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Journal AMERICAN COLLEGE of DENTISTS Volume 19 Number 1 Journal AMERICAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTS March 1952 Published Quarterly for General Circulation by THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTS $3.00 a Year 75 Cents a Cony JOURNAL American College of Dentists Presents the proceedings of the American College of Dentists and such additional papers and comment from responsible sources as may be useful for the promotion of oral health- service and the advancement of the dental profession. The Journal disclaims responsibility, however, for opinions expressed by authors. Published Four Times a Year—March, June, September, December Entered as Second Class Matter September 3, 1948 at the Post Office at Baltimore, Maryland under the Act of March 3, 1879 Copyright, 1952, by the American College of Dentists—Made in United States of America THE WAVERLY PRESS, INC., BALTIMORE, MD., U.S.A. Address of the Editor: John E. Gurley, D.D.S. 350 Post Street, San Francisco, 8, Calif. Entered in the Index To Dental Periodic Literature. American College of Dentists Objects: The American College of Dentists "was established to promote the ideals of the dental profession; to advance the standards of efficiency of dentistry; to stimulate graduate study and effort by dentists; to confer Fellowship in recognition of meritorious achievement, especially in dental science, art, education and literature; and to improve public understand- ing and appreciation of oral health-service."—Constitution, Article I. Announcements Next Meeting, Board of Regents: St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1952 Next Convocation: St. Louis, September 7, 1952 Fellowships and awards in dental research. The American College of Dentists, at its annual meeting in 1937 [J. Am. Col. Den., 4, 100; Sept. and 256, Dec., 1937] inaugurated plans to promote research in dentistry. These plans include grants of funds (The William John Gies Fellowships) to applicants, in support of projected investigations; and also the formal recognition, through annual awards (The William John Gies Awards), of distinguished achievement in dental research. A standing committee of the International Association for Dental Research will actively cooperate with the College in the furtherance of these plans. Application for grants in aid of projected researches, and requests for information, may be sent to the Chairman of the Committee on Dental Research of the American College of Dentists, Dr. Albert L. Midgley, 1108 Union Trust Bldg., Providence, R. I. [See "The Gies Dental Research Fellowships and Awards for Achievement in Research," J. Am. Col. Den., 5, 115; 1938, Sept.] JOURNAL American College of Dentists Published Quarterly for General Circulation by THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTS VOLUME 19 NUMBER 1 JOURNAL American College of Dentists Board of Editors, (1951-1952) Officers and Regents of the College, Ex-Officio JOHN E. GURLEY, San Francisco, Calif., Editor Contributing Editors G. FRED HALE,(1956) Raleigh, N. C. MILLARD D. Goss,(1954) Hot Springs, Ark. LON W. MORREY,(1956) Chicago, Ill. HARLAN H. HORNER,(1953) Albany, N. Y. DONALD W. Guunrr,(1955) Toronto, Can. JACOB SHAPIRO,(1953) Brooklyn, N. Y. B. 0. A. THOMAS,(1955) Seattle, Wash. Rolm W. McNur-TY, (1952) Los Angeles, Cal. Tnos. T. RIDER,(1954) Missoula, Mont. HENRY A. SWANSON,(1952) Washington, D. C. Journal Committee GERALD D. Tatnon, Chairman FRITZ A. PIERSON KENNETH C. PRUDEN lb CONTENTS EDITORIALS 5 A PROFESSION 5 THE DENTAL LIBRARY 5 HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE 7 GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS FOR DENTAL TEACHERS 8 BOARD OF REGENTS, CHICAGO, Feb. 4-6, 1951 8 CARE: Do You? 8 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTS PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS, Willard C. Fleming, D.D.S. 9 ADDRESS DENTISTRY AND THE FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES, John A. Kolmer, M.D... 21 LIBRARIES, EDITOR'S NOTE 31 THE INDEXING OF DENTAL LITERATURE: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, John E. Gurley,D.D.S.31 CAN ONE LIST BE USED FOR BOTH INDEX AND CATALOG SUBJECT HEAD- INGS? Adek Fisher 37 DEVELOPING A LIST OF SUBJECT HEADINGS FOR A DENTAL SCHOOL LIBRARY CATALOG, Rita D. Fowler 40 APPLICATION OF DENTAL CATALOG SUBJECT HEADINGS, Josephine P. Hunt 44 WEEDING, Minnie Orfanos 48 DEPARTMENT BOOK COLLECTIONS, Ida Marian Robinson 51 VERTICAL FILE MATERIAL, Adele Fisher 53 HANDLING OF PAMPHLETS, Rita D. Fowler 55 LIBRARY STATISTICS AND REPORT WRITING, Helen Hlavac 56 NOMENCLATURE PROBLEMS IN THE SELECTION OF INDEX HEADINGS, George B. Denton, Ph.D. 59 A BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW OF OMICRON KAPPA UPSILON, Donovan W. Brown, D.D.S 76 KNOW Y017R FEDERAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, T. T. Rider, D.D.S.80 Book Announcements 84 Membership Roster 85 One who'appears before an audience (class) without preparation should disappear without delay. JOHN ANDREW HOLMES. EDITORIALS A PROFESSION Periodically we need to have