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

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W ' tfir mHiilli (ai ' doKa The editor breathes a sigh of reUef as he takes his pen in hand and begins to formulate an editorial, for him the grand finale of the 1920 issue of the Terra Mariae. He realizes in a dim visionary sort of way that the completion of this article will in so far as he is concerned, mark the completion of the annual and that from henceforth the editor and the Terra Mariae will travel dit¥erent paths. Looking forward to the moment of separation with anticipation he wonders if Shakespeare did not say parting is such sweet sorrow for his especial benefit. And yet to say that the work was all laborious and unmitigated by moments of pleasure would be a misrepresentation of fact, for he can distinctly recall several meetings of his staff which, with the aroma of good tobacco stimulating his nostrils, and the as])ert witticisms of gifted lawyers soothing his ears, passed away in a surprising short time, the neglected annual being entirely forgotten. Of the nights through which the candles burned into the wee small hours as the editor vainly tried to forget for the moment the symptoms of syringomyelia and to remember for the benefit of the year book whether and is a noun or an adverb nothing will be said. To recall them gives him no pleasure and an attempt to describe them would most certainly cause the onset of acute mania or at least hysteria from which recovery would be doubtful. So without further delay or the customary excuses this resume of the Senior Classes in the University of Maryland is turned out into a world which we hope. Trtiehe

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(4) The first American author to publish a complete text-book in Eng- lish on the Stomach. Designated by Boas as the best text-book on this subject in any language. The first author in the world to publish a compJete text-book on Diseases of the Intestines in 2 voliunes (Schmidt, E. Adol. Diseases of the Intestines. See Preface). Dr. Henuucter is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, England ; an Hon. Member of Societa Physico Chemica, Palermo, Italy; and has received many other such testi- monials. In 19 1 3, he was Smithsonian Scholar at the International Biologic Institute of Naples, Italy. He is now editing two new works: I — Master Minds of Medicine and ' Physiology— a biologic and psychologic study of human genius as creative in these Sciences 2 — The Physiologic and . natomic Fundamentals of Piano Technique, and the Physiologic Psychology of Musical Appreciation. Dr. Heniinctrr is a rare couibination of artistic and scientific tastes, and lias achieved success in both fields. He has also a rarer combination of kindly feelings for his fellows and devotion to his friends. Dk. II. A. Keli.v. Dr. Hennneter is one of those rare possessions of a city — a niaji liu h up in his oi ni profession who has also found time and inclination to put his shoulder to the zi ' heel for the assistance and advancement of the musical art. The fact that he is recognised as a musical connoisseur makes his presence at any musical offering a guarantee to the value and importance of such an offering. W. G. OwsT. Musical I ' .ditor. Balto. News. I am glad to learn that you are to dedicate the University of Maryland Annual for IQ20 to m friend, Dr. John C. Henuneter, whose work and publications in ph ' siol()( y, in ' clinical medicine (especially gastro-enterology). and in medical history give him a place that is unique in the profession. Along different lines he has. as a pioneer, blazed new trials; and his accomplishments have gained recogni- tion not o)dy in this country but also in the leading countries in Europe. Lewkllvs F. B.vrker, M. D. admire J r. 1 1 etnmeter ' s many scientific achievenienis and am happy to number him among m friends. Si.MuN Flexner. EU

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in this case, will not uphold its reputation of being cold and unsympathetic. It is incomplete we know, and far from perfect and there will be many who seeing only with a critic ' s eye will find sins both of omission and commission and censure us accordingly. To them we will say that for our work we have no aspirations beyond the fulfillment of a purpose ; that purpose being not to afford amusement to the humorously inclined by means of witty epigrams, or to excite the admiration of the scholar with rhajjsodies of irreproachable rhetoric, but to simply and truth- fully by means of prose, verse, and jiicture record some of the happenings of our senior year for the benefit of those whose names are herem inscribed. To this end we hope that our labor has not been in vain, and that at some future time when the class of ig20 will, as a unit, have been forgotten and their glowing record, stuffed into one of the many dusty recesses known only to Mr. Johnson is yellow with age, some vveary practitioner stooped with years and honors may of an even- ing lovingly caress the dust from the 1920 issue of the Terra Mariae and rumina- tivelv turn its pages as he again listens to the comminuted lectures of Professor Winslow or sees with bated breath the oratorical dramatization of a mortal dying of hemorrhage. Dr. Warfield playing the leading role. . nd then perhaps from his field of subconsciousness will come memories of certain nights spent in the students ' building and a reconviction of the truth of the old adage rolling bones gather no dough or again he may find himself with a soft eyed nurse tripping the light fantastic in old Ward K to the forgotten tune of A Good Man is Hard to P ' ind. If these and other pleasant memories of the good old days should perchance be initiated by this little book and serve to cause an extra heart throb for our old Alma Mater, then the editor will feel that his purpose has been most bountifully fulfilled and that he labored not in vain. The casual outside reader we are afraid will derive little pleasure from the cursory perusal of these pages. His life is not interwoven with the happenings, and the faces herein contained are unfamiliar to him. Perhaps he does not know what it is to toil month after month, year after year with an eye single to the star of graduation, and at last ha ing arrived at the summit of a youthful ambition, to look down upon the rugged road that he has climbed and exult that his desire has been attained. Such a time causes a queer admixture of joy and sorrow. Joy that the ambition of a lifetime has been realized, sorrow that the carefree college days, the hours of jollity and fun, the pranks and escapades known only to the college boy are over forever and that from now on life is to him a forest through which he must blaze his own trail. Years have gone by; Life ' s loidaiids arc past. And I stafid on the hill ichich I siahcd for at last; But 1 turn from the summit that once zvas in i star. To the vale of my childhood, seen dimly and far. And now members of the senior classes the editor as he places the ' 20 edition of the Terra Mariae in your hands Welshes you God sjieed in your chosen profession. May success shed its golden light ahead of you as you travel through life and may prosperity nc ' er find you wanting. But in after years when in vour lu.xury you ila •e quite forgotten those younger days in the U of M, will you not unearth your old year book, glance at the pictures, read the lines which it contains, and then if it seems to you a senseless mass of nothing and you feel that your time can be spent more pleasantly in some other way, do not be too harsh with the editor for remember the Good Book says, Judge not that ye be not judged. Rov Pelham Finnev. Editor in Chief. Thirteen