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

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20 Uzrra illllariarg 19111 tions were imposed upon religious beliefs, but that which was required of a student was, he should possess in his makeup the essential attributes of Christian manhood, for with them only could the Institution hope to transmit into futurity the encouragement and hope of steady growth and long life. The founders foresaw the indispensable need of them, and it is altogether an altruism for the students of the University of Maryland to keep guard over these attributes while attending the University. We find that Harvard, founded in 1636 was the first school, that William and Mary in 1693 was the second, and that King William's, founded in 1696, was the third, but the latter was the first free public school, and through this remarkable fact, the University of Maryland by the affiliation of St. John's, formerly King William's, has derived an heri- tage which none other can boast of. All glory to these venerable institutions of Maryland! All glory to their founders! All glory to the sons of these inseparable institutions, who are striving for the mastery! From their halls have come Governors, U. S. Senators and Representatives, Judges of the Courts, the most illustrious of whom is now serving as Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, besides Attorney-Generals, U. S. District Attor- neys, State Senators and Representatives, officers of the Army and Navy, leading doctors, lawyers, divines and men of note in other walks of life. Such have these two institutions accomplished for the State and Nation. Are they not worthy of every unselfish and erotic endeavor on our part to place them in their proper relations with the more renowned, but no more worthier institutions of the nation? Most assuredly they are, and every graduate and undergraduate must feel that they are, and every Professor, student and alumnus who delight in coping with live issues, must be heeding the call of these institutions which they represent. No good man is unworthy of the call of need of the University of Maryland, and no better service can be desired than for each student and Professor to assume the in- itiative and apply themselves with conviction to the work. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. It is absolutely puerile and unworthy to remain indifferent to the duties which remain imposed upon each student of the University, and more especially so with the student possessing the advantages of a college education, who could rapidly bring about the desired results of any needed reform, with a requisite amount of initiative. It is one of the miss- ing necessaries easily observed. The ascendency in enthusiasm should never be allowed to remain in abusive hands, for to remain in them will ultimately mean the demoralization of the object in view each well-meaning student has for the University of Maryland. The pleasantest and most easy thing to do is to boost the University, the most nauseous is the unqualified criticism of some morose individual who would see Diogenes with an elec- tric pocket lamp than his Greek lantern, or even Demosthenes chewing on a piece of pepsin gum, than keeping a pebble in his mouth. It is generally understood that College Fraternities are wholly or partially deficient in contributing to the infiuence expected of them, in and around their colleges. Our most respected and honored College Presidents are the sources of this accusation. They can pre- sumably judge the truth of this fact as ably as any, but the student is in a better position to do so than they, because his opportunities are better to do so. So far as it may be applic- able to our fraternities, we have but to say, that in part it is true. Nevertheless we believe

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Zilrrru Marian. IH 1 U I9 ll Zihitnrial HE classes of 1910 of the various departments will now share in common with the hosts of erstwhile students of the University of Maryland, the path-beaten road to success and honor, the road that was so long in building, that im- posed upon the former aluinnuses of so many years ago, the toil of years and sacrifices fraught with alternate joy and paing and all this, in order that the institution you now leave behind might be, at some future time, among those most worthiest institutions, established upon similar foundations of integrity, character and professional skill. It is highly fitting that the classes of 1910 should assume part of this noble work laid out by the founders, which is far from completion. The responsibility devolves upon each and every one to strive to his utmost in an effort to place the University of Mary- land in the sphere of educational action, not alone in any number of states, but in all the states of the Union. It is certainly an uncontrovertible fact that if there exists in the minds of any member of the faculties or of the students and alumnae, that this insti- tution is lacking in historical setting to compete with the greatest of institutions, then all hope for rapid progress in this direction may be temporarily abandoned. It needs but the barest outline of its history to startle the most dormant of usg its wealth of claim for the right to be classed With the most renowned institutions in the country must go undis- puted. Harvard and William and Mary alone have a better claim. Through St. John's College at Annapolis, which is afhliated with the University of Maryland as the department of Arts and Sciences, was founded the first free school in America. All that was required of a student to be entered upon its roll was that he possess a good character. No restric-

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Efvrra illllariar, 15111 21 that most any fraternity man could look any College President straight in the eye, as one St. John's fraternity man had done to his exoneration, and say, Hector, Hector, son of Priam, Did you ever see a man as drunk as I am? There is one great opportunity the fraternities of this University are missing and that is their failure to exert the power of their influence in the various concerns of the Univer- sity. The men who compose the fraternities are able enough in their influence for good, but there is a deplorable deficiency of initiative among them, whether it is caused by sheer indifference, lack of moral courage or something else is hard to tell, but it certainly does not reflect any honor for patriotism by remaining so indifferent. Whatever is to be done let it be done with a whole-heartedness. There should rest no unseliishness in the student body when a project has been inaugurated for the good of the University, no matter from whatever source that project has emanated. If a suggestion has been advanced for a good movement, there should be no reasonable ground for not backing it up, a refusal to do so merely shows a failure of duty and no unselfish patriot will refuse, any student that re- fuses some aid which can be reasonably rendered ought to be shunned by every student. First and foremost of our advocations should be a strict, absolute and unqualified adher- ence to the moral fabric of the University. Then let the others, such as demands for a Uni- versity Postoffice, be made, and larger libraries also, which are greatly in need. Especi- ally is the Law Department in need of a system for handling the ever increasing amount of mail, and a larger library. The individual, as he conducts himself, makes up the aggre- gate morale, and nothing should be left undone till it has been brought up to a high stand- ard. The students of this University wish to possess a spirit of candor and of fairness of judgment and dealing, and he cannot but perceive that the essential attributes of the University's growth and fame depend to a very great extent on the preservation of the morale as established by the founders. The genius of the Anglo-Saxon race is due to the fact that they never built new institutions on new foundations, when old foundations were to be had. Their faith in the Nazarene taught them this, the founders adhered to it and now we must preserve it and transmit it down to successive classes. It is quite certain that whatever the destiny of the University of Maryland is to be, it can only be attained through the eiorts of the student body in co-operation with the Alumni and Faculties. One or the other cannot do it alone, any attempt to do so would prove futile, but each must contribute their full share of active enthusiasm, and it should not be spasmodic, either. We believe the University already has men imbued with the right spirit which is direct- ing the fulfillment of our desires. Some of the more active workers are the Dean of the Law School, Henry D. Harlan, President Thomas Fell of St. J ohn's College, Judge Henry Stockbridge, Doctor Cordell, Prof. Hemmeter, Prof. Chew, and Prof. Ashby. These good men and others whom we are not acquainted with, and this we regret, should work to- gether for unity and harmony. To these gentlemen we owe our heartiest support. They have given much of their time for the interests of the University of Maryland, and we be- lieve they are disposed to continue doing so. There is nothing limited in their endeavors to make of the University of Maryland an institution of national repute. We therefore believe in them. An active and systematic cooperation with them by the Alumni and student body would inevitably bring about the desired results. It would force the gauge to register each man's devotion to this institution of worth, this institution which has survived the ordeals of men's selfish interests. The student who has sized up the conditions of his institution and remains indifferent, and the alumnus who is appre-