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

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MIRPO£ the strife and privation? of the border lite. His boyish mind eagerly espoused the ause of Dixie, and he grew into manhood with a great love and loyalty for the Southland. Early in life he came to Baltimore, practically without a penny, but with a determination and an ambition to succeed in life. Xo service was too humble nor work too hard, so long as it carried him forward to greater things. At one time he owned a newspaper route, delivering papers from three o ' clock A. M.. winter and summer. Following this he was a conductor on a street car at the time when there were only the old-fashioned horsecars. Many were the humorous stories he used to relate of his experiences during this period. All this while he attended night schools, rounding out an education he had begun in the public schools and in Loudoun Academy in Virginia. In 1879 he began the stud} of dentistry in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, graduating March. 1881. The following winter he studied medicine, and received his degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1882. and was immediately appointed demonstrator in his Alma Mater. He was elected Lecturer in 1889. and in 1891 was made full Professor of Operative Dentistry, which chair he held at the time of his death, being also President of the Faculty. At various times he had been President of the Maryland State Dental Asso- ciation. The Southern Dental Association. The Xational Dental Association (which he helped to found). The Xational Association of Dental Faculties, Chairman of the Executive Board of the same, a member of the Dental Educational Council of America. Fellow of the American Academy of Dental Sciences, and a member of the Federation Dentaire International. In June. 1883. Dr. Smith married Miss Frances Gist Hopkins of Baltimore, who survives him. with four sons. He died at his home in Baltimore. Tanuary 22. 1920. Xo one could wish for a happier or a more peaceful death, a fitting end for so full a life. Like the noble Roman that he was. he died with his harness on, having met his class at the usual hour the evening before. When one reviews the life of Dr. Smith and realizes the grit and determina- tion with which he fought its battles, one knows the truth of the words. Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war. Xo soldier of France ever died a nobler death or followed duty with a truer devotion. Fortunate indeed are you who have known him. His name is written large on the pages of the history of our Alma Mater, and his memory will live and his influence be felt wherever the profession of dentistry is known. Geo. E. Hakdy. M.D.. D.D.S. - «( Sere

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TTHJ T MI ?g Ofr JHentbers of the Faculty Wm. B. Finney, D.D.S.. Presidenc Emeritus. B. Holly Smith, Sr.. M.D., D.D.S., Professor of Operative Dentistry. President of the Faculty. W. G. Foster, D.D.S., Professor of Therapeutics and Pathology. Dean of College. Geo. E. Hardy, M.D., D.D.S., Professor of Physiology. E. L.offmeister, Ph.D., D.D.S., Professor of Materia Medica and Metallurgy. J. Kendall Burgess, D.D.S., Professor of Prosthetic Dentistry. Standish McCleary;, D D., Professor of Anatomy. B. Holly- Smith, Jr., A.B., D.D.S.. Professor of Oral Surgery and Dental Ceramics. H. E. Kelsey, D.D.S., Professor of Orthodontia. B. L. Brum, D.D.S., Professor of Oral Hygiene. Louis D. Coriell, D.D.S., Associate A. I. E. E. Dental Radiography and Electro- Therapeutics. P. L. Robb, Ph.D., Professor Chemistry. C. M. Gingrich, D.D.S., Professor of Clinical Dentistry. W. W. Parker, LL.V., Dental Jurisprudence. Joseph Colt Bloodgood, B.S., M.D., Precancerous Lesions of the Mouth. Omar Pancoast, A.B., M.D., Minor Surgery. J. L. Wright, D.D.S., Comparative Anatomy and Histology. Wyxlis Rede, A.M., Instructor in Dental Rhetoric. Robert I. Hazelton, Instructor in Biology. John T. King, Jr.., M.D., Physical Diagnosis. Henry Moore. M.A.. Instructor in Physics. H. H. Street, D.D.S.. Instructor in Root Canal Technique. Nine