OTAGO'UNIVERSITY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13832, 20 February 1907, Page 6

OTAGO'UNIVERSITY.

It J DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF < DENTISTRY APPOINTED. •< At a special meeting' of flic Ofago Uni- f vcrsity Council, held last evening "Mr II ( B. Pickcrill, M.8., 0'1i.8., H.D.S., L.D.S., 1 R.C.S., En;f., was appointed to the post 1 of director of tli£ now School of Dentistry, 8 which is to be opened early in May next,' 1 probably by the Minister of Education, the Hon. G. Fowlds. Mr Pickcrill, who is u married man 28 .years of age, is at present engaged in dental practice in Birmingham, and is on the staffs of the University and c Dental HospitaJ. In addition, he gained 1 experience in the workroom of Mr F. G, > Levason, L.D.S., Hereford (known as one * of the best mechanical practices in tho ' country), and in the dental department of f the General Hospital, Birmingham. The ' successful applicant's, testimonials are fj an ' exceedingly flattering description, as to his 8 qualifications and personality, and include ' letters from Sir Oliver Lodge, LL.D., B D.Sc., F.R.S., principal of the Binning- \ ham University, Professor Gilbert Barling, ; M.8., 8.5., F.R.C.S., dean of'the faculty ! of medicine in the same university, and Mr John Humphreys. M.D.S., F.L.S., L.D.S., J lecturer in dental anatomy, and honorary I secretary of the dental department of the university. Sir Oliver Lodge's testimonial r is as follows"I liave the highest opinion | of Mr 11. Percy Pickcrill, recently a student t and now a graduate, both in medicine and „ dentistry, of this university. Whilo a g student lie achieved the position of presi- r dent of the Undorgratuatcs' Guild, always " a testimony to force of character and per- v sonal influence. In that position he came i into contact with the Chancellor and other a dignitories of the university, and took a a leading part in important meetings, invari- J lbly conducting himself with dignity and effec- v tivenoss. I should judge that for such a post as director of a school of dentistry Mr Pickcrill is rather pre-cminentlv qualified. He is now in practice in this city, and n is our lecturer on dental histology and pathology, anil I know that lie is well „ thoii'dit of in the profession. I desire to j speak highly of him as a man." i Mr Pickcrill received his training in the v Universities of Oxford and Birmingham, ji

and his mechanical dentistry lie learned originally with Mr A. G. Levason, beforei mentioned. In 1904 iho undergraduates of Birmingham University elected him as their president, and he was the first, man to hold a, British decree in dentistry cum curriculo. • 110 is leoturer on dental pathology and histology in the University of Birmingham, a member of the central t-oitntics branch of the British Dental Association, and honorary of the Law and Ethics Committee. During his student days ho was , awarded the senior prize and eortifieatc for operativo work, u silver mednl for anaesthetic work, the Ash nnVe for the best treatise on the care of children's teeth, and a special prize for e. pernor on "The Effects of Civilisation on the Teeth," read before ( the University Students' Society.