Chicago College of Dental Surgery - Dentos Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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,-,..., 541. 1, l Note 1 luv me zlorezi lu .1'lt'1'f1, , I fray flu' I.Hl'll my fuilli In l.'1'1'f,, If I slzrlirltl' div fri' 111111'a1i11g'.v .vim I jimi' the Lfirtz' my 'z1w11'le'.1' reel! titanic. ZEN. Q l.lxlillX la tl -ky ,t- l1j 2tk: sy sg' 'lll1fT ZICUWI' ' 'i ' ' . lllcLf i ' lr. 1' Qlllll ' 40 goo. ll tr I t llt ' e jfs zeao sv 'mf consc - 7 usly smooti tie rnugientt vt iway o' i'e ' ' 's eigi 1 v 'V iiarles- felson V oinson if tat man, -'z s- ' iis 111 - N5?Ni'4Z',e ing se -sacri 'ce tiat muci gooc ias 'meen acconiplisiec in - world. lt is because of his desire to aid lllllllillllll' that we are permitted to offer these lines of sincerest tribute. lt is because 111' his unseltish desire to help others to enjoy, i11 a IIICEISLITQ, the fruits of a life given to lessen the pains and unpleasantness of his less fortunate brethren. that the student body of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery is privileged to dedicate this publication to him. lt is impossible for us to do justice to a character such as his. lt is impossible for anyone to ever f11llv describe the innumerable sterling qualities of the man. his never-to-be-equalled aeeomplishmeuts as a master of dental surgery: his co1111tless achievements in iiupartiug to others a part of his golden store of knowledge: his Ill1lllCl'Ot1S literarv inasterpieces which have bee11 offered to mankind in humble generosity of spirit, that others might bask i11 the mellow glow of his lovable disposition. 'lio those who have been permitted a close acquaintanceship with him, l will leave that task. 'lihey have fallen far short of justice to him, but inasmuch as it is beyond the pale of lllllllllll possibility to suitably eulogize so line a creation as The Master, their efforts must suffice. The undergraduates of our college are more than proud to say that we have the most profound respect for this venerable f'Olllll. We dare not presume to say that we love him. Q - 5 ' 7 ' you 1111 tt evno 1 11' 1 giet mm' stltcc s tht oy- gfnkf xixg Lll g 1 , of a well oideitd an nihcent being tl c s llc by expression of a great mind. the aim of whose whole existence is z S to l fl ll 1 his 'e 111 h in , to l ul . l ie11 I N N N tio l l 1 l 1l1.tl t l I 1111 hi Il 1 lboi 2 S 9 Ll N I l s tl lt IH btt 111 t ot l llll P 49 lt 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tht .-Xt a testimonial banquet tendered Dr. .lohnson by the dental profession of Chicago and his former students. in celebration of his completion of forty years of professional service, on Monday evening. April ll. 1921. at seven o'clock, at the Hotel l.a Salle, Chicago, Illinois, he was recognized as a citizen, educator, author, editor and practitioner. A few of the glowing tributes paid him follow: Speech by Dr. llenry E. lfriesell, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dean of the Dental Department of Pittsburgh University and then president of the National Dental .Xssociationz . . . If we must have more schools we certainly INLISK have more teachers and some plan m11st be devised for interesting our young men to take up dental teaching as a life work, not as a pastime, not as a side issue, b11t as something that will offer as much in ret11rn in the way of satisfaction in their life's work as anything else they can take up, and I know of nothing that presents a larger field, greater opportunities and 111ore important opportunities than dental educa- tion. Also I know of no Field in which a real teacher can do more good in the development of a great profession, in the development of units, the individuals who make up that profession than a great teacher, and we are here to pay o11r 7

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13 Y I I 1 TO CHARLES NELSON JOHNSON M.A., L. D, S., D. D.S., M. D. S., F..-LC. ID. 1 Teacher, Author, Doctor of Dental Surgery ' and Dean of Students we respectfully dedicate this edition of The DENTOS 6

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respects and our honor to one of the greatest teachers we have ever had in the dental profession, Dr. johnson. Dr. VVilliani A. Evans, Chicago, Ill.: 'Y . . The members of my profession, the medical profession, are render- ing better service to those that serve by reason of what they have learned from the dental profession, and particularly from its great leader, Dr. C, N. johnson. I served as health commissioner of this city when it was proposed that dental hygiene, care of the teeth and mouths of people of this city, should be adopted as one part of the program of the Department of Health, and when the dental profession was called upon to take charge of that duty, the man that first came into our minds, the man on whom we first called was Dr. C. N. Johnson. Dr. hlohn V. Conzett, Dubuque, Iowa: . . . We all know what Dr. johnson has been, what Dr. Johnson is as a dentist, and the tremendous influence that he has exerted always upon the whole profession. If we speak of art we speaki of a Raphael, or a Rubens, or a Guido: when we go into the gallery of sculpture we speak of a Praxiteles, or a Michelangelo: in music, we speak of a Beethoven, of a Mozart, of a Handel: and in our own profession when we speak of something rare and something beautiful we speak of it as a Johnson, something which has transcended the art of the ordinary man. Dr. Otto V. King, Chicago, Ill.: . . . In retracing my steps to get the proper view of Dr. Vlohnson's life's work, I remember distinctly the first time I met him. It was at the time of the big meeting of the Chicago Qdontographic Society in 1897. During the discus- sion of a paper, one of the discussers unfortunately criticized the technical ability of the dentists of Chicago. Dr. Johnson, with the spirit of a Roman, ably defended the honor of his Chicago associates. No one in the history of dentistry has ever discussed as many papers as Dr. Johnson. A careful review, of dental literature will show that he has opened the discussion of a large per- centage of the papers that have been read before the old Chicago Odontographic Society, the Chicago Dental Society, and the Illinois State Dental Society. ln- variably, when some distinguished guest appeared before any of these societies. Dr. Johnson was delegated to open the discussion. This, in itself, is quite signifi- cant in that the universal opinion of dentists in Chicago has always been that Dr. Johnson was pre-eminently qualified to represent the real progress of den- tistry in this great Middle XVest. He, among all others, was recognized as a great author, educator and teacher. Dr. lohnsoifs book on Ofvcratiw' Dmzfisfr-v will ever stand out as a monu- mental work for the profession and will cause his name to be recorded as one of the really great operators in dental history. His book on Szfcrcss in Dc1ztf.rh'y has played a very important part in teaching the dental profession thrift. thus giving the profession an insight into some of the fundamental problems in dental economics. Surely the future dental historian will record Dr. Iohnson's name as a great dentist who lived during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. On the dental highway of progress, our guest has been a beacon light to thousands of dentists, many of whom have been his students. There is another significant fact about Dr. .lohnson's literary talent that 8