NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 161, 1 April 1908, Page 11

NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY.

f. -. c V| * ' i ■ - : OPENING 'OF/DENTAL SCHOOL- AT DLNEDIN * Oil/ Saturday next, /April. 4, Iho Dental School'at jDunediil will be opened formally. , occasion 'markis an'adyaiice. in :deni\l education ; \pf Svhich the Dominion , may well be j proud. Not only will a graduate fronr this,'.,school find reygnition :m: all - parts of fclio worß, but he-will have the satisfaction also f ; of ■; that ho has Completed .a course-ofs-training: that-"has been; exacting,' laborious'/; and thorough. , A short history, of tho; school's'.'com'mencoment may be of public interest/,..•. This; method; of'.educating -and . preparing, :young, men ftfr the dental profession hasbeen agitated :for : : by\ thoughtful den'tists for many past.': .The..conference:! held in Wellingkih-.jFpur, years, ago;; was .enabled to tak'o'(the..matter up and stir upVa, ab!e'.-- , '."amt»iint'of enthusiasm amongst its members'.: J Preliminaries were: > quickly • ■ arranged, tho'wholo' f chemo mapped out and details and 'estimates prepared. The Govern-ment,i-was, by ;.the ...UniVersity authorities';;legislation,. Ti:as passed,' and: tile money collected.. Briefly, :th'e financial arrangements may bo uummarised as , : (1) The 1 ' Government would allow out of'-rpvenuo. the suin 'of -ifioCO per. annum towards thp payment of tho salary of a properly'.qualified'director. ' ■: (2) Ths Government would subsidise £1 foiv''£l-.. every, contribution towards the initial expenses of the school" up to the sum of £1000. . ' . ' , (3) Tho* Dental Association in Dunedin arid, elsowliero to-, arrange that an bojiorary!;. staff io aVailablo to ' . assist-'the, direofor;."■ " :V""(4)< -Tho Gci/ernnientto' allow . six months fl'oiii ■ December j /1906, rfor application for subsidy.. Tho whole schemo is now' completo, the director, : Dr. Pickcrill, has taken up his duties: already, a suitable and ' handspni© building has been erected and equipped, and the'students aro busy;at;work. , ' Tho'bbntribnted . sum amounted to £1000, which 'the*dentista : throughout New Zealand subscribed out of their own pcckets, the Wellington dentists alofte contributing £150. The. bon.,secretary of tho .local , branch has an announcement in our advertising columns, to which 1 lie desires to draw the attention of "members- ...