University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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ipjjtratiou To Hon. JOHN PRENTISS POE, A.B., A.M., LL.D. WHOSE NOBI.i; CH.VR.SCTEK ANIi SCHOL. RLY .M ' TAINMENTS H.WE BEEN EOR SO MANY YEARS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF 1NSPIR. TI0N TO THE SONS OF Old M. ryl, ni), This Book is Affectionately Dedicated. 88670

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p f i i ' Af In iiitroduciiit tins nuinhcr of Tkkua MakiaI ' ; to the Uni- versity world, the lioaril of Ivlitors has felt more or less timidity because of the success achiexed l) ' those who liave in former years placed before its readers the numbers which have ])recedcd the ])resent issue. However, it is not our intention to make a])oloi,fies for the r.His ])r i(lnction. We liave done our best, ami any imfriendly criticism which our enemies may see fit to direct at our broadsides will come to naujj ht, as surely as those poor unfortunates who. in a mistruided UKJUient. injudiciously hurled their les ' in brands at Mr. Iviosevell. One of the oijjecls of jiresenting to the public a W(jrk of tliis nature, is to i)ortray as clearly as possible the life of the student m the jirofessional school. There is, in the minds of many good people, especially of our larger and more cosmopolitan cities, a tradition to the effect that professional-school students are, as a class, a most unnecessar - bum]) on society ' s nose. Itecanse of the indiscretions of the few. all are- condemned. We are here to protest that a man ' s a man. for a ' that. .Many of us. when we first crossed the threshidd of the (dd Uni- versity, were for the nonce at a loss to know what disposi- tion to make of our time, in order to ward off that most insidious of foes, melancholia, more familiarly known as ' ' the blues. and if. perchance, in an unguarded moment, we inadvertently worshi])])e(l too freely at Haccluis shrine, or i)layed too long at the dice, is it within the jirovince of those more forttniate and less passionate individuals who ne er knew the thrill of joy of a full house. a full pot and a full glass to drive away the demons of (ies])air and utter loneliness, to place their seal of disapproval and con- demnation on the poor devils who are so soon to become the moulders of the destiny of the nation? To you who in the i)ast have assumed an antagonistic attitude toward the liot blood of the young professional