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

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15ccause with fond aftcction For merit amply shown, You gave them your Diploma And called our Sons your Own. And Crowned with your Distinction, And Laurelled with your Bays, Whilst Here they did ou Credit And tendered you their praise! Praise all Sincere and Hearttelt — To you, the Pioneer Of Dental Education Throughout each Hemisphere. Thus so may all your Graduates Your training ever Bless ; And Crown with Rei al Splendor Your Degree of D.D.S.! THF. MIRROR Bai.timori! Hol ' sk, Bradford, May 6, 1910. Siu Sami. ' ki, Cautwhiciii. I ' .RS. IvR.C.S. Presidein of the Odoiitological Society. tSn KhwiN Sainukus, F.R.C.S. Denial Surgeon to Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria. t])K. J MKs Rdiii.N.SDN ' . Dental Surgeon to tlie Late Prince Consort. ■sRoiiF.uT Reiii, .M.D. I- ' .R.C.S. I )Lnlal Snrgeon in Scotland to Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria. ilDu. I i:iiN. niJ KoiC ' . ' KEH, Rkv. J. I ' .Kou N Dlvox. LL.D.. and Dks. .Vasmytii and Levisox. were all Dental .Vntltors of note during the middle of last century. ' Du. OKounE II.WES. 1 ..S.. ., was . ' i volunnniins writer in the I.ond.m journals on anylliini, ' p.Trtakinc; of a llislorieai or . ' ntiqiiarian n;ilnri ' iierlaining to the Teelli. 23

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THE MIRROR AN ODE TO THE FACULTY AND GRADUATING CLASS OF THE Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Pur lliiir Coiiuiiciu-iiii; E.wi ' iiscs, May I ' tli, lyio. By CHAS. F. FORSHAW, M.D. D.D.S. (Hon. D.D.S. B.C. of D.S. July 41I1, 189!) of Bradfo-al. England. Read by W. W. PARKER, LecUner of Dental Jurispiudciice, B.C.D.S. HERE is greeting from Britain, To 5 ' ou across the seas ; She never is forgetful Of meetings such as these ; She grasps your hands full warmly, And this her message sends : We ' re proud of our Alma Mater, She has proved the best of Friends! VICTORIA Titled C.ART VRIGHT, She Titled fS.AUNDERS too. And dubbed them Knight most Courtly With Order of the Blue. Her Consort gave to |Roeinson As Mandate of His Will, The Albert Royal Warrant As tribute to his skill! And SRhtd, renowned in Scotia, Our Empress-Queen retained, And gave to him Appointment So long as e ' er She Reigned. These Three our Monarch Favored, And justly so I guess; But they prized — and prized as highly Your Degree of D.D.S.! And IJKOECKER. DiXOX, N.4SMYTH, Three Authors of repute. With quaint old H-AYES and |]Levison ' , Alas ! Now all are mute. Bui from the Realms Elysian, They greet you well, I trow ; And are present in the spirit Because they Loved you so ! 24

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THE MIRROR Valedictory, 1910 By D. R. Kennedy. GcutJeincii of the Faculty, FeUoiv-Chissmates, Ladles and Gentlemen : At last we have reached the Great Divide! At last we stand upon the eminence toward which we have traced for weeks and months and years the troubled streamlet of our past. Until now we ha ' e pressed on with strong, eager strides through shady glades of art and science, our course impeded here and there by the thick undergrowth of difficulties and doubts, from thence our into the broad valley of professional craftsmanship, its level expanse thickly interlaced with roadways — paths which have been tra •ersed with ease by some, with difficulty by others. As we wearily recline upon the rock where wells the crystal spring from which common source flows the rivulet of the uncertain future, far into the east and to the west, where the gorgeous sunset casts a ruddy halo o -er the varied landscape, flows the rill of our past, the course of which we have already explored, we recall incidences which brought about our deciding upon familiarizmg ourselves with the theory and technique of this great profession — Dentistry. 7 he profession of dentistry a few years ago was of low estate, and looked upon by the masses almost as a vulgar occupation, and was practiced by but few who were not ignorant of its principles and requirements; but it has been impregnated with learning, art and genius. Thus stimulated, it has become of good repute, and now holds a position which we trust it will maintain while man shall people IVIother Earth, ministering to and caring for that portion of his anatomy now confessed to be most neces- sary to his health, happiness and long life. The evolution of dentistry from its despised condition may be likened to that of the common thistle, which, when crossed with a brilliant-hued plant, drops the thorns, discards its evil points and