Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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QAinbvtu% ' M Frederick R. Hens hat, Dean of School of Dentist ps School of Dentistry When the Dental Educational Council of America rateci Indiana university School of Dentistry as a class A institution, it was agreed by the trustees of Indiana univer- sity that the first new building in Indianapolis should be a dental school building in the medical group. When this building is constructed it will be modern and complete in every detail of arrangement and equipment, affording full opportunity for both teacher and student. The University ' s medical center will then consist of the dental school, the medical school, the Riley, Long and Coleman hospitals, and the nurses ' training school, together with all the other activities that naturally arise in a great health center. The removal of the dental school to the University group is highly desirable from many standpoints. Dentistry has ceased to be merely a mechanical occupation, calling for highly special- ized skill in restorative operations, although that phase of the profession is just as essen- tial as it ever was. Because of the new knowledge of disease as established by modern investigation and research, it has become recognized that dental conditions and diseases are inseparably con- nected with general or systematic conditions, and that, therefore, the dentist must be prepared and trained to take his place as a specialist in the art of medicine. In order that such training may be acceptably given the dental student, it is impera- tne that he have access to the scientific laboratories as well as to the training that can be given only in the hospitals. Under the new plan this can all be accomplished to greater ad -antage than is possible with the present arrangement. The close co-operation of the medical and dental departments can only be had when the schools are situated on the saine campus and in proper relation to the hospitals. It is the aim of the trustees and administrative officers of Indiana university to have the best c ental school in America; therefore, the future of dental education in Indiana is felt to be very bright. ' — F. R. Henshaw. - ' ■d,.

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WJ ' L i School of Medicine Until recent!}- the great majority of doctors were educated in the 403 private medical schools which for a longer or shorter period have existed in this country. Since the year 1900, 362 of these schools no longer exist, and only 12 new ones have been added, while since that year the number of tax-supported schools has increased from 21 to 32. These are training an ever-increasing majority of the medical students. The result is that in the future if a state wishes good ph -si- cians she must educate them for herself. The medical school should have teaching wards for each major subject of practice. We still lack a psychi- atrical clinic for the very earl - mental cases, wards in which skin cases can be adequately treated, and special wards for the surgery and medicine of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. We need also a clinical build- ing for the two upper classes, around which all the hospitals will cluster, which will house the offices of the heads of the departments, the general offices of the medical school and hospitals, the library, and the lecture rooms, recitation rooms, and laboratories for spe- cial research for the two upper classes. Then the present medical school building would serve splendidly the needs of the second year. And finally, we need a building for public health and environmental medicine in which will center the social service department and the department of public health and hygiene. — C. P. Emerson. rUi P. Emerson i Medkal School at ludiailapolis The acute problem of the freshman ear of the School of Medicine at Bloomington is that of caring for ever-increasing applications for enrollment. For the year 1926-27 there were 350 applicants for ma- triculation in freshman medicine. For the year 1927-28 there were 460 applications for matriculation in the freshman year of the School of Medicine. Of these 460, only 1 1 5 could be accepted. Of the 345 refused students, 32 had credentials quantitatively satisfactory, and 29 others made unofficial statements of their pre- medical work which led us to believe that their creden- tials were satisfactory. There is no doubt that our fresh- man enrollment could have been between 150 and 180 this -ear without in any way lowering our entrance re- quirements. It is very evident that in the near future provision must be made for increased enrollments in the fresh- man )ear of the School of Medicine. This can be ac- complished only by an addition to Owen Hall or by the erection of a new building that will more nearly pro- vide accommodation for those pressing for place in our school.

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' W ' W ' P PjuI V. McSutt ! ■.,» oi School of Law School of Law The Indiana university School of Law, the oldest of the state university law schools west of the Alleghenies, and the oldest of the professional schools of Indiana univer- sity, was formally opened in 1842, and with the exception of a 12-year suspension from 1877-1889, it has been in continuous operation. It has been a member of the Associa- tion of American Law Schools since the formation of that organization, and has appeared on all lists of approved law schools issued by the Council on Legal Education of the American Bar Association. The aim of the School of Law, giving effect to a provision in the statute of 1838 under which Indiana university was organized, is to provide a well rounded education in the science of law. As a professional school, its design is to afford students the best possible preparation for actual practice in any state in which the principles of Anglo- American Law prevail. In keeping with these purposes, the law school has maintained consistently high standards of admission and graduation. In addition to preparing students for practice, the law school seeks to make definite constructive contributions to the science of law. It has editorial supervision of the Indiana Law Journal, the official publication of the Indiana State Bar Association, and is in charge of the research work for the Indiana Corporations Survey Commission. The members of its faculty have written case-books, textbooks and articles dealing with practically all fields of the law. — Paul McXutt. It