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The Dental Profession’s Ten Aims for 1920
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yet we venture the opinion that the full meed of praise was too fre quently withheld from them, at times when praise would have gone so far toward making their pathway more pleasant. The passing of our prominent men marks an ever changing era in the profession, and we trust we are not indulging a vain hope when we bespeak for the eras to come a larger charity and a more abounding tolerence for the difficulties and the limitations of those who are called upon to occupy positions of trust and responsibility. Let us look for the good there is in men, and we will have less incentive and less relish to mag nify their faults. Then our great men will live longer and be happier.
THE DENTAL PROFESSION’S TEN AIMS FOR 1920. 1. 29,000 members and 35,000 subscribers to The Journal.— Average of 18% increase in membership in every component society. 2. $78,000 in the Relief Fund with a definite plan of distribution.— Every member a contributor to this worthy cause. 3. Thru the Research Commission and otherwise encouraging the spirit of sci entific research and inventive genius.— Debt on the Research Institute Building paid. 4. 6,000 in attendance at the Boston meeting and the staging of a real “ Seminar Course.” 5.
2,000 additional volumes added to our National library.
6. Systematic and standardized graduate and post-graduate courses inaugu rated and developed.— The educational standard in every dental school raised.— The classification of State Dental Examining Boards. 7. More efficient dental service to humanity.— National Oral Hygiene Bureaus established.— More public dental clinics.— Better dental laws.— Dental Hygienists recognized in every state. 8. A ll scientific papers to include complete standardization of nomenclature.
bibliography.— Revision
9. The three requisites for the successful dentist: Thoroness.
and
Enthusiasm, Energy and
10. For every dentist to have a religion of truth, law, justice, work, democracy, mercy, monogamy, science and God.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT.
yet we venture the opinion that the full meed of praise was too fre quently withheld from them, at times when praise would have gone so far toward making their pathway more pleasant. The passing of our prominent men marks an ever changing era in the profession, and we trust we are not indulging a vain hope when we bespeak for the eras to come a larger charity and a more abounding tolerence for the difficulties and the limitations of those who are called upon to occupy positions of trust and responsibility. Let us look for the good there is in men, and we will have less incentive and less relish to mag nify their faults. Then our great men will live longer and be happier.
THE DENTAL PROFESSION’S TEN AIMS FOR 1920. 1. 29,000 members and 35,000 subscribers to The Journal.— Average of 18% increase in membership in every component society. 2. $78,000 in the Relief Fund with a definite plan of distribution.— Every member a contributor to this worthy cause. 3. Thru the Research Commission and otherwise encouraging the spirit of sci entific research and inventive genius.— Debt on the Research Institute Building paid. 4. 6,000 in attendance at the Boston meeting and the staging of a real “ Seminar Course.” 5.
2,000 additional volumes added to our National library.
6. Systematic and standardized graduate and post-graduate courses inaugu rated and developed.— The educational standard in every dental school raised.— The classification of State Dental Examining Boards. 7. More efficient dental service to humanity.— National Oral Hygiene Bureaus established.— More public dental clinics.— Better dental laws.— Dental Hygienists recognized in every state. 8. A ll scientific papers to include complete standardization of nomenclature.
bibliography.— Revision
9. The three requisites for the successful dentist: Thoroness.
and
Enthusiasm, Energy and
10. For every dentist to have a religion of truth, law, justice, work, democracy, mercy, monogamy, science and God.