Our Canadian College Transcription
Our Canadian College.
We attach so much importance to the work of the College, now in its fourteenth year, that we propose giving it special attention from time to time under the above heading. The dentists of Ontario have good reason to be proud of the position it has achieved. Canadian Universities are never in a hurry to throw their arms around every pleading applicant; but the Toronto school has won its laurels, and will do even more than it has done to raise the standard of Canadian dentistry. We know very well that Dr. Willmott prefers success to praise, but a profession would be ungrateful that refused him his just due. To him specially, and to his colleagues, we are all in debt.
The following documents mark, perhaps, the most important epoch in dentistry in Ontario:
STATUTE OF TORONTO UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHING A “DEPARTMENT OF DENTISTRY,” PASSED OCT. 19TH, 1888.
By the University of Toronto be it enacted:
Sec. 1. The Degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) will be conferred by the University of Toronto upon Students of Dentistry on compliance with the requirements of the Curriculum in Dentistry which may from time to time be prescribed by the Senate.
MATRICULATION.
Sec. 2. Candidates for the Degree of D.D.S. must pass the Matriculation Examination herinafter mentioned, unless,
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1st. They possess a degree in Arts (not being an honorary degree) from some recognized University; or
2nd. Have already matriculated in the Faculty of Arts, or the Fculty of Law, or the Faculty of Medicine in this or some other University in Canada; or
3rd. Are Matriculants in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; or
4th. Have passed the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Class Departmental non-professiona [sic] examinations in which the Latin option has been taken.
Candidates not possessing any of the above named qualifications, will require to pass the examination prescribed for matriculants in the Faculty of Medicine in this University, provided always, that candidates registered as Matriculants of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, on the first day of November, A.D. 1888, shall be admitted Matriculants in the Department of Dentistry.
UNDERGRADUATES.
Sec. 3. Undergraduates (candidates for the degree) residents of the Province of Ontario, must have complied with all the requirements, prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, for admission to examination for a Certificate of License to practice Dentistry in Ontario.
Sec. 4. Undergraduates (candidates for the degree) not resident in Ontario, must :–
(1) Have devoted at least three full calendar years (not being engaged in any other business) to the study of dentistry.
(2) Must have attended at least two full courses of lectures, embracing all the subjects of the curriculum of not less than five months each, exclusive of the time occupied in examination, and including the daily Clinic at a Dental School recognised by this University; the last of which must be at the School of Dentistry of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario.
(3) Must have spent that portion of the time, when not in attendance at lectures and clinics at a school of dentistry, as a student in the office of a reputable dentist.
EXAMINATIONS.
Sec. 5. Candidates for the degree must pass two examinations: an Intermediate and a Final, an interval of not less than one year intervening between them. Until further provision be made a certificate of having passed the Intermediate Examination of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario will be accepted by this University.
Sec. 6. Applicants for the final examination must present to the Registrar satisfactory certificates, covering all the requirements of sections three or four of this statute, and of having passed the intermediate examination.
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Sec. 7. The subjects for final examinations will be
(a) Theory and Practice of Operative Dentistry.
(b) Theory and Practice of Dental Prosthetics.
(These examinations will be partly written, partly oral, and partly practical.)
(c) Dental Pathology
(d) Dental Histology.
(e) Principles and Practice of Medicine and Surgery as applied in Dentistry.
(g) Dental Materia Medica and Therapeutics.
(h) General Anatomy and Special Anatomy of Head and Neck.
(i) Physiology.
(k) Chemistry.
These examinations shall be written.
Sec. 8. No candidate shall be considered as having passed the examination who has not obtained 50 per cent. of the marks allotted; nor will a candidate be considered passed in any individual subject who has not obtained at least 33⅓ per cent. of the marks allotted to each subject.
Sec. 9. The fee for matriculation examination shall be five dollars.
The fee for registration of a certificate accepted in lieu of said examination shall be five dollars.
The fee for final examination shall be five dollars.
The fee for the degree of D.D.S. shall be twenty dollars.
No fee shall be charged for transferring from any Faculty of this University to the Department of Dentistry.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGEONS OF ONTARIO,
TORONTO, NOV. 15TH, 1888.
DEAR SIR:
The Directors of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario are pleased to be able to inform you that the University of Toronto has established a Curriculum of Dentistry, on compliance with which students of dentistry will have conferred on them by the University the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery.
The arrangement with the University provides that all matriculants of the R.C.D.S, registered as such on or before the first day of November, 1888, shall be admitted as matriculants in the Dental Department of the University on presenting to the Registrar the certificate of the Secretary of the R.C.D.S. to that effect, and payment of the fee of five dollars.
Any graduate of the R.C.D.S., or any undergraduate, who is admitted to examination for L.D.S. in March, 1889, who matriculates in the Dental Department of the University before, say, February 1st, 1889, will be eligible for the examination for the degree of D.D.S. which commences March 25th, 1889, provided that at least three weeks before that date he has deposited [page 4] with the Registrar of the University his application for exmination and the certificates required by the University and the examination fee of five dollars.
The certificates required with the application for examination will be those of the Secretary of the R.C.D.S. that the applicant has passed the intermediate examination of the College, and has complied with all the requirements prescribed by the directors of the R.C.D.S. for admission to examination for a certificate of license to practice dentistry in Ontario.
The subjects for final examination will be:
(a) Theory and Practice of Operative Dentistry.
(b) Theory and Practice of Dental Prosthetics.
These examinations will be partly written, partly oral, and partly practical.
(c) Dental Pathology
(d) Dental Histology.
(e) Principles and Practice of Medicine and Surgery as applied in Dentistry.
(g) Dental Materia Medica and Therapeutics.
