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444 HISTOKY OF DENTAL SUEGEEY

Smith Dodge, Jr., M. D., D. D. S. This faculty did not fulfill the duties
thereof, during their year of tenure, but participated with the board of trus-
tees and directors in the discussions as to tlie organization of the college. At the
meeting of January 25, 1866, Eleazar Parmly, M. D., D. D. S.,—the Nestor of
the dental profession of that day,—was elected a trustee and director. At the
meeting of February 27, 1866, it was unanimously resolved "That the members
of the dental profession of the city be requested to meet, informally, with the
board of trustees and directors, at the house of Dr. George E. Hawes, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the interests and wishes of the dental pro-
fession in connection with the college."
Tliis meeting was held on March 28, the attendance including a full repre-
sentation of the leading members of the profession of the cit}', and after an
extended consideration of plans for the future of the college a "Committee of
Conference" was appointed, by the representatives of the dental profession, to
present a "Plan of Organization" embodying the views expressed at this meet-
ing by the profession. At the meeting of April 17, 1866, the board of trus-
tees and directors received and considered a "plan of organization" presented
by said "committee of conference." At the meeting of April 21, 1866, a
"plan of organization" presented by Professor Faneuil D. Weisse, M. D.,
April 10, 186G, was adopted by the board of trustees and directors.
At the meeting of May 1, 1866, a second faculty was elected to serve for
1866-67. During the summer of 1866 rooms were obtained for the occupancy
of the college, in a business building, at the corner of 22d Street and Fifth
Avenue.
The plan for the conduct of the college work having. been completed, the
first session was opened, November 5, 1866, with thirty-one students, along the
lines of Prof. Weisse's "Plan of Organization," with the following faculty
members : Eleazar Parmly, M. D., D. D. S., Emeritus Professor of the Insti-
tutes of Dentistry : "William H. Dwinnelle, M. D., D. D. S., Professor of Dental
Science and Operative Dentistry : Dr. Norman W. Kingsley, Professor of Den-
tal Art and Mechanism; J. Smith Dodge, Jr., M. D., D. D. S., Professor of
Dental Pathology and Therapeutics; Faneuil D. Weisse, il. D., Professor of
General and Descriptive Anatomy; Rufus King Browne, M. D., Professor of
Theoretical and Experimental Physiology; Charles A. Seely, A. M., M. D.,
Professor of Chemistry and Metallurgy. The demonstrators were : D. H.
Goodwillie, M. D., D. D. S.: Dr. R. M. Streeter; aid Alexander W. Stein,
M. D. A board of eighteen clinical lecturers was appointed, with Dr. Frank
Abbott as secretary.