;sociation of Osteopathic Colleges, the Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges and the members of the Conference Committee of the AOi\ who were present, at this point suggested it would be well for Dr. Peckham to contact Dr. Cline of the AMA Committee to give him the views of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy representatives. Dr. Ped::ham :;ucceeded in coiJtacting Dr. tline and reported that Dr. Cline fdt that under the circum5tances no "on-campus inspection" would be attempted until he had met with the AMA Board of Trustees, December 1, at which time our vieHs nould be presented and he would endeavor to find out whether it would be acceptable to inspect five Osteopathic Colleges, rather than six.

We now await the decision as to whether there will be a SIX-COLLEGE ON-CAMPUS OBSERVATION or a FIVE-COLLEGE INSPECTION.

Dr. Levering Tyson Honored by Columbia

The Class of 1954 could blush with pardonable pride reviewing the Bicentennial Convocation of Columbia University, October 31st, in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

Their Commencement speaker, Dr. Levering Tyson, President of the Free Europe University in Exile, was one of the distinguished personages upon whom the University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Among the others were Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany; Adlai Ewing Stevenson, former Governor of Illinois, and Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States.

Three Nobel Prize winners were in the group of 48 degree receivers, also Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations; Julian Huxley, English author and poet; Archibald MacLeish, Pulitzer Prize winning poet.

More than 6,000 persons attended the Sunday afternoon ceremony, commemorating the granting of a royal charter to King's College, now Columbia, on October 31, 1754, by King George II, thus establishing the first institution of higher learning in the Province of New York.

Dr. Tyson's citation, as presented by Dr. Grayson Kirk, President of Columbia University, was as follows:

Levering Tyson, Doctor of Laws. College president; alumnus of Gettysburg and of this university, educator whose keen perception early envisioned the responsibilities of radio for the dissemination of knowledge; helpmg to advance in late years the enlightened mission of the National Committee for Free Europe; since 1952, heading the Free Europe University in Exile at Strasbourg; in Columbia's anniversary year generously aiding alma mater as she strengthens her ties with her sons and daughters.

Medical Society Honors Dr. Pennock

Dr. David Sands Brown Pennock, ASO '01, for more than a quarter of a century Chief of Staff of the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia, was awarded a Golden i'cnniversary plaque by the Pennsylvania Medical Society at a luncheon held in the Philadelphia County Scciety Building, October 28tho ·in honor of Philadelphia's , physiciaqs of fifty years standing.

Dr. Pennock vvas graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, a homeopathic institution, in 1904, with the degree of M.D. He obtained from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the first charter for an osteopathic hospital ever issued by the Keystone State and was prominent in the operation of OHP from its humble beginnings in 1911 through its progressive stages of expansion and improvement until his election to Lifetime Honorary Staff membership in 1948.

He headed the PCO Department of Surgery from its inception and is presently Professor Emeritus of Surgery. Honors by and large have come to him in the course of his career of service to Osteopathy. In 1953 he delivered the 0. J. Snyder Memorial Address at the PCO Founders' Day celebration and was the recipient of the first 0. J. Snyder Medal ever struck.

In 1952 he was made an Honorary Life Member of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. In 1951 he and Dr. Barth, Chairman of the PCO Board of Directors, officiated together at the ribbon-cutting ceremony which dedicated the newly-added North Center hospital unit to the PCO colors.

These and many other honors down through the years have demonstrated Dr. Pennock's high place in the annals of osteopathic progress in the East and his contribution to the advance of the Philadelphia institution. On his living room mantel now stands, in line with his 0. J. Snyder Medal, his Phi Sigma Gamma Medal, his scrolls and certificates, this latest award, inscribed:

"The Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania presents this testimonial to Dr. David Sands Brown Pennock in recognition of Fifty Years of medical service faithfully performed to his community in the traditional ideals of the medical profession."

(Signed)

JAMES L. WHITEHILL, M.D. President HAROLD B. GARDNER, M.D. Secretary- Treasurer GILSON CoLBY ENGEL, M.D. Trustee and Councilor First District

Fifty Thousand More Seal Slogan for '54

With "Fifty Thousand or More for Fifty-four" a.s its rallying cry, the Osteopathic Christmas seal campaign is swinging into its twenty-fourth annual public relations campaign to raise funds for osteopathic student loans and osteopathic research. According to AOA Trustee Dr. E. H. McKenna, Muskegon Heights, Mich., serving his second year as Chairman of the Committee on Christmas Seals, nine and one-half million seals are expected to be in circulation before Christmas.

Official impetus is being given the campaign by osteopathic leaders on both national and divisional levels. In Toronto in July, the members of the House of Delegates again pledged themselves each to distribute seals to at least fifty laymen, and for the first time, seal committees are being set up within divisional societies. The Auxiliary, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Carl R. Samuels, Pryor, Okla., is conducting an aggressive campaign.

"The potential of the Christmas seal campaign staggers the imagination," said AOA President Dr. John W. Mulford in a recent address. "The seal can carry word of our profession into hundreds of thousands of homes, can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to our student loan and research resources. But it can do these things only if ever_v-and I underline every doctor- and his wife embrace the campaign as a personal opportunity for service."

Early October mailing provided the profession and Auxiliary with seals for personal use and with forms for ordering seals to send to patients, friends, and townspeople.

Dr. Pennock receiving first 0. J. ·Snyder Me:r:1orial Medal on Founders' Day 1953.

Dean Mercer Conducts Program For Columbia

(Sherwood Rock NI ercer this fall became the first Dean of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy to serve as Program Chairman for a conference of 43 liberal arts colleges from Maine to California, sponsored by the C allege of Engineering of Columbia U niversity and held at Arden House, the Harriman Campus of the University, at Harriman, N. Y., 48 miles up the Hudson Valley. This apparent believeit-or-not has a logical explanation. The Dean had accepted the appointment about a year ago when he was Dean of Muhlenberg C allege. When he resigned at Muhlenberg to join the PCO staff, Columbia requested him to continue in his assignment of organizing the four-days gathering involving more than a hundred college presidents, deans and liaison officers. Dean Mercer took along his own liaison officer, Thomas Mifflin Rowland, Jr PCO Director of Admissions and Registrar. The Dean's secretary had to make a new file for the letters appreciating the Dean's job-well-done that have been sailing in from college desks all over the land.)

By SHERWOOD R MERCER

Four days of work and fellowship sum up the story of Columbia's Combined Plan Conference, held at Arden House, Home of the American Assembly, Ocoober 13th to 16th, for which I was privileged to be named Chairman of the Program Committee.

The conference had as its theme "Liberal Arts in the Education of Engineers." This first conference of its kind sponsored by Columbia spent three days examining the fundamental assumptions underlying the combined plan program, the effect of the program on participating colleges; the prospects which the ant:cipated enrollment pressure held for combined-plan colleges; the nature of the social, political, cultural and intellectual milieu in which our colleges operate; the demands of our economy and the general world situation for engineers, and the implications of all these for the program.

The basic importance of the discussions is underlined by the fact that Columbia University College of Engineering receives all of its enrollment from combined plan colleges and upon the success of the program rests the success of the school of Engineering. Under the combined plan a student spends three years at a liberal arts college and two years at Columbia. Upon the successful completion of his studies he two degrees-Bachelor of

Science (or other appropriate degree) from his original college and Bachelor of Engineering from Columbia.

Dwight D. Eisenhower. President of the Cnited States, and former President of Columbia University, sent the following telegram to Dean John R. of the School of Engineermg: "Because science and engineering are essential to the security of our nation and to our development in peace, it is of the highest importance that we encourage young men and women to enter these professionsto give them the best possible training and to enable them to develop a wide understanding of the nature of mankind and of social and economic problems. As you strive to bring about a better understanding between scientific and engineering training and training in the Liberal arts, your conference is dealing with the problem of the utmost importance in higher education in America.

In this signal undertaking which should produce results of great interest and importance not only to education but to all Americans I wish you every success My wannest greetings go to you personally and to my many good friends at Arden House."

The program was characterized by lively discussion in small and plenary session assemblies. The members of the conference were stimulated by excellent addresses. Dean Lawrence H. Chamberlain of Columbia College spoke on "Columbia's Liberal Tradition in Engineering." Dr. Henry S. Dyer. Vice-President in Charge of Research, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N. J., developed some startling ideas chiefly from the point of

view of the private liberal arts college in his talk on "Hazards of the RisingEnrollment Curve. •·

Clarence H. Linder. Vice-President in Charge of Engineering Services. General Electric Co., in speaking on "Education for Progress., dwelt on what an industry expects of engineers as it fulfills its role in society and as it develops products which lead to profits. Mr. Linder emphasized the great concern industry has for the development of creativity in men and women and especially in engineers.

Dr. Howard Mumford Jones, Professor of English Literature, Harvard University, in his address entitled "Who Remembers Sparta?", discussed trends in the intellectual and cultural history of America and the implications of current educational practices for these trends. In discussing the vogue of the irrational, Dr. Jones said among other comments : "But it is nonetheless currently true that the fashion in literary interpretation, and. l suspect. the fashion in political and religious interpretations of that history is to dwell upon the irrational elements in human history. An example is the current belief that the Lockeian view of man. like the Lockeian psychology, is an outmoded piece of sentimentalizing which we, the children of Adler. Freud, and J ung, must regard as one of the charming illusions of history. As it also happens to be the illusion in which the republic was born and nUJ;-tured, the odd discrepancy between the formal premises of our constitutional structure and the Freudian interpretation of man dominant in our literature and art seems to strike nobody but myself as a destructive contradiction It is a paradox of our time that so many persons in the humanities should, whether they realize it or not, be enlisted on the side of Sparta in the sense that they have given up hope in civilized reason and that so many persons in the sciences and in technology. utterly bewildered by the vogue of irrationalism in the arts and in metaphysics have in fact come out on the side of Athens."

Professor Riceman

At Lahey Clinic PG

Dr. Earl F. Riceman, '27, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine and Coordinator of the PCO Cancer Training Program, attended the Postgraduate Assembly at the Lahey Clinic, Boston, Mass., conducted by the Clinic Staff.

Professor Riceman, who received a Certificate of Merit from the PCO Alumni Association at the June banquet, is the newly elected Presidentelect of the American College of Osteopathic Internists, taking office at the convention next October in Detroit.

Vision of the Future 75 Years Behind Time

WILLIAM E. BRANDT, D.O.

Time Magazine of November 1st was a popular issue all over the world of Osteopathy. Page 77 carried a headline "Vision of the Future" and the text conveyed a scholarly statement of the fundamental principle of Osteopathy, first enunciated by Dr. S_till and the basis of o_steopathic practice and progress ever smce.

It says that just last week ( !) before a packed audience at the New York Academy of Medicine, Dr. Rene Jules Dubos, most imaginative of Pasteur's scientific heirs, suggested a radically new ( !) (these exclamation points are ours) approach: work _not on the microbes but on the patient ( ! ! !) , so that the microbe-invaders will never have a chance to cause disease.

The good doctor goes on in very sound fashion, concluding that one man gets sick and the other man stays well in the presence of the deadly micro-organisms because one man's system is a more favorable medium for the germs to multiply (!).And it's not just immunity or immunization!

The windup says an immense amount of research must be done. Dr. Dubos envisions the future, a world in which antibiotics and elaborate medical treatment will not be needed, because the power to resist infectious diseases will be built into, and maintained in, man himself.

This is reallv a wonderful article. This ear has absorbed a multitude of comments by D.O.'s all over, including a social gathering where practically everybody was a president, including four past presidents of the American Osteopathic Association and three college presidents.

Picking one comment out of several dozen good ones to sum up this little piece for Digest readers, I like a sentence out of a memo to the Dean from the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy, Dr. Angus Gordon Cathie, '31. Types Angus:

"It was this new discovery of recent date that must have been in my subconscious mind many years ago when I chose to give up my life to teaching its principles."

'36-Dr. Harry E. Binder, PCO Lecturer in Surgery, arranged and conducted the very extensive professional program at the 54th Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association, held at the Penn Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, September 24, 25 and 26.

