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

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Srrra iHariar. 1911 19 prcigress has surrounded her with a network of streets and buildings froii which she can never escape. Her site must ever be the same. hile deprived of a Utopian home, she may still be made beautiful, so priceless are her assets that yet remain. The grass plant- ed on the toy campus died of thirst last summer. This should he replaced, the hedge groomed, and a few tastily arranged flower beds placed here and there. A wooden fence would stay the trampling of feet until radiant beauty lent its own protection. )ur his- toric old columns are due a coat of white. Even these minor changes would force the trav- eller, on the electric highway to the nation ' s capital, to feel that he was approaching his- toric ground; a region so sacred that even its barren soil gave forth suggestions of the beautiful. The interior of our buildings do not meet the modern demands for cleanliness. The ' should be washed and disinfected. The process could be greatly facilitated by a lib- eral application of the old-fashioned elbow grease, then painted. This would cost only the price of the material consumed ; the work could be done in half a summer by the janitors of the respective buildings during their periods of relaxation, which constitutes the major part of each day. During a like period the electrician should install lights in our dark hallways and lecture rooms to preserve the students ' eyes, which must be sub- jected to f iur vears of constant strain. The chairs in our lecture rooms each year dimin- ish in number. Had a carpenter administered the proverl)ial ounce of ])re ' enti(in when tliev liegan to weaken the saving would help to j ay his salary. With such improvements — in themselves almost costless — we could cease to call our halls anti(|uated and dub them historic. More blackboards should be installed in most of our lecture halls. Thev would assist the teacher in making more practical his explana- tions. To our laboratories should be added a few desks, even at the risk of crowding. Their equipment needs a little enlargement; just a little each year would mean so much to those who seek to know the hidden mysteries of nature. The erection of a students ' dormitory, on our unoccupied corner, would go far toward rescuing the boys from the unhygienic and often immoral influences of boarding houses. Such an undertaking would be thoroughly ])racticable. The building could be erected by a bond issue, using only so much of the school ' s funds as might be desired in the construction and equipment. An annual con- tingent fee would jirotect the bond-owners against property damage in the boys ' moments of superhilarity. In mv humble opinion, it is not best for the University to be controlled by the State. Its present laws ])ermit the management to e.xercise the prerogative of silence, but would it not be better that an annual report be given to the public, pacifying it and showing it that its deep-rooted doubts as to the institution ' s proper administration are not well founded? If this public mistrust will be satisfied by a president, then let us have one, but I fear lest the great and wise, if restricted, would not give us sufficient time and thought to lead us aright, while the restricted and small man would only imjiede our progress. It is only fair and just that a portion of the University income should be expended (m the buildings and their ec|uipnicnt, for ' tis an unwise man who would kill the goose that lays the golden egg. The Dean ' s office should be made more imposing and attractive to prospective stu- dents and a friendly interest shown them by one conversant with our courses and the relation they bear to those of other colleges. Only guarded promises should be made them, and, when given, recorded and fulfilled.

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18 iLrrni iHariar. HU 1 fS- :!r .n«U lEMtnrtal III ' ' , L ' ni L ' i ity nf Ahirxlaiul has fnr iimrL ' tlian a IniixlrL ' il ycar sent its linpi. ' - in pircd Sfiiicir Class ( lUt into the- wurld. Some of these iiu-n haxe not at- taiiiffl cons])icuous success; a large portion of them have hiiished or are liiiish- in, ,Mheir careers as middle class woi-kers, which in medicine, as in other occu- |)ations, is the j, reatest l o(l - of treni, ' th. Main of tlieiii. howexer, lia e attained im])erishahle fame and retiected honor upon oiu ' iirstitutioii in all lands, in e ery walk of human endea ' or. These men have all f one out fulh imhued with the spirit, traditions and oft-re])eated admonitions of our school. When one rellect on the ilenl inlluences for g()(jd that these men ha ' e had u|}on tlio-.c with whom they lia e ca t their lot the necessity for our unswerving loyalty to our L ' nixersity lieconies ,i sacred hei ' itage which to disregard would ] ro T us unworthy to walk in the footste])s of those that hax ' e gone hefore us. As an e. ])rcssion of oui ' earnest desire that the sons of oiu ' . lma .Mati ' r he worthy of a great institution let us he diligent to see tli.il each succeeding class he moie hounti- fidl - dealt with than the preceding one. . n institution that utilizes its i-esi,uices. impro es its opporlumlics ;md seeks new ones is teaching, hv e.x.ample. that wliicli makes her nu ' U grow strong anil le.ids to her own peipetnatioii ; foi- institutions, like men. .-ire great not li re.isoii of their .aliundance. lint h reason of the intelligence and faitlifnlness v itii which they utilize their resources. ' )ur school, hciUsed in marhle and sundunded liy nature ' s heautiful gifts of grass, shruhs. and (lowers, wiptlld he an object of he;iiil ,i Joy forever Iml ( ' ( Mdiylaiid has hi:eii . ' 1 x ' ictim of peculiar circu:nst;inces. While the years have rolled h the sjiider of

