The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-26
A LIBERAL DENTIST.
DR.. EVANS WILL ESTABLISH A DENTAL
COLLEGE IN PHILADELPHIA.

The Greater Part of His Fortune to DO
struction to he Moderate His Plans In
clude Other Projects.
The crowned heads of Europe" as
they are known in miscellaneous publ
cations, are likely TO contribute in a vi
carious manner TO the development Of
the young American idea This admi
rable work will be performed by DR.
Thomas w. Evans, who, as the "Ameri
can dentist, is known in many parts
OF Europe and particularly in Paris
DR. Evans arrived i'll New York on
Aug 80 TO bury his wife in his family
plot in a Philadelphia cemetery He
sailed for Paris again few days ago
Before DR. Evans babe adieu to his
friends he declared that his visit here,
after his long absence, had made him
more Of an American than he had ever
been before, and that it was his inten-
tion to devote the greater part OF his
fortune, at the close of his career, to
the cause of education in America. He
has no children.
1t is generally believed that DR..
Evans fortune amounts to $4,000, 900
or $4,000, 900 After legacies to rela-
tives his will leaves the bulk of his for
tune to trustees in this country, whose
duty it will be to dispose of the great
funds placed at their discretion accord
ing to the instructions of the testator.
Before DR.. Evans departed he declared
that Arthur w. Valois of New York,
his counsel, was aware of what his in
tentions were and would indicate them
III general way
Mr. Valois said DR.. Evans had made
tour of America and as the dean of
the profession of dentistry had express
ed himself as deeply impressed with the
advances which that speciality is max
ing He was convinced, however, that
what its real progress demanded was
the establishment of a national insti.
tute of dentistry. whose purpose would
be the giving Of degrees after the de.
mands of a rigid examination had been
satisfied, and which would place grad
yates in the front rank of practitioners
1t is DR. Evans desire to contribute
to the foundation of such an institution.
His contribution would be of such a
character that it would practically
equal foundation, and the endowment
would be ample to enable the institute
to be conducted in a manner which
would make it unrivaled in the world.
With this idea in view DR.. Evans
before his departure communicated
with the most eminent instructors III
the country. The home of the new in.
stitution will be in all probability in
Philadelphia. that city being DR.. Evans
native place. The effort will be made
to reduce the cost of education in this
institute to such degree that it will
be practically free, or. at any rate, sc
moderate will be the expenses that al
of sufficient intelligence will be able tC
avail themselves of its advantages.
Whether branches of this institution
will be established in other cities thar
Philadelphia cannot at present be deter
| mined, but it is not unlikely. At any
rate. DIR. Evans has been in consulta
ton with well known dentists in New
York, Chicago, Cincinnati Baltimor,
! and Washington with the purpose o.
determining the ACCESSIBILITY Of sucl
branches
Dr. Evans is also determined to de
vote part of his fortune to educationa
work of much wider character than il
indicated by his interest in the institut,
of dentistry, and he will also appl,
, considerable sums to charity. With thu
! latter idea, Dr. Evans consulted Arch
bishop Ireland of st Paul and Bishop
Whipple, the Protestant Episcopal heaC
of the diocese of Minnesota Under thei
supervision an educational establish
ment, nonsectarian in character, vii
D be founded in Minneapolis, and it i
not unlikely that the two prelates will
act as trustees of the educational funC
which is to be provided by DR.. Evans.
5 DR.. Evans chief title to fame is TIT
part he took in the escape of the EN-
, press Eugene from Paris at the time o
the fall of Napoleon iii. 1t was un
doubtedly due to DR.. Evans shrewdnes
that the empress escaped from Franc
with her life. The emperor was no
, only his patient, but a warm friend
J and DR.. Evans friends have always as
serted that it was due chiefly to his in
fiuence that during the civil war Franc
. did not declare for the Confederacy. Hi
clientele in Europe has included almos
all of the living rulers, and his reminis
!, cences are very interesting. New Yorl
. Herald.
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