Dog Research Hero Honored by Doctors

(Reprinted from the Philadelphia Bulletin, September 20th)

The head chef at the Warwick Hotel rolled out the red carpet for Flo today.

Leading doctors paid tribute to her work at a luncheon. Flo took it all in stride, because she is the nation's _Dog "Research Hero of 1954. She IS a white-haired, brown-eyed ten-year-old of undetermined ancestry.

For the last nine years Flo has lived and worked on research projects at the Sharp and Dohme pharmaceutical laboratories. She has helped to develop new uses for antibiotic drugs, increase knowledge of kidney excretion and has contributed to the treatment of gout.

Her prize today was a hand-tooled, silver-mounted collar inscribed, "Flo, for heroic service to mankind."

Flo also has aided her own species. Studies in which she took part established the efficiency of oral dosages of penicillin to dogs, thereby cutting down on injections.

Her work in kidney excretion helped produce drugs which decrease the body's disposal of antibiotics.

The annual award, given by the National Society for Medical Research, was presented by Dr. Russell E. Teague, State Secretary of Health.

Flo J oms such predecessors as Jumbo, who tested a heart-lung machine in Brooklyn, and Mrs. Tester, last year's dog winner, whose work at the University of California at Los Angeles furthered respiratory surgery.

At the luncheon were Dr. Mark W. Allam, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School; Dr. William E. Brandt, President of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy; Dr. Charles L. Brown, Dean of Hahnemann Medical College, and Mrs. Kermit Leitner, of the Women's Auxiliary of the State Medical Society.

Also Dr. ]. Parsons Schaeffer, of Jefferson Medical College; G. Frederick Roll, an executive of Smith, Kline and French; Dr. Carl Schmidt, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania's medical school; Dr. L. E. Arnow, Vice-President and Director of Research at Sharp and Dohme. and Dr. Robert Bruce N ye, of Jefferson Medical College.

Tomorrow Flo goes back to work at the lab. She will be able to lord it over her dog associates with her fancy new collar. She deserves the right to be proud. Not every dog has a dinner in her honor at the Warwick.

FLO'S DAY

Badge of Honor is draped about rese':'rch neck by 1!-ussell E. Teague. M.D., Pennsylvania's Secretary of Health, whlle lookmg on are PCO s Dr. Brandt (left) and Mark Allam, V.M.D., Dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Veterinary School.

orrelative

OSTGRADUATE Studies for the academic year opened auspiciously October 11th with C-22 Correlative Cardiology, a class of 25 physicians representing all six osteopathic colleges and 14 states from Maine to Georgia and Florida and around through Texas and California, Colorado, Wisconsin and Michiganthe Wolverine State seating six delegates to take first prize.

At the traditional Thursday evening Unlaxer Dinner, October 14th, Professor Victor R. Fisher, PCO Director of Postgraduate Studies, stressed again the basic policy and philosophy of the PCO postgraduate studies patterns, the organization of each course to meet primarily the requirements of the general practitioner as well as specialty training for certification.

"It is the doctor in the field, the physician who feels the need of keeping abreast of medical progress, who needs to be sharpened in what is going on in this or that branch of practice, this is the postgraduate student we make it our business to serve first.

"We are avoiding the type of course which would be 'over the head' of the doctor in general practice. We feel our duty as a college is first of all to train undergraduate students for the degree of D.O., but beyond that and perhaps equally important it is our job of service to the profession to make available the fruits of experience and new knowledge to the active general practitioner."

This is the meat of what was con-

ardiology oast to oast

veyed to the class by Dr. Fisher and the other speakers: Dr. Frederic H. Barth, Chairman of the Board of Directors; Professor H. Walter Evans, Secretary of the Board; President Brandt, and Professor William F. Daiber, Chairman of the Department of Osteopathic Medicine.

The class met for the social session in the Pennsylvania Room of the Hotel Penn-Sheraton on Thursday evening so that departure for home could be made directly after the close of classes Friday. The course ran from 8 A.M. Monday morning until 5 Friday, being slightly brushed by Hurricane Hazel on closing day.

Use of new diagnostic equipment provided by the National Heart Institute of the U. S. Public Health Service under PCO's Cardiovascular Training Grant was a feature of the week's work. The course was developed from the basic science level through to the most recent advances in patient management.

PCO faculty members who met the class in the course of the week included, in addition to Professors Daiber and Fisher, Dr. Angus G. Cathie, Professor of Anatomy; Dr. William Baldwin, Jr., Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology; Dr. 0. Edwin Owen, Professor of Pathology; Dr. Earl F. Riceman, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine; Dr. Wilbur P. Lutz, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine; Dr. Paul T. Lloyd, Professor of Radiology; Dr. Arthur M. Flack, Clinical Professor of Surgery; Dr. Harold

L. Bruner, Associate Professor of Allergy; Dr. Albert J. Fornace, Associate in Osteopathic Medicine; Dr. Ralph J. Tomei, Associate in Osteopathic Medicine; Dr. Joseph E. Giletta, Instructor in Osteopathic Medicine. and Dr. Walter W. Schwartz, Teaching Fellow in Cardiovascular Diseases.

Visiting lecturers, nationally eminent cardiologists, were Abraham J ezer, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; H. Gross, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, and Benjamin Gauley, M.D., Attending Cardiologist, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia General Hosiptal.

The class roll as called by Mrs. Marguerite Archer, Assistant Registrar, listed:

Dr. J. Weston A bar ( PCO) Providence, R. I. Dr. Paul A. Allen (KCOS) Waupun, Wis.

Dr. Floyd C. Boshart (PCO) Utica, N.Y.

Dr. Norman Cassett (PCO) Camden, N. J. Dr. David B. Bosworth (C.O.P.S.) Oakland, Calif.

Dr. H. Enrico D' Alonzo (PCO) Philadelphia Dr. J. F. DePetris (KCOS) Dallas, Texas Dr. George S. Esayian (PCO) Quakertown, Pa. Dr. Charles D. Farrow (KCOS) Erie, Pa.

C-22 HAS HOT TIME ON OLD CAMPUS

By the looks of the class, that thing Director Fisher is leaning against and Professor Daiber is edging towards, ought to be a cocacola machine, but it's just one of PCO's new installations for demonstrating the down-beat under the left vest in all its variations.

Dr. G. E. Folkman (DMS) Mount Clemens, Mich.

Dr. Harold F. Garfield (KCOS) Danville, Ill.

Dr. David A. Gardner (KCOS) Ferguson, Mo.

Dr. Raymond S. Houghton (DMS) South Paris, Me.

Dr. Eugene M. Johnson ( CCO) Grand Rapids, Mich.

Dr. Walter L. Jones (KCOS) Rome, Ga.

Dr. Joseph F. Koffman (KC) Flint, Mich.

Dr. Edward W. Murphy ( CCO) Denver, Colo.

Dr. L. William Pettycrew (CCO) Saginaw, Mich.

Dr. Jacob Rosen (KC) Kansas City, Mo.

Dr. Gerard C. Shaw (PCO) The Bronx. N.Y.

Dr. Thomas F. Sweeney (KCOS) York, Pa.

Dr. Stanley A. Rubinson (KC) Newark, Del.

Dr. Charles C. Tindall (KCOS) Kissimmee, Fla.

Dr. L. B. Walker (KCOS) Jackson, Mich.

Dr. Neil M. Woodruff (DMS) Flint, Mich.

C-22 Fills Rapidly For Thursday Classes

C-22's first section hardly got back to the barn before the buzz was on for tickets. to the second run, the "Day-aWeek" course starting Thursday, January 6th, and continuing every Thursday through January and February to the 24th, inclusive.

Physicians wanting the work but not wanting to knock off their regular work for a week at a time, recognized in the once-a-week schedule the opportunity of taking a helpful stride in professional capability merely by using their "day-off" to go to school. The appeal hit home particularly to Philadelphia and its surrounding counties.

The "Day-a-Week" section of C-22 is a comprehensive course desig-ned to integrate the pathological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the common cardiac diseases. L<tctures, case presentations, and panel discussions by the College faculty and a guest faculty of three of America's outstanding cardiologists. Demonstration of heart sounds and electrocardiography with the educational cardioscope.

Course given under the direction of Dr. Wm. F. Daiber, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, Chairman of the Department. Tuition, $125.00.

There are still a few seats left. Apply to Dr. Victor R. Fisher, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, 48th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia 39, Pa.

Pediatrics PeeGees

Get Certificates

C-17, Pediatrics, second in the series of Postgraduate Studies courses given at PCO this academic year, culminated a solid week's work with the Certificate Dinner at the Penn-Sherwood Hotel, October 21st.

Attending the classes were : Dr. Samuel H. Axtell, CCO '42, Lexing-

ton, IlL; Dr. Louis A. Browning, CCO '40, Bloomington, Ill.; Dr. Richard N. Fithian, KCOS '41, Grove City, Pa.; Dr. Mischa F. Grossman, '52, Camden, N.J.; Dr. Joseph F. Koffman, KC '46, Flint, Mich.; Dr. Arthur J. McKelvie, '31, Wilmington, Del.; Dr. Max Marcus, '45, Allentown, Pa.; Dr. Elena Parisi, DMS '52, Philadelphia; Dr. Stanley A. Rubinson, KC '43, Newark, Del.; Dr. Stanley N. Wilson, KCOS '50, South Bend, Ind.; and our two residents in Pediatrics, Dr. Adelin N. Wesley, CCO '53, Milwaukee, Wis., and Dr. Gordon Lee Lerch, '53, Baltimore, Md.

The faculty for the course was headed by Dr. William S. Spaeth, Professor of Pediatrics and Department Chairman; Dr. Leo C. Wagner, Professor of Pediatrics; Dr. F. Munro Purse. Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Dr. Angus G. Cathie, Professor of Anatomy and Department Chairman; Dr. William Baldwin, Jr., Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and Department Chairman; Dr. William F. Daiber, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine and Department Chairman; Dr. Kenneth L. Senior, Professor of Chemistry and Department Chairman; Dr. H. Willard Sterrett, Jr., Associate in Urology; Dr. Harold L. Bruner, Associate Professor of Allergy; Dr. Earl F. Riceman, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine; Dr. Clarence E. Baldwin, Associate Professor of Hematology; Dr. Ralph J Tomei, Associate in Osteopathic Medicine, and Dr. Arthur M. Flack, Jr., Clinical Professor of Surgery.

C-17 IS CHEERFUL ABOUT THE WHOLE THING Eight members of the Pediatrics Peegees showed up for the Class Picture, with Professor Spaeth standing and Dr. Tomei with his back against the door.

r. Swope -- Founders'

PCO's Founders' Day observation, Saturday, January 29, 1955, will be honored with the presence of Dr. Chester D. Swope, Washington, D. C., Chairman of the Department of Public Relations of the American Osteopathic Association for a quarter of a century, who will deliver the 0. J Snyder Memorial Address in the College Auditorium.

A practicing physician in the nation's capital since 1910, Dr. Swope's

tions. He is a past president of the Middle Atlantic Osteopathic Association, a past president of the Rotary Club of Washington, past president of the District of Columbia Boys' Club, and a member of the Racquet Club and the Columbia Country Club.

Professionally he is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and was Honorary Chairman of the 1951 Clinical Assembly. He has been a member of the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons since 1935 and a past Trustee of the A. T. Still Research Institute. He is a member of the Iota Tau Sigma Fraternity and Sigma Sigma Phi.

In 1934 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Certificate by the American Osteopathic Association for "Furthering the Public Relations of the Profession." He received honorary degrees from Philadelphia College of Osteopathy in 1936, the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in 1942 and Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery in 1948.

ay Speaker

OBS-GYN PG Course Has Strong Faculty

Three distinguished authorities in their field will join forces with PCO Faculty members in the postgraduate course in Obstetrics and Gynecology scheduled to be given the week of March 7 to March 11.

Dr. George E. Hines, CCO '45, Pathologist of Flint Osteopathic Hospital, Flint, Mich., and Dr. Donald E. McBride, KCOS '42, co-chairman of the Department of Obstetrics at Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, will be present from the mid-west and Alfred M. Bongiovanni, M.D., Pediatric Endocrinologist at Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, will present "The Endocrinologic Phases of the Adolescent Female."