(h) General Anatomy and Special Anatomy of Head and Neck.
(i) Physiology.
(k) Chemistry.
These examinations shall be written.
The practical work required will probably be similar to that required for the examination for L.D.S.
No candidate shall be considered as having passed the examination who has not obtained 50 per cent, of the marks allotted; nor will a candidate be considered as passed in any individual subject who has not obtained at least 33⅓ per cent. of the marks allotted to each subject.
The fee for the degree of D.D.S. will be twenty dollars.
Yours very truly,
J. BRANSTON WILLMOTT,
Sec’y of R.C.D.S. of Ont.
STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY OF THE R.C.D.S OF TORONTO, SESSION 1887-8.
A. F. Webster, J. L. Young, A. H. Hipple, S. Moyer,J. F. Simpson, T. E. Bruce, A. Rose, O. Martin,M. G. MacElhinney, J. E. Armstrong, A. F. Pearson, J. Bower,J. J. Kerr, W. H. Steele, S. Burns, J. J. Wisser,E. Cunningham, A. J. Smith, C. M. French, G. P. Allen,F. J. Kennedy, J. Letherdale, M. F. Binkley, G. W. Lloyd,R. G. McLaughlin, J. W. Oakley, S. A. Aykroyd, J. W. Swarm,W. W. McPhee, J. W. B. Topp, A. E. Sangster, F. Butler,C. Ferguson, W. R. Hamilton, A. A. Shaw, G. F. Bilden,A. J. Edwards, C. S. McLean, G.P. Matthewman, G. F. Wright, [page 5] H. P. Martin, E. H. Edit, B. Gallop, N. W. Cleary,H. E. Harris, T. D. Fawcett, C. A. Risk, M. Cavanagh,M. W. Sparrow, J. T. Ireland, G. McDonald, J.F.Chittenden,W. J. Trotter.
DENTISTS AT DINNER.
The Faculty and students of the School of Dentistry enjoyed their fourth annual dinner in the Rossin House on the evening of the 24th November, and the gathering was one of the most interesting of its kind held this season. The recent affiliation of the school with the Toronto University as the Royal College of Dental Surgeons was the topic of the evening, and the different speakers alluded to the fact as one of the most eventful in the history of Provincial higher education. The dinner was got up in the most approved manner, everything being of the choicest, and the sixty students present had a good time, without being unnecessarily hilarious.
The chair was occupied by Mr. A. H. Hipple, and the guests on either side were Hon. G. W. Ross, Principal Thos. Kirkland, Rev. Dr. Stafford, Dr. Adam Wright, Dr. R. A. Reeve, Dr. J. B. Willmott (dean of the school) and M. C. Dewar, Trinity Medical, and Mr. Maybury, University Medical School, representing these schools. The vice-chairs were occupied by Messrs. J. W. Oakley and T. Butler, and Mr. S. J. Wisser discharged the duties of secretary.
Letters of regret at their inability to be present were read from Mayor Clarke, Toronto, Prof. J. Taft, (dean Dental Department of the University of Michigan), Dr. W. G. Beers, Montreal, and Dr. G. L. Curtis, Syracuse, N. Y.
The chairman, in his opening remarks, referred to the progress made in dental surgery in the Province. They had now an established college in affiliation with the University of Toronto, and their course had been lengthened to three years. He spoke in high praise of Dr. J. B. Willmott, whom he characterised as the pioneer of dental education in Ontario. The reference was received with cheers.
The speakers to the toast of “Educational Institutions” were introduced in a few well-chosen words by Dr. W. T. Stuart. Hon. G. W. Ross dealt with the school system of Ontario, and reminded the students they had cut their educational teeth in the Public schools. He claimed that the facilities in Ontario for secondary or High schools were more complete than in any other country in the world. He referred to the Dental College as the youngest child of the educational family of Ontario, and concluded by expressing the hope that the young men present would become able exponents of dental surgery.
Principal Thos. Kirkland, of the Normal School, said that the dental students were more indebted to the Normal than they might care to acknowledge. He caused some amusement by attributing all the punctuality in the country to a Normal school training, and he remarked that he had no [page 6] doubt but that the dental students would make themselves “felt” in the world.
Dr. Teskey proposed the toast of the “University of Toronto,” and introduced Dr. Adam Wright. The latter expressed a deep interest in the “baby,” and remarked that in his opinion it was the best in town. He said that he had the honor of being chairman o fthe University Committee that had in hand the admittance of the dental college to affiliation. There had been some objection in the Senate at first until they began to realize that the dentists would be a credit to them. He referred in complimentary terms to Dr. Willmott’s labors on behalf of dental education.
Rev. Dr. Stafford, speaking for the professions, expressed pleasure in the growing intimacy and friendship of the students of the different colleges. Among the various difficulties of life he thought trying to talk without teeth was about the worst. He created amusement by referring to sermons as one of the best remedies for sleeplessness.
Dr. R. A. Reeve said that he felt quite at home among the students of dentistry, because, like them, his time was chiefly occupied with the parts supplied by the fifth nerve. The condition of the teeth depended upon the general condition of the system, and dentists were therefore closely related to the medical profession. He urged the young men not to allow their education to be one-sided, but to aim at an all-round knowledge of the human system, which would better fit them to be leaders in their special branch.
Dr. Willmott was heartily received by the students. He gave his hearers some very good advice, especially urging them to avoid quack advertising, and reminding them that the future of the college was entirely in their own hands. Before concluding he announced that a Canadian dental journal was about to be published quarterly.
Some addresses were also made by Dr. Spalding, Dr. J. G. Roberts, Dr. Stretton (Guelph), M. C. Dewar, Mr. Maybury, C. A. Risk and others, and at intervals during the evening the students sang a number of college songs.