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Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 


Vol.  I.     No.  1. 


BAIvTiMORE,  MD.,  JANUARY,  1905. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


CRESCO  MERENDO. 


POBMSHBD    MONTHLY. 


EUGENE  F.  CORDEI/L,  M.  D.,  Editor. 

A.SSOCIATE  EDITORS  : 

Medicine:    R.  Iv.  Mitchell; 
Laiv  :    D.  W.  Burroughs;- 
Dentistry  :    J.   Cl.^RENce  Allen  ; 
Pharmacy  :    C.  W.  Hornbrook. 


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No  arguments  surely  are  required  to  show  the 
need  and  advantage  of  a  publication  devoted  to 
the  interests  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 
As  a  stimulus  and  inspiration  to  all  its  members 
and  activities,  and  as  a  bond  of  union  not  only 
between  its  various  departments,  but  between  its 
alumni,  scattered  far  and  wide,  and  itself,  it 
should  prove  an  instrument  of  inestimable  value. 

To  the  want  of  an  organ  to  give  expression  to 
our  needs,  our  hopes,  our  possibilities,  more 
than  anything  else,  is  due  that  apathy  which  has 
hung  like  a  pall  .so  long  over  this  old  institution. 

It  is  our  earnest  hope  that  these  pages  may  fill 
such  a  role  ;  that  the  matter  which  they  shall 
contain  may  be  of  such  a  character  as  to  set  us  to 
thinking ;  that  thought  may  resolve  itself  into 
action  and  action  may  result  in  unexpected  and 
great  good  to  our  beloved  Alma  Mater.  In  this 
venture  we  ask  and  claim  the  support  and  co-opera- 
tion of  all  who  cherish  this  great  institution.  Do 
not  judge  us  too  severelj-  by  this  our  first 
essay.  Neither  in  size  nor  character  of  contents 
do  we  expect  to  realize  our  ideal  at  once.  Give  us 
a  fair  chance  and  we  will  do  everything  to  cor- 
rect our  defects  and  to  improve  our  paper. 

"  Help  us  and  we  will  grow." 

Much  of  the  varied  life  of  the  University 
.should  be  reflectec  in  these  pages.  The  societies, 
the  hospital,  the  laboratories,  the  libraries, 
athletics,  the  doings  of  the  .students  and  alumni, 


ought  to  afford  a  large  amount  of  material  for 
publication.  It  will  be  our  aim  to  secure  and 
publish  as  much  of  this  as  possible.  As  will  be 
seen,  we  have  secured  the  co-operation  of  repre- 
sentatives of  the  various  departments,  and, 
therefore,  nothing  of  importance  should  escape 
our  notice.  "We  ask  also  for  items  of  interest 
outside  University  circles. 

We  hope  the  name  will  commend  itself.  The 
institution  has  been  known  for  a  long  time  here 
as  the  ' '  Old  Maryland  University  '  '■ — a  title 
which  betokens  reverence  and  aifection.  We 
consider  it  a  happy  thought  which  led  us  to 
retain,  in  the  first  two  of  these  terms,  a  title 
which  is  so  appropriate  and  expressive. 

With  these  few  words,  and  with  a  hearty 
greeting  to  all  our  friends  and  alumni,  we  launch 
our  frail  bark  upon  the  stormy  and  untried  sea 
of  journalism  ! 


THE  UNIVERSITY  IDEA. 

B}-  B.  Howard  Ham.->lN,  LL.  B.,-  President  of  the 
General  Alumni  Association. 

Two  of  the  oldest  universities  of  which  we 
have  knowledge  grew  out  of  professional  schools. 
The  more  ancient  of  these  was  the  medical  school 
of  Salerno.  The  law  school  of  Bologna  was  the 
foundation  of  another  renowned  seat  of  learning. 
It  seems,  therefore,  appropriate,  and  quite  in 
accordance  with  precedent,  that  we,  the  Alumni, 
respectively,  of  the  Law  School,  the  Medical 
School  and  the  Dental  Department  of  the  institu- 
tion known  as  the  University  of  Maryland, 
should  be  called  together  to  discuss  the  question 
whether  these  already  associated  faculties  should 
be  united  by  closer  ties  than  have  heretofore 
existed  between  them.  A  still  larger  question  is 
proposed  for  our  consideration.  Dr.  Steiner,  in 
his  most  instructive  ' '  History  of  Education  in 
Maryland,"  states  it  thus  :  "  The  idea  of  a  union 
of  all  the  higher  institutions  of  the  State  into  one 
university  has  been  the  dream  of  able  men  since 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


the  beginning  of  higher  education  in  Marj^land." 
We  are  here  to  consider  whether  this  dream  may 
in  time  become  a  reality. 

The  friend  who  suggested  my  nanie  for  the 
presidency  of  this  Alumni  Association  must  have 
had  in  mind  that  in  mj'-  dear  native  county  of 
Kent  the  foundation  was  laid  for  the  first  uni- 
versity of  Marjdand.  Probably  many  of  us  are 
not  aware  that  there  have  been  three  LTniversities 
of  Maryland.  The  iirst  corner  stone  of  this 
foundation  is  Washington  College,  at  Chester- 
town,  and  the  second  is  St.  John's  College,  at 
Annapolis.  Both  of  these  schools  are  still  highly 
honored  in  their  graduates.  The  history  of  the 
three  LTniversities  of  Maryland  may  be  read  in 
Dr.  Steiner's  learned  paper,  as  well  as  in  the 
modestljr  named  ' '  Historical  Sketch  of  the  Uni- 
vensity  of  Marjdand,"  by  Dr.  Eugene  F.  Cordell, 
the  scholarly  author  of  that  monumental  work, 
'  'Annals  of  the  Medical  Profession  of  Maryland." 

I  have  been  asked  to  saj^  a  few  words  upon  the 
university  idea,  a  topic  upon  which  it  is  scarcely- 
necessary  for  me  to  enlarge  in  this  presence. 

The  university  man  has  been  likened  to  a  trav- 
eler in  a  strange  city,  who  gets  a  map  of  the 
town,  and  then  ascends  a  high  tower,  from  which 
he  studies  the  streets,  lanes  and  by-ways  of  the 
place.  The  merely  "practical  man"  .stumbles 
about  along  this  street  and  in  that  alley,  with  no 
clear  notion  of  his  whereabouts.  The  observa- 
tions of  the  man  in  the  tower  result  in  a  compre- 
hensive view  and  an  enlargement  of  vision  which 
are  denied  to  the  uninstructed  wanderer  in  the 
.streets. 

The  Greeks  placed  the  home  of  the  Muses 
upon  a  high    place.      It  has  been  well  said  that 

the  grottoes  and  caverns  of  Parnassus  hold  no 
mines  of  gold  or  precious  stones,  but  it  is  a 
goodly  abode  and  has  a  pleasant  air. "  The  true 
eminences  of  the  world  have  ever  been  its  seats 
of  learning.  From  such  an  eminence  the 
scholar,  if  he  has  profited  by  his  training,  per- 
ceives the  essential  unity  of  all  human  knowl- 
edge. The  innumerable  relations  between  the 
various  subjects  which  occupy  the  mind  of  man 
are  understood.  He  notes  the  endless  bearings 
by  which'  each  science  is  connected  with  its 
sister  sciences.  The  domain  of  thought  is  ex-, 
plored.  The  wide  world  of  intellectual  activity 
is  mapped  out  and  divided  into  its  component 
parts.  To  each  of  these  parts  is  allotted  its 
proper  place,  and  its  relative  importance  is  shown 
in  the  universal  sy.stem. 

The  necessary  result  of  such  work  as  this  is 


not  only  to  enlarge  and  broaden  the  external 
view  of  the  man  who  undertakes  it.  The  mind 
of  the  investigator  becomes  enlarged  and 
-Strengthened.  This  resultant  intellectual  pro- 
ficiency or  excellence  is  a  great  gain.  Newman 
has  called  it  the  principal  aim,  the  final  end  of 
all  true  University  work.  The  man  who  has 
such  a  trained  and  healtlTjr  intellect  is  called  in 
Spanish  "  hombre  ilustrado,"  an  "illuminated 
man."  He  gets  light  from  all  sides.  He  walks 
upon  the  mountain  ranges  of  thought.  He  be- 
holds wide  landscapes,  which  appear  onlj^  in 
transient  glimpses  to  those  below. 

The  utility  of  a  Universitjr  training  is  finally 
established.  The  sinewy  body  of  an  athletic 
bojr,  schooled  in  manly  sports,  will  not  be  more 
useful  to  him  in  the  struggles  of  life  in  after 
j^ears  than  a  healthy  and  proficient  intellect. 
The  tough  fibres  of  a  virile  intellect  work  to- 
gether with  stout  hearts  and  .stringy  muscles. 
One  needs  ' '  wrestling  thews, ' '  both  physical  and 
intellectual,  if  one  would  "throw  the  world." 
We  have  only  to  look  about  us,  in  civic,  profes- 
sional and  industrial  life,  to  see  the  beneficent 
work  of  a  great  University,  which  has  been  with 
us  but  a  little  more  than  twenty-five  years. 

It  has  been  observed  that  one  of  the  most  val- 
uable  results  of  university  training  is  to  produce 
the  ability  to  express  sensible  thoughts  on  gen- 
eral topics  in  good  English.  To  this,  let  me  add 
"  graceful  English."  This  homespun  virtue  is, 
however,  more  honored  amongst  us  through  the 
breach  than  in  the  observance.  Men  who  ex- 
amine medical  papers,  law  papers  and  doubtless, 
dental  papers,  are  often  struck  b}'  the  fact 
there  has  been  no  proper  foundation  laid  by  the 
applicant  for  professional  honors. 

The  results  of  a  half-culture  of  the  intellect, 
and  especially  of  a  neglect  of  the  rudiments  of 
intellectual  training,  are  but  too  evident.  We 
have  had  enough  of  the  medical  monstrosity, 
who  is  brilliant  at  the  operating  table,  but  whose 
presence  desolates  a  dinner  party  ;  of  the  ' '  legal 
Itmiinary,"  who  shines  in  the  court-room,  and 
casts  a  gloom  over  the  drawing-room  ;  of  the 
learned  judge,  who  is  a  power  on  the  bench,  but 
a  terror  in  a  common  library  chair. 

A  cultivated  Baltimore  woman  has  written  a 
book,  called  "The  Catholic  Man."  The  true 
University  man  is  one  of  this  kind.  He  is  schol- 
arly, but  practical,  learned  and  wise  ;  lofty  in  his 
aims,  but  humble  as  to  his  own  acquirements  ; 
severe  in  self -scrutiny,  but  gentle' to  others.  He 
is  a  good  citizen  ;   is  fit  for  any  society  ;   fit  for 


OlyD  MARYI^AND. 


any  duty.     He  does  his  work  as  well  as  he  can, 
especially  the  work  which  lies  near  his  hand. 

If  this  fragmentarj^  talk  has  been  to  any  pur- 
pose, it  is  clear  that  our  associated  schools  are  a 
University  only  in  name.  It  is  for  you  to  de- 
cide whether  we  shall  move  on  to  a  broader  life, 
or  remain  as  three  rather  isolated,  special  faculties. 
If  the  former,  shall  we  endeavor  to  attract  one  or 
more  of  the  ancient,  existing  colleges  of  Mary- 
land, or  would  you  rather  seek  to  build  up  an 
academic  department  of  your  own  making  !  The 
financial  problem  looms  large  before  us.  How 
shall  this  be  solved,  if  it  is  to  be  solved  at  all  ? 
Is  the  University  market  overstocked  in  Mary- 
land, or,  to  use  a  commercial  phrase,  is  there 
still  a  demand  exceeding  the  supply  of  this  com- 
modity ?  I  might  ask  many  more  questions 
equally  difficult  to  answer  at  once,  but  I  am  ask- 
ing myself  how  it  is  I  have  detained  you  so  long, 
and  why  you  have  been  so  good  as  to  listen  with 
great  courtesy  to  such  an  inconsiderate  person. 
I  am  very  grateful  for  this,  as  well  as  for  the 
kindness  you  have  shown  me  in  electing  me  to  the 
position  of  President  of  this  Alumni  Association. 

^  MUSIC  AT  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF 
MARYLAND. 

By  John  C.  Hemmeter,   M.D.,   Ph.D.,   etc..   Professor 

of  Physiology  and  Clinical  Medicine,  University 

of  Marj'land,  Baltimore. 

At  no  time  in  the  history  of  the  University  of 
Maryland  has  there  been  a  special  department 
for  the  teaching  of  music  as  a  part  of  educational 
discipline.  From  time  to  time,  however,  the 
students  organized  musical  clubs,  under  the 
names  of  Glee  Club,  Mandolin  or  Banjo  Club, 
which,  however,  had  only  an  ephemeral  existence. 
No  fixed  organization  nor  any  experienced  mas- 
ter of  the  art  of  music  to  teach  the  musical  stu- 
dents. In  1903,  however,  the  writer  organized 
' '  The  University  of  Maryland  Musical 
Association,  ' '  which  in  October  of  that  year  had 
sixty  active  singers,  an  orchestra  of  eighteen  in- 
struments, and  a  mandolin  and  banjo  club.  The 
vitality  of  this  society,  as  manifested  by  the  tal- 
ent and  industry  of  its  members,  and  the  able 
instruction  of  Professor  Theodore  Hemberger, 
was  evident  in  a  public  concert  which  was  given 
at  Lehmann's  Hall  in  the  Spring  of  1904,  in 
which  the  chorus  produced  some  of  the  most 
difficult  classical  choral  compositions.  The  man- 
ner in  which  these  choruses  were  sung  met  with 
the  highest  commendations  from  the  ablest  mu- 
sical   critics  of  the  city   of  Baltimore.     Dr.    B. 


Merrill  Hopkinson,  recognized  as  the  finest  bari- 
tone soloist  in  the  city,  and  an  alumnus  of  our 
University,  sang  the  solo  in  Grieg's  "  L,and- 
sighting, ' '  together  with  the  Musical  Association. 
This  association  has  a  very  promising  future 
before  it,  as  it  is  under  the  direction  of  one  of  the 
ablest  masters  of  music  in  Baltimore. 

Music  is  everywhere  regarded  in  civilized 
countries  as  an  exponent  of  general  culture.  As 
a  general  rule,  it  can  be  said  that  the  student 
who  devotes  one  evening  a  week  to  a  musical 
association  is  a  man  of  refinement,  and  aspires 
to  higher  culture.  The  success  of  the  Musical 
Association  of  the  Universitj'  of  Maryland  de- 
pends entireljr  upon  the  .students  themselves.  If 
the3'  will  not  attend  the  rehearsals  regularly,  nor 
feel  it  their  duty  to  contribute  to  the  reputation 
of  their  alma  mater  by  enhancing  the  cultivation 
of  an  art  which  has  purely  esthetic  objects  in 
view,  then  the  society  cannot  exist.  And  if  it 
fails  to  succeed,  the  students  have  no  one  but 
themselves  to  blame.  The  beginning  years  of 
every  organization  are  the  most  difficult  in  its 
existence.  There  is  every  prospect  as  the  society 
gets  older  that  it  will  become  more  self-support- 
ing, and  ma3f  bj'  its  concerts  be  able  to  contrib- 
ute not  only  to  the  academic  functions  and  enter- 
tainments, but  also  by  public  concerts  to  con- 
tribute to  the  general  endowment  fund.  All 
those  who  have  once  become  members,  there- 
fore, should  unswervingly  and  loyally  adhere  to 
the  R'hisical  Association  during  their  entire  course 
at  the  University .  For  those  who  have  voices 
and  are  musical  it  should  be  a  pleasure  and  a 
duty  to  belong  to  an  organization  which  con- 
tributes so  much  to  refinement  and  esthetic  im- 
provement. 

Unfortunately,  there  are  quite  a  number  of 
students  who,  although  they  have  good  voices 
and  are  musical,  do  not  join  the  association  sim- 
ply because  they  do  not  believe  they  can  advance 
in  their  medical  examination  by  the  culture  of 
music.  Well,  if  a  man  could  sing  or  play  him- 
self through  anatomy,  physiology  and  pathology, 
the  Musical  Association  would  soon  have  the 
entire  student  body  on  its  waiting  list.  But 
music,  really,  can  help  the  student  through  his 
examination  by  refreshing  his  mind,  in  directing 
other  brain  centres  into  activity,  whilst  those 
transiently  exhausted  through  study  will  thereby 
become  rested. 

'  'The  man  who  hath  no  music  in  his  soul. 
Nor  is  moved  by  concord  of  sweet  sounds, 
Is  fit  for  treason,  stratagem  and  spoils." 

— SH.'^KSPEARE. 


OLD   MARYLAND. 


^  GENERAL  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION. 

We  would  call  the  attention  of  all  the  alumni 
of  the  University  to  this  organization,  which  has 
for  its  objects  ' '  the  promotion  of  closer  rela- 
tions between  the  alumni  of  the  various  depart- 
ments and  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of 
the  University."  Its  aspirations  are  indicated 
by  its  motto:  "  Toti  non  partibus y  Meetings 
are  held  in  October,  January  and  April,  at  which 
there  are  addresses  and  a  smoker.  Under  its 
energetic  president,  B.  Howard  Haman,  LL-B., 
it  is  growing  both  in  numbers  and  influence. 
The  next  meeting,  which  will  be  the  annual 
meeting,  will  be  held  at  847  North  Eutaw  street, 
on  January  18th,  1905.  The  address  will  be  by 
President  Thomas  Fell,  of  St.  John's  College, 
who  will  have  for  his  subject  "Higher  Educa- 
tion." A  University  button  will  be  decided  on 
and  the  Mandolin  Club  has  promised  to  provide 
music.  The  dues  are  $1.00  per  annum,  and 
.senior  students  are  eligible  to  membership .  The 
following  have  delivered  addresses  at  previous 
meetings:  Messrs.  B.  Howard  Haman,  J.  P. 
Poe,  A.  S.  J.  Owens  and  George  Whitelock ; 
Drs.  F.  J.  S.  Gorgas,  A.  K.  Hadel,  E.  F.  Cor- 
dell  and  T.  A.  Ashby.  As  an  evidence  of  what 
may  be  expected  from  this  Association,  we  need 
onhr  point  to  the  Endowment  Fund.  Through 
its  instrumentality  a  "University  Fund"  and  a 
"Charles  Frick  Research  Fund"  have  been  set 
on  foot,  and  che  Medical  School  Fund  has  been 
largeh'  increased.  Every  alumnus  should  feel  it 
his  duty  to  join  this  As,sociation  and  thus  aid 
those  who  are  trying  to  advance  our  Alma  Mater 
to  the  rank  of  one  of  the  great  Universities  of 
Ainerica. 

^  LIBRARY  AND  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

On  December  20th  there  was  founded  in 
Chemical  Hall  a  University  Society  bearing  the 
above  name.  There  were  several  hundred  stu- 
dents and  members  of  the  Faculties  of  the  vari- 
ous departments  and  guests  present,  and  much 
enthusiasm  was  exhibited. 

Dr.  Cordell  opened  the  meeting  with  the  fol- 
lowing remarks  :  '  'The  object  of  our  meeting  is 
known  to  you  all.  It  is  to  found  a  Society  to  be 
known  as  'The  Library  and  Historical  Society 
of  the  University  of  Maryland.'  This  title  indi- 
cates at  once  its  scope — embracing  all  depart- 
ments of  the  University,  and  its  functions — the 
investigation  and  elucidation  of  questions  of  lit- 
erary, scientific  and  historical  character.     It  will 


also  draw  increased  attention  to  and  foster  those 
necessary  appendages  of  every  university — ^our 
libraries. 

We  have  here  gathered  together,  within  the 
precincts  of  this  University,  nearly  1,000  stu- 
dents. We  have  our  societies  of  law,  medicine, 
.etc.,  and  it  is  not  our  purpose  to  encroach  upon 
them.  But  as  educated  men  and  students,  there 
are  many  subjects  besides  those  that  strictly  per- 
tain to  the  professions  that  should  interest  us.  It 
is  this  borderland  of  professional  study  that ,  we 
will  seek  to  cultivate.  Humani  nihil  a  me 
alienum  piito,  and  we  shall  hope  as  our  work  de- 
velops, that  it  will  be  found  that  the  papers  andt 
discussions  brought  before  this  body  of  scholars 
will  have  a  deep  interest  for  all  of  us,  whether 
we  be  students  of  law,  medicine,  dentistry,  phar- 
macy or  of  literature  generally.  According  to 
our  present  plan,  meetings  will  be  held  about 
once  in  two  months  during  the  session,  and  it 
will  be  our  object  to  bring  before  you  only 
speakers  of  reputation  and  standing  or,  at  least, 
of  high  promise.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held 
about  the  middle  of  February,  and  already  sev- 
eral papers  are  in  prospect. 

