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

Page 15 text:

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE BALTIMORE I MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE DEAN I swear I vfill keep this oath according to the law of medicine . For the benefit of my patients I will pass my life and practice my art . The fulfillment of this obligation is the most cherished privilege of the true physician. To the young physicians of the Class of 1951 I can wish no greater personal gratification than that which results from the con- scientious practice of this precept. U . , yiie, M. IX HBVY:LMC

Page 14 text:

HAMILTON BOYD VYLIE, M.D. Among the things Dr. Wylie misses most after having attained what another chemist might call an endpoint in his career in the medical school is his former close association with the students. He has always been one of those educators to whom the personal touch, and even intimacy with his students has meant much. In his nearly forty years here; first as an instructor in Biochemistry in 1912 when fresh out of what was then called the Baltimore Medical College; as Professor of Biochemistry in 1919; progressing through such titles as Assistant to the Dean and Acting Dean, to 1948 when he became Dean; he has become an inescapable subject of conversation whenever this school is mentioned. Every- one knows him, but our present senior class is the last to have known him as the teacher that he prefers to be: friendly, smiling, somewhat of a disciplinarian, and gixing lectures riddleil ith cliches of his own making that we might ijctter remember the otherwise dry facts. 10

Page 16 text:

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Left to right: John Barr, freshman class; William Esmond, senior class; Harrison Langrall, sophomore class; Hatfield, freshman; Ed Spiidis, sophomore; Bill Mathews, junior class; Bob Berkow, sophomore; Bill Kiser, sophomore; J. Walter Smythe, freshman. The Student Government Association is com- posed of members elected by each class. Regular weekly meetings were held throughout the year, and during the past year the Association has been very active. At the beginning of the year, a new constitution was drawn up for the Associ- ation, and it was voted that the Vice President o£ eachj class be included in the Council. A Medi- cal Movie Program was energetically promoted and provided all students with an opportunity to widen their experience by seeing a wide variety of medical films. The SGA has promoted the formation of the Student American Medical Association at the University of Maryland; Bill Mathews and Harry Walsh actively participating in laying the groundwork for this new organiza- tion. At the end of the year a Student-Faculty dinner was held at which the student representa- tives offered suggestions for improvements which would be beneficial to both the school and the students. Below are seen two views from one of the weekly meetings in the little office on the third floor of Gray L ab.