The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-11

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THE DENTAL BOARD
INVESTIGATION
THAT FfF-rs-DoLLsR DENTAL
aUIx CLASS
In this article I ana EoinE 20 seow
that nany Of the au~-tioms ASKED a.
examinations questions are ser9 siia-
liar 10 the aur.tioa. sisen af . fift,-
dollar anfx class Ia seattle.
As 1 have stated many Times the
Drntai Hoard has 4 monopoly on BE-
suing state certificates to practice
dentistry In this state. IN ether
words. Il - as though the state had
said 10 the Dental Beard; DO a.
Won like about allowing any mere
dentists 10 come 20 this state the
state Is rot concerned about thr
rights % dentists. the Dental heard
NAV select its own subjects, then
pick out detail technical questions
fcs examination questions. and the -
ansinaslos may bs On AsiFtaomN taf-
elagy Siwaan. OF " taein bail s'iia~AAN
cigarettes or piaytnx piaz p-anE
A. the examination IS not pre-.
scrihed by law. Abe h~ntel hosr9
gives It's private pN@snfnAttuus anu
under the decisions ~ our supreme
Court 8 dentist cAnnUt gel tnFsF AZ
Nitrnrv questions lnts court 60 snow
THAT tNev hear no relation kn tfse
practice IT deutistFy. a. eemttstff "
deflmed ~ cur Law This makes tns
Dental Board niounrChs 81 the dshtht
faA - EfRatsfMEfur.
Anvthinx done - public official
which is rot prescFts ind ~ Jaw V
EewieNN ard III wies&neNn sN ehafN NA
swhen sndis iduai acts are huilel "
ssrit tae arbitrary Will The Dental
Itssnrlf has no superior. and II not
sui }ect TO state contfei
otIz Class NECESSARY
Dr. Arthur Jordan conducts q fifiv
dollar quas class. aea fcs this hftt
doliarH : dentist gets aui&2eds thHt
T. Ee u asked questtuns and may
answer them three tincH each Neek
for six weeks New thirty dentists
auizzcd az fifty doilarA iss4l would
Be fifteen hundred dollars Tor alN
weeks Eighteen nl~ista for fifteen
hundred, this would be fsaaH per
evening for the quf1 master. Aud "
he worked three hours i would pas
about fez77 per hgef Tor me ocss
~ the quix. and this e not - bad
for seattle. and lis good thlhE
for Dentists who have tAe price. uf.
cause ur. Arthur Jordan ftatiffta
that only from two 20 i've per cent
Of his quiz class members fail GO
pass the Dental Beard, and that
means that from d 20 - reF cent
81 the Dentists who pay him fifty
dollars for = quiz get their license
IN Washington
arIz ct EsTfo>s--ExAMiNATfoN
QUESTIONS
DR.. j. ]. Jacobs. a graduate from
Ann Arhor 1.-THE Michigan universe
fyl testified as follows
Q-uid you have access % the
quiz quesfionsg
Odd you study the quiz cues
tions7
A.-Yes. sir
animation here dld you recognize
he quix quentions in Tire Dental
Boards exanination questions
Al knew pretty neat every pa
per u seemed 20 me ~ the similar
Ify Of certain questions
Q-Frosn your experience ana
knowledge Of dentistry ana exam
instions. tell this committee Abent
the examination questions that were
asked b the board with regard 70
their reasonableueeH
Al found certain questions that
l DO not remember Of ever having
anv reference to the course I took
al college, Or al all certain things
that pertain to physics ana subjects
that We did not ever study - col
leEe 1.-THE Michigan university. the
Jest dental school ID the WoridJ.
Dr r. ). Ackiey testified that the
dental examination vas absurd
Or Jay Garfield Davies testified
that he had studied the quiz qnea-
tiona and that the examination
questions were 30 similar 20 the uuir
questions that he could pick tue
out easy. Dr. Yapie testified abeAt
the same. and the Dental BOARD took
good care not TO produce the exam
nation questions. You see their
monopoly protects them. Their pew
IL Is alleged that DR. Arthur Jor-
dan, who runs the quiz class. u a
brother Jaw OF DR.. Ebiu u. Ed
Ears vino Is the president 81 the
State Dental hoard. had my
stenographer call Dr. Edgars up BY
phone one day and ask him N he was
brother -in-law Of Or. Jordan. and
Edgars said. Yes, he vas. when
DR. Jordan was asked This question
he said No. he was not"
THIS quiz class was 10 the public
print once before. and DR.. Jordan
was quoted ~ saying that many
college wosfuiiy deficient. and the
quiz makes u possible Tor them 10
get past the Dental Board. That
means IL dentist has not learned
anything In college In three years,
DR.. Jordan's quiz Will supply what
the college failed 10 furnish. How
70 get Washington dental license. %
peculiar fact - that less than
fifty per cent Of the dentists who
take the examination Ia this state
get their license. yet Jordan claims
that Is 70 es per cent Of those who
take his quiz and pay him fiftY dol
lars pass the board, and EdgarH said
that Jordan was his brother-in-law
and Or. Jordan avoided and refused
20 answer my questions az the Dem
tai Board investigation.
When 4 write my article on un-
reasonable examinations will show
how the Dental Board makes the
quiz class necessary. In fact I have
sent many dentists TO the Dental
Board members, and DR.. y -. I'd.
FaFs has Invariably directed them Il
DR.. Jordan's quiz. Any dentist who
don't know his profession could not
qualify himself in four or sil
weeks quiz. and n q dentist does
know his profession, DR.. JOrdanI
quiz would be OF no value except q
aid In memorizing technical and de
tail questions unless Or Jordan fur,
niahes the Dental Board their exam
ination questions. then the quli
would be cheap al fifty dollars.
EDWIN ,. brown,
7is First Avenue.