Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11
Action Against Columbian
Dental Department.
COMMITTEES REPORT
UNIVERSITY SAID TO HAVE
VIOLATED RULE.
National Association of Faculties For
bids the Giving Of Instruc-
ton at Night.

The National Association of Dental
Faculties. in which fifty-One of the colleges
and universities Of this country are repre-
scented, and which Is in session In this city
at the Ebbitt House, has expelled from It's
membership the dental department OF the
Columbian University of this city on &C
count of alleged violation OF the rules or
the organization. The association began
it's twenty-first annual meeting In this city
Thursday last. 1t expects to adjourn this
evening. before which time the annual cleo
ton of officers will be held. The work or
the organization is legislative. looking
toward regulation of the conduct Of the
various schools in it's jurisdiction.
The dental department Of Columbian Uni
versity and also that of the National Uni
versity of this city. were represented In the
association for a time as separate schools,
and when their consolidation took place
they continued in the organization as one
school. At the annual meeting held at
Milwaukee in 1901, it was recommended
that Columbians dental department be
dropped from the list of members, since, 1t
was stated. the rule requiring that all
teaching be done in the day time had been
violated Columbian, 1t is said urged In
defense that it had number of enrolled
students with whom it had contracts for
night teaching. but that when these con-
tracts expired the practice would'be discon-
tinued. ...-.
Acting on this statement, the association
at that time 1t is said passed a resolution
STIMULATING chat Columbian should be al
lowed to teach these pupils at night for
two years more. thus giving ample time for
freshmen enrolled under these contracts to
finish their courses, which were then three
years in length kMSA1
Report Of the Committee.
At the session of the association held in
the red parlor of the Ebbitt House yester
day. an ad interim committee reported that
Columbian's dental department had not
discontinued teaching it's students at night,
but had violated without interruption the
rule of the organization. The purpose for
which the conciiatOry resolution had been
passed was not carried out, said the COM
mittee, and so the expulsion of the consol-
idated National and Columbian dental
schools was again recommended
The committees report was adopted, and
Columbian is now no longer represented in
the association.
The faculty of the dental department of
Columbian was not represented at the meet
ing yesterday, and no defense was made Of
the universitys action.
Business Matters Discussed.
Many other matters of Importance TO
the association and the institutions repre-
scented have been discussed by the dele
gates. An attempt was made to go back
to the old three years dental course, but
the measure was lost. The present course.
as fixed by the association, is four years
of seven months each.
The association elected to membership
al this meeting the Virginia School of Den
tistry of the Medical College of Virginia.
the Lincoln Dental College of. Lincoln.
Neb.. and the dental school of the Wiscon-
sin College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Following are the officers of the organi-
cation: President NJ. c. Marshall Of st.
Louis. Mo; vice president, E. C. Kirk of
Philadelphia, Pa; secretary, j.. H. Ken
nerly of st. Louis Mo; treasurer H. r.
Jewett of Atlanta, Ga.
Besides Columbian, including the former
National Dental School. the Georgetown
and Howard University dental departments
of this city, are members.
Among the more; prominent institutions
from other places represented are the dem
tai college of University of Pennsylvania.
the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
the New York College Dentistry. the Den
tai College of the University OF Michigan.
the Dental College of the University of
Iowa, the Chicago College of Dental Sur
gerry. the dental department Of the Uni
versity of California and others of note.