University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry - Bushwacker Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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The Molar Kama: City Dental Collegz-1917 ESTIMATES Natural endowment, idiosyncrasy, beauty of face or figure, not just because it is you, fOh! ye favored of the Godsb, goes a great way in establishing the world's estimate of your real value. A So many fellows on earth have uncommon sense and so few the common kind and know how to apply it. You have been building the foundation of your profes- sional characte1'. Have you given your best effort to build firmly, or have you tried to beat the game ? Did you really do all the work on the dummies you had to turn in? If you did not, it was poor timber to put into a foundation. If your work has been thoroughly performed, with a firm grasp on the fundamental principles upon which dental education is founded, you are now at the door where lies the opportunity to prove your efficiency. Show yourself an approved work- man, and then this old world stands ready to extend to you the glad hand and greet you as a man and brother. FRANK O. HETRICK, Ottawa, Kansas. INFORMATION IN RELATION TO APPOINTMENTS IN THE DENTAL CORPS, U. S. ARMY. THE REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS. EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS, ETC. CONSTITUTION OF THE CORPS. The Dental Corps is one of the constituent members of the Medical Department of the Army, of which the other members are the Medical Corps, the Veterinary Corps, the Nurse Corps, and the Enlisted Force. It consists entirely of officers, who are com- missioned as dental surgeons. Appointments therein are authorized at the rate of 1 for each 1,000 enlisted men of the line of the Army. During the first 8 years of their service dental surgeons have the rank, pay, and allowances of first lieutenants. After 8 years they have the rank, pay, and allowances of captains, and after 24 years the rank, pay, and allowances of majors, subject, however, to such examination prior to advance- ment as the President may prescribe, and to the proviso that the number of dental surgeons with the rank of major shall not at any time exceed 15. Officers of the Dental Corps have rank therein according to the dates of their commissions, and they rank next below officers of the Medical Reserve Corps. Their right to command is limited to the Dental Corps. QUALIFICATIONS No applicant may under existing law be commissioned in the Dental Corps unless he is between 21 and 32 years of age, a citizen of the United States, a graduate of a standard dental college, and of good moral character, nor unless hc shall pass the usual Page 2.5 I

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The M0 lg 1' Kamaf City Dental Collzgf-1917 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Officers Y. E. Masterson, Kansas City, Mo. . . . President W. G. Barr, Wichita, Kan .... First Vice-President W. J . Lyon, Kansas City, Mo. . . Second Vice-President R. L. Christy, Kansas City, Mo. . Secretary-Treasurer Our next meeting will be some time this fall, and in Kansas City. We are arranging to have a two-day pocket clinic followed by a big banquet at the Muehlebach. Keep in touch with Dr. R. L. Ch1'isty. GRADUATES 1916. John Rice Anderson Esco Everett Jordan O1'ville Ray Anderson Robert Edmond Keith Elpha Elmer Bailey Matthew Anderson Kenney John William Baldwin Charles William Kolosick Victor Ernest Barnes Andrew Burnes Martin Charles Francis Barr Louis A. Mehler Lewis Wilson Berkeley John Edward Mehlhaff Harry Louis Blachly Frederick Benjamin Misse Edward Block William Clyde McClelland Anthony B1'owning William Henry McDonald John Ralph Burgess Edwin Clay Osborn Rollo Hestwood Cheney Francis Herbert Prosser Warren Lowell Crawford Willis Charles Reed Paul Francis Cutshaw Frank Raymond Reid Victor Eldon Dandey Roy Allen Smith Juel Denebeim John Augustine Steele Elmer Larmer Dillon Lester William Stewart Ivan G901'g9 1303119 ' Robert Emmet Stewart HHITY L66 D0l1gl3S Ray Anderson Stratton James Dillard Dyer E31-1 Raybuyn Swain Frank Jefferson Faulkner Claude Ray Swander Elmer David Goheen . John Thomas Shadburne . F1'2111k George Hagenbuch Earle Homer Van Meter M01'l30n Henry Holmes Milo Maynard Voshell Edward Clyde Houser , William ROY Humphrey Charles Lewis Walker Walter Wiseman Hunt Henry Wallace Wharton Pngr' 2.1

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The M0!aV Kama: City Dental College-191? ' t nt in the Medical Corps and a professional physical examination required for appoin me . .U I i I I , examination which shall include tests of skill in practical dentistry and of proficiency in the usual subjects of a standard dental college course. f ' ried has no effect upon his eligibility for the Whether or not the applicant is mar Dental Corps. APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT ' Application for appointment must be madelin writing, upon the prescribed blank form, to the Surgeon General of the Army, Washington, D. C., who will supply the blank upon request. All the interrogatories on the blank must be fully answered. In com- pliance with the instructions thereon the application must be accompanied by testi- monials, based upon personal acquaintance, from at least two reputable persons, as to the applicant's citizenship, character, and habits. The selection of the candidates is made by the Surgeon General from the applica- tions submitted, and a formal invitation to report for examination to the most conven- ient examining board in each case will be issued by him. EXAMINATION. Examinations are authorized and boards to conduct them convened fromntime to time, as may be deemed necessary. Each board consists of one medical officer and two dental surgeons of the Army. The examinations are conducted under instructions from the Surgeon General. They usually last six days. b made for the expenses of applicants undergoing examination, No allowances can e - whether incurred in travel to and from or during their stay at the place of examination, as public funds are not available for the payment of such expenses. l' t on resenting himself to the board will prior to his physical Each app ican , up p , , examination be required to submit his diploma as a graduate of a standard dental college. Should he fail to do so the examination will not proceed. The examination consists of two parts: Kal Physical.-The physical examination must be thorough. an 1 a below 64 inches in height will be rejected. Each candidate must certify that he labors under no physical infirmity or disability which can interfere with the efficient discharge of any duty which may be required. Errors of refraction, if vision is not below 2Of100 in either eye, are not causes for rejection, provided they are not accompanied by ocular disease and are entirely corrected by appropriate glasses. fbl Professional.-The professional examination embraces both written and oral examinations,,and clinical work, as follows: C d'd tes who fall Written: Anatomy, physiology, and histology. Materia medica and therapeutics. Pathology and bacteriology, dental. Chemistry, physics, and metallurgy. Oral: Oral surgery. Operative dentistry. Prosthetic dentistry. Clinical work: Operative. Prosthetic. . I An average .of '75 per cent is required in the subjects of the theoretical examination and 85 per cent in the practical examination. The questions in the several subjects are f ' h d t th b d b h General. A sample list of questions is appendedlrms 9 0 e Oar S y t 6 Surgeon mengfkll instruments and materials used at examinations are furnished by the Govern- An applicant failing in one examination may be allowed another after the ' ' t' of one year, but not a third. Withdrawal fr ' tg' d -' '15 - expua mn for sickness, will be deemed a failure. Om examma lon ulmg l S plogress' except Pagr 26