St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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Uv, .ly .q.?1f:s2f Miwg-:ff Q Z Uh ALUMNI GROUP. Txilhott. Nulson. Willimns. Tull, Fe-chtig. Hardcastle. Noble. Wyatt. Riley Dryden. Rmnsherg. Preston. Willey. Wier.

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gf. 'ill'-f 11 1 i :.. re-elected to the same office two years later. He was also one of the Garfield Electors in 1880. From 1882 to 1888 he was engaged in the practice of law and was active as a polit- ical worker. Mr. Mudd was nominated on the Republican ticket as Representative from the Fifth Maryland District in Congress in 1888, running against Barnes Compton, the Democratic candidate. The election was very close, and, although on the face of the returns Mr. Compton was elected by a few votes, Mr. Mudd instituted a contest for the seat before the Fifty-first Congress and was seated. Mr. Mudd was the nominee of his party for re-election to the House of Representatives in the compaign of 1890, and Mr. Compton was again the nominee of the Democrats. This was the year of the great Democratic tidal wave, and Mr. Compton was elected by a large vote. i In 1893 Mr. Mudd was the Republican nominee for State Senator from Charles County, and prosecuted a vigorous canvass. At the local elections in Charles County that year there was much disaffection in both parties, growing out of the county-seat agitation, and nothing like a party vote was cast. Dr. L. C. Carrico, the Democratic candidate, was elected by eleven votes. In the compaign of 1895 Mr. Mudd succeeded in bringing order and harmony to his party, that had been so badly shattered by the county-seat fight, and with a united front, it gave the Democrats a bad defeat at the polls. Mr. Mudd was at the head of the ticket for the House of Delegates, and received the largest vote of any of the can- didates. He is chairman of the Republican County Com- mittee. Mr. Mudd was married to Miss Ida Grifiin, of Prince George's County, in 1882, and has four children. He resides in Bryantown. He was selected at the first ballot in the Republican caucus for Speaker of the House in 1896, and was elected the following day. Mr. Mudd made a prompt and impartial presiding officer, and this, together with his jovial manner, made him a favorite in the House and won for him a host of friends. CHARLES H. GRACE, B. A. Charles H. Grace was born February 13, 1869, on a farm in Talbot County, Maryland. At the age of twelve he entered St. Michael's High School, from which he grad- uated four years later. After spending a year on the farm, he entered the Sophomore Class at St. J'ohn's Col- lege in September, 1886. So well did he apply himself to his studies that he graduated in 1889 with first honors. Few men have left the old institution whose departure has been more regretted than his. His splendid' record and his high moral character left their impression upon all with whom he associated. Although an assiduous student, he took a prominent part in athletics, playing half-back on the famous football team of 1889. The following year after his gradu- ation he was appointed principal of a public school in Car- oline County, Maryland. From this place, in the summer of 1890, he was called to McDonough Institute to teach English, book-keeping and surveying, which position he still holds. His mental ability and keen insight into the characters of others, together with his high moral courage, make him a valuable acquisition to the ranks of those en- gaged in training the minds of the young. Mr. Grace was married September 20, 1894, to Miss Rowena Dodson, an accomplished young lady of St. Michae1's, Maryland. EDWARD MoR'r1M1zR HARDCASTLE, B. A., M. D.' Edward Mortimer Hardcastle, Jr., was born in Trappe, Talbot. County, Maryland, on December 10, 1867. He attended the grammar and high schools of that town, and in 1882 received a State scholarship to St. Iohn's College from Talbot County. Entering the Freshman Class, he completed the four years' classical course, and grad- uated as valedictorian in June, 1886. In the following autumn he accepted a position in the Easton High School as assistant teacher, where he remained one year. Deciding P f'72 fl1f 1- P- i t- .-' 1 ' iff: . ef -1L.f' ff1Px p 5' fs., . -gf ' :f,a.',j.QH'5,- '.i- , '1IMi- ' . . -'rms .J :,w.,wfQ. J1y. ,'if' 3.325 igliepg ,Y 1. if: use if 1. vu. 4 ..- lt-T ' '-1 ' Wi? XL . ' ixl-. l'f.i. . . fi Q Q. S id ii

