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OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Founders Day

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The 0. J. Snyder Memorial Medal

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Dr. Pennock's Address

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President Barth's Foreword

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Report on the College

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Staff to Foundation $26,000

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Alumni Activities

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ELPH COLLEGE OF OSTEO

:Jke Purpo6e o/ The Philadelphia [ollege

Of Osteopathy Is to establish. conduct and maintain a college

and related schools. clinics. laboratories and

hospitals which shall formulate and impart

instruction and training in the art. science

and practice of osteopathic medicine. includ­

ing surgery. obstetrics and the healing art.

in accordance with the osteopathic concept

of etiology. diagnosis. prevention and treat­

ment of disease.

EDITORIAL BOARD

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

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

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

THOMAS M. ROWLAND, JR., Director of Admissions.

PROF. KENNETH L. SENIOR, P.C.O. Assistant Dean.

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

VOLUME XX

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OSTEOPATHIC DIGEST PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY

OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA 48th and Spruce Streets

20th Street and Susquehanna Avenue

Advancement or Retrenchment?

H AS our pride in our osteopathic colleges as educational institu­tions blinded us to the fact that

they are also business concerns with all the problems involved in a large business operation? There is reason to believe that it has. Very apparent to all of us are the larger student bodies and faculties, the larger and better equipped libraries and laboratories, and the new clinics and hospitals. Not so obvious are the annual operational deficits, the mortgages on physical plants and the important needs of the present and future which cannot be fulfilled out of present resources.

Like any business, the osteopathic colleges must operate on balanced budgets. Anything else is suicidal. However, operating expenses greatly exceed tuition and other institutional

AOA Educators at PCO The PCO assembly was addressed

by a distinguished trio from the na­tional level on Monday, February 2, two past presidents of the AOA, Dr. Robert B. Thomas, KCOS '28, Huntington, W. Va., Dr. H. Dale Pearson, ASO '24. Erie, Pa., and Law­rence W. Mills, AOA Director of the Office of Education.

The scope and potentialities of oste­opathic education as well as the respon­sibilities of the physician to the na­tional organization were thoroughly explored. After the formal program there was panel discussion which kept the Auditorium buzzing until time for 3 o'clock class.

DR. DAVID E. REID, KCOS '33,

General Chairman Osteopathic Progress Fund

income and the colleges must rely on the annual giving of alumni and friends to make up the difference. If adequate financial help is not r~ceived, budgets must still be balanced and the only alternative is retrenchment.

Should retrenchment be necessary, where will it begin? Will it be in faculty reduction; in the elimination of courses from the curriculum; in the restriction of clinical training; in the elirnination or reduction of research? Retrenchment would not be an easv process and whatever form it took, the result would be a loss of quality in the finished product-the osteopathic physi­cian. Retrenchment implies the loss of hard-vvon professional recognitions, a general weakening of the entire pro­gram of organized osteopathy, and a positive threat to the present high

Reunion in Geneva Dr. David ]. Bachrach, '27, New

York, N. Y., President of the New York State Osteopathic Society, was a member of the class taking graduate study in Cardiology at PCO in N ovem­ber 1951.

Touring Switzerland last summer he needed a quick job of shoe repairing. He sought a cobbler's shop on a side­street in Geneva and found one man in line in front of him. ··well, Doctor, fancy meeting-"

The customer ahead was Abraham J ezer, M.D.. Professor at Columbia University, who, for two years past, has joined our graduate education faculty for the Cardiology teachings.

standing of osteopathic medicine among the learned professions.

Fortunately, retrenchment is not an immediate danger but if deficits are not prevented during the current fiscal year it may well become a necessity during the succeeding year. Regular monthly contributions from an increasing num­ber of osteopathic physicians plus in­creased help from osteopathic auxili­aries and the general public will eliminate the danger of retrenchment and permit the osteopathic colleges to continue to graduate osteopathic physi­cians of high caliber and maintain their current high standing in the academic world. The Osteopathic Progress Fund is the channel through which this can he done.

Gehman on O.C.O.O. Board At the annual meeting of the Oste­

opathic College of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, in Columbus, Dr. H. Mehlon Gehman, '27, PCO Profes­sor of Ophthalmology, was elected to the Board of Governors.

Dr. ]. Ernest Leuzinger, '24, Chair­man of the PCO Department of Oph­thalmology, Otolaryngology and Bron­choesophagology was elected to the Examining Board of the Society. Dr. Leuzinger has served on the program committee of the College for the last five years. Dr. John vV. Sheetz, '40. and Dr. Harry I. Stein, '37, were fea­tured in the program at the annual meeting.

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ddress 1953

he 0. J. Snyder emorial Founders Day, January 31,

R. BARTH, ... distinguished guests, trustees, directors. mern­bers of our Facultv. members of

our profession. unclergra'cluates of our College who will soon achieve the de­gree of Doctor of Osteopathy. and friends of our institution who are here today in honor of our F ounclers. This is a very great honor which you have just bestowed on me.

I have attended our Founders Day ceremonies for many years. It is a great thing, here in the middle of win­ter, here in the middle of the twentieth century, for us to set aside one clay. a holiday. a clay of celebration, in memory of the men who brought the practice of osteopathy to Philadelphia.

That was way back in 1898---Dr. Pressley came here in 1898, Dr. Snyder in '99. Founders Day is the day we stop short in our busy lives and stand still and take a long look hack over more than half a centurv wav back to our beginning as a coll~ge ~nd as a profession here in the East.

I'm glad and proud to get this first medal, this 0. J. Snyder Memorial MedaL even though I myself was not one of the original founders of the Co liege.

I knew 0 .J. very -vvell. I worked with him for many years.

We had some arguments, some pretty hot arguments, too. Yes, we had them in those days, _just like I understand you have an argument now and then­even now.

BUT here's the thing about 0-T. He would argue with you. He would fight with you. In a meeting sometimes the arg-uments got real hot. But I'll say this for 0-J. After the meeting. no matter if he won the argument, or if he lost it, he would NEVER say a word about it afterward. If the meet­ing went against him, and against his ideas. he would go right along as it was for the progress of osteopathy. He would never criticize. after the meeting. He never threatened to re­sign. or leave the college-"take a pow­der." I guess you ca11 it todav. 0. T. never made any threat that he would take a powder. Of course. in those clays. osteopaths in general were against taking any kind of medicine, powders, pills or even cough syrup !

Lool,; Ahead!

On Founders Dav \ve stand still and look back And I ~an do that. I can look vVA Y back, prohahlv further back into past history than any other man here. But I an{ not satisfied with just

DAVID SAKDS BROWN PEKNOCK,

D.O., M.D .. F.A.C.O.S. Prof!'ssor Emnitus of Surg!'ry

Medal Presentation

Founders Day a Family Day

Founders Day this year was a family affair-the College Glee Club and our own organist tak­ing care of the musical side, our ne-vv Chaplain, the Reverend Fran­cis l\II. -Wetherill, S.T.D .. offering the :.\{emorial Prayer and pro­nouncing the benediction. and for the 0. J. Snyder Memorial Ad­dress the best man alive in Amer­ica to do the day justice-our own Dr. David Sands Brovvn Pennock, Chief of Staff of our Hospital for more than a quarter of a cen­turv. teacher on the PCO Facultv half a century ago and for nearly that long in between, right up un­til his retirement in 1947.

Frank Kuvkendall directed the Glee Club i;1 its interludes he­tvveen the Memorial Prayer and the Address. Frederick E. Drech'iler presided at the organ.

-Our Board President. Fred­crick H. Barth, D.Sc., presented the 0. J. Snyder Memorial Medal to Dr. Pennock. This marked the first presentation of the MedaL Fittingly it was he­stowed on a familv man and Dr. Pennock's address: printed here­vYith. vvas also fitting to a solid PCO audience, alumni, faculty and student bocly, all gathered til­gether in the V!illiam B. Irvine Auclitmium graciously loanecl to us for the clay by the University of Pennsylvania.

looking back I think right at this time, here in Philadelphia, for us at the Philadelphia College, the right di­rection to look is out there AHEAD. Look FORWARD!

I think the future of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy right now is the brightest prospect that has ever opened up before our profession anywhere, brighter than any time in the past.

I first met Dr. 0. J. Snyder in Sep­tember of 1898 in Kirksville. I was there as a freshman when Dr. Snyder happened to stop off and visit the school while passing- through. As I was the only student there from Phila­delphia and as Dr. Snyder was con­templating going to Philadelphia to practice when he graduated from the Northern Institute of Osteopathy, lo­cated in St. Paul, Minnesota, we met and had quite a visit together. I might add that Dr. Snyder graduated in the Spring of 1899 and came immediately to Philadelphia.

He was preceded here by Dr. Mason W. Pressley, who graduated from the same school in 1898. They were to be partners in practice and Dr. Pressley was to obtain a charter for the founding of a college in Philadelphia. The cost of doing this was paid for entirely by Dr. 0. I- Snyder.

A charter was accordingly obtained in the State of New Jersey and was legally filed in the Court of Chancery of that state on January 27, 1899. This charter was for a profit-bearing Cor­poration-to have two hundred shares of stock-par value $100. Dr. 0. J. Snyder was the first President and Dr. Mason W. Pressley the Secretary­Treasurer.

The First Assembly

The first class of the Philadelphia College and Infirmary of Osteopathy was held in a two-roornecl office in the Stephen Girard Building. As soon as the \IVitherspoon Building was com­pleted. they moved the college to the offices of Dr. Pressley and Dr. Snyder.

• located on the 6th floor of said build~ ing. The offices were composed of tvvo lecture rooms, two laboratories, five treating rooms. a reception room and the college office.

The first class was composed of two students, Gene Bouker and Dr. C. B. Keene, an M.D. The ftrst faculty vvas composed of six men and one woman­three Osteopaths. three M.D.'s. and one chemist.

In 1902, the college was moved to a large house on the northeast corner of

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33rcl and Arch Streets. 11 y first asso­ciation with P.C.I.O. \V:J.S in the spring of 1903. At that time Dr. Charles T. Muttart, who had graduated froin Kirksville in 1902, and who vvas teach­ing Applied Anatomy, came clown with typhoid fever, and Dr. O.J. urged me to lecture on this subject while Dr. JVIuttart was ill-so I completed the tenn"s work in applied anatomy. At the completion of that term I was very strongly urged to continue teaching, but the year of 1903-04 was my senior year at Hahnemann, so I resumed teaching in the fall term of 1904.

At this time osteopathy had no legal or ethical standing in Pennsylvania. Dr. 0. J. Snyder called a meeting­the first of its kind-on Friclav, the 18th of November, 1904, to disct~ss the possibility of legal recognition and how to raise the educational standards of the profession to accomplish this. At that meeting he very strongly urged the necessity of raising the educational standard in our colleges to three years. I might say that at this time the stand­ard course in all the Osteopathic· Col­leges was two years of ten months each. This proposed raising of the educa­tional standard to three vears of nine months each, as so stro~gly urged by Dr. Snyder, met with violent opposition by the .group, especially those just graduated from Kirksville. As a re­sult of this meeting, the Philadelphia College instituted an optional 3rd year course, which I might add, nobody took advantage of-not a single student matriculated.

Faculty Goes on Strike

. I wish now to relate an incident that happened during the summer of 1905 and which illustrated a very strong aspect of Dr. Snyder's character which I have previously stated. At this time the faculty of the college consisted of eight men, Drs. Pressley and Snyder, Dr. John Carter, and Dean C. W. Mc­Curdy, graduates of the Philadelphia College, and four graduates of Kirks­ville, Dr. Charles JVIuttart, Dr. Robert Dunnington, Dr. J. I van Dufur and myself.