Dr. Himes will analyze clinical pathological findings in diseases of the female genitalia as interpreted by present day understanding.

years of service at the national level have been a major motive power in the profession's strides of progress, maintaining its character and distinction as a force in the public interests and winning recognition by State and Federal bodies on the merits of its performance.

Dr. Swope is an Ohioan, native of Cedar Hill, and was graduated by the American School of Osteopathy in 1908, took a fourth year of postgraduate work, interned at ASO Hospital in Kirksville, and located in Washington, D. C., in 1910. He is licensed in Pennsylvania as well as the District of Columbia.

He was President of the American Osteopathic Association in 1924, and has served at the national level in various capacities for the past 40 years, assuming the Chairmanship of the Department of Public Relations in 1930. He was Chairman of the Bureau of National Legislation 1919-1920 and Chairman of the Department of Public Affairs. He served on many important committees that have coped with problems arising down through the years, holding the chairmanship of the Council on Emergency Medical Services from 1949 to date.

On his home front he was President of the Osteopathic Association of the District of Columbia for several years and its delegate to national conven-

He delivered the A. T. Still Memorial Address at the 1949 AOA Convention and in 1950 was the 0. J Snyder Memorial speaker for PCO.

Nixon Knows His DO's

President Eisenhower, as an osteopathic patient, is pretty well known around the profession. Here's Nixon.

Dr. Porter Boyd Osborne, KCOS '36, attending graduate study at PCO, reports that on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Somerset, Pa., the Vice-President was the speaker and was shaking hands with the boys. Dr. Osborne's son came along.

Mr. Nixon repeated the name, "Osborne ? Is your father a Judge?"

"No, sir, he's an osteopathic physician."

"He is?" responded our Nation's V-P. "Well, that's great! I go see my own osteopathic physician quite a lot and I'm glad to meet you !"

Morocco Missionary Addresses PCO COS

The PCO Christian Osteopathic Society had a missionary from Morocco as guest speaker at the November 15th meeting in the College Auditorium, the Reverend Roy Smith.

The Reverend Robert W. England, '56, president of COS, introduced Rev. Smith, whose field work has been in the Moslem area of French Morocco.

Dr. McBride will describe methods of procedure for evaluating the barren marriage and present a study of weight changes as related to incipient toxemias of pregnancy.

Members of the PCO Faculty will discuss the following subjects:

Professor H. Walter Evans. Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: "The Syndrome of Chronic Pelvic Pain."

Professor Frank E. Gruber: ''Clinical Management of Cephalo-Pelvic Variations" and "Comparative Studies of Surgical Repairs of the Pelvis."

Professor Herman Kohn: "Premarital Consultation" and "Evaluation of Hysterectomy Technics and the Effects of Hysterectomy."

Professor Angus G. Cathie, Chairman of the Department of Anatomy: "Pelvic Architecture and PerineaPelvic Disorders." Professor Cathie's basic study of the structural approach to gynecological dysfunctions will provide a functional osteopathic philosophy for therapy in this segment of ·practice.

Dr. George H. Guest, Associate in Neurology and Psychiatry: "The Psychodynamics of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy."

Complete description of the course can be obtained by writing to the Director of Postgraduate Studies, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, 48th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia 39. Fa. Tuition for the course is $125.00. Early registration is recommended.

ESOSP Is Launched

With Flying Colors

PCO scored another first Saturday, November 6, when the first annual meeting of the Eastern States Osteopathic Society of Proctology moved into the College Auditorium for a full day's session. The meeting carried over into Sunday, in which the program opened with work in the surgical amphitheater under the direction of Dr. Enrique G. Vergara, '25, PCO Clinical Professor of Proctology.

Professor Vergara, the first President of the ESOSP, welcomed the members and turned the meeting over to the program chairman, Dr. A. Leon Smeyne, '42, New York. A busy day was climaxed with the annual dinner at the Penn-Sherwood Hotel. Dr. Frederic H. Barth, Chairman of the PCO Board of Directors; Dr. William E. Brandt, PCO President, and Dr. Frank D. Stanton, MCO '23, of Boston, were the principal speakers, with Dr. Vergara acting as Toastmaster.

Dr. Herbert E. Ulrich, '28, of Short Hills, N. J., was elected President for the ensuing year. Dr. Smeyne was named Vice-President; Dr. LeRoy W. Lovelidge, Jr., '31, of Lancaster, was re-elected Secretary- Treasurer, and the program chairmanship for the 1955 meeting was assigned to Dr. Ellis A. Medford, '27. Dr. Norman K. Sewall, KCOS '31, and Dr. Metford were chosen as Trustees.

PCO Faculty members on the program included: Dr. Lewis G. Torrieri, '44, Instructor in Embryology; Dr. H. Willard Sterrett, Jr., '44, Associate in Urology; Dr. Kenneth L. Senior, PCO Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Department; Dr. William Baldwin, Jr., '40, PCO Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and Chairman of the Department. The Department of Pathology provided practical demonstrations of

Dr. William H. Behringer, Jr., '38, President of the American Osteopathic College of Proctology, acted as moderator for a panel in the Sunday morning program, consisting of Dr. Stanton, Dr. Vergara, Dr. Felix D. Swope, KCOS '27, Washington, D. C., and Dr. Vincent Ober, '23, Norfolk, Va.

'37-Dr. Thomas F. Santucci, who was installed as President of the American College of Pediatricians at the Toronto Convention, is President of the Parent- Teachers Association in his home town, Yeadon, Pa. Dr. Santucci has lectured at the national level as well as in his classes as a member of the PCO Faculty.

Day-a-Week Proctology

C-21, Day-a-Week Proctology, assembled for its first session, October 8th, beginning a series of Friday postgraduate study classes and clinic conferences to carry through to December lOth. The class was limited to five by the nature of the work. but the course will be arranged again later to take care of the late-coming applicants.

Enrolled for the course are: Dr. Alfred M. Barlow, '43, York, Pa.; Dr. Bernarr W. Blackman, KCOS '40, Wilmington, Del.; Dr. John ]. Fleitz, '52, Camden, N. ].; Dr. Chas. Lichtenwalner, Jr., '39, Pottstown, Pa., and Dr. Stephen ]. Naylor, '31, Hanover. Pa.

The entire schedule of clinical conferences and lectures is conducted by Dr. Enrique G. Vergara, PCO Clinical Professor of Proctology.

HEAD TABLE LINEUP AT EASTERN PROCTOLOGISTS DINNER

Watching the birdie are (left to right} Dr. Brandt, Dr. Barth, Mrs. Vergara, Professor Vergara, Mrs. Stanton, Dr. Stanton.

laboratory techniques useful to the Proctologist.

MORNING SURGERY FOR ESOSP Professor Vergara demonstrating in hospital amphitheater with TV apparatus in back of him.

merican College of Osteopathic Internists

Warwick Hotel- Philadelphia:, Pa:.- October 9, 1954

Address:

DEAN SHERWOOD R. MERCER,

In developing his comments on the question "What are the conditions of a vital and dynamic profession of Osteopathy and specifically of the Internists or any other specialty group ?", Dean Sherwood R. Mercer of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy called his audience's attention to the parallel question raised by Dr. Robert Ulich of Harvard in his book "Conditions of Civilized Living."

Dr. Ulich points out that there are "some fundamental laws which, when obeyed make man productive; when disobeyed take cruel revenge. These laws are closely linked to-or are perhaps a reflection of--certain permanent tendencies in human nature which are violently struggling for satisfaction."

Dr. Ulich goes on to discuss aspects of human experience such as "general physical and mental needs and desires which must be satisfied if a man wishes to lead a productive and tolerably happy life"; "processes which allow for the healthy growth of individuals"; the "forces of the past [which give] mold and substance to the present" in which the individual lives and the harnessing of four great cultural activities : "namely, education, the arts, politics and philosophical and religious thought" for the support of the individual as he works out his destiny in a society-which is "always more than the mere sum-total of its members."

The American College of Osteopathic Internists, the American Osteopathic Association, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy are small societies in a great society and as such they are subject to the same laws. It is a useful exercise to consider the conditions of vital and dynamic experience in a smaller group because the effect of the individual on the group and of the group on him is more readily discernible.

The Dean pointed out some of the conditions which are essential to the development of a great profession. He cited first "A Goal or Purpose" and indicated that this is essentially a spiritual consideration. Relevant to this are the touchstones which a profession uses to choose its membership. Seven were suggested: Character, Courage, Sympathy, High standards of work, A capacity to share, An ability to find joy in contributing, Intellectual alertness.

A second condition is a system of education. "The real question is 'How

Philadelphia College of Osteopathy

PCO,s Prof. Ricema:n Next ACOI President

Dr. Earl F. Riceman, '27, PCO Professor of Osteopathic Medicine and Coordinator of the PCO Cancer Training Program, was named President-elect of the American College of Osteopathic Internists at the annual meeting in Philadelphia in October.

Professor Riceman takes office at the convention to be held in Detroit in October, 1955. The President for the current year is Dr. Neil R. Kitchen, DMS '39, Detroit.

good is it?' or, to phrase it another way, 'How poor will the profession allow it to be?' "

Thirdly the Dean suggested an opportunity to practice and, through successful practice, to grow and to lead a healthy, happy and productive life.

In developing some suggestions as to the practicalities of these considerations and specifically of the role of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy in the life of the profession, the speaker indicated four areas where the college was contributing; namely, educating young doctors, providing health care through hospitals, research and postgraduate education.

The speaker emphasized constantly the crucial part played by the individuaL He called attention to Dr. Ulich' s statement.

"A society is always more than the mere sum-total of its members. Nevertheless, it consists of individuals and depends, with respect to its own welfare, on their emotional balance and creativeness. Therefore, an analysis of the conditions of civilization [or a profession] needs an attempt at understanding the processes which allow for the healthy growth of individuals Under which conditions can a human being mature to the fullest degree of his capacities and develop purposes and loyalties which are of value not only to himself, but to his fellow man?"

The Dean then pursued these questions: Under what conditions can each Doctor of Osteopathy mature to the fullest degree of his capacities and develop purposes and loyalties which are of value not only to himself but to his profession? And: What is PCO's job in helping to make individual growth possible?

In answering these questions, the speaker called attention to development

of the college's program of postgraduate study and the formalization of this program to include residencies, internships, tutorials, concentrated courses, day-a-week courses, lectures to divisional societies and research.

The Dean paid tribute to the Faculty of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy for the sacrifices these men and women make. He emphasized that they are mainly a volunteer faculty and that besides their time, they give of their substance. Their total contribution (money as money plus work hours translated to dollar-value) has been calculated to be of value of several hundred thousands of dollars per year. "The progress of the profession cannot be bought. It is in its essence a gift made up of many gifts which come from the very being of each who contributes."

The development of the profession means giving- of money, time and knowledge. It means the devotion of men and women of strong character, intellectual power and powerful motivation for Osteopathy and it means the "togetherness" of shared vision.

In closing, the Dean cited the parallel between intellectual institutions of man and those of a material sort and how in both cases "some fundamental laws which, when obeyed make man productive; when disobeyed take cruel revenge." He called attention to the mountain farms of Vermont and how, because they had not been worked, nature in her own inexorable way had claimed them again leaving only traces of the effort of the early farmers which, because it had not been followed up, came to naught. The parallel for Osteopathy is obvious.

When a group of men and women have custody of something so vital to the well-being of mankind as the profession of Osteopathy has, this precious heritage must be protected and developed at all costs. Every man jack who is honored by the D.O. degree must protect the Osteopathic Concept · or deny his oath.

"It is our intent at Philadelphia College of Osteopathy to bear proudly the name and to give our best to teaching, developing and applying the Osteopathic Concept. We are fully aware of what this means and we intend to stick to our guns."

