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

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Fifte l . llolLij S )ii h — Colli. nor ever spoiled by tlie success, vvitli its attendant rewards and acclaims, of his maturer years. He was a good adviser and an honest counselhjr and he was never too busy to perform these gracious ofifices. However, much occupiefl his mind and heart with his multiple responsiliilities there was always room for the outpourings of another ' s per])l exed consciousness and troubled heart. There was no call that commanded his obedience like the call of duty. Bodily ills, the advice of physician or friend nor even the pleading of those he loved best could overcome its magnetic power. None knew better than he the supremacy of service in the Divine scheme and that who does well even the humblest task keeps company with angels. The son of a minister, he inherited a deep spirituality and in later years this side of his nature found fresh inspiration in the clear and pure and sparking stream that flowed constantly into his life from that devoted heart that made it her obsession to feed and to mother his great heart. He loved life, and, like the industrious bee at the heart of the rose, he knew well how to find his way to its innermost recesses and there to extract its sweets, but he never lost sight of the fact that life comes in a borrowed vessel, which, thoug ' h we cherish, will one day be required of us by Him who lends it. He kept it in readiness and never complained at the prospect. What a full life he lived — not in years! Clock beats and the journeys of the sun across the blue heavens make the hours and the days in which we measure time, and the summer ' s rose and the hoar frost of winter differenti- ate one season from another season. But life is not a thing of days and months and seasons. The Divine Alchemist takes joy and sorrow — opportunity and disappointment — passion and perplexity — privilege and responsibilit} ' and compounding these with time, pours them, as it were, into our conscious being. Who lives most transforms most these gifts of the gods into character from which flow noble thoughts — kind words and generous deeds for the blessing of his fellows. Who gives most, lives most ! How full the life he lived ! Those of us w ' ho knew him need no memorial save that indelibly graven upon our hearts. You who are denied that privilege and honor — and those who come after you — find here a simole reminder of a life of devotion, of sacrifice, of achievement for your inspiration and your emulation ! God bless the memorv of B. Hollv Smith! ; §Kj A St .; i -f4 S $ l 5

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The follozi ' incj eulogy zvas read by Prof. James Kendall Burgess at the formal unveiling of the Prof. B. Holly Smith Memorial Tablet, on Monday, March 2 st, at the College Building. Ji. ollg ntttly 4 w! : E are met here to unveil this memorial to our beloved friend, Professor B. Holly Smith! What a name to conjure with! What memories it awakens! What thoughts stir the heart! What a record of achievement stands out before the mental vision! What a personality it recalls; so virile that his very glance could pierce like a sword thrust and withal so tender that his embrace was like the touch of a mother ' s hand. It is doubtful if but few men who have ever entered the W dental profession have had as wide a circle of acquaintances, as many friendships and such loyal devotion as he and it is certain that none ever more richly deserved them and more heartily reciprocated them. As has been said of the possessions of a great nation : the sun never set upon his friendships. That this is true was due to no accident nor favoritism of the gods — but the just reward of his large attainments, his varied interests, the character of his achievements and his splendid qualities of mind and heart. There was no honor that his confreres of Local, State and National organizations had not bestowed upon him. Fie was at the forefront of every advance and every reform not only of the organized profession he loved, but pertaining to its pedagogy as well. He fathered many measures and supported those of other parentage with all the vigor of his intense mentality and personality. He was not a man of even temper. Few such men are worth while. He hated unworthy motives and injustice to loathsomeness and he could chide an unworthy opponent with a sarcasm that cut like a Damascus blade ; but he loved as intensely everything of truth and beauty — trees and fruits and flowers and birds and the great out-of-doors that God made : and poetry and painting and music that He has inspired his creatures to bring into being. He knew with the great apostle how to be abased and how to be exalted. He was never asham.ed of the humble circumstances of his young manhood — V •«J4«S $ S ®- s : rourleen

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Pholografh by M. P. Rose, ' 21 professor piilltam Ci. ostfr Dea7i Sixteen