With  these  few  preliminary  remarks,  it  only 
remains  to  complete  our  organization  by  the 
election  of  a  president  and  secretary,  to  serve  till 
next  October." 

Dr.  Cordell  was  then  elected  President  and  Dr. 
Jose  L.  Hirsh,  Secretary.  Dr.  William  T.  How- 
ard was  elected  Honorary  President. 

In  accepting  the  Presidency,  Dr.  Cordell  said 
that  while  he  should  prefer  that  some  one  else 
.should  fill  the  office,  he  realized  that  a  peculiar 
responsibility  rested  upon  him  in  the  inception 
of  this  new  society.  He,  therefore,  had  no  hes- 
itation in  taking  up  the  burden  which  had  been 
imposed  on  him,  and  while  thanking  the  assemb- 
-age  for  the  honor  done  him,  he  promised  to  en- 
deavor to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  oflSce  to 
their  satisfaction. 

The  programme  embraced  the  following  ad- 
di-e.s.ses  :  1.  John  D.  Godman,  M.  D:,'  Anatom- 
i.st.  Naturalist  and  Literateur,  by  Dr.  Wm.  Osier  ; 
2.  Michael  Servetus,  an  Episode  in  the  History 
of  Theologj'  and  Medicine,  by  Prof.  Henry  E. 
Shepherd,  LL.  D.:  3.  Translation  of  the  Intro- 
duction of  Th.  Puschmann's  "Geschichte  der 
Medizin,"  by  Dr.  E.  F.  Cordell. 

Dr.  Osier  then  rose,  amid  the  cheers  of  the 
audience,  and  gave  a  .sketch  of  Dr.  Godman, 
reading  from  time  to  time  extracts  from  the  four- 


OLD   MARYLAND. 


teen  books  (and  these  not  all)  of  this  versatile 
author  which  lay  before  him.  Godman's  princi- 
pal works  were  his  Addresses,  1829  ;  his  Ana- 
tomical Investigations,  1824 ;  his  Natural  His- 
tory, in  three  volumes,  1828-31,  and  his  Ram- 
bles of  a  Naturalist,  1830.  Dr.  Osier  spoke 
beautifully  and  impressively  of  his  subject,  in 
whom  he  declared  he  had  always  felt  a  peculiar 
interest.  In  his  death  by  consumption  at  so 
early  an  age,  the  world  was  deprived  of  the  fruits 
of  a  rrtind  that  was  capable  of  the  greatest  achiev- 
ments  in  science  and  literature. 

Prof.  Shepherd  spoke  without  notes  and  with 
that  wonderful  command  of  language  and  of 
knowledge  for  which  he  is  distinguished.  He 
exhibited  a  picture  of  the  monument  erected  on 
the  spot  where  Servetus  was  burned  in  Geneva, 
which  he  visited  last  summer.  Dr.  Osier  exhib- 
ited the  book  for  which  Servetus  was  condemned 
and  also  that  written  by  Calvin  in  defense  of  the 
act. 

An  interesting  display  was  made  in  the  library 
of  the  rare  old  \'olumes  which  once  belonged  to 
John  Crawford.  Prof.  J.  Holmes  Smith,  also  at 
Dr.  Osier's  request,  gave  a  demonstration  of  the 
Allen  Burns'  collection  of  specimens  in  the  mu- 
seum. The  building  was  lit  up  throughout  by 
the  new  electric  plant,  which  .showed  off  well  its 
grand  and  imposing  features. 

The  meeting  was  in  every  way  a  great  success, 
and  will  doubtless  be  long  remembered  by  those 
present,  especially  the  students. 


UNIVERSITY  ATHLETICS. 

Bj'  H.  E.  Jenkins  (Med.),   President  of  the  University 
Athletic  As.sociation . 

It  mu.st  be  a  gratifying  sight  to  the  men  who 
have  labored  incessantly  year  after  year  to  create 
an  interest  in  athletics  to  see  the  awakening 
which  of  late  has  taken  place.  The  amount  of 
work  that  has  been  done  by  these  men  assumes 
such  stupendous  proportions  that  it  will  ever  re- 
main as  a  monument  to  them.  At  last  children 
are  not  forbidden  to  become  interested  in  ath- 
letics, but  they  are  rather  encouraged  by  their 
parents  to  take  part  in  them.  The  interest  of 
the  general  public  has  of  late  been  aroused  from 
its  state  of  lethargy  to  the  necessity  of  indoor 
and  outdoor  sports.  In  fact,  the  athletic  ques- 
tion is  of  such  vital  importance  that  in  all  of  the 
universities  and  colleges  it  occupies  a  prominent 
place.  It  is  with  pleasure  that  in  our  own  Uni- 
versity we  note  the  change  from  the  old  errone- 
ous ideas  in  regard  to  athletics,  and  we  are  glad 


to  see  that  the  members  of  the  Faculty  are  view- 
ing this  important  question  in  a  broad  sen,se, 
realizing  that  the  future  of  the  school  depends  in 
part  upon  its  athletics. 

The  question  has  been  often  asked,  why  do 
not  our  teams  rank  with  the  best  ?  It  is  not  that 
the  number  of  students  in  the  University  is 
small,  for  we  have  as  many,  if  not  more,  than 
any  other  southern  college.  Neither  is  it  that 
we  have  not  the  material,  for  it  is  conceded  that 
we  have  a  superfluous  amount.  After  a  thorough 
study  of  the  situation  we  are  prepared  to  answer 
that  it  is  due  to  the  lack  of  proper  facilities, namely , 
a  gymnasium  and  athletic  field.  Last  season  our 
candidates  for  the  teams  did  not  exceed  three  per 
cent,  of  the  matriculates,  while  in  the  average 
college  they  range  from  twenty-five  to  thirty  per. 
cent.  The  baseball  and  football  teams  represent- 
ing the  LTniversity  have  always  been  handicapped 
bj'  not  having  any  available  nearby  grounds  for 
practice.  At  the  present  they  have  to  journey 
about  a  mile  to  reach  the  grounds,  which  con- 
siunes  a  great  amount  of  time.  If  the  above 
athletic  requisites  were  at  hand  it  would,  in  the 
first  place,  considerably  increase  the  candidates 
for  the  teams,  bringing  out  representative  men, 
who  are  at  present  induced  with  the  greatest  dif- 
ficulty to  come  out,  and  in  many  instances  they 
will  not  do  so.  This  increase  in  quality  and 
quantity  would  necessarily  mean  better  athletics. 
Again,  there  would  be  more  enthusiasm  and  col- 
lege spirit  among  the  student  body,  and  better 
college  teams  could  be  brought  to  the  city. ,  In 
short,  the  key  to  the  situation  lies  in  a  gymna- 
sium and  athletic  field,  and  not  until  we  have 
these  can  we  expect  to  gain  any  prominence  in 
athletics. 

What  we  advocate  is  that  every  student  be 
compelled  by  the  Faculty  to  become  members  of 
the  Athletic  Association,  and  that  a  certain  sum 
be  placed  aside  every  year  for  a  g'ymnasium  and 
athletic  field.  In  the  course  of  a  few  years  we 
would  be  able  to  cope  with  the  best  teams. 
Under  these  circumstances,  and  with  a  hearty 
co-operation  of  Faculty  and  students,  there  is  no 
reason  why  Maryland  could  not  take  the  position 
to  which  she  is  entitled. 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  will  give  three  entertainments 
in  Calvary  Hall,  viz  ;  January  27,  Mu.sical  Con- 
cert ;  February  24,  Elocutionary  and  Musical  ; 
March  24,  Lime  Light  Exhibition,  "  Scenes  and 
Life  in  China."  Ticket  to  .series,  admitting lad>' 
and  gentleman,  50  cts. 


OLD  MARYI.AND. 


SHALL  MC'E  HAVE  AN  ACADEMIC 
DEPARTMENT  ? 

When  we  contemplate  our  University,  we  find 
in  it  certain  deficiencies  which  mar  most  seri- 
ously its  growth  and  development.  Four  of 
these  wants  which  are  apparent  at  a  glance  are  : 
1.  A  Department  of  Arts  and  Sciences  ;  2.  An 
active  President  or  Provost ;  3 .  A  separate 
Board  of  Trustees  or  Regents,  and  4.  An  En- 
dowment. These  wants  are  so  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  our  life — I  might  almost  say  existence — 
it  will  come  to  that  before  long  if  we  let  them 
continue — that  it  is  hard  to  understand  how 
our  authorities  have  been  so  absolutely  indiffer- 
ent to  their  existence.  Certainly  this  is  strictly 
true  so  far  as  anj^  visible  efforts  to  supply  them 
are  concerned.  We  propose  here  to  speak 
briefly  of  the  first. 

It  was  a  sad,  a  humiliating  day  for  us  when 
we  allowed  our  Department  of  Arts  and  Sciences 
to  languish  and  die.  That  has  not  been  so  many 
years  ago.  It  is  within  the  memory  of  very 
many  of  us.  Although  it  was  the  only  in.stitu- 
tion  of  the  .sort  of  importance  in  this  community, 
and,  therefore,  had  the  field,  we  may  sa}',  all  to 
itself,  it  never  prospered.  Was  the  fault  in  it- 
self, in  its  management,  its  head,  its  charter,  or 
was  it  due  to  the  community,  to  lack  of  civic 
pride,  to  lack  of  generous  support  and  encour- 
agement ?  There  is  good  ground  to  believe  that 
Marylanders  have  not  done  their  duty  in  the 
past  towards  their  institutions  of  learning  ;  but 
I  think  that  we  may  readily  allow  that  there 
were  other  elements  concerned  in  this  particular 
case. 

It  is  useless,  however,  to  grieve  over  the  past, 
or  to  waste  our  time  upon  it,  save  so  far  as  we 
profit  by  its  lessons  for  our  present  and  future 
guidance.  What  we  need  now  to  do  is  to  gird 
our  loins  for  the  duties  of  the  hour  and  to  con- 
sider the  question  :  Shall  we  have  a  Department 
of  Arts  and  Sciences  ?  If  so,  how  shall  we  se- 
cure it?  I  suppose  we  may  dismiss  the  former 
query  in  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  desirability  of 
such  an  establishment.  For  it  is  inconceivable 
that  our  Board  of  Regents  could  be  hostile  to  it, 
or  oppose  it,  if  the  opportunity  offered  itself  for 
its  execution.  Therefore,  granting  that  we  all 
desire  it,  how  shall  we  secure  it  ?  There  are 
only  two  ways  :  1 .  B}^  starting  it  de  novo  ;  2 .  By 
the  absorption  of  some  already  existing  institu- 
tion. The  former  method  is  involved  in  difii- 
culty.      Indeed,   the  obstacles  to  its    execution 


seem,  under  the  circumstances,  well  nigh  insu- 
perable. A  large  sum  of  money  would  have  to 
be  raised  and  a  generous  benefactor  or  benefactors 
found.  We,  therefore,  naturally  turn  to  the 
other  alternative.  There  are  excellent  schools 
and  colleges  within  or  near  the  city  which  might 
be  available  for  our  use.  It  is  well  worth  while 
to  consider,  therefore,  whether  there  does  not 
already  exist  some  foundation  with  which  we 
could  unite.  Will  not  our  authorities  take  up 
the  matter  from  this  point  of  view  and  make  an 
effort  to  solve  it  ?  Their  civic  pride,  their  self- 
interest,  their  duty  to  the  University  and  its 
alumni  all  summon  them  to  action  ! 


UNIVERSITY  ODE. 

Alma  Parens,  jam  annorum 
Honoribus  coronata  ! 
Caput  charum  candidumque 
Dii  large  benedicant. 

Tibi  quae  dedisti  nobis 
Dona  verbis  permajora, 
Sicut  die  longe  acta 
Rursus  fidem  obligamus. 

Diem  bene  recordamur 
Qua  stetimus  trepidantes 
In  theatro  constipato 
Ut  honores  accepturi. 

Quamvis  tempus  tractaverit. 
Aulas  tuas  pest  relictas, 
Nos  omnino  male — semper 
Aspectu  tui  recreamur. 

Quid  non  tibi  faceremus. 
Mater?  fama  est  eadem, 
Conglomeremus  bona,  vitam 
Produceremus  aurea  victu. 

Sis  prseclara  !  sis  perpetua  ! 
Inopinatse  gloriae  surgas ! 
Surgant  turresque  ad  astra, 
Radiisque  sol  collustret ! 


'  CHARACTER  OF  JOHN  D.  GODMAN 

(Med.   1S18). 

He  seemed  to  love  truth  for  truth '  s  sake  ; 
and  while  he  was  ever  ready  and  willing  to  im- 
part it  to  others,  he  did  not  attempt  to  make  a 
display  of  it  for  the  purpose  of  applause,  but 
preferred  rather  to  pass  for  a  student  ever  among 
those  whom  he  essayed  to  teach. 

As  a  lecturer  he  was  unusuallj'   gifted.     His 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


style  was  easy  and  natural ;  his  diction  simple, 
but  choice  and  graceful ;  his  powers  of  illustra- 
tion remarkabh-  quick  and  accurate ;  and  the 
fervor  with  which  he  always  delivered  his  pre- 
lections was  sure  to  win  the  attention  of  his 
auditors,  whatever  the  subject  in  hand  might  be. 
Added  to  these  qualities  he  possessed  a  counte- 
nance full  of  interest,  and  capable  of  strong  and 
varied  expression,  and  a  voice  of  wonderful  mel- 
ody and  flexibility-.  In  lecturing  upon  his  favor- 
ite branch — human  anatomy — he  seemed  to  com- 
prehend precisely  what  were  the  wants  of  those 
who  were  just  beginning  the  study,  and  he  was 
the  first  and  only  man  in  this  country  who  has 
ever  been  able  successfuUj'  to  carr^^  on  his  dissec- 
tions in  the  presence  of  his  class,  without  inter- 
ruption to  the  continuance  and  integrity  of  his 
lecture." — Rickardso?i,  quoted  by  Dr.  Osier. 


GOVERNOR  WARFIELD  AND  THE 
UNIVERSITY. 

It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  the  genial  and 
public-spirited  Governor  of  Mar3dand  takes  a 
deep  interest  in  our  University.  He  has  so  ex- 
pressed himself  on  more  than  one  occasion.  We 
shall  not  soon  forget  his  tribute  at  the  last  annual 
commencement,  when  he  said  that  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland  had  done  more  for  this  commu- 
nity than  any  other  institution.  The  same 
kindly  feeling  has  prompted  him  to  promise  a 
contribution  to  our  endowment  fund  and  also  to 
send  us  a  handsome  portrait  of  his  distinguished 
revolutionary  relative.  Dr.  Charles  Alexander 
Warfield.  who  was  also  an  early  President  of  the 
University.  Governor  Warfield  is  a  type  of  the 
upright  and  watchful  statesman,  who  seeks  only 
the  good  of  his  countrj'  and  people.  He  is  an 
ornament  to  our  State. 


PRESIDENT  EDWIN  A.  ALDERMAN. 

For  four  score  years  the  University  of  Vir- 
ginia presented  the  anomaly  of  being  without  a 
head.  If  it  be  true  that  the  great  commoner 
who  founded  it  was  led  to  omit  so  e,ssential  a 
feature  of  all  great  seats  of  learning  by  his  devo- 
tion to  democratic  principles,  certainly  it  was  an 
error  of  judgment  which  cost  the  institution 
dear.  How  absurd  to  suppose  that  a  chrirman 
can  fill  this  great  role,  which  requires  all  the 
time,  energv^  and  authority  attached  to  a  Presi- 
dent to  discharge  efficiently.  Yet  it  is  a  fact  that 
there  are  still  those  who  claim  to  believe  that  a 
President  is  not  a  necessit^'  to  a  Uni^-ersitv.     To 


us  it  seems  about  as  rational  to  undertake  to  con- 
duct a  military'  campaign  without  a  general,  to 
send  a  ship  to  sea  without  a  captain,  to  govern  a 
nation  without  an  executive.  Our  sister  Uni- 
versity is,  therefore,  to  be  congratulated  on  hav- 
ing secured  for  its  first  President  a  man  so  pecu- 
liarly fitted  by  native  dignity  and  the  highest 
gifts  of  head  and  heart  to  meet  the  requirements 
of  the  office.  As  the  head  of  the  University  of 
North  Carolina  and  later  of  Toulane  University, 
he  showed  that  he  possessed  the  greatest  execu- 
tive ability  and  force  of  character.  The  event, 
therefore,  cou-Stitutes  an  era  in  the  history  of  the 
Virginia  institution,  and  it  is  a  harbinger  of 
glorious  days  ahead.  All  who  heard  his  elo- 
quent and  pathetic  address  on  the  Old  and  the 
New  South,  in  this  citjr  in  1903,  will  realize  also 
that  he  is  an  orator  of  the  first  rank,  and  that  he 
is  just  the  man  to  guide  the  destinies  of  a  great 
University,  to  sway  men's  minds  in  its  behalf, 
to  stand  as  its  personal  representative  and  em- 
bodiment. It  was  the  dream  of  the  writer's 
young  life  to  enter  the  halls  of  this  noble  foun- 
dation, but  Providence  ordained  otherwise. 
Still,  as  a  native  of  the  State,  it  thrills  him  with 
delight  to  contemplate  in  the  election  of  Dr. 
Alderman  evidence  of  her  wisdom  and  foresight 
in  thus  rousing  herself  to  the  full  measure  of  her 
stature  and  capabilities  and  ridding  herself  of 
effete  methods  which  have  so  long  impeded  her 
growth. 

We  cannot  forbear  from  quoting  a  sentence 
from  a  letter  just  received  from  Dr.  Alderman. 
"You  may  be  sure,"  he  writes,  "that  I  desire 
most  cordial  interest  and  sympathy  bet\^'een  the 
University  of  Virginia  and  the  Universit}'  of 
Maryland,  and  shall  one  day  hope  to  give  myself 
the  pleasure  of  knowing  you  and  the  University. ' ' 


''the    MARYLAND    UNIVERSITY    HOSPITAL 
TRAINING  SCHOOL  FOR  NURSES 

Was  established  in  1889  for  the  purpose  of  giv- 
ing practical  and  theoretical  instruction  in  its 
\-arious  departments  to  those  entering  into  the 
profession  ;  that  they  might  become  more  profi- 
cient in  their  calling  and  render  more  intelligent 
and  satisfactory  service  to  mankind. 

The  full  course  covers  a  period  of  three  years, 
and  consists  of  lectures,  demonstrations  and 
practical  instruction  in  bedside  nursing,  manage- 
ment of  medical,  surgical  and  obstetrical  cases; 
the  administration  of  medicines,  the  preparation 
of  diets;    the  giving  of  various  baths,    massage 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


and  electricity,  and  methods  of  dealing  with 
emergencies.  A  special  course  is  given  in  con- 
nection with  the  training  at  "The  Hospital  for 
Crippled  and  Deformed  Children,"  covering  a 
period  of  four  months.  Examinations  are  held 
at  stated  periods.  On  the  completion  of  the  pre- 
scribed course  the  nurses  are  at  liberty  to  choose 
their  own  field  of  labor.  After  having  passed 
satisfactorily  the  necessary  examinations  they 
receive  diplomas. 

Nettie   Flanagan, 

Superintendent  of  N'urses. 


i 


THE  DENTAL  MUSEUM. 


