Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1914-1917)

JANUARY MEETING, 1917

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On motion of Regent Leland, the Board approved and
adopted the recommendations made in the communication of
Dean M. L. Ward, printed below:On March 5 it is necessary for the regular course in Anatomy to be given to the three-year freshman dental students. On account of the introduction of the four-year
course at this time, it becomes necessary that an additional
number of students take this course, either with the threeyear students, or immediately following in the Summer
School. The records at this time indicate that somewhere
between 125 and 150 will qualify for the course in Anatomy
on March 5, while the capacity of the Anatomical Laboratory is 35 or 40 below this number. This presents the question of deciding which students shall be obliged to take this
course in the Summer School, and which shall be permitted
to pursue the work on March 5.
A recent call for volunteers to take the course in Summer School showed that about I8 or 20 are willing to do so,
and the remainder considered it necessary to work during
the summer. Inasmuch as it appears to Dr. Huber and his
associates, and the Dental Faculty, that some provision must
be made whereby we can oblige about 20 or 25 more of these
students to take this course in summer, I am communicating to you the requests of the Dental Faculty,
first, that they be permitted to select 20 or 25 students who
have the lowest grades, and second, that you make some provision whereby the whole number of students who take this
course in Summer School, which will be about 35 or 40,
will be relieved of paying the Summer School fee of $I6.50.
In considering our requests, I trust that you will bear in
mind that this is in no way a precedent upon which we may
base future requests, but simply a plan arrived at after careful consideration of the matter by all parties concerned,
which will, in my opinion, best meet the situation caused by
the transitory period from the three- to the four-year course.
All of the above actions were by unanimous vote.
On motion, the Board adjourned to February 23, at
9:30 A. AM.
SHIIRLEY W. SMITH,
Secretary.