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Schools in the Seventies  \nThe Role of State Boards  \nCan Academic Distress be Predicted?  \nThe Plight of Scientific Journals  \n# MEMBER PUBLICATIONAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL EDITORS\n\nTHE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTSis published quarterly —In January,April,July,and October-atCrescent &Mulberry Streets,Harrisburg,Pennsylvania 17104Second class postage paid at Washington,D.C.and additional points.  \nSend Change of Address and Form 3579 to the American College of Dentists,7316 Wisconsin Avenue,Bethesda,Maryland 20014.  \nSECTION NEWS  \nIIlinois Section  \nThe annual midwinter luncheon was held in the Lower SummitRoom of the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago on Sunday,February 4,1978,the opening day of the 113th Midwinter Meeting of the ChicagoDental Society.  \nThe luncheon speaker was Frank P.Bowyer,president of theAmerican Dental Association.Dr.Bowyer,always a dynamic speakerdiscussed some of the problems facing dentistry today.  \nOfficers of the Illinois Section are Herbert C.Gustavson,chairman;Syrus E.Tande,vice chairman and Margaret E.Swanson,secretary-treasurer.  \n## New Jersey Section\n\nThe New Jersey Section met on October20,1977 at the Ramada Inn,Clark,New Jersey,with Chairman David B.Alterman presiding.Therewere 27 members present including three new Fellows.  \nDr.Schwartz read the announcements of the death of two of ourdear colleagues,Edward Zlonczewski and Albert Klein,and the lettersthat were sent to their respective families by the Central Office of theCollege,acknowledging their deaths and announcing that amemorialgift in Dr.Zlonczewski's and Dr.Klein's names had been entered intothe registry of the Foundation.A moment of silence was observed bythe entire assemblage.  \nAs of October 18,1977,we have 131 paid up members  \nThe after dinner speaker was Dr.Mitchell Canter,a periodontist,who spoke on “Transformation in Dental Practice”-an experiencewhich creates an opportunity to realize your potential to transform thequality of your life.His talk was most provocative.  \n## Metropolitan Washington Section\n\nThe Metropolitan Washington Section met on November 2,1977 atthe Holiday Inn,Chevy Chase,Maryland.Chairman Israel Shulmanpresided.Albert G.Paulsen presided at the Rechartering ceremonyand Regent Balfour G.Mattox presented the Charter to Dr.Shulman.The speaker of the evening was Alfred Lindeman,Esq.,Senior StaffAttorney for the San Francisco Regional Office of the Federal TradeCommission,who spoke on \"The Federal Trade Commission Concernin Dentistry.\"The talk,followed by a question and answer period,wasmost informative regarding the Government's quest into the learnedprofessions'possible violation of Anti-Trust Regulations.  \nThe Section met again on January 31,1978 at the National NavalMedical Center.Over seventy members were in attendance.DavidBeaudreau was nominated and elected to the position of secretaryRegent Bal Mattox installed the new officers;Robert W.Elliot,Jr.,chairman;Jeanne Sinkford,vice-chairman;David Beaudreau,secretary-treasurer and Irving M.Rothstein,member at large to theexecutive committee.  \nThe various committee reports included commitment for over fortypackage libraries to be donated this year by the Section andindividuals.A decision was made to award $250 annually to adeserving Junior student at each of the local dental schools.  \nDr.Beaudreau,dean of the dental school at Georgetown Universityand Dr.Sinkford,dean of the dental college of Howard Universityjoined forces to give a stimulating presentation on\"Dental Education-Quo Vadis”.There was a great deal of discussion on the problemsfacing us today and speculation about what lies ahead.  \n## Oregon Section\n\nThe Oregon Section,at its annual meeting honored two newmembers elected recently to Fellowship in the College.They areJoseph Schwartz of Portland who is a periodontist and clinicalassociate at t","cbCaid8PwnTbufCl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid8PwnTbufCl","pdf",53331679,64,"English","# 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