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

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1934 TERRA MARIAE WluMi tlie institution was first chartered in 1841. the lectures were given in the ani]iiiit]ieater ni the University of Maryland. Following the reorganization in 1856, and until 1870, the College occupied halls rented for the pnri)ose. 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 connnodious home. However, as classes began to increase, the need was felt for more room and better facilities, and in 1886 a new building was erected on the old site. This building was fitted with the then-most-niodern in scientitic ap])liances, and was well stocked with tiie necessary ajjparatus, materials, and specimens. The College continued to occupy these quarters until it became the l)ei)artment of Pharmacy (jf the University of Maryland, in 1904. . t the i)resent time the School of Pharmacy is located in the new Pharmacy and Dental Building at Lombard and (jreene Streets, which building was made possible by an api)ropriation from the State of Marvland during the legislati e meet of 192 ' . The new building is the realization of a great need for ade(|uate (|uarters in which to teach the honored profession of Pharmacy in Maryland. Fveryone in- terested in Pharmac)- may well be jjroud of the splendid building, as well as of the modern eciuijiment and ap])aratus which have been provided for demonstration and teaching purposes. From the foregoing it will be seen that the School of l ' h;irniacy of the Univer- sity of Maryland, which began its existence as the .Maryland College of Pharmacy, has e.xercised its functions as a teaching institution since 1841 except for the ten- year ])eriod 1846 to 1856. In sjiite of its vicissitudes it has steadily borne itself onward and upward. It has steadily increased and imjiroved its facilities to enable it to iniiiart instruction in kee|)ing with the ])harmaceutical knowledge of the times. It was the first institution of its kind to establish a ])rolessorshii) of Pharmacy, and thereby allocate to that branch of learning an individuality of its own. It was also one of the first schools to make analytical chemistry obligatory for gradu- ation. In still other lines its leadership has been manifested, particularly in the textbooks ]Hiblished by members of its teaching stalT. The result has been a steady growth in size and influence so that the School now holds a jiosition in the front ranks of the teaching institutions of its kind in this countrv. seventeen

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1934 TERRA MARIAE In 1921, the curriculum was further hroadened to include the- general educa- tional subjects, English, romance languages, algebra, trigonometry, zoology, and physics. In this same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. Since then a separate department has Ijeen organized to give instruction in this subject. At present, the department is presided over by Assistant Professor . rthur H. Bryan, V.M.D., who has done special work in bacteriology, and who is an experi- enced worker in the field of animal pathology. In 1930, a de])artment of pharmacology was organized in the school to give instructions in bio-assaying. The equipment of this department and its mainte- nance were made possible through the generosity of the late Captain Isaac E. Emerson, who endowed it liberall y. At present, the department 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 fonnerlv emploved as pharmacologist in the Bureau of Chemistry, Wash- ington, D. C. Following the reorganization of the Mar land College of Pharmacy in 185(), control WPS vested in the officers of the College — President. First and Second Vice-Presidents. Treasurer, and Secretary, who, together with the Board of Ex- aminers (three members), constituted the Board of Trustees. The first president was Mr. Thomas G. Mackenzie, 1.S40-1842. followed liy 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 pliarmacists as Dr. J. Brown Baxley, Dr. J. Faris Moore, Dr. John F. Hancock, Dr. Joseph Roberts, Dr. Edwin Eareckson, Mr. William S. Thompson, Mr. Louis Dohme and Mr. Charles E. Dohme (1894-1904). In 1904 the College amalgamated with the grou]-) of jiro- fessional schools in Baltimore then known as the University of Maryland. Later, in 1920. it became a department of the state university, when the old University of Maryland was merged with the Maryland State College. With this last merger control was transferred to the officers of the University. The control of tKe Universit ' of Maryland is now vested in the Board of Regents, of which Mr. George M. Schreiber 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, and continued as Dean after the merger of the College with the old University of laryland, until his death on C)ctober 13, 1917. Dr. Daniel Base s uc- ceeded him, but because of conditions incident to the World War. Dr. Base obtained leave of absence to teach in another department, and Dr. Evander F. 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 Pharmaceu- tical Association. Dr. Andrew G. DuMez. formerly Associate Pharmacologist, Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service, is the present Dean. sixteen

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