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

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Distinguished Names in the Annals of the University Every University jiriclcs itself on its distinguished faculties and alumni, in ic v (if the long and honorable career of our University, it would be surprising, indeed, if we could not exliibit a roll of names eminent in the [inifcssions and l)y no means limited to them. And so it is, that in the list of professors and alumni, em- bracing more than 10,000 persons, one finds the names of scliolars, judges, lawyers, physicians, dentists, phar- macists, etc., whose reputation is national and in many cases international. As the eldest of our departments, the first born, that from whose huml)le beginning our great University sprang, and from whose stem have shot forth from time to time the branches wliich are now corporate and active parts of it, we may naturally expect h tin l the metlical department UKJst rich in men of m;irk-. I ' .rginning with John Ueale Davidge, the founder, a .Master nf Arts of St. John ' s College, and graduate in medicine of (Glasgow University, a man of the loftiest personal qualities and of acknowledged powers of leadership, a writer and lec- turer of note, a hnld anil original surgemi, we may recall many men of wide celebrity in the medical profession : William Gibson. Horatio Gates Jameson, Nathan K. Smith, Christnphir Johnston, L. Mcl.ane Tiffany, Ran- (lolpli W ' inslow, surgeons; John 1). (iodman. Granville Sharp Pattison, Eli Geddings, Joseph Roby, William A. Hammond, anatomists; Charles Frick, N. G. Keirle, Wil- liam T. Coiuicilman, J. Homer Wright, James Carroll, A. C. Abbott, pathologists and bacteriologists; Charles P. Noble, Villiam T. Howard, gynecologists ; Nathaniel Potter, Elisha Bartlett, Robley Dunglison, John C. Hem- meter, physicians and authors; Julian J. Chisolm, Samuel Theobald, oi)hthalmologists ; Francis T. Miles, neurolo- gist; J. Whitridge Williams, obstetrician, etc. To this department belong also Jules T. Ducatel, geologist, and John illiamson Palmer, poet. Names that shine with great brilliancy are those of John Crawford, who discov- ered, and practiced in accordance with, the germ theory as earl}- as 1790, and Ephraini Mc Howell, the o arioto- mist. The law de])artment had for its first head a most remark- able legal scholar and writer, David I loffman, whose works were e.xtoUed very highly and brought him the honorary degrees of LL.D. from ()xford, and J. U. 1). (Juris I ' lriiisqiw Doctor), from Giittingen I ' niversilies. More recently there have been in the law faculty and among law alumni many judges, attorneys and teachers who h;ive adorned the bench and bar here and elsewhere. In the teaching and active faculty there ha e been many who have occupied positions upon the bench, regarded in Maryland always as the surest test of pre-eminence: Judges John A. Inglis, Robt. N. Martin, George ' ' illiain Hrown, Charles E. Phelps, Thomas S. Baer, Albert Ritchie, Henry D, Harlan, Henry Stockbridge, James P. IG

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Gorter. Tliere have also been authors of note, as, Mr. John P. Poe, Judge Phelps, Professor Venable, Professor Pjrantly and others. The Dental Department is of comparatively recent origin, but can point to the two gentlemen now at its head, and who founded it, as among the leading dental teachers of the country. And when we go back in our annals we find a connection with one whose name is pre-eminent in the history of American dentistry — Horace H. Hayden, M.D., a man not onl v distinguished in den- tistry, but also in science and especialh ' in geology. To him this country owes the earliest impetus towards scientific dentistrv, the first course of lectures on that subject delivered in the Western Hemisphere, the first college devoted to its teaching. Some names are looming up among the alumni in this department, which promise to leave a highly honorable impress upon the future history of oral surgery. The old Maryland College of Pharmacy, now the De- partment of Pharmacy, had for its first professor and founder, David Stewart, M.D., a pharmacist and chemist of the highest rank, who had the distinction of holding the first independent chair of pharmacy in America. To him the Maryland profession is indebted for the intro- duction of glycerine and the metric system. Worthy names are to be found in the annals of this department: Israel J. Graham, Lewis H. Steiner, Charles Frick, Alfred M. Mayer, J. Faris JMoore, William Simon, and today, the dean of the department. Professor Charles Caspari, Jr., is recognized as the highest representative of his pro- fession in Maryland. The literary activity of members of this faculty is especially noteworthy: Professor Simon has written the best text-book on chemistry for medical and pharmaceutical students; Profes.sors Caspari and Cul- breth have written text-books on pharmacy and materia mcdica which are esteemed among the best, and the former is also the editor of the great National Dispensa- tory. St. John ' s College (Department of Arts and Sciences) has the rare distinction of being one of three American colleges whose origin dates from the 17th Century, and it has a long roll of alumni who have stood high in the councils of State and Nation and helped to mould the destinies of this country ; conspicuous among whom are I ' rancis Scott Key, the author of the Star Spangled Ban- ner, and Reverdy Johnson, the great lawyer and states- man. The present president of St. John ' s, Thomas Fell, Ph.D., LL.D., D.C.L,., is known to be one of the most suc- cessful educators in America and has brought his college to a high state of prosperity and honor. On the roll of St. John ' s may be found the names of Governors, Senators, Congressmen, ministers to foreign countries, men eminent in the professions and every walk of life. And, finally, we may point with justifiable pride to our Provosts. Where does one find greater names than those of Taney, the great Chief Justice of the United States ; Rt. Reverend James Kemp, among theologians: John Pendleton Kennedy, among writers; Severn Teackle Wal- lis, among lawyers? Indeed, we have a great heritage in this roll of honor, which we have barely been able to touch upon in this hasty sketch. May the thought duly impress us and intensify our devotion to an Alma Mater so worthy of it ! E. F. C- 17