Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-02-28
SOCIETY OF DENTISTS
HAS ANNUAL MEETING
Clinic in the Afternoon Yesterday
Followed by Dinner-Mem-
bers Present.

he annual clinic and dinner OF the
District Dental Society was held yes
terday afternoon and evening. The
clinic, which was held in the dental
inflrmary of George Washington Uni
versity. lasted from shortly after noon
until S o'clock. The society. then ad-
journed to meet at o'clock at the
New Ebbitt Hotel for the dinner.
Addresses were made by Drs. Mark
F. Finley. F. F. Drew. s. w. Bowles.
G. j. Grieves, H. e. Kelsey, Allan S.
Wolfe. H. H. Street; r. H. Ross Coppage,
Myron ]. Jones and w. NJ Simkins
DR.. Simkins babe the guests from
Maryland welcome, and DR.. Coppage of
the Maryland society made the reply.
Allan S. Wolfe was chairman Of the
committee on arrangements for the
clinic. and DR.. James T. McClenahan.
chairman of the social relations Com
mittee, served as POSTMASTER at the
dinner. --Lt- a.
Discusses coral Hygiene
Myron J. Jones. executive director of
the National Month Hygiene Associa-
ton, in presenting certain. phases of
the Oral Hygiene Movement" said, in
part:
The hygiene. of the mouth" accord
ing to DR.. Osler. ''is as important to
the public as any one thing in the
whole range of hygiene Today advo-
Gates of mouth hygiene among social
and civic workers.. leaders in educa-
ton and health promotion, have joined
the members OF the medical and dental
professions to preach this new gospel
of mouth health to all the people. Inc
Importance to human welfare OF the
clean. wholesome mouth is better IN
derstood as a result of selentlnc re-
search and the best investigat1Ve prac-
tice. We of the Mouth Hygiene So
ciety believe the tested; methods OF
spreading mouth hygiene truth IN corn
munities-through the school and the
school clinic, through the eXhlblts, the
motion picture the platform and pubiic
press-shouid be more widely adopted
and used.
Origin of the Association. =,
1.-The National Mouth Hygiene Assoc
citation was organized in 1911 i'll the
city of Cleveland, as result of CO.
operative experiment in the Marion
School by WHICH forty pupils haying
the worst possible oral conditions were
enlisted in a carefully planned course
of diet and mouth cleanliness for one
year. and demonstrated in terms Of
mental and physical efficiency by care
fully made tests the. vital Importance
of proper care and use of the mouth
1t has resulted in the esta blishment in
the schools of Cleveland of six dental
clinics
This society now seeks to aid in
teaching the American people the sig
nificance of mouth hygiene in, relation
to the general health and common well
fare. and to unite all these men and
women, laymen and professional men.
in an effective working program to get
the plain truth about this subject into
the hearts and minds of all people who
need to know. Boys and girls every
where, statistics show, need to know
about mouth hygiene. What is more.
they need to act on what they know:
and our plan of cooperation is making
good at this point
Guests in Attendance.
Guests from Maryland were Drs. Ry-
land o. Sadler, S. c. Pennington. T. S.
Walters. O. S. Bensorf, r. E. Gibbons.
j. J. Mulcahey. c. E. Duck. C.. e. Smith.
l.. T. Palmer. A. w. Lockwood, L. b.
Catch, D. E. Duff. Richard Grady, G. E.
p. Truitt, D. A Winberg, W. g: Foster,
X. w Egerton, w. E, Green; A. b
King, H. H. Street, George HARDY. dar-
ry E. Kelsey, W. H. baish, "a -, ~
Curdy, A w. Valentine and r.. Baskin
and Dr. J. A. c. Hogan of Richmond. |
Local Members.
Local surgeons present James T.
A. D. Weakley, A. J.
Brown, H. P. Cobey. C. A. Hawley. c.
A. Baker, P. W. Evans, G. NJ. Sharp. |
Fenton Bradford. H. MacNamee. $. G.
Davis, Bruce L. Taylor H. M. Schooley. |
v. J. Lohr. r. E. Layton. ]. H. Wesler.
]. W. Bernhard. A. B. Crane. L. F.
Davis, G. w. Boynton, c. W.. Apple. e.
c. Galloway. p ]. Marshall, G. M. Ger
hart. J. T. Ready. T. J. Rice; = L. Rust,
Hacker %. ri. Bogley. Charles Diedel, |
F. ee Cary, G. F. coalon. r. A. Bates: +.
B. Horen, W. H. Hampton. r: d. Jar
Doe, c. G. Shoemaker. j. h .Burch. B.
T, Madert, C. b. Keefer, A. b. Slime |
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