The Dean closed his remarks by citing the Vermont adage : "The gods of the hills are not the gods of the valleys."

p Famil etes rank Smit

HIRTY-SEVEN YEARS of close and powerful association with PCO and its hospitals for Dr. Francis Jennings Smith, ASO '16 and PCO '17, were recognized, appreciated, lauded and memorialized by a testimonial dinner in his honor at the Union League, Saturday evening, Oc-. tober 16th.

There was no long speech of formalized praise, but there were sincere tributes from the tables arranged in the stately Presidential Ballroom as well as from the dais. It was a crowning event in the long and distinguished career of Dr. Smith on the PCO faculty and staff, celebrative of his elevation to Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Lifetime Honorary Staff member after years of service as head of the department in the College and Hospit;cl.

Each friend present autographed a handsomely bound engrossed Resolution of Friendship presented to the guest of honor. His departmental associates tucked an engraved wristwatch up his sleeve and Dr. James M. Eaton, Chief of Staff, unveiled a perpetual clock which will grace the Smith household henceforth.

Dr. Reed Speer, '37, hopped across the state from Pittsburgh to be present. Telegrams and messages of congratulations were read by Dr. Frederic H. Barth, Chairman of the PCO Board of Directors. Friends from far and near sat down at the festive board as follows:

Dr. Blanche C. Allen Dr. & Mrs. Clarence E. Baldwin Dr. & Mrs. William Baldwin, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Frederic H. Barth Dr. & Mrs. Leonard R. Becker

Miss Martha Bennett

Miss Bette Berkstresser

Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Binder

Dr. Ruth A. Brandt

Dr. William E. Brandt

Dr. & Mrs. Harold L. Bruner

Dr. & Mrs. John E. P. Burns Dr. Jennie M. Chase Dr. & Mrs. George H. Court Dr. & Mrs. William F. Daiber

Mr. John DeAngelis

Dr. & Mrs. Andrew D. DeMasi Dr. Ira W. Drew

Dr. & Mrs. James M. Eaton Dr. & Mrs. Lester Eisenberg Dr. & Mrs. H. Walter Evans Dr. & Mrs. Carl Fischer

Dr. Arnold Gerber

Dr. & Mrs. James J. Giliberto Dr. & Mrs. Frank E. Gruber Miss Jean M. Hall

Dr. & Mrs. Cecil Harris Mr. Edgar S. Hayman Dr. George T. Hayman Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. Hemmer Dr. & Mrs. Henry B. Herbst Dr. & Mrs. Herman Kohn Dr. & Mrs. Otto M. Kurschner Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Lechler Dr. & Mrs. J Ernest Leuzinger

Dr. Smith, F.A.C.O.A.

Dr. Francis Jennings Smith, Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology at PCO, was signally honored at the Dallas Convention of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons by election to Fellowship in the American College of Osteopathic Anesthesiologists.

Dr Abraham Levin

Dr. Isidore Lieberman

Dr. & Mrs. Paul T. Lloyd Dr. Frederick A. Long Dr. & Mrs. Wilbur P. Lutz

Mr. & Mrs. George E. Mallams

Dean & Mrs. Sherwood R. Mercer

Dr. & Mrs. William G. Morris, Jr. Dr. Charles N onziato

Dr. & Mrs. 0. Edwin Owen

Dr. & Mrs. D. S. B. Pennock Dr. August H. Puis Dr. & Mrs. Albert Reibstein Dr. Caroline M. Renzi

Mr. Thomas M. Rowland, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Raymond L. Ruberg Dr. & Mrs. Dominic ]. Salerno Dr. & Mrs. John H. Schall

Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Senior Dr. & Mrs. David Silverman Dr. Dorothy ]. Sivitz

Dr. & Mrs. Howard B. Smith Dr. & Mrs. Robert ]. Smith

Dr. & Mrs. Charles W. Snyder, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William S. Spaeth Dr. Reed Speer Dr. Harry I. Stein Dr. & Mrs. Morris L. Stein Dr. Hartley Steinsnyder Dr. H. Willard Sterrett, Jr. Dr. Carlton Street Dr. A. Aline Swift Dr. Ruth E. Tinley Dr. & Mrs. Ralph]. Tomei Dr. & Mrs. Boris H. Traven Dr. & Mrs. Walter B. Underwood, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Leo C. Wagner Dr. & Mrs.]. Craig Walsh Dr. & Mrs. Francis S. Wheeler Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Wheeler Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Whinney Mr. Alexander Xenakis Dr. & Mrs. Galen S. Young Dr. Paul S. Young

HEAD TABLE "RISES" IN HONOR OF HONOR GUEST

Facing his friends at the big moment of his testimonial dinner, Dr. Smith sees the whole gathering rise in unison. Head table, left to right, Mrs. H. Walter Evans, Mrs. James M. Eaton, Dr. Eaton, Mrs. Smith, Dr. Smith, Dr. Barth, Mrs. Barth, Dr. Ruth A. Brandt and Dean Mercer.

America's senior fox-hunting club- Rose

Hunt, near Media, Pa.-was the scene of the first horse show ever held for the benefit of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy's Hospitals. The date was September 4, on the eve of College opening. The Rose Tree Riding Club joined forces with our workers, our Auxiliary and Junior Aid, Staff and Faculty, Administration and Student Body-a marshalling of teamwork unparalleled in PCO history. The weather was with us, a grand late-

Tree

summer sunny Saturday smiling on "the fairest hunting country in the world." Largest attendance ever recorded at the oldest club in America for a one-day program of riding, jumping and breeders' classes, most entries, best of everything, "our ladies/' their Country Fair with gay booths and a wonderful cafeteria-service mess tent Center picture shows presentation of the PCO HOSPITALS TROPHY by Mrs. James M. Eaton to Miss Margaret McGinn, 16-year-old Norristown girl, judged the best child rider. Dr. Brandt, PCO President,

donor of the trophy, beams Upper left is Bubbles, the champion clown, and his faithful fans aboard the Cadillac awarded to a donor selected out of a barrelful of donationreceipts, the winner being PCO's own Professor J. Craig Walsh, '37, Chairman of the Program Committee Lower left lines up, left to right, Dr. Brandt, Dr. Barth, Dr. Evans and the show's General Chairman, Dr. J. Anthony Kelly, '24, Paoli, with two Rose Tree riders and their proud steeds. Directly above Dr. Kelly is his Co-Chairman, Mrs. William H. Frantz, Rose

Tree, presenting a trophy, then a star of the Bonwit-Teller Fashion Show at the luncheon-hour, then PCO's Miss Elizabeth Wagner pinning a ribbon on a winner, and, upper right, the pony rides for the kiddies Middle right is Miss Kay VonTress, one of Rose Tree's talented riders who made the jumping events an artistic triumph Lower right is the Art Mart, one of the many colorful booths that made the Country Fair Midway a bright way all the way,

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N BROWSING around our two hospitals, as I occasionally do as part of my duties as a member of the PCO Board of Directors, I visualize the first osteopathic hospital in Philadelphia, located in a rented building on south 9th Street. What a contrast!

Then we did not have even one licensed osteopathic surgeon. My old side-kick and office associate. Dr. David Sands Brown Pennock (Uncle Dave) had not then begun his surgical career, although he was a licensed M.D., graduate of Hahnemann Medical College in 1904, after taking his D.O. at Kirksville in 1901. Dr. 0. 0. Bashline had studied surgery and had performed some operations but we then had no surgical board and no state recognition of osteopathic surgeons. Today we have a complete staff of surgeons doing every type of surgery and doing it under every legal sanction.

When we became dissatisfied with the old Infirmary on Fairmount Avenue we argued and discussed possibilities. Finally it was decided to rent a house on south 9th Street around the corner from the college which was on Pine Street. As I remember it. we kicked in about $200 each and got under way. We had the walls scrubbed, partitions changed, a surgery established, got together a business staff and a few nurses and were in business.

It was a pretty crude affair and today it would be impossible to create an outfit like ours and be allowed to run it. Things were different 40 years ago. If you were right politically you could do almost anything as health officers were very lenient with their friends.

I well remember the opening of that hospital. What an attendance of our old-time Osteopaths: 0. J. Snyder, Charles W. Muttart, Ivan Dufur, Arthur M. Flack, D. S. B. Pennock, 0. 0. Bashline, J. C. Snyder, Nettie and Tom Turner, Robert Dunnington, Lillian Bentley, the Frames, Fritsche, and J. Walter Jones were some of them. And what a flock of us youngsters, who are now the oldsters in the profession!

We were as proud of that "new" hospital as any kid is with its first teddy bear. And we proposed to make it work. The first case for surgery happened to be one of my patients. I had made a diagnosis of tubercular kidney and called Dr. Bashline in con-

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By DR. IRA WALTON DREW, '11

sultation. An operation was indicated. It looked like a rather serious case and Dr. Bashline suggested that Dr. Northrop of Hahnemann be called in. This was done. The operation was successful, the patient continuing in good health for 17 years. Incidentally, the patient was the father of a young man who later studied Osteopathy and was an honored member of the profession until his death.

I well remember the first autopsy in our new hospital. It was performed by Dr. Pennock and quite a group of us watched him. Dr. E. G. Drew was there and it may have been the operating success of our first surgeons that spurred him on to become one of our top men.

I wish I could include the names of all the men and women who helped make our hospital a success. Some day I hope someone will write a history of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and its Hospital. We had some stalwarts in those days, most of whom were more interested in making the institution a success than in the mere matter of personal profit. As a matter of fact, however, personal rewards from practice were very satisfactory. All any graduate had to do was to hang out a sign, deliver good Osteopathy, and his or her office was soon filled with patients.

We did not know much about drugs. In my class we got some valuable drug information from Dr. C. D. B. Bal-

birnie, who had three drugstores. Bal told me he got into Osteopathy because he had a duodenal ulcer that the medics couldn't help (and they are in about the same fix now) and that an Osteopath fixed him up. Note: Real Osteopaths are still "fixing" up these ulcers after drugs have failed.

Bal also cashed our checks. His memory should stand out in our college annals because of his valiant work in behalf of our institution. It was largely due to him that we now have this plant at 48th and Spruce today. We soon outgrew the quarters on Pine Street and decided to seek funds from friends of Osteopathy to provide new and larger quarters.

That campaign resulted in a $1,000,000 fund and the new plant was established at 19th and Spring Garden Streets. The home of former Mayor Reyburn, incidentally one of my good friends, was purchased and used for college purposes. In the rear was constructed a modern hospital.

We soon outgrew the building and, needing larger quarters, another campaign for funds was initiated. This was successful, and about 1928 we started our operation in West Philadelphia. Soon after we opened, Bernarr MacFadden, who owned the Daily News and for whom I had done some writing, offered me a contribution of $400 monthly to conduct a free clinic for children at my Sanitorium. Believing that such a grant could be bet-

DR. DREW'S PEDIATRICS CLINIC

Indicative of the clinic's long-range power. among the attentive watchers are Dr. Ruth Elizabeth Tinley. '23, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics. and Dr. Leo C. Wagner. '26, presently PCO Professor of Pediatrics. their two heads on either side of Dr. Drew's as he flexes the brave patient's right arm.

ter used by a larger institution, I suggested that the fund be donated to the college clinic.

Dr. Holden was keen about the grant and assigned to my Department of Pediatrics the old hospital building at 19th and Spring Garden Streets. On the Pediatrics staff at that time were Drs. Tinley, Wagner, Spaeth, Arbuckle, Lyman and others. Some 35 students were assigned to us and we really went to town. One feature was a five days weekly broadcast over WPEN by members of my staff.

Some day I would like to tell the story of how pediatrics started in Philadelphia by the establishment of a welfare agency and church clinics. Many of the most famous actors and actresses of the day visited our clinic. They brought gifts of money, fruit and candy for the kiddies. I have kept many photographs of these personalities who visited us. The Daily News always carried stories of these visits and so helped to spread the Osteopathic story.

It is needless to write about the success of the venture at 48th Street. We have succeeded, despite tribulations and trials. The Osteopathic zeal is still with us as amply demonstrated by the action of the members of the College faculty and the Hospital staff in assessing themselves to the tune of some $300,000 to acquire the Women's Homeopathic Hospital on 20th Street.

