218 The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery but we are in favor of educating and making better dentists by intensifying and increasing the efficiency of dental education and giving them training in as short a time as possible, along lines that will increase their value as professional men, and thereby enable them to better serve the publrc. Any plan that is to reduce the number of dentists and increase the time required for their graduation is going to be an economic mistake for which the public is going to pay in one way or another. Any time that is spent upon preliminary education beyond the period where the applicant has received enough education- to enable him to grasp professional subjects is going to be a waste of time so far as benefit to the profession is concerned. The required study of a lot of subjects which have no direct bearing upon his professional work is going to be time wasted so far as the good of the public is concerned, and will simply work a handicap by diminishing the number of men who enter the profession, thereby causing a decreased number who are able to care for the people. The real answer to the problem of dental education is: increase the efficiency of professional education rather than lengthen the time of preliminary education, stretching out the professional subjects to a greater number of years than are really required. The American Society Of Orthodontists T HE nineteenth annual meeting of the American Society of Orthodontistq was held in St. Louis, March 10, 11 and 12, 1919, with Dr. O. W. White. Detroit, Michigan, as president. Many papers of high character and great scientific interest were read and discussed. The attendance was good. The officers for next year are: President, Dr. John G. V. Mershon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Secretary, Dr. Frank M. Casto, Cleveland, Ohio; Treasurer, Dr. Burt Abell, Toledo, Ohio. Chicago, Illinois, was selected as the next place of meeting; time, first week in April, 1920. The scientific proceedings will appear in future issues of the JOURNAL. The Alumni Society of the Dewey School of Orthodontia T HE ninth annual meeting of the Alumni Society of the Dewey School of Orthodontia was held in St Louis, March 6, 7, and 8, 1919, under the presi- dency of Dr. A. O. Oliver, Nashville, Tennessee. Several interesting papers were read and freely discussed. These papers with the discussions on them will be published in future issues of the JOURNAL. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. E. G. \Veeks, Saginaw, Michigan; Vice-President, Dr. S. W. Bradley, Ottawa, Canada; Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. George F. Burke, Detroit, Michigan.

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218 The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery

but we are in favor of educating and making better dentists by intensifying andincreasing the efficiency of dental education and giving them training in as shorta time as possible, along lines that will increase their value as professional men,and thereby enable them to better serve the publrc. Any plan that is to reducethe number of dentists and increase the time required for their graduation isgoing to be an economic mistake for which the public is going to pay in one wayor another. Any time that is spent upon preliminary education beyond theperiod where the applicant has received enough education- to enable him to graspprofessional subjects is going to be a waste of time so far as benefit to the profession is concerned. The required study of a lot of subjects which have nodirect bearing upon his professional work is going to be time wasted so far asthe good of the public is concerned, and will simply work a handicap by diminishing the number of men who enter the profession, thereby causing a decreasednumber who are able to care for the people. The real answer to the problem ofdental education is: increase the efficiency of professional education rather thanlengthen the time of preliminary education, stretching out the professional subjects to a greater number of years than are really required.

The American Society Of Orthodontists

T H E nineteenth annual meeting of the American Society of Orthodontistqwas held in St. Louis, March 10, 11 and 12, 1919, with Dr. O. W. White.

Detroit, Michigan, as president. Many papers of high character and great scientific interest were read and discussed. The attendance was good. The officers fornext year are: President, Dr. John G. V. Mershon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Secretary, Dr. Frank M. Casto, Cleveland, Ohio; Treasurer, Dr. Burt Abell,Toledo, Ohio. Chicago, Illinois, was selected as the next place of meeting; time,first week in April, 1920. The scientific proceedings will appear in future issuesof the JOURNAL.

The Alumni Society of the Dewey School of Orthodontia

TH E ninth annual meeting of the Alumni Society of the Dewey School ofOrthodontia was held in St Louis, March 6, 7, and 8, 1919, under the presi

dency of Dr. A. O. Oliver, Nashville, Tennessee. Several interesting papers wereread and freely discussed. These papers with the discussions on them will bepublished in future issues of the JOURNAL.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. E.G. \Veeks, Saginaw, Michigan; Vice-President, Dr. S. W. Bradley, Ottawa,Canada; Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. George F. Burke, Detroit, Michigan.