SPECIAL DENTAL COLLEGE EDITION
H. 206 at 10 o’clock Today Sure
Delegation chairmen Henley, Hopper, C. bright, Harmon, Behlow, Crail, Mayhew, Garrison, Weimer, Pierson, Bautzer, Harris, Silbert, Adams, Metcalfe, T. Woods, Baxter, Boren, Peck, Ruymann, Hicks, Beeks, Dickens, Goodman, Mulvin, Huston, Harvey, Barr, Maxwell, Edgerton, Flynn. Therieau, Coombs, Cunningham, Culp, Bryant, Hodges, Kline, Foote, E. Wright, Callow, Bruner, Saylor, Spaeth, Kispert, Oudermuelen, Woods, Pinkley, Newcomer, Mikesall and Epley.
Southern
Daily
California
Trojan
VOL. XIX.
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, April 24, 1928
KNIGHT AND SQUIRE PETITIONS
Petitions for Trojan Knights and Squires are ready at the student store. Those planning to turn in statements should see Mrs. Marie Poetker at the cashier’s window. All petitions must be returned to this window by Wednesday at 5 p.m., says Edd&e Oudermeulen, president of the Knights. Professional students planning to petition for Knights and Squires should file petitions here as well.
NUMBER 119
DENTAL
OFFER NEW COURSES IN SEPTEMBER
ANNOUNCED
Balboa To Be Scene of Annual Dental Frolic on May 3; Pace in Charge.
By SPENCER MUIR CRUMP
May 3 has been set as the date of the annual Dental Beach day, which will be held this year at Balboa, according to an announcement by Ralph Pace, president of the Dental student body, who has charge of the affair. The announcement of a play day without the cuts that usually accompany playing, will bring forth many a smile to spring fever tortured Dentals.
Beach Day is one of the two outdoor events sponsored by the student body, to be held each year. The fall frolic is known as Field Day.
Plans that have been made by the student body officers foreshadow this year’s beach day as the biggest and best that Dental has ever enjoyed. Events scheduled include a base ball game between the seniors and the faculty. This event seems to be holding the center of attention in that it will be the last chance that the graduating students will have to step on the '“Profs,” so a hard-fought game can be looked for. There will be baseball games, tennis matches, a swimming meet, canoe tilts and other athletic events on the program. These will be between the various classes. Prize medals and cups are offered in each of the various events and if the same spirit prevails this year as apparent last year some hard fought battles will be witnessed. The event listed on the program for 12 noon will no doubt gain the entire attention of every one present, for at that hour the hungry Dents will sit down to a veritable banquet. After a morning of exercise you should see those iooth massagers stow the grub. During the afternoon those that are not lying on the beach basking in the sun will have an oportunity to trip the light fantastic in one of Balboa's famous dance pavilions.
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Co-eds To Drive Cars For Loan Fund; Will Stand in Front of Auditorium.
Gold diggers will reign on the campus tomorrow when the W. S. G. A. conducts the second Taxi Day of the year for the purpose of raising money for the loan fund.
All day long from 7:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon, taxis, driven by co-eds garbed in sweater and skirt outfits and wearing green taxi driver’s caps, will be seen everywhere on the campus. A special section will be reserved in front of the Administration building as a> taxi-stand, and also space will be reserved in front of other buildings on the campus.
‘lAny place on the campus for 10 to 25 cents”, is the slogan of the taxi drivers. The Gold-diggers will transport students to the university from the fraternity and sorority houses, or vice versa, or they will drive them between buildings on the campus, the fare to correspond with the length of the drive.
Tomorrow will be the third Taxi Day at S. C. sponsored by the W. S. G. A. Last year the idea was inaugurated and Ruth Carr served as chairman. In January, the second Taxi Day was held and Frances Holmes was in charge of the day’s activities. Tomorrow Gayle Daley, secretary of the sophomore class, will act as chairman.
Women who would be willing to turn their cars into taxis during the day for a few hours are requested to turn their names in at the Women’s Organizations office immediately, or get in touch with Gayle Daley at the Alpha Chi Omega house. Activity points will be awarded to those women who actively co-operate. Women may also sign up to take charge of the taxi stand in front of Bovard auditorium.
