The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-14
APPLICANT MADE
TO SEND PICTURE
State Dental Examiners Prevent
lnlposture BY Ring
Ell"
ONE WOMAN DENTIST HERE
She Comes From Northwest
Teeth Will Be Filled
Free To-Day

For the purpose of guarding against
impositions such us was practiced on
| the state Board OF Dental Examiners
,.by Drs Graear and Speer when the
former acted as ringer for the lat
ter and took the examination for him.
IL is charged for pay. the board this
year required each applicant to send
in his photogi aph With his applica-
ton.
I The annual examination OF appli-
cants for license began Monday morn
ing. and is now In progress at the
Medical College of Virginia. The theo-
retical examination was compile ted
last evening. while to-day and to-
morrow will be devoted to practical
work Each applicant will be obliged
to fill a tooth, and victims are invited
to have the work done free at the col
lege to-day Practical work will end
tomorrow afternoon, and the board
Will adjourn. The papers Will be di-
vidcd for purposes of examination.
and probably month Will elapse be-
fore the list Of successful men can be
announced.
One Woman Dentist.
Perhaps the word "men" lust used
will not be str city accurate: for there
is one woman applicant. who is taking
the examination. This young woman
- SIdu udte ol tHe oental department
of the Northwestern University, and is
practicing in Norfolk under what Is
known as temporary certificate
which is granted to dental graduate
who moves into the State in the vaca-
ton of the State board. and is allowed
TO practice until that body meets next
She is the only woman dentist In Vir-
GINA.
The class numbers ffty-two, Of
whom eight are colored men. All the
members of the state board are pres
ent. as follows: DIR. Fl. w Campbell.
Suffolk. president; DR.. John p Stiff
Fredericksburg. secretary and treas
urer; DR.. j. A. Colvln. Charlottesville:
DR. w. NJ. Sturgis. Norfolk; Dr. r. c.
Lewis, Culpcper. and DIR. A. H. Sprin-
KEEL, Staunton. The board will elect
officers for the year before it adtourns
Safeguards Taken.
Members of the board 10 not believe
that another Greear-Specr incident
will ever again be enacted in Virginia.
Following the annual examination 1t
was learned that one of the parties to
the imposture had related his smart
trick while on a train. the matter COM
ing to the ears OF a member of the
board An investigation followed, re-
sulting in the arrest of both men. DR..
Speer was then practicinG in Lebanon,
Va. in Russell county, with a certifi-
cate which he had not earned while
Or. Greer was continuing his work in
Kentucky, having, it was alleged re-
ceived a. fee for taking the examina-
ton of DR.. Speer.
As final result, both young men
pleaded guilty to conspiracy, and were
heavily fined, this ending the prosecu
ton 1t was generally regarded as a
light sentence.
Must Look Like Picture.
This year. as result, the State
board is In possession of a collection
OF more or less progressing photo
graph. hese arc sent in by the APP
phcants when filing their names for
the examination With them come the
usual recommendations as to charac-
ter from leading persons in the com.
nunities AS each man presented him
self on Monday morning he was com
pared with the photograph. Impos-
ture WI be easy to prove at any time
II can be discovered
1t is probable that the matter vii,
De further. safeguarded by having we'll
known citizens OF the community AZ.
test that the photograph is that of the
young man who desires to take the
exa mination. to prevent a ringer"
sending In his picture and then an
bearing for the examination.
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