Evening star., 1901-08-06

| ton. Inc arrogance anu " SOY
nothing of the general ignorance Of the
pIainest dictates of5justiee and decency. and
the methods of investigation and judicial
consideration that were displayed quite pass
adequate description Seeing that the mani
| fest purpose of thef executive committee
and its aiders and ahettors was about to
be accomplished "by main strength ana
awkwardness' In spite of the thorough rel
| utation of every insinuation against the
school, the representatives of the universe
| ty had but one recourse for which, indeed,
| they had gone fully prepared, ana tnat was
| to apply for the injunction. which was
| readily obtained In that behalf. the ser
vices of Messrs. Quarles, Spence Quaries.
! the firm of which Senator Quarles is the
| senior member, were engaged, ana not
| withstanding the frantic efforts or the
officers of the association and executive
committee to avoid the service OF process
upon them, the Injunction became enec-
tual, and Notwithstanding subsequent ef-
forts on the part of the same ofhcials II
is as yet and Is likely to be undlsturpeo.
Association of Examiners.
.As respects the so-called National AS
sociation of Dental Examiners, this Is
bumptious body of men, consisting OF the
several boards Of dental examiners in the
various states which have thus far provided
for such boards. Through affiliation with
the National Association of Dental Facul-
ties, this Association of Examiners has con-
ceived itself to be almost as great as its
prototype, and has actually assumed to lay
down as rule of conduct that no local
board Of dental examiners shall accept as
reputable any college not having member
ship in the National Association of Dental
Faculties. No school is a member of this
Association of Dental Examiners, and no
school can by any possibility become sucn,
and the performance of that body in asSum-
ing to discriminate against the dental de-
partment of the National University is moth
ing more nor less than piece of petty and
childish spite, prompted by the successful
efforts of the university to forestali the
purposes of it's enemies in the National As
sociation of Dental Faculties. The arro-
gance of the examiners may be pest IL
lustrated by the fact that while 1t Is pro-
vided by the laws of the various states deal
ing with the examination of applicants for
admission to dental practice that the dl-
ploma of any regularly Incorporated ana
reputable college or university must be ac-
cepted as importing fitness to practice With
out further liability to examination, the
Wisconsin state board assumed to refuse TO
receive the diploma of one of the chicago
colleges of dentistry. as that OF reputable
college because the National Association of
Denial Faculties had not admitted 1t to
membership.
Application to Courts.
..Of course an application to the courts
very promptly cured this arrogance by the
issue of a writ of mandamus to the board
of examiners rebuking it for assuming to
substitute the opinion of the National As
sociation of Dental Faculties for the tact
in any given case Accordingly, any action
by the state board of dental examiners or
of the National Association of Dental EX-
aminers in respect to any college or school
of dentistry in the country may be quietly
ignored.
"In view of the loose and insubstantial
character of the organization, the National
Association of Dental Faculties, it Will nat
urally occur to any one TO ask why tHe
National University should trouble itself
with membership in such BODY. Ine
short answer is that under existing condi-
tions the boards of dental examiners IN the
various states will. until they are finally
effectually cured of their arrogance by the
courts refuse to accept the diplomas of
any school of dentistry not member OF
the Association of Dental Faculties. A.so,
under existing conditions, IT is a principle
of the National Association of Dental rae
ulties to pass to advanced grades of any
school in the association students having
certificates from any other schools of haV-
ing passed in the preceding grades. and TO
require of all other schools lndlVldual eS-
aminations to be passed to such grades.
| The immediate value, therefore, of mem
bership in the National Association of Den
tai Faculties is the avoidance by graduates
of any school in the association of further
examination as condition of being ad-
mitted to DENTAL practice, and of being able
to pass readily from school to school and
from grade TO Sraue.
Proposes to Fight.
sThe National University Is confident
that when the true scope and character of
these two so-calied national associations
become well understood their influence will
be appreciated at its proper value, but the
university does not propose to be under a
seeming ban for the three or four years of
| time that it will take effectively to rid the
| schools of the danger of injustice at the
| hands of these two associations. The uni
| versity has, therefore. gone to the trouble
! and expense of max ing this fight not only
| in it's own behalf. but also in behalf of
every other school now recognized by the
association which may hereafter attract
| the unfavorable attention of those now
! warning upon itself. OF the outcome of
| this fight there can be no doubt, and in
deed 1t is scarcely now premature to say
| that the exploitation of the two national
associations in the controversy thus begun,
soon it's points and merits become
sufficiently widely known. will bring the
| associations to a sane view of their duties
| and put an end to their powers for mis-
| chief. At the meeting just closed these
| purely voluntary associations, in the pride
| of their thus far unopposed power, have
! assumed to adopt a time limit for the ex-
| lStence of night schools and schools having
| shorter than f0ur-year courses and the As
| sociation of Faculties has been sadly in
| need of some such salutary lesson as it is
| now learning.
Sneer1nS appreciation.
| 1T would greatly interest the citizens of
| Washington to know the sneering appre-
] citation in which the students of the pro-
| fessonal schools of Washington are held
| by this distinguished Association of Dental
| Faculties That association seems to think
that it is enough to condemn beyond for
/ gfveness students of of our schools
] merely to call them government clerks,
| Notwithstanding that, the representa-
| tives of the National University vigorously
| and earnestly pointed out, the students
| drawn from government employ, being usu-
| alyq men of greater maturity and expert
| ence than the average students, men
| Who have to prove their intelli-
| gence and capabilities by first earn
| ing and then retaining their places in
| the public service, and moreover, being
| men who, making their own way through
| life, are earning the means of enabling
| themselves to acquire a professional edu-
| cation, are infinitely of a higher class of
| patrons than those that can be boasted of
| by the dental schools outside of Washing
ton.
I'VE feel that in making this pioneer
| fight We are doing a good work for the
| cause of dental instruction, and arc keep
| ing open the way to a dental education
| for men who would find it impossible to
| meet the lordly, If unintelligent and ILL
! considered notions, of the enemies of our