I might tell you about our salary. All the men but the two founders got paid in stock with a par value of $100. We were paid at the rate of $3 per hour, so for 33 hours of instruction we would receive one share of stock. So at that time the annual financial cost of in­struction in cash was nothing. It so happened that in the sumrner of 1905 the college had in the treasury almost $3000. The teachers felt that this money should be divided proportion­ately. Drs. Pressley and Snyder very violently opposed this. They said that they should be paid the whole amount.

Dr. Barth Presides

They wanted to take it all. The debate became very violent and finally they produced a note vvhich they had signed as President and Secretary whereby the money vvas to be turned over to them. Whereupon Drs. Muttart, Du­fur, Dunnington. Carter, and myself wrote an ultimatum which we presented to Dr. Snyder shortly before college opened in the fall of 1905.

This note stated unless Drs. Presslev and Snyder resigned from their offici~l positions. turned over all their stock to the corporation and entirely retired from the college in every way, vve five men would retire from the institution, and that furthermore their resignation had to be handed in before college opened in September.

Several meetings were held and, after much violent debating <mel bitter feel­ing. they resigned in every way from the institution. Dr. Pressley retired and that was the end of him profes­sionally in this state, but Dr. Snyder continued to work for the benefit of the college and the profession in this state and no one ever heard him sav one word against either the college ~r the men who forced his resignation. there­by showing the strength of character that very few of us possess.

So far as I know this is the first time in many years that this fact has been discussed and I bring it up here to show the strength of Dr. O.}.'s character and why his memory should be so highly regarded.

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In the state legislature of 1905 an effort vvas made to legalize osteopathy but it was overwhelmingly defeated. Dr. Snyder worked valiantly.

County Society Starts

The first meeting of the Philadelphia County Osteopathic Society was held in 1903 in the office of Dr. J. Ivan Dufur, 15th and \i\1 alnut Streets, and thereafter meetings were held regularly. It was at these meetings that Dr. Snyder so forcefully urged the raising of the course to three years at the college. He contended that this was absolutely necessary if vve were to suc­ceed in the State Legislature.

Consequently, in the fall of 1906, largely through the insistence of Dr. Snyder, the course was raised to a com­pulsory three years of nine months. This action brought violent opposition from all the other osteopathic colleges.

In the State legislature in 1907, un­der the able leadership of Dr. Snyder, we succeeded in passing a bill, only to have it vetoed by Governor Penny­packer. Dr. Snyder contended that if we wished to pass a bill through the legislature and have it signed it was absolutely essential that we go on a four-year college course to be on equal basis with our medical brethren. and so powerfully did he preach this, that in 1909 a bill was passed through the state legislature and signed by Governor Stuart, legalizing osteopathy. This bill provided that from 1913 on, all appli­cants for state licensure would have to have graduated from a college pro­viding a four-year course of nine months each.

First Four-Year College

So the Philadelphia College in the fall of 1909 went on a four-year course, and again there was violent opposition from all the other osteopathic colleges. For a number of years all osteopaths graduating from any other college who wished to practice in Pennsylvania or New York had to come to Philadelphia to complete a fourth year. One of these was Dr. Francis Smith, now Professor of Anesthesia at our institu­tion. Again, I wish to state this was brought about largely through the un­tiring efforts of Dr. 0. J. Snyder.

As time progressed, the college gradually grew and the feeling devel­oped that we needed a hospital. In the first place, we needed a hospital so we could further improve the instruction to our students and to better acquaint them with the specialties necessary to the complete practice of the healing art. Secondly, without our own hos­pital, osteopathic patients needing sur­gery or any other special form of treatment had to be referred to medical

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men, with the result that upon their recovery they were often advised to go to an M.D., and many of them did. So the college, on May 10, 1911, ob­tained a hospital charter in Pennsyl­vania, and kept it a secret for several years, until such time as we felt we could operate a hospital, even if just a small one.

In the meantime, under the leader­ship of Dr. 0. J. Snyder, the subject was discussed in the Philadelphia Coun­ty Society, until in a meeting, I think it was in 1913, Dr. 0. J. Snyder made a motion that a committee be appointed to investigate the matter of obtaining such a charter.

vVhereupon we of the college board got our heads together and decided that this would be the psychological time to announce that we had held such a charter for the past two years. Dr. Snyder was very indignant that we would go ahead and procure such a charter without consulting him in any way, and under the excitement of the moment he proposed that the profes­sion throw our charter away and pro­cure another one.

Later, after much discussion, he agreed that we go ahead with the char­ter which the college already had, and he helped develop the plan whereby the proposed hospital organization should buy in the outstanding shares of college stock, which was done, so that the hospital would own the college and

thus bring both institutions under one controL

0 .f.'s Loyalty Met Every Test

I mention this incident to again illus­trate the strength and character of Dr. 0. J Snyder. He felt severely hurt that we should go ahead and pro­cure a hospital charter without con­sulting him, but once it was done and he was satisfied that it was for the good of the profession , he worked wholeheartedly for the development of the hospital with never a word of criticism.

He worked first, last, and all the time for the development and progress of Osteopathy, and never carried a grudge if someone else's idea was the one accepted.

The question of as to whether the law of 1909 gave the osteopaths the legal right to perform and practice surgery was an open one. We said it did, and the medical brethren said not. Consequently an osteopath in the western portion of the state was ar­rested for practicing medicine without a license because he had performed an appendectomy and gave the after-treat­ment.

After a lengthy legal battle in which the case was carried to the superior court of the state, the ruling was that he had the legal surgical right to remove the appendix and suture the wound up,

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but that he did not have the legal right to give the patient a dose of morphine gr. 74 to relieve the post-operative pain. The osteopath was accordingly fined for the illegal practice of medicine. Thus the court said the osteopath had the legal right to perform surgical oper­ations but not to give the recognized standard post-operative treatment.

This brought Dr. Snyder out again in legislative battle to establish the proper surgical rights to the osteopathic profession. As a result. under his able leadership, the present Osteopathic Sur­geons Bill was passed. To the passage of this bill great credit should go to the untiring work of Dr. 0. J. Snyder.

And so, here today, when I accept this rnedal-it' s a vvonderful medal­it memorializes a wonderhil man.

The best thing I can do in return, the best way I can repay you, Dr. Barth, and you, the trustees and directors, and you, my friends and associates on the faculty and staff for many years, and particularly you, the students, the oste­opathic physicians of the future-the best thing I can GIVE you is this picture of 0. J. Snyder ...

HE NEVER GAVE UP HE NEVER LOOKED BACK HE ALWAYS LOOKED AHEAD HE ALWAYS MOVED AHEAD.

Dr. Pennock (right} is honored with Life Membership Certificate at the annual convention of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. together with Dr. George S. Gardner, ASO '26, Spring Lake Heights. N. J. Conferring the certificates is Dr. Lucius B. Faires. ASO '17. COPS '25. President of the ACOS.

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et's Examine Ourselves!

HE present issue of the DIGEST is being edited during the period in the school calendar reserved for

winter term examinations. It occurred to me that examination:

time for the students would be an ex­cellent time also for the administration, the graduates, members of the profes­sion in general, to exan1ine themselves regarding their interest and their as­piration for our institution, to honestly search minds and hearts to ascertain if motives are sincere and without desire for personal gain, prestige or power, if all actions taken and words spoken are for the benefit of the College and the profession.

With this thought in mind I would like to present to our readers some mat­ters which I feel will be of interest.

In other pages of this publication are found reports which give details re­garding our present operation, details which do not need repetition. Suffice it for me to say that our institution, be­cause of the support of the faculty, pro­fession and trustees, is operating satis­factorily and efficiently.

I would like to reaffirm-

This is an Osteopathic College allied with an Osteopathic Hos­pital. We shall never forget our heritage nor permit our institu­tions to teach or practice the heal­ing art disregarding the basic principles developed by the found­ers of the Osteopathic profession.

OUR PROGRAM FOR THE FUTURE

We examine our curriculum regu­larly to keep abreast of modem educa­tion, aiming to strengthen our faculty whenever and wherever necessary in number of teachers and quality of in­struction.

One main objective in curriculum examination is to see that osteopathic principles and techniques are used to the best advantage in all teaching de­partments, as well as in the hospitals and clinics.

We are increasing our clinical facili­ties to improve our service to the pub­lic and to give greater educational op­portunity to our students.

It is our desire to promote osteo­pathic research on the lines of osteo­pathic professional development and modern science.

by FREDERic H. BARTH, D.Sc.

President, Board of Trustees Philadelphia College of Osteopathy

Dr. Barth, Board President, is interviewed by M.C. Alvin Rosen, '53, at Student Body social session in Auditorium.

As the only Osteopathic College in the East it behooves us to expand our program of graduate osteopathic edu­cation to fulfill to the extent of our ability the needs of the profession in the field.

Listed are only some of the major portions of our current program. To realize our goal it is absolutely essential that we have more and greater facili­ties. We must start our building pro­gram soon in order to increase our space for classrooms, laboratories, and library.

We must prepare our institution to educate larger classes and to have bet­ter facilities to teach our students.

The program and the problems we face are not only those of the institu~ tion's govern:ng bodies and administra­tion but also the interests of all mem­bers of the osteopathic profession.

The osteopathic profession has reached maturity. I would therefore admonish that cr:ticism of the acts of any osteopathic organization or group be on a mature basis. Be sure that criti­cism is of a constructive nature and not destructive. Do not attempt to ra­tionalize all criticism by calling it "con­structive." Aid your organizations and

institutions. Do nothing to discredit or injure your profession. Think care­fully before speaking or acting.

We all believe that Osteopathy is the greatest and most modern development in the practice of the healing arts. Let us therefore close ranks, forget any personal differences, aid and assist your College in achieving the proposed pro­gram for the benefit of the public, the student body, the institution, and so help the profession as a whole.

The Spiritual Side The February schedule of Assembly

speakers brought to the PCO Audi­torium representatives of the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Hebrew faiths, in that chronological order, on three successive Monday afternoons to ad­dress our student body on the religious attention to emergency cases, criticals, pre-operatives and patients in generaL

February 9, it was the Right Rever­end Monsignor Joseph C. Cox, Rec­tor of St. Thomas More High School, February 16 the Reverend W. T. Van­dever, Pastor of Oak Lane Baptist Church, and February 23 Rabbi Theo­dore H. Gordon, Director of the Hillel Society, University of Pennsylvania.

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Disabled Veterans Endorse D.O. Care

How the osteopathic profession rates with one important army of Americans was graphically demonstrated last sum­mer on the floor of the national con­vention of the Disabled American Vet­erans.

Louis F. Amalfitano, of Wilmington, DeL, drafted a Resolution which the Philadelphia Chapter submitted to the Rehabilitation Committee. It was then approved by the Convention August 14 and passed to the National Director of Claims for action with the Veterans Administration.

In the convention it was "Comrade" Amalfitano. Next June in Irving Auditorium, 34th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, it will be DOCTOR Amalfitano, since Comrade Lou is the alphabetical No. 1 of our present Junior class.

Here's the text of the Resolution as drafted by Amalfitano, '54, and passed:

·wHEREAS : Veterans Hospitals are inadequately staffed due to an acute Shortage of Doctors, and

WHEREAS, Many Disabled Vet­erans are not receiving the proper treat­ment due to such shortage of doctors; and

WHEREAS, The Osteopathic Pro­fession has in many cases been of great help to Disabled Veterans by their method of treatments that in more ways have been able to put many a Disabled Veteran back on his feet so that he can earn a livelihood for his family;

THEREFORE BE IT RE­SOLVED, That the Disabled Ameri­can Veterans here assembled at the 31st Annual Convention held at Boston, Mass., do hereby take such action as is necessary to seek such legislation or make such recommendations to the Veterans Administration to recognize the Osteopathic Physician and to per­mit Disabled Veterans to seek treat­ments from such Osteopathic Physician that may be necessary, and be it further

RESOLVED. That the Veterans Administration be asked to fill vacancies in their VA Hospitals and Clinics with Osteopathic Doctors on the same and equal competitive spirit for similar ap­pointments, so that our many Disabled Veterans may receive the proper serv­ice for his service-incurred Disabilities.