According  to  Dr.  F.  J.  S.  Gorgas  (  Univ.  Orist. 
Sept.)this  collection  was  begun  in  1882,  at  the  time 
the  Dental  Department  was  organized.  It  occu- 
pies a  large,  well-lighted  apartment  on  the  first 
floor  of  the  new  Dental  Building.  Many  of  the 
.specimens,  for  want  of  space,  could  not  be  ex- 
hibited before.  Among  objects  of  interest  are 
an  Egyptian  mummy's  head,  showing  the  teeth 
of  both  jaws.  The  Maynard  collection  of  Rus- 
sian maxillae,  obtained  from  the  battlefields  of 
the  Crimean  War,  showing  the  massive  jaws  of 
that  race,  the  varied  forms  of  antral  cavities,  etc.; 
a  collection  of  skulls  of  all  ages,  also  skulls 
showing  development  of  teeth;  models  of  jaws, 
cleft  palates,  harelips,  etc.;  skulls  of  animals 
and  fishes;  a  large  exhibit  of  minerals  ;  many 
hundred  specimens  of  teeth,  single  and  in  sets, 
and  of  various  composition;  crown  and  bridge 
work,  porcelain  work,  etc.;  Japanese  work,  with 
anatomical  plaster  moldings,  made  in  the  college; 
a  pathological  collection  of  human  teeth,  occupy- 
ing four  large  glass  cases;  a  comparative  an- 
atomy collection,  showing  teeth  of  the  mastodon 
and  other  animals;  natural  duplicates  of  abnor- 
mal teeth,  including  reuinted  fractured  teeth; 
portraits  of  distinguished  dentists,  graduating 
classes,  etc.  A  relic  of  great  interest  is  the 
license  to  practice  dentistry  Lssued  in  1810  to 
Dr.  Horace  H.  Hayden,  who  also  held  the  hon- 
orary M.  D.  of  the  University,  1840.  Dr.  Gorgas 
naturally  feels  great  pride  in  this  valuable  col- 
lection, which  is  due  to  his  own  personal  zeal 
and  industry.  It  is  the  second  which  he  has 
made,  the  finst  being  that  of  the  Baltimore  Col- 
lege of  Dental  Surgery,  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected for  many  years  prior  to  his  connection 
with  our  University.  The  Dental  Alumni  have 
contributed  very  liberally  to  the  formation  of 
this  collection,  part   of  which   was   also   secured 


by  purchase.  This  museum  is  now  one  of  the 
attractions  of  our  institution,  and  the  alumni 
of  all  departments  will  find  a  visit  to  it  both  en- 
tertaining and  profitable,  and  Dr.  Gorgas  takes 
great  pride  and  pleasure  in  exhibiting  it. 

CLUB  LATINO-AMERICANO  (University). 

Officers  :  President,  Manuel  Dueno  ;  '  Vice- 
President,  Alejandro  Ruiz  Soler ;  Secretary, 
Jorge  del  Toro ;  Treasurer,  Jose  M.  Infante; 
Hi.storian,  Salvador  Giuliani. 

Members :  Manuel  Dueno,  Alejandro  Ruiz 
Soler,  Jose  M.  Infante,  Jorge  del  Toro,  Salvador 
Giuliani,  Carlos  L.  Ma.ssanet,  Joaquin  S.  Mi- 
randa, Ramon  L-  Rodriguez. 

UNIVERSITY  BUTTON. 

The  need  of  a  University  Button  has  been  felt 
by  some  of  our  alumni  for  some  time.  There  is 
a'prospect  now  of  having  one.  That  which  will 
be  recommended  by  the  committee  of  the  Gen- 
eral Alumni  Association  is  square,  and  intended 
to  be  worn  in  the  lapel  of  the  coat.  It  is  divided 
diagonally,  one-half  being  maroon,  the  other 
half  black.  In  the  maroon  is  the  letter  ''U"  in 
gold  and  in  the  black  the  letter  "M."  This 
button,  adapted  from  the  Law  Alumni  by  sub- 
stituting the  letters  U.  M.  for  L.,  commends  it- 
self by  its  great  simplicity.  It  has  the  Univer- 
sity colors  and  initials.  What  more  is  needed  ? 
It  will  cost  about  $1. 


December  19th,  1904. 
Mr.  B.  Howard  Haman, 
J  1511  Park  Avenue,  City  :. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Haman  : 

First  of  all,  let  me  thank  you  for  calling  mj' 
attention  once  more  to  that  scholarly  article  by 
Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  on  the  contagiousness  of 
puerperal  fever.  When  I  first  read  this  article 
it  did  not  occur  to  me  that  in  it  was  represented 
the  justification  for  an  American  claim  of  prior- 
ity concerning  a  new  and  correct  understanding 
of  a  hitherto  obscure  disease,  nor  does  Holmes 
in  his  genial  modesty  mean  to  impress  us  with 
any  claims  of  priority,  for  on  page  134  you  will  ob- 
serve that  he  credits  Dr.  Gordon,  of  Aberdeen, 
with  giving  expression  to  similar  views  in  1795. 
But  most  of  the  writers  on  this  subject,  which 
Holmes  has  the  honesty  and  manliness  to  save 
from  oblivion,  did  not  exert  any  marked  influ- 
ence on  the  etiologic  thought.  They  are  not 
real  links  in  the   chain    which  lead  from   ignor- 


OI.D   MARYLAND. 

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ance  to  correct  knowledge.  But  Holmes  sets  a 
shining  example  for  future  inquirers.  His  arti- 
cle is  a  patient  examination  of  pathologic  facts 
and  a  critical  judgment  of  accumulated  clinical 
data.  He  first  published  it  in  1843,  in  the 
New  Engla7id  Quarterly  Jo^irnal  of  Medicine  and 
Surgery.  Semmelweiss  did  not  become  inspired 
with  the  thought  that  puerperal  fever  was  an  in- 
fectious disease  until  the  death  of  the  anatomist 
Kolletschka  suggested  the  idea  to  him.  Kol- 
letschka  died  of  poisoning  acquired  at  an  autopsy, 
and  the  pathologic  findings  in  his  body  agreed 
with  those  found  in  women  dead  of  child-bed 
fever.  This  occurred  in  1847  (see  Geschichte 
der  Medizin,  from  Julius  Pagel,  p.  490),  but 
Semmelweiss  did  not  publish  his  article  until 
much  later.  A  monument  was  erected  to  Sem- 
melweiss in  1894,  in  Budapesth.  He  was  called 
the  second  Jenner,  because  through  his  efforts 
nearly  as  many  lives  had  been  saved  as  through 
vaccination  ;  and  he  is  also  called  the  precursor 
of  lyord  Lister,  the  first  apostle  of  modern  anti- 
sepsis. 

There  is  a  mathematical  certainty  that  Oliver 
Wendell  Holmes  ante-dated  Semmelweiss,  and 
in  this  forceful  and  logical  article,  based  on  suc- 
cinct and  convincing  argument,  which  really  is 
a  classic,  he  has  merited  all  the  credit  that  should 
accrue  to  a  genuine  pioneer  of  American  medi- 
cal thought. 

There  is  only  one  thing  to  do  in  order  to  im- 
press the  Germans  with  the  justness  of  the  state- 
ments set  forth  in  the  preceding.  That  entire 
article  ought  to  be  translated  into  German  ver- 
batim and  republished  in  the  German  Archives 
for  Obstetrics.  I  would  do  the  translation  per- 
sonally, but  I  ani  so  overworked  that  I  must  fre- 
quently deny  myself  to  patients  to  secure  neces- 
sary rest.  Perhaps  you  would  like  to  practice 
yourself  a  little  in  German  translation,  and  I  will 
be  pleased  to  aid  and  supplement  you  to  the  best 
of  my  ability ;  otherwise,  I  will  take  up  this 
duty  to  Holmes  next  summer. 

Hoping  you  are  well,  and  with  kindest  regards. 

Yours  faithfully, 

John  C.  Hemmeter. 

Will  you  kindly  save  me  another  letter  by 
sending  this  one  to  Dr.  Eugene  V .  Cordell,  or  a 
copy  of  it. 

The  Junior  Class  (Med.)  will  hold  a  theatre 
party  at  Ford's,  followed  by  a  banquet  at  the 
Eutaw  House,  January  li. 


UNIVERSITY  ORGANIZATIONS,   Etc. 

University.— Board  of  Regents, annually  and  at 
call  of  Secretary.  General  Alumni  Associa- 
tion, Annual  Meeting,  January  18,  8.30P.M., 
847  N.  Eutaw  street,  B.  Howard  Haman,  LE.' 
B . ,  president .  Library  and  Historical  Society , 
February  9,  8  P.  M.,  Chemical  Halli 
Eugeue  F.  Cordell,  M.  D.,  president.  Ath- 
letic Association,  January  30,  8  P.  M.,  Law 
Building,  Mr.  H.  E.  Jenkins,  president. 
Musical  Association,  Wednesdays,  8  P.  M., 
Law  Building,  Mr.  N.  Hall,  president! 
Mandolin  and  Banjo  Club,  Law  Building, 
Mr.  C.  L.  Ziegler,  director.  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
first  Saturdays,  7  P.  M.,  Calvarv  Hall,  Mr' 
B.  F,  Tefft,  Jr.,  president. 

Law  Department. — Faculty,  at  call  of  .secre- 
tary. Moot  Court,  Fridays,  8  P.  M.,  Prof. 
W.  Calvin  Chesnut,  director.  Taney  De- 
bating Society,  Tuesdays,  8  P.  M.,  Mr. 
Wm.  B.  Settle,  president.  Examinations 
January  21-28  inclusive. 

Dental  Department.— Faculty,  semi-annually 
and  at  call  of  dean.  Alumni  Association, 
annually.  Dr.  C.  J.  Grieves,  president. 

Medicae  Department. — Faculty,  first  Tues- 
days, 8  P.  M.  Alumni  Association,  annu- 
ally. Dr.  B.  Merrill  Hopkinson,  president. 
University  Medical  Association,  second  Tues- 
days, 8  P.  M.,  Dr.  J.  C.  Hemmeter,  presi- 
dent. Rush  Medical  Club,  secret  quiz  .so- 
ciety. Society  of  Adjunct  Faculty,  quar- 
terly. Dr.  J.  Mason  Hundley,  president. 

Pharmacy  Department. — Faculty,  monthly, 
at  call  of  dean.  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
third  Thursdays,  8  P.  M.,  Chas.  E.  Dohme, 
Ph,  G.,  president.  Alumni  Association, 
annually,  John  A.  Davis,  Ph.  G.,  president. 
Semi-Annual  Examinations  begin  Jan.  20. 

ITEMS. 

The  following  are  the  Class  Presidents  for  the 
year:  Medical,  Senior,  R.  L.  Mitchell  ;  Junior, 
R.  L.  Carlton  ;  Sophomore.  H,  Y.  Wrighton  ; 
Freshman,  Wm.  Coleman,  f^aw.  Senior,  John 
E.  Semmes,  Jr.;  Intermediate,  W.  F.  Bevan. 
Dental,  Senior,  J.  Clarence  Allen;  Junior,  Clif- 
ford B.  Gifford  ;  Fre.shman,  E.  Gordon  Lee. 
Pliarmacy,  Senior,  C.  M.  Hornbrook  ;  Junior, 
W.  T.  Boddeford. 


The  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity  met  in  Balti- 
more the  week  ending  December  31..    The\'  were 


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OIvD   MARYI^AND. 


the  guests  of  Alpha  Zeta  Chapter  of  our  Law 
School.  The  festivities  embraced  a  reception  at 
the  Chapter  House  on  McCulloh  street,  and  ban- 
quets at  the  Rennert  and  the  Country  Club. 
The  abolition  of  jeweled  fraternity  emblems  and 
the  passage  of  measures  to  better  regulate  the 
admission  of  new  chapters  to  the  fraternity  were 
the  leading  items  of  business  transacted. 


The  attendance  of  students  in  the  various 
departments  this  winter  is  as  follows  :  Law,  200  ; 
Medicine,  350  ;  Dentistry,  165  ;  Pharmacy,  72  ; 
Nurses'     Training   School,     55.        Total,     842. 

Greek  Letter  Fraternities. — Phi  Sigma 
Kappa,  Eta  Chapter  ;  Kappa  Psi,  Delta  Chapter  ; 
Alpha  Omega  Delta,  Epsilon  Chapter ;  Xi  Psi 
Phi,  Eta  Chapter;  Psi  Omega,  Phi  Chapter; 
Kappa  Sigma,  Alpha- Alpha  Chapter  ;  Phi  Kappa 
Sigma,  Alpha-Zeta  Chapter  ;  Theta  Nu  Epsilon, 
Sigma  Tau  Chapter  ;  Chi  Zeta  Chi,  L.  McLane 
Tiffany  Chapter  ;   Nu  Sigma  Nu,  Beta  Alpha. 


Gifts  of  $560  to  the  Physiologic  Laboratorj- 
were  presented  to  the  Faculty  of  Physic  through 
Prof.  Hemmeter  last  spring.  From  $300  to  $400 
will  be  given  to  the  same  object  next  spring. 


A  silver-tea  .service  has  been  presented  to  Dr. 
J.  S.  Fulton  (1881),  the  efficient  Secretary  of  the 
State  Board  of  Health,  by  his  admirers,  medical 
and  other,  in  recognition  of  his  services  in  the 
cause  of  public  health. 


Dr.  J.  C.  Hemmeter  has  been  elected  a  foreign 
member  of  the  German  Society  for  Internal 
Medicine. 


The  Alumni  Permanent  Endowment  Fund  now 
amounts  to  about  $5400. 


The  colors  in  use  at  the  University  for  some 
years — maroon  and  black — have  been  formally 
adopted  by  the  Regents,  on  the  request  of  the 
General  Alumni  x\ssociation. 


Our  Law  Librarj-,  founded  in  1874,  now  has 
1500  volumes,  many  forming  valuable  sets  and 
encyclopaedias.  It  is  open  from  9  A.  M.  to  10 
P.  M.  Mr.  D.  W.  Burroughs,  senior  student, 
is  Librarian. 


A  society  of    the    Adjunct    Medical    Faculty 
has  been  founded  for  the  purpose  of  co-operating 


with  the  Faculty  in  perfecting  the  clinical  ser- 
vice at  the  hospital.  A  more  accurate,  com- 
plete record  of  cases  and  more  frequent  publica- 
tion of  the  important  ones  is  highly  desirable. 
Quarterly  meetings  are  proposed,  at  which  simple 
refreshments  will  be  served  as  promotors  of  soci- 
abilit5'.  A  reception  committee  will  look  after 
visiting  alumni  and  see  that  the}'  are  informed  of 
the  hours  of  clinics,  etc.  Dr.  J.  Mason  Hundley 
is  President. 


Our  University,  strange  to  say,  has  no 
motto,  and  we  would  respectfully  suggest  to 
the  Regents  that  at  the  head  of  our  Journal. 
It  embodies  an  admirable  principle — that  of 
deser\-ing  as  we  grow,  and  is  full  of  inspiration. 
Classical  .scholars  will  recognize  it  as  suggested 
by  Vergil's  "Sui  mem  ores  alios  fecere  merendo," 
when  speaking  of  those  who  inhabit  the  ' '  seats 
of  the  blest"  in  the  future  world.  May  our 
University  leave  behind  it  such  glorious  memor- 
ies ! 


H.   P.   Hill,  Jr.   (Med.),  fell  on  the    ice    and 
broke  his  right  wrist  recently. 


it!  01  if 


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\VII,LIAM  SIMON,  Ph.  D..  EmeritiLS  Professor  of  Chemistry. 

CHARI,ES  CA,SPARI,  Jr..  Ph. G.,  Professor  of  Theoretical  and   Ap- 
plied Pharmacy.  Dean  of  the  Faculty. 

DAVID  M.  R.  CUI,BRETH.  A.  M.,  Ph.  G.,  M.  D..   Professor  of  Ma- 
teria Medica.  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy. 

DANIEI,  BASE.   Ph.  D.,   Professor    of    Chemistry   and   Vegetable 
Histology. 

HENRY  P.  HYNSON.  Ph.  G..  Professor  of  Dispensing  and  Commer- 
cial Pharmacy. 

ADJUNCT  FACULTY. 

CHARI^ES  SCHMIDT,  Ph.  G.,  Associate  Professor  of  Pharmacy. 

JOHN  P.  PIQUETT,  Ph.  G.,  Associate  Professor  of  Materia  Medica 
and  Botany. 

H.  A.  B.  DUNNING,  Ph.  G..  Associate  Professor  of  Chemistry. 

HENRY  L.  TROXEI,,  Ph.  G.,  Demonstrator  of  Chemistry. 

FRANTZ  NAYLOR,  Ph.  G.,  Demonstrator  of  Dispensing. 

E.  F.  KEI.I/Y,  Phar.  D.,  Demonstrator  of  Pharmacy. 


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BERNARD     CARTER,     LL.     D.,      Provost. 


FACULTY     OK     PHYSIC. 


GEORGE  W.  MILTENBERGER.  M.  D.,  Emer- 
itus Professor  of  Obstetrics  and  Honorary 
President  of'tlie  Faculty. 

-SAMUEIv  C.  CHEW,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Prin- 
ciples and  Practice  of  Medicine  and  Clinical 
Medicine. 

WII,IJAM  T.  HOWARD,  M.  D.,  Emeritus  Pro- 
fessor of  Diseases  of  Women  iind  Children 
and  Clinical  Medicine. 

I.SAAC  EDMONDSON  ATKINSON.  M.  D.. 
Emeritus  Professor  of  Therapeutics  and  Cliji- 
ical  Medicine. 

R.  DORSEY  COAl.E,  Ph.  D.,  Profes.sor  of 
Chemistry  and  Toxicology. 

RANDOI^PH  WIN.SI.OW,  M.  D..  Professor  of 
■  Sui'gjr.v: 

I,.  E.  NEAI^E.  M.  D.,  Profe.ssor  of  Obstetrics. 


EUGENE  F.  CORDEI^Iv.  M.  D.,  Honorary  Pro- 
fessor of  the  Histor.v  of  Medicine  and  Ivibra- 
rian. 

FRANK  MARTIN,  M.  D.,  and  .ST,  CLAIK. 
SPRUII.I,,  M.  D.,  Clinical  Professors  of  Sur- 
gery. 

JOHN  G.  JAY,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Clinical  Surj^ery. 

J.  MA.SON  HUNDI^EY',  M.  D..  Clinical  Professor 
of  Diseases  of  Women. 

H.  H.  ARTHUR.  M.  D.,  Associate  Profe.s.sor  of 
Di.seases  of  Women. 

THOMAS  C.  GILCHRIST,  M.  D.,  Clinical  Profes- 
sor of  Dermatology. 

JOSEPH  T.  SMITH,  M.D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Medical  Jurisprudence  and  Hygiene,  and  Clin- 
ical Medicine. 

CHAS.  W.  McEI.FRESH,  M.  D..  JOS.  E.  GICH- 
NER,  M.  D.,  J.  M.  CRAIGHILL.  M.  D..  and 
A.  D.  ATKINSON,  M.  D.,  A.ssociate  Profes- 
sors of  Clinical  Mediciiie.  " 


CHAS.  W.  MITCHEl,!,,  M.  D..  Professor  of  Ther- 
apeutics, Diseases  of  Children  and  Clinical 
Medicine. 

THOS.  A.  ASHBY,  M,  D.,  Professor  of  Diseases 
of  Women. 

JOHN  HOLMES  SMITH,  M.  D.,  Professor  of 
Anatomy  and  Clinical  Surgery. 

D.  M.  R.  CULBR'ETH,  M.  D,,  Professor  of  Ma- 
teria Medica  and  Pharmacognosy. 

JOHN  C.  HEMMETER,  Ph.  D..  Profes.sor  of  Phy- 
siology. 

HIRAM  WOODS,  JR,,  M.  D.,  Profes.sor  of  Eye 
and  Ear  Di.seases. 

JO.SE  L.  HIRSH,  M.  D..  Profe.s.sor  of  Pathology 
and  Bacteriologj'. 

JOHlS'"    S.    K'.'i/ION.    M.    U.,    Pi<iiV.s.M.«!      .1    >.  :• 
Medicine. 


B.   B,   LANIER,    M.   D.,   Associate   Professor  of 
Principles  of  Surgery. 

R.  TUN.STALL  TAYLOR,  M.  D.,  .Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Orthopaedic  Surger>-, 

L.  M.  ALLEN,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of  Ob- 
stetrics. 


JOSEPH  W.  HOLLAND.    M.    D,, 
of  Anatom\'. 


Demonstrator 


JOHN  R.  WINSLOW,  M,  I).,  Clinical  Profes.sor 
of  Diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Nose. 

S.  B.  BOND,  M.  D.,  Associate  Profv=.ssor  of  (Genito- 
urinary Diseases. 

HARRY  ADLER,  M.  D..  Associate  Profe.s.sor  of 
Di.seases  of  the  Stomach. 

M.  R.  WALTER.  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Histology  and  Embryologj'. 

DANIEL  BAKE,   Ph.  D.,   Associate   Professor  of 
Chemistry. 


THE  NINETY-NINTH  ANNUAL  SESSION  WILL  BEGIN  OCTOBER  I,  1905. 

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"^THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND. 

Address  Given  by  Dr.  Thomas   Fell   Before  the  General  Alumni  Association  of  the  University, 
Wednesday  Evening,  January    J8th,    1905. 


Those  of  US  who  have  visited  Oxford,  England, 
may  remember  the  Bod- 
leian Library. 

There  are  few  places 
on  earth  where  one  can 
meet  so  much  of  thrill- 
ing interest  in  conjunc- 
tion with  so  much  that 
is  precious  to  learning. 

Here  in  Duke  Hum- 
phrey's Hall,  where  the 
silence  is  broken  only 
by  whispers  and  the 
occasional  rustle  of  a 
leaf,  repose  the  million 
or  more  of  volumes 
which  contain  the  story 
of  the  world's  intellect- 
ual life. 