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ai upon a course in medicine, he entered the Maryland Uni- versity School of Medicine, graduated in 1889, 'receiving at the time the Tiffany surgical prize. Later he took private courses in the study of the microscope 9 at the same time directing attention to hospital work. In 1890, owing to ill health, he was compelled to stop work and go to the Adi- rondacks, where he spent the winter. In the fall of 1891 he passed the Virginia State Medical Board, and settled in Abingdon, Virginia, and in December he married Miss Nannie Lloyd Mecere, the grand-daughter of Admiral Franklin Buchanan. In 1893 Mrs. Hardcastle died, leaving TQ? man's work, in the way of computing, platting and lettering maps of the city. During this year of Government service he was matriculated by the football committee of George- town College, as a student of their University. He was undecided what course to pursue. His room-mate being then a student of the Medical School, he was easily pler- suaded to enter the same. So, in the fall of 1891, he began his medical studies. His football duties taking up most of his time after office hours, he was able to give but little of his time to his medical studies. But before the examina- tions came off he settled down to hard studying, an-d there- 1. 3 daughter, MiSS Nannie Young Ha1'dC8Sl2lC- Sh01'tlY after by developed a great love for the science and art of medi- . the DOCICOI' m0'VCd back to EHSWI1, and in 1894 took his cine. Deciding to adopt the practice of medicine as his f01'me1' Posltion in the Eastfm High School, of which he future profession, he gave up his Government position, and was made Principal ill 1395- He continued ill this position in the 'fall of 1892 entered the University of Virginia in f0l' nearly three YCHYS, when he resigned to become Presi- order to more fully complete his studies. There he remained dent Of the Maryland Nautical AC?-dCmY, Heal' Easton, three years, obtaining while there the position of resident Maryland. student in the dispensary, instructor in the surgical clinic, and first assistant to Dr. H. G. Nelson, the professor of clinical surgery at the University. He was the Doctor's JESSE RAMSBURG, M- A-, B- L- assistant in his private practice, as well as at his operations at the Piedmont Hospital. Jesse Ramsburg was born in Frederick City, Maryland, Leaving the University in June, 1895, Mr. Ramsburg September 25, 1869. He attended private shools and pre- entered into competition for the position of resident physi- pared for college at Frederick Academy, finishing that cian of Providence Hospital, Washington, D. C. This preparation in a private school for boys in Virginia. Re- competitive examination was held in July, 1895, and in it he ceiving an appointment to a cadetship at the Maryland Mil- was successful. In August he relieved the then resident itary and Naval Academy, at Oxford, Maryland, he gave up physician for nearly a month, while he fthe residentj was his intention cf entering college, and accepted the appoint- on his vacation. On the resident's return, Mr. Ramsburg ment. After preparing during the summer of 1886 on a few left for New York for further study. He entered the New special branches, he stood and passed the entrance exam- York Polyclinic School, which gave him entrance to all ination and entered upon his duties as a cadet of the said the city hospitals. Completing his special courses, he Academy September, 1886. ' Growing dissatisfied with cadet returned to Washington and entered upon his duties as life, he again turned his thoughts to entering college. Ac- resident physician January 1, 1896. At the expiration of his cordingly, upon the advice of Dr. Fell, he entered St. John's term, he was requested to accept the residency for another College in March, I887, from which College he grad- term, an unusual proceeding. He accepted the compliment uated in 1890. He received the degree of M. A. in 1895. and remained until he resigned January 1, 1898. Since then In the fall of 1891, Mr. Ramsburg entered the service of he has taken up private practice at 1756 M street, corner the United States Government, doing mainly draughts- Connecticut avenue, Washington, D. C. I -' 'il , bk ,,,f 1 ,Iwi-lvgiid . , I