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

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COL ' (CLE Treface That the compihng of this vcihime has caused us much thought and perturba- tion is evident. What the future has in store for us, depends greatly on the sweet and angelic dispositions of our readers. However our motto is United we stand — divided we fall, and we have measured well our chances. We might add that Every knock is a boost, also that a smile had better go with any expression regarding us that would not look well in print. In conclusion we tender our thanks to those who ha ' e materially aided us, to make this book a success, and if in after years, it serves to recall the dear old college days, we are amply repaid. BOARD OF EDITORS.

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After the war was over Dr. Latimer spent some little time in Porto Rico with a brother and returned to Baltimore in 1866 and was made resident physician in charge of the Lombard Street Infirmarj ' . In 1868 he began the practice of medi- cine as a private practitioner. In the spring of 1S73 he was appointed to the Professorship of Principles and Practice of Surgerj ' in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. On January 15, 1875, he was appointed to the Professorship of Physiology, Dental Histology and Comparative Dental Anatomy at the Baltimore College of Dental Surger ' which chair he held up to the time of his death. In 1877 he was transferred to the chair of Physiology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and again in 1888 he was transferred to the Chair of Principles and Prac- tice of Medicine, which he held up to the time of his death. Dr. Latimer ' s love for children caused him to pay especial attention to the diseases of childhood, and in 1876 he became one of the attending physicians at the Nurserj ' and Chili ' s Hospital, continuing his work with it actively for many years and up to the time of his death as a consultant. In 1882 he was elected vice-president of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and two years later, in 1884, was made its president. In 1887 he was appointed a member of the State Lunacy Commission and shortly afterwards was made its president, which office he continued to hold and the duties of which he continued to discharge up to the time of his death. As a teacher the members of the Senior Class, will best remember him; he was earnest, faithful and indefatigable. He had the power of inspiring those around him to be definite and accurate in their work, to be careful in their observations and scientifically truthful in their deductions. In the lecture room he was eloquent, clear, concise, and definite in all of his statements. He had the power of graphically portraying every type of disease in the fewest possible words; of eliciting the leading and dominant symptoms of each case, and in his choice of language there was always the evidence of a cultured and literary mind, with an extensive and choice vocabu- lary. No student ever appealed to him for aid or advice without being materiallj ' benefited thereby. He was essentially the students ' friend; when it is considered that he was in touch with not less than si.x; hundred students a year, both dental and medi al, and that he was the physician to this large number, it can be appre- ciated how great were the demands upon his already overtaxed time. His benevo- lence was unbounded. Oft times when a student who was in a state of financial embarrassment had been taken ill with a disease that a nurse ' s attention was . necessary, he was known to defray all expenses. His private practice was extremely large, but his zeal, fidelity to work and systematic habit of discharging every duty promptly enabled him to get through each day with an enormous amount of work. No man was more greatly loved and idolized bj ' his patients, young and old, than was Thomas Latimer. He was one who loved truth and lavished life ' s best oils to find her. As a friend, comrade and companion there was lacking in him nothing one could desire. S. W. W. 6

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Contents In Memoriam 5 Preface 7 Board of Editors 11 Advisory Board . 13 Faculty 15 History of Baltimore College of Dental Surgery 17 Class of 1907 23 History of Class 1907 24 Prophecy of Class 1907 3S Junior Class 1908 43 History of Class 1908 46 A Passing Thought 48 Freshman Class 51 Freshman History 54 Members of the Xi Psi Phi Fraternity 59 Members of Psi Omega 63 Fraternity 64 Athletics 69 The Golden Rule Revised 70 B. C. D. S. Quartette 73 The Old Oaken Bucket 74 B. C. D. S. Alphabet 75 Young Men ' s Clu ' istian Association 76 A Freshmans ' Letter to His Father 77 A Valuable Advice , 78 The Morning After 79 Hotel Rules for Students : 80 In Lovmg Memory of Donohue ' s Moustache 81 A Letter of Good Advice that Freshman Fischer Received from an Old Friend 82 Here and There 83 The Class of 1909 83 The Kind of Letters Senior Laflamme Gets 84 New Editions to the B. C. D. S. Library 85 Mania for Ads 86 Palace Dental Parlor 87 B; C. D. S. Associations 88 Independent Order of Lemons 88 Brotherhood of Liars 89 Adipose Club ■ 89 From The Confessions of a Grass Widow 90 Digestion Table 91 Grinds 93 Our Advertisers 107