University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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FOREWORD One hundred years have passed since the first dental school in the world opened its doors to five young men who professed a desire to study Dentistry. It was a momentous day, for it marked the end of Dentistry as a trade, at the mercy of numerous charlatans and quacks, who could no longer exploit the public and force upon them their dangerous methods. But our profession did not have its beginning at this compara- tively late date; it began with the toothache of the first man. Thus we shall place before you the story of Dentistry from its merest inception to its present respected status as one of the leading professions. You will I ' ead a story as full of romance and adventure as any that has ever been written, studded with bitter disappointments and brilliant successes, characters noble and villainous, and episodes to convince you that Den- tistry has won forever an unquestionable place among the professions. f - I 840-1 940 education — literature — Organizatiofi

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The MIRROR • • • of 1940 Qentennial dition EUGENE L. PESSAGNO, JR. Editor CARL H. SCHULTHEIS Business Manager l ublished by The One Hundredth Student Body of the Baltimore College ot Dental Surgery, Dental School, University ot Maryland Baltimore, Maryland

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Charter of the First Dental School Laws of Maryland, Act ot 1S39, Chapter 155 An act ifuorpora nfg I he Bal i norc College of Denial Surgery Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of MarylantI, That a College of Dentistry be, and the same is hereby cstablislictl in the city of Baltimore by the name and style of tlie Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Section 2. And be it enacted, That the following persons be and arc hereby appointed and constituted the Professors of said College, to wit: Horace H. Hayden, M.D., to be Professor of Dental Pathology and Physiology; Chapin A. Harris, M.D.. to be Professor of Practical Dentistry; Thomas H. Bond, junior, M.D.. to be Professor of Special Dental Pathology and Therapeutics; and A. Willis Baxley, M.D., to be Professor of Special Dental Anatomy and Physiology. Section 3. And be it enacted, That the said Professors and their successors, shall be, and are hereby declared to be a corporation and body politic, to be perpetuated, under the name of the Balti- more College of Dental Surgery. Section 4. And be it enacted, That the said Professors and their successors, shall be capable, in law, of purchasing, receiving by gift, or otherwise, and holding, improving and disposing of property, real, personal or mixed; and they may take and receive any sum or sums of money, or any kind of goods and chattels that may be sold or given to them by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, and employ the same for the benefit of said College; they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and defend, and be answered and defended in all courts of law and equity; and they may receive and make all deeds, transfers, cove- nants, conveyances, grants, contracts, agreements and bargains whatsoever necessary for the purposes of the corporation; they may have and use a common, corporate seal, which they shall have power to renew or alter at pleasure and generally may do every other act or thing necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and promote the interests and designs of the corporation; provided, however, that their corporate stock on property acquired, shall never at any time exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. Section . And be it enacted, That the Professors or a majority of them shall have power to elect a President and such other officers as may be necessary; and they shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in their body, and choose and appoint Lecturers in the different branches of Dental Science. Section 6. And be it enacted, That the said Professors and their successors shall have authority to make ordinances for their own government, and for the government of the institution over which they are placed; and they shall meet once or oftener in every year, at such stated times as they may appoint, to devise the ways and means for properly conducting the same; a majority of the whole niimber of Professors shall be a quorum for the transaction of any business, except the vacating the chair of a Professor, which shall require the consent of three-fourths of all the Professors. Section 7. And be it enacted. That the said Professors and their successors shall hold at least one term in every year, for the period of four months, for the purpose of delivering lectures and instruc- tions in the different branches of Dental Science, for which they are hereby empowered to charge such fees as they may deem proper for attending such lectures and receiving such instructions. Section 8. And be it enacted, That R. S. Stewart, M.D., Joshua T. Cohen, M.D., Thomas E. Bond, junior, M.D., Thoma C. RU- teau, M.D., Reverend John G. Morrrs, Reverend Beverly Waugh, John H. Briscoe, M.D., Samuel Chew, M.D., Reverend George C. M. Roberts, M.D., John James Graves, M.D., Reverend Doctor J- P. K. Henshaw, Reverend James G. Hammer, John Foncrden, M.D., Leonard Mackall, M.D., and Enoch Noyes, be appointed to a board of Visitors to be styled the Board of Visitors of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery; who shall be empowered to examine into the state and condition oi the institution, and sec that the requirements of this charter arc fulfilled; five constituting a quorum; they shall meet at least once in each year to fill vacancies that may occur in their body, appoint such officers as may be necessary to the discharge of their own duties, and attend to any other business connected with their office as visitors and supervisors of the institution. Section 9. And be it enacted. That the said Professors shall have full power to confer on any student who shall have attended all the lectures in said college for two terms, and others, who. after an examination by the Professors, shall have been found worthy, the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery; and the said Professors shall have power, and are hereby directed to accept evidence from any student of his having attended lectures in any respectable Dental or Medical School for an equal period of time, and receive the same as equivalent to his having attended one of the terms herein mentioned. Section 10. And be it enacted, That the Professors shall have power to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery on any Dentist who may have rendered service to the science, or distinguished himself in his profession. Section II. And be it enacted. That this charter and act of incorporation, and every part thereof, shall be valid in law, accord- ing to its true intent and meaning, and shall in all cases be so construed as to answer the ends of the corporation in the advance- ment and promotion only of Dental Science; provided however, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize or empower said corporation to issue any note, certificate, token or evidence of debt, to be used as currency. Section 12. And be it enacted. That the General Assembly of Maryland reserves to itself the right to alter or annul this act of incorporation. Section 13. And be it enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force for the period of thirty years, and no longer, from the passage thereof. Laws of Maryland, Act of 1870, Chapter 149 An act to amend an Act entitled An Act incorporating the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, passed February first, eight- een hundred and forty. Chapter one hundred and fifty-five. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Charter of the said Baltimore College of Dental Surgery be, and the same is hereby made perpetual, the Legislature reserving to itself the right at any time to amend, alter or repeal the same. Section 2. And be it enacted, That any Act conflicting with the provisions of this Act. be, and the same is hereby repealed. (Approved March 51, 1S70.)