Word: worke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most important developments in the school this last year, was the work of a committee appointed to study the problem of graduate work in the various fields of dentistry. Graduate instruction has been one of the weakest spots in dental education...
...need for improved facilities for graduate work in the Dental School was the point upon which Leroy M. S. Miner, dean of the school, placed most emphasis in his annual report to President Lowell...
...health work for students was continued during the year and complete physical examinations were made of the members of the two lower classes. Numerous physical defects which would interfere with their progress in their professional work were discovered and in most instances corrected. Eye defects were found to be quite common. The correction of visual defects occurring in our students is of great importance in so exacting a requirement on vision as dentistry. An effort is being made to study the effect on scholarship of the correction of these physical defects...
Semi-monthly meetings for the entire staff of the Dental School were held during the academic year for the purpose of better coordinating the teaching of the various departments, each department in its turn taking charge and presenting an outline of the work it was attempting to do. Frank discussions of the material offered were held and we look for improvement in the teaching for the coming year...
Limitation of funds is handicapping the research work of the school, but some interesting problems are being worked out by undergraduates. Professor Percy R. Howe is continuing his work in nutrition and has developed a purified diet for animals which may be of considerable importance later on. Dr. Howe has been given an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Bates College for his researches in this field