'52-Dr. Lloyd E. Eslinger, Dr. Paul R. Galutia, Dr. William J. Lloyd and Dr. William H. Pood moved in as in­terns at Allentown Osteopathic Hos­pitaL Dr. Eslinger is a Muhlenberg product, Dr. Galutia prepared at Cor­nell, Hobart and Alfred, Dr. Lloyd was graduated from Lebanon Valley, and Dr. Pood studied at Penn State and Temple.

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New officers of the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians line up after taking office. They are, left to right, Dr. Otto M. Kurschner, '45, secretary-treasurer; Dr. E. Jane Cunningham, KCOS '31. vice-president; Dr. Arnold Melnick, '45, president; and Dr. Patrick D. Philben, KCOS '39, president-elect.

ACOP Strong in PCO's Several PCO alumni were elected to

office when Region I, American Col­lege of Osteopathic Pediatricians, held its meeting in Philadelphia.

Dr. George Stineman, '32, Harris­burg, was chosen President; Dr. Otto M. Kurschner, '45, Philadelphia, be­came first Vice-President; and Dr. Nelson D. King, '35, Boston, second Vice-President. For the third conse­cutive time, Dr. Thomas F.· Santucci, '37, Philadelphia, was elected Secre­tary-Treasurer.

The academic program of the fall meeting also featured alumni and faculty. Heard on the prog-ram of blood diseases in the newborn and child were Dr. Lester Eisenberg, '38, PCO Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, on "Prenatal Therapies of Rh Problems"; Dr. Bernard Witlin, PCO Assistant Professor of Bacteri-

ology and Public Health, on "Serologic Aspects of Rh Problems"; Dr. 0. Ed­win Owen, DMS '37, PCO Professor of Pathology, on "Laboratory Data" ; Dr. Clarence E. Baldwin, '34, Associate Professor of Hematology, on "Leu­kemia of Infancy and Childhood" ; and Dr. M. M. Belkoff, '48, Clinical As­sistant in Pediatrics, on "Acute Myelo­genous Leukemia (Intra-uterine)­Case Report."

Dr. Owen at Akron Dr. 0. Edwin Owen, P.C.O. Pro­

fessor of Pathology, addressed the Akron and Canton Osteopathic Acad­emies on the subject of "Osteopathy Today," at the University Club in Akron, 0., December 29, the annual dinner given to prospective students, students enrolled in osteopathic col­leges, and interns of osteopathic hos­pitals.

AT CHARITY BALL

Dr. James M. Eaton, '28, OHP Chief-of-Staff, and Dr. John E. Devine, '28, President-Elect of Alumni Association.

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ALL-STAR LINE-UP AT CHARITY BALL Councilman James H. J, Tate; Dr. James M. Eaton, OHP Chief of Staff; Harold Salkind, Charily Ball General Chairman; Dr. Frederic H.

Barth, President of the OHP Board of Directors; Councilman Harry Norwitch; Hon. Charles C. Smith, Speaker of the State of Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Light Fantastic for OHP The Charity Ball, with Tommy

Tucker's Orchestra imported from New York and the largest attendance of stu­dents in the history of the Osteopathic Hospital's annual social climax, made a memorable finale to a Founders Day celebration which will go down in his­tory.

Graduate seminars in the afternoon at the College provided a profitable interlude for such visiting alumni as were not in attendance at the open meeting of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. The Board of Trustees of the College held the regu­lar Founders Day meeting at the same time.

Harold Salkind, Esq., General Chair­man, was the one man most to be credited with the outstanding success of the Ball. It was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Broadwood Hotel, with dinner at 7 and dancing from 9. The platfonn oratory was limited to a few important announcements, such as an individual contribution of $5,000 by an anonymous benefactor of the insti­tution.

Harry S. Sylk was Associate Chair­man with Mr. Salkind. George Gor­don Meade served as Chairman of Sponsors and the Hon. Francis J. Myers shared Honorary Chairmanship with Dr. Frederic H. Barth.

Dr. H. Walter Evans, '17, Secretary, and Dr. James M. Eaton, '28, Treas­urer, worked with Assistant Commit­tee Chairmen Dr. Harry E. Binder, '36, Dr. William E. Brandt, '21, Dr. William F. Daiber, '28, Dr. Arnold Gerber, '40, Dr. Saul Kanoff, '47, Dr. Arnold Melnick, '45, David Melnick, Mrs. Herman Poppe, Dr. Alan Salkind, '47, Dr. Leopold Salkind, '44, Dr. Morris Salkind, '47, and Dr. Carlton Street, '24.

The Golden Roll of Benefactors in­cluded Audubon Hospital, Mayer I. Blum, Henry Kodroff, Jack Lesser, Metropolitan Hospital, Oxford Clini­cal Laboratory, Lewen Pizor, Don Polo, Harry S. Sylk, Betty M. Melvin, George C. Toppitzer, Harry Weisman, Robert P. English, David H. Blatt, Lambda Omicron Gamma Fraternity, Quaker City Trouser Co., Shoemaker & Busch, Inc., Century Buick, Inc., John Sexton & Co., O.H.P. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Carnell & Bradburn, Desitin Chemical Co., H. D. Dougherty & Co., W. F. Dougherty & Sons, Inc., Matthew R. Brick, Powers & Reynolds, Bernard S. Pin­cus Co., Rhoads & Co., Henry Saur Co., Inc., Scott-Smith Cadillac Co., George B. Vrooman, Inc., West Spruce Pharmacy, A. Raymond Raff Co., and M. Gerber, Inc.

Approval and Triple Kidney Riverview Hospital, Norristown,

Pa., has received notice of approval for intern training and for one resi­dent in diagnostic X-ray from the AOA Bureau of Hospitals.

To make the headline higher, in the same press release Riverview announces the identification of a double right kidney, each unit complete with tube, in a patient hospitalized for other than renal symptoms. Her three kidneys have been functioning smoothly.

Junior Aid Fashion Show O.H.P. Junior Aid held a luncheon

and fashion show-their third annual­at Drexelbrook Inn February 17, en­titled "Prelude to Spring." The Chil­dren's vVard was the beneficiary. Chair­man Mrs. Walter K. Sherwin had as helpers Mrs. H. Willard Sterrett. Mrs. Charles A. Hemmer and Mrs. George H. Court.

PCO Men Help Church Clinic A group of PCO alumni has been

responsible for the success of an un­usual pediatric clinic in Philadelphia, the Children's Free Clinic of the Bethel Lutheran Church, which has handled over five thousand patient visits in its five years of existence. More than 1100 new patients have registered since it started in June, 1947.

The Clinic collects no fees, no charges for any patient, yet is completely self­supporting. Conceived by Dr. Arthur Snyder, '44, and Dr. Ivan H. Hage­dorn, pastor of the church, it has out­grown its original quarters in the pastor's study and expanded into the church building with much added equipment.

To carry the work load involved, several staff members have been sub­sequently added. Dr. Herman F. Cohen, '45. assistant director of the clinic, and Dr. Alfred I. Green, '50, are on the staff. Dr. Snyder is the director and Dr. Arnold Melnick, '45, is con­sultant in Pediatrics, with valuable assistance and advice from Dr. William S. Spaeth, '25, PCO Professor of Pediatrics and Department Chairman.

Valuable assistance is being rendered to the Clinic also by Dr. Cecil Harris, '43, Dr. Arnold Gerber, '40, Dr. Alex­ander Price, '41, and Dr. Herbert Flet­man, '44, in various specialties.

Although no charges are made and no funds solicited, many patients have from time to time given small gratuities as an expression of appreciation, and members and friends of the church offer voluntary contributions. Through this, and the cooperation of pharmaceutical houses, the Clinic has been able to achieve a self-supporting status.

Besides offering ordinary care in the Clinic, these alumni offer free immuni­zations.

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AUDITORS REPORTS PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY CONDENSED FUNDED BALANCE SHEET, AUGUST 31, 1952

ASSETS General Fund

Cash in banks and in oflice: Unappropriated .................................. $

Accounts receivable--student fees and miscellaneous-net ................... .

Inventory--clinic pharmacy ............... . Advance to Osteopathic Hospital of

Philadelphia-North Center Unit .. Supplies and equipment purchases

applicable to 1952-1953 school year

Total general fund assets ..................... .

Appropriated Fund Cash in bank ......................................... .

Equipment Fund General equipment ............................ $ Isotope laboratory equipment ......... . Library books ................................. .

Total equipment fund assets ............... .

Total assets ........................................... .

55,000.55

5,474.35 1,947.19

25,000.00

2,565.84

80,299.38 4,068.57 5,499.15

$ 89,987.93

36,179.00

89,867.10

$216,034.03

LIABILITIES AND FUNDS General Fund

Accounts payable-trade .................. $ Due Osteopathic Hospital of

Philadelphia-48th Street Unit .. Prepaid tuition ................................. . Payroll taxes and other liabilities ... . Special funds:

United States Government Cancer Detection Training grant ........................ $11,257.78

Other special designated funds ........................ 660.62

4,356.87

35,453.16 9,341.78 7,674.75

Total special funds ............................ 11,918.40

Total general fund liabilities ................ $ 68,744.96 General fund surplus ............................ 21,242.97

Total general fund liabilities and surplus ............................................... .

Appropriated Fund Designated appropriations .. : ................ .

Equipment Fund Capita! stock:

118 shares @ $100.00 par value out-standing ........................................ $

Equipment fund surplus ..................... .

Total equipment fund ......................... .

Total liabilities and funds ................... .

11,800.00 78,067.10

ACCOUNTANT'S CERTIFICATE

$ 89,987.93

36,179.00

89,867.10

$216,034.03

We have examined the condensed funded balance sheet of PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY as of August 31, 1952. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and included all procedures we considered necessary in the circumstances.

In our opinion. the accompanying condensed funded balance sheet as of August 31, 1952, presents fairly the financial position of PHILAD-ELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY at that date in conformity with principles applicable to institutional accounting on a funded basis. December 17, 1952 TAIT, WELLER & BAKER, Certified Public Accountants

OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FUNDED BALANCE SHEET, MAY 31,1952, 48TH STREET UNIT AND NORTH PHILADELPHIA CENTER UNIT

ASSETS General Fund

Cash in bank and in oflice ................ $ 5, 785.24 Accounts receivable:

Patients-net ............ $128,816.37 Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania .......... 10,884.71 Philadelphia College

of Osteopathy ........ 26,573.58 Suspense accounts .... 198.32

Total accounts receivable Inventories ............... . Investments:

Capital stock­Philadelphia College of Osteopathy ........ $

Other investments .. 8,500.00

68,606.15

Total investments ............................. . Prepaid insurance ......................... .

Total general fund assets Plant and Equipment Fund

Land, building and equipment

Total assets ....................................... .

166,472.98 76,823.75

77,106.15 8,165.08

$ 334,353.20

1,569,101.75

$1,903,454.95

LIABILITIES AND FUNDS General Fund

Accounts payable-trade .......... $ Advance-Philadelphia College

of Osteopathy ..................... . Payroll taxes and withholdings Other liabilities and funds ....... .