Charles  Lamb  used  to 
say  he  never  dreamed 
of  disturbing  that  re- 
pose— to  do  so  would 
be  sacrilege ;  he  pre- 
ferred to  inhale  learn- 
ing walking  the  dim 
alcoves  amid  the  odor 
of  the  moth-eaten  vol- 
umes. 

Here  and  there  be- 
tween the  stacks  and 
the  walls  are  treasures 
of  a  different  sort: 
memories  of  men  and 
women  who  have  lived; 
things  of  no  literary 
value ,  but  full  of  human 
interest,  portraits,  letters,  autographs.  Here  are 
to  be  seen  the  exercise  books  of  the  young 
scholars,  Edward  VI  and  Elizabeth  ;  also,  the 
Shelley  relics.     And,   as  we   move   around,  we 


DR.  THOMAS  FELL. 


come  upon  one  of  peculiar  interest.     Within  a 

case  covered  with  glass 
there  lies,  partially  un- 
rolled, a  fragment  of 
papyrus  upon  which  is 
written  in  Uncial  let- 
ters a  portion  of  the 
Iliad.  It  was  taken 
from  the  tomb  of  an 
Egyptian  lady  in  the 
Fayoum .  And  there , 
upon  the  page  of 
Homer,  lies  a  braid  of 
hair, — black,  glossy, 
thick  as  your  wrist, 
but  crumbling  now, — a 
braid  of  her  who  read 
the  pages  centuries 
ago. 

In  this  interesting 
combination  of  the  pro- 
foundly intellectual 
and  the  purely  human, 
is  there  not  symbolized 
the  faith  that  life  and 
learning  are  intimately 
connected,  and  are  to 
be  everywhere  brought 
together ;  that  books 
are  nothing,  neither 
have  they  title  to  inter- 
est, nor  a  place,  apart 
from  men ;  that  a  school 
exists  not  to  preseiA^e 
documents  and  hand 
down  the  husk  of  let- 
ters, but  rather  to  in- 
spire and  stir  great  souls  to  lead  the  living 
present,  and  to  point  to  a  grander  future  ;  that  a 
seat  of  learning  is,  and  must  be,  not  less  than  an 
intellectual  centre — a  social  force. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


I  believe  there  is,  to-daj^  a  special  and  pressing 
need  to  cry  out  for  a  movement  which  shall  grasp 
the  remarkable  intellectual  discoveries  of  recent 
years,  and,  demanding  their  application  to  the 
life  of  men,  shall  '  'throw  open  the  gates  of  life. ' ' 

Do  we  not  see  around  us  undoubted  evidence 
of  great  changes  and  upheavals  in  the  traditional 
mode  of  thought?  As  in  the  scientific,  so  in  the 
theological  and  philosophical  domain,  fields  of 
knowledge  and  enterprise  have  broadened  enor- 
mously. We  need  not  wonder  that  upon  men 
everywhere  is  the  sense  of  some  va,st  impending 
event,  toward  which  creation  has  long  been 
making  its  way.  The  world  is  tumultuous  with 
undefined  hopes,  and  we  of  the  schools  are  re 
sponsible  for  this.  We  can  not  stop  here,  we 
must  interpret  the  Truth  to  the  utmo.st,  and  this 
brings  me  to  the  point  of  more  particular  interest 
to  us  all  who  are  gathered  here  tonight.  You 
and  I  are  representatives  of  schools,  each  dis 
tinct  in  its  character,  yet  alike  in  its  aim  to 
furnish  a  rounded  culture,  a  disciplined  mind, 
and  a  trained  discernment. 

It  has  been  felt  that  in  our  separation  we  are 
not  achieving  the  results  which  could  be  obtained 
if  our  aim  became  identified  b}'  union. 

Dr.  Oilman  says,  in  one  of  his  addresses,  "The 
Schools  in  which  Modern  Sciences  are  .studied 
may,  indeed,  grow  up  far  apart  from  the  foster- 
ing care  of  Universities,  and  there  is  some  advan- 
tage, doubtless,  while  they  are  in  their  early- 
years,  in  being  free  from  Academic  tradition,  but 
schools  of  .science  are  legitimate  branches  of  a 
modern  University,  and  are  generallj^  assuming 
their  proper  relation."  This  also  may  be  re- 
garded as  true  of  all  professional  schools. 

While  it  is  admitted  that  true  mental  develop- 
ment is  best  carried  on  without  direct  reference 
to  the  future  occupation  in  life,  and  that  success 
in  after  life  depends  not  so  much  on  our  knowl- 
edge of  facts,  as  on  the  ability  to  select  the  right 
ones  already  known,  and  to  use  them,  yet  it 
should  be  borne  in  mind  that  if  a  general  or 
liberal  education  is  advantageous,  and,  to  some 
extent,  necessary  for  all  who  aim  at  culture,  it  is 
especially  so  for  those  who  enter  professional  and 
technical  schools. 

A  University,  therefore,  taken  as  a  whole,  and 
in  its  widest  relation,  must  afford  the  fullest 
opportunity  for  the  development  of  particular 
tendencies  and  tastes,  and  also  to  enable  the 
student  to  master  the  special  lines  of  study  to 
which  he  has  addressed  himself. 

The  idea  of  developing  St.  John's  College  into 


the  University  of  the  State  had  previously  been 
di.scussed  in  a  somewhat  informal  manner  at  the 
Convention  of  the  Maryland  Teachers'  Associa- 
tion, held  last  July  at  Ocean  City.  The  project 
was  favorably  entertained  by  a  number  of  influ- 
ential men  of  the  State,  as  it  was  well  known 
that  Governor  Warfield  was  an  advocate  of  the 
plan  to  make  Annapolis  the  educational  centre  of 
the  State.  When,  therefore,  a  formal  proposi- 
tion was  made  by  the  Facultj^  of  the  Medical 
School  of  Baltimore  to  consider  whether  it  were 
advisable  and  practicable  to  bring  St.  John's  Col- 
lege into  closer  alliance  with  the  professional 
schools  in  Baltimore,  known  as  the  Maryland 
University,  the  suggestion  seemed  in  harmony 
with  the  original  idea,  if  it  could  be  carried  out 
advantageously . 

•  Maryland  began  her  educational  history  by 
paying  a  tobacco  tax  for  the  support  of  William 
and  Mar}'  College,  and  in  addition  she  had  her 
cla.ssical  school,  King  William's,  founded  in  1696 
at  Annapolis,  Maryland.  This  school  was  the 
progenitor  of  St.  John's  College,  which  took 
shape  and  form  in  1784. 

It  was  urged  by  the  citizens  of  Annapolis  that 
King  William's  School,  although  a  classical  insti- 
tution, was  inadequate  to  meet  the  educational 
demands  of  the  age,  so  the  Charter  now  possessed 
by  St.  John's  was  framed.  The  Legislature  gave 
St.  John's  four  acres  of  land  for  college  grounds 
and  building  sites,  and  an  annual  appropriation 
of  ;^1750  current  money. 

The  next  step  was  the  federation  of  Washington 
College  and  St.  John's  College  into  the  University 
of  Maryland,  to  be  presided  over  at  Annapolis,  on 
Commencement  Day,  by  the  Governor  of  the 
State,  who  was,  ex-officio.  Chancellor  of  the 
University . 

The  first  University  of  Maryland  ceased  to 
exist,  as  such,  by  the  Act  of  1825,  which  with- 
held appropriations  from  St.  John's  College, 
though  its  claims  to  the  title  and  function  of  a 
University  were  not  annulled,  and  continue  to 
this  day. 

In  the  5'ear  1812  anew  University  of  Maryland 
was  in.stituted  bj'  the  State  in  the  City  of  Balti- 
more. The  Corporation  was  to  have  a  full  equip- 
ment of  four  Faculties,  representing  the  Arts, 
Law,  Medicine  and  Theology.  Of  these,  two 
schools,  viz.,  Law  and  Medicine,  still  exist. 

It  would  seem,  therefore,  to  be  a  natural  con- 
clusion that  a  union  of  St.  John's  College  with 
the  Schools  of  Law  and  Medicine  in  Baltimore 
should  be  brought  about,  and  thus  give  life  to 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


the  University  of  Maryland,  originally  intended 
by  the  progenitors  of  our  educational  system. 

It  is  very  interesting  to  note  that  among  those 
who  were  specially  active  in  establishing  the 
Medical  School  here,  Dr.  John  Beale  Davidge, 
Dr.  Upton  Scott,  Dr.  John  Shaw,  Dr.  William 
Donaldson  and  Dr.  John  Owen  were  graduates 
of  St.  John's  College,  showing  the  close  connec- 
tion of  these  schools  in  their  formative  period. 

But  the  question  naturally  arises,  how  and  in 
what  manner  shall  this  union  be  effected,  and,  if 
adopted,  will  it  prove  of  mutual  advantage  ? 

Let  us  take  up  these  questions  in  the  order  in 
which  they  are  propounded. 

First,     How  shall  this  union  be  effected? 

1 .  It  might  be  brought  about  in  response  to  a 
sentiment,  that  is  to  say,  inasmuch  as  by  our 
charters  both  the  College  in  Annapolis  and  the 
Professional  Schools  in  Baltimore  have  each  a 
claim  to  the  title  of  the  University  of  Maryland, 
we  can  let  them  be  so  termed,  and  let  it  be 
announced  in  our  annual  catalogues  that  St. 
John's  College  constitutes  the  Faculty  of  Arts 
and  Sciences  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  to 
which  are  allied  the  Faculties  of  Medicine  and 
Law  in  Baltimore.  The  government  and  direc- 
tion of  each  to  remain  exactly  as  it  is,  without 
any  change.  This  union  would,  therefore,  be 
one  in  name  only,  and  not  in  actual  fact. 

To  my  mind ,  no  possible  advantage  could  accrue 
to  either  party  by  such  an  arrangement,  with 
this  one  exception,  that  the  Medical  School  in 
Baltimore  could  then  justly  claim  that  the  pro- 
visions of  its  charter  have  been  carried  out,  and 
that  by  the  possession  of  the  three  Faculties  of 
Arts  and  Sciences,  Law,  and  Medicine,  it  can 
answer  the  objections  which  have  been  urged 
against  its  claim  to  be  a  University  when  seeking 
an  endowment  under  this  title.  Without  an 
endowment  no  University  can  expect  to  succeed. 

2.  The  next  suggestion  would  be  that  we 
should  endeavor  to  find  some  wealthy,  philan- 
thropic man  who  would  establish  the  University 
of  Maryland  upon  a  secure  foundation,  with  the 
understanding  that  these  various  schools  already 
exist  as  the  groundwork  for  the  benefaction. 

There  are  many  Marylanders  who  have  made 
large  fortunes  in  Baltimore  and  other  cities,  who 
might  be  disposed  to  complete  the  work  of  the 
Fathers  of  the  State,  and  who  would  thus  add 
lustre  to  their  native  State  and  honor  to  their 
own  names  by  stimulating  into  greater  activity 
and  usefulness  the  potential  forces  now  existent 
in  these  segregated  schools.     Such  a  work  has 


been  done  by  Mr.  John  D.  Rockefeller  in  the  city 
of  Chicago,  and  in  a  somewhat  similar  way  by 
Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie  in  Scotland. 

In  the  United  States  large  sums  have  been 
given  to  educational  institutions  during  the  past 
year.  Our  Universities,  Colleges  and  Schools 
have  received  $18,188,783.00. 

Again,  its  founder  has  placed  the  C-arnegie 
Institute  (Pittsburg)  at  the  head  of  a  list  by  a 
munificent  donation  of  $5,000,000.00.  Next  to 
it  comes  the  Reed  Institute  of  Oregon,  which 
through  Mrs.  Amanda  Reed,  of  Pasadena,  re- 
ceived $2,000,000.00. 

Then  follow  the 

Catholic  Institute,  Washington f      926,000.00 

Tul an e  University 750,000.00 

Harvard  University 725, 000. 00 

Boston  University 600,000.00 

Cornell  University 599,000.00 

Conservatory  of  Music,  New  York 500,000.00 

Clark  Institute,  Worcester 425,000.00 

Columbia  University,  New  York 400,000.00 

Tuskegee  Institute .  362,000.00 

Syracuse  University 350,000.00 

Yale  University 328,000.00 

Wittenborg  College 300,000.00 

$13,265,500.00 
and  many  others  of  lesser  amounts. 

Amidst  so  much  generous  liberality  may  we 
not  hope  to  find  a  son  of  Maryland  willing  to 
consolidate  and  endow  the  University  of  Mary- 
land ? 

3.  But  there  remains  still  another  proposi- 
tion :  that  the  State  should  fulfil  the  duty  she 
originally  set  out  to  perform,  and  crown  the 
system  of  education  in  Maryland  by  the  establish- 
ment of  a  State  University. 

Maryland  spent  for  higher  education  during 
the  fiscal  year  1903-1904  the  large  sum  of  $142,- 
829.29,  which  amount  is  divided  among  a  number 
of  institutions,  sectarian  as  well  as  non-sectarian. 
This  represents  on  the  basis  of  taxation  about 
2  cents  on  the  hundred  dollars.  During  the  same 
period  North  Carolina  granted  $ ;  Michi- 
gan, $394,500;   Illinois,  $1,267,125.03. 

In  making  this  proposition  there  is  no  sugges- 
tion to  deprive  any  of  the  existing  schools  and 
colleges  which  receive  State  aid  of  the  amounts 
that  they  have  been  annually  receiving,  but  the 
establishment  of  a  State  University,  so  long  fore- 
shadowed by  Acts  of  Legislature,  would  complete 
the  system  of  public  education  without  detriment 
to  them. 

Possibly  the  Faculty  of  Medicine,  as  well  as 
the  Board  of  Visitors  and  Governors  of  St.  John's 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


College,  would  hesitate  to  resign  the  privileges 
which  thej^  enjoy  under  the  existing  charters, 
but,  if  the  education  of  the  people  is  to  be  thereby 
improved  and  fostered,  a  mutual  feeling  of  for- 
bearance and  a  disposition  to  yield  personal 
desires  for  the  sake  of  the  general  good  might 
remove  all  difficulties. 

Moreover,  it  might  be  possible  to  produce  a 
blanket  charter  which  would  cover  the  new 
project  and  yet  leave  intact  the  original  charters 
with  all  the  privileges  each  school  may  now 
possess. 

It  would  be  sufficient  for  the  new  Act  to  declare 
that  the  University  of  Maryland  consists  of  St. 
John's  College  at  Annapolis,  Md.,  and  the  Law 
School,  the  Medical  School,  and  the  Schools  of 
Dentistry  and  Pharmacy,  located  in  the  city  of 
Baltimore,  and  to  provide  for  a  Board  of  Trustees 
appointed  by  the  Governor ;  for  a  President  of 
the  Universitj^  who  would  be  ex-ofiicio  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  ;  a  University  Council 
or  Senate,  consisting  of  representatives  of  the 
different  Faculties  under  the  presidency  of  the 
President  of  the  University  ;  a  Dean  for  each 
of  the  Schools,  and  a  Faculty  for  each  of  the 
Schools ;  giving  to  the  Trustees  authority  to 
determine  the  functions  and  powers  of  the  Facul- 
ties and  Council,  or  Senate,  respectively. 

If  thought  desirable  the  Maryland  Agricultural 
College,  which  is  already  largely  owned  and 
administered  by  the  State,  might  be  included,  as 
the  School  of  Agriculture  and  Technologj',  in  the 
same  scheme,  and,  if  so  included,  would  occupy 
a  similar  position  to  the  Maryland  University 
that  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  holds  to  Yale 
University . 

The  fact  that  the  various  Schools  are  situated 
in  different  parts  of  the  State  would  not  affect 
the  general  proposition  of  union  to  any  greater 
degree  than  the  bringing  in  of  a  number  of  manu- 
facturing concerns  under  the  control  of  one  Trust 
Administration . 

There  would  undoubtedly  arise  much  saving  of 
an  economic  character  by  each  school  confining 
its  attention  to  the  particular  work  for  which  it 
was  peculiarly  adapted,  and  discarding  to  the 
others  that  for  which  it  had  not  efficient  equip- 
ment. 

The  immense  advantages  of  such  a  union  should 
be  apparent  to  all  unprejudiced  persons.  Con- 
centration is  the  order  of  the  day  in  higher  insti- 
tutions of  learning,  and  it  is  imperative. 

The  future  is  to  be  a  time  of  strain  and  peril 
for  isolated  colleges.     Just  as  in  business  circles 


the  great  Trusts  are  crowding  out  or  overwhelm- 
ing the  merchant  or  dealer  who  is  not  within 
their  sphere  of  influence,  so  is  it  evident  that  the 
great  Universities  with  their  immense  endow- 
ments and  tremendous  influence  must  eventually 
occupy  and  control  the  business  of  Education. 

It  may  be  said  that  State  Universities  are  un- 
certain as  to  the  continuance  of  their  income. 
This  view  is  not  sustained  by  the  facts.  There 
is  not  any  important  State  University  which 
within  the  past  twenty  years  has  had  a  permanent 
set-back  or  large  reduction  of  income. 

On  the  contrary,  during  this  period  the  incomes 
from  the  State  to  nearly  all  of  the  important 
State  Universities  have  been  increased  in  amount. 
It  may  therefore  be  maintained  that  in  the  future 
the  State  Universities  will  be  in  a  much  strongei 
position  with  reference  to  advanced  instruction 
and  research  than  at  present. 

With  the  formation  of  such  a  union  as  I  have 
described  many  advantages  might  accrue,  especi- 
all}^  an  adjustment  of  the  vexed  question  regard- 
ing the  relation  of  the  College  to  the  professional 
schools ;  as  to  whether  we  shall  encourage  stu- 
dents who  are  already  in  college  to  begin  their 
professional  studies  before  completing  their  col- 
lege course,  or  whether  we  shall  require  these 
students  to  pursue  a  four  years'  course  in  order 
to  get  into  a  University  Professional  School. 

Considering  that  until  recently  all  our  Profes- 
sional Schools  were  open  to  High  School  gradu- 
ates, and  that  the  majority  are  still  open  to  such 
graduates,  it  does  not  seem  desirable  that  a  college 
degree  based  on  a  four  years'  course  should  be 
required  for  admission  to  all  professional  schools. 

It  is  contended  that  the  college  and  professional 
course  for  a  professional  degree  should  not  be  less 
than  six  years,  and  it  is  frequently  urged  that 
not  more  than  six  years  in  all  should  be  required. 

Where  both  college  and  professional  school  are 
parts  of  the  same  University  the  situation  becomes 
simplified.  The  coordination  of  college  study 
with  professional  study  in  the  University  is  sure 
to  come,  and  it  seems  to  be  expedient  not  only 
to  grant  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  but  also 
the  professional  degree,  upon  the  completion  of 
such  a  combined  course. 

The  School  of  Arts  and  Sciences  can  teach 
some  of  the  semi-professional  subjects  as  well  as 
they  are  taught  anywhere,  and  when  in  alliance 
with  the  professional  schools  can  expand  its  list  of 
electives  almost  indefinitely  by  the  simple  process 
of  making  professional  school  courses  college 
education.    Inasmuch  as  the  trend  of  our  college 


OLD   MARYLAND. 


courses  is  to  make  the  work  of  the  Junior  and 
Senior  years  entirely  elective  these  studies  might 
be  referred  to  the  care  of  the  professional  schools 
and  be  in  line  with  the  student's  future  work. 

The  result  would  be  an  increase  of  students  in 
all  the  schools.  The  mere  possibility  of  com- 
pleting" the  college  and  the  professional  course  in 
six  years  would  probably  draw  into  the  college  a 
number  of  students  who  go  directly  from  the 
High  School  to  the  professional  school,  and  would 
also  attract  a  larger  number  to  the  professional 
schools  by  this  route. 

It  need  not,  however,  follow  that  all  students 
would  adopt  this  course.  Many  who  are  able  to 
postpone  their  entrance  into  active  life  would 
probably  remain  the  full  four  years  in  academic 
studies  of  general  culture. 

In  conclusion,  a  few  words  regarding  the  pres- 
ent status  of  St.  John's  College  maj'  be  of  interest. 

Some  years  ago  the  College  was  burdened  with 
a  heavy  mortgage  debt  of  thirty  thousand  dollars, 
the  heritage  of  the  ci\'il  war,  a  condition  which 
greatly  impeded  its  progress  and  advancement. 
Through  the  generosity  of  friends  in  New  York 
and  Maryland  this  debt  has  been  paid  off  and  the 
mortgage  cancelled.  An  Endowment  Fund  has 
also  been  started,  and  the  fact  that  yearly  addi- 
tions are  being  made  to  it  is  full  of  promise  for 
the  future. 

