Ohio History Journal

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A CHAPTER IN EARLY DENTAL HISTORY

A CHAPTER IN EARLY DENTAL HISTORY

 

 

UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TABLET AT BAINBRIDGE, OHIO

On Monday afternoon, November 30, 1925, a tablet

was unveiled in Bainbridge, Ohio, in memory of Doc-

tors Chapin A. Harris and James Taylor, pioneer ad-

vocates of professional dentistry and founders of the

first two dental schools in the United States and the

world. The inscription on this tablet sets forth so

clearly and fully its purpose that there is little need of

elaboration in this introductory paragraph.

Dr. C. Stanley Smith of Cincinnati, Ohio, President

of the Ohio State Dental Society, presided. The follow-

ing invocation was offered by Rev. D. Jenkins Williams,

pastor of the Miami Avenue Presbyterian Church, Co-

lumbus, Ohio.

Lord God, our Father, we thank Thee for great lives. We

thank Thee for pioneers who penetrate new frontiers; men of

vision, men of faith. We are assembled here this day to com-

memorate the lives and to celebrate the achievements of two men

who pioneered in a field of science and who, by reason of their

venture, have endeared themselves to the race of men, because they

caught a vision and pursued it. We thank Thee for their faith and

undaunted courage in the day of small things in dental science.

Their faith in their profession and their far vision has made it

one of the greatest assets to health and the alleviation of suffering

known to men.

Enable us, our Father, to pay humble and sincere tribute to

their sacred memory, and make us all truly grateful for the service

they rendered the human race. In their service they honored Thee

and have blessed mankind. Let Thy blessing rest, we beseech

Thee, upon those who follow them in this branch of scientific

knowledge, and may their diligence in serving humanity be re-

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