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

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TERRA M A R I A E 19 3 5 SK i struction in this subject. At present, the department is presided over by Assistant Pro- fessor 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 organized in the school to give instruc- tions in bio-assaying. The equipment of this department and its maintenance were made possible through the generosity of the late Captain Isaac E. Emerson, who endowed it liberally. At present, the department is in charge of Professor Marvin R. Thompson, who received his education at the University of Minnesota, George Washington Uni- versity, and Johns Hopkins University, and who was formerly employed as pharmacolo- gist in the Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, D. C. Following the reorganization of the Maryland College of Pharmacy in 1856, con- trol was vested in the officers of the College — President, First and Second Vice-Presi- dents, 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 suc- cession by such illustrious pharmacists 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, 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 the University 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 Maryland, until his death on October 13, 1917. Dr. Daniel Base succeeded 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 Sep- tember 30, 1918. This office was held by Dr. Kelly until December 31, 1925, when he became Secretary of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. Andrew G. DuMez, formerly Associate Pharmacologist, Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service, is the present Dean. When the institution was first chartered in IS-Jl, the lectures were given in the amphitheater 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 in 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 Pharmacy and Dental Building at Lombard and Greene twenty-four

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ISMs! Like his predecessor, he also was called to a professorship in the University of Maryland. He was succeeded by Profes- sor J. R. Winslow, in 1H6V and the latter, on June 1, 1S66, by Claude Baxicy, M.D., who ably filled the position un- til 1879, when declining health caused him to sever his con- nection with the College. He, in turn, was followed by J. Faris Moore, M.D., who con- tinued in this chair until his sudden death on I ' ebruary i, 188S, when Dr. David M. R. Culbreth was elected to suc- ceed him. Dr. Culbreth, who had always been an ardent worker for his Alma Mater, ably and efficiently held the professorship until |une 10, 1920, when he resigneil from active duty and became Pro- fessor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt of the class of 1891, is now professor of Botany and Pharmacogno.sy. nrx t |- TERRA M A R I A E 19 3 5 1926-1929 1922-1929 Great advances have been made in the profession of pharmacy since 1H ' )6, and it has been found necessary to enlarge the curriculum from time to time to keep abreast of this progress. In the broadening of its curriculum, the school has been guided largely by the standards set by the Ameri- can Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. In 191 1, courses in pharmaceutical arith- metic, pharmaceutical latin, and pharma- ceutical law were adtled. 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 econo- mics. This department is presided over by Miss B. Olive Cole, Phar. D., LL.B, who is also Professor of Pharmaceutical Law. In 1921, the curriculum was further broadened to include the general educational subjects, english, romance languages, alge- bra, trigonometry, zoology, and physics. In this same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. Since then a separate department has been organized to give in- Deceased twenfy-three

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' i TERRA M A R I A E 19 3 5 Streets, which building was made possible by an, appropriation from the State of Mary- land 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 Phar- macy may well be proud of the splendid building, as well as of the modern equipment and apparatus which have been provided for demonstration and teaching purposes. From the foregoing it will be seen that the School of Pharmacy of the University 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 period 1846 to 1856. In spite of its vicissitudes it has steadily borne itself onward and upward. It has steadily increased and improved its facilities to enable it to impart instruction in keeping with the pharmaceutical knowledge of the times. It was the first institution of its kind to establish a professorship 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 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 steaiiy growth in size and infiuence so that the School now holds a position in the front ranks of the teaching institutions of its kind in this country. twenty-five