DEAN FORD TOURS EAST
ATTENDS WASHINGTON DENTAL MEETING
WOLFE ELECTED SOCIETY LEADER
In a recent meeting of the Ford Palmer Newkirk Dental society, Frank Wolfe was unanimously chosen to the office of President elect for the ensuing year. Charles Ritter, who is president of the society at In order that all may make the trip this time presided over the meeting special trains have been arranged for j which was featurde by a paper by that will leave from in front of the Dr. M. M. House.
Technic Building on Exposition Boule- Since the combining of the three vard at eight o’clock Thursday, May societies into one organization, no 3. The committee in charge of ar- definite club constitution has been in rangements is made up of Ralph Pace, j effect, so president Ritter appointed president of the Dental student body, Ralph Pace to head the committee on Henry Harrison, and Francis Conley. membership and constitution.
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Gdonto Clubmen To Stage Contest In Annual Dance
Prizes To Be Offered in Feature Number of Affair Friday.
A special feature of the Odonto club dance to be held in the Social hall of the Student Union Friday evening, is to be a prize dance contest, according to an announcement by Bill Moss. The contest is to be open to all. Two prizes have been arranged for this event, one for both members of the winning team. Although the exact nature of the awards is being withheld for the present, Moss stated that the value of each prize was well over ten dollars. The announcement of this contest coupled with the attractions all ready announced which include, B. Gonzales dancing exhibition number with a 1928 Wampus Baby Star, a specialty number by a Fanchon and Marca song and dance team, an old fashion* ed bean guessing contest and a grand
TO OFFER HYGIEN1STS EXCEPTIONAL COURSES
Dean Ford Pleased With Establishment of Health Unit; Post Graduates Will Receive Special Attention Under New Plan Next Semester.
In keeping with the broad development of the University, the Dental College is going to open with the beginning of the fall semester a group of post graduate courses and a school for Dental Hygien-ists, and will re-open the school for Dental Technicians which was
♦closed about four years ago.
News of this development was given out recently in an interview with Dean Ford, in which he summarized the
A.T.E. INITIATES THREE NEW MEN
Ritter, Brewer, Moss Re-c e i v e Memberships in Dental Honorary.
On last Tuesday evening, Alpha Tau Epsilon, honorary Dental fraternity held its last business meeting of the school year at the Delta Sigma Delta chapter house. Presided over by Walter Bonness the meeting turn-prize drawing for a multitude of val- ed out to be an unusual affair, *fea-uable prizes makes this Dental benefit dance one that cannot be well
missed by campusites if they are to take advantage of the biggest entertainment value of the year. Music for the affair is being supplied by Harold Carpenters campus serenaders %r.d those who have heard this band say it is “plenty hot”
S.C. DENTAL COLLEGE RANKS THIRD LARGEST IN NATION
NEW BUILDING BEING PLANNED
Structure To Be Completed Within Two Years, Dean Ford Announces.
That the entire Dental college wTould be housed under one roof, was the recent announcement of Dean Ford before the student body. The new building is to occupy the corner of Menlo and Exposition Blvd..
Special quarters for the different departments will be included in the building. Separate technical laboratories for the undergraduates, for the post graduates and for the technicians as well as a series of scientific laboratories and separate clinics for the various phases of work, an infirmary for the Dental Hygienists will be provided. Necessary classroom space and a large assembly hall will complete the building.
HOUSE PREPARES FOR EASTERN TRIP
BY DR. ALAN PRATHER
The College of Dentistry is the third largest Dental college in the United States today. It is exceeded in size only by the School of Dentistry of the University of Pittsburgh and by the Chicago College of Dental Surgery.
To give some idea of the colossal size which this school has attained it will be nceessary to cite a few statistics.	* , f iV
The college covers approximately 'Vn acres of ground. Two three-«tory il dings house the clinical, labora-and lecture rooms. A fully 'pped athletic field on Exposition d. gives the Dents opportunity for .Vcise and recreation. A vacant jcel of ground at Menlo and Exposition stands ready to receive the new clinical building.
