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

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19 32 TERRA MARIAE™ RAYMOND A. PEARSON, M.S., I.L.D. President of the Unirersily [ 10 ]

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1932 TERRA MARIAE Albert C. Ritchie, A.B., LL.B., LL.D. Gorernor of the Stale of Maryland and Presidential Candidate The students of the School of Pharmacy of the University of Maryland wish to take this means of demonstrating their ap- preciation of the interest which Governor Ritchie has taken in our State University and in legislation furthering the best inter- ests of Maryland Pharmacists. [ 9 }

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Tuiiiniiuiiiiiiiin 1932 TERRA MARIAE History of the School of Pharmacy ' I ' HE want of an institution in Baltimore where apprentices in pharmacy could be given - - systematic instruction in the sciences underlying their profession had long been felt by leading pharmacists and physicians, when in 1841 a charter was obtained from the General Assembly for the Maryland College of Pharmacy. The incorporators, seventeen in number, and among whom were Messrs. George W. Andrews, Thomas G. McKenzie, R. Rush Roberts, Robert Coleman and Dr. David Stewart, immediately organized and established a course of instruction in chemistry, pharmacy and materia medica. They carried on their work con- tinuously until 1847, when, owing to the death of some members and change of business of others, they were compelled to suspend all lectures. During this time, however, they gradu- ated a number of eminent pharmacists, to whose efforts in resuscitating and reorganizing the College in 1856 much is due. Among the older graduates appear the names of Messrs. Fred A. Cochrane, Alpheus P. Sharp, William S. Thompson, Samuel Rodgers, J. Paris Moore, John W. Read and Christian Steinhofer. Of these, Messrs. Alpheus P. Sharp and William S. Thompson were not only earnest and active supporters of the Coll ege, but were adorn- ments to the profession they represented, as well as graduates of whom their Alma Mater might well be proud. In 1856, at the re and a number of Bal president, Mr. George meeting, which resulted one new members and tion of the College, having established three Dr. Louis Steiner, Pro Charles P. Frick, Prof and Israel J. Grahame, A course of lectures season of 1857-58 to a 1841 - 1904 appreciative students, and the College took a new lease of life, Mr. David Stewart gave the lectures in pharmacy during 1844-46. Following the reorg- anization, the chair of Pharmacy was very ably filled for a number of years by Professor Israel J. Grahame, who was succeeded by Mr. L. Phillips, an earnest and interesting instruc- tor. The sudden death of Professor Phillips caused the election of J. Paris Moore to the vacancy. Professor Moore was one of the oldest graduates of the College, and was a continuous and zealous worker in behalf of his Alma Mater and in the interest of pharmacy until his death. He continued in the chair of Pharmacy for nineteen years, when, on the resignation of the chair of Materia Medica by Professor Baxley, he was chosen pro- fessor of Materia Medica. Then, on March 8, 1879, Dr. Charles C. Caspar!, Jr., who was designed to play such an important part in the history of the Maryland College of Pharmacy, was elected Professor of Pharmacy, which chair he continued to fill until his death on October 13, 1917. He was succeeded by Dr. Evander Prank Kelly, class of 1902, who held the pro- fessorship until January, 1926, when it was taken over by Dr. John C. Krantz, Jr., class of 1919, who held it for one year. Dr. A. G. DuMez, the present Dean, now holds the professorship. quest of the graduates timore pharmacists, the W. Andrews, called a in the election of thirty- a thorough reorganiza- The Board of Trustees, professorships, elected fessor of Chemistry; Dr. essor of Materia Medica; Professor of Pharmacy, was given during the class of intelligent and lich it has ever maintained. [ 11 }