209,411.64

25,000.00 9,213.19 6,673.88

Total general fund liabilities ........ $ 250,298.71 General fund surplus ................ 84,054.49

Total general fund liabilities and surplus ....................................... .

Plant and EquipmenCFund Mortgage indebtedness ............ $ 267,188.06 Plant and equipment fund

surplus .................................... 1,301,913.69

Total plant and equipment fund ..

Total liabilities and funds ........... .

ACCOUNTANT'S CERTIFICATE

$ 334,353.20

1,569,101.75

$1,903,454.95

We have examined the condensed consolidated funded balance sheet of OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA as of May 31, 1952. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and included all procedures we considered necessary in the circumstances ex-cepting verification of accounts receivable and inventorie~ which was performed as at a subsequent date. . . . ..

In our opinion, the accompanying condensed consolidated funded balance sheet as of May 31. 1952. presents fatrly the combtned finanetal posttton of OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, 48TH STREET and NORTH PHILADELPHIA CENTER UNITS at that date in conformity with principles applicable to institutional accounting on a funded basis. October 9, 1952 TAIT, WELLER & BAKER, Certified Public Accountants

OSTEOPATHIC FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA CONDENSED FUNDED BALANCE SHEET AUGUST 31, 1952

ASSETS Trust Funds

Investments ...................................... $255 360 96 Cash in bank .................................... 22:250:96

Total trust fund assets ......................... . Distribution Fund

Cash in bank ..................................... . Staff Doctors Dues Fund

Cash in bank ..................................... .

Total assets ........................................... .

$277,611.92

6,853.58

11,468.39

$295,933.89

LIABILITIES AND FUNDS Trust Funds

Corpus accounts ................................ $262,673.83 Undistributed income ...................... 14,938.09

Total trust funds ................................. . Distribution Fund

Cash in bank ..................................... . Staff Doctors Dues Fund

Undistributed casli ........................... .

Total funds ........................................... .

$277,611.92

6,853.58

11,468.39

$295,933.89

OSTEOPATHIC FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA CONDENSED SUMMARY OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEI~i.IENTS, SEPTEMBER 1, 1951 TO AUGUST 31, 1952

Balances-September 1, 1951 .................................................................................... $ Receipts

Interest and dividends ........................................................................................ $ Mortgage principal reductions ......................................................................... . Distribution account ......................................................................................... . Loan-Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia-48th Street Unit ................... . Proceeds from sale securities ............................................................................. . Contributions ..................................................................................................... . Staff doctors dues ............................................................................................. .

Total 35,849.84

8,390.99 867.63

52,757.06 600.00

31,787.40 49,321.16 11,580.00

Total receipts .......................................................................................................... $155,304.24

$191,154.08

Disbursements Securities purchased .......................................................................................... $ 79,224.00

5,000.00 10,399.76

2,924.74 52,757.06

275.59

Loan-Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia-48th Street Unit ................. . Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia ............................................................... . Philadelphia College of Osteopathy ................................................................. . To trust funds for investments ....................................................................... . Staff meeting expenses ..................................................................................... .

Total disbursements ................................................................................................ $150,581.15

Balance-August 31, 1952 .................................................................................... $ 40,572.93

ACCOUNTANT'S CERTIFICATE

Trust Funds $ 12,005.88

$ 8,390.99 867.63

52,757.06 600.00

31,787.40 66.00

.................... -----

$ 94,469.08 -----

$106,474.96

$ 79,224.00 5,000.00

···················· ....................

···················· ....................

$ 84,224.00

$ 22,250.96

Distribution Staff Doctors Fund Dues Fund

$16,006.07 $ 7,837.89 ----.................. ..................

·················· ·················· .................. .................. .................. ..................

·················· .................. $49,255.16 ·················· .................. $11,580.00

$49,255.16 $11,580.00

$65,261.23 $19,417.89

······-··········· .................. .................. .................. $ 2, 725.85 $ 7,673.91

2,924.74 .................. 52,757.06 ··················

.................. 275.59

$58,407.65 $ 7,949.50

$ 6,853.58 $11,468.39

We have examined the condensed funded balance sheet of OSTEOPATHIC FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA as of August 31, 1952 and the re· lated condensed summary of cash receipts and disbursements for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and included such tests of the records and other procedures as we con~idered necessary in the circumstances.

In our opinion, the accompanying condensed funded balance sheet and condensed summary of cash receipts and disbursements present fairly the financial position of OSTEOPATHIC FOUKD-ATION OF PHILADELPHIA at August 31, 1952 and income for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. October 24. 1952 TAIT, WELLER & BAKER. Certified Public Accountants

The best-attended Christmas party in PCO history marked the high point in the winter social season in PCO Auditorium. Children of Faculty members, student body and friends gathered around the tall tinselled tree and listened to stories by Mrs. Tod Eberle, then Santy (Richard Chambers, Jr .. '54) passed around the presents. When the kiddies went home, the grown-ups danced around the tree till midnight.

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Public elations-and the Family HEN Osteopathy was young, the girls and boys marched for­ward, shoulder to shoulder, a

united front facing the world ahead and around and outside. As long as the profession keeps in that order of march, there's no limit to the forward and upward course.

PCO had two original Founders. As Dr. Pennock related it in his Founders Day address, printed herein, there was a family difference of opinion when the institution was still in its early childhood. Both Founders resigned. One thereafter took no part in the College affairs. We never hear his name. He's forgotten-by this gener­ation, at least.

The other Founder-Dr. 0. J. Snyder-even after severing connec­tion with the College administration and teaching, became the Number One individual worker in the interests of osteopathic education in the East, the pioneer of first the 3-year college course, then the 4-year course, a fighter in Legislatures for recognition and rights for graduates of osteopathic col­leges.

So each year, when PCO celebrates Founders Day, it's "The 0. J. Snyder Memorial Address."

* * * This periodic magazine is our main

College public relations communication

Board of Trustees, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy Board of Directors, Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia Board of Managers, Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia

Gentlemen:

to our alumni and the whole osteo­pathic population of the East. We have other public relations communica­tion avenues, our men going out to conventions and district meetings, our students in their home areas, what people say about us in general, people inside our family and outside, friends and sometimes not too friendly.

But mostly friends. Now and then something unfriendly gets talked around and expanded and sometimes twisted. Only very rarely is the twist serious enough to need official straight­ening out. In the interests of "un­twisting" we are at this time printing the following two letters :

November 11, 1952

I wish to apologize for having secured correspondence from the former Comptroller of the institutions, without proper authorization, and having it disseminated, thereby causing unnecessary and unwarranted criticism of the Administrations of the Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, and the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia.

I have since determined that the action taken by Dr. Frederic H. Barth was at the direction of the Board of Managers of the Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia, upon the advice of counsel and in accordance with the regulations, rules and by-laws regarding the investment of funds of the Foundation.

For these reasons the Board of Directors, feeling that my conduct was detrimental to the best interests of the institu­tion, suspended me from the Staff of the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia.

I now realize that I should have discussed this matter with officers of the Administration, and you may be assured that such an incident will not recur.

I wish to pledge my future continued support and assistance to the Administration of the institutions. I authorize you to publicize this letter in any manner desired.

Sincerely yours,

(Signed) GALEN S. YouNG, D.O.

* * * Board of Trustees, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy Board of Directors, Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia Board of Managers, Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia

Gentlemen:

February 24, 1953

I wish to extend this apology to the administrative officers of the above-mentioned boards for having secured corre­spondence from the former Comptroller of the institutions without proper authoritation and for having submitted the same to the Alumni Board of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy. The result of the above action caused unwarranted and unnecessary criticism of the administrative officers of the Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, and the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia.

I had previous knowledge that the action taken by Dr. Frederic H. Barth was at the direction of the Board of Man­agers of the Osteopathic Foundation of Philadelphia in accordance with the rules, regulations and by-laws pertaining to the investment of Foundation funds and was on the advice of counsel. My action regarding the above matter was ill­considered and hasty.

You have my complete assurance that there will be no recurrence of such an incident and I hereby pledge my future continued support and assistance to the administrative officers of the above mentioned Boards.

You may publicize this letter in any way you see fit. Sincerely yours,

(Signed) CLYDE s. SAYLOR, D.O.

APRIL, 1953

Plane-Spotting Eclampsia Turning engines of war to saving of

life is about as high as science can go and our Dr. Lester Eisenberg, '38, PCO Assistant Professcr of Obstetrics and Gynecology, gave that thrill to the annual convention of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists at Dallas, Texas, last month.

He detailed to the meeting how the same type of flicker photometer used • in training soldiers in airplane identifi­cation is now adapted to the checking of expectant mothers for symptoms of hypertension.

The pregnant woman's reactions to the flickering light tests of the adapted plane-spotting mechanism can spot signs of increasing toxemia, so that intensified therapy can forestall the development of convulsive states which could be often fatal to mother or fetus or both.

That's one war-machine turned straight. Dr. Eisenberg has another one coming, a (hold on to your seats) Pneumotokodynanometer, a machine for distinguishing between false and true labor.

F aldon Doubles Seals Sales Sale of Christmas Seals for Osteo­

pathic Education and Research more than doubled in the PCO student body under the able chairmanship of Karl Faldon, '54, Gloucester City, N. J., President of the PCO T unior Class. The total of $166.75 looks very good com­p~red to the $76.00 figure for the pre­vrous year.

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SANTA AT OHP-WEST Christmas Eve found three kiddies wailing under the tree in the 48th Street Hospital when

Santy (Richard Chambers, Jr .• '54) brought the gifts. The attending nurse is Miss Martha Mary Rogan, OHPSN '52.

New Clinic Teachers Dr. J. B. Culbert, '30, New York,

N.Y., and Dr. Sidney M. Weiss, '39, Collingswood, N. J., were approved at the Board of Trustees' Founders Day meeting as Teaching Supervisors in the Department of Clinics.

It is a provision of Faculty appoint­ment at PCO that, except in special cases, a physician must teach in the General Clinic for one year in the oste­opathic management o£ cases before assignment to any other department.

Foundation Elections Election of officers for the Osteo­

pathic Foundation of Philadelphia for the year are as follows: President, Dr. Frederic H. Barth; Vice-President, Ron. Frederic D. Garman; Treasurer, Dr. James M. Eaton, '28; Secretary, Dr. Leo C. Wagner, '26; Assistant Secretary, Anne Boggs.

Dr. Stanley Dorman, '42, has been appointed Clinical Assistant in the De­partment of Osteopathic Principles and Techniques.

Visual Education Following the Founders Day meeting

of the Board, both hospital units are now equipped with new motion-picture projectors-16 mm. with sound-for the Visual Education program.

Under the direction of Dr. Barbara Redding, '32, Supervisor of Extern Training, a picture has been made in our hospital for the guidance of each new platoon of senior students moving in for extern assignment. The film illus­trates the details of the extern duties in every particular and is a distinct ad­vantage in this phase of teaching.

Women's Auxiliary Bazaar

SANTA AT OHP-NORTH

The annual card party and bazaar of the OHP Women's Auxiliary was held in the Wanamaker Auditorium January 22. Mrs. Carl Fischer was program chairman. The program fea­tured the award of a mink coat to the winner of the drawing contest, in addi­tion to the usual door prizes and sale of "Mystery Packages."

The Atlas Club put together a Christmas party for the neighborhood kids with a tree and all the trimmings. Picture shows Santy (David M. Moll, '55), Mrs. Frieda Richter, Social Service Supervisor. and the Atlas "supes:· Anthony Szymanski, '54. and Jack J. Brill. '53.

Junior

There was a gay time in the Olde Towne when the OHP Junior Aid held court at Philly's Adelphia with a Mardi Gras Bal Masque.

