University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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OUR TEACHERS.

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It goes without saying that this has not been considered the place to celebrate friendships or sing praises. A spirit of badinage and sportive comment rule here. . 11 too soon the seriousness of life will be upon us; life with its competitions an d struggles, where friendships must count and compliments must serve, but here in a mechanical and legislative way we have corralled the fun, the wit, the humor of the crowd. In after years when serious things occupy your attention, you may like to take this record from some neglected shelf and review the names and the situations. At such times it may be pleasant to recall among the memories of college days the toast of Tiny Tim, with which benediction I close this introduction, God bless us every one. B. Holly Smith.

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Our I cacbcrs. IM. «l. foster, M.D., D.D.8. The subject of this sketch, M. W. Foster, M.D., D.D.S., Professor of Pathology and Therapeutics, and Dean of the Baltimore Colleg-e of Dental Surgery during the past seven years, has been associated with dental surroundings all his life: as his father was a practicing dentist and among the first to manufacture porcelain teeth, therefore, as a boy, the doctor became familiar with the methods used. These early surroundings may have influenced him to pursue the study of dentistry when his education was complete. After being in the office of Dr. Jesse C. Green, ' estchester. Pa., for two years as a student, he attended the Philadelphia Dental College, session 1855. In 1856-57 practiced his profession in Indianapolis, returned East and formed an association with Dr. Swazy (a graduate of this school), of Easton, Pa. Later a co-partnership with Dr. Wm. Burkman, same city, after which, 1860-61, he practiced in Wilmington, Del., until the second year of the war. In the latter part of the year 1862 he was associated with Dr. Robert Arthur, of Baltimore, as an assistant, with whom he remained for five years. At this date, 1867, he located in the house now his residence. Dr. Foster was a professor of prosthetic dentistry in the Maryland Dental College and from it received an honorary diploma. When the Maryland Dental College was united with the Baltimore Dental College he served on the Board of ' isitors until he was elected, on the first of May, 1882, to fill the chair he now occupies in this school. In 1879 he received an honorary diploma from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, was graduated from the Washington University of Medicine in 1883. He was President of National Dental Association in i88g. In igoo he was appointed by the Maryland State Society and the National American Association a delegate to Paris World ' s Convention. mm. Simon, Ph.D., M.D. After having been ushered into this glorious world at a small German village, during a blustering February day of 1844, and after having enjoyed a few years of freedom, his training in harness (the latter resting on his shoulders now for over half a century) was commenced at school. Here the teachers of Greek