St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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ciated in the practice of law with the Hon. John Gill, under the firm name of Gill 81 Preston. Mr Preston has taken some interest in politics, having been a member of the House of Delegates in the session of 189o, and was Speaker of the House of Delegates in the session of 1894, representing i11 each session the Second Legislative Dis- trict of Baltimore City. In each of these sessions he, together with his brother, 'Walter XV. Preston, ofthe class of '81, who was also a member of the General Assembly and 11ow State Attorney for Harford Cou11ty, took all active interest i11 St. johnls College. NVas one cf tl1e Trustees of the College from 1894 to 1896, flllfl was active i11 procuring tl1e State appropriations made to tl1e College i11 the sessions of ISQO and 1894. Mr. Preston is a descendant of Thomas johnson. tl1e hrst Constitutional Governor of Maryland after the Lords' Proprietary, serv- i11gi11 1777 and 1779. jos1c1111 N1c11o1.soN IAIENRY, M. ID. c1,.xss '82. A Grand nephew of tl1e late James Buchanan, as well as a descendant of Sir Francis Nicl1olso11, Colonial Gov- ernor of Maryland and Virginia, Dr. Henry was bor11 at Annapolis, july 8th, 186o. Graduating fro111 St. johns College i11 1872, he pursued tl1e course of Ill6CllClllB at the University of Vermont. After he had taken tl1e degree of M. D., he began tl1e practice of l1is profession. Dr. Henry SOO11 secured 811 21ppOl1lt11l6llt as surgeon on board one of the ships of the Pacific Mail Steamboat COIIIPHIIY. Dr. Henry has written several medical articles, a11d IIOXV has a lucrative practice i11 New York. He is also Assist- Zlllt to the Chair of Dermatology at Bellevue College. W11.1.1.111 Btrsn S11o111cR, A. M., P1-1. D. CI..-XSS '86, XVillian1 Bush Shoher, eldest so11 of tl1e late james Madison Shoher, was iJOI'll i11 Cl11l1lJGI'l211lCl, Md., Novem- ber Qgtll, 1864. He received his early training in tl1e public a11d private schools of Clllllbeflillld. He entered St. John's College i11 1881, Zlllfl received tl1e degree of Bachelor ofSciencc i11 1886. Four years later tl1e College conferred upo11 l1i111 tl1e degree of Master of Arts. Dur- tl1e years 1886-87 fllld 1887-88 he was Instructor i11 Chemistry and Physics ill tl1e Allegheny Acade111y, Cum- berland. He entered tl1e johns Hopkins University in 1888 as a graduate student. For tl1e years ISQO-'AQI and ISQIMQQ he was Assistant i11 tl1e University Chemical Laboratory. He l1eld tl1e University scholarship i11 cheinistry forthe years 1891-92. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon l1i111 by tl1e University i11 1892. Since tl1e Autu111n of ,Q2 he l1as held tl1e position of Instructor i11 Organic Che1nistry i11 the Lehigh U11iver- sity, fllld Professor of Chemistry in the Bay View fMich.j Sllflllllel' School. Dr. Sl1ol1er has published the results of several scientific i11vestigatio11s i11 the zf1l1C'l'7'fll71 C'hc'mz'- nz! journal, a11d is tl1e translator of Gattermann's Die

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school at Fairmount Academy, and, having received a scholarship, Went to St. johnls College, from which he was graduated in 1876 with the degree of A. B. He then for seven years taught school. Six years of this time he was Principal of the Fairmount Academy. He next engaged in the mercantile business, but for only a short time. In 1888 he was sent to the Maryland Legislature as delegate from Somerset County. In ISQI he was elected to the office of Register of Wills, Which position he still holds. Mr. Maddox received in 1894 the degree of A. M from his alma, maier. JOHN D. WoRTH1NGT0N. CLASS '76, john D. Worthington was born in Darlington, Har- ford County, Md., in 1856. He received his early edu- cation at the Darlington Academy, and entered St. john's College in I872, but for private reasons did not graduate. After leaving college he returned to his native county, Where he engaged in teaching. In 1879 he Was elected President of the Bel-Air Academy, Which, under his man- agement soon became conspicuously knovvn as a thor- ough and