The  College  is  now,  with  the  aid  it  receives 
from  the  State,  in  a  very  sound  position  finan- 
cially, and  there  are,  this  year,  more  than  two 
hundred  students  enrolled  in  the  various  classes. 

A  new  Dining  Hall  and  a  Scientific  Laboratory 


have  been  added  recently  to  the  buildings  on  the 
campus.  The  prospect  for  the  future  is  very 
encouraging.  It  would  be  folly,  therefore,  to 
enter  into  any  entangling  alliance  unless  it  could 
be  done  under  conditions  such  as  have  been  indi- 
cated, whereby  mutual  advantages  would  result 
to  all  comprised  within  the  scheme  of  union. 

But  I  must  no  further  abuse  j'our  patience. 
As  I  stated  at  the  outset,  I  have  been  impelled 
to  say  what  I  have  said  with  the  desire  of  foster- 
ing the  course  of  education  in  Mar3dand,  and 
under  the  deep  conviction  that  in  our  educational 
schemes  the  strong  tendencies  of  a  too  exclusively 
scientific  study  toward  an  atheistic  materialism, 
or  to  a  form  of  pantheism,  and  a  general  decline 
of  faith  in  what  lies  beyond  the  physical  senses 
should  be  resisted  by  a  careful  culture  of  those 
elements  in  man's  nature  upon  which  a  vital  and 
well  assured  religious  belief  is  based  and  sus- 
tained. 

Counteracting  forces  which  every  true  educator 
should  endeavor  to  strengthen  are  secretly  at  work. 

The  great  inundation  of  materialistic  philoso- 
phy which  is  sweeping  over  us,  and  which  has, 
to  a  lamentable  extent,  swamped  the  spiritual 
and  a  faith  in  spiritual  things,  must,  and  will 
recede  when  it  is  recognized  that  the  prevailing 
characteristic  of  this  day  is  that  it  is  well  in- 
formed, keen,  devoted  to  education,  subtle  in 
analysis  and  speculation,  and  not  correspondingly 
serious  in  living  ;  and  that  its  intellectual  vigor, 
not  guided  by  serious  purpose,  is  disposing  men 
to  discredit  all  new  truth  and  go  back  to  the 
remote  past. 


^CALVIN  AND  SERVETUS. 

An  Episode  in  the   History  of  Medicine  and    Theology  :     Outline  of  a   Lecture  Delivered  by  Dr.    Henry  E.    Shepherd  to 
the  Library  and  Historical   Society,   University  of  Maryland,   December  20th,    1904. 


The  present  paper  is  merel}'  an  imperfect 
synopsis  of  the  lecture  as  actually  delivered.  It 
was  spoken  without  notes  or  references  and  can 
be  reproduced  onl}'  in  part,  as  not  a  word  of  it 
was  committed  to  paper.  The  tragical  fate  of 
Servetus  retains,  after  the  lapse  of  centuries,  its 
morbid  fascination  for  the  student  of  scientific 
development,  as  well  as  the  ' '  researcher  ' '  in 
the  generic  and  complex  sphere  of  history  as 
related  to  the  gradual  expansion  of  the  human 
intellect  in  its  most  catholic  and  comprehensive 
sense.  In  the  life  and  death  of  Servetus  the 
issue  of  resistance  to  the  advance  of  freedom  of 
thought  was  clearly  defined  and  fought  to  the 
last  result.     He  may  be  ranged  with  his  peers 


among  the  martyrs  to  the  spirit  of  unrestricted 
and  untrammeled  opinion,  and  his  death  at  the 
hands  of  Calvin,  October  27th,  1553,  marks  a 
definite  point  attained  in  the  long  process  of 
evolution  by  which  the  right  to  speak  the  thought 
at  will  was  won  for  the  contemporary  world. 
From  the  blood  of  the  martyrs  sprung  the  seed 
of  modern  scientific  achievment :  the  medical 
pioneers  of  our  own  age  have  risen  on  stepping- 
stones  of  their  dead  selves  to  the  incomparable 
results  that  crown  our  ad\-ances  in  all  the  pure 
ranges. of  medical  or  scientific  expansion.  The 
specific  difference  which  brought  to  its  head  the 
controversy  between  Servetus  and  the  great 
champion  of  the  Reformation  was  the  attitude  of 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


Servetus  in  regard  to  the  doctrine  of  the  Trinity' — 
in  all  ages  of  theological  history  a  fruitful  cause 
of  speculation  and  an  unceasing  source  or  germ 
of  alleged  or  imputed  heresy  as  contemplated 
from  the  viewpoint  of  the  orthodox  or  conserva- 
tive partj'.  It  is  almost  impossible  to  define  the 
attitude  of  Servetus  in  reference  to  this  subtle 
and  transcendental  theme  ;  his  language  is  vague 
and  even  mystical,  but  he  probably  inclined 
toward  the  views  of  Arius  and  his  followers. 
The  majority  of  modern  Christians,  of  whatever 
school,  would  not  for  a  moment  accept  his  con- 
clusions ;  but  the  issue 
invoh^ed  is  not  that  of 
assent  or  concurrence — 
it  is  the  right  of  the 
individual  to  hold  and 
maintain  such  interpre- 
tations of  the  Scripture 
as  may  commend  them- 
selves to  his  own  judg- 
ment or  approve  them- 
selves to  his  conscience, 
without  fear  of  the 
stake  or  the  gibbet  if 
he  deflect  from  the  pale 
of  rigid  orthodoxy. 
Servetus  is  in  the  fore- 
most files  of  those  who 
have  yielded  their  lives 
as  a  sacrifice  to  the 
sanctity  and  the  invin- 
cibility of  the  right  of 
private  judgment.  .  .  . 
From  the  standpoint  of 
the  historian  of  medi- 
cine, Servetus  is  an 
attractive  and  even  fas- 
cinating personality. 
He  was  associated  in 
those  dawning  days  of 
his  science   with  the 

school  of  progress,  and  in  the  sphere  of  results 
ascertained  by  actual  research,  he  ranged  far 
above  the  prevailing  standards  of  his  own  cen- 
tury. As  the  discoverer  or  one  of  the  discoverers 
of  the  smaller  circulation  of  the  blood,  he  may 
be  justly  ranked  among  the  precursors  of  Harvey 
and  the  master-spirits  of  medical  development  in 
the  ages  that  followed.  The  mere  fact  that  his 
successors  were  not  acquainted  with  his  works, 
for  whose  interdiction  and  suppression  all  the 
agencies  of  the  church  and  the  terrors  of  the 
law  liad   been  invoked,   does  not  preclude  that 


SERVETUS     MONUMENT. 


unity  of  aim  and  harmonj'  of  inspiration  which 
overleaps  geographical  circumscriptions  and  tran- 
scends the  barriers  of  chronology.  It  is  the  "one 
touch  of  nature"  that  makes  the  whole  world  of 
consecrated  research  "kin."  .  .  .  The  lecture  de- 
scribed in  closing  the  monument  of  expiation 
erected  to  the  memory  of  Servetus  upon  the  spot 
of  his  execution  at  Geneva,  in  the  wood  of  Cham- 
pel,  October  27th,  1553.  It  is  wrought  from 
Swiss  granite,  is  simple,  but  chaste  and  impres- 
sive. The  monument  was  dedicated  with  solemn 
and   stately  ceremonies,   November   1st,    1903 — 

three  hundred  and  fifty 
years  subsequent  to  the 
occurrence  of  the  grue- 
some tragedy.  The 
origin  of  the  work  is 
due  to  the  combined 
efforts  of  the  Reformed 
Churches  of  France  and 
Switzerland,  the  theo- 
logical descendants  and 
successors  of  Calvin, 
who  was  principally  in- 
strumental in  bringing 
Servetus  to  the  stake. 
The  inscription  is 
marked  by  extreme 
tact  and  delicacy  of 
language,  and,  while 
acknowledging  the 
error  in  frank  and  man- 
ful terms,  attributes  it 
rather  to  the  intolerant 
spirit  of  the  age  than  to 
the  proscriptive  genius 
of  Calvin.  A  strange 
and  unique  interest 
centres  around  the 
stone,  for  it  is  the  sole 
recorded  example  in 
which  a  great  and  pow- 
erful religious  communion  has  made  public  atone- 
ment for  the  wrong  committed  by  its  official  head 
and  dedicated  a  monument  of  expiation  to  the 
fame  and  memory  of  his  victim.  The  instances 
of  Bruno  and  of  Savonarola  do  not  encroach  upon 
the  accuracy'  of  this  comprehensive  statement, 
for  the  memorials  reared  to  them  in  Rome  and 
in  Florence  were  not  wrought  by  the  successors 
or  representatives  of  those  who  pursued  them 
unto  the  death.  A  member  of  the  medical  pro- 
fession alone  ma}'  claim  the  phenomenal  honor 
of  a  noble  monument  marking  the  scene  of  his 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


last  agony,  deploring  the  unhappy  spirit  which 
rendered  it  possible,  and  all  this  the  voluntary 
atonement  of  those  who  inherit  the  traditions  and 
in  some  measure  conserve  the  teachings,  of  the 
autocratic  reformer  that  brought  him  to  the 
stake  on  the  plain  of  Champel. 


TITUS  JEREMIAH. 

[I  asked  his  mother  where  she  got  that  name  ; 
She  pointed  to  the  Bible  by  her] . 

Fain  would  I  immortalize  thy  name, 

If  muse  will  but  inspire, 
And  spread  the  knowledge  of  thy  fame, 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

Thy  age  appears  to  be  but  one, 
Don't  think  that  I'm  a  pryer, 
And  thy  experience  just  begun, 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

Thou  art  not  scarceh'  two  feet  high, 

And  3'et  thou  wilt  grow  higher  ; 

Then  drink  this  cup  of  comfort  dry. 

Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

Thy  mother  now  doth  keep  thee  home, 

And  thou  art  ever  by  her, 
But  doubtless  thou  wilt  some  da^'  roam, 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

If  thou  should' St  happily  escape 

Measles,  whooping  cough  and  fire, 
And  things  that  threaten  thy  young  nape, 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

Convulsions,  croup,  pneumonia, 

And  other  such  evils  dire, 
Bronchitis,  fights,  falls  by  the  score, 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

Thou'lt  grow  to  be  a  man  some  day. 

As  tall  as  is  thy  sire, 
At  least,  quite  probably,  I'd  say, 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

Henceforth  let  goodness  be  thy  aim, 

Thy  constant  object  and  desire. 
Thou  canst  not  else  make  good  thy  claim 
To  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

And  when  at  last  thou'lt  close  thine  eyes. 

And  mount  to  constellations  nigher, 
To  place  where  go  the  good  and  wise — 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

The  land  which  some  call  paradise, 

And  be  numbered  with  heavenly  choir. 
May  pleasant  recollections  rise — 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 

vSometimes  like  incense  to  the  skies 

Of  days  once  spent  on  earthly  mire, 
When  thou  wast  but  a  mite  in  size — 
Thou  Titus  Jeremiah  ! 


BASKET  BALL. 

The  increased  interest  manifested  in  athletics 
during  this  present  scholastic  year  is  well  evi- 
denced by  the  fact  that  we  are  in  no  wise  behind- 
hand in  a  branch  of  sport  almost  new  among 
Southern  colleges,  viz.,  basket  ball.  For  many 
years  there  existed  a  gap  between  football  and 
basket  ball.  Dr.  James  Naismith  in  1891  sug- 
gested a  game  which  would  well  fill  up  this  gap, 
and  basket  ball  at  once  sprang  into  favor.  It  is 
a  game  that  requires  more  endurance  than  foot- 
ball and  certainly  more  agilit}^  Perhaps  no 
other  game  trains  a  man  to  think  quickly  more 
than  this  sport.  The  proposition  to  put  out  a 
basket  ball  team  by  our  school  was  enthusiasti- 
cally received  and  good  material  was  available. 
Our  lack  of  a  gymnasium,  one  of  the  crying- 
needs  of  our  Alma  Mater,  was  overcome  by 
joining  one  of  the  local  gymnastic  associations, 
and  though  little  has  yet  been  accomplished, 
there  is  no  doubt  that  our  team  will  not  lower 
our  laurels  in  the  end.  The  first  game  was 
played  on  January  21.st  with  Johns  Hopkins  at 
their  cage.  This  was  the  first  of  a  series  to  be 
played  for  the  intercollegiate  championship  of 
the  State,  and,  although  we  were  defeated,  we 
are  not  disheartened.  We  were  greatly  handi- 
capped by  being  compelled  to  play  the  game  on 
a  strange  floor.  The  score — 20  to  8 — does  not 
tell  the  story  of  the  game.  It  was  closely  con- 
tested, while  the  majority  of  spectators  concurred 
in  the  opinion  that  Maryland  displayed  better 
team  work.  The  team  journeyed  to  Swarthmore 
on  January  25th  to  play  the  representatives  of 
that  college.  One  of  our  best  players  lost  himself 
in  Philadelphia  before  the  game,  and  we  were 
naturally  not  surprised  to  be  defeated.  The  final 
score  was  40  to  20.  After  the  game  we  found 
ourselves  snowbound  and  compelled  to  staj'  in 
Swarthmore  another  day,  and  when  offered 
another  game  by  Swarthmore  the  opportunity^ 
was  eagerly  grasped.  The  lost  man  had  turned  up 
and  we  faced  the  collegians  with  our  regular  team 
and  retrieved  our  fortunes.     [49  to  29.    Ed.]. 

We  are  making  our  first  efforts  to  broaden  the 
athletic  aspect  at  our  Alma  Mater.  After  all, 
athletics  do  more  to  advertise  a  school  than  any 
amount  of  printer's  ink.  An  earnest  plea  is  put 
forth  through  these  pages  to  e\-ery  man  at  our 
University  to  support  athletics;  if  not  actively, 
at  least  by  attending  the  games. 

Besides  entering  into  an  agreement  with  Hop- 
kins to  play  for  the  intercollegiate  championship, 
the    team   has  joined  the  Amateur  Basket  Ball 


OI.D  MARYLAND. 


PDBUSHED    MONTHLY. 


EUGENE  F.  CORDELL,   M.  D. 

ASSOCIATE  EDITORS  : 

Medicine  :    R.  L.  Mitchell  ; 
Law:    D.  W.  Burroughs; 
Dentistry  :    J.  Clarence  AllEn  ; 
Pharmacy  :     C.  W.  Hornbrook. 


Editor. 


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League  of  Maryland,  and  will  play  a  series  of 
games  for  the  A.  A.  U.  championship  of  the 
State.  During  the  next  month  or  so  the  follow- 
ing teams  will  be  met,  mostly  in  Baltimore  : 

Baltimore  Athletic  Club,  Defender  B.  B.  T., 
Belvidere  B.  B.  T.,  Mt.  St.  Joseph's  College, 
Baltimore  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  Johns  Hop- 
kins (Feb.  22),  Gallaudet,  Gettysburg,  Swarth- 
more  and  Dickinson. 

A  game  with  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
is  to  be  arranged  and  proceeds  are  to  go  to  the 
Endowment  Fund  of  our  school. 

The  candidates  who  have  been  trying  for  the 
varsity  are:  Carnal  ('05,  Med.),  manager; 
Blank  ('06,  Med.),  Thompson  ('07,  Dent.), 
Righton  ('06,  Med.),  Barton  ('05,  Dent.),  Bare 
('05,  Med.),  Innslee  ('08,  Med.).  Mr.  Kistler 
('08,  Med.),  who  has  charge  of  the  Johns  Hop- 
kins Gymnasium  work,  has  kindly  offered  to 
coach  the  team  during  his  spare  moments. 
Further  accounts  of  the  team's  work  will  be 
given  in  subsequent  publications  of  this  paper. 

W.  W.  Hala, 
Capt.  M.  U.  B.  B.  T. 

[The  team  defeated  the  B.  A.  C.  team  Febru- 
ary 1st ;  score  27  to  26.     Ed.]. 

The  Taney  Debating  Societ}^  is  designed,  "to 
promote  legal,  historical,  social  and  political  re- 
search ,  to  foster  and  develope  proficiency  in  pub- 
lic speaking  and  to  advance  the  knowledge  of 
parliamentary  rules  and  etiquette,"  Mr.  Wm, 
Booth  Settle  is  President. 


OUR  CENTENNIAL. 

We  must  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  this  great 
event  in  our  history  is  approaching.  It  should 
be  celebrated  with  the  ceremonies  and  formal- 
ities due  to  so  important  an  occasion.  As  mark- 
ing the  beginning  of  this  institution,  it  is  a 
University  event  and  concerns  all  its  depart- 
ments. It  should  not  be  regarded  as  of  less 
importance  or  significance  because  our  University 
began'as  a  College  of  Medicine  than  if  it  began 
in  the  usual  way  as  a  College  of  Arts  and  Scien- 
ces. Therefore,  we  hope  to  see  a  ready  co-opera- 
tion in  the  event  by  our  schools  of  Law,  Den- 
tistry and  Pharmacy. 

There  is  a  vast  deal  of  preparation  to  be  made. 
The  appointment  of  committees,  the  securing  of 
speakers,  the  raising  of  funds,  etc.,  should  have 
early  attention.  Above  all,  it  is  important  to 
provide  a  large  sum  of  money  to  meet  the  multi- 
dinous  expenses  sure  to  be  met  with.  It  will 
tax  to  the  utmost  all  our  available  resources  to 
provide  adequately  for  the  financial  needs  of  the 
occasion.  The  departments  will  doubtless  do 
their  duty,  but  they  should  be  assisted.  All  the 
social  organizations  connected  with  the  Univer- 
sity should  feel  it  incumbent  to  contribute  to  the 
Fund,  and  our  Alumni  should  be  asked  for  their 
aid  also.  We  have  no  doubt  that  many  Alumni 
would  be  glad  to  assist  in  rendering  honor  to 
their  Alma  Mater.  Let  us  have  a  strong  finance 
committee,  then,  with  as  little  delay  as  possible, 
and  let  them  commence  at  once  to  make  arrange- 
ments for  the  finances. 


V  CONDITION  OF  THE  ENDOWMENT 
FUND. 

The  subscriptions  to  date,  paid  and  unpaid, 
amount  to  $5745.00.  This  does  not  include  in- 
terest, beginning  in  1898.  The  principal,  by  the 
terms  of  the  charter,  cannot  be  touched.  Every 
dollar  so  far  received  has  been  handed  intact  to 
General  Riggs,  the  Treasurer.  ■  The  expenses 
connected  with  the  collection  of  the  Fund — 
printing,  stationary,  postage,  charter,  etc. — have 
been  met  by  appropriations  of  $50  from  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  School  of  Medicine 
and  of  $25  from  the  interest  of  the  Endowment 
Fund  made  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  from 
the  Treasury  of  the  General  Alumni  Association. 
In  addition  to  the  above  $25,  the  interest  of  the 
Medical  and  Charles  Frick  Funds  for  the  year 
ending  May  8,  1904,  amounting  to  $165,  was 
appropriated  by  the  Board  to  original  research. 


OLD   MARYLAND. 


The  amount  of  the  total  interest  is  unknown  to 
the  writer,  but  must  have  been  several  hundred 
dollars  at  least,  making  the  gross  amount  of  the 
Fund  over  $6000.  The  Treasurer  of  the  Board 
reports  only  the  cash  turned  over  to  him.  His 
report,  dated  January  17,  1905,  shows  the  follow- 
ing :  University  Fund,  $533.65;  Charles  Frick 
Research  Fund,  $466.38  ;  Medical  School  Fund, 
$3356.28  ;  total,  $4356.31.  Of  this,  $3500  are  in 
five  per  cent,  first  mortgage  University  bonds, 
and  the  remainder  in  the  Commonwealth  Savings 
Bank,  at  three  and  a-half  per  cent.  Late  contri- 
butions— made  since  the  last  ' '  List ' '  was  pub- 
lished— are  :  Charles  Caspari,  $250.00  ;  Reverdy 
Johnson  (ad.),  $230.00;  B.  Howard  Haman, 
$50.00;  E.  F.  Cordell  (ad.),  $50.00;  through 
J.  M.  Craighill,  $25.92;  Charles  E.  Sadtler, 
$25.00  ;  S.  Thomas  Day,  $10.00  ;  N.  Winslow, 
A.  L.  Wilkinson,  W.  Q.  Skilling,  R.  C.  Carnall, 
William  Hala,  J.  Clarence  Allen,  N.  G.  Hall, 
each  $5.00.  The  above  statement  is  published 
for  the  information  of  the  readers  of  this  journal, 
and  is  commended  to  the  careful  consideration  of 
our  Alumni.  I  beg  them  to  consider  whether 
they  cannot  and  ought  not  to  contribute  some- 
thing to  this  Fund.  Surely  there  is  some  pride 
about  this  matter  and  our  Alumni  will  not  con- 
sent to  oiu"  Universitj'  lagging  behind  in  the  race. 
If  any  one  is  unable  or  thinks  he  is  unable  to 
give,  himself,  can  he  not  induce  some  one  else — 
some  wealthy  patient  or  citizen — to  do  so  ? 

