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DENTAL EDUCATION A r m y t o C o n t in u e T r a in in g P rogram fo r D en tal S tu d en ts
All students now studying dentistry, as well as those who will complete their predental requirement by 1945, will be continued in their courses despite the recently announced intention of the Arm y to reduce its Specialized Training Program from 145,000 to 35,000 stu dents. This action by the W ar D epart ment came after vigorous protests had pointed out that the p a tie n t: dentist ratio would be raised beyond the level of safety by the curtailed program. T h e Secretary of W ar, M r. Stimson, in commenting February 18 on the an nounced policy of curtailing the pro gram, stated : The W ar Department is announcing today the drastic reduction of the Arm y Specialized Training Program and the transfer to active duty with troops of the larger part of the students now in the program. . . . The shortage of personnel from which the Arm y is now suffering has led the W ar D e partment to drastic decisions during the past week. Because of the inability of the Selec tive Service to deliver personnel according to schedule, the Arm y is now short 200,000 men who should have been in uniform by the end o f 1943. T he increased tempo of offensive operations together with mounting casualties demanding immediate replacements in the field has created a situation which has neces sitated drastic economies in the employment of personnel throughout the United States, and a decision to reduce the soldiers in col leges taking the Arm y Specialized Training Program from 145,000 to 35,000. . . . The 35,000 remaining in the program will be primarily those trainees taking advanced courses in medicine and dentistry, or engineer ing and include 5,000 pre-induction stu dents. . . .
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a . d . a . a c t i o n . — A fter issuance of this order, an informal committee represent ing the Am erican D ental Association was created for the purpose of dealing with the situation. T h e members of the com m ittee a r e : C. W illard Cam alier, chair m an of the W ar Service Com m ittee; Em ory W. Morris, chairman of the Council on Dental H ealth ; W illiam N. Hodgkin, chairm an of the Council on D ental E d u cation ; Sterling V . M ead, chairm an of the Com m ittee on Legisla tion ; Gerald D . Timmons, vice chairman o f the W ar Service Com m ittee; John T . O ’Rourke, chairm an of the Committee on Dentistry, Procurement and Assign m ent Service, and J. Ben Robinson, chairm an of the Committee on Dental Education, Procurement and Assign m ent Service.
T h e immediate effect of the W ar D e partm ent order on dental schools would be to terminate the studies of all men enrolled in predental courses and to transfer to combat duty all enlisted men reserved for admission to dental schools in the entering classes of 1944. T h e ulti m ate effect of this order would be to re duce the number of dental graduates and to reduce greatly the dental service avail able to the civilian population in the postwar period. It is estimated that this w ould have increased the p a tien t: dentist ratio beyond the danger point and even tually would lower standards in dental education and practice. T h e committee drafted a statement outlining the probable serious conse quences and the dangers that would at tend its enforcement. T h e committee presented its conclusions to the Board o f Trustees of the Am erican Dental A s sociation and was authorized to urge the Secretary of W ar and other govern m ental authorities to reconsider the scope o f the order. Prom pt action was taken by the committee through the President, C . Raymond Wells, to achieve the pur poses for which the committee was formed.
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Through the work of the committee and appeals from other interested sources, the order was modified so as to continue the dental educational program in all its relationships. T h e 35,000 students who will be retained in the program now in clude all students engaged in the study of medicine and dentistry, those who have been admitted to the 1944 entering classes and those preprofessional students now in college who will come up for en rollment in 1945. . — T h e Navy, which has about 70,000 persons in its V -12 college train ing program, a counterpart of the A ST P , plans no curtailment, pointing out that the need for officers is as great now as at any previous time. navy
A m e r ic a n A s s o c i a t i o n o f D e n t a l S c h o o l s M e e t s in C h i c a g o M a r c h
20
T h e Am erican Association of Dental Schools will hold its twenty-first annual meeting at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, M arch 20-22. T h e program will be de voted to the wartime problems of dental education and to an analysis of teaching methods. A special panel discussion has been arranged on “ Planning for Post graduate Programs.” T h e speaker at the annual dinner M arch 20 will be C. S. Boucher, chancellor, University of N e braska, who will speak on “ Education, Politics and Federal Control.” O ther speakers will be W alter E. Eells, Sc.D., executive secretary, Am erican As sociation of Junior Colleges ; H. M. Marjerison, dean, University of Illinois ; Houghton Holliday, dean, Colum bia U n i versity; H arlan H. Horner, secretary, Council on Dental Education, American Dental Association ; W illard C. Fleming, dean, University of C alifornia; Paul H. Jeserich, University of M ichigan, and Lewis W . Thom , University of M inne sota. Allen T . Newman, dean, New York University, is president of the Associa tion.
George W. Wilson, who succeeds Henry L. Banzhaf as dean of Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee. G e o r g e W . W il s o n A p p o i n t e d D ean a t M a r q u e t t e U n iv e r s it y
Announcement has been made of the appointment of George W . Wilson as dean of the M arquette University School of Dentistry, M ilwaukee, by Raphael C. M cCarthy, S.J., president of the univer sity. Dr. Wilson, who has been a member of the faculty for thirty years, succeeds Henry L. Banzhaf, who has served for forty-two years and who now becomes dean emeritus. Dr. Banzhaf will con tinue to act as business manager of the University. The new dean, a native of Green Bay, Wis., was graduated from M arquette University in 1914. H e has successively become professor of operative dentistry, 1927, director of the clinic, 1928, and professor and director of the departments of operative and clinical dentistry and assistant dean, 1940.
