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The Dentoscope
Volume 16 | Issue 14 Article 5
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® i ) e  Bento£cope
HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
Editorial Staff
Faculty Committee on Publications and Announcements 
Dr. J a ck so n  L. D avis , Chairman
D r. E m m e t t  J. Scott  Dr. Jo h n  A .  T u r n e r
Dr. R obert  M . H e n r ic k  M iss A licia  P. M cK i n n e y
D r. W il l ia m  J. M adison
S T U D E N T  E D IT O R S
W il l ia m  K. C o l l in s , ’39, Associate Business Manager 
G r an v il l e  M .  N orris, ’40 M organ  W .  F. D ic ke rson , ’38
J o h n  E. M a u p i n , ’37 C la re n ce  O. L ew is , ’39
Jo h n n i e  M . C hildress , Dental Hygiene, ’ 37
A L U M N I C O N T R IB U T I N G  E D IT O R S
Dr. R. E. B e a m o n ,
438 W . Fifth Street, 
Cincinnati, Ohio
D r. C h a s . W . D orsey ,
1838 Christian Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa.
D r. A lice W a t k i n s  G a r r o t t , 
1206 Hooper Avenue,
Los Angeles, California
D r. C la re n ce  F. H o l m es , J r ., 
2602 W elton Street,
Denver, Colorado
D r. T heodore  M . B u n d r a n t , 
68 Lake Street,
Monroe, N .Y .
Dr. H . Su m n e r  C o l u m ,
551 E. 47th Street, 
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. E llwood  D . D o w n i n g , 
Brooks Building, 
Roanoke, Va.
Dr. W . S. G ibson ,
4269 W . Easton Avenue, 
St. Louis, M o.
Dr. R obert  T h o m p s o n ,
466 W . Broad Street, 
Westfield, N.J.
D r. B. J. M a r t i n ,
2409 Third Street,
N ew Orleans, La.
M iss C h a r l o t t e  M arie  T ign or , 
918 S Street, N .W ., 
Washington, D .C .
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CHOOSING A VOCATION
A C C O R D IN G  to our American system of social responsibility, it is a well accepted rule of ethics that every citizen having suffi­
cient health and mental capacity should engage in some employment 
or service that is useful to society. In choosing a vocation, be it a 
trade, a business, or a profession, the question of usefulness to Society, 
as well as remuneration and suitableness to individual taste and capacity 
must be duly considered. This duty of choosing and following a useful 
calling rests upon all alike regardless of sex or class, the only possible 
exception being physical disability and mental incapacity.
W hile it may be advisable to allow all possible freedom to a youth 
in choosing his life’s work, it is surely highly desirable that he make 
this choice consistently early so as to reduce to a minimum the loss 
of time and motion. It is very often a difficult task for a youth to 
choose a calling in keeping with the three requirements above. This 
is especially true during times of general national economic depressions 
such as we have experienced for several years. It is with due regard 
for the foregoing considerations that the suggestions below are addressed 
to our young people who have just passed on from their high school 
work to a more specialized training for life’s endeavor. Our objective 
in this letter is to present to the youth of the race the possibilities in 
Dentistry for service to a community and its desirability from the 
standpoint of individual taste and inclination.
The man power of a nation is directly proportional to the health 
of its people, and any calling whose mission is to promote the health 
of the people is indeed worthwhile, and surely deserves more than 
passing consideration. The close causative relation between mouth 
conditions and general systemic infections, sometimes fatal, has in 
recent years been demonstrated scientifically, and dentistry, as developed 
and practiced today, is recognized as an absolute necessity in the promo­
tion of the general health of a community.
The possibilities in dentistry for scientific research are sufficient to 
satisfy the inclination of the most deeply curious mind, while the oppor­
tunity for development of creative genius is unlimited. In other words, 
in dentistry we find science and art combined and developed to such 
a degree as to claim the attention of those with either scientific or 
artistic leanings, or both.
A  careful study of statistics shows conclusively that, among our
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people, the supply of dentists is quite inadequate to furnish the services 
needed. There are less than two thousand Negro dentists in the 
United States, and at the rate of growth of the Negro population, 
the number of dentists being trained is far insufficient to replenish the 
dental ranks as thinned out by natural causes. Dental service is 
now classed among the necessities of life, and all other things being 
equal, to engage in furnishing such service is reasonably desirable from 
the standpoint of remuneration. It should be interesting and encourag­
ing to the youth to observe that those engaged in dental practice seem 
to enjoy a standard of living above the average. Though the depression 
has modified the demand for dental service, it is to be expected that 
with a return to normal, the dentist will resume his rightful place in 
the community.
In this general connection it is to be noted that a number of dental 
colleges are now offering a course in Dental Hygiene. T his course 
is open to young women who are high school graduates and above, and 
who are desirous of preparing for service in public schools or in the 
offices of private dental practitioners.
It is to be hoped that the observations presented herein will open 
the eyes of our youth, and direct their serious attention to the possi­
bilities and desirabilities in dentistry as a vocation. It is also urged 
that upon entering college, great care be exercised in selecting scientific 
courses to the end that one’s preliminary training will meet fully the 
entrance requirements for professional endeavor.
J.L .D .
All Together Men. Let’s Go. The National Dental Association 
Meeting is August 10, 11, 12, 13, at Washington, D. C.
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