We caught glimpses of absent-minded professors, savages, Buster Brown, the Gay Nineties and costumes of all nations. Hats ofl to the Masquers and their thinking originality of costumery.

Some were more original than they thought, for instance, Dr. Pennock up there with the stove-pipe chapeau just to the right of the middle of the page. He paid !he man !en bucks for a costume named "Southern Gentleman," and they gave him a prize as "John Bull"{!)

King and Queen Rex were Harold Quarles. Royal Oak. Mich.. PCO Senior Class President. and his lady. Miss Patricia Hunt. "Miss Philadelphia 1952." That's Oscar Neufeld to the left of Miss Philadelphia. The Court Ladies. left to right. are the Misses Elizabeth Riceman. Betty Moore. Joan Hessdorfer. Jane Tilghman. Patricia Daiber. and Patricia Stewart.

Here and there around the page. if you're smart. you can pick out Claire Sterrett, Dr. Carl Fischer, '25. Dr. Galen S. Young. '35. Dr. William Baldwin. Jr .• '40. Dr. Harry Hessdorfer. '28. Dr. Wm. F. Daiber. '28. and Dr. Spencer G. Bradford. '42. but there's two who are really "masqued"!

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REPORT TO THE ALUMNI

T HIS year one student (Fresh­man) has been lost to the armed forces. Enrollment now stands

at 364, 86 Seniors, 92 Juniors, 89 Sophomores and 96 Freshmen, with one special student repeating prescribed courses to qualify for full standing in the Junior class.

The student body has expressed ap­preciation of the installation of new water-coolers on three floors of the College building and the purchase of new clothes-racks for the classrooms.

The weekly Assemblies have been ad­dressed by Dr. Robert B. Anderson, '30, President-elect, of the Pennsylva­nia Osteopathic Association, Dr. John E. Devine, '28, President of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. David J. Bachrach, '27, President of the New York State Osteopathic Society, Dr. Theodore L. Sharpe, KCOS '36, Mar­tinsburg, W.Va., President of the West Virginia State Board Examiners and President-elect of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society, Dr. Ira W. Drew, '11, Dr. Alice Chase, '30, Nanuet, N.Y., Dr. Ernest A. Johnson, '25, of Phila­delphia, former Alumni Association President, Harold Salkind, Chairman of the Charity Ball Committee, and Dr. John MeA. Ulrich, '27, Harris­burg, President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association.

During February, we had representa­tives of the Roman Catholic Church, the Hebrew faith and the Protestant denominations on three successive Mon­days to discuss before the students the religious procedures to be taken into account in cases of urgency and emer­gency.

The work of the Dean's office con­tinues to be handled with intelligence, expedition and a finn spirit of progres­sive organizational cooperation through the combined efforts of Assistant Dean Senior, Director of Admissions and Registrar Rowland, the Assistant Registrar, Mrs. Marguerite Archer, and the College staff, Miss Venitti, Mrs. Winfield and Mrs. Rosenberg. Mrs. Archer assumed her position in November fallowing the resignation of Miss Eliot Jeffords,· who married and moved to Illinois.

OPF Office at North

February 1, we set up in the Alumni office at North Center, under the super­vision of Mrs. Mallams, a file for the

By W. E. BRANDT, D.O.

Acting President and Acting Dean

Osteopathic Progress Fund which will be organized from the start of our records in 1946 to the present day and will be maintained current.

In December we mailed 789 holiday greeting cards expressing appreciation of support, to every person on our list of OPF contributors for the past seven years whose addresses are known. Dur­ing 1952 I wrote 210 personal letters in acknowledgment of contributions, most of them through OPF.

On January 13th, I received from Dr. James 0. Watson, Secretary, Com­mittee on Osteopathic Education, State Medical Board of the State of Ohio, a communication stating that on January 9th the State Committee on Osteopathic

Staff Rallies Royally Again!

One of the largest single con­tributions ever entering- the Oste­opathic Foundation tre';;.sury came last month from no further away than the members of the Staff of the Osteopathic Hospital of Phil­adelphia.

With the discontinuance of the Staff Expansion Fund, the Staff members voted that the exist­ing assets, amounting to above $26,000 cash, be turned over to the Foundation intact.

It may be remembered that it is this same Staff which, and by the same voluntary contributory action, put together over $300,000 when it was necessary to bring into activity the newly purchased Women's Homeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia, now known as Philadelphia College of Oste­opathy North Center Hospital.

This latest benefaction is typi­cal of the osteopathic spirit down through more than a half century of the history of our institution. We have not had many people from outside our ranks in the role of Santa Claus. It is very nice to have something dropped into your lap from Santy but when the necessity arises, it is much more healthy to do the work with your own hands and with money that represents the efforts of your osteopathic skill.

Education had approved our College for the year 1953.

The Faculty Committee on Under­graduate Curriculum has met on almost every Friday afternoon since College opened in September. The Committee has spent most of its time in discussing ways to strengthen the present curri­culum, placing special emphasis on the Senior year. In order to properly evaluate our educational program, Mr. Rowland has organized a Student Ad­visory Committee in each class to offer constructive criticism regarding our present program.

The Visiting Lecturer Program as set up by Dr. Heilig in his Department has been reviewed and strengthened with an "eye" to certain topics sug­gested by the students. The Commit­tee is presently drawing up the con­tent for a course in Dietetics and will presently submit a complete syllabus.

Extra-Curricular

A College Party welcoming the Freshman Class was held in October and a Christmas Party for the P.C.O. Family was held December 19, both in the College Auditorium. The success of these affairs warrants their con­tinuance as annual events.

Mr. Rowland has obtained gymna­sium privileges at the Dobbins V oca­tional School and is conducting intra­mural basketball games every Thurs­day night.

The College Glee Club and the stu­dent newspaper, The Axone, are in full operation. The Axone has been cir­culated to our alumni and to the general profession in our area.

Arrangements are being made to show educational films to the clubs, classes, and fraternities of the College, as well as to various groups in the Hos­pital. The scheduling will be handled by one person, making for a smoothly-

; working program. The following change has been made

in our admission requirements which should increase our pool of applicants. This change has been reviewed and ap­proved by the Educational Director of the A.O.A. and the Bureau of Profes­sional Licensing in Harrisburg. The stipulation, "no professional degree or credits toward the completion of a pro­fessional degree other than Doctor of Osteopathy at an accredited college of osteopathy may be used in the fulfill­ment of our minimum requirements,"

APRIL, 1953

has been stricken out of the require­ments as listed in the Catalogue.

The Faculty Committee on Adrn:s­sions is attaching increased importance to the English used on our application forms (grammar, composition and neat­ness), because of complaints of poorly written examination papers and inade­quate chart work of externs in the hospital.

The Profession of the Future

Our main message to our alumni at· this time is with regard-to admissions­particularly about the letters you write to us in recommendation of applicants.

When we get a short note of gen­eralized recommendation, we have to interpret it as meaning that somebody asked you to write it, that the applicant is not known to you personally for any great length of time and such a letter, while not a detriment to the candidate, is no strong point in his favor.

We want a letter from you which shows that you are deeply interested in the type of man or woman we train to be osteopathic physicians, that you realize how important it is for the pro­fession's new blood to be pure blood. healthy blood, arterial blood which will carry on the profession's life processes and future progress.

Specify WHY you believe this appli­cant to be the right person to accept, giving the solid reasons for your recom­mendation. We get three general types of applications : first, the young man or woman who grew up in an osteo­pathic family, patients of D.O.'s, maybe relatives; second, the young man or woman who had no early touch with osteopathy but whose bent has been in the direction of becoming a "doctor" and whose acquaintance with the oste­opathic school has come while a stu­dent at college or through association with persons preparing for osteopathic study; third, the young man whose motivation in seeking admission is based almost entirely on the desire to continue as a student somewhere, medi­cal, if he can get in, if not, he'll settle for osteopathy, just to go to school somewhere and get some kind of a doctor's degree.

IntervitrtlJS Are Indispensable

Our Faculty Admissions Committee in its interviews is skilled in analyzing the motivations of applicants, and keen­ly conscious of the responsibility in­volved. Time and again we get a folder on an individual with good grades, pretty good letters from D.O.'s, often extra pressure by telephone or personal solicitation-a picture that shapes up very strongly WITHOUT the interview. If we were not using the interview system, this man would walk in without a hitch.

IS

Alumni Treasurer, Dr. Arnold Melnick, '45, and Mrs. Melnick.

Dr. Brandt, '21, and Dr. K. George Tomajan, '35, of Boston.

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Auditorium Parties Make Good Breaks in a Serious College Curriculum.

In the interview we meet the man himself (or woman), and it is very disheartening to discover that it's just another case of Class 3, he wants IN, but not for the reasons that bring to us the individuals in Class 1 and Class 2. When the main motivation is Class 3, he is not going to make our profession healthier.

So please give us the real facts in those letters, fellow-alumni, if you want the kind of D.O.'s marching off of our Commencement platform who are going to build the profession in the direction of progress.

And, finally, remember the mission­ary spirit of the early days of oste­opathy, when every Osteopath kept always on the alert for the right man or woman, kept selling the idea that in the osteopathic profession there is the approach to disease which surpasses old Doc Pillson Powders down the street, when no real Osteopath would even consider recommending a man or woman as a prospective D.O. unless he wanted him practicing right next door!

Send us those Class 2 people particu­larly, the intelligent young people who may have just discovered osteopathy last year or even a few months ago, and who will take up the study and the work that will make them the kind of doctor their intelligence and ambition deserves. School of Nurses Graduates on the March to Careers of Service.

APRIL, 1953

Bates, '35, Now Speaker of Maine Legislature

Quarter of a century ago, PCO had an alumnus seated in the House of Representatives in Washington, Dr. Ira W. Drew, '11. Second only to Uncle Ira now for altitude of position in public life is a man from Maine, Dr. Roswell P. Bates, '35, who on January 7 became Speaker of the State House of Representatives.

That's only two steps short of the · Governorship. He ranks third in line for the top spot in the Commonwealth, Governor, then President of the Senate, then Speaker of the House.

For Dr. Bates, it was no high jump back there in January, because he was serving his second term in the Legis­lature, and, as assistant majority floor­leader, was pretty dose to the throttle even before they gave him the gavel and told him to try to get order.

The leading newspaper of Portland crowned him "Maine's Man of 1953" on the occasion of his election to the Speakership. In the Maine Osteopathic Association he has been holding that spot for a good many years, President in 1944 and 1945, Secretary ever since.

Dr. Bates made headlines in the Legislature right away with the an­nounced policy of junking seniority as the last word in Maine operations. He dropped a blockbuster in the political thinking by announcing that he will name his House committee chairmen on the basis of ability instead of mere long­term occupancy.

Dr. Bates was a busy man even in his college days. Born in Danvers, Mass., February 27, 1911, he came to PCO from Bowdoin, was editor of the class yearbook at PCO, and after graduation in 1935, he interned at Mas­sachusetts Osteopathic Hospital. He began practice October 1, 1936, at Orono, Me., his headquarters ever smce.

In 1939 he was a leading figure in the founding of Bangor Osteopathic Hos­pital and has been a member of the Board from then to now, serving a term as President and a term as Chairman of the Staff. At the national level in Osteopathy, he has represented Maine in the House of Delegates and served with the AOA Department of Public Relations.

Dr. Bates married soon after settling in Orono. He has two sons, Howard Anthony, aged 9, and Bruce Preston, aged 4, with a fine inspiration to guide them both in the profession and in service to the community.