'Twenty-three thousand patients
were treated at the clinic during 1927 and at the present rate, over twenty-five thousand will receive treatment during 1928. On these patients 79,000 operations were performed and of these patients over 60,000 X-ray pictures were taken. To properly take care of these patients the annual consumption of linen towels reaches the amazing total of 350,000.
The Prosthetic department made 1200 sets of artificial teeth and the Crown and Bridge department constructed 700 bridges. These pieces of work required 13,000 artificial teeth. An additional 13,000 artificial teeth were used up in doing laboratory work.
During the year of 1927 over 100 pounds of gold were used to restore missing teeth, in Crown and Bridge and operative work. The Surgery re moved 15,000 teeth.
Dr. M. M. House, who has been giving a course to the teaching staff in Prosthetics in preparation for the post graduate work next fall, is to leave for the east on the 27th, where he will spend the summer. He will appear before several state societies, where he reported on the findings of his research work along the lines of tooth form, face harmony and tooth color. He has been doing his research work for the S. S. White Dental Supply Co., which is the largest in the world.
Dr. House will return in September and will have charge of the Prosthetics department of the post graduate school.
AMAZON MEETING
All Trojan Amazons will meet this evening in the fountain of the Student Union at a quarter of five, instead of 5:30, as previously announced. VERY IMPORTANT!! It is essential that all Amazons who signed up be at the dinner before going to the Trojan Alumni banquet at the Biltmore.
BY FRANCIS J. CONLEY
That Southern California . might have the best! In these few words may be found the seed of Dr. L. E. Ford’s recent tour of eastern universities and his attendance at the convention of the American Association of Dental Schools, held at Washington, D. C., March 26, 27 and 28.
. Working by day and traveling by night was his program during the fortnight incident to the convention and his itinerary included ten of the colleges prominent in the dental field. But he did not limit his activities to dentistry alone and, as is his usual custom, passed considerable time in the clinics, hospitals and laboratories of the various medical and scientific divisions. Dr. Ford is an exponent of the theory that much can be gained from the interchange of current ideas and teachings of the different sciences.
Before arriving in Washington, short visits wTere made to the dental departments of Loyola university, New Orleans, then Atlanta Southern Dental college, Atlanta, and the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery which by the way was the first to be established in the world. Later, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of New York City, Columbia J University, the Chicago College of Dental Surgery of Loyola University, the University of Illinois and Northwestern University yielded many profitable hours .
That dentistry is progressing in keeping with other sciences is evidenced by attendance at all of the numerous sectional meetings and the recent national session impressed very strongly the constant development which can be attributed to the untiring energy of those specialists in the various phases of dentistry, whose efforts are not going unrewarded. The convention opened with a very fine address by C. R. Mann, director of the American council on Education, who pointed out how his department co-operates in all form3 of education. The American association of Dental Schools is a member of and hopes to receive much benefit from this national council.
Major General M. W. Ireland. Surgeon General, United States army, discussed the Army Dental School. The United States government wa3 the first to established a dental corps in the army and navy and to realize (Continued on Page- Four)
The Odonto club dance is especially worthy of campus support in that it is the sole hope of many junior and senior Dental students to finish school. Proceeds from the dance are to be added to the fund already in existence which is used to supply money to needy students. The money loaned is repaid in small installments after the student has finished his course. The club was founded by Dr. J. Endleman when he observed the need of some organization to assist students in finishing their work that otherwise would need to leave school because of financial difficulties. Since its inception the club has been7 student operated. Each year some benefit is sponsored so that the fund may grow as large as possible and thus help a greater number of students.
Tickets for the function are on sale at $2 per ducat, in the Student Union and from Bill Moss, Spence Crump, Horace Brown and Open-shaw.
tured by the initiation of Charles Ritter, presiednt o£ the Ford, Palmer, Newkirk Dental society; Frank Brewer, president of Trowel, and Bill Moss, manager of the Odonto club.
Following the initiation, Walt Bonness informed the members that the last meeting would be devoted to the annual banquet which is given to the fraternity by Dean Ford, and that the time and place would be decided later. After some reports on the various activities the meeting was turned over to Ralph Pace, president of the Dental student body, who outlined the plans for the beach day, and told the members about the proposed Dental edition of the Trojan. Bill Moss was called on for a report on the Odonto club dance and he stated that the tickets were goihg well and that all arrangements were completed. The meeting was adjourned after refreshments.
development of these courses. Dean Ford wished that it should go on record that the Dental College was highly pleased with the action of the University in completing the health unit of this institution with the establishing of the Medical School.