Now with visions of a new college and greater hospital facilities, we look forward with faith in the future. We have had many fine men as presidents of our Board. May I say that none has done more for us than our present head, Dr. Frederic H. Barth.

Cressman and Kohn Named Staff Chairmen

The Staff of the Hospitals of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy held their elections for the coming year at the October meetings.

Dr. Edwin H. Cressman was elected chairman of the Executive Staff, with Dr. J. Ernest Leuzinger, vice-chairman, and Dr. James M. Eaton, secretary, these officers succeeding themselves for another term.

Dr. Herman Kohn took office as chairman of the General Staff and Dr. Earl F. Riceman was elected vicechairman, as the next senior member of the attending staff. Dr. Charles A. Hemmer was re-elected secretary.

'34-Dr. Kirk L. Hilliard, Pleasantville, is President-Elect of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons.

Corporation Names Seven as Directors

Two new Directors were elected and five whose terms had expired were reelected to the Board of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy at the annual meeting of the Corporation, held in the College Auditorium, November 9th. Elections in all cases were for 3 year terms.

The new members are Dr. Donald B. Thorburn, '23, New York, N.Y., and Dr. R. G. Dorrance, Jr., '38, of Pittsburgh. Dr. Thorburn was one of three nominees submitted by the Alumni Association. He was the osteopathic member of the New York State Board of Medical Examiners for 12 years, four terms of three years each. His office is at 77 Park Avenue, New York.

Dr. Dorrance, one of three nominees submitted by the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association, has his office in the Benedum Trees Building, 223 Fourth A venue, Pittsburgh. He has been active in state and national affairs and, together with Dr. Reed Speer, '37, gives the Board strong representation from Western Pennsylvania.

The five Directors whose terms expired this year and who were reelected at the November 9th meeting are: Dr. Ira W. Drew, '11; Dr. H. Walter Evans, '17; Dr. Carl Fischer, '25; Dr. James M. Eaton, '28, and Dr. J. Craig Walsh, '37, all of Philadelphia.

Following the balloting, Dr. Barth addressed a meeting of the General Staff and set before them the action of the Executive Committee of the Board with regard to the proposed on-campus observation of the Philadelphia College by visitors designated by the American Medical Association Committee for Study of Relations with Osteopathy. This was the first public announcement of the action of the committee and the position taken by the college with regard to the proceedings of the AOA Conference Committee.

PCO at NJAOPS

PCO manned the battlements for the program of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Clinical Conference at the Stacy- Trent Hotel, Trenton, N.J., Sunday, September 19th.

Headed by Dean Mercer and Dr. Victor R. Fisher, Director of Postgraduate Studies, the program opened early and lasted long. Professor William F. Daiber, Chairman of the PCO Department of Osteopathic Medicine, headed a panel and lining up Dr. Fisher, Dr. George W. Tapper, '33, Chief Supervisor of 48th Street Clinic, and Dr. Sidney M. Weitberg, '39, Clinic Teaching Supervisor. Coronary Arterial Disease was the topic.

Dr. Herbert A. Laidman, '37, Glen Rock, N.J., discussed Management of the Patient with Jaundice. Pediatric Immunizations were discussed by Dr. Meyer M. Belkoff, '48, Elizabeth, N. J., PCO Instructor in Pediatrics.

PCO Profs Conduct W. Va. Fall Program

Dr. Victor R. Fisher, '36, PCO Director of Postgraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, and Dr. Earl F. Riceman, '27, PCO Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, presented the educational program of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society Fall Convention at the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., November 1 and 2. Their topics centered in the thoracic area. Professor Fisher discussed congestive heart failure and coronary disease with particular emphasis on diagnosis and management of myocardial infarctions. Professor Riceman, Coordinator of the PCO Cancer Training Program, developed the study being done and the progress made in dealing with the rising tide of lung cancer.

OSCNY OffiCIAL FAMILY

Destinies of the Osteopathic Society of the City of New York this year are the assignment of. left to right. Dr. Philip F. Fleisher, '50, Sergeant-at-Arms; Dr. John Lalli, '35, Vice-President; Dr. Jacob G. Sheetz, '36, President; Dr. Robert R. Rosenbaum, '47, Treasurer; Dr. A. Leon Smeyne, '42, President-Elect; Dr. Harold S. Goldberg, '44, Secretary.

Reed Speer First in State OPF Drive

Dr. Reed Speer, '37, Pittsburgh, provided the high spot in the Osteopathic Progress Fund luncheon at the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association Convention, September 25th, inaugurating the state-wide campaign for the support of the six osteopathic colleges by the state association.

The meeting was addressed by the President of the American Osteopathic Association, Dr. John W. Mulford, KCOS '29, Cincinnati; Dr. Galen S. Young, '35, Chairman of the AOA OPF National Committee, and Lewis W. Chapman, Executive Director of the AOA Osteopathic Foundation. President Brandt and Dean Mercer represented PCO.

Dr. Speer's action spoke louder than words. He presented the college, through Dr. Brandt, with a check for $100 as the first donation of the campaign, right there on the spot before the luncheon adjourned.

It was no hasty impulse, however. The Speer system of painless giving assigns his office secretary, every day at closing time, to place a dollar bill in a special box on his desk. When it gets to a hundred he turns it in. This was nowhere near the first of these checks from the Speer system that has provided arterial blood to the PCO lifestream.

It was, however, exactly the first solid token to PCO that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's drive for educational support had gotten under way!

'36-Dr. Harry E. Binder, PCO Lecturer in Surgery, has moved his professional offices to The Rittenhouse Plaza, 1901 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Suite 3-F.

'37-Dr. Samuel J. Ambler, Delaware, Ohio, captured the prize for most birdies in the Fall Golf Tournament for members of the Ohio Osteopathic Association, held at the Grandville Country Club.

PCO Fund

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Four times national golf champion of the American Osteopathic Association, Dr. Donald J. Ulrich, '39, adds another title to his cluster of honors.

Don is a solid Rotarian in his home city, Kent, Ohio, 141 E. Main Street, if you happen to be passing through this comely university town, where he and his wife, Shirley Jean, and two children reside. He is a member of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, the Akron Academy of Osteopathic Medicine, the Ohio Osteopathic College of Physicians and Surgeons and the American Osteopathic Association.

Dr. and Mrs. Ulrich flew to Dallas for the surgeons Convention, then a visit to New Orleans. Make it Philadelphia soon, Don !

Invitation to Georgia

Here is a letter from Dr. Mary E. Layne, graduate of Southern College of Osteopathy, Class of 1906.

Dear Friends, I was happy to read of your Christian Osteopathic Society, young doctors in the making who are church members and attend services on Sundays, etc. Could you give me reference to one who might like to locate in the South?

I live in middle Georgia, 40 miles south of Atlanta. I have a good general practice; have been practicing here for 48 years. I hope to retire soon and would want a good osteopathic physician to assist me for a while, and if it suits would soon let him or her have my practice.

Very sincerely, MARY E. LAYNE 223 West College Street Griffin, Ga.

Finalists

of!awrence W Bai/e'l, 2J. 0.

From the rugged, rock-bound cliffs of Maine we have PCO Fund Finalist Dr. Lawrence W. Bailey, '44. A resident of Brunswick, Me., Dr. Bailey is on the staff of the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland, a member of the Maine Osteopathic Association and the American Osteopathic Association.

Close to the Maine woods, Dr. Bailey is an ardent fisherman and hunter. Aside from a round or two on the golf course between hunting trips, Dr. Bailey has another favorite hobby -stamp collecting.

Married, Dr. Bailey is the proud father of two children. One little girl and one boy perhaps two future osteopathic physicians! It's a great name in PCO annals-Bailey!

DR. SPEER

PCO STUDENT NURSES RECEIVING CAPS

What is an OPF Secretary?

By ELIZABETH wAGNER

For some time now you DIGEST readers have been told by this typewriter over and over again how important your interest and support are to PCO. You have heard reiterated time and time again that it is up to you in the field to help our colleges further osteopathic education. You have read · many notes and thank-yous. We have had Fund Finalists, "Living Endowment'' plans, and letters to the editors. This time I want to tell you something a little different. I would like to explain why I enjoy working with you for the Osteopathic Progress Fund.

As you know, I was born and raised in the osteopathic tradition. PCO and Osteopathy were so interrelated with my life that it became very easy to take it for granted. (Just as with anything you know too well.) The struggles, ideals and achievements of Osteopathy did not have the real significance then which they have for me now as OPF Secretary.

For the first time I have become aware of the actual, creative effort that a professional college makes in the service of its profession. The daily details of a college administration are all geared to the future goals of the students, who then in turn recreate future goals for the college of their future. I have learned and I now see that PCO is a living, dynamic organization which has an integral responsibility in the future of the profession, and I am now acutely aware of the necessity of a good administration and an active Alumni group.

The Osteopathic Progress Fund is one of the examples of alumni participation. Every day, an average of ten to twenty letters are sent to PCO graduates all over the country in reply to questions, asking for information, explaining our Osteopathic Progress Fund, or just sending out news about the college.

I know that many of you Alumni are becoming increasingly interested in the work that is being done by the OPF here at the college. In answering the questions and comments that are sent to this office, I have the opportunity of meeting and conversing with a great number of our graduates from every part of the United States. It gives me a feeling of pride in PCO when I can point out some new accomplishments to you in answer to a question.

This exchange of ideas and opinions with our PCO graduates is very stimu-

lating. We are attempting to bri?g PCO's "new look" under your consJderation. If you are far away, we want you to see PCO as it is now, and with all its organization and complexities. Your letters indicate your interest in PCO, and we enjoy hearing from you.

The nicest part of my job is that I believe in the future of Osteopathy. I believe in the progress osteopathic education has made and will make here at PCO, and I believe in the sincerity of the men who are at the top of our organization. From daily contact with these men, I know they are the type of people you can depend on, and enjoy working with. I have seen with my own eyes the progress that has been made at PCO during the last couple of years, and I feel these events are indicative of the prevailing spirit of PCO.

But I don't need to tell you all this. If you live near Philadelphia, you have seen these things yourself. If you haven't, then why not come back to visit? Don't take my word for it. Look around. Talk with a few PCO men. See these things for yourself.

Your college has become a living, dynamic organization, and I am anxious to do my part in helping you, our Alumni, keep this spirit alive. I am glad to realize that many of youmaybe MOST of you-reading these words, feel the same way. Some day I know it will be ALL of you.

Why Not Try Indiana?

Philadelphia College of Osteopathy:

We would like to ask your cooperation in making our need known for a G P to take over an active practice in Indiana, the Dayton, Lafayette, Mulberry area. A modern, fully equipped office is available in Dayton. Clinical facilities an dsurgery are available in Lafayette, some 5 miles distant.

The area is one that holds great promise for a man that is aggressive and willing to make himself and his profession a permanent part of the community. While Dayton is a small town it offers all of the recreational and educational facilities seldom available except in larger areas due to the presence of Purdue University in Lafayette. Moral and financial support would be available to the right man.

While hospital facilities are lacking due to local regulations, relief is in sight due to a proposed Osteopathic Hospital in the area in the near future. Funds are already started for the building fund but final plans must be deferred until enough men are available to make it possible to operate one.

Further information may be secured by writing us.

Thanking you, J.D. SMALL Dayton Pharmacy Dayton, Ind.

ORCHIDS TO FLORIDA PREZ

Florida Osteopathic Association officials were guests of honor at the 80th Anniversary celebration of Osteopathy held by the Dade County Osteopathic Association on 2 at the Key Biscayne Hotel on Key Biscayne, Fla. Attending the Dmner were Dr. Paul E. Wilson, KCOS '35, Ocala, Pres1dent of the state organ1zahon, and his wife Mrs. Wilson, President of the State Auxiliary. Pinning the orchid on Madam President is Dade County Association President Dr. Harry N. Kerr, '39, Miami, with his wife, who is President of the Dade County Auxiliary.

