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Colleg-e of Commerce and Journalism
Soon after the United States became invohed in war members of the stalf of the College of Commerce
and Journalism were called on to render war service and they responded to every call which did
not interfere too seriously with the work of the University. Over one-half the members of the staff
of this college gave full time service in war work for a portion of the time our country has been at
war and some of them have given continuous service almost from the beginning of the war.
Of these, two resigned to enter the army, one gave a year's service in the office of the State Draft
Headquarters and another gave several months of service in this office. One is a member
of Mr. Hoover's staff in Washington in charge of labor problenis of the Federal Food Administration.
Two are with the United States Shipping Board. One organized and was in charge of the War Camp
Community Service work of Louisville, Kentucky, for eight months, and had charge of similar work
two months in El Paso, Texas, and three months in Detroit. Another had charge of the civilian relief
work at Camp Sherman six months. Two were special investigators of the office of the Federal Food
Administrator of Ohio for three months. One has been executive secretary of the committee
on patriotic education of the state branch of the Council of National Defense. Another has been
Deputy Food Administrator of Ohio and in charge of the Division of Marketing and Head of the
Civilian Relief Department of the Columbus Red Cross Society.
The latter also conducted three Home
Service Institutes for the training of civilian relief workers which were held under the joint auspices
of the National Red Cross, the Local Red Cross and the Ohio State University.
Another, while carrying
a full time schedule in the University, gave much time to the war chest drive, two liberty loan
drives, a red cross drive for nurses in Franklin County, and other activities.
a great deal of time to Red Cross work while doing his full quota of University work.
Another member also gave
College of Dentistry
There are three members of the faculty of the college of Dentistry, having the dental degree, who
are actively engaged in war service work as officers: Dr. John W. Means, Instructor in Oral Surgery,
as a Major with the Medical Corps service, with base Hospital No. 22, now in France, is giving valuable
service in plastic Surgery, especially in Restorations in the oral phase of Plastic Surgery. First Lieut.
Lewis E. Reif, Instructor in Operative Dentistry, after spending a year as an operating dental officer at
Camp Custer, is now with the 85th Division in France. First Lieut. Frank C. Starr, Instructor
in Crown and Bridge, and Metallurgy, has been in France since August, 1917, as an Oral and Dental
Surgeon with the Red Cross Hospital No. 2 in Paris.
The fourteen remaining members of the Dental Faculty, who carry the degree of Doctor of Dental
Surgery, have been actively engaged in the City of Columbus in work under the direction of the Prepardeness
League of American Dentists. The work has been carried on under the supervision of the
Dental Committee in connection with the Draft Board at Memorial Hall.
The College of Dentistry has also averaged the same amount of time, not only to draftees, but also
to enlisted men, during the past two years.
Dean Seamans is a member of the Committee on Mobilization of Dental h.ducation activities-
He also has served since the spring of 1917 as Preliminary Dental ['".xaminer for the Officer's Dental
Reserve Corps.
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