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

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TERRA 9 M A Rl A E 3 8 his Alma Mater, ably and ef- ficiently held the professor- ship until June lo, 1920, when he resigned from active duty and became Professor Emeritus. Dr. Charles C. Plitt of the class of 1891 served as Profes- sor of Botany and Pharmacog- nosy until his death in 1933. Great advances have been made in the profession of phar- macy since 1856, and it has been found necessary to en- large the curriculum Irom time to time to keep abreast of this progress. In the broad- ening of its curriculum, the school has been guided largely by the standards set by the American Association of Col- leges of Pharmacy. In 1913, courses in pharmaceutical a r i t h m c t i c , 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 1922 — 1929 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 Pharmaeutical Law. In 1921, the curriculum was further broadened to include the general educational subjects, English, romance languages, algebra, trigonometry, zoology, and physics. In the same year provisions were made for teaching bacteriology. Since then a separate depart- ment has been organized to give instruction in this subject. From 1928-1937, the depart- ment was in charge of Assistant Professor Arthur H. Bryan, V.M.D., B.S., M.A. y t present, the department is presided over by .Vssociate Professor Thomas C. Grubb, A.B., Ph.D., whose experience includes commer- cial work, public health work, and research in bacteriology. in 1930, a department of pharmacology was organized i n 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 endowed it liberally. At present, the department is in charge of Professor Marvin R. Thompson, Ph.D., who received his education at the University of Minnesota, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University, and who was formerly employed as phar- macologist 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 ' ice-Presidents, 1929 r r-q 16

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TERRA M A R I A E 19 3 8 wards 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 then occupied by Dr. De-Rosset, a man of great ability and a popular lecturer. Upon hi.s rcignation in 1H73, the Board of Trustees elected the able and energetic Pro- fessor William Simon, Ph.D., M.D., to fill the vacancy. Daniel Base, Ph.D., became associated with Dr. Simon in 1895, and was elected Profes- sor of Chemistry in 1902, which position he held until his resignation in 1920 to become associated with Hynson, Wes- cott and Dunning. The teach- ing ol the basic courses in chemistry has been under the direction of the Department ol C ' hemistry of the University of .Maryland. In 1956 CJlenn L. lenkins, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutical C hemistry since i of Pharmacy of the University of been research chemist for Sharp department. 1904 — 1922 1884 — 1904 927, resigned to accept a similar position in the School .Viinnesota. Walter H. Hartung, . .B., Ph.D., who has and Dohme for a decade, is the present head of the Messrs. David Stewart and ' illiam S. Reese were the lecturers in Materia Medica 1 844- 1 846. Dr. Charles P. Frick was elected Professor of Materia Medica June 5, 1856, and on .April 7, 1858, Professor Frick, hav- ing been called to the chair of Materia -Medica in the old University of Maryland School ol .Medicine, was succeeded by Profes- sor Frank Donaldson, .M.D. Like his prede- cessor, he was called to a professorship in the University of Maryland. He was succeeded by Professor ]. R. Winslovv, in 1863, and the latter, on June i, 1866, by Claude Ba.xley, ,M.D.. who ably filled the position until 1879, when declining health caused him to sever his connection with the College. He, in turn, was followed by J. Paris .Moore, . [.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 15

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TERRA M A R I A E 19 3 8 Treasurer, aiul Secretary, who, together with the Board of Examiners (three memlx-rs), constituted the Hoard of Trustees. The first president was Mr. Thomas G. Mackenzie, 1 840- 1 842, followed by Mr. Benjamin Rush Rolx rts from 1842 to 1844. Mr. Ceorge W. Andrews was president from 1844 to 1871, and was followed in succession by such illus- trious pharmacists as Dr. J. Brown Baxley, Dr. }. Paris Moore, Dr. |ohn F. Hancock, Dr. Joseph Roberts, Dr. Edwin Eareckson, Mr. William S. Thompson, Mr. Louis Dohme and Mr. Charles E. Dohme (18941904). In 1904, it became a department of the state univer- sity, when the old University of Maryland was merged with the Maryland Stale C ' ollcgc. 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 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 tleath on October 13, 1917. Dr. Daniel Base succeeded him, but be- cause of conditions incident to the World War, Dr. Base obtained leave of absence to teach in another department, and Dr. F.vandcr F. Kelly was elected Dean on September 30, 1918. This office was held by Dr. Kelly until December 31, 1925, when he Ixcame Secre- tary of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. . ndrcw (!. DuMez, formerly Associate 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, 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 . isquith 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 c]uarters 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 Streets, which building was made possible by an appropriation from the State of .Maryland 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 Phar- macy may well be proud of this 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 exercised 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 Pharmacv, 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 manifest, particul- arly in the textbooks published by members of its teaching statT. 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. 17