Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-20
THE DENTISTS SPREAD.
X.
Annual Meeting and Banquet Of the
Washington City Dental Society.
After the Business the Members SIT
Down to = Handsome Banquet-
Responses to Toasts.

The twenty-seventh annual session Of the
Washington City Dental Society was held
last night at Welckers. II was opened
with a business meeting and concluded
with a banquet. The former was convened
in the main parlor by President ]. H. p.
Benson. Reports were received and other
routine business transacted. Three applica-
tons for membership were submitted. four
candidates for admission were elected ana
one was dropped for non-payment of dues.
The election Of officers resulted as follows:
President, w. E. Dieffenderfer; vice presi-
dent, Roland Walton: treasurer, r. b. Dom
aldson re-electedD; librarian, H b. Noble
re-elected); essayist ]. H. p. Benson.
President Dieffenderfer was indicted by
Drs. Hunt and Smythe. and expressed his
consciousness Of the honor in a few we'll
set words. At . o'Slock the members adj
journed to the banquet hall. Covers were
laid for twenty-seven. The Introduction of
several banquet novelties added to the in
terest OF the event The setting of the
board was all that the esthetic eve could
suggest and the palmist put in some of his
richest touches in making the fete a deco
rauve success. At first the doctors con-
fined their attention to the elbow neighbor.
but midway through the meal things
warmed up and TOW Of conversat ton surg
go up ana down, over and around the table.
Inc menu was choice and quite elaborate.
After cafe noire and Havanas came the
speech, in which he congratulated the So
ciety, referred to the good deeds II had
done and prophesied those which II would
do. Ex-Prssident Benson was introduced
as POSTMASTER and acquitted himself cred
itably in the delicate duties Of the office.
He read a resume OF the workings of the
society FOR the year. This was couched In
political terms and parodied the Presidents
message. 1t was a cleyerly CONSTRUCTED
document and raised a laugh. DIR. j. Ffnd-
lay HUNT, the senior OF the society, was
the next speaker. He maintained that ham
quets and dental societies were good things.
ne talked OF how the present society had
been evolved from the Dental Protective
Association. The Washington City Society
was the best dental society to which ne
the cream OF the profession in this city.
he said this ''out of the fullness Of his
heart He paid a tribute TO those who
had remained loyal TO the society in its
days OF darkness. He urged the young men
TO spare no effort in keeping abreast OF
the times and stated that the older heads
did not know Il all. Excelsior should he
their watchword. DR.. Williams Donnally
responded to the toast ''Medicine and Sur,
gerry. He had accepted the invitation to
speak on the subject. but thought that the
Thus he Wes @nnrsr was one %ess s., hence
tect was vital one. Dentistry had been
practiced in conjunction with medicine as
a speciality for many years He reviewed
from medicine and maintained that the
INDEPENDENCE Of the former profession was
He told the story OF how the American
Medical Association several years ago at
Richmond had generously started a move
ment which eliminated in the organization
of section OF dental and oral surgery. He
thought that dentists should enter medical
associations. and said that the medical men
were willing to receive them with open
arms
Interesting Addresses.
DIR. NJ F. Findlay answered the toast,
Advancement of the dental profession"
His was an admirable paper. the product
of considerable research. and reviewed the
history OF ARTIFICIAL teeth and dental in
ventions. Much OF the paper was purely
technical
DIR. H. B. Noble spoke OF the Columbian
and pan-American medical congresses. told
OF how the idea originated and took form.
He spoke Of the benefits which had accrued
to the profession from these assemblies.
DIR. Walton made a few remarks. Dr.
Thompson complimented the ladies of the
land and DIR. Hunt talked a second time TO
tell of the independence Of the dental pro-
fession.
The banquet committee was as follows:
DIR. II. b. Noble. Dr. J. Roland Walton, DR..
w. K. Dieffenderfer. DR.. A. ]. Brown. Dr.
]. II. p. Benson.
The guests were as follows: w. E. DEF
fenderfer. r. Finley Hunt, H. h. Noble. J.
II. p. Benson, Geo. b. WEIGH, II. NJ. School,
ey, A. 5. Brown, Charles w. Appler. Will
Jams Donnally, NJ. F. Finlay. Charles y.
Lindsey, ]. Roland Walton. r. H Gunnee.
Whit Hammett w. NJ. Hunt. G. NJ See
bold, L. ID. Harlan, A. w. Sweeny, A NJ.
Green, r.. w. Talbot ]. l.. Wolf, Garnet
L. Willis. ]. Hall Lewis, Henry o. Thomp-
SON and ]. Curtis Smythe.