Send Us More Good Students

By THOMAS M. RowLAND, JR. Director of Admissions and Registrar

PCO this vear enrolls 382 students, ing graduate study other than profes88 seniors, 97 Juniors, 99 Sophomores, sional schools. It is true, however, that 97 Freshmen and one special student. an applicant entering a school of osteOur position with regard to other opathy must still be in the upper half osteopathic colleges and to medical col- of the class in his last undergraduate leges is very favorable. Enrollment of year and must score 70 on the Selecfreshmen this year was on the descend- tive Service Qualification Test. ing curve almost everywhere. We have Quite a few applicants who do not our normal quota. secure immediate admission to a pro-

It is important to the profession as fessional school enroll for graduate a whole to know that we at the college work in order to better their chances are under constant pressure to train for professional training. Such indimore and more doctors. That's the ap- vi duals have always presented a probpeal from the field, from the physi- lem to Selective Service. At present an cians themselves, from patients left applicant will be considered for deferstranded by the death of a veteran ment only if he enters a professional D.O. here, there, in fact, in many school as soon as he has completed the places every year. pre-professional requirements.

I would like to emphasize again the It is urged that all of you who desire importance to you of this demand. I information regarding any of these Sewould like to press home to you that it lective Service Regulations either see is YOUR responsibility, you men in me personally or send those in whom the field, to be missionaries in your you are interested to the college office for information and advice. area, talk to that promising son or daughter of that patient who feels so Klein, '55, Tops deeply that without osteopathic care his In Cancer Test or her health would be in jeopardy, perhaps feels that life itself might not be in the body except for osteopathic attention.

Send us good men and women ! We have a very good freshman class. Seventy-seven of our freshmen have undergraduate degrees representing 63 colleges, 10 states and the District of Columbia. The number of women students is slowly but surely increasing. We need more. There are now 8 women in the college, 6 in the lower 2 years.

The administration has found it encouraging that those students in college under the G.I. Bill in the lower two years indicate a marked increase. Our veteran enrollment of 35 accounts for more than one-third of the freshman class, not all of them, however, on the G.I. Bill.

In spite of our favorable position at this time we are concerned about our applicant pool for the next four or five years. This pool has decreased each year for the past three years and the experts predict that this trend will continue until the "war babies" complete their undergraduate college training. It is, therefore, up to you, the members of our profession, to act as recruiting officers to see that we get the cream of the crop in these next four sparse, if not completely barren, years.

It has been printed in news articles that deferment standards for students have been tightened. This increase in requirements applies to students enter-

Donald Klein received the Riceman Award for highest average in his class in the 1954 Cancer Knowledge Examination conducted by the national testing service.

The prize is the newest edition of the medical classic, French's "Differential Diagnosis," donated by Professor Earl F. Riceman. D.O., Coordinator of the PCO Cancer Training Program. Klein is a member of the present senior class, hails from Detroit, and has his Bachelor of Science from Wayne University.

Hazel Becomes Gail For Baumgaertels

Hurricane Hazel blew through Philadelphia Friday, October 15th, and brought disaster and damage in a great many spots.

But at PCO North Center Hospital it brought a sparkle of joy. Specifically, it brought into the world the first child of Dr. and Mrs. Gottfried George Baumgaertel, Jr., '54, dad being presently Intern on the Staff of the Hospitals of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy.

Strongly resisting the temptation to name the girl after Hazel herself, the proud parents compromised by calling her Gail Christine. Seven pounds, three ounces, delivered by Dr. Frank E. Gruber, '26, PCO Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

J. A. Kline, '55, Wins With Academy Essay

John A. Kline, '55, was winner of the highest undergraduate prize in the annual Academy of Applied Osteopathy Essay Contest.

The first prize of $100 went to Dr. J. Bartley Jones, KCOS graduate this year now practicing in Friendsville, Tenn. Second place and a $75 prize was captured by Kline, who will be graduated by PCO next June. Third prize went to a Kirksville student, Keith P. Sutton.

The subject was "Structural Diagnosis and the Osteopathic Management of the Chronic Degenerative Diseases."

his

"MR. ROWLAND SPEAKING!"

PCO Director of Admissions and Registrar is right there at the desk with the facts at

fingertips and good counsel on that prospective D.O. you want to see start the march to his diploma and license.

PCO Nurses Graduate

Fourteen proud and happy nursing students received their diplomas the evenino- of September 13th, in the auditorium. Dr. William Baldwin, Jr., '40, PCO Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and Department Chairman, addressed the class and their parents and friends on "What You Mean to PCO, and What PCO Means to You." Dr. Baldwin stressed the fact that this graduating. class is the first class to spend its first year at the Nursing Home at 20th Street, the first "Greater PCO Class."

After the presentation of the diplomas by Dr. Frederic H. Barth, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. H. Willard Sterrett, Jr., '44, PCO Associate in Urology, presented the following nursing awards :

Board of Directors A ward for Highest Average in Theoretical Work, Miss Marlene Smith; Gertrude K. Daiber Memorial Award for Second Highest Average in Theoretical Work, Miss Patricia DeMuro; Obstetrical Award for Best Obstetrical Nurse, Miss Nadine Grossman; Woman's Auxiliary Award for the Best Work in Dietetics, Miss Aimee Roman; Ethel M. Beegle Memorial Award for Best Student in Nursing Arts, Mrs. Jane T. Salkind; Nursing Achievement A ward, Miss Marlene Smith; Bruce Kingman Sterrett Memorial Award for Best Operating Nurse, Miss June Hackman; Dr. H. Willard Sterrett Memorial Award for Best Work in Urological Nursing, Miss Aimee Roman; Highest Average in Theoretical Work, Intermediate Class, Miss Nancy Samp.

The invocation and the benediction were pronounced by the Reverend Stanley Kiehl Gamble, D.D., pastor of Woodland Presbyterian Church, who preached the Baccalaureate Sermon for the class Sunday, September 12th. Miss Alice Highlay was guest soloist.

Graduating Class

Patricia DeMuro Philadelphia

Elizabeth M. DeRue

Upper Darby, Pa.

Margaret Froelich .. Philadelphia

Nadine Grossman Detroit

June Hackman Lancaster, Pa.

Celia Jagger ....... Flint, Mich.

Gloria B. J oye Philadelphia

Dolores Moser Philadelphia

Aimee Roman ......... Detroit

Lois Rosenberg Easton, Pa.

Jane T. Salkind Philadelphia

Frances Smith Palmyra, Pa.

Marlene Smith, Memphis, Mich.

Joan Stanford Harrisburg, Pa.

"FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE" AT COMMENCEMENT

DR. BALDWIN DELIVERS GRADUATION ADDRESS

Miss Marlene Smith, Memphis, Mich.. on the march to the platform in the College Auditorium to receive her diploma of graduation from PCO School of Nursing. Miss Smith played the part of Florence Nightingale in the Capping Exercises during her student career. She also lived along with and up to the role by winning the Nursing Achievement Award at Commencement as well as the Board of Directors Award for Highest Average in Theoretical Work.

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE

PHILADELPHIA TEXTILE INSTITUTE

TAKES PLEASURE IN NAMING FREDERIC H. BARTH A P. T. I. MAN OF THE YEAR IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SUPPORT OF TEXTILE EDUCATION

1954

BARTH HONORED AT TEXTILE

College Opening On Devotional Note

College was formally opened September 8th, at 11 A.M., in the Auditorium, with a Convocation. The Reverend F. JVI. Wetherill, S.T.D., offered the following prayer:

Lord God we thank Thee we are privileged to be admitted into the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy. In this happy event may we conduct ourselves with honor and diligence as those who

ALUMNI PRESIDENT

The Chairman of our Board devotes so much energy and thought to PCO that it comes as a revelation that he is also a distinguished member of the Board of his own alma mater, Philadelphia Textile Institute, distinguished for service as well as position. One of his proudest possessions is his citation as "P.T.I. Man of the Year." Below is PCO student bocl.y applauding his College Opening address.

are serving Thee. We ask Thy care upon those at home now absent from us. Help us to employ our time here so well we may be a joy to them and the Faculty. May there be no sin or slackness in us, but a knowledge of Thy wisdom, design and functions exhibited in the human body; and learn to praise Him Who created them. Give us a deeper love for Osteopathy, and

this College of Osteopathy day by day, as well as a true worth of our Professors and Classmates. Nor would we pray only for ourselves, but intercede for those in our care. May we be prepared with an understanding word, a kindly touch and treatment, like Him who placed His Hands on the sick. and they recovered, our Divine Lord. In His Name. Amen.

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The PCO Student Wives Association was recognized at the national level by the visit of the top officers of the Auxiliary to the American Osteopathic Association : Mrs. Paul VanB. Allen, Indianapolis, the National President, and the Immediate Past President, Mrs. Russell Glaser, St. Louis.

The meeting was held in the College Auditorium, at which the officers of the PCO organization, headed by the President, Mrs. Wellden Pyle, Jr., were indoctrinated in their responsibilities and their orientation in the national program. Dr. W. E. Brandt, PCO President, was appointed Counsellor.

Dean Mercer addressed the PCO group at the November meeting, suggesting four easy but important ways in which the individual helpmeets can

integrate their influence into the training of their husbands.

How It Feels When Carol Comes Calling

Those headlines this fall about Carol, Edna and Hazel were sparkling reading around in the south and the west and most of the middle states, but we also have alumni in the "Down East" section and to them the girls were not funny. In case you just read about the girls and did not smell their strong breath, here's a letter to the Alumni Association Secretary, Will Sterrett, '44, from Alumni Association Vice-President Dr. Frederick S. Lenz, '35, of Edgewood, R. I.

Dear Bill and Claire:

We are still in one piece after our visit from Carol, although, as you probably read in the papers, there has been extensive damage in these

parts. We lost two beautiful shade trees in the back yard, which I planted ten years ago and which had just attained satisfactory size. The house is O.K. except for awnings torn to ribbons.

Carol kept me at the hospital all day and most of the night with a stream of accident cases. I found out I could reduce fractures without x-ray and using only a candle. (They all came out O.K. when x-rayed later.)

The family was still at the Cape but got through by phone in the A.M. to find out if the house was still here. Power was off for four days, so I told them to stay there unless they could live without cooked food.

Yesterday we had Edna. She started tough but turned out to be just a nice girl. Power was off only about seven hours. I was on the phone talking to the hospital in the late afternoon when about eight feet of the top of a sixty-foot-tall pine tree in our front yard broke off, hit the porch rail then landed on the phone wire.

All the water this time was in the downtown area and along the shore. so we missed it. Half the trees in Edgewood are down, however. The Rhode Island Yacht Club to which I belong completely disappeared and most of the boats got scrambled.

Dr. Gil Chisholm, mv PCO classmate, watched his cabin' cruiser come into the road, he jumped aboard and took it into a cove in the thick of the storm without any damage.

My brother, who lives on a point of land in Barrington, had three feet of water on his first floor which swept out all the furniture except a grand piano.

All good luck.

FREDDY

(Hazel swung at Rhode Island, but missed.)

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A "BREATHER" AT THE 48th STREET PORTAL

Time out between dances at the Student Body party welcoming the Freshmen to the campus.

p 0 Family Cradle Roll

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April 1 - Barbara Ann Bowden, daughter of Mrs. Geraldine and Lee .f. Bowden, '55, Merchantville, N. ]. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

April 4-Charles Octavius Giuliani, 2nd, son of Mrs. Lucille and Charles 0. Giuliani, '57, Williamsport, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

April 4-Robin Patrice Bass, daughter of Mrs. Ernestine and Robert P. Bass, '55, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Kohn.

April 9 - Carol Jean Hendricks, daughter of Mrs. Helen Marie and George W. Hendricks, Jr., '55, Allentown, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

April 14 Kathryn Lee Kroll daughter of Mrs. Virginia Lee and Dr. George V. Kroll, '54, Bloomfield, N. J., Intern at Lamb Memorial Hospital, Denver, Col. Delivered by Dr. Andrew DeMasi, '47.

April 30-Judith Ann Liljestrand, daughter of Mrs. Thelma and Dr. Theodore A. Liljestrand, '54, PCO Intern, Caldwell, N. ]. Delivered by Dr. George H. Court, '42.

