The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-20
COLUMBIA TO ADD
DENTAL COLLEGE
Uicl, standards Outlined Will
Make school Only One Of
ITS Kind in L. s.
COrR>E OF FOUR YEARS

with admission requirements and
standards nat will make 1t unique
among dental schools Of the country the
dams for the establishment OF n school
q, dentistry at Columbia University were
made known yesterday by President
Nicholas Murray Butler. Back of the
undertaking are "a score or more OF
n,omlnent dentists n physicians, and
p- Henry Sage Dunning Is chairman Of
a committee formed 10y them to further
,be p.an. Among tho members OF this
committee are:
ny Arthur Merritt. DR.. I.euman NJ.
waugh. pr. Harold Vaughan. DR.. Henry
gillette, pr. Charles Ash. DR.. Rodney
otto. DR.. William n. Dunning. DR.. w. T..
Trs,y. Or. James Hasbrouck. DR.. Bisseil
palmer, Or. Q. j. Chase. DR.. William Jar
Vie. Or. n. s. Jenkins. DR.. James w.
raylor and Or. Fred Kimple.
FUNDS TO establish the school must be
subscribed, as the universities
will not permit of its financing this new
undertaking.. Assurance is felt that suffi-
cien, money will he received by Septem-
lar 20 warrant tho opening OF courses
With the new academic term. The Acad.
.mv Of Medicine. the Medical Society Of
ne County of New York and the First
DIs.1c, Dental Society have already ex.
rrt ssed approval of the undertaking.
According TO the plans accepted by
the trrtees the new school will be ami.
a,ed directly with the College of PhyN-
Clans ard Surgeons. and until sufficient
urds arr acquired for the erection OF a
,pecial building for the purpose the
curses will he given at the medical
ID T.h, CANA vtOprns,o atanda rJo
and admission requirements for the
medical school Of two years Of previous
olleee training will be demanded Of APP
p~llcan.s for admission to the dentistry
curses, making the school the only one
Z ,s kind In the country.
Genital student will be compelled to
devote his first two years Of study ia
the same courses given to the medical
Students. The important relation be-
tween the proper care OF the teeth and
no general health OF an individual Is
awakening the leading dentists and
physicians to tho fact that the dentist
a. the future must have a thorough
grounding IN medicine. 1t Is said that
rheumatism anpmia. diseases OF he eye,
ear. nose and throat stomach. intes-
tines. neuralgia and affections
heart LESSONS and nearly all diseases
kuown to the human race are influenced
and often caused by diseases Of the teeth
AID neglected mouths. For this reason
: Is thought necessary that the dental
Profession be brought up TO a plane
equal TO that OF the medical profession
and that both work hand in hand. II Is
~'olulnb!a's aim to accomplish this re.
suit.
The coarses given the students in this
frs; two years will include anatomy
dentistry. pathology and hacteriolog,
8 well as general study in surgery ant
medicine, They will omit after the frs
Two years medical spccialties and sub
sc;ute training In the mechanical anc
scientific features Of dental surgery
The courses for the dental school will
cover -four years. the last two being de
voted to specialization in surgery. A
dental d~lspensary will he conducted a
he Vanderbilt Clinic, which IL the col
leee d~spensary.