Speaker Bates

He'll Remember Maine Dr. Victor R. Fisher, '37, PCO

Director of Graduate Education, ad­dressed the Maine Osteopathic Asso­ciation on the subject of "Rheumatic Fever," starting at 2 :30 P.M., last December 5, BUT-

At ONE P.M. he was in Boston, about to send a telegram of regret. At 7 AM. he appeared at La Guardia in New York ready to make Portland in one hop, but the flight was can­celled. He took off at 9, heading for Boston, sat in the plane for an hour at Hartford, finally reached Boston Airport at 1 P.M. That's all. Nothing leaving for Portland any time soon.

"There's a private plane over there might take you."

'Til take it." "Cost you $35." "I'll take it." "Just one more thing. It's a two­

passenger job and there are already two passengers aboard."

"I'll take it." "But there's another thing. The

second passenger, the one who is not driving, well, he's dead!"

'Til take-(galumph) ." Dr. Fisher was about halfway

through his paper in the Portland hotel ballroom when it hit him-the realiza­tion that he'd made the last leg of his trip like probably no other speaker ever did before, all cuddled up with a corpse!

He had to sit down and take a drink of water. Then the show had to go on-rheumatic fever, and how to get away with it.

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Graduate Courses One hundred and six osteopathic

physicians have attended the graduate courses offered by the College so far this year.

The "Day-a-Week" courses have been very popular and doctors from cities in West Virginia, Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have traveled to the College one day each week to participate in courses in Cardiology, Gynecology, Hematology and Diseases of the Kidney, Hyperten­sion and Endocrine Glands. The fol­lowing "Day-a-Week" courses are being offered for the Spring: 1. Diseases of the Gastro-intestinal

Tract on Tuesdays. from April 7 to May 26, inclusive.

2. Dermatology and Syphilology on Tuesdays, from April 7 to May 26, inclusive.

3. Pediatrics on Thursdays, from April 9 to May 29, inclusive. Full time courses in Cardiology,

Osteopathic Cranial Therapy and Proc­tology have been attended by physicians from more distant cities in Pennsyl­vania, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia, Virginia, Washington, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Arizona, Michigan, Dela­ware, Rhode Island and Canada.

The following full time courses are offered for the Spring: 1. Obstetrics and Gynecology-March

16 to 20, inclusive. 2. Diseases of the Kidney, Hyperten­

sion and Endocrine Glands-May 4 to 8, inclusive.

3. Basic Sciences- Anatomy-Physiol­ogy, Bacteriology, Pathology and Pharmacology related to :

I. General Nervous and Endocrine ~ystems, May 11 to 15, inclu­sive.

II. Gastro-Intestinal System, May 18 to May 22, inclusive.

III. Cariovascular System, May 25 to May 29, inclusive.

IV. Respiratory and Renal Systems, June 1 to June 5, inclusive.

The objective of the College is to provide a continuous source of educa­tion to the profession and welcomes suggestions for future courses. Submitted by: Victor R. Fisher, D.O. Director of Graduate Education

From England Dr. Montague Winer, of London

and Brighton, visited the College and Hospital during January. Dr. Winer was making his first trip to the States in 15 years, dropping in on his way from New York to and from Miami.

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OUR BASEBALL TEAM OF 1922 Here's the ball club that carried the Maroon and Gray on to victory just 21 springs ago. Front row, L to R George Gerlach '25, Sandy

Sanderson '25, Paul Lloyd, '23. Captain, Pete Integlia. '25. Bill Champion, '24.

Standing: Frank Mitchell '22, Manager, Rabbit Shaw, '25, Jake Geiger, '25, Ralph Champion, '25, Eddie Gibbs, '25, Don Thorburn, '23, Ernie Henke, '24, George VanRiper, '23.

Classified '07-"I see by the DIGEST that Dr.

Ira Frank Yeater is supposed to be the only surviving member of the Class of 1907. I vvish to inform you that I belong to the Class of 1907 and that I am very much alive, even after being in continuous practice for 45 years. I am wondering, however, if Frank Yeater is possibly the oldest living Osteopath. I know he was the oldest member of our class. . . . Sincerelv yours, Dr. Anna M. Ketcham, 17iS Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washing­ton, D. C."

'24--Dr. ]. Ernest Leuzinger, PCO Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Bronchoesophagology, is Chairman of the Program for the October meeting of the Osteopathic College of Ophthal­mology and Otorhinolaryngology in Los Angeles. Co-Chairmen are Dr. H. Mahlon Gehman, '27, PCO Profes­sor of Ophthalmology, and Dr. Harry I. Stein, '37, PCO Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and N euro­Otology.

'26---Dr. Edwin H. Cressman, PCO Professor of Dermatology, will head­line the program at the Eastern March 28 in New York with "Common Cutaneous Diseases," with the diag­nosis' fine points and the management of conditions met with in general practice fully illustrated.

'26---Dr. Earl H. Gedney, formerly of Bangor, Maine, has been appointed to the surgical staff of Riverview Oste­opathic Hospital, Norristown, Pa., specializing in diagnosis and treatment of low back ailments. Dr. Gedney or­ganized the Bangor Osteopathic Hos­pital and served as Chief Surgeon for 13 years. He is living at Center Square, Pa.

'28---Dr. Beryl E. Arbuckle, PCO Associate in Osteopathic Principles and Techniques, addressed the January meeting of the Montgomery County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Associa­tion for Retarded Children at Norris­town.

'28---Dr. John E. Devine, Ocean City, N. J., Teaching Supervisor in the PCO Department of Clinics and President-Elect of the Alumni Asso­ciation, attended the Annual Congress on Medical Education and Licensure in Chicago.

'31-Dr. Angus G. Cathie, PCO Professor of Anatomv. will unlimber the Halladay Spine ~t the Graduate Instruction Course given by the Acad­emy of Applied Osteopathy at St. Petersburg, Fla., March 30 to April 4.

'31-Dr. William A. Ellis, Grand Rapids, Mich., Progran1 Committee Chairman of the Academy of Applied Osteopathy, has developed a long range teaching program covering the next

three national conventions. Next July in Chicago the thoracic area will be featured.

'32-Dr. ]. W. Axtell, of Marietta, 0., has purchased the Oklahoma Hos­pital at Chickasha, Okla., after serv­ing for eight years as Chief Surgeon of the Marietta Osteopathic Clinic. He will move to Chickasha with his wife and four children.

'34--Dr. J ohrt B. Zimmerman was held up and robbed of $90 when he answered a ring at the door of his office in the Frankford section of Philadelphia after office hours January 14.

'37-Dr. Harry I. Stein announces his certificate of specialization in Oto­rhinolaryngology by the A.O.B.O.&.O., with practice limited to ear, nose, throat and rhinoplasty.

'37-Dr. ]. Craig Walsh, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, is Presi­dent of the American Society of Oste­opathic Anesthesiologists.

'38---Dr. Richard Sayre Koch, Olym­pia, \iVash., Vice-President of the Washington Osteopathic Association, Inc., urges class reunions at conven­tion time, starting with a 15-year gathering of his own class at Chicago this July, in addition to the regular quinquennial booked for Philadelphia on Alumni Day June 13.

APRIL, 1953

'38--Dr. William H. Behringer, Jr., Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association Vice-President and Chairman of the Committee on Public Health Educa­tion, represented the POA at the tvvo­day session of the Joint Committee on Education for Pennsylvania, held in Philadelphia in January.

'41-Dr. Alexander Siekerka, Phil­delphia, who gave up a career of

·concert violinist to study osteopathy, will resume his musical bent with a. recital at Witherspoon Hall in April. Dr. Siekerka conducted a band at the age of 16 and concertized in Europe, playing under famous conductors there, joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1924. His son was graduated with the dass of 1946 and his daughter, Mrs. Estelle Siekerka Loeb, is a member of PCO's senior class.

'44--Dr. E. Ivan Cherashore, form­erly of Clifton, N. J., has opened a Philadelphia office at 2034 Delancey Place for the practice of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

'44--Dr. Walter L. Wiliis, Consho­hocken, Pa., was elected President of the Conshohocken Board of Health at the annual reorganization meeting, succeeding George T. Lukens, M.D., who served as President for the past 27 years. Other members of the Board are John D. Perkins, M.D., Fred R. Lobb, Elford Fleck and Charles K. White, Borough Health Officer.

'52-Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Staples, Jr., of Camden, N.J., announce the engagement of their daughter, Dorothy Lucille, to Dr. Robert Wise Warren, Jr., of West Collingswood, N. J The bride-elect is a graduate of the West Jersey Hospital School of Nursing. Dr. Warren, an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania, is serving his internship at the West Side Osteopathic Hospital, York, Pa.

'53-The engagement of Miss Char­lotte Williams, formerly of Lansing­burg, N. Y., and for five years Assistant Director in the Troy (N.Y.) Depart­ment of Recreation, is announced by her parents to Murray Geller, of this year's PCO graduating class. Miss Williams also was employed by the New York State Police after attending Mildred Elley School in Albany.

'53-Irving Tenenbaum, of Cape May, N.J., married Miss Nancy Snow­white, of Philadelphia, at the Wynne­field-Jewish Center, January 11. The bridegroom was graduated from Phila­delphia Co-llege of Pharmacy, majoring in Chemistry before entering PCO.

'55-Mrs. Sadie Aronsohn, Phila­delphia, announces the engagement of her daughter, Rita, to Lmris Michael Lazarou, Bronx, N. Y., graduate of New York University and member of the PCO Sophomore class. Miss Aron-

Alumni Association President: Dr. Roy E. Hughes,

'28, Indiana, Pa. Immediate Past President: Dr.

Reed Speer, '37, Pittsburgh. President-Elect : Dr. John E.

Devine, '28, Ocean City, N.J. Executive Vice-Presidents: Dr.

Galen S. Young, '35, Chester, Pa., and Dr. Frederick S. Lenz, '35, Cranston, R. I.

Secretary: Dr. H. Willard Ster­rett, Jr., '44, Philadelphia.

Treasurer: Dr. Arnold Melnick, '46, Philadelphia.

Board of Directors North Philadelphia: Dr. Harry

E. Binder, '36. South and -West Philadelphia:

Dr. Victor R. Fisher, '37. Eastern Pennsylvania: Dr. Galen

S. Young, '35, Chester. Western Pennsylvania: Dr. Roy

E. Hughes, '28, Indiana. Northern New Jersey : Dr. James

E. Chastney, '24, Hackensack. Southern New Jersey: Dr. J. B.

Bailey Flack, '31, Haddon Heights.

Metropolitan New York and Long Island: Dr. Warren J. E. Tucker, '35, Port Washington.

New York State: Dr. William L. Hitchcock, '34, Rye.

New England: Dr. Frederick S. Lenz, '35, Cranston, R. I.

Southern Society: Dr. Henry S. Liebert, '27, Richmond, Va.

Middle and Far West: Dr. Charles J. Karibo, '30, Detroit, Mich.

Foreign Countries: Dr. Carl Cook, '27, London.

Director s-at-Large Dr. James M. Eaton, '28, Phila­

delphia. Dr. H. ·walter Evans, 17, Phila­

delphia. Dr. Paul H. Hatch, '26, Wash­

ington. D. C. Dr. Guy W. Merryman, '30, Col­

lingswood, N. J. Dr. George W. Northup, '39,

Morristown, N. J. Dr. Charles W. Sauter, II, '31,

Gardner, Mass. Dr. Joseph C. Snyder, '36, Wash­

ington, D. C.

sohn was graduated by Gratz College, studied at L'Universite D'Aix, Mar­seilles, and is at present enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania.

'55-Charles L. Carr, Malvern, Pa., married Miss Lydia Williamson Famous, West Chester.