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21 ' Crrra iMariar. 1 a 1 1 1 he aw ardiiii, ' (if credit.-. liuultl rc.-i xilcly with the Dean, Mich credentials Ijeing pre- served and i)ruiii])tly returned on proper occasion. From this office a yearly report should he mailed to the student, or his parents, and the student should be relieved uf the humil- iation of depositing two cents for postage, but should receive his mail as he would from anv other business house or individual with whom business led him to corres])ond. I do not suggest that the entrance reciuireiiients be raised, hut that the standard estalilished be, rigidly enforced Sd that the present ruiuors of laxity, in this particular, shall, for want of ])roof, die out. The honor system luning arisen in the student body of our Medical Department, will for its continuance depend upon the confidence and encouragement of the teaching body, who could greatly enhance its value by luaking little talks relating to the demands lit the honor system before each examination. Academic day should be attended by every member of the different faculties, and each should stand ready to work up, if required, a jirogram that no student would care to miss. The Faculty should avoid such petty irregularities as. when under their guidance, a subscription was taken among the students to erect a tablet to one of our distinguished alunmi. which, when unveiled, read: Erected l)y the Regents of the University of .Mary- land. The students ' confidence and admiration should he gained and held 1) - a constant opportunity for a closer association with his teachers. The collections of clinical knowledge and experience into papers and books would bring fame to their authors and reflect credit upon our Universitv. Our local Medical As- sociation needs tender nursing and fostering care from all connected with it. Prestige conies with the presence of the Faculty at all of its meetings. Since the audiences con- sist largely if students, they could be stimulated to greater effort by the election of the ice-|)resideiit fnjiii their luimlier. Criticisms by school inspectors and those who would further the interests of institutions should be given a patient hearing, while we lend dili- gence to the elimination of all that is really defective, leaving truth, more powerful than wdrds. to defend our cause. The course of stud ' should include all (|uizzes and dem- onstrations necessary for the develojjiuent of a good ])rofessioiial man. ( )ur most bene- ficial i)aid quizzes will be made to suffer with their less worthy brothers, but if these bridges iiuist co er the gaps, then let them become a i)art of each studv. Then those who lack the funds, and who perhaps need tlieni most, ma)- share in their ad antages. I have on several occasions, with pride, corrected the misstatement that we were without an academic department at the termination of an experimental affiliation. I ])ray that those who participate will not let the little misunderstandings of mortal man weaken the bond of union between these two great institutions and that their association lie con- tinued with an ever-increasing harmony that will lessen the great distance that separates us. Candidates for entrance miiNi judge the Tnixersity liy oui catalogue. ( )ur n.ible old school deserves a more vdhiiiiinoiis edition, one that will tell in detail the course of study, the ground covered and method of instructi( jii, and if these catalogues contained the names and addresses of all the living or known alniiini il would call to the mind of the prospective student the lives of many men uliom ilu-y would lie glad to cimilatc and renew the school ' s pride as being able to |)oint to s( , many who have lived wortliily. reflecting undying fame upon those at whose feet they had the goo d fortune lo sit when young. Hir lilir.ary is almost useless; it oi ' cupies an cnliie liuilding. et gix ' es litllc in re- turn. If its doors were o])ened early in the nionhng ami kept i pen f ir a lilile while at nighl, in charge of some zealou student trving to work his wav ihiough collci;e, ihe