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

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Silver Jtmiversary The Mirror congratulates and extends the appreciation and gratitude of the students and alumni to these members of the faculty and alumni who have served the School loyally for twenty-five years. KARL F. GREMPLER, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. Instructor in Orth odontics Born April 13, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. Completed two years of premedical training at Mount Vernon Collegiate Institute prior to World War I. Graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1924. Dr. Grempler has been a member of the faculty of his Alma Mater ever since his graduation. He formerly served as Associate Professor of Operative Dentistry. He holds memberships in Psi Omega, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Gorgas Odontological Society, Baltimore City Dental Society, Maryland State Dental Association, and American Dental Association. Dr. Grempler now limits his private practice to the specialty of Orthodontics. GUY P. THOMPSON, A.B., M.A. Associate Professor of Anatomy Born August 27, 1895, in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Received his bachelor ' s degree from the University of West Virginia in 1923; and six years later, his master ' s degree from the same institution. He has done graduate work at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland. Mr. Thompson began his teaching career in 1923 at the Florida State College for Women. From 1924 until 192 5 he taught at the Red Stone Township High School in Pennsylvania. In 192 5, he came to the University of Maryland, where he became Assistant Professor of Zoology. In 1942, Mr. Thompson was assigned to the Department of Gross Anatomy in the School of Dentistry. His fraternity affiliations are Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Chi, Sigma Xi, and Phi Beta Kappa. In addition, Mr. Thompson holds membership in the Maryland Biological Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of Zoology Lab Studies (Mosby) . E. GASTON VANDEN BOSCHE, A.B., M.S., Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry Born September 17, 1901, in Mont-sur-Marchienne, Belgium. Graduated from Lebanon Valley College in 1922, and received his master ' s degree from the University of Maryland two years later. He did additional graduate work at Columbia University. In 1927 he was awarded his doctorate by the University of Maryland. In 1922 and 1923 he served as head of the science department at Ambridge High School in Pennsylvania. Sub- sequent teaching assignments carried Dr. Vanden Bosche to College Park, where he was a fellow and later instructor in chemistry. In 192 5 he joined the faculty of the Dental School. He holds membership in Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha Chi Sigma. His honor society affiliation is Sigma Xi. In 1927, Dr. Vanden Bosche did work in electrochemistry in collaboration with the Bureau of Standards. { r

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atnt Qtyolloma Today, in our complacency in things scientific, and in our flippancy towards things spiritual, we not infrequently pass off divine assistance and invocation through the patronage of the saints as medieval, superstitious, magical and unscientific. In the days of Faith and the Spirit such was not the case! Every guild, trade and profession placed itself under the protection of a heavenly patron — one who would obtain divine help in time of difficulty — for every man knew that, in spite of the development of his knowledge and the progress that he made in science, there was a point beyond which his skill could not penetrate, a point at which the powers of man must be supplemented by the powers of God. The art and science of dentistry was no exception to this practice, for it, too, placed itself under the heavenly patronage of one of God ' s saints, Apollonia of Alexandria, who offered her life in sacrifice in 248 A. D. rather than abandon her belief in the One, True God, and Jesus Christ Whom He had sent. During the celebration festivities of the millenary of the Roman Empire, in the reign of Decius, a public panic was engineered by a prophet who foretold the advent of a dire calamity, which was to be the result of the machinations of the Christian sect who worshipped a God other than the Roman deities. Persecution broke loose, and Apollonia was among those swept away in the flood of fanatical passion and prejudice, for she was a deaconess in the service of the Christian Church. She was brought to trial and ordered to pay homage and offer adoration to the pagan idols which she had long ago abjured. She spurned this royal edict with contempt, so the imperial executors crushed her jaws and beat out her teeth. Then, lighting a pyre, they threatened to burn her alive unless she rejected her God for the gods of Caesar. Upon Apollonia ' s defiance, they seized her to carry out their threat; but there burned within the saint an intense flame of the Spirit of God, inspiring her with a horror of the apostasy that was proposed to her, and she con- sequently wrested herself from their hold to leap upon the pyre. The story of Apollonia ' s heroism spread quickly, and its import prevailed through the years. She was canonized a saint, and her feast day is still celebrated by the Church on the ninth of February. In her, both those who suffered from dental disease and those who had dedicated themselves to the dental profession found a heavenly patron, one to whom they could turn for divine intercession. Her sufferings and sacrifice inspired the faithful with courage, devotion, and veneration. It was an inspiration that sprang not from belief in magic or superstition, but from a sincere and steadfast belief that, in spite of the advance in knowledge and the development of scientific methods, God ' s as 1 sistance also is occasionally needed — both by the sick and the healer. Reverence of saintly persons is not practiced by all people, but respect for indi- vidual integrity and steadfastness to principle is characteristic of all mankind. Perhaps in this day it is superfluous to call upon heavenly aid for dental ills, but to us whose exalted task it is to preserve and restore the health of mankind, Saint Apollonia can still offer inspiration and assistance, for regardless of the progress in our art and science, we are not autonomous. i 7 I-