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Help We need help in exchanging per­

sonals, obituaries, births, weddings, etc., among our alumni. We need the help from you in your locality. Please, any time there is something like this or some distinction gained by a member of our profession in your area, do us and your classmates and friends all over our circulation area the very big favor of sitting down and scribbling on a piece of paper the name, date, place and the pertinent facts which will make it a readable item which you would be interested in if you lived a thousand miles awav and wanted to keep in touch. "

Thanks in advance. Y:e EDITOR

Mail it to the Office of the Dean, Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, 48th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia 39, Pa.

Our Growing Legion Alumni Association membership is

close to the 500 mark, according to the records in the Alumni Office at North Center.

How about it, ladies and gentlemen? Just a few more dotted lines and the check in the mail to Dr. H. Willard Sterrett, Jr., '44, 112 West Walnut Lane, Philadelphia 44, Pa. Will is the only member of the '44 class with his address in the 44 mailing zone. He arranged it that way, just to make it easier to join the dues-paying A.A.

Dr. "J.C." Stays in Washington Commander Joseph C. Snyder, '36,

submitted his resignation from the PCO Faculty upon his separation from the Navy January 19. Joe, the son of our patriarch, Dr. "0. ].," decided not to return to active practice at this time and has moved to a position of im­portance with the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, where he was stationed while on Navy duty and on leave from our Faculty.

Queen Isabella TV fame reflected from the distaff

side of the family came to Dr. Dewaine L. Gedney, '38, PCO Associate Pro­fessor of Surgery, in the form of a prepaid week-end theatre and night­club trip to New York City, just to be escort for Mrs. Gedney, who triumphed over a brilliant field to win "The Cin­derella Week-end" prize on Philadel­phia's WCAU-TV.

Mrs. Gedney reached the final round Februarv 20 and scored a knockout win ove~ the other finalists to gain the title.

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SURVIVORS CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET They "survived" internship at PCO's home hospital and every year they gel together to compare notes; as many of them as can make it

from wherever they are.

Barrett Dr. John H. Barrett, graduated last

June from PCO, died February 2 at North Center Hospital of malignant hypertension, at the age of 32. He is survived by his widow, Kathryn, his father, one brother and one sister.

Born in Philadelphia, resident of Roxborough, Dr. Barrett achieved his professional education as a triumph over severe handicaps. His demise is a profound loss to the profession as a whole, as well as his immediate associ­ates and classmates. Dr. C. E. Bohan­non, his classroom and laboratory part­ner through four years at PCO, was at bedside in his last illness, the culmin­ation of a series of hospitalizations starting in his Junior year. Dr. Bohan­non, a service veteran of a lot of serious actions, confesses that Dr. Barrett's last years and death affected him more deeply than anything else he has ever been through, including Guadalcanal.

Dr. Barrett did not accept an intern­ship after graduation, planning to asso­ciate for general practice with his brother-in-law, Dr. Tolbert B. Struse. '32, Phoenixville, Pa.

Lidy Dr. I. Henry Lidy, '06, prominent

as a physician in Pottsville, Pa., and an accomplished violinist, died Febru­ary 5 at Stamford, Conn., where he had been living for the past three years, residing with his daughters after the death of his wife.

Native of Waynesboro, Pa., he prac­ticed in Pottsville for 44 years, where he was a Mason and Rotarian. He was a violin graduate of the Chicago Conservatory of Music and a member of Dr. Robert Braun's Symphony of Seventy.

Surviving are two daughters, Anne Elizabeth and Margaret, Stamford, and one sister, Mrs. Rose Tim, Hagers­town, Md. He is buried in Waynes­boro.

Cohalan Active in the profession in Philadel­

phia for more than 40 years, Dr. John A. Cahalan, '06, died in October at the age of 85. Dr. Cahalan was a member of the PCO Faculty before his retire­ment in 1948. His son-in-law. Dr. Ralph J. Tomei, '39, is an Associate in the PCO Department of Osteopathic Medicine. Also surviving are his three daughters, Mrs. Tomei. Mrs. Paul Brown and Lieut. Louise Cahalan. U.S. Army Nurse Corps, and eight grand­children.

Gerhart Dr. Paul S. Gerhart, '39, Allentown,

Pa., Secretary of the Lehigh Valley Osteopathic Society, died last Septem­ber 11. Native of Coopersburg, Pa., he did post-graduate work at the Dover Clinic, Boston, and was a major factor in the advance of the profession in the Lehigh Valley area. He is survived by his widow, his father, a daughter, Marian, the wife of Sgt. Robert Tucker, Tampa, Fla., and a son, Sgt. Perry K. Gerhart, U.S.A.F., Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.

Kraus Dr. Eugene R. Kraus, '13, twice

President of the Osteopathic Society of the City of New York, passed away October 4, 1952, after a lifetime of service to the profession and particu­larly to the progress of osteopathy in his native city, New York.

He was a founder, past-president, and Fellow of the American Osteo­pathic College of Radiology, past-presi­dent of the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Applied Osteopathy. In 1927 he founded the X-ray department of the New York Clinic and was its head at the time of his death.

Hansen Rasmus Hansen, distinguished mem­

ber of the Board of Directors of the Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic of New York, passed away suddenly Decem­ber 29 in San Francisco at the age of 69. Mr. Hansen was the President of the East Asia Co., a Danish trading and shipping business with a New York branch. He had been knighted by the King of Denmark.

Berg-Barrett Dr. Frank 0. Berg, '31, Malden,

Mass., and Dr. Robert W. Barrett, '34, Lexington, Mass., good friends of each other and good men with the whole profession in the Greater Boston area, passed away on the same week-end, Frank on Saturday, January 31, and Bob on Sunday.

Bob was hospitalized nearly a year ago. After recovering from surgery, he returned home, where he was con­fined to bed most of the time.

Frank. much concerned about Bob, as were the rest of the Boston alumni, woke up Friday, January 30, with a severe coughing spell, followed by severe epigastric pain. He was ad­mitted to the Massachusetts Osteo­pathic Hospital about 11 A.M., and expired Saturday morning. Bob Bar­rett, after his long illness, passed away .Sunday.

Seifert Dr. Elizabeth Grimes Seifert, '03,

one of the first osteopathic physicians ever to practice in Philadelphia, died November 30 in the Hamilton Rest Home, Devon, Pa., aged 89. Dr. Sei­fert practiced for nearly 40 years be­fore closing her office at 4422 Locust Street and moving to Pasadena, Calif., to live with her sisters, Dr. !della Grimes and Mrs. Mary Gormley.

APRIL, 1953

'57 Taking Shape Near the close of the Winter term,

enrollment for the entering class of September 1953 stands between 60 and 70, about two-thirds of the Century Limit necessary to fit our present labo­ratory teaching facilities at 48th Street. April 2 is the new deadline for appli­cations, with the reservation that after that date candidates with exceptional qualifications may be interviewed to fill potential withdrawals which can create vacancies between now and Sep­tember.

Not the least of the tremendous ad­vantages to be gained by the achieve­ment of the project of a College Building all by itself across Spruce Street will be the smashing of our

Assembly at PCO

present Century Limit. Boost in labo­ratory space as per plan may make it possible to admit as many as 200 Fresh­men instead of the prescription of 100 now handed every year to the Faculty Admissions Committee.

Candidates already accepted for Sep­tember include an Army captain now on the teaching staff of the Biological Warfare Training School, a medical technician now finishing his Army stint at a base hospital in Korea, the center­halfback of last year's All-America soccer team now getting his M.A. at New York University, seven other college graduates working for Master's degrees this year-yes, it's quite an array of future D.O.'s, thanks to the loyal field work of our own alumni and

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the recognition of our College training service by alumni of other institutions in our geographical area.

'56-] ay A. Style, Philadelphia, mar­ried l\fiss Charlotte Zislin, at Temple Beth Zion December 25. Bride and groom are both graduates of Pennsyl­vania State College.

'56---Mr. and Mrs. John W. Crow­ther, Newtown, Pa., announce the engagement of their . daughter, Ruth Elizabeth, to Walter Thomas Robin­son, Jr., Roslyn, Pa., Temple Univer­sity graduate now in the PCO Fresh­man class. Miss Crowther is a gradu­ate of Newtown High School and is employed at the Insurance Company of North America in Philadelphia.

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Come to Colorado Dear Dr. Brandt:

We feel that Colorado offers much to the osteopathic physician, more than it has been able to guarantee him be­fore. In the past we have had an agreement with the medical profession that we were to have unlimited prac­tice rights. This condition existed for years. At the last legislative session we had a law passed vv·hich assures us these rights. We have what is con­ceded by good authority to be the best law in the United States. It grants reciprocity with other states having equal requirements. One of the re­quirements is that an internship of one year in a hospital approved by the A.O.A. be completed before a license is issued. However, the board may be written at the time of graduation and the license issued at the completion of the internship.

The licensing board is fair and not unreasonable as some have felt. It is composed of two D.O.'s and five M.D.'s. The record of failures is not higher than any average board.

Colorado also has a basic science law. This is also fair and happens to be headed by Esther Starks-wife of Dr. C. Robert Starks-a wonderful pair. Dr. C. R. is a member of the medical board and a past president of it.

Seven internships are available-two at Lamb and five at Rockv Mountain, both in Denver. Mesa JVIemorial has applied for approval as an intern train­ing hospital and should be approved soon. In addition to these. we have hospitals located in Canon City, Gree­ley, Eads, Montrose, Delta and a second one at Grand Junction which is being enlarged or about to be. Long­mont is completing a hospital that should be open soon after the first of the year.

The Denver Post savs: "It's a privilege to live in Color~do." Many of us who live here agree. Vv e have mountain scenery, fishing. big game hunting and a moderate climate. \Ve do have snow and occasionally zero weather. VV e do have cool summers and sunny days the year around.

The general practictioner or the specialist has many opportunities of­ered in hospital practice. The rural areas, and many of them are crying for doctors. offers the general practitioner great opportunities. For the doctor who wants to be self supporting from the first day and soon do very well, some of the smaller towns in Colorado offer much.

We are anxious to have new men come to Colorado. We feel that we can do them a favor by getting them

OSTEOPATIDC DIGEST

Dr. C. Robert Starks, ATS '25, Denver, Colo., receives PCO honorary degree, D.Sc. Ost.

to locate in a place where doctors are needed and also live in nice climate. Should you contact any one so inter­ested, pass the good word along. I am sure that the profession generally will assist the new man in getting a location, and possibly send him a patient occasionally.

I assure you that any inquiries will receive a reply. 'vVe would like to have the doctor looking for a location spend a vacation here. He would enjoy it and would see the situation first hand.

Sincerely, c. :VL PARKINSON, D.O.

President Colorado Osteopathic Ass'n

Department Su1·geon Covolus One of the busiest men in Pennsyl­

vania is Dr. John]. Covolus, CCO '49, Lancaster. Pa., one of the many "hon­orarea" alumni of PCO by virtue of service to the profession in the East.

Dr. Covolus is Department Surgeon for the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars. Though he took his D.O. in Chicago, his undergraduate training was largely gained in the Philadelphia sector. He received de­grees from Villanova and Temple, then; served 68 months in ·world War IL emerging as an Army Captain.

Presently he is Post Surgeon of Post #1690, VFW, Medical Advisor to American Legion Post #34, District Surgeon VFW for Lancaster and Chester Counties and Medicini for 40&8 V oiture #42, besides his depart­mental assignment, which takes him here and there inspecting VA hospitals. keeps him. on the jump just like the Army.

Spots Kingsport, Tenn.: Dr. James S.

