University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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THE COLLEGE DEAN A. GRUBB To Prospective Dental Students: I propose to list and discuss some questions that a prospective dental student should consider, or should have answered in determining v hether he desires and is qualified to enter the study of dentistry. One might well ask what is expected of a dentist. The general public would probably reply, A person with a fine personality and one capable of rendering the highest possible service. That does not go far enough. hHow may the prospective student deter- mine the possibility of latent ability? The profes- sional reply to that would be, first and primarily, that he ought to be possessed of a desire to render a service to humanity — because dentistry is a health service. To qualify for this service one should be mechanically inclined and medically minded. By medically minded I mean an interest in the medical subjects such as physics, chemistry, anatomy, histo- logy, physiology, bacteriology, and pathology, for truly the dental practitioner is a dental physician, hie not only is responsible for the health of the mouth but also systematic health in so far as mouth condi- tions are the cause of ill health. Mechanically inclined is not so easily disposed of. A good background of physics is most desirable because mechanics, heat, light, sound, and electricity all have more or less bearing on the practice of den- tistry. One must be skilled with his hands to the point of making them produce results recognizable by eyesight as reproductions of the mental vision. There is opportunity to maintain or reproduce facial con- tour — sculptoring. One must have a preception of color and shades, hie is called upon to plan and build contrivances to span dental spaces. In short, the dentist must be a composite individual partaking of the qualifications found in the sculptor, the artist, the architect, and the physician. 1 have purposely left one factor that is universally used in selecting a vocation and rightly so. 1 refer to the question, What Is the opportunity for remun- eration? If the prospective student will not be satisfied wtih less than a gold mine as remunera- tion, he should forget dentistry. But rather he should be content with a good living and a competence for old age as sufficient financial merit. Past experience has proven that to be the status of the members of the dental profession. Sincerely, A view showing part of the clinic of the College of Dentistry, which Is located on the third floor of Andrews Hall. It is ' n this clinic that junior and senior students of dentistry get experience In the practice of their profession. One of the private rooms In the College of Dentistry where each individual dental student is given his examinations. The plan of the private room is much like that of a modern dental office.

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION T HE School of Commerce was created by action of the Board of Regents in May, 1913, as a part of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1919, by act of the state legislature, the School was transformed into the College of Business Administration. Its object is to provide, for students preparing for business or a similar line of work, a vocational training suited to their needs. University training in business can and does help graduates to find their proper place in the world, enables them to meet initial difficulties, and shortens the period of apprenticeship. The curriculum of the College of Business Admin- istration provides, therefore, in addition to work in English, mathematics, science, and other essentials of a liberal education, a group of more strictly vocational or professional studies such as accounting, business organization, business law, and finance. The course of study, in bri ef. Is designed for the preliminary training of broad-gauge business men and women, that they may have a general education, fundamental professional training, and well rooted habits of study. The degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration is awarded upon the completion of the required courses of the College. Those students who have maintained high standing throughout their college courses may be granted the degree with dis- tinction upon recommendation of the Committee of Graduation with Distinction, and the faculty of the College. A number of scholarships are awarded in economics and business research through the generos- ity of Nebraska business men and women. Ten gold keys are also given annually to the students in the freshman class having the highest standing throughout the year. The College of Business Administration of the Uni- versity of Nebraska is a charter member of the national organization known as the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, representing the princi- pal schools of this character in all parts of the country. The College has commodious quarters in the Social Sciences Hall, with the usual classrooms and offices, a reference library, a very large accounting laboratory, and a statistical laboratory equipped with calculating machines for the classes in insurance, advanced accounting, and statistics. The general University library, with special libraries in the various colleges and departments, also offers excellent facilities for study and research. Many occupations are open to those who have had such preparation as is offered by the College of Business Administration. There is a large and increas- ing demand for highly efficient men and women in accounting, banking, insurance, journalism, transporta- tion, manufacturing, and domestic and foreign com- merce, as well as for teachers of economics and busi- ness in high schools and colleges. It is a question of the supply of officers for the industrial army, and those who aspire to places of trust must first go through a long and arduous course of training. Mrs. Kdtherjne Schlefen has been secretary to the Dean of the College of Business Administration since 1927. She is in charge of all general correspondence and secretarial worl( of the main office, located on the third floor of Social Sciences Hall. A picture of the faculty of the Business Administration College. The personnel of the staff now Includes twenty-one men, alt of whom have had several years of teaching experience. The staff is headed by J. E. LeRossignol, who has been dean since 1919.

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OF DENTISTRY T HE recognition that dentistry is one of the greatest agencies of public service has brought many nev demands on the dental colleges. Students in the Dental College of the University of Nebraska are trained for the purpose of fulfilling these demands with the greatest perfection. The College is in a strategic position in the denta! education field. There are but ten dental colleges in the United States that have state university con- nections. This school is one of the four west of the Mississippi River. It has a high rating with the National Association of Dental Examiners and is a member in good standing of the American Associa- tion of Dental Schools. The leadership of the College of Dentistry may be viewed from two different angles: the leadership of the college in dental education, and the leadership of its alumni and faculty members in the professional field. The dentists now on the faculty have an aver- age teaching experience of ten years, and a clinical and private practice average of over eighteen years. The College of Dentistry was formed by an act of the legislature in 1919, growing out of the School of Dentistry, which had its root in the Lincoln Dental College, associated with the University of Nebraska in 1904. A three-year course was offered until 1917, when it was advanced to four or five years, with one year of academic work, thus warranting a degree of D. D. S. A six-year course is required for the degree of B. Sc, and D. D. S., and seven years for an A. B. and D. D. S. It has been recommended that the course be two years of predental work of college standing, three years of concentrated dentistry, and one graduate year. The average registration of the College is approximately one hundred and twelve. Until 1928, the clinical facilities of the College were housed in rented quarters downtown. In September, 1928, the College of Dentistry was moved into new quarters on the third floor of Andrews Hall. Each year additions are made to the equipment, making it most modern in every respect. The clinic offers a field in which the undergraduate may practice dental fundamentals and obtain as much actual experience as possible in his junior and senior years. One of the services which the College offers to the public, is that of reasonable prices for dental services. It also furnishes free dental services, with the exception of gold work, to the state wards at the State Home for Dependent Children, and has an arrangement with the city of Lincoln for an exchange whereby the city ' s unfortunates may have foci of infection in the oral cavity removed. The faculty of the College realizes that the prin- ciples of dental service are transcient ones. It aims, therefore, to equip students with a firm foundation and a mental outlook conducive to progress. Freshman-sophomore laboratory of the Dental College in Andrews Hall. Here sophomore students are learning the funda- mental principles of operative technique preparatory to practic- ing on actual patients in the dental clinic when they are juniors. Seniors at work in a laboratory of the College of Dentistry upon a project in prosthetic set-up. They are acquiring facility in a phase of their studies which directly prepares them to pass the state dental examination upon graduation. -29-