The San Francisco call., 1895-12-19
WILL NOT APOLOGIZE,
So Protest All the Juniors
at the College of
Dentistry.
Awaiting the Action of the Faculty
This Evening-The Unpopularity
of DR.. Sharp.

The members of the junior class at the
Dental College who were suspended last
Monday have no intention of apologizing
to DIR. Sharp. large proportion of them
were up at the Donahue building yester-
day and all in state of uncertainty. They
have taken no concerted action and prefer
to await the action of the faculty at its
meeting to- night.
What are you going to do?" was asked
one of them.
"Do? Why, what eau we do except
wait to see what the faculty decides?''
'In case the faculty decides that you
must apologize or leave, what will you do?"
They will hardly dare TO do that. Only
few are guilty and the faculty can't de-
eide which of US are, and If they eXpel all
of us they would have lot of lawsuits Oh
their hands. They can't force an apology
from US, anyway. We have done nothing
to apologize for. DR.. Sharp should apollo
gize to u.s."
All those present protested that they
would never apologize. But they all
seemed to respect the faculty generally
and many expressed a hope that some way
would soon be found out OF the difficulty.
One OF the students, an earnest boy who
showed by his manner of speaking that he
realized the Importance of the time taken
from his work. protested that the trouble
lay in the incapacity of DR.. Sharp and the
latters relationship to DR.. Dunbar the
dean OF the college.
II paid $115 for this terms work." he
said. "1 found that the time spent under
DR.. Sharp was being wasted. The other
students you will find were of the same
opinion. Personally the doctor is not un-
/ q | a no
boys do. But he is not the right man for
the chair of mechanical dentistry"
"Why did you not lay your complaints
before the dean ?" was asked.
There's where the trouble lies. 1t was
practically the dean who appointed him.
Ii we complained we would forever be in
DIR. Dun bars black books. None OF the
boys would have dared do it. AS 1t was,
we were condemned without hearing by
DR.. Dunbar from the first.
"Why, one day he said to the class that
. he was much dispieased with our conduct.
He understood we were the worst behaved
class that ever entered the college and
were no better than lot of hoodlums.
"Think OF 1t!
No other instructor would have said
that of our class. You just see tn EN- and
find out"
DR.. A. A. dAncona, the professor of
physiology and histology at the Dental
College, bore out the unfortunate juniors
protestations as to the earnestness and
good behavior of his class. Since he was a
member OF the faculty DIR. d'Ancona did
not wish to speak of the trou BILE till it had
been considered officially.
81 at no time had any fault to find with
the behavior of the Students" he said.
''The members OF the junior class always
demeaned themselves properly and were
earnest in their work. Now, understand, u
q n fn
Hecting on the wisdom of the action of
the dean. | am merely speaking of what
has come under my observation.
II know nothing of their department in
other classes. In fact / did not know the
class had been told to refrain from attend
ing lectures till | read it in the papers,
DR.. y Ancona said he believed DR.. Sharp
was the victim of q misunderstanding.
The student body, he understood, felt that
DIR. Boxton, the previous instructor in
mechanical dentistry, had been removed
in order to make a place for DR.. Sharp
This DR.. d d'Ancona declared was mistake
He explained that DR.. Boxton, after
mature deliberation, had given up the
position voluntarily after the faculty had
expressed desire to retain him.
Il know DR.. Sharp did not want the
place." he added, "for he told US so him
self. DIR. Dunbar also told me that DR..
Sharp was 10th to give up his afternoons
practice. DIR. Dunbar had insisted though
and DR.. Sharp had accepted the place."
Dr.. d 'Ancona spoke in the highest terms
of DR.. Sharp's ability as dentist and his
gentleness as man.
DIR. j. NJ. Williamson, the professor of
anatomy, agreed with DR.. d d'Ancona as to
the desirable qualities of the students of
the junior class. He also feared that if he
spoke well of the boys his commendation
might be construed as condemnation of
the dean.
"They always impressed me as being in
earnest, he said at last, in answer to
direct question. They seemed to know
why they were at college and to be desir-
GUS of dong as much work as possible.
They always behaved as gentlemen. I
have at no time had occasion to complain
of their department"
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