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

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Ellarvmell in A-N A - N the annuals of literary history perhaps no publication receives . 'A. 9 more adverse and unwarranted criticisn than a College .Xnnu:il. V Of all books it should be taken the least serious, in most instances it IS taken the most serious, and why? llecause most out the 3 jokes are facts and most of the tacts are jokes. 'llhose of you 4' who think too much has been said in reference to your life as it has made college history, be thankful that we did not tell the whole truth on you. Those of you who feel certain you should have had more said about youg in fact. that you have been slighted, be content. You have no idea what we might have said if we had had the time and space at our disposal. No attempt will be made to name this article. lt will just be a few words in or out of seasons, take them as you may and name them as you choose. The writer has no apologies to offer to the literary geniuses of the foot or no promise of a style which future aspirants in making literary history must follow, to make. llaving an individual. if not characteristic way of putting this up to you. we proceed to write that which we intend. First it would seem fitting in this connection, and especially as this is conceded to be a college book and in many instances, l am afraid, more or less a chronological catalogue of college events, that l should discuss briefly some of the history made by the Class of lUl5 during' the four years of its existence at the L'niversity of Maryland. llaving disposed of this as l promised, in a brief manner, since the actual history we did not make has been passed by, we proceed to more interesting fields of thought. I am sure you would enjoy this article more if l would become personal and use names in what is to follow, but believing the theory that true literary geniuses can write in such a way that everybody knows what they are writing about. but nobody can explain it, I am not going to grant you this wish which your idle curiosity desires. We have been noted as a class by sticking to what we, in class assembled, have voted to do. .lust to point out a few instances: We decide definitely to have a holiday and go away rejoicing. Next day, with all the men of the class absent, and only the mugwumps and a few others present, we decide it would get us in wrong and, while we wanted to act like men, we are afraid. Oh hell, what's the use, we all go to class as usual. Again we decide not to take an examination which is not even required, again the whimperers come around with the old cry, you are gonna get yourself in wrong -result: the examina- tion. lt would seem that this were enough, but U! ye gods, the worst is yet to come. Desiring to get out a college book that was worthy of the name and one that was original and had some individuality about it and so as to make this issue of the TIQRRA AIARIAIC stand out for all time as a model for College .Xnnuals the world over, we decided that in the general contour of the book we should depart as much as possible from the old dried' and clear-cut methods used in the past in publications of this kind. As usual, it was easy to show the men what we wished and soon, in the regular course of events, we decided that it was fitting at this time that our pictures appear in the TERRA BIARIAE dressed as men and not as if prepared by 15

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I'-s reqll il mulmln l I l ' gnu ii XF'--ftliimite I W A' tm Xxmmvlg gg Z4 ,ff f 3-2- ir me X . J ll - . 2- 1 ' till ', , ' ' 'ft if- . . 3 . 1 Ffllgvimg . mt 4 i T .ii- if - if if - H , U 'u' , v U1 l T533 .gas i i . 14 if, .-I ' t ,',i' 1, 4- fl i I It i 'A' s yr'--,lf fl-ini. - rm 1 lW j.i!iEi':! iiyl l i gLv Xu : 4 Q.- ,Q 's J N-ff r 2 9. 31.5 , f ife- fs. - - 1 .-ag if ff . Gifff' fe c -5 ff fQ- . ' -:'ff , 4 We E , if .f c .f rf eff' - the undertaker to pass on by eternal route to spend the future, God knows where. liut the next day you ask what happened? lt's easy to answerAy0u already knowswe appear in the book in the same old way and in the future, as you turn over the pages of the 1915 TICRRA TXTARIAE those of you who are to blame for the appearance of so many corpses which stand out on each page and which you can't recognize unless the name be written beneath, tell your children to take to heart the lesson so well taught, XYhen you decide to be a man, be one, believing yourself to be right: stick, no matter what the odds may be. Don't be a molly- coddle like your old dad. lie a man. llut for all that. we love the Class of l'Jl5, and in many ways we are proud that we are members of it. Perhaps of all the classes ever attending the Univer- sity of Maryland it has more average men in it than any other. So here's to the average man! The man who meets a crisis without fear. The man who will always come back. The man who's your friend when you need him. The man who meets life face to face and makes good. This being a many sided article, and touching on every phase of college life, it is natural for the Faculty to furnish a few lines of diversion at this pointg but they, having been so thoroughly done up in another part of this book by a much more competent writer to handle such a stupendous task, l will refer you to that article and let them rest in ashes here. The European war being the foremost topic of discussion among the Uni- versity students, it must come in for its share here. The battles in the Eastern countries are small compared to the one tin wordsl between those of the students who favor the Germans and those on the Allied side. The various explanations offered for the course of the war, the result of the several battles would no doubt be of great benefit to the participants in the war, and l am certain of amusing interest to posterity had it tposterityl an opportunity to view these pages in an unlimited way. l would alniost be tempted to chronicle them here, but such not being the case l pray your indulgence and pass on to other things. The Mexican situation is so overshadowed by the colossal conflict in Europe that most of us overlook it entirely, and scarcely remember that the benetits of a lasting peace which is at present enjoyed by us are due to a cautious and great l'resident who has the XX'isdom to follow the lead of his fearless and far-seeing Secretary of State, XY. ll. liryan. ln thc whole history of the United States we have never before had such a brilliant and versatile Secretary of State, and never before have we had need of such a great mind to direct our Affairs of State. XYe are indted a fortunate people. , - ... . . . Llass of l'llh and others who have sulhcient interest to read this article, l bid you farewell. lie not critical. lie fair. lf you like it say so, otherwise keep quiet. There is no excuse to make for a line in this book. Everyone is free to iudge it as he may. Those who like it, we thank you. Those of you who do not, we don't give a darn what you think. XYe have written what we have written. bloux ll.XNll'fl. Roizixsox, .X. ll. 16