Indiana University School of Dentistry - Prognosis Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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5 Glue- qarngnnsftstz Sluntanaewental Qrqllzgt 21904 gffmual students of the Medical College of Indiana. As there were only three students the first year, it did not swell the med- ical classes much to admit them. The first year of its existence the College occupied eight rooms in the Thorpe Block, a building still standing at 147 East Market Street, next to the corner of Delaware, on the south side of the street. Pupils who had had live years' pupilage in the oflice of a competent practitioner, whatever that may mean, were admitted to the senior class, and only required to attend one session of five months before coming up for gradua- tion. The three members of the first class, in the winter of 1879-1880, having had the necessary live years of pupil- age were all graduated. Pupils who had had two or more years of pupilage in the oflice of a competent practitioner might take an examination, which, if passed, would admit them to the senior class. All others were required to enter the junior class, with two sessions of five months each be- fore them. And with these rather primitive conditions, the College did its first year's work. None of the members of Jgn51nuw:: ' that first faculty are now co-nnected with the College. Many are long since dead, others are no longer living here. The first professor of mechanical dentistry and metallurgy was Joseph Richardson, author of' Richard's Mechanical Den- tistry, the standard text-book o-n that subject for many years. Dr. Thomas Hacker was assistant to Dr. Richard- son for three- years, ultimately succeeding him in the Pro- fessorship, a position he held for many years. When the Collegewas established it was believed that it would draw its students almost exclusively from Indiana. This was early proven to be a' mistaken diagnosis, for of the ten graduates. o-f the second year, two were from far-off Mississippi, o-ne from Michigan, one from New York, one from Wisconsin, one from Illino-is and four from Indiana. This second year, and for many years thereafter, the College occupied the third and fourth fioors of the Etna Block, on the southeast' corner of Pennsylvania street and the Hrst alley north o-f Washington, known as Court street. I-Iere the College had room enough for its own chemical laboratory and dissecting room, and the hospitality of the first yea The I-Iurty ai I-Ienry I his twent At the ci ated and course st For s its way, 1887, wl met in ' was pres' good stan Begir Kimberli of Dr. teenth ye the chair ,R H b ,,,,-,X 'YI' . ' - , . .2':':- , ..i'.Q l'1' 'l.Li.'f'. , '-1' ,',T'I fff.Q.'L '91 ffffgllgr.- ..:L::1aL'zr..xm.:.1g:u.:-.iZ...-..z,:1 gL.:1:f..:.1.:-:. tw' 1' ' . ' f , I V . I M - 1 l . , MSL, , . a, :L,,,,. ..-... --fu . .l.:2.r '+ --..1 1:.:,..g1fA!r.- .1531 a...' 11..- .-... ....:e..1...u.....-... ..--... .-.,- ..................--- I , ,-..... .-1...,.,-.,...,-. , LW, . . , . ., .. . . - , 1 .-, , - f

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I ANDERSON . PUBLICLIESRARY one prognosis 1 gmnfanai mural Qtnuzge 111904 annual . THE ooLLEGE W K N the winter of 1878-1879 the first ef- Qw zito- f E,-5 p ana to secure a dental law. They met r with the usual obstacles encountered by if fort was made by the dentists of Indi- all Who- approach the Legislature to se- 'wh-' -D we h a f bill mo-n hem QF JK cure t e p ssage o a , a g t - f the co-ntention that such a dental law as they Wanted would compel Indiana students to go- out of the State to secure a dental education. This objection was met with the statement-that if the Legislato-rs would pass the bill the dentists would establish a college, and on that promise the bill was passed. Under date of May 20, 1879, a co-mmunication was sent to- every dentist in Indiana, inviting them to meet in Indi- anapolis on June 2 3, 1879, to form a dental college associa- tion and to determine the manner of establishing and con- ducting such an institution. This invitation Was signed by a committee composed of Phineas G. C. I-Iunt and J. E. Cravens. This meeting was duly held, and, after discus- sion, a committee was appointed to draft articles oi asso- Ciation. At another meeting held June 26, 1879, the-se articles were adopted and a bo-ard of 'nine trustee-s was elected. And that was the beginning of the College. 7 When the Indiana Dental College was organized, there Were only six o-ther dental colleges in existence and one of these, the -department of dentistry, University of Pennsyl- vania, had just completed its first term of teaching. West of the Allegheny mountains but two colleges are older than this of ours, the dental department of the University of Michigan having been established in 1875 and the Ohio College of Dental Surgery first opening its doors in 1845. During the first year the students of the Indiana Dental College took their lectures and laboratory Work in anat- omy, chemistry, physiology and materia medica with the

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Iany The was Den- nany lard- Pro- that iana. Jr of lr-Off , one iana. , the Etna 1 and Io-urt own tality Glue qemjgitosti i Qliunianay wzntal Qtullegt 5 1904 Qnnua1illl B of the Medical College of Indiana, so welcome during its first year of existence, was no longer necessary. The third year of the College is notable in that Dr. J. N. Hurty assumed the duties of the chair of chemistry, Dr. Henry jameson retiring. Dr. Hurty is therefore no-w in his twenty-third consecutive year of service in the College. At the close of the third year, fifteen students were gradu- ated and the College was firmly established, the two-year course still prevailing. C For several years the College pursued the even tenor of its way, gradually acquiring prestige and reputation. In 1887, when the National Association of Dental Faculties met in Washington, a representative from this College was present, and the College has always been a ,member in good standing 'in that 0-rganizatio-n. A 9 Beginning with the session o-f 1890-1891, Dr. A. C. Kimberlin took charge of the teaching of anatomy, in place of Dr. J. H. Oliver. So that this is Dr. Kimber'lin's four- teenth year of service in the College. The following year, the chair of materia medica and therapeutics, defunct for several years., was revived and Dr. George Edwin Hunt was elected by the trustees- as professor o-f that branch. This is his thirteenth year of service, therefore. In the following year pathology was added to his duties, and in 1899 he took up the work o-f operative dentistry. I The freshman class of 1890-1891 was the first under the three-year rule and beginning with the session o-f 1893- 1894, a seven months' session was held, six months having been the rule up to that time. p During the summer of 1894 the present Co-llege building was erected and the session of 1894-1895 was held therein. In the spring of 1895 Dr. Hunt was elected Secretary of the Board of Trustees and executive head of the Faculty, a position he still holds. In 1899 the office of Dean of the Faculty was created, and since that year he has acted in that capacity. I ' In the spring of 1896, the University of Indianapolis was organized by the affiliation of four existing colleges. It is hoped that this- coalition will so-me day lead to the establishment of a great university at Indianapolis. The 'mlb