The success of the plan of the committee on admissions of the Dental School in restricting entrants to those who have had two year's work in a college of arts or sciences and in denying admission to students whose pre-dental work was of low grade was emphasized by Dean L.M.S. Miner D.M.D. '04 in his annual report to President Lowell.

Twenty-three men registered in the Freshman class in 1927, an enrolment which, under the circumstances, was larger than expected and which compared very favorably with that of other institutions with similar admission requirements.

The wisdom of this policy is seen in the fact that for the first time a freshman class finished the year without any of its members being required to withdraw on account of low scholastic standing.

A determined effort by the promotion boards to improve the grade of work done and influence for the good the dental profession resulted in two records being made during the year 1926-27. The first of these was the qualifying of every senior for the degree. Secondly all members of the graduating class who took the state board examination in Massachusetts for license to practice passed the examination. Moreover members of three state examining boards expressed their opinion that the 1927 applicants were the best prepared in years.