May 13 Sharon Jaye Bernhardt, daughter of Mrs. Janet and Paul L. Bernhardt, '55, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

May 13-Marion Fornace, son of Mrs. Frances and Dr. Albert ]. Fornace, '44, PCO Associate Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Evans.

May 16 Sheryl Wynne Barsky, daughter of Mrs. Lillian and Dr. Paul Barsky, '47, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

May 22-Ivan Edward Kimmelman, son of Mrs. Evelyn and Dr. Abraham S. Kimmelman, '51, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Kohn.

June 4-Kathryn Ann Wallington, daughter of Mrs. Kathryn and Frank A. Wallington, '55, Moundsville, West Virginia. Delivered by Dr. Kohn.

June 10-Stephen G. Weaver, son of Mrs. Erika and Dr. Richman G. Weaver, '54, Absecon, N. J., Intern at West Side Osteopathic Hospital, York, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Gruber.

June 17-William Stanley Billings, Jr., son of Mrs. Miriam and Dr. William S. Billings, '53, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Gruber.

June 18-Ricki Lee Fletman, daughter of Mrs. Sylvia and Dr. Herbert Fletman, '44, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Kohn.

July 1 - Ellen Beth Koland,.r, daughter of Mrs. Belle and Dr. George H. Kolander, '44, PCO Assistant in Osteopathic Principles and Tech-

niques, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Gruber.

July 8 - Mary Louise Geuting, daughter of Mrs. Jeannette and Dr. George H. Geuting, '48, PCO Clinical Assistant in Dermatology and Syphilology, Drexel Hill, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Gruber.

July 14 Susan Hope Cramer, daughter of Mrs. Josephine and Dr. David Cramer, '51, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Kohn.

July 17- Nancy Maria DiMarzio, daughter of Mrs. Nancy and Dante DiMarzio, '56, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

July 25 Susan Staman Swenson, daughter of Mrs. Katharine and Dr. Warren H. Swenson, '41, PCO Instructor in Surgery, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Evans.

August 5-Denise Sullivan, daughter of Mrs. Rose Marie and Cornelius Francis Sullivan, '55, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Kohn.

August 21-Darilyn Dolores Broskey, daughter of Mrs. Josephine and David Broskey, '57, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. DeMasi.

August 23-Bruce Peter Bachman, son of Mrs. Arlene and Bruce A. Bachman, '56, New Bedford, Mass. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

August 23-Richard Bayard Miller, Jr., son of Mrs. Betty Rae and Robert Bayard Miller, PCO Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Levittown, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

August 29-Paulette Debbie Rosen. daughter of Mrs. Grace and Dr. Alvin Rosen, '53, Norwood, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

September 3 - David Allen Court, son of Mrs. Jane and Dr. George H. Court, '42, PCO Lecturer in Surgery, Upper Darby, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Evans.

September 4-Matthew James DeCaro, Jr., son of Mrs. Frances and Dr. Matthew J. DeCaro, '46, PCO Clinical Assistant in Osteopathic Medi- • cine, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. DeMasi.

September 4 - Francine Grimaldi, daughter of Mrs. Jean and Dr. Marion N. Grimaldi, '54, Intern at the Riverview Osteopathic Hospital, Norristown, Pa. Delivered by Dr. DeMasi.

September 6-William James Smith, son of Mrs. Helen and James W. Smith, '55, Upper Darby, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

September 12-Robert "Wayne Barr, son of Mrs. Dorothy and Dr. Erv:n Barr. 'SO, Glenolden, Pa. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

September 14 Fred eric Phillips Axelrod, son of Mrs. Anita and Dr. Alfred E. Axelrod, '53, Collingswood, N. ]. Delivered by Dr. Kohn.

September 16 James William Hemsley, son of Mrs. Joan and William R. Hemsley, '56, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

September 17-Carole Ann Letourneau, daughter of Mrs. Florence and Bernard ]. Letourneau, '56, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

September 21 Guy Andrew DeMasi, son of Mrs. Mary Ellen and Dr. Andrew D. DeMasi, '47, PCO Clinical Assistant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

October 15 Melanie Sarama, daughter of Mrs. Veronica and Dr. Edward S. Sarama, '42, PCO Clinical Assistant in Ophthalmology, Blackwood, N. ]. Delivered by Dr. Gruber.

October 18 Stephanie Minniti, daughter of Mrs. Madelene and Dr. Alexander A. Minniti, '53, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. DeMasi.

October 23 Diane Susan DeRue, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth and Robert G. DeRue, '56, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

October 27- Thomas Edward Capista, son of Mrs. Rose Marie and Dr. John F. Capista, '46, PCO Clinical Assistant in Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Gruber.

October 28-Sandra Margaret Simmons, daughter of Mrs. Carole and Duane Simmons, '57, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Eisenberg.

July 27- Herbert Samuel Olitsky, son of Mrs. Marsha and Dr. Henry A. Olitsky, '43, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Kohn.

September 23-Saul Eliot Schreiber, son of Mrs. Charlotte Ann and Dr. Murray Schreiber, 'SO, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Samuel Brint, '42.

October 13-Helen Roedell, daughter of Mrs. Helen and Dr. George F. Roedell, '46, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Evans.

October 15-Gail Christine Baumgaertel, daughter of Mrs. Margery Ann and Dr. G. George Baumgaertel, '54, PCO Intern, Philadelphia. Delivered by Dr. Gruber.

Letter from Jeanie, '49

New address of the Africa Inland Mission: 253 Henry Street Brooklyn 1, N.Y.

Field Address : Africa Inland Mission Kola N doto Station Shinyanga, Tanganyika Territory East Africa

19 September 1954

Dear Friends, "I heard you were going to(;" sam biro and Butundwe, so I prayed especially for you. Then behold, you also went to Kahunda and Kalungulu and I did not pray for you, for I did not know you were going there! So the feet of the car had sickness. How can I follow you ,:Vith my prayers if you do not tell me!·

Thus I was chided by our dear old Biblewoman Martha on my return from a visit to some of our dispensaries in July. Perhaps you are thinking the same thing, or would you be so gentle?

Last Tuesday I received a letter from the Territorial Medical Headquarters in Dar-es-Salaam saying that I have now been fully licensed to pPctice for the Mission. In this simple statement is great cause for rejoicing. Now I can put Acts 27 :25 in the p3.st tense: "I believed God, and it has been even as it was told me.'' "He is faithful Who promised."

PINNING CEREMONY

Please pray for me:

That I may not become hardened to all the suffering I see constantly, but rather draw freely from Him Whose compassion and Whose grace are sufficient. It is distressing to find an average of ten cases of tuberculosis a week, with no possibility for care for most of them. We have problems with those in the leprosarium who have tuberculosis, for their care is expensive and the hospital so badly needed there may have to be a tuberculosis unit instead.

That I mav learn the Kisukuma language well. Studying language two days a week at another station has been the plan, but I have been able to go only a few times.

That I may have a ministry to souls as well as to bodies.

Pray also for the acceptance by the Mission of another doctor for Tanganyika. We look forward to her coming soon, and pray for her a fruitful ministry.

For the patients who come to know the Lord through the medical work. You would enjoy hearing their stori!"s, but that must wait.

For the faithful and fruitful ministries of Petro, our medical evangelist, and Mayu Martha, the Biblewoman who manages the transient camp, also for the African soul winners at our leprosarium.

Soon I expect to be going again to visit some of our dispensaries. How some of you would enjoy going with me ! It will include two new stations, U sam biro and Kahunda, which are still in the pioneering stages.

Do write, but especially do pray! You would, if vou could have seen Michael's rapt face this morning in Sunday School at the \Villiamson Diamond Mines.

Yours in the victorious Lord Jesus, Jeanie

Martha Jeane Shaw, D.O.

'56-Seymour Piwoz, Philadelphia, married Sandra Diane Trilling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Trilling of Atlantic City, on August 29th. Piwoz is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

The emergency department at the Osteopathic Horse Show anj Fair at Rose Tree was manned and womenned osteopathically. The physician in charge is Dr. Harlan J. Elvin, '54, Intern at Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital. The ladies are (left), Miss Nancy Samp, President of the Senior Class (now) al PCO School of Nursing, crnd her classmate, Miss Dawn Martin. Nothing happenecl, they had an easy day, but they were ready.

CLASSIFIED

'12-Dr. Harry Thurston Maxwell, Morristown, N. ]., President of the Board of Health and Past President of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and the Morristown Rotary Club, passed away September 20 at Morristown Memorial Hospital. His widow, Mrs. Thyra Maxwell, is a member of the Morristown Planning Board.

'15-Dr. William Madison Irwin. 62 years old, descendant of Nathaniel Irwin, the Revolutionary \Var hero, died in Sunbury, Pa., where he had practiced for thirty years, on October 7th. Dr. Irwin's family has lived in Honeybrook, Chester County, Pa since Revolutionary days. Dr. Irwin is survived by his widow, two children and two grandchildren.

'23-Main speaker at the Fall Conference of the Georgia Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons at the Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta, October 24th. was Dr. R. McFarlane Tilley, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine at Kirksville College, whose topics were: "Osteopathy The Modem Concept of Medicine," "Somatic Manifestations of Disease," and "Basic Factors of Health and Disease, Their Evaluation and ControL"

'24--Dr. Frederick A. Long, PCO Professor of Neurology and Department Chairman, addressed the Warrington Neighborhood Federated Women's Club in the Methodist Church, Wellsville, Pa., October 8th.

'26-Dr. William B. Strong, of Brooklyn, shared the program responsibilities for the Fall Refresher Course of the Ohio Osteopathic Asso-

ciation of Physicians and Surgeons at the Netherland Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati, November 3 and 4, with Dr. Robert B. Thomas, Chairman of the AOA Bureau of Professional Education and Colleges, and Dr. Irvin M. Korr, Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery.

'27-Dr. Oswald B. Deiter, Ridgewood, N. J, as Chairman of the Eidgewood Young Peoples Fishing Association, was the prime mover in a fishing derby sponsored by the Ridgewood News and Chamber of

Commerce in a campaign against JUvenile delinquency.

'27-Dr. Theodore William Stiegler, Jr., PCO Clinical Professor of Osteopathic Medicine and Director of Clinics, married Miss Arlene Margaret Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ditzler Edwards of Wilmington, Del., August 27th. The wedding ceremony was performed in St. Stephen's Lutheran Church by the Reverend ]. Elmer Leas. Wedding music was played by Charles Edwards. The bride was attended by Mrs. Willard B. McConnell as matron of honor. while Mr. McConnell acted as best man. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the DuPont Country Club. The bride is a graduate of the Peirce School of Business, Philadelphia, After a honeymoon trip to Switzerland, the bride and groom took up residence in Wilmington.

'28-Dr. Sidney W. Cook, Towanda, took office as President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic A,;sociation at the ·September convention in Harrisburg.

'29-Dr. Norman B. Laughton. 48 years old, died in Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital, September 6th. after a long illness. He was born in Niagara Falls, N. Y., and practiced in Elizabethtown until he became ill. For the past two years he resided with his parents in Manheim. Besides his parents. he is survived by his brother, Dr. L Reid Laughton. '28, of Manheim.

FROM THE GREAT NORTHWEST

PCO student body was addressed by the President of the Washington Osteopathic Association. Dr. Richard Sayre Koch. '38. Olympia. Wash .• upon his return from Europe. Here President Brandt welcomes him to the rostrum for his heart-to-heart talk with the assembly in College Auditorium.

RICEMAN HONORED BY ALUMNI

Dr. Earl F. Riceman. '27. PCO Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, and President-Elect of the American College of Osteopathic Internists. receives Citation of Merit at the hands of Dr. John E. Devine. '28, President of the Alumni Association.

"WELCOME. FRESHMEN!"

'33-Dr. Kenneth H. Wiley, Atlanta. Secretary of the Georgia Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, took a plane trip to Iowa with his wife in October to visit Mrs. \!\Tiley's parents.