T
he
Journal
of th e
A
m e r ic a n
DENTAL EDUCATION A r m y t o C o n t in u e T r a in in g P rogram fo r D en tal S tu d en ts
All students now studying dentistry, as well as those who will complete their predental requirement by 1945, will be continued in their courses despite the recently announced intention of the Arm y to reduce its Specialized Training Program from 145,000 to 35,000 stu dents. This action by the W ar D epart ment came after vigorous protests had pointed out that the p a tie n t: dentist ratio would be raised beyond the level of safety by the curtailed program. T h e Secretary of W ar, M r. Stimson, in commenting February 18 on the an nounced policy of curtailing the pro gram, stated : The W ar Department is announcing today the drastic reduction of the Arm y Specialized Training Program and the transfer to active duty with troops of the larger part of the students now in the program. . . . The shortage of personnel from which the Arm y is now suffering has led the W ar D e partment to drastic decisions during the past week. Because of the inability of the Selec tive Service to deliver personnel according to schedule, the Arm y is now short 200,000 men who should have been in uniform by the end o f 1943. T he increased tempo of offensive operations together with mounting casualties demanding immediate replacements in the field has created a situation which has neces sitated drastic economies in the employment of personnel throughout the United States, and a decision to reduce the soldiers in col leges taking the Arm y Specialized Training Program from 145,000 to 35,000. . . . The 35,000 remaining in the program will be primarily those trainees taking advanced courses in medicine and dentistry, or engineer ing and include 5,000 pre-induction stu dents. . . .
D
ental
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s s o c ia t io n
a . d . a . a c t i o n . — A fter issuance of this order, an informal committee represent ing the Am erican D ental Association was created for the purpose of dealing with the situation. T h e members of the com m ittee a r e : C. W illard Cam alier, chair m an of the W ar Service Com m ittee; Em ory W. Morris, chairman of the Council on Dental H ealth ; W illiam N. Hodgkin, chairm an of the Council on D ental E d u cation ; Sterling V . M ead, chairm an of the Com m ittee on Legisla tion ; Gerald D . Timmons, vice chairman o f the W ar Service Com m ittee; John T . O ’Rourke, chairm an of the Committee on Dentistry, Procurement and Assign m ent Service, and J. Ben Robinson, chairm an of the Committee on Dental Education, Procurement and Assign m ent Service.
T h e immediate effect of the W ar D e partm ent order on dental schools would be to terminate the studies of all men enrolled in predental courses and to transfer to combat duty all enlisted men reserved for admission to dental schools in the entering classes of 1944. T h e ulti m ate effect of this order would be to re duce the number of dental graduates and to reduce greatly the dental service avail able to the civilian population in the postwar period. It is estimated that this w ould have increased the p a tien t: dentist ratio beyond the danger point and even tually would lower standards in dental education and practice. T h e committee drafted a statement outlining the probable serious conse quences and the dangers that would at tend its enforcement. T h e committee presented its conclusions to the Board o f Trustees of the Am erican Dental A s sociation and was authorized to urge the Secretary of W ar and other govern m ental authorities to reconsider the scope o f the order. Prom pt action was taken by the committee through the President, C . Raymond Wells, to achieve the pur poses for which the committee was formed.
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id - M o n t h l y
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453
Through the work of the committee and appeals from other interested sources, the order was modified so as to continue the dental educational program in all its relationships. T h e 35,000 students who will be retained in the program now in clude all students engaged in the study of medicine and dentistry, those who have been admitted to the 1944 entering classes and those preprofessional students now in college who will come up for en rollment in 1945. . — T h e Navy, which has about 70,000 persons in its V -12 college train ing program, a counterpart of the A ST P , plans no curtailment, pointing out that the need for officers is as great now as at any previous time. navy
A m e r ic a n A s s o c i a t i o n o f D e n t a l S c h o o l s M e e t s in C h i c a g o M a r c h
20
T h e Am erican Association of Dental Schools will hold its twenty-first annual meeting at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, M arch 20-22. T h e program will be de voted to the wartime problems of dental education and to an analysis of teaching methods. A special panel discussion has been arranged on “ Planning for Post graduate Programs.” T h e speaker at the annual dinner M arch 20 will be C. S. Boucher, chancellor, University of N e braska, who will speak on “ Education, Politics and Federal Control.” O ther speakers will be W alter E. Eells, Sc.D., executive secretary, Am erican As sociation of Junior Colleges ; H. M. Marjerison, dean, University of Illinois ; Houghton Holliday, dean, Colum bia U n i versity; H arlan H. Horner, secretary, Council on Dental Education, American Dental Association ; W illard C. Fleming, dean, University of C alifornia; Paul H. Jeserich, University of M ichigan, and Lewis W . Thom , University of M inne sota. Allen T . Newman, dean, New York University, is president of the Associa tion.
George W. Wilson, who succeeds Henry L. Banzhaf as dean of Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee. G e o r g e W . W il s o n A p p o i n t e d D ean a t M a r q u e t t e U n iv e r s it y
Announcement has been made of the appointment of George W . Wilson as dean of the M arquette University School of Dentistry, M ilwaukee, by Raphael C. M cCarthy, S.J., president of the univer sity. Dr. Wilson, who has been a member of the faculty for thirty years, succeeds Henry L. Banzhaf, who has served for forty-two years and who now becomes dean emeritus. Dr. Banzhaf will con tinue to act as business manager of the University. The new dean, a native of Green Bay, Wis., was graduated from M arquette University in 1914. H e has successively become professor of operative dentistry, 1927, director of the clinic, 1928, and professor and director of the departments of operative and clinical dentistry and assistant dean, 1940.