The post graduate school will be a separate department of the college and the curriculum will include both special courses that will require one to two years to graduate and a group of courses that will range from one to ten weeks in length. Some of the courses to be obtained under this new department are Oral Surgery, Prosthetics, Anaesthesia, Crown and Bridge, and Othodontia, tbe degrees to be received from the longer courses are the Masters and the Doctor of Dental Science degrees.
The demand for girls trained in preventive dentistry in dental offices, hospitals and public institutions brought about the decision to open a school for Dental Hygienisjjgpfor women only. It is a two year course and will prepare women in a new, very important and growing profession. With the completion ot the new course the wejmen will be required to take a state board examination and practice under the supervision of a dentist.
The re-opening of the Dental technicians’ school cbmes after a plea from many practicing dentists for men trained in the same methods of technic, and to establish (\ higher type of technical work in the southland. The course is one year in length.
DENTAL PROFESSOR TO ATTEND CONFAB
Dr. J. Endleman, professor of special pathology, therapeutics, and materia medica, will leave Saturday for Sacramento, where he will be guest speaker at a combined meeting of the Sacramento-Stockton Dental and Medical association. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Endleman. His subject will be “Fuso-Spirillosis, its diagnosis and systemic involvements’. While in the northern part of the state he will also speak at a Trojan alumni meeting in Sacramento.
Dr. Endleman has recently published a new book the ttile of which is ‘Dental Pathology for Students and Practioners of Dentistry and Medicine.”
W. S. G. A. NOTICE
All women wishing to work on committees for the Women’s Self Government association banquet to be held May 1 are asked to report to Elizabeth Crowley during chapel hour today in the women’s organizations office. Activity points will be given for active co-operation.
PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY
OFFERS OPPORTUNIip
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Public health dentistry totoay is, ont might say, in its infancy%and offers many opportunities for the recent graduate. The greatest problem is of course in selling the importance and necessity of “Preventive Dentistry’-for children, dentistry for the prenatal woman, the tuberculous adult, the family contacts of such patients suffering from the great white plague, and last but most important the educational program, to the agencies and authorities who are able to sponsor such work.
Preventive Dentistry in Dental Col-
By HAZEL MERRICK, D.D.S.
children who attempt to visit the dentist, that of misunderstanding, and develop a so-called “dnetal complex.” When this has taken place, it is too late, nothing can be done and the individual has to continue thru life carrying the “horror” of the dentist. Isn’t it better to have a thorough understanding at the very first visit to the dentist and abandon the dreadful fear that most of us grow up with?
The child who goes to the school dentist, the health center dental clinic, or any other institutional clinic does not have the fear children do who are
lege has the same psychological reac-« fortunate enough to be able to go to
tion on every student. Who in the world ever heard of anyone doing satisfactory dental work on a child crying and misbehaving as a result of his fear of the dentist? The truth of the matter is that the student is the one who is afraid and is therefore, unable to instill confidence into the little patient and the reaction is evidenced by the youngster having an uncertain feeling about what to expect. Children have a very sound reasoning power and in most cases can be talked to in such a wey that they will sit still and let the dentist do most anything if they only know what to expect. This is not true of adults. They will not listen to reason. They know it is going to hurt before the examination of the mouth has ever^been made and the reason for all this is very simple. Perhaps this same adult has had an experience similar to that of most*
a private practising dentist. The reason is that each child is one of many and is doing tbe same thing that his playmates re doaing. Having the teeth taken care of is just part of the day’s program and is to be expected. Another grtifying thing is that the dentist has access to the clinic child on a short notice and is therefore in a position to give constant supervision of the mouth and can keep pit cavities filled as they develop rather than letting the mouth get in an olmost ir-repairable condition before dental service is appealed to. Then too, it the child goes to the clinic dentist regularly, he knows he is going to be “jacked up” if his teeth are not clean and is therefore a greater wielder ef the tooth brush.
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