progressive institution of learning. In 1887 he was elected County Superintendent, which position he still holds. During his incumbency the public school system of the county has made great advancement, in fact, they are considered second to none in the State. Mr. Worthington Was a member of the State Board of Education from 1890 to 94. HERBERT HARLAN, B. A., M.A., M. D. CLASS '77, Dr. Herbert Harlan, the son of David Harlan, Medi- cal Director U. S. N., Was born at Churchville, Harford County, Md., May 7th, 1856. He was graduated at St. Iohn's College in 1877 with the degree of B. A.. taking from the same college the degree of A. M. ten years later. Pursuing the full medical course at the University of Maryland, he took the degree of M. D. in 1879, and then Went abroad to study medicine in Paris and Yienna. returning home in ISSO. He was Chief of Clinic to the Chair of Nervous Diseases at the University of Maryland from ISSO to 1882, serving as Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy from 1890 to 1886, and as Demonstrator of Anatomy from 1886 to 1891 in the same institution. He is now the Professor of Ophthalmology and Gtology in the Baltimore University. JAMES H. PRESTON, A. B. CLASS 330. James DH. Preston was born in Harford County. March 23rd, I86O, and was educated at Bel-Air Academy: entered class of 380, St. johns College. and afterwards took the special course at the johns Hopkins. He entered the law school of the University of Maryland. from which he graduated in 1881, and was admitted to practice the same year, and since then has been asso-

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Praxis des Organischen Chemikersf, During the past year he has been engaged in writing a series of articles on chemistry for a new encyclopoedia. HoN. HENRY D. HARLAN, M. A., LL. B. CLASS '78. Henry D. Harlan, the second son of David Harlan, Medical Director U. S.'N., was born October 23, 1858, at Churchville, Harford County, Md. He was educated at the parish school of Holy Trinity P. E. Church, founded by his father, and under the care of Rev. Edward A. Colburn, at St. Clement's Hall, in Howard County, and at St. Iohn's College from which he was graduated in June, 1878. He began the study of law in thelofiice of Henry D. Farnandis, of the Bel-Air bar. In the Fall of 1879 he entered the Law School of the University of Maryland, and received the degree of LL. B. in May, 1881. Having been admitted to the Baltimore bar, he commenced practice in that city. In 1883 he was made Associate Professor of Elementary Common Law and Domestic Relations in the University of Maryland, and Secretary of the Law, Faculty. In October, 1888, he was appointed by Governor jackson to fill the unexpired term of Hon George W. Brown as Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and in November, 1889. was elected to the same position for the full term of fifteen years. In january, 1895, judge Harlan was chosen a Trustee of johns Hopkins Hospital. He is also one ol the Commissioners to determine upon plans and superin- tend the erection of the new Court House in Baltimore City. J. S. NEWMAN, B. S., B. L. CLASS ,QO. John Shaw Newman was born in Fredrick County, Md., in 1870. He received his early education in the district schools of ' Fredrick County, entered Fredrick College 1883, where he remained only one session. At the opening of the Maryland Military and Naval Academy, at Oxford, Talbot County, Md., in 1885, he matricu- lated as one of its students. this school having closed. He entered St. john's in 1887, receiving the degree of B. S. in 1890. After leaving St. Iohnis he read law in his native county until 1891, when he received an appoint- ment to the Valentine Bireby Scholarship at the Univer- sity of Virginia, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Law the following year. After leaving the University he returned to Fredrick City and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession. Gnonon M. Rnorsrnn, A. M. . CLASS '91. George M. Register was graduated from St. Iohnis College in 1891. He then founded a private school in Crisfield, Md., which not only proved to be a Hnancial