Northwestern University Dental School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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that I would decide in favor of his book on Dental Anatomy. This book is now generally used in all first-class dental schools. It has passed through several editions. This, like all of his other work, has been d-one so well that no one can possibly give a better book on the subject, and it must continue to stand at the head. As a teacher Professor Black is a leader. He has the faculty of getting close to the students. They all love him because he is so genia.l and approachable. In his lectures he uses no fine words for effect and does no-t load down: his ideas with verbiage. His first school work was done in the Missouri Dental College at St. Louis-at that time the leading center of dentistry in the Wfest --in company with such noble characters as Homer Judd, Isaiah Forbes, William H, Eames and others, all grand old landmarks. Wfhen the Chicago Dental Infirmary was organized he became one of its teachers. Later he taught in the Chicago College of Dental Sur- gery and remained with that schoo-l until 1889, During his stay with the last-named school he instituted operative and prosthetic technics. This great improvement in teaching has now become almo-st uni- versal. ' He taught in the dental department of the University of Iowa for a time, then returned to Chicago to accept a po-siti-on in North- western University Dental School, which, with his aid, was organ- ized in ISQI. He has been with the institution ever since as its most prominent teacher, and is now at its head as Dean of the Faculty. I think no one will disp-ute the statement that he is the greatest living dental' teacher. Students who have been under his teaching realize that they are .the most fortunate of men, since they get at the foun- tain head that which others must take second-hand, for his ideas are necessarily taught in all other first-class schools. Not long since, during a conversation with alittle company of seniors o-f our scho-ol, the question 'was asked: VVhy didyou leave such and such a school to come to Northwestern to compile-te yo-ur education? Each one of the whole company said: Because Professor Black is heref, They said, explaining, that in these other schools the professors were con- tinually quoting Professor Black and telling us the many things he had done, so we concluded that we would go to the school where he taught and get the information at first hand. Although Pro-fessor Black has never sought preferment, still he has been repeatedly ho-no-red by having de-grees conferred upon him in recognition of his great service to science. He has also been honored with the presidency of various societies, both literary as well as professional, among them the Illinois State Dental Society. He is at this time president of the National Dental Associatio-n, the high- est office in the gift of the profession. - i . 33

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