Eugene  F.  Cordell,  M.  D., 
Chairman  Cominittee  on  E7id.owment. 


J  THE  MUSEUM  OF  THE  PATHOLOGICAL 
DEPARTMENT. 

The  value  of  a  museum  for  the  instruction  of 
students  is  recognized  as  an  essential  factor  in 
every  department  of  science.  With  properly 
arranged  and  well-selected  material,  it  offers 
abundant  opportunity  for  observation  and  study. 

In  the  teaching  of  pathology,  it  would  be 
highly  desirable  to  demonstrate  fresh  material, 
but  even  with  a  large  post-mortem  facility  it 
would  be  impossible  within  a  period  of  a  few 
years  to  obtain  all  or  e\'en  the  most  important 
pathological  lesions. 

By  means  of  the  recent  methods  of  preserving 
specimens,  we  maj^  keep  them  with  compara- 
tively little  changes  in  their  gross  aspect. 

The  museum  of  the  pathological  department  is 
small  in  comparison  to  that  of  many  institutions, 
but  the  large  majority  of  the  specimens  are  typical 
of  the  condition  they  represent. 


Some  three  years  ago  the  writer,  with  the 
assistance  of  Mr.  Stoner,  a  second  year  medical 
student,  weeded  out  all  the  less  typical  speci- 
mens, the  accumulation  of  some  years,  and  pre- 
served only  those  which  are  characteristic. 
During  the-  past  three  years  many  specimens 
have  been  added ;  many  of  these  were  obtained 
frofn  autopsies  held  at  the  University  Hospital 
and  at  Bay  View  Hospital,  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  beautiful  and  rare  specimens  were  con- 
tributed from  the  surgical  wards  by  Profs.  Wins- 
low,  Ashby  and  Martin. 

The  museum  at  present  contains  250  speci- 
mens. The  larger  portion  are  preserved  in  for- 
malin, a  few  in  Kaiserling's  fluid  and  a  few  in 
alcohol.  The  Kaiserling  specimens  have  retained 
in  a  beautiful  manner  their  normal  coloration. 

All  are  labeled  with  the  name  of  the  specimen, 
their  source  and  the  shelf  number.  They  are 
arranged  in  sections  according  to  a  definite  sys- 
tem, as  follows  :  The  cardio-vascular  system, 
the  digestive  system,  the  respiratory  system, 
the  nervous  sj'stem,  the  genito-urinary  system, 
tumors,  monstrosities  and  miscellaneous.  The 
collection  of  monsters  was  largely  obtained 
through  the  kindness  of  Prof.  Neale. 

In  every  case  where  the  appearance  of  the 
specimen  would  not  be  injured,  microscopic  sec- 
tions have  been  made  and  preser\'ed,  so  that  the 
gross  and  microscopic  appearance  may  be  studied 
by  the  student. 

We  desire  to  call  the  attention  of  our  students 
and  Alumni  to  the  fact  that  we  have  accumu- 
lated a  nucleus  of  what  we  hope  to  establish 
into  a  more  or  less  complete  working  museum, 
and  that  we  will  appreciate  any  contributions 
made  to  this  collection.  J.  L.  H. 

OPEX     ALL     jVIGHT. 


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OIvD   MARYLAND. 


CLASS    CONTRIBUTIONS    TO     THE 
ENDO\C^MENT  FUND. 

The  action  of  the  graduating  class  of  1903,  of 
the  School  of  Medicine,  in  contributing  $255.36 
to  the  Endowment  Fund,  confers  honor  upon  it 
for  all  time  to  come.  Its  members  may  well  be 
proud  of  such  a  memorial.  It  stamps  them  as 
true  and  loyal  .sons  of  their  Alma  Mater.  The 
thought  strikes  us  :  whj'  should  not  other  classes 
imitate  this  fine  example?  Why  .should  their 
pulses  not  be  stirred  to  emulation  when  the^^ 
contemplate  this  noble  initiative  of  their  prede- 
cessors ?  As  students,  they  cannot  help  feeling 
an  interest  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of 
their  University.  And  this  does  not  apply  to 
the  medical  department  alone.  The  handsome 
Fund' — now  over  $4000 — which  has  been  raised 
by  the  medical  alumni  for  the  School  of  Medicine 
should  prove  an  incentive  to  the  other  depart- 
ments to  do  likewise. 

With  the  view  of  testing  the  sentiment  of  the 
various  classes  upon  this  point,  the  Chairman  of 
the  Endowment  Fund  Committee  has  addre,ssed 
a  circular  to  the  cla.ss  presidents,  with  the  request 
to  each  to  bring  it  before  his  class.  If  such  a  thing- 
be  decided  on,  an  early  start  is  desirable.  Suppose, 
for  example,  that  the  class  of  1908  votes  to  con- 
tribute ;  by  starting  now,  it  has  four  sessions  in 
which  to  augment  its  fund.  In  securing  contri- 
butions, it  is  not  necessary  to  limit  itself  to  its 
own  members  ;  fathers,  relatives,  friends,  public- 
spirited  citizens  may  often  be  appealed  to  with 
success.  There  are  two  points  to  be  impressed 
upon  the  students'  minds  in  this  connection. 
The  one  is  that  this  Endowment  is  permanent  ; 
it  is  a  tru,st  fund  protected  by  a  State  charter, 
and  the  principal  of  it  is  inalienable  forever. 
Another  point  is  that  the  names  of  donors  will 
continue  upon  the  published  lists,  .so  far  as  we 
now  know,  for  all  time.  Need  we  say  more  ? 
Does  not  our  blood  tingle  at  the  thought  of  being- 
able  to  help  this  good  work  ?  [We  learn  that  the 
Senior  class  has  taken  up  this  matter  and  is  de- 
terniind  to  make  a  contribution.] 

MUSICAL  ASSOCIATION  SMOKER. 

The  musical  season  was  inaugurated  in  the 
Law  Hall  on  the  25th  ulto.  under  the  presidency 
of  Mr.  N.  G.  Hall.  About  sixty  were  present. 
Addresses  were  made  by  Drs.  Hemmeter,  Fulton 
and  Cordell.  Dr.  J.  E.  Gichner  presented  a 
scholarly  paper  on  "Music  in  Medicine."  Piano 
.solos  were  rendered  by  Dr,  Hemmeter  and  Mr. 


Manuel  Dueno.  Dr.  Gichner  and  Mr.  Leonce 
J.  Kosminsky  sang  baritone  solos.  Recitations 
were  given  by  Mr.  Jerome  C.  Flei.schman.  The 
triumph  of  last  session  was  recalled.  The  even- 
ing closed  with  some  stirring  choruses,  to  which 
the  punch,  beer  and  cigars  lent  a  zest.  Regular 
rehearsals  will  be  held  hereafter  on  Wednesday 
evenings.  The  director.  Professor  Hemburger, 
is  setting  the  University  ode  to  music. 

When  the  soul  is  -weary 

With  the  cares  of  life. 

And  turns  from  prospect  dj-earv- — full  of  strife; 

When  sunshine  comes  1)ut  .seldom, 

And  friends  whom  we  thought  true 

Have  vanished  one  by  one  from  \-ie\v  ; 

When  the  spirit  sinketh 

On  some  thorny  path, 

And  thinketh  that  it  drinketh  heaven's  wrath  ; 

Thj'  solace  then  we  welcome 

O,  music  !    heaven-blest ! 

Thv  harmonies  bring  to  us  rest. 


EV  ALINE. 

There  is  a  heart  that  beats  with  mine, 
There  is  a  soul — but  more  divine  ; 
A  lip  that  speaks  e'en  when  unseen, 
A  heavenly  eye — ni}'  Evaline  ! 

There  is  a  brea.st  whose  throbs  I  feel, 
There  is  a  face  where  smiles  do  steal 
About  a  mouth  so  sweet — I  mean — 
I  mean — the  mouth  of  Evaline  ! 

There  is  a  form  of  peerless  grace — 
There  is  an  arm  not  out  of  place — 
Around  a  waist — and  none  I  ween 
Has  such  a  waist  as  Evaline  ! 

And  now  she's  standing  b)^  my  side, 
I  place  a  ring  upon  a  bride — 
A  bride — a  wife  of  seventeen — 
It  is  my  lovel}^  Evaline  ! 


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SCHOOL  OF  DENTISTRY. 

The  first  publication  of  Old  Maryland  was 
received  in  our  department  with  much  satisfac- 
tion by  the  student  body.  Realizing  as  we  do 
the  necessity  of  just  such  an  organ  to  bring  to- 
gether, more  closely,  the  social  relations  of  the 
various  departments,  we  feel  that  too  much 
credit  cannot  be  given  the  editor  with  whom  the 
idea  was  first  put  into  practical  execution.  And 
so  with  a  desire  to  see  the  Old  U'.  of  M.  all  that 
is  ideal,  we,  as  students,  will  put  our  shoulders 
to  the  wheel  and  do  as  much  as  possible  for  the 
success  of  this  little  paper,  remembering  always 
that  success  now  strengthens  the  future.  And 
when  we  have  left  our  seats  in  the  old  halls,  and 
gone  forth  into  the  world,  our  thoughts  will 
travel  backward,  and  at  times,  perhaps,  we  shall 
wish  ourselves  back  again,  but  that  can  never 
be.  But  with  Old  Maryland  close  at  hand, 
we  can  feel  the  same  old  enthusiasm  for  our 
Alma  Mater  as  we  did  in  our  student  days,  and 
with  that  inspiration  it  may  be  the  turning  of  a 
dark  day  into  a  bright  one. 

Engaged — H.  A.  Cherry,  of  the  Dental  De- 
partment, to  Miss  Bessie  Milliman,  of  Baltimore; 
marriage  to  take  place  June  4th,  1905. 

The  Empire  State  Club  sat  for  its  picture  at 
Mr.  Ellerbrock's  for  the  purpose  of  having  it 
placed  in  the  1905  annual.  The  officers  are: 
President,  H.  P.  Hill,  Jr.  (Med.);  vice-presi- 
dent, J.  C.  Allen  (Dent.);  secretary,  R.  C. 
Carnal  (Med.);  treasurer,  C.  B.  Gifford  (Dent.). 

J.   C.  A. 

OPINIONS  OF  "OLD  MARYLAND.  " 

"l  wish  to  congratulate  you  on  the  very  cred- 
itable appearance  of  the  initial  number  of  Old 
Maryland.  I  have  taken  much  pleasure  in 
reading  every  page,  including  that  of  advertise- 
ments, and  look  forward  to  each  subsequent  issue 
bringing  me  considerable  entertainment.  I  wish 
you  every  success  in  the  adventure." — Prof. 
David  M.  R.  Culbretk. 

His  Excellency  the  Governor  sends  his  thanks 
for  the  copy  sent  him,  together  with  his  subscrip- 
tion. If  he  can  find  the  time  he  will  be  very 
glad  to  prepare  an  article  on  Dr.  Charles  Alex- 
ander Warfield  for  publication  in  one  of  the 
spring,  issues. 

Dr.  Wilmer  Brinton,  President  of  the  General 
Alumni  As.sociation,  "read  the  number  through 
from  beginning  to  end,  including  the  advertise- 
ments." 

"My  gratification  is  boundless.     It  is  the  ful- 


fillment of  a  long-felt  need  and  seemingly  the 
first  great  link  in  the  chain  that  must  ultimately 
bind  the  efforts  of  the  University  into  a  move- 
ment of  progress  and  accord." — IVm.  Booth 
Settle. 

Dr.  W.  Q.  Skilling,  of  Lonaconing,  Md., 
sends  his  sub.,  "wishing  you  every  success  in 
the  advancement  of  the  old  University." 

Dr.  A.  W.  Valentine,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
writes  :  "It  ought  to  be  eagerly  subscribed  for  ; 
it  thrills  one  and  carries  him  back  to  happy  stu- 
dent days." 

"Long  live  Old  Maryland,  and  may  it  grow, 
as  I  believe  it  will,  to  be  a  powerful  factor  in  our 
University  life  !" — Prof.  Jose  L.  Hirsh. 


"  A  HISTORY  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY. 

A  work  of  great  importance  to  the  friends  of- 
the  University  is  a  history  of  it  in  two  large 
quarto  volumes,  profusely  illustrated,  contem- 
plated by  the  Lewis  Publishing  Company  of 
New  York  city.  The  matter  has  gone  so  far 
that  a  legal  contract  has  been  signed  by  the 
Editor  of  this  journal  by  which  he  binds  himself 
to  complete  the  said  work  within  twelve  months. 
It  only  remains  for  the  company  to  assure  itself 
of  sufficient  patronage  on  the  part  of  the  Alumni 
to  ju.stify  it  going  ahead.  The  prospectus  is 
now  being  prepared.  The  work  will  be  alto- 
gether similar  to  the  great  histories  of  Harvard, 
Columbia,  Virginia  and  other  leading  Universi- 
ties, already  published  by  the  same  firm,  and 
we  cannot  but  congratulate  ourselves  on  this 
opportunity  to  secure  a  complete  and  worthy 
record  of  our  Alma  Mater.  We  hope  that  the 
Alumni  will  patronize  it  generally. 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


"^  NEW  BOOKS  RECEIVED  AT  THE  MEDI- 
CAL LIBRARY. 

The  Urine,  Holland,  1904.     Dr.  Coale. 
Physiol,  and  Clin.  Chelnistr5^  Hartley,  1904.    Dr. 

Coale. 
Cont'ns.  toWm.  Pepper  Lab'y-,  1902,  1903.    W. 

P.  Lab'y- 
Physical  Diagnosis,  Cabot,  1903.  Dr.  Mitchell. 
Practical  Therapeutics,  Hare,  1902.  Dr.  Mitchell. 
Monographs,  4th  Ser.,  Osier,  1904.  Dr.  Osier. 
Monographs,  Hemmeter,  1902.  Dr.  Hemmeter. 
Physiology,  Guenther,  1903.  Dr.  Hemmeter. 
Electrotherapie  Gynecologique,  Apostoli,    1902. 

Dr.  Hemmeter. 
Chirurgie  des  Centres  Nerveux,  Jaboulay,  2  vols. , 

1902.     Dr.  Hemmeter. 
Illustrated  Dictionary,  Gould,  1902.     Dr.  Hem- 
meter. 
Med.  Annals  of  Md. ,  Cordell,  1903.    Dr.  Cordell. 
Trans.  Cong.  Am.   Physns.  and  Surgns.,  1903. 

Cong.  Am.  P.  &  S. 
Index-Catalogue   Surg.    Gen'l's    Liby.,    9  vols. 

Surg.  Gen.  U.  S.  A. 
Rep't.  Com'r.  of  Education,  1902.      Bur.  of  Ed. 
Physiology,  Kirkes,  1902.     Dr.  Miles. 
Fractures,  Locke,  1902.     Dr.  Winslow. 


TRANSLATION  OF  THE  MEDICAL 
DIPLOA4A. 

The  following  translation  was  made  by  the 
editor  at  the  request  of  the  Baltimore  Sun  and 
published  in  that  paper  : 

"University  of  Maryland.  To  all  to  whom 
this  letter  shall  come.  Greeting!  A.  B.,  a  man 
adorned  and  provided  with  the  highest  gifts  of 
mind,  having  devoted  himself  in  full  measure  to 
the  study  of  the  art  of  medicine,  and  having 
applied  to  us  for  academic  honors  and  having 
shown  himself  prepared  to  make  trial  of  himself 
in  matters  medical,  we  have  examined  him  in 
general  medicine.  As  he  has  shown  himself  in 
this  examination  abundantlj^  skilled  in  the 
sciences  and  in  the  art  of  healing,  we  have  de- 
cided that  the  said  A.  B.  shall  be  created  and 
declared  a  doctor  of  medicine,  and  we  have  so 
created  and  declared  him,  and  by  this  letter  so 
appoint  him,  and  it  is  our  wish  that  he  be  so 
held  and  designated  among  all  men,  and  we 
grant  to  him  the  fullest  authority  to  teach  and 
consult  in  all  matters  relating  to  medicine — in  a 
word,  to  exercise  the  functions  of  both  theoreti- 
cal and  practical  medicine  everywhere,  and  at 
the  same  time  we  confer  upon  him  all  the  honors. 


rights  and  privileges  which  are  granted  to  the 
doctor  of  medicine  in  any  part  of  the  world.  In 
testimony  of  which  we  have  subscribed  our  names 
to  this  letter  and  have  affixed  to  it  the  common 
seal  of  the  university.  Given  in  the  city  of  Bal- 
timore, on  the day  of ,  in  the  year  of 

our  Lord . ' ' 


The  West  Virginia  Club  (Univ.)  sat  for  its 
picture  at  Bendann's  studio  on  the  25th  ult. 
Those  present  were:  D.  W.  Snuffer  (Med.), 
president;  W.  H.  Sperow  (Dent.),  vice-presi- 
dent; E.  P.  Skaggs  (Dent.),  secretary;  E.  D. 
Swope  (Dent.),  treasurer;  W.  B.  Skaggs  (Dent.), 
C.  H.  Skaggs  (Dent.),  J.  L.  McClung  (Dent.), 
C.  S.  Coffman  (Dent.),  W.C.  Vanmeter  (Dent.), 
C.  E.  Phipps  (Phar.),  K.  M.  Jarrell  (Med.), 
C.  C.  Chidester  (Phar.),  E.  B.  Le  Fevre  (Med.), 
C.H.  Steinbeck  (Dent.),  E.  H.  Brannon  (Med.), 
and,  by  invitation.  Dr.  E.  F.  Cordell  (Med.). 


LOVE-LORN. 


There's  a  sweet  maiden — seek  not  to  know 

Her  name  and  the  home  that  she  blesseth  so. 

But  she  lives  where  the  vine 

A  cot  doth  entwine 

And  rich  odors  enshrine 

This  maiden  divine 

With  cheek  like  the  rose  and  eye  of  the  doe. 

There's  a  pale  youth  who  often  doth  sigh — 
Pray  tell  me  is  it  so  hard  to  guess  why  ? — 
For  he  sees  everywhere 
That  form  debonair, 
And  that  innocence  rare. 
That  wealth  of  brown  hair. 
Those  dimples,  those  eyes — and  that  youth 
am  I. 


COURSE  ON  THE   HISTORY  OF   MEDI- 
CINE. 

The  University  of  Maryland  has  the  unique 
distinction  of  having  the  only  ' '  Professorship ' ' 
of  the  History  of  Medicine  in  the  country.  The 
enlightened  policy  which  led  the  Faculty  of 
Physic  to  create  this  chair  is  only  in  line  with 
that  which  has  led  to  so  many  innovations  in  our 
career.  A  list  of  these  is  given  in  the  annual 
catalogue.  When  we  consider  the  importance  of 
the  study  of  general  history,  teaching  us  as  it 
does  so  many  valuable  lessons  for  our  guidance 
and  safe-conduct,  and  when  we  consider  that 
medical  history  is  but  a  branch  of  general  his- 
tor3^   is  it  not  astoni.shing  that  it  is  so  much 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


13 


neglected?  No  subject  is  considered  of  more 
importance  in  the  literary  courses,  but  it  would 
appear  that  there  are  scarcely  six  medical  schools 
in  the  country  that  have  anything  like  full 
courses  in  the  history  of  medicine.  The  English 
appear  to  be  still  more  neglectful  than  ourselves, 
for,  according  to  the  London  Lancet,  there  is  not 
a  single  course  delivered  in  that  country. 

The  course  in  our  University  consists  of  a 
weekly  lecture,  delivered  on  Saturdays  at  9  A.  M. 
The  schedule  provides  for  attendance  only  by 
fourth-year  men,  but  the  course  is  not  compul- 
sory and  there  is  no  examination.  Consequently 
the  attendance  is  small.  Yet  the  genuine  interest 
of  those  who  do  attend  is  most  encouraging. 
This  course  should  hereafter  be  made  compulsory, 
as  it  is  at  the  Universities  of  Pennsylvania  and 
Nebraska. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  advantages 
of  such  instruction : 

It  teaches  what  and  how  to  investigate. 

It  is  the  best  antidote  against  egotism,  error 
and  despondency. 

It  increases  knowledge,  gratifies  natural  and 
laudable  curiosity,  broadens  the  view  and 
strengthens  the  judgment. 

