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Excerpt from Quinquennial Catalogue of the Dental School of Harvard University, 1869-1900
The preparation of the present catalogue was first suggested by the President of the University early in the past year and brought before the Alumni Association at its 25th Annual Meeting June 22, 1896 - who voted that the Council have charge of the subject. At the first meeting of the Council in July, the Secretary was instructed to prepare the Quinquennial Catalogue for publication. The Secre tary entered upon this work in the following August, and in March, 1897, had the complete manuscript ready for the press after a labo rions task in searching the records of the School from Nov. 1, 1868.
Of course the Objects of the Association made it important that as many as possible of the former students of the School should be immediately communicated with; and yet there was in existence only a partial printed list of such students, and the only manuscript list in existence was that contained in the original records of the School, in which the names of the students were given only in the order, in point of time, in which they entered the School. As nearly as possible the precise date is given when every student entered the School.
A systematic effort was made to ascertain, not only who of the former students of the School were dead, but also when and where they died. It was evident, however, that this e?ort would involve ascertaining, so far as possible, the present addresses of those who were still living; for, as there could seldom be certainty that any particular person was dead unless the time and place of his death were known, so there could seldom be certainty that any particular person was still living, unless his address was known. Moreover, it was evident that those who were still living would be among the very best sources of information as to those who were dead. Accordingly, the labor was entered upon of ascertaining either the present address, or the time and place of the death, of every man who had ever been in the School.
As to those who were graduates of colleges, recourse was first had in many instances to their respective colleges. This method was the means of ascertaining very fully who of the graduates of colleges were dead, and, in many cases, when and where they died. In some instances the addresses of living men have been obtained through their respective colleges of which they were graduates.
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