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

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.. TERRA MARIAE declining health caused him to sever his connection with the Col- lege. He, in turn, was followed by J. Paris Moore, M.D., who continued in this chair until his sudden death on February 3, 1888, when Dr. David M. R. Culbreth was elected to succeed him. Dr. Culbreth, who had always been an ardent worker for his Alma Mater, ably and efficiently held the professorship until June 10, 1920, when he resigned from active duty and became Professor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt, class of 1891, is now professor of Botany and Pharmacognosy. Great advances have been made in the profession of pharmacy since 1856, and it has been found necessary to enlarge the curriculum from time to time to keep abreast of this progress. In the broaden- ing of its curriculum, the .school has been guided largely by the standards set by the American As- sociation of Colleges of Pharmacy. In 1913, courses in pharmaceuti- cal arithmetic, pharmaceutical Latin. 1926-1929 1922-1929 and jurisprudence were added. In 1921, the curriculum further broadened to include the general edu- cational subjects, English, modern languages, algebra, trigonometry, zoology, and physics. In this same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. Since then a reparate department has been organized to give instruc- tion in this subject. At present, the department is presided over by Assistant Professor Arthur H. Bryan, V.M.D., who has done special work in bacteriology, and who is an experienced worker in the field of animal pathology. In 1930, a department of pharmacology was organ- ized in the school to give instruction in bioas- saying. The equipment of this department and its maintenance was made possible through the generosity of the late Captain Isaac E. Emerson, who endowed it liberally. At present, the depart- ment is in charge of Professor Marvin R. Thompson, who received his education at the University of Minnesota, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University, and who was formerly employed as pharmacologist in the Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, D. C. Fifteen

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► .»■■»..»..» .»■.♦ .♦««»»»»««» »•»»» TERRA MARIAE 1886-1904 Mr. Wm. E. A. Aiken was lecturer in chemistry from 1841- 1846. From 1856 the professor- ship of chemistry was filled for a number of years by Dr. Louis Steiner. On his departure from the city he was succeeded by Pr ofessor Alfred Mayer, who afterwards moved to New York, and he was in turn succeeded by a graduate of the college, Dr. Helsby, who remained a few years and then entered upon the practice of medicine. The chair was next occupied by Dr. De- Rosset, a man of great ability and a popular lecturer. Upon his resignation in 1873, the Board of Trustees elected the able and energetic Professor William Simon, Ph.D., M.D., to fill the vacancy. Daniel Base, Ph.D., became associated with Dr. Simon in 1895, and was elected Professor of Chemistry in 1902, which position he held until his resignation in 1920 to become associated with Hynson, Westcott and Dunning. Since 1920 the teaching of the basic courses in chemistry has been under the direction of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Maryland. Glenn L. Jenkins, Ph.G., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., formerly with the University of Wisconsin, is now professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Messrs. David Stewart and Wm. S. Reese were the lecturers in Materia Medica 1844- 1846. Dr. Charles P. Frick was elected Pro- fessor of Materia Medica June 5, 1856, and on April 7, 1858, Professor Frick, having been called to the chair of Materia Medica in the University of Maryland School of Medicine, was succeeded by Professor Frank Donaldson, D.D. Like his predecessor, he was called to a professorship in the University of Maryland. He was succeeded by Professor J. R. Winslow, in 1863, and the latter on June 1, 1866, by Claude Baxley, M.D., who ably filled the position until 1879, when 1904-19. Fourteen ■»■■•■■•.-•- • ■• •»•• •■ • •■

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.- TERRA MARIAE - •»..«..«. ft . « - «« «»« -« - - • Recently, the course in commercial pharmacy has been expanded and in the future all work of this nature will be given by the department of economics. This department is presided over by Miss B. Olive Cole, Phar.D., LL.B., who is also professor of pharmaceutical law. Following the reorganization in 1856, control was vested in the officers of the College — President, First and Second Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary, who, together with the Board of Examiners (three members), constituted the Board of Trustees. The first president was Mr. Thomas G. Mackenzie, 1840-1842, followed by Mr. Benjamin Rush Roberts from 1842 to 1844. Mr. George W. Andrews was president from 1844 to 1871, and was followed in succession by such illustrious pharmacists as Dr. J. Brow n Baxley, Dr. J. Faris Moore, Dr. John F. Hancock, Dr. Joseph Roberts, Dr. Edwin Eareckson, Mr. William S. Thompson, Mr. Louis Dohme, Mr. Charles E. Dohme (1894-1904). The control of the University of Maryland is now vested in the Board of Regents, of which Mr. Samuel M. Shoemaker is Chairman. A Faculty Council, composed of the Dean and certain members of the faculty, control the internal affairs of each separate school comprising the University. Dr. Charles C. Caspari, Jr., became Dean of the Maryland College of Pharmacy in 1896, two years after the merger with the University of Maryland was effected. He continued to serve in this capacity until his death on October 13, 1917. Dr. Daniel Base succeeded him, but due to conditions incident to the World War, Dr. Base obtained leave of absence to teach in another department for one year, and Dr. Evander Frank Kelly was elected Dean on September 30, 1918. This office was held by Dr. Kelly until December 31, 1925, when he became Secretary of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Andrew G. DuMez, Ph.G., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., formerly Associate Pharmacologist, Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service, is the present Dean. When the institution was first chartered in 184.1, the lectures were given in the amphi- theater of the University of Maryland. Following the reorganization in 1856, and until 1876, the College occupied halls rented for the purpose. In the early part of the latter year, the city grammar school located at Aisquith Street near Fayette Street was purchased, and after radical but needed changes, the College occupied what was then considered a very commodious home. However, as classes began to increase, the need was felt for more room and better facilities, and m 1886 a new building was erected on the old site. This building was fitted with the then-most-modern in scientific appliances, and was well stocked with the necessary apparatus, materials, and specimens. The College continued to occupy these quarters until it became the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Maryland, in 1904. At the present time the School of Pharmacy is located in the new Dental and Pharmacy Building at Lombard and Greene Streets, which building was made possible by an appropriation from the State of Maryland during the legislative meet of 1929. The new building is the realization of a great need for adequate quarters in which to teach the honored profession of Pharmacy in Maryland. Everyone interested in Pharmacy may well be proud of the splendid building, as well as the modern equipment and apparatus which has been provided for demonstration and teaching purposes. From the foregoing, it v.ill be seen that the School of Pharmacy of the University of Maryland, which began its existence as the Maryland College of Pharmacy, has exercised its functions as a leaching; institution since 1841 except for the ten-year period 1846 to 1856, In spite of its vicissitudes it has steadilv borne itself onward and upward. It has steadily increased and improved its facilities to enable it to impart instruction in keeping with the pharmaceurira! knowledge of the times. It was the first institution of its kind to establish a professorship of Pharmacy, and thereby denominate to that branch of learning an individuality of its own. It was also one of the first schools to make analytical chemistry oblig.nory for graduation. In still other lines its leadership has been manifested, particularly in the textbooks published by members of its teaching staff. The result has been a steady growth in size and influence so that the School now holds a position in the front ranks of the tcarhing institutions of its kind in this country. Sixteen ' •■ ' • • • a