It  is  a  rich  mine  from  which  may  be  brought 
to  light  man}^  neglected  or  overlooked  discoveries 
of  value. 

It  furnishes  the  stimulus  of  high  ideals  which 
we  need  to  keep  ever  before  us,  teaches  our 
students  to  venerate  what  is  good  and  to  cherish 
our  best  traditions,  and  strengthens  the  common 
bond  of  the  profession. 

Finally,  it  is  the  fulfillment  of  a  duty — that  of 
cherishing  the  memories,  the  virtues,  the  achiev- 
ments  of  a  class  which  has  benefited  the  world 
as  no  other  has. 


SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 

A.  G.  Kenney  has  gone  to  Virginia  to  do  ten 
days'  relief  work. — S.  M.  Goldman  has  been  to 
Philadelphia  on  business. — The  boys  of  the  Senior 
Class  are  beginning  to  look  forward  to  commence- 
ment day,  and  each  wondering  whether  he  will 
occupy  a  seat  on  the  stage  or  in  the  "pit." — W. 
G.  Harper  is  making  some  pen  sketches  to  be 
inserted  in  the  annual  which  reflect  great  credit 
on  himself  and  class. — We  hope  that  every  mem- 
ber of  this  department  will  subscribe  for  Old 
Maryland,  for  it  is  certainly  a  "good  thing." 
We  want  the  heart}'  cooperation  of  every  member 
in  keeping  up  college  spirit. — The  mingled  look 
of  anxiety  and  relief  on  the  faces  of  the  students 


in  this  department  tells  the  tale  of  the  examina- 
tions just  passed,  ending  with  the  Senior  theo- 
retical pharmacy  Friday,  January  27th,  which 
closes  the  first  semester.  Second  semester  began 
January  30th.  The  results  of  the  examinations 
will  be  given  out  in  the  near  future,  and  we  hope 
that  each  member  may  have  a  look  of  satisfac- 
tion.— The  Junior  course  in  practical  chemistry, 
under  Dr.  Base,  began  Tuesday,  January  24th. — 
Senior  dispensing  pharmacy,  under  Professor 
Hynson,  began  January  30th.  The  Seniors  all 
welcome  Professor  Hynson  in  his  good  work. — 
'Baldy"  Kemp  made  a  flying  trip  to  Waverly ; 
object  not  stated,  but  we  think  we  know. 

C.  W.  H. 


Dr.  William  T.  Councilman,  Professor  of 
Pathology  in  Harvard  University,  writes ":  '  'The 
purpose  of  the  Endowment  Committee  of  the 
University  of  Maryland  has  my  most  hearty 
sympathy.  I  am  delighted  that  such  a  commit- 
tee has  been  formed  and  that  it  has  already  been 
so  successful.  At  present  it  is  impossible  for  a 
medical  school  to  have  full  efficiency  without  an 
endowment,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  you  will 
be  finally  successful. 

"I  have  always  felt  that  at  the  University  of 
Maryland  I  received  the  first  stimulus  to  my 
work  in  the  teaching  of  two  men.  I  allude  par- 
ticularly to  the  admirable  demonstrations  in 
pathological  anatomy  which  were  given  b}'  Dr. 
Tiffany  from  Bay  View.  His  explanations  and 
demonstrations  were  models  of  clearness  and 
simplicity.  The  other  teacher  whom  I  especially 
remember  was  Dr.  Miles,  on  anatomy.  I  have 
always  been  most  grateful  to  these  two  men. 

Whatever  I  can  do  to  advance  the  work  of  the 
committee  I  will  do  with  the  greatest  of 
pleasure." 

'  SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 

The  examinations  in  the  Law  School  for  the 
first  term  are  now  over  (the  last  having  taken 
place  on  Saturday,  January  28),  and  the  second 
term  will  begin  on  Monday,  January  30th.  It 
is  now  hoped  that  the  students  will  again  settle 
down  to  work  and  faithfully  carry  on  the  new 
work  which  has  been  assigned  to  them  and  pre- 
scribed in  their  course.  We  trust  that  the  same 
zeal  and  interest  which  characterized  their  work 
last  term  will  be  more  than  equally  manifested 
in  the  obligations  which  they  have  assumed  for 
the  present  term. — Judge  Charles  E.  Phelps,  of 
the  Supreme  Bench  of  Baltimore  city,   has  been 


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much  indisposed  recently  for  more  than  a  month, 
suffering  with  an  attack  of  pneumonia.  We 
have  been  informed  and  are  glad  to  learn  that 
his  condition  at  present  is  much  improved  and 
favorable  to  recovery.  It  is  hoped  he  will  be 
out  in  a  short  time.  Judge  Phelps  is  one  of  the 
lecturers  in  the  L,aw  School. -^The  Taney  Debat- 
ing Society  and  the  Moot  Court  have  not  held 
their  usual  meetings  recently,  by  reason  of  pa.st 
examinations.  D.  W.  B. 


There  assembled  in  this  city  week  before  last  a 
remarkable  and  significant  body  known  as  the 
Association  of  American  Universities.  The 
membership  in  this  society  is  not  by  individuals, 
but  by  institutions,  and  the  following  are  repre- 
sented in  it:  California,  Catholic,  Chicago, 
Clark,  Columbia,  Cornell,  Harvard,  Johns  Hop- 
kins, Iceland  Stanford,  Jr.,  Michigan,  Pennsyl- 
vania, Princeton,  Virginia,  Wisconsin  and  Yale 
Universities.  A  most  interesting  discussion  was 
held  on  State  Universities ,  and  papers  strongly 
advocating  them  were  read  by  Professors  Page, 
of  the  University  of  Virginia,  and  President  Van 
Hise,  of  the  "University  of  Wisconsin.  The 
former  said  :  "I  confidentli'  predict  that  within 
a  few  lu.strums  there  will  be  in  each  of  the  larger 
southern  states  a  strong  State  University,  repay- 
ing a  thousandfold  the  liberal  policy  of  the 
state." 

The  report  of  the  fifth  annual  conference, 
through  the  kindness  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity lies  before  us.  One  paper  therein  par- 
ticularly attracts  notice.  It  is  a  discussion  on 
the  place  of  Greek  in  present  university  educa- 
tion by  Prof.  Paul  Shorey,  of  the  University  of 
Chicago . 

The  signs  of  the  times  point  in  no  uncertain 
way  to  a  monopoly  of  higher  education  by  the 
great  Universities,  and  the  sooner  our  University 
gets  into  such  company  the  better  for  it. 


The  General  Alumni  Association  met  January 
18th.  Dr.  Wilmer  Brinton  was  elected  President ; 
Dr.  E.  F.  Cordell,  Secretary-Treasurer  and  Chair- 
man of  the  Endowment  Committee,  and  Hon. 
Henry  Stockbridge,  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee.  A  University  button  was  adopted 
"to  be  worn  only  by  members."  [Those  de- 
siring a  button,  will  please  address  Dr.  Cordell. 
If  we  can  secure  100  names,  the  cost  will  be  75 
cents,  otherwise,  it  will  be  $1.00.]  An  address 
on  "Higher  Education"  was  delivered  by  Dr. 
Thomas  Fell,  of  St.  John's  College.     The  Com- 


mittee on  revival  of  the  School  of  Arts  and 
Sciences  was  increased  to  five.  The  following 
meinbers  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  not  being 
Alumni,  and,  therefore,  not  being  eligible  to 
active  membership,  were  elected  honorary  mem- 
bers :  Bernard  Carter,  LL.  D.,  Provost;  Hon. 
John  P,  Poe,  LU.  D.;  Richard  M.  Venable,  James 
H.  Harris,  M.  D.,  D.  D.  S.,  Hon.  Charles  E. 
Phelps,  J.  Holmes  Smith,  M.  D.,  D.  M.  R.  Cul- 
breth,  M.  D.,  Ph.  G.,  R.  Dorsey  Coale,  Ph.  D., 
and  Daniel  Base,  Ph.  D. 


A  New  England  Club  (Univ.)  was  organized 
January  12th  with  the  following  officers  and 
members  :  Governor,  W.  R.  Mclntire ;  Lieu- 
tenant-Governor, J.  W.  Hotchkiss  ;  Treasurer, 
J.  J.  Carroll ;  Secretary,  George  H.  Hiney. 
Senators  :  G.  E.  Hill,  O.  J.  Ellis,  Arthur  J.  Nu- 
gent, B.  F.  Tefft,  Jr.,  Wm.  Coleman,  W.  S. 
Garland.  Representatives  :  L.  M.  Stevens,  G. 
W.  Frank,  A.  W.  McVane,  E.  E.  Casey,  P.  H. 
Flood,  H.  R.  Allen,  W.  H,  Riley,  H.  E.  Miner, 
J.  W.  Scholland,  E.  M.  Sullivan,  P.  Garneau, 
E.  D.  St.  John,  J.  H.   Dunne,   C.  F.  Hayes,  H. 

A.  Cherry,  S.  DeBlois,  H.  B.  Breyer,  N.  G.  Hall, 
M.  Archambault,  J.  Levin,  H.  J.  Eamontagne, 

B.  C.  Burgess,  J.  M.  King,  J.  P.  O'Keefe,  J.  P. 
Jusley,  W.  M.  Degnan,  M.  M.  Culliney,  J.  J. 
Ahern,  J.  H.  Findon,  J.  W.  Findon,  P.  H. 
Lockwood. 


Cyrus  McCormick,  M.  D.  (1868),  died  at  Ber- 
ryville,  Va.,  January  12th,  aged  59.  He  attend- 
ed his  first  course  at  the  University  of  Virginia. 
He  was  a  gallant  Confederate  soldier,  being  a 
member  of  the  Clarke  Co.  Cavalry,  and  was  one 
of  the  two  leading  physicians  in  the  town  where 
he  lived.  During  the  session  of  1887-8  he  was  a 
room-mate  of  the  Editor.  He  leaves  a  widow,  a 
son  and  daughter. 


At  the  annual  election  held  January  14th,  the 
following  were  chosen  as  officers  of  the  Univer- 
sity Y.  M.  C.  A.  for  the  ensuing  year:  Presi- 
dent, C.  W.  Roberts  (M.);  Vice-President,  D. 
W.  Burroughs  (L.)  ;  Financial  Secretary,  J.  A. 
Kolmer(M.);  Corresponding  Secretary,  G.  E. 
Truitt  (D.)  ;  Treasurer,  H.  B.  Breyer  (M.). 


Mr.  H.  C.  Irwin,  of  the  Senior  Medical  Class, 
fell  upon  the  ice  several  days  ago  and  sustained 
a  "  T  "  fracture  of  the  tibia.  We  are  glad  to 
hear  he  is  getting  along  nicely. 


OLD   MARYLAND. 


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By  the  resignation  of  Hon.  Henry  D.  Harlan 
and  Dr.  C.  G.  W.  Macgill,  two  vacancies  occurred 
in  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University  En- 
dowment Fund.  These  have  been  filled  by  the 
election  of  Hon.  Henry  Stockbridge  and  Dr. 
Joshua  W.  Hering,  the  latter  of  Westminster, 
Md.,  and  Judge  Stockbridge  was  further  elected 
President  of  the  Board. 


The  death  of  Mr.  Wm.  F.  Frick,  of  Baltimore, 
on  the  26th  ult.,  in  his  88th  year,  removes  one 
whose  name  is  ever  memorable  in  the  annals  of 
this  University.  As  the  founder  of  the  Charles 
Frick  Research  Fund  he  deserves  to  be  enrolled 
among  its  benefactors  and  by  the  endowment  of 
the  Charles  Frick  Library,  he  became  the  bene- 
factor of  the  profession . 


Attention  is  called  to  the  Sundajr  afternoon 
meetings  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion at  Ford's  Theatre.  All  students  are  invited. 
Attracti^-e  music  and  the  best  speakers  obtain- 
able, 3.30  o'clock. 


Robert  Pinkney  Lake,  M.   D.   (1849),   died  at 
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and  Botany. 

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HENRY  I^.  TROXEI.,  Ph.  G.,  Demou.strator  of  Chemistry. 

FRANTZ  NAYLOR,  Ph.  G.,  Demonstrator  of  Dispensing. 

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KACULTY     OK     PHYSIC. 


GEORGE  W.  MILTENBERGER.  M.  D.,  Emer- 
itus Professor  of  Obstetrics  and  Honorary 
President  of  the  Faculty.      . 

SAMUEI,  C.  CHEW,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Prin- 
ciples and  Practice  of  Medicine  and  Clinical 
Medicine. 

WIUJAM  T.  HOWARD.  M.  D.,  Emeritus  PrCH 
fessor  of  Diseases  of  Women  and  Children 
and  Clinical  Medicine. 

ISAAC  EDMONDSON  ATKINSON,  M.  D., 
Emeritus  Professor  of  Therapeutics  and  Clin- 
ical Medicine. 

R.     DORSEY      COAI.E,    Ph.    D.,    Professor    of 

Chemistry  and  Toxicolog-y, 
RANDOI,PH    WINSLOW,    M.    D.,    Professor  of 

Surgery. 
I,.  E.  NEAI.E.  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Obstetrics. 


EUGENE  F.  CORDEI,!.,  M.  D.,  Honorary  Pro- 
fessor of  the  History  of  Medicine  and  I.ibra- 
rian. 

FRANK  MARTIN,  M.  D.,  and  ST.  CI.AIR 
SPRUH,I„  M.  D.,  Clinical  Professors  of  Sur- 
gery. 

JOHN  G.  JAY,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Clinical  Surgery. 

J.  MASON  HUNDI^EY,  M.  D.,  Clinical  Professor 
of  Diseases  of  Women. 

H.  H.  ARTHUR,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Diseases  of  Women. 

THOMAS  C.  GII.CHRIST,  M.  D..  Clinical  Profes- 
sor of  Dermatology. 

JOSEPH  T.  SMITH,  M.D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Medical  Jurisprudence  and  Hygiene,  and  Clin- 
ical Medicine. 

CHAS.  W.  MCEI.FRESH,  M.  D.,  JOS.  E.  GICH- 
NER,  M.  D..  J.  M.  CRAIGHII,!,,  M.  D.,  and 
A.  D.  ATKINSON,  M.  D.,  Associate  Profes- 
sors of  Clinical  Medicine. 


CHAS.  W.  MITCHEI,!,,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Ther- 
apeutics, Diseases  of  Children  and  Clinical 
Medicine. 

THOS.  A.  ASHBY,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Diseases 
of  Women. 

JOHN  HOI,MES  SMITH,  M.  D.,  Professor  of 
Anatomy  and  Clinical  Surgery. 

D.  M.  R.  CUtBRETH,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Ma- 
teria Medica  and  Pharmacognosy-, 

JOHN  C.  HEMMETER,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Phy- 
siology. 

HIRAM  WOODS,  Jr..  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Eye 
and  Ear  Diseases. 

JOSE  I..  HIRSH,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Pathology 
and  Bacteriology. 

JOHN  S.  FUI.TON,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  State 
Medicine. 


B.  B.  I.ANIER,   M.   D.,   Associate  Professor  of 
Principles  of  Surgery. 

R.  TUNST.-VI^I.  TAYI,OR,  M.  D.,  .Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Orthopaedic  Surgery. 

L.  M.  .A-IvLEN,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of  Ob- 
stetrics. 


M.  D.,   Demonstrator 


JOSEPH  W.  HOI<I.AND, 
of  Anatomj'. 

JOHN  R.  WINSI^OW,   M.  D.,   Clinical   Professor 
of  Diseases  of  the  Throat  and  No.se. 

S.  B.  BOND,  M.  D.,  Associate  Profes.sor  of  Genito- 
urinary Diseases. 

HARRY  ADI.ER,  M.  D.,  j\s.sociate  Professor  of 
Disea.ses  of  the  Stomach. 

M.  R.  WAI<TER,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Histology  and  Embryology. 

DANIEI,  BASE.   Ph.  D.,   Associate  Professor  of 
Chemistry. 


THE  NINETY-NINTH  ANNUAL  SESSION  WILL  BEGIN  OCTOBER  I,  1905. 

FOR  CATAI,OGUE  AND  OTHER  INFORMATION,  APPI,Y  TO  R.  DORSEY  COAl,E,  Ph.  D.,  DEAN. 


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Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 


Vol.  I.     No.  3. 


BALTIMORE,  MD.,  MARCH,  1905. 


Pric:e,  10  Cents. 


"^AN  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  DANCING  MANIA  OF  EUROPE  AND  OF  EPIDEMIC 

CONVULSIONS  IN  KENTUCKY. 

By    THOMAS   B.   FUTCHER,   M.  B.    (Tor.), 
Associate  Professor  of  Medicine,  Johns  Hopkins  University. 


I. — The  Dancing  Mania. 

One  of  the  earliest  and  most  widespread  psj'- 
chical  disturbances  of  which  we  have  authentic 
records  was  the  so-called  ' '  Dancing  Mania, ' ' 
which  made  its  appearance  towards  the  latter  end 
of  the  fourteenth  centur>'.  It  was  even  inter- 
national in  extent.  This  was  a  remarkable  con- 
vulsive maladj',  which  excited  the  astonishment 
of  contemporaries  for  more  than  two  centuries. 
While  it  has  since  been  popularly  known  as  the 
"Dancing  Mania,"  it  was  at  the  time  called 
St.  John's  or  St.  Vitus'  dance  on  account  of  the 
Bacchantic  leaps  by  which  it  was  characterized, 
and  it  gave  to  those  affected,  whilst  performing 
their  wild  dance,  screaming  and  forming  with 
fury,  all  the  appearance  of  persons  possessed .  It 
did  not  remain  confined  to  particular  localities, 
but  was  propagated  by  the  sight  of  the  sufferers 
over  the  whole  of  German^'  and  the  neighboring 
countries  to  the  northwest,  whose  people  were 
all  prepared  for  its  reception  by  the  nervous 
apprehension  which  had  been  excited  bj'  the 
"Black  Death,"  the  effects  of  which  had  not  yet 
completely  subsided.  Most  of  my  information 
in  regard  to  this  remarkable  malady  was  secured 
from  Hecker's  ver\-  interesting  work  on  the 
"Epidemics  of  the  Middle  Ages." 

As  earl}^  as  the  year  1374,  gatherings  of  men 
and  women,  who  had  come  from  Germany,  were 
seen  at  Aix-la-Chapelle,  who,  united  by  one 
common  delusion,  exhibited  to  the  public  both 
in  the  streets  and  in  the  churches  the  following 
remarkable  spectacle :  They  formed  circles, 
hand  in  hand,  and  appearing  to  have  lost  control 
over  their  senses,  continued  dancing  ragardless 
of  the  bystanders,  for  hours  together,  in  wild  de- 
lirium, until  at  length  they  fell  to  the  ground  in 
a  state  of  exhaustion.  They  then  complained  of 
extreme  oppression  and  groaned  as  if  in  the 
agonies   of   death    initil    they    were  swathed    in 


cloths  bound  tightly  around  their  waists,  upon 
which  they  again  recovered  and  remained  free 
from  complaint  until  the  next  attack.  This 
practice  of  swathing  was  resorted  to  on  account  of 
the  abdominal  distension,  which  followed  these 
spasmodic  attacks,  but  the  bj^standers  frequently 
relieved  patients  by  more  vigorous  measures — 
such  as  thumping  and  trampling  upon  the  indi- 
viduals' abdomens.  While  dancing,  the  victims 
never  saw  or  heard,  being  insensible  to  external 
impressions  through  the  senses.  They  were 
haunted  by  visions  and  their  imaginations  con- 
jured up  spirits  whose  names  they  shrieked  out. 
Others  during  the  paroxj'sm  saw  the  heavens 
open  and  the  Saviour  enthroned  with  the  Virgin 
Mary. 

When  the  disease  was  firmly  established  the 
individual  attacks  commenced  with  epileptiform 
convulsions.  Those  affected  fell  to  the  ground 
senseless,  panting  and  laboring  for  breath.  They 
foamed  at  the  mouth,  and,  suddenh'  springing  up, 
began  their  dance  amidst  strange  contortions. 