'34--- Dr. Joseph l\IL Bowden died September 2nd at his home, 214 Penn Valley Terrace, Morrisville, Fa. Dr. Bowden had practiced in Trenton, N.J., for the past fifteen years. He was a graduate of Niagara University, Niagara Falls, N. Y. He did postgraduate work at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Los Angeles. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elinor Topley Bowden; two sons, Joseph M., Jr., and Edward; his mother, four brothers and four sisters.

'36-Dr. Victor R. Fisher. PCO Director of Postgraduate Studies, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Oak Lane Country Dav School of Temple University. " •

'37-Dr. Olga M. Shlanta, who practiced for several years in Stroudsburg, Fa., has moved to York, Fa and is associated in practice with her sister, Dr. Myra Shlanta MichaeL at 819 E. Market Street.

'38-Dr. Lester Eisenberg. PCO Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, attended the International Obstetrical Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, July 26-31

'38- Dr. Ruth V. Waddel, Oradell. N. J., joined the faculty and staff of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and its hospitals in September as Assistant Professor of Pathology and Assistant Patholog-ist. Her husband. Dr. Harold C. Waddel, has been elected to senior membership in the

American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

'38-Dr. William H. Behringer, Jr., Allentown, president of the American Osteopathic College of Proctology, is busy organizing the spring national convention of the college, to be held in Philadelphia.

'42-Dr. S. Samuel Tropea, Pennsauken, N. J., is conducting a chest survey of the police force of his township in consultation with a cardiolo-

gist. The Director of Public Safety sponsored the examinations.

'52-Dr. Morgan Lee Loser has established offices at 1713 Market St.. Harrisburg, Fa., his native city. Dr: Loser took his undergraduate training at Franklin and Marshall College before matriculating at PCO.

'52-Dr. Frank B. Falbey has been appointed Assistant in the PCO Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Dr. Falbey, a Philadelphian, received his undergraduate training at Villanova University.

'53-Dr. John C. Jacobs has joined Dr. Donald J. Ulrich, '39, in practice in Kent, Ohio. Dr. Jacobs attended Kent State University before entering PCO. He interned at Bay View Hospital.

'53-Dr. Stanley G. Budzynski is in general practice at 234 E. Broadway Avenue, Clifton Heights, Fa., following internship at West Side Osteopathic Hospital, York, Fa.

'53-Dr. Leland E. Childers, Olympia, Wash., completed his internship at Waldo General Hospital, and in September moved his family to Lillybrook, W. Va., to take over the practice of Dr. Lee DeB. Hedson, '41.

'53-Dr. Norma J. Christensen, after completing internship at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital, has opened offices in her home city at 4341 Paul Street, for general practice and minor surgery. She has been appointed to the PCO Department of Clinics as Teaching Supervisor.

DR. HOWERTON PASSES ON

At Commencement 1953 PCO honored Dr. Thomas Jefferson Howerton, ASO '08, Washington. D. C sturdy pioneer of Osteopathy in the Nation's capital with the degree of Doctor of Science. Dr. Howerton passed away since our last issue. Here he is pictured receiving the academic hood from his fellow-townsman. Dr. Paul H. Hatch, '26.

Maestro Al D'Alonzo, '56, presides at mike in College Auditorium as entering class gets acquainted with upperclassmen and each other {with dates to make it a real evening. of course).

THIS GOES ON FOREVER

That's the good message to Professor Emeritus Frank Smith, '17. at his Testimonial Dinner by Chief of Staff Dr. James M. Eaton, '28, symbolized by the Perpetual Clock being presented to the honor guest.

'54-Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Freedman, Philadelphia, announced the engagement of their daughter, Jane Marcy, to Dr. Wynne Alan Steinsnyder, intern in the Hospitals of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy. Miss Freedman is a student at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art.

'55-Mr. and Mrs. Constantine E. Sosangelis, Philadelphia, announced the engagement of their daughter, Conda, to James P. Soulges, senior student at PCO. Soulges, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Soulges, Reifton, Reading, Fa., has his B.S. from Albright College. Miss Sosangelis is a student at Temple University.

'55-Frederick Mead Wilkins, Collingswood. N. ]., married Miss Shirley Ruth Hartman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Edward Hartman, Gratz, Pa., August 28, in Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church, Elizabethville, Pa. The couple honeymooned at Lake

George, N. Y., and are residing in the Parkway Apts., Haddonfield, N. J. Wilkins is a graduate of Elizabethtown College with the degree of Bachelor of Science.

'55-Earle Noble Wagner, Cheltenham, Fa., married Miss Helga Christine Hagedorn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Hagedorn, Philadelphia, in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Philadelphia, August 28th.

The Reverend Bela Shetlock, D.D officiated. Thomas Perkins of • ham was the soloist with Frank Vickery at the organ. Miss Irmgard Hagedorn acted as maid of honor and Mrs. Betimae Knebelman, the bridegroom's sister, \Yas matron of honor. Richard Eaton, college roommate of the bridegroom at Franklin & Marshali College. served as best man. A reception was held following the ceremony on the lawn of the Wagner home, ''Walthamstow." The bride is a graduate of the

"Cniversity of Pennsylvania with a degree in Chemistry. After a weddino· trip through New England they took up residence in Lav·mdale, Fa.

'56- Mr. and Mrs. Otto J ahn, Muncy, Fa., announced the engagement of their daughter, F ranees Ann, to Robinson George Fry, son of and i\1rs. Gene R. Frv. Allentown. Pa. Miss Jahn is a of the Muncy-Muncy Creek High School and U rsinus College. She is employed at the State Industrial Home for VI/ omen in Muncy. Fry, whose home is Orefield, Fa., attended Ursinus and Muhlenberg College before matriculating at PCO.

'58-Richard James Citta. Toms River, N.]., first year student at PCO, married Marion Louise Russ. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tohn M. Russ. Asbury Park, N. ]., Transfiguration Church. Philadelphia. The bride is a nurse on the staff of Episcopal Hospital. Philadelphia. and doing graduate work at the Cniversity of Pennsylvania. Citta is a Villanova graduate.

'58-Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Albert, of Philadelphia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jacqueline to Howard Levin. son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Levin, 5924 Old York Road. Miss Albert is a student at Temple University. Levin has his A.B. from University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medical honor society.

Morristown, New Jersey

Dr. Harry Thurston Maxw·ell. '12, passed away recently and Mrs. Maxwell has requested assistance in supplying his patients with the osteopathic attention his practice has had in the past.

The practice is in a very fine residential area of the state. Mrs. Maxwell is very earnestly attempting to dispose of the building, office and good will to an osteopathic physician who can meet the standards set by her late husband.

Mrs. H. Thurston Maxwell 47 Maple A venue Morristown, N. J.

Dr. Paul Bonham, '35

Dr. Paul F. Bonham, '35. of J rvington. N. ].. passed away October 11th.

Mrs. Bonham is interested in supplying the demands of his patients for osteopathic attention. The office is well located, convenient to six bus lines. has two treating rooms and a waiting room and is fully equipped.

Please telephone or write to Mrs. Elsie Bonham, 1180 Clinton Avenue. lrvington 11, N. ]., telephone Essex 3-5663.

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KILONSKY, FRANCIS ANTHONY Forest City, Pa. B.S., University of Scranton

KISZONAS, RICHARD ANTHONY Lester, Pa. B.S., Ursinus College

KROSER, ALBERT S............. ·.· ....... Philadelphia A.B., Temple University; Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science

LAVIN, EDWIN Philadelphia B.S., Temple University; P.T., University of Pennsylvania; LaSalle College

LEVIN, HOWARD Philadelphia A.B., University of Pennsylvania

LEVIN, WILLIAM H Philadelphia B.Sc. in Phar., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science

LIBUTTI, JOAN ....................... Riverside, R. I. B.S., Rhode Island College of Pharmacv

LIEBEKNECHT, CHARLES LOUIS Maple Shade, N. J. A.B., Gettysburg Colle_ge

LIGHTSTONE, HAROLD Philadelphia M.S., Ohio State University; B.S., Temple University School of Pharmacy; Temple University College of Liberal Arts

LoBELLO, SALVATORE EMANUEL Brooklyn, N.Y. B.S., Long Island University

LOCK, IRVIN ......................... Harrisburg, Pa. A.B., Temple University; Pennsylvania State University

LUCA, LEO JOSEPH ................... Winslow, N. J. A.B., Temple Umversity

LUDWIG, LAWRENCE ROBERT Havertown, Pa. A.B., University of Pennsylvania; St. Joseph's College

MARTINI, LOUIS WILLIAM Philadelphia A.B., Pennsylvania State University; Cornell University

McCORMICK, RUSSELL DALE Martinsburg, W.Va. B.S., Shepherd College

MILLER, ROYAL Philadelphia B.S., Dickinson College

MILLMAN, JULIAN DAVID Brooklyn, N. Y. B.S., Long Island University (Brooklyn College of Pharmacy) ; Brooklyn College

MORGANTHALER, ALBERT FRANCIS Philadelphia B.S., M.S., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science

MYERS, C. ARTHUR ..................... Akron, Ohio B.S., University of Akron; McPherson College

NOVAK, CHARLES JOSEPH, JR Johnstown, Pa. B.S., University of Pittsburgh

PANKOVITCH, JOHN Monessen, Pa. University of Pittsburgh

PATTERSON, ROBERT NEIL Kezar Falls, Me. Tufts College

PERAINO, VIVIENNE PATRICIA West Chester, Pa. B.S., Chestnut Hill College

POPOWICH, LEONARD MANUEL Philadelphia A.B., Temple Umversity

RIDGIK, JOSEPH HARRY Green Ridge, Pa. A.B., LaSalle College

RINGOLD, GERALD ERWIN Camden, N.J. A.B., Rutgers University

RODI, ALEXANDER EDWARD Hammonton, N.J. A.B., LaSalle College

SCAFFIDI, JOSEPH JOHN Hammonton, N.J. A.B., LaSalle College

SCALONE, HOWARD ANTHONY Pt. Lookout, N. Y. A.B., Pomona College

SCHNELLBACHER, EMIL ELMO ..... Washington, C. A.B., Georgetown University; George Washington University

SELTZER, STANLEY JOSEPH Audubon, N.J. B.Sc. in Phar., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science; Rutgers University

SENESE, ROBERT JOSEPH Philadelphia A.B., Temple University

SHKANE, ALBERT MICHAEL ............. Utica, N. Y. ·A.B., Utica College of Syracuse University; Mohawk College

SMITH, CARL STEWART Hershey, Pa. B.S., Lebanon Valley College

SMITH, CHESTER EDWARD Philadelphia A.B., LaSalle College

SMITH, EARL C. Philadelphia A.B., LaSalle College

SNYDMAN, BERNARD GILBERT Philadelphia Ph.G., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science

SPANGLER, MARTIN LUTHER, JR Reading, Pa. A.B., University of Pennsylvania

STAVRAND, HUBERT MARTIN Springfield Gardens, N.Y. Queens College; Brooklyn College

TABBY, GILBERT BARNET Philadelphia B.S., Temple University School of Pharmacy; Temple University

THOMAS, JAMES EDWIN Philadelphia B.Sc. in Phar., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science

TINI, ALBERT ........................... Morton, Pa. B.S., Temple University School of Pharmacy

TRAVIS, EARLE Bradford, R. I. University of Rhode Island

TRIMBLE, ARTHUR ANDREW Moultrie, Ga. Oglethorpe University; Georgia Military College

WALSH, JOHN JAMES Bear Creek, Pa. B.S., King's College

WALSH, JOSEPH A., JR Upper Darby, Pa. B.S., St. Joseph's College

WILEY, DAVID EDGEL ................. Lancaster, Pa. University of North Carolina

ZUCKERMAN, STUART Atlantic City, N.J. B.S., University of Alabama; Kansas University

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.JANUARY 2.9, 1955

10:30 A.M. FOUNDERS' DAY ASSEMBLY

College Auditorium DR. CHESTER D. SWOPE • The 0. J. Snyder Me rr.. o rial Address 2 P.M.

POSTGRADUATE OSTEOPATHY

College Auditorium DR. VICTOR R. FISHER Television Tour of College and Hospital Panel of Professors 6 P.M. ASSEMBLY 6:30P.M. 9 P.M. DANCE