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

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TERRA MARIAE 1937 •••••• 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. Brown Baxley, Dr. J. Paris Moore, Dr. John F. Han- cock, 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 Mary- land 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 Resents, of which Dr. W. W. Skinner 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 September 30, 191 8. This office was held by Dr. Kelly until December 31, 1925, when he became Secretary of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. Andrew G. DuMez, form- erly . ssociate Pharmacologist, Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service, is the present Dean. When the institution was first chartered in 1841, the lectures were given in the amphitheater of the University of Maryland. Following the reorganization in 1856, ancl 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 speci- mens. The College continued to occupy these quarters until it became the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Maryland, in 1904. , t the present time the School of Pharmacy is located in the new Pharmacy and Dental Building at Lombard and Greene Streets, which building was made possible by an appropriation from the State of Mary- land during the legislative session 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 of the modern equip- ment 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 exer- cised 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 steady growth in size and influence so that the School now holds a position in the front ranks of the teaching institutions of its kind in this country.

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1922- 1929 TERRA MARIAE 1937 • •••••• resigned trom active duly and became Protessor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt of the class of 1 89 1 served as Profes- sor of Botany and Pharmacog- nosy until his death. 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 oi this progress. In the broad- ening of its curriculum, the school has been guided largeiv by the standards set by the American Association of Col- leges of Pharmacy. In 1913, courses in pharmaceutical ar- ithmetic, pharmaceutical latin, and pharmaceutical law were added. Recently the course in commercial pharmacy has been expanded, and in the future all work of this nature will be given by the depart ment of economics. This de- partment is presided over by Miss 15. Olive Cole, Phar. 1)., LL.B., who is also Professor ol Fiiarnuiceutica! Law. In 1921, the curriculum was further broadened to include the general educational subjects, English, romance languages, algebra, trigonometry, zoology, and physics. In this same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. Since then a sep- arate department has been organized to give instruction in this subject. . t present, the department is presided over by . ssistant Professor . rthur H. Bryan. V ' .M.D., who has tlone 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- tion 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 en- dowed it liberally. . t present, the depart- inent is in charge of Professor Marvin R. Thompson, Ph.D., who received his educa- tion at the University of Minne,sota, CJeorge Washington University, and I ' jhns Hopkins University, and who was formerly employed as ph irmacologist in the Bureau of Chemis- try, Washington, D. C. Following the reorganization of the Mary- land College of Pharmacy in 1856, control was vested in the officers of the College — President, first and second N ' ice-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, Deceased. 17 1 926- 1 929

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TERRA MARIAE 1937. • •••••• Andrew G. Dl ' Mez Dean of the School of Pharmacy H. C. Mviti) President of the University T. O. Heatwole Secretary to Baltimore Schools E. F. Kelly Advisory Dean 19