Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery - Dental Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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NINETEEN SIXTEEN D 0 C. D. 0. S. ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. N ,1914 our college was invited to participate T 'Ni In the Twentieth Annual Relay Race Carni- xm val of the University of Pennsylvania. We were represented by a quarter mile relay 743' team composed of Fisher '15 Miller '15, Reed '16 and Taylor '16. It was our first essay in the field of athletics and proved surprisingly encouraging, for we won third place against institutions of much larger student bodies. Each member of the team re- ceived a handsome silver cup. In the fall of the same year the class of 1917 developed a splendid basketball team which made a favorable showing against many well known institutions. The same class pro- duced an excellent baseball team. We sent another relay team to Philadelphia in 1915. Through the efforts of Prof. Carr and Dr. Sueskind an athletic association was organized and the team received official sup- port from the student body. Bryant '17, Norman '17, Reed '16, and Taylor '16 were our standard bearers. We gained 4th place from a field of 8 starters, the winning team breaking the record. This year the Pennsylvania race is again the chief event, and we are fitting out a team under most auspicious circum- stances. We still have with us last year's team, while Koth- loff, Rosenberg, Berglind, Kevitt and Overton form a fertile list from which to choose strengthening material. Taylor '16 was elected captain and Dr. Sueskind is again the faculty advisor. It is to be hoped that the student body will continue to support the athletic enterprises of the college and create with- in our institution a spirit akin to that existing in the big uni- versities, which will serve to bind more securely the friend- ships of the students and to stimulate at the same time en- thusiastic study, thus tending toward a realization of the Roman motto Mens Sana in Corpore Sanof' EDMUND H. TAYLOR '16. 555555 McCaffrey was reciting before Dr. Russel. Dr. R: What is White Vitriol? Mac: Zinc Sulphate. Dr. R: What is green Vitriol? Mac: A half of White Vitriol. ' 24

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DUTIES OF A DENTIST IN WAR TIME NINETEEN SIXTEEN THE DUTIES OF A DENTIST IN WAR TIME. n HE first duty is loyalty and a willingness to K sacrifice everything for onels country, however we acquire citizenship, either by birth or adoption. ' The present coniiict in Europe has shown that the dentist, if properly equipped, can be of infinite service to his country by his professional skill. New types of explosives and projectiles necessitating trench warfare, and other conditions have combined to produce a greater proportion of face and jaw injuries than have ever been known before in the history of mankind. Not to men- tion the immediate need of attention in these cases their future prospects are pathetic. A man with a leg or arm gone is not repulsive and usually excites sympathy. There is no objection to having him around, but not so with those with mangled and disfigured faces. It is with diiiiculty we bring ourselves to look long upon such an unfortunate. These men are as much entitled to gratitude for the sacrifice they have made for their country as the maimed or helpless, and ways should be found to remedy this disfigure- ment wherever possible. We should be glad and proud to serve them and they are entitled to the assistance. With all that can be done the debt owed them cannot be paid. Our duty then is to add to the work of the plastic surgeon our skill as dentists. The surgeon can graft skin and in some cases bone, but teeth and alveolar process can not be grown or grafted in these cases. Here is where the dentist can do a necessary work if he has the re- quired skill and knowledge. He can originate and make arti- ficial substitutes for bone and teeth. He can shape and repro- duce with such skill, if he has the ability, that not only the functions of the lost parts may be found in the substitutes but appearance, semblance of human countenance and the power to articulate words and speech may be obtained. Let me call your attention to the fact that in order to be in a position to do this great work for the man who has given all for his country we must not only be dentists but prosthetic dentists. Gold and porcelain fillings or inlays are not needed. Plastic fillings may be needed for all soldiers but the poor muti- lated patriot whose face or jaw has been shot away must have the service of the dentist who has the ability to do prosthetic dentistry. The cheeks or lips may need to be supported. 26