The evening times., 1896-10-07
SPOKE MANY HOT WORDS
Dental Secretary DOnne-ly At
tacks a Proposed College.
ITS DOCTORS DENOUNCED
He Said They Are Little Short of
Criminals-Its Origin q Disreputa-
BILE Orga nizatiOn That Had brought
Disgrace Upon the Professional.
NJ. Earle Replied.


Mr.. II. NJ. Earle for the faculty of the pro-
posed Washington College of Dental Sur
| gerry, located at the corner of Eighth and
h streets, upon an application for a per
nit to carry on business in the District. and
also gave audience to DR.. Williams Don
nelly, the secretary of the local boa rd Of
dental examiners, who objected To the
granting of the permit.
The remarkaoie feature of the hearing
was the attack made by Secretary Dom
| nelly upon the character OF the proposed
| institution. He first said in substance,
tfat 1t was the successor, IN part, ur the
old Homeopathic College here, which had
become notorious, and which had given so
| much trouble, and then stated that its orr
gin was a disreputablc organization which
| had brought disgrace upon the profession
and upon the city.
He said i'll addition later on that the
old homeopathic institution was sued for
damages in certain cases. aud that the
| man against whom the action was brought
| cannot now be found, upon which TO serve
the process. The only thing LEFT of that
| college, he said, was the personal property
now claimed by the proposed College Of
Dental Surgery. valued at $1,000.
THE FACULTY.
Four OF the members in that former in
stitution are members of the faculty in
the proposed College, be said, and the
Others are young and without experience
But one OF them, he thought, would ever
make a successful teacher, aud he asked
that further time he gi ven in which to make
more complete showing of the incom-
r,In ff tha
ficiency of the college
1t is impossible, he said, to conduct a
college of any kind without more money.
more experience and better facilities than
those possessed by this proposed instltu-
ton.
Mr.. Earle. in responding, said the mem
bers OF the faculty regretted their youth as
much as young men can and were striving
to rid themselves OF il every day. He Oh
Jected to the Characterization of them made
by DR.. Donnelly. saving it was unfair and
unnecessary.
The facts lie cited had nothing whatever
to do with the issue. The application mad,
by the faculty is in proper form in every par
ticular. Colleges cannot start as uIl-gruwu
institutions: but If there was anything At
all in Lr. Donnelly's argument, 1t WAS tina.
IN his Judgment lis uCutalinStituLiuu ~. UlG
start i'll where Columbian II left off at its last
session.
1t was Mr.. Earle's contention that there
should be no personal reflections, but that
the paper before the Commissioners should
be considered upon its merits only. and
If the board desired additional informa-
tion the faculty would be glad to supply
1t. The proposed college is designed as q
reputable school, and has a prospect, Mr.
Earle said, OF becoming a successful one
MORE LIGHT WANTED.
Mr.. Ross here interposed by suggesting
that the faculty should give additional
light upon the matter.
Mr.. Earle responded by declaring that
after hearing DR.. Donnelly he himself
thought there was need of more light, and
he again objected to Dr. Donnelly's classi
fication OF the members of the faculty as
criminals.
DR.. DoDnelly said, he did not do So, but
he would sd thatthe faculty ofthe Homcop-
athic College, from which this institution is
proposed TO be formed, were not short Of
criminals. DR.. Donnelly also referred 10
the proposition to conduct a Dental In
firmary" in connection with the college
as an exceedingly Objectionable Provision.
In the course of his remarks DR.. Don
nelly asked that several members Of the
medical fraternity be appointed TO assist
the board of dental examiners in collecting
data. and suggested Drs. j. b. G. Custis
and Dr.. Kingsman.
The Commissioners, however, closed the
interview by postponing further proceed
iDgs for one week. and stated that the
physicians to assist the board will be
named later.
At the hearing given today to property
owners who desire TO object to assessm ents
for Improvements, the Commissioners were
furnished with protests from C. c. Dunn,
in his behalf, and that Of others. to curb
and Sidewalk on Connecticut avenue ex-
tended, beyong Klingleford bridge; from
Barlow Walker and others, against new
sidewalk in front OF square 1915, upon the
grounds that the sidewalk now in use was
laid less than three years ago, and from
Joseph c. Johns, John A. Hutchingson, j.
L. Hutchingson, James 7. Walsh, F. A. Hill
andW. II. Burgessaga gains tthe la ying of sewer
On the east side of Second street, lstween
L and NJ southeast, square 769. The reasons
for this last objection Were that there is
already a sewer in the square, and also one
on the east side of the street, for which the
citizens had been assessed.
GREA'rRRJTa ING wEhENESS