Blair, ASO '01, writes: "Owing to ill health for the past several months, I am compelled to give up my practice. My office and equipment are for sale and are sufficient for a general prac­titioner. The office is favorably lo­cated and the rent is very reasonable. If you know of anyone who would like to start out with a good practice, this is their chance. I shall welcome early inqmnes. . 212 Broad Street.

Chickasha, Okla. : Dr. ]. Walter Axtell, '32, Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital, sends a note that "The Staff of the Oklahoma Hospital (registered) welcomes you as a guest to look over several fine locations easily accessible to this hospitaL 'vV e believe that any doctor not afraid of work and wanting large obstetrical and general practices will be able to find what he wants here."

Riverside, R. L: The widow of Dr. Frederic K. Bowers, '36, v,·ho died last year, would be interested in hearing from an osteopathic physician who might want to take oyer her late hus­band's practice. Dr. Bowers was School Board Physician and Police Doctor in the community, with offices at 316 \Nil­lett A venue, where a letter will reach her. A brother, T. ::VI. Bo·wers ( tele­phone PEnnypacker 5-3305) may be contacted in Philadelphia.

Toms River, N. ]. : Dr. Theodore \iVhite van cle Sande, '25. 615 Main Street, is in the market for an asso­ciate, year-round, who will later take over entirely. Phone him first (Toms River 8-0980) for appointment to talk things over.

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OHP AUXILIARY READY FOR LAWN FETE JUNE 3

Our Auditorium as a gathering-place for the social side of college life has had a banner season, a "Campus-Warming Party" for the Freshmen in October, the Christmas party, social meetings arranged by fraternity and club groups, as well as the regular assemblies and meetings. Pic­ture shows M.C. Alvin Rosen, '53, introducing Freshmen at the October fiesta.

Freshman oll-Call-P. .0. lass of 1956 ANDREWS, JOSEPH C ..................... \Vest Warwick, R.I.

Providence College, A.B.

BARONE, FRANK C ......................................... Linden, N.J. University of Toledo University of Buffalo, A.B.

BAXTER, DONALD A ................................... Warren, R.I. Springfield College

BETTS, WILLIAM E., JR ................... Pompton Lakes, N.J University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

BOCHMAN, BRUCE A. ...................... New Bedford, Mass. Springfield College, B.S.

BRADWAY, R. WILLIAM ............................ Florence, N.J Mansfield State Teachers College

BRESLIN, JAMES J ...................... Springfield, DeL Co., Pa. La Salle College, A.B.

BRONSTEIN, DAVID ...................................... Ashland, Pa. Pennsylvania State College, B.S.

CAPITAIN, ROBERT W ................... East Williston, N.Y.· University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

CAIUJSO,-::FRANK V .............................. Philadelphia, Pa. .;:_;· _ Te:mple University, D.S.C. --~,' ''lJ"Uj¥ersity of Pennsylvania

CERRA:·FRANK A. .................................. Philadelphia, Pa. I:a ·Salle College, A.B.

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CHIMERAKIS, JAMES C ......................... Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

COHEN, EUGENE .................................... Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University

COHEN, JEROME B ................................. Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

COTLER, GERALD .................................. Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University

COZMA, JOHN .............................................. Detroit, Mich. Detroit Institute of Technology Wayne University

CRAWFORD, JOHN C ............................. Philadelphia, Pa. La Salle College, A.B.

DALESSANDRO, JOHN A. ................ Lackawanna, N.Y. University of Buffalo

D'ALONZO, ALBERT F ........................... Philadelphia, Pa. Duke University, A.B. Temple University Villanova College

DEGHETTO, JOHN C ........................... Rochelle Park, N.J Rutgers University Upsala College, A.B.

DERUE, ROBERT G ....................................... Newark, N.Y. Albany State University University of Buffalo, A.B.

DIMARZIO, DANTE ................................ Philadelphia, Pa. La Salle College Temple University

DUBIN, ALVIN D ..................................... Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University

ENGLAND, ROBERT W ................................. Oaklyn, N.J. Houghton College, A.B. Temple University Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. B.D.

F ALLICK, ALAN M ................................. Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University, A.B.

FRIEDLIN, FREDERIC J ................................ Pitman, N.J University of Pennsylvania Ursinus College, B.S.

FRIEDMAN, EDWARD M ..................... Philadelphia, Pa. St. Joseph's College University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

FRY, ROBINSON GEORGE ............................ Orefield, Pa. Ursinus College Muhlenberg College

GEHRIS, LOIS]. ................................................ Reading, Pa. Albright College, B.S.

GLOVER, JULIUS R ......................................... Passaic, N.J Howard University, B.S.

GLOVER, ROBERT H ................................... Jackson, Miss University of Mississippi, A.B.

GREIF, DONALD D ..................................... Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn College

GRIFFITH, THOMAS B ......................... Washington, D.C. Nebraska State University Omaha University University of Colorado

GROSSBAR T, FREDERICK .......................... Newark, N.J Seton Hall University, B.S .

HEAGEN, EUGENE R ............. Woodhaven, N.Y.C .. N.Y. New York University

HEMSLEY, WILLIAM R., JR ....................... Audubon, N.J. Franklin & Marshall College, B.S.

HICKERSON, JAMES S ................. North Little Rock, Ark. Little Rock Jr. College University of Arkansas, B.S.

HIPPLE, JOHN A. ........................................ Harrisburg, Pa. Harrisburg Area College Gettysburg College, A.B.

INW ALD, SAMPSON A. ............................ Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn College, B.S.

JACOBSEN, RODNEY T. .............................. Camden, N.J. Rutgers University (S. Jersey Div.), A.B.

JAEGER, FREDERICK ]. ................................ Buffalo, N.Y. Shurtleff College University of Buffalo

JOSEPH, JAY H ............................................... Vineland, N.J University of North Carolina. A.B. Temple University, M.Ed. .

KELLAM, DAVID A. .............................. Binghamton, N.Y. Colgate University Syracuse University

KETNER, DONALD W ................................... Clarion, Pa. Clarion State Teachers College Grove City College

KODROFF, CARL ...................................... Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University, A.B.

LETOURNEAU, BERNARD J .................. Brooklyn, N.Y. Long Island University, B.S.

LEVITT, JACK .......................................... Philadelphia, Pa. University of Kentucky. B.S.

reshrnan all-LIEBERT, HENRY S ..................................... Richmond, Va.

Hampden Sydney College, B.S.

LODATO, ARTHUR A. .................................... Bristol, Fa. Florida Southern College. B.S., A.B.

LOVE, JOHN E ............................................. Pittsburgh, Fa. University of Pittsburgh

LUONGO, RALPH A. ......................... : ...... Philadelphia, Fa. Villanova College, B.S.

MAKANT, JOSEPH E., JR ........................ Pawtucket, R.I. Colby College University of Rhode Island, A.B.

MARINO, NICK A ..................................... Cleveland, Ohio Miami University, A.B.

MARRA, CHARLES N ............................... Tuckahoe, N.Y. Michigan State College, B.S.

MARTSUKIS, LEO M ............................... New York, N.Y. Villanova College New York University, A.B.

MATEZ, MURRAY N ........................... Atlantic City, N.J. University of Georgia, B.S.

MEALS, ROBERT L. ........................................ Lebanon, Fa. Huntington College Lebanon Valley College, B.S.

MELHORN, FREDERICK R ....................... Johnstown, Fa. Gettysburg College, A.B.

METZMAN, MILTON .............................. Philadelphia, Fa. Temple University Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, B.Sc.

MILLARD, LESTER C ............................. Gouverneur, N.Y. St. Lawrence University, A.B.

MINAHAN, JAMES J .............................. Philadelphia, Fa. Villanova College, B.S.

MINEHAN, EDWARD J ...................... Wilmington, DeL University of Delaware, A.B.

MINUTELLA, JACK A. ............................ Philadelphia, Fa. La Salle College, AB.

MOY, THOMAS L. .................................... Philadelphia, Fa. La Salle College, AB.

ORONS, STANLEY .......................... New York City, N.Y. New York University Purdue University, B.S.

PATRIQUIN, DAVID A. .......................... Providence, R.I. Tufts College, B.S.

PECKINS, HOWARD C. B ............................... Utica, N.Y. Utica College of Syracuse University . Middlebury College, AB.

PIWOZ, SEYMOUR .................................. Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

POLULICH, JOHN F ................................. Grantwood, N.J. St. Johns College, B.S.

POWELL, THOMAS F. A. ...................... Philadelphia, Fa. La Salle College · University of Pennsylvania, A.B.

PRITCHARD, CHARLES F ..................... Philadelphia, Fa. Ursinus College, B.S.

PRYKANOSKI, JOSEPH J ............................ Trenton, N.J. Temple University

" " .. lass of 986 PYLE, WELLDEN .................................. South Orange, N.J.

Lafayette College, AB.

ROBINSON, WALTER T., JR ......................... Roslyn, Fa. Temple University, A.B.

RUSIN, WILLIAM D ......................... Gloucester City, N.J. St. Joseph's College, B.S.

SADICK, S. PAUL ........................................ Salisbury, Md. Washington College, B.S. Salisbury State Teachers College

SALKIND, HENRY ............................................ Bronx, N.Y. Moravian College, B.S.

SCHWARTZ, RALPH ................................ Bridgeton, N.J. Dickinson College, B.S.

SLIFER, GEORGE B ................................... Philadelphia, Fa. Temple University

SMITH, IRVIN ........................................ Atlantic City, N.J. Temple University, A.B.

SNOKE, PAUL S ............................................... Lemoyne, Fa. Dickinson College, B.S.

SNYDER, RICHARD K ............................... Allentown, Fa. Muhlenberg College

STEIN, FRANKLIN M ............................. Philadelphia, Fa. Ursinus College, B.S.

SULLIVAN, JAMES ]. ............................ Springfield, Mass. Mt. St. Mary's College, B.S.

SWIATKOWSKI, EDWARD S ............... Philadelphia, Fa. St. Joseph's College, B.S. University of Pennsylvania

WALP, BARRY D ......................................... Forty Fort, Fa. Franklin & Marshall College, B.S.

WIENER, HERBERT .................................. Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn College, AB.

WILDMANN, JOHN ]. ............................ Philadelphia, Fa. George Washington University Montgomery Jr. College University of Maryland, B.S.

WORTH, LEONARD V., JR ............... Williamsville, N.Y. University of Buffalo, A.B.

WYNNE, JOHN B., JR ................................. Greenwich, R.I. Merrimack College Providence College, A.B.

XENAKIS, ALEXANDER D ................... Philadelphia, Fa. Temple University, A.B.

YOUNG, WARREN C ................................. Franklin, Ohio Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)

YURKANIN, JOSEPH ...................................... Ashley, Fa. University of Scranton, B.S. Temple University

ZACCARDI, FRANK F ........................... East Orange, N.J. Upsala College, AB. Rutgers University

ZARRILLI, MICHAEL W ....................... Philadelphia, Fa. La Salle College, AB.

ZELLIS, ABRAHAM ................................ Philadelphia, Fa. Rittenhouse College Temple University, A.B.

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~~~~~~~MNI DA;~~~ SA TURD A JUNE 3

Graduate Seminars in College Auditorium Morning and Afternoon

Dr. William F. Daiber, '28, Program Director

Alumni r/Jan'juef

Hotel Warwick ... 7 P.M. Dr. Nicholas D. Tretta. '42, Banquet Chairman

C:ommencemenf

Sunday, June 14 ... William B. Irvine Auditorium 34th & Spruce 3 P. M.

See you there . . .

and there ...

and THERE!

Dr. Harry E. Binder, '36,

General Alumni Program

Chairman

Alumni President. Dr. Roy E. Hughes. '28, and Mrs. Hughes at 1952 Alumni Banquet . .