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

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Each year The graduaTes oT This school look back up- on Tour years made more pleasanr by The execuTive managership oT Dr. RineharT. l-lis greaT undersTanding oT The ThoughTs and acTions oT The sTudenT, his sage advice, T' and his Timely helpTulness make him a Triend To every man ThaT aTTends Kansas CiTy-WesTern DenTal Col- lege. The guieT unobTrusive manner in which he perTorms his duTies makes Them seem much easier Than They are. The problems oT The school, oT The TaculTy, and oT The sTudenT are his problems. T-lis sincere aTTenTion is always given To These problems, and his decisions are more Than generous. We have every reason To be proud oT our Dean. LABOR WHILE 0 lvlosT oT us pasT school days wiTh de- TiniTe inTeresTs in The presenT and The Tu- Ture are conscious oT The TacT ThaT we should have labored more diligenTly in our youTh. BuT TheVpresenT always oTTers golden opporTuniTies To each oT us, Though when Time has passed wiThouT ac- complishmenT we have losT many oT Those I DEAN RINEHART YOUR YOUTH opporTuniTies Tor knowledge and exper- ience so necessary To carry us successTully Through our liTe's course. So Tew people know The True use and value oT Time. Four years seems like a greaT period oT Time To prepare Tor service in your pro- page T3

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The hisTory oT denTal educaTion in Kansas CiTy covers a period oT over halT a cenTury, beginning wiTh The Tound- ing oT The Kansas CiTy DenTal College in l88l. Grigin- ally The Kansas CiTy DenTal College was The denTal de- parTmenT oT The Kansas CiTy Medical College, gradu- aTing The TirsT class oT Three members in I883. IT con- Tinued as a deparTmenT oT The medical college unTil The session oT I889, when iT was esTablished as a seyoaraTe .R .,.,.. 5 uniT, and operaTed as an independenlr school. The WesTern DenTal College was Tounded in I89O, graduaTing iTs TirsT class oT nine mem- bers in I89l. This school was Tormerly locaTed aT IITh and LocusT, on which siTe now sTands The CiTy l-lall oT Kansas CiTy. Dr. RineharT was The Dean oT This school. 1 Q3 E L-B BoTh h I T' d ' ' ' ' ' ' - , 'qw shc oo+sh con rnue as independenlr ln.sTrTuTions unTil July l, College, in which cap.g,Qi+y I-ye has Served Wifi, Unimmq erred 6nd . w en ey were consolidaTed, Torming The Kansas CiTyA Qfeal GCTWIGVGVTTGHT. The new building in which we are now IocaTed We5+ern Denim' Coiiqqeu In G Show Mme Dr. Rineharlr was eleded was consTrIrucTed undlrir The supervision oT Dr, RineharT. The insTiTus +0 H1 H- F H1 D U ION V1-OW .as over lrTy-seven hundred denTisTs locaTed ' , e o ice o e ean oT The Kansas CrTy-WesTern De-nTal sTaTe in This counTry, and in many Toreiqn iandg' in everx page I2

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Tession, buT iT may pass while you dream. IT you have done your besT and have been graduaTed, you have buT begun. The per- son who schools himseIT in The conserva- Tion oT Time will auTomaTicaIly conserve his earnings, yeT I deplore penuriousness. IT should be remembered ThaT whaT- ever knowledge you do noT solidly lay The ToundaTion Tor in youTh, you will never be The masTer oT in your IiTe. I once read oT an English scholar who was so good in The managemenT oT his Time ThaT he would noT lose even a small porTion oT iT. Each day when naTure obliged him To reTreaT To ThaT small buT necessary house he re- viewed The LaTin poeTs. I-Ie boughT a compIeTe ediTion oT I-Iorace and grad- ually Tore ouT a couple oT pages and car- ried Them To ThaT necessary place-read Them TirsT and Then conTribuTed Them To anoTher necessary use. This sacriTice oT prinT mighT be considered a biT exTrav- aganT, buT I would say iT was aT IeasT a challenge To his memory. I heard one oT our successTuI denTaI dealers say ThaT he boughT an eIecTric shaver so he could an- swer his morning call, shave and digesT The news all in one measure oT Time. I have oTTen admonished sTudenTs in my IecTures in orienTaTion ThaT memoriz- ing verbaTim The TundamenTaIs oT a sub- iecT would prove To be a Tower oT sTrengTh all Through The years. page I4 You are noT expecTed To remember all ThaT you have sTudied, buT you are ex- pecTed To Icnow how To inTorm yourseIT upon any problem in your chosen Tield wiThouT delay. I implore you To reTain your school TexTs and consisTenTIy add To Them To Torm your privaTe library. You may acquire a library, buT iT you do noT know your library iT is oT Ii++Ie value excepT ThaT iT may serve as a cover Tor ignorance: however, if you have boolcs beTore you, you may be TempTed aT Times To re- view Them and if TempTed now and Then To improve your inTeIIecT iT will become a habiT-a proTiTabIe habiT. SeIecTing a Theme and wriTing a biT oT philosophy Tor This annual volume, The Bushwaclcer Isymbolizing memories oT a Thing many oT us did-buT you SI-IALL NOTI has become a habiTg I hope Tor my sTudenTs a proTiTabIe one, cerTainIy iT is proTiTabIe To me, because I have To delve inTo The soul oT The reason Tor our exis- Tence--To exTracT someThing oT imporT, someThing oT imporTance To say To you as I see iT, ThaT may sTir a conscienTious de- sire here and There, or cause some exciTe- menT oT The imaginaTion. I would noT have you Thinlc I believe in uninTerrupTed labor, noT aT all, buT I do recommend mosT earnesTIy To you in your youTh, a consisTency oT purpose un- inTerrupTed. R. J. R.