University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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UNDER THE WATCHFUl EYE of the dental school custodian, students build a set of model jaws. FACULTY CONSULTATION enables instructors to keep up with the progress, wants, ond needs of the individual students. As in any professional school, in Dental School there exists a closer bond between the student body ond the faculty than is possible in an undergraduate situation.

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Dentistry School s curriculum Combines study and practice CRAFTSMANSHIP, thot immeoiuroble value gained only by yeor of experience. It one of the trait of the initrwctor in Denial School. Student , eager fo learn, watch carefuRy ot Ihete experts demon strate their skill. Tlu primary objective of the University of Pittsburgh's Dental School is to present a curriculum and training program that will enable every graduate to be qualified and competent to begin the practice of denistry. To achieve this aim. a flexible teaching program is maintained. Through it the graduates are taught the relationship between oral and general diseases, learn to co-operate effectively with other groups engaged in the allied fields of health service, and are able to assume the social responsibility of a professional person and take an active role in community life. The school was founded April 20, 1H96 as the Pittsburgh Dental College. In October 1903, it became the Dental Department of Western University of Pennsylvania. Preclinical instruction for freshmen and sophomores is given in the new School of the Health Profession Building, while clinical instruction is carried out in a building at the corner of Thackeray and O'Hara Streets. Here are housed the clinics of the various departments, clinical laboratories, and the administrative offices. Dental departments of the Falk Clinic and of the Lni-versity hospitals arc operated under the supervision of the School of Dentistry. A Dental Student Council, created to enable faculty and students to meet on common ground, seeks to develop and encourage a spirit of co-operation within the student body and promotes activities in which the students are interested. Three national dental fraternities have chapters at Pitt, and a Dental Interfraternity Council coordinates their activities. A GAME OF CARDS in th« Dental School lounge it relaxing after a hectic day in clou. But the ever-pretent white coafj »loy on at re-minder of their vocation.

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Orientation projects Aid frosh adjustment m cm ht[ met hi UKIiltiTT : Semite w K1S Mwmm 1KST1TIK1S smi nt STUDY HINTS, note toking, librory procedure, froternitiei, Pitt tradition , and student government ore oil covered In the men's conferences. Most frequently asked question: Now a boot this English theme I hove to write . . The freshmen orientation program is centered around Men’s Conference and women’s Senior Mentors. This program is not only designed to help the new student over the countless rough sjsots that invariably occur when entering a large and complicated university like Pitt, but also to urge him to take an active interest in his school by instructing him in the many varied aspects of Pitt life. Freshman women arc assigned to a small group headed by a Senior Mentor who acts a» a “big sister, solving any problems or questions the girls bring to her. She informs them of Pitt’s history and traditions, teaches them the victory songs and cheers, and accompanies them to the (irst football game, Panhcllcnic Reception, and Sorority Open House. In the Men’s Conference Classes the frosh meet with an upperclass counselor and an advisor from the Dean of Men’s office. Here they, too, learn about the University and its workings, and here they bring out their problems and questions. For many of the freshmen, these orientation sessions are the sole opportunity to talk with someone who is genuinely interested in their problems, and the only chance to gain a solid foundation of knowledge about their University. The Freshmen must consider these sessions worthwhile, for attendance is surprisingly high. MENTOR Helen Tithon explain deferred torority ruthing procedure to a frethman itudent. She learnt the mutt wait one temeiter before accepting a bid. BUYING BOOKS wot juit another step in the long orientation proc-ett, a ttep that had to be repeoted every temetfer. 22