INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
DENTISTRY (IUSD) TIMELINE *
INDIANA DENTAL COLLEGE (IDC) 1880 - 1925
1900 - 1914
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Year |
Event(s)
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1900 |
Admission Requirements for the Dental College: two years of high
school or an equivalent exam.
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Delta
Sigma Delta and Psi Omega fraternities establish chapters at the Indiana Dental College.
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Dr. John Hurty begins to study the effect of fluorine on the
hardness of enamel and notes the importance of this relationship.
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| 1902 |
Students
entering this year can graduate in three years; those entering after this year must attend for
four years
(see 1903 below).
|
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Indiana Dental
Law now defines an accredited school as one that is a member of
the National Association of Dental Faculties.
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| 1903 |
New four-year curriculum adopted, but three-year curriculum is re-established by National
Association of Dental Faculties and re-adopted by Indiana Dental
College.
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| 1904 |
First
student yearbook, Prognosis, is published.
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| 1905 |
|
Enrollment
increases due to closing of the Central College of Dentistry (est. 1897).
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| 1906 |
Tuition rises to $150.
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| 1908 |
Dr. Alice Harvie Duden
is the first female lecturer at the school; her topic: "Oral Prophylaxis."
|
|
Dental
Faculties Association of American Universities is formed to promote dental
education by resisting proprietary control of dental schools.
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| 1909 |
Dental
Education Council of America is established to elevate standards of Dental
Schools and to create cooperation between the National Association of
Dental Examiners and the National Association of Dental Faculties.
It later includes the National Dental Association
|
|
A Department of Roentgenology is established at Indiana Dental College after
the purchase of X-ray equipment.
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| 1910 |
A football team is formed (with short-lived interest).
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| 1911 |
Entrance requirement is raised from three to four years of high school or an
equivalent exam.
|
|
New legislation requires applicants for dental license to have a diploma
from an accredited dental college.
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Dr. John Hurty, secretary of the Indiana State Board of Health, establishes a
program
of preventive dentistry for children.
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| 1914 |
Indiana Dental College moves to a building at southwest corner of North
and Meridian streets.
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The School's first Library and Reading Room opens.
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Dr.
George Edwin Hunt dies.
His widow retains ownership of the Indiana Dental College.
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Upon
the death of Dr. Hunt,
Dr. F. R. Henshaw assumes responsibilites as dean.
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*
Information gathered from Indiana
University School of Dentistry Alumni Bulletin, v. 10 no. 4, Spring 1996
[Dean's Table] [Special
Collections]