University of Maryland School of Medicine - Terrae Mariae Medicus (Baltimore, MD)

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. A -V - mX i' 'Q Y1 s Q it x X' VKX- My X i l K f I O X - :ff A X ,XIX X fl ta 3 I ' ' 7 V i if y N K W , r, ,V ii f, I 1 NH V x WW: 2, -P i-in? 750529 ' if ' f 1 mass history i907 In the fall of 1903 there gathered for their first time at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, students to the number of 80, from North, South, East and West, many states having sent their quota. In this gathering there were tall men, short men, thin men, fat men, long haired men, short- haired men, and men without any hair at all. As We look back through the four years and see the work which has been done, and the knowledge the men now possess, we must all unite in saying that we have had excellent in- structors, to accomplish what they have done in such a short space of time. The metamorphosis which has taken place as a result of their untir- ing work and teaching is truly won- derful. Of course after our arrival, we had to be initiated into the mysteries of college life. This was done thor- oughly, by the members of the 1906 class. Students who had such a dread of water before, became amphibious for the time being through the ener- getic efforts of the Sophomores. Our one regret when we reached our second 25

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THE CLINIC senior anim cffime President ........... .... G . F. BUXTON First Vice President .... .... P . W. OLIVI Second Vice President .... ..... N . W. SMITH Third Vice President ..... .... J . J. LYMAN Qiftzcutihe Qtommittzz C. B. BARRY, Chairman, C. C. HACKER, W. W. COLUMBUS, W. A. CARR, J. I. WISEMAN, Secretary, E. M. PERRY, Treasurev 24

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THE CLINIC year, was that the tank in the Chemical Amphitheater was not large enough to accommodate the entire Freshman Class. After our first lecture we were quietly tipped off by the Seniors to get together and organize as In Union there is Strength. This we found to be a very good motto as far as the Class of 1906 was concerned, but proved to be a failure in our case. We went into secret session and organized a Hying wedge, but later the wedge turned, and started to Hy the other way. We adopted as a means of identification a piece of blue ribbon in buttonhole, so that each Freshman might know his classmatesg when lo and behold, at Dr. Preston's next lecture, our good friends, the Sophomores, were similarly bedecked. The struggle proved short and unavailing as far as we were concerned, and many a Freshman did stunts in water that up to that time he had thought impossible. The way some of us fought would have led you to believe that we had hydrophobiag the fact owing to the ribbon episode some of us actually helped to place our own men in the tank, cheered on by the Seniors and Juniors. This was the first of our initiations into the mysteries of medi- cal college life, except an occasional passing up of some unwary Freshman, who had occupied the front seats, and been passed unceremoniously to his brother Freshmen on the higher rows. About this time the election of class officers was held, and resulted in the election of the following: President, R. W. Ball 5 Vice-President, A. P. W. Penivy g Treasurer,R. Dexter 5 Secretary, C. D. F. O'Hern. Thereafter everything went smoothly with the exception of an occasional rush from the Sophomores, by this time whom we had learned to respect. We were duly initiated into the mysteries of osteology by those great past masters of osteology, Drs. Cotton and Mitchell, also chemistry, anatomy, physiology and histol- ogy by their respective professors. Then there occurred an occasion memorable in the college history. We transgressed a sacred tradition of the Sophomores, by having our pictures taken on the hospital steps, and there 26