University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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In 1876, the first graduating class of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, then known as the College of Dental Surgery, numbered nine men. This June, forty students will graduate, indicating the general expansion and growth of the School since its founding. The School began with classes held in a professor ' s house on the north side of the campus and is now housed in two adjoining buildings one erected in 1907, the other in 1940. The first curriculum in dentistry consisted of lectures and instruction for two sessions of six months each. Since 1935, however, academic requirements for a D.D.S. have been four years of professional training preceded by two years of academic training. In 1907 the Dental Clinic of the school was opened; it has grown tremendously, and today the operative clinic contains 183 complete dental outfits, and a surgical clin- ic consists of a demonstration amphitheater and eight operating rooms. According to Dean Russell W. Bunting, the principal research project of the Dental School, at present, is a study of the prevention of dental decay. Dean Bunting is an alumnus of the University of Michigan. He received both his D.D.S. and D.D.Sc. here. He began working for the university as an instructor in Oral Pathology. Later he became a professor of Oral Pathology and, in 1937, he was appointed Dean. Marked change in dental education has come with the realization of the importance of diseases of the mouth and their relationship to the health of the body. The University of Michigan School of Dentistry has constantly enlarged and extended its facilities and techniques to come into a closer accord with this realization. DEAN RUSSELL BUNTING 29

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The School of Business Administration has been constant- ly expanded since 1924, when it was first established as a unit of the University. Since then its program has been extended and its facilities enlarged to such a degree that it is now one of the better schools of its type in the country. Requiring a bachelor ' s degree for admission (except for those who fill the University ' s combined cur- riculum requirements) the school is basically for graduate study. Its general purpose is to provide the student with instruction of a professional grade in the basic principles of management problems and business leadership. Now, well over 1000 students are enrolled in the junior Wall Street school. At moments between periods, the corri- dors of Tappan Hall assume the appearance of a minia- ture stock market. It is there that the students of the School of Business Administration gather to discuss prob- lems of the business world. This group is soon to be transplanted to different surroundings, for the new Busi- ness Administration School, located on the corners of Monroe and Tappan, will be ready for occupancy by the fall of ' 48. This building, which is the last word in mod- ern architecture, will house one of the largest business libraries in the country, numbering well over 40,000 vol- umes. Through the efforts of an efficient placement bur- eau, graduates in Business Administration have put into practice business methods taught at Michigan, allowing the school ' s worth to speak for itself. Top Row: R. L. Dixonj M. H. Waterman; H. F. Taggarl; D. M. Phelps; J. W. Riegel. front Row: E. H. Gault; E. S. Wolaver; Dean Russell Stevenson; R G. Rodkey; C. L. Jamison. 28

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Following many years of agitation, a teacher ' s course in ancient languages was finally provided in 1858 at the University of Michigan. Other teacher ' s courses were soon authorized but the program, in general, lacked practical aspects of organizing, administering, and man- aging the schools. In 1879, through the influence of President Angell, a special department in the School of Literature, Science, and the Arts was established. The department developed slowly but notably until, in 1921, it was separated from the School of Literature, Science, and the Arts and was established in the School of Education. For many years the main activity of the School of Ed- ucation was the preparation of beginning teachers for high schools. However, the curriculum of the school has grown to include courses in guidance and personnel work, educational and clinical psychology, and the prep- aration of beginning teachers for nursery and elementary schools. About one-fourth of the students in the Horace H. Rack- ham School of Graduate Studies are specializing in Ed- ucation. Both the graduate and under-graduate students are able to get true teaching experience because the teaching program is centered in the modern laboratory and high school. Many representatives of school systems are graduates of the U. of M. School of Education. The alumni take part in frequent conferences on education that aid the school in keeping its program up with the most effective techniques of teaching. Top Row.- H. C. Koch; W. C. Trow; C. Woody; E. D. Mitchell. Middle Row: H. Y. McClusky; M. Rugen; F. D. Curtis; I. Anderson; W. C. Olson. Front Row: T. Diamond; Dean J. B. Edmonson; R. Schorling. 30