“I Learned This in Dental School”
by Dr. Murray Rosenthal
In my senior year in dental school, the faculty was different than the previous years. You could ask questions, and it was easier. They would listen to you when you said, “Oh, I had this idea....
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Boys Will Be Boys
Courtesy of University Archives
At the turn of the century, medical and pharmacy students who shared a building enjoyed a friendly rivalry with the dental students, who were housed in a separate building. In 1899, the rivalry turned into a three-day brouhaha during which the "meds" and the "pharms" destroyed a state-of-the-art laboratory in the dental building. Students even fell from the second and third stories of the buildings. Miraculously, no one was seriously injured. The faculty took a "boys will be boys" attitude and the brawling was repeated during the next few years. Eventually, the deans quarreled over who should pay damages to their respective buildings and put a stop to the disruptions.