brought to our attention the idea of a profession including of course the principle or the principles in- volved. There is a little book entitled The Seven Laws of Teaching, the last of the seven being,'Review, Review, Review'. So it may be considered in this case as attention is again called to the principles of professionalism. The merchant of what-so-ever kind; the business man; and men of commerce all have something to sell—something over which to barter. They have material things having a definite cost and on which it is necessary to make a profit that expenses including salaries may be met. They have something which may be of value to two or more individuals. Of course, need and desire are both wrapped up in the one word, value. The professional man, physician, dentist, clergyman or again of what-so-ever kind, may be the possessor of something of value to two or more individuals also, but of a different type. That which the professional man possesses may not be handled as is that of the business man—it is something only that may be done for another and is done with the expectation that it will last and perhaps prevent something else. Or stated another way, that which the professional man does, is done with the ultimate idea of running himself out of business. As professional men it is ours to bear in mind constantly this prin- ciple and do or suggest whatever may stop that particular kind of need. Business principles appear to involve the idea of 'coming again', and so they urge greater sales each year and not always with due regard to the effect upon the user. It behooves us to deal care- fully with people and thereby do not betray confidence nor our own principle. The moral responsibility on the professional man today is very great. THE DENTAL LIBRARY The American College of Dentists has as one of its objectives, whether stated or not, the promotion of every phase of work or 5 6 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTS activity which contributes to the development of the profession as a whole. Through the years the College has backed very many dif- ferent enterprises, none the least of which has been dental research. There is one, however, to which proper attention has possibly not been paid, namely the Libraries and the Librarians of our schools. We have promoted research, teaching, hospital service, the profes- sional side of dentistry, in fact, every phase of dental practice, and although the charge that libraries have been overlooked might not be easily substantiated, yet the fact remains that very little atten- tion has been paid to them. It must not be forgotten that every phase of professional life or professional practice is dependent upon literature and that easily available. Therefore it has become necessary, among other things, for the schools to develop their libraries and as the attention shown them has increased, it has become necessary that librarians raise their own standards of excellence. This has been promoted very largely by the American Association of Dental Schools which in- stitution gave encouragement at least, to each different school, its library, and librarian in their own development. During later years, as the quality, the need, the usefulness and the availability of the library of the American Dental Association has expanded, not to overlook the indexing of our literature, another source of helpfulness has been found. Succinctly stated, the Committee on Library and Indexing Serv- ices of the American Dental Association, known later as the Advisory Committee on Indexing and Library Service, has had a very close association not only with that one library but with all the libraries to the extent that it might be said that under the leadership of this committee, the libraries and the librarians of the various schools have been brought to that point where they can think together and work together and thus exercise among themselves a high degree of co-operative usefulness. Under the leadership of this committee, two conferences of librar- ians have been held in the offices of the American Dental Associa- tion. The first one was held some two years ago and the proceedings have been published in the Journal of Dental Education.' The second was held in June 1951, the proceedings of which are being published 14, 5 and 15-49; 1949 (Nov.). EDITORIALS currently in this issue of the Journal of the American College of Dentists. This will afford the Fellows of the College an opportunity of seeing what our librarians are doing and to estimate the progress which has been made which, though not wholly to the credit of the College, yet it is a part of all that the College has promoted through its years of activity. Our libraries having come to this high point of excellence and our librarians having attained the degree of educa- tional accomplishment which they have, must be encouraged in every possible way. In this then the College has an opportunity of recognizing this advance sharing in a degree the accomplishments that have been made, and giving further encouragement to them in their task.
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