It  was  only  a  few  months  before  this  demonia- 
cal disease  had  spread  from  Aix-la-Chapelle, 
where  it  appeared  in  July,  o\'er  the  neighboring 
Netherlands.  In  Liege,  Utrecht,  Tongres  and 
many  other  towns  of  Belgium  the  dancers  ap- 
peared with  garlands  in  their  hair  and  their 
waists  girt  with  cloths  that  they  might,  as  soon 
as  the  paroxysm  was  over,  recei\-e  immediate 
relief  on  the  development  of  the  abdominal  tj'm- 
pan3'  or  distension.  This  bandage  was,  bj'  the 
insertion  of  a  stick,  easily  twisted  tight.  Many, 
howe\'er,  obtained  more  relief  from  kicks  and 
blows  on  the  abdomen,  which  thej'  found  num- 
bers of  persons  ready  to  administer,  for  whenever 
the  dancers  appeared  the  people  assembled  in 
crowds  to  gratify  their  curiosity  with  the  remark- 
able performance.  E^"entually  the  increasing 
number  of  those  affected  excited  no  less  anxiety 


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than  the  attention  that  was  paid  to  them.  In 
town.s  and  villages  they  took  possession  of  the 
religious  houses.  Processions  were  everywhere 
instituted  on  their  account,  and  masses  were  said 
and  hymns  were  sung  ;  while  the  disease  itself, 
of  the  demoniacal  origin  of  which  no  one  enter- 
tained the  least  doubt'  excited  everywhere  as- 
tonishment and  horror.  In  Liege  the  priests  had 
recourse  to  exorcisms,  and  endeavored  by  every 
means  in  their  power  to  allay  the  evil,  which 
threatened  so  much  danger  to  themselves  ;  for 
those  possessed^  assembling  in  multitudes,  fre- 
quently poured  forth  imprecations  against  them 
and  menaced  their  destruction.  The  clergy  be- 
came daily  more  and  more  confirmed  in  their  belief 
that  those  affected  were  sectarians,  and  on  this 
account  they  hastened  their  exorcisms  as  much 
as  possible, in  order  that  the  evil  might  not  spread 
among  the  higher  classes,  for  hitherto  scarcely 
any  but  the  poor  had  been  attacked,  and  the  few 
people  of  responsibility  among  the  laity  and 
clergj'  who  were  found  among  them  were  per- 
sons whose  natural  frivolity  was  unable  to  with- 
stand the  excitement  of  novelty,  even  though  it 
proceeded  from  demoniacal  influence.  The  ex- 
ertions of  the  priests  were  more  or  less  effective, 
for  exorcism  was  a  powerful  remedy  in  the  four- 
teenth century.  At  all  events,  in  the  course  of 
ten  or  eleven  months,  the  St.  John's  dancers 
were  no  longer  to  be  found  in  any  of  the  cities  of 
Belgium. 

A  few  months  after  the  "Dancing  Mania" 
made  its  appearance  at  Aix-la-Chapelle,  it  broke 
out  at  Cologne,  where  the  number  of  those 
affected  reached  more  than  five  hundred,  and 
about  the  same  time  at  Metz ,  the  streets  of  which 
place  have  been  said  to  have  been  filled  with 
eleven  hundred  dancers.  Peasants  left  their 
ploughs,  mechanics  their  workshops,  housewives 
their  domestic  duties  to  join  the  wild  revels,  and 
Metz  became  the  scene  of  the  most  ruinous  dis- 
order. Immoral  desires  were  excited  and  too 
often  found  opportunities  for  wild  enjoyment. 
The  numerous  beggars,  stimulated  by  vice  and 
misery,  availed  themselves  of  this  new  complaint 
to  gain  a  temporary  livelihood.  Girls  and  boj^s 
left  their  parents,  and  servants  their  masters,  to 
amuse  themselves  at  the  dances  of  those  possessed, 
and  frequently  themselves  became  Ajictims. 
About  one  hundred  unmarried  women  were  seen 
raving  about  in  consecrated  and  unconsecrated 
places,  and  the  consequences  can  easily  be  imag-| 
ined.  Gangs  of  beggars,  who  understood  howl 
to  imitate  accurately  the  gestures  and  convulsions! 


of  those  really  affected,  moved  about  from  place 
to  place  seeking  maintenance  and  adventures, 
and  thus  did  much  towards  spreading  the  disease 
over  a  wider  territory,  because  in  epidemics  of 
this  kind  the  susceptible  are  affected  as  easily  by 
the  appearance  as  by  the  reality.  The  unaffected 
citizens  found  it  necessary  eventually  to  expel 
these  impostors,  although  it  took  several  months 
for  the  Rhenish  cities  to  do  so. 

Strassburg  was  visited  by  the  ' '  Dancing  Mania' ' 
in  1418,  forty-four  jrears  after  its  outbreak  at 
Aix-la-Chapelle.  The  same  infatuation  excited 
many  of  the  same  people  there  as  in  the  towns  of 
Belgiiun  and  the  lower  Rhine.  Many  were  seized 
at  the  sight  of  those  affected,  aroused  at  first 
by  their  confused  and  absurd  behaviour,  and 
then  by  their  constantly  following  the  swarms  of 
dancers.  The  latter  were  seen  day  and  night 
dancing  through  the  streets  accompanied  by  mu- 
sicians playing  on  bagpipes  and  by  innumerable 
spectators  attracted  bj'  curiosity.  To  it  were 
added  anxious  parents  and  relatives,  who  came 
to  look  after  those  among  the  misguided  multi- 
tude who  belonged  to  their  respective  families. 
Imposture  played  its  part  in  this  city,  but  the 
morbid  delusion  .seems  to  have  predominated. 
The  civic  authorities  took  the  matter  in  hand 
and  divided  the  affected  individuals  into  separate 
parties,  to  which  they  appointed  responsible 
superintendents  to  protect  them  from  harm,  and 
also  to  restrain  their  turbulence.  They  were 
consequenth^  conducted  on  foot  and  in  carriages 
to  the  chapels  of  St.  Vitus  near  Zabern  and 
Rotestein,  where  the  priests  were  in  attendance 
to  work  upon  their  misguided  minds  by  masses 
and  other  religious  ceremonies.  After  the  service 
was  completed  they  were  led  in  procession  to  the 
altar,  where  they  made  .small  offerings  of  alms, 
and  where  it  is  probable  that  many  were,  through 
the  influence  of  devotion  and  the  religious  sur- 
roundings, cured  of  this  mental  aberration.  It 
is  worthy  of  note,  at  all  events,  that  the  "Danc- 
ing Mania"  did  not  recommence  at  the  altars  of  ■ 
St.  Vitus,  and  that  from  him  alone  assistance  was 
implored,  and  through  his  miraculous  interposi- 
tion a  cure  was  effected,  which  was  beyond  the 
reach  of  human  skill. 

H  The  personal  history  of  St.  Vitus  may  be  of 
interest  in  this  connection.     He  was  a  Sicilian 

I  youth,  who,  together  with  others,  suffered  mar- 

Htyrdom  at  the  time  of  the  persecution  of  the 
Christians,  under  Diocletian,  in  the  year  303. 
The  legends  regarding  him  are  obscure,  and  he 

Iwould  probabli'  have  been  passed  over  without 


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notice  among  the  innumerable  martyrs  of  the 
first  centuries  had  not  the  transfer  of  his  body  to 
St.  Denys  and  thence,  in  the  year  836, to  Corvey, 
raised  him  to  a  higher  rank.  From  this  time  on 
it  may  be  supposed  that  many  miracles  were 
effected  at  his  new  sepulchre,  and  St.  Vitus  was 
soon  ranked  among  the  fourteen  saintly  helpers. 
His  altars  were  multiplied  and  became  wide- 
spread, and  the  people  had  recourse  to  him  in  all 
sorts  of  distresses  and  worshipped  him  as  a 
powerful  intercessor.  As  the  worship  of  these 
saints  was,  however,  at  this  time  stripped  of  all 
historical  connections,  a  legend  was  invented  at 
the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth  century,  or  perhaps 
even  so  early  as  the  fourteenth,  that  St.  Vitus 
had  prayed  to  God  that  he  might  protect  from  the 
Dancing  Mania  all  those  who  should  solemnize 
the  day  of  his  commemoration  and  fast  upon  its 
eve,  and  that  thereupon  a  voice  from  heaven  was 
heard  sa^dng,  "Vitus,  thy  prayer  is  accepted." 
Thus  St.  Vitus  became  the  patron  .saint  of  those 
afflicted  with  the  "Dancing  Mania." 

It  may  be  well  to  mention  here  that  the  name 
of  St.  Vitus'  dance  is  now  applied  to  an  entirely 
different  affection  from  the  Dancing  Mania. 
Sydenham ,  the  famous  English  physician  of  the 
sixteenth  century,  rather  unfortunately  applied 
this  name  to  a  nervous  affection  prevailing  mostly 
in  young  children,  and  now  known  under  the 
more  technical  name  of  "chorea."  This  is  not 
the  only  instance  in  medicine  in  which  we  know 
a  disease  by  a  name,  the  original  significance  of 
which  has  been  lost. 

As  already  stated  the  St.  Vitus'  dance  con- 
tinued to  manifest  itself  from  time  to  time  during 
a  period  lasting  fully  two  centuries.  While  at 
times  it  would  seem  to  be  waning  it  would  spring 
up  with  renewed  vigor  at  intervals.  It  attacked 
people  of  all  stations,  especially  those  who  led  a 
sedentary  life,  such  as  shoemakers  and  tailors ; 
but  even  the  most  robust  peasants  abandoned 
their  labors  in  the  fields  as  if  .they  were  possessed 
by  evil  spirits.  They  would  gather  together  at 
certain  appointed  places,  and,  unless  prevented 
by  the  lookers  on,  continue  to  dance  without 
intermission  until  they  were  completely  exhausted 
and  out  of  breath.  In  many  instances  they  were 
deprived  of  their  senses,  and  often  dashed  their 
brains  out  against  the  walls  and  corners  of  build- 
ings, or  rushed  precipitately  into  rivers  where 
they  found  watery  graves.  Their  actions  were 
so  violent  that  bystanders  could  onlj'  succeed  in 
restraining  them  by  placing  benches  and  chairS 
in  their  way,  so,  by  the  high  leaps  they  were 


thus  forced  to  take,  their  strength  became  the 
more  readih'  exhausted.  As  soon  as  this  occur- 
red they  fell  apparently  lifeless  to  the  ground, 
and  by  very  slow  degrees  again  recovered  their 
strength, 

A  cure  effected  by  these  stormy  attacks  was  in 
many  cases  so  perfect  that  some  patients  returned 
to  the  factory  or  plough  as  if  nothing  had  occur- 
red. Others,  on  the  contrary,  suft'ered  from  more 
or  less  serious  and  permanent  injury  to  their 
health.  Physicians  were  astonished  to  observe 
that  women,  in  advanced  stages  of  pregnancy, 
were  capable  of  going  through  an  attack  of  the 
disease  without  the  slightest  injury  to  their  off- 
spring, which  they  protected  merely  by  a  bandage 
passed  around  the  abdomen.  It  is  a  remarkable 
fact  that  the  affected  individuals  were  strikingly 
influenced  by  music.  For  this  reason  the  magis- 
trates hired  musicians  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
the  St.  Vitus'  dancers  more  quickly  through  the 
attacks,  and  even  directed  that  athletic  men 
should  be  sent  among  them  in  order  to  complete 
the  exhaustion,  a  procedure  which  had  often 
been  observed  to  produce  a  good  effect.  The 
wearing  of  red  garments  was  prohibited  because 
at  the  sight  of  this  color  those  affected  became  so 
furious  that  they  flew  at  the  persons  who  wore  it 
and  were  so  bent  upon  doing  them  an  injury  that 
they  could  with  difficulty  be  restrained.  They 
frequently  tore  their  own  clothes  whilst  in  the 
paroxysm,  and  were  guilty  of  other  improprie- 
ties, so  that  the  more  opulent  employed  attend- 
ants to  accompany  them  to  take  care  that  they 
did  no  hurt  to  themselves  or  others. 

Causes  of  the  Condition. — It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  the  Dancing  Mania  was  sometimes 
called  St.  John's  dance.  According  to  the 
authority  of  Hecker,  John  the  Baptist,  or  St. 
John,  was  originallj^  far  from  being  a  protecting 
saint  to  those  who  were  attacked,  or  one  who 
would  be  likely  to  give  them  relief  from  a  malady 
considered  to  be  the  work  of  the  devil.  On  the 
other  hand,  the  manner  in  which  he  was  wor- 
shipped afforded  an  important  and  very  evident 
cause  for  its  development .  From  an  early  period , 
certainly  as  far  back  as  the  fourth  century,  St. 
John's  day  was  solemnized  with  all  sorts  of 
strange  and  rude  customs,  of  which  the  original 
mystical  meaning  was  variously  transformed 
among  different  nations  by  superadded  relics  of 
heathenism.  Bacchanalian  dances  were  the  con- 
stant accompaniment  of  this  half-heathen,  half- 
Christian  festival.  At  the  period  with  which  we 
are  concerned  the  Germans  were  not  the  onh' 


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people  who  lost  their  mental  equilibrium  in  keep- 
ing the  festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist.  It  is 
worthy  of  note  that  in  Abyssinia,  a  country 
entirely  separated  from  Europe,  where  Christiani- 
ty has  maintained  itself  in  its  primeval  simplicity 
against  Mohammedanism,  St.  John  is  even  today 
worshipped  as  a  protecting  saint  by  those  who 
are  attacked  with  the  dancing  malady. 

When  in  Jul}^  1374,  the  first  evidences  of  the 
Dancing  Mania  made  their  appearance  in  Aix-la- 
Chappelle,  the  name  of  St.  John  is  supposed  to 
have  been  in  the  mouths  of  all  the  inhabitants, 
and  Hecker  is  inclined  to  the  view  that  the  wild 
revels  of  St.  John's  day,  A.  D.  1374,  gave  ri.se 
to  this  mental  plague.  A  contributarj^  factor  no 
doubt  arose  from  the  fact  that  there  had  been 
great  distress  among  the  inhabitants  of  the  vil- 
lages of  the  Rhine  and  Maine  for  some  months 
previous  to  St,  John's  dajr.  Throughout  the 
whole  of  June  prior  to  the  festival  of  St.  John, 
individuals  were  said  to  have  felt  a  di.squietude 
and  restlessness,  which  they  were  unable  to 
overcome.  They  were  dejected,  timid  and  anx- 
ious. They  wandered  about  in  an  unsettled  .state, 
being  tormented  with  twitching  pains,  which 
seized  them  constantly  in  various  parts  of  the 
body,  and  they  eagerly  looked  forward  to  the 
eve  of  St.  John's  day  in  confident  hope  that  bj^ 
dancing  at  the  altars  of  this  saint,  or  at  that  of 
St.  Vitus  (for  in  Breisgau  aid  was  equally  sought 
from  them)  they  would  be  freed  from  all  their 
sufferings.  In  this  hope  they  were  not  disap- 
pointed, and  they  remained  for  the  rest  of  the 
year  free  from  anj^  further  attack,  after  ha\'ing 
by  dancing  and  raving  about  for  three  hours  sat- 
isfied an  irresistible  demand  of  nature. 

It  was  not  until  the  beginning  of  the  sixteenth 
century  that  the  Dancing  Mania  was  made  the 
subject  of  medical  research  and  stripped  of  its 
unhallowed  character  as  the  work  of  demons. 
This  was  accomplished  by  Paracelsus,  who,  born 
near  Zurich  in  1493,  aimed  to  withdraw  diseases 
from  the  pale  of  miraculous  interpositions  and 
saintly  influences,  and  explain  their  cau.ses  upon 
principles  deduced  from  his  knowledge  of  the 
human  frame.  He  wrote  as  follows:  "We  will 
not,  however,  admit  that  the  saints  have  power 
to  inflict  diseases,  and  that  these  ought  to  be 
named  after  them,  although  many  there  are,  who 
in  their  theology  lay  great  stress  on  this  suppo- 
sition, ascribing  them  rather  to  God  than  to 
nature,  which  is  but  idle  talk.  We  dislike  such 
occasional  nonsensical  gossip  as  is  not  supported 
by  symptoms,  but  onl}'  by  faith,   a  thing  which 


is  not  human,  whereon  the  Gods  themselves  set 
no  value." 

These  words  he  addressed  to  his  contempora- 
ries who  were  as  yet  incapable  of  appreciating 
doctrine  of  this  sort,  for  the  belief  in  enchant- 
ment still  remained  everywhere  unshaken.  Pa- 
racelsus divided  the  St.  Vitus'  dance  into  three 
kinds: 

(1.)  That  which  arises  from  the  imagination, 
which  was  the  original  cause  of  the  dancing 
plague.      (Chorea  imaginativa.) 

(2.)  That  which  arises  from  .sensual  desires, 
depending  on  the  will.     (Chorea  lasciva.) 

(3.)  That  which  arises  from  corporal  causes. 
(Chorea  naturalis.) 

No  great  praise  can  be  bestowed  on  Paracelsus' 
treatment  of  the  disease,  but  it  was  in  conformity 
with  the  notions  of  the  age  in  which  he  lived. 
Hecker  says:  "For  the  first  kind,  which  often 
originated  in  passionate  excitement,  he  had  a 
mental  remedy,  the  efficacy  of  which  is  not  to 
be  despised,  if  we  estimate  its  value  in  connec- 
tion with  the  prevalent  opinions  of  those  times. 
The  patient  was  to  make  an  image  of  himself  in 
wax  or  resin  and  by  an  effort  of  thought  to  con- 
centrate all  his  bla.sphemies  and  sins  in  it.  'With- 
out the  intervention  of  any  other  person,  to  set 
his  whole  mind  and  thoughts  concerning  these 
oaths  in  the  image' ;  and  when  he  had  succeeded 
in  this,  he  was  to  burn  the  image  so  that  not  a 
particle  of  it  should  remain.  In  all  this  there 
was  no  mention  made  of  St.  Vitus  or  any  of  the 
other  mediatory  saints,  which  is  accounted  for 
by  the  circumstance,  that,  at  this  time,  an  open 
rebellion  against  the  Romish  Church  had  begun, 
and  the  worship  of  saints  was  by  many  rejected 
as  idolatrous.  For  the  second  kind  of  St.  Vitus' 
dance — that  arising  from  sensual  irritation,  with 
which  women  were  far  more  frequently  affected 
than  men,  Paracelsus  recommended  harsh  treat- 
ment and  strict  fasting.  He  directed  that  the 
patients  should  be  deprived  of  their  liberty ; 
placed  in  .solitary  confinement,  and-  made  to  sit 
in  an  uncomfortable  place,  until  their  misery 
brought  them  to  their  senses,  and  to  return  to 
their  accustomed  habits.  Severe  corporal  chas- 
tisement was  not  omitted ;  but,  on  the  other 
hand,  angry  resistance  on  the  part  of  the  patient 
was  to  be  sedulously  avoided,  on  the  ground  that 
it  might  increase  his  malady,  or  even  destroy 
him  ;  moreover,  where  it  seemed  proper,  Para- 
celsus allayed  the  excitement  of  the  nerves  by 
immersion  in  cold  water.  On  the  treatment  of 
the  third  kind  we  shall  not  here  enlarge.     It  was 


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to  be  effected  by  all  sorts  of  wonderful  remedies, 
composed  of  the  quintessences ;  and  it  would 
require,  to  render  it  intelligible,  a  more  extended 
exposition  of  peculiar  principles  than  suits  our 
present  purpose. ' ' 

Dancing  Mania  in  Italy. — A  peculiar  dancing 
affection  to  which  the  name  Tarantism  was  given 
broke  out  in  Italy  between  1400  and  1500.  The 
name  Tarantism  was  given  to  the  malady  owing 
to  the  prevailing  belief  that  it  was  caused  by  the 
bite  of  the  tarantula,  a  ground-spider  ver}'  com- 
mon in  Apulia.  The  fear  of  this  insect  was  so 
general,  that  its  bite  was  in  all  probability  much 
oftener  imagined,  or  the  sting  of  some  kind  of 
insect  mistaken  for  it,  than  actually  received. 

The  symptoms  of  Tarantism,  which  Perotti,  a 
contemporary  writer,  enumerates  as  consequent 
upon  the  bite,  or  supposed  bite,  of  the  tarantula, 
were  practically  as  follows:  Those  who  were 
bitten  generally  fell  into  a  state  of  melancholy, 
and  appeared  to  be  stupefied  and  not  in  posses- 
sion of  their  senses.  This  condition  was  in  many 
cases  united  with  so  great  a  sensibility  of  music 
that  at  the  very  first  tones  of  their  favorite  melo- 
dies they  sprang  up,  shouting  for  joy,  and  danced 
on  without  intermission  until  they  sank  to  the 
ground  exhausted  and  almost  lifeless.  In  other 
persons  the  disease  did  not  take  this  cheerful 
form.  The  patients  wept  constantly  and  spent 
their  days  in  great  misery  and  anxiety.  Others 
in  morbid  fits  of  love  cast  their  longing  eyes  on 
women,  and  in.stances  of  death  are  recorded, 
which  are  said  to  have  occurred  under  a  paroxym 
of  either  laughing  or  weeping. 

Although  Tarantism  at  first  was  confined  to 
the  provinces  of  Apulia,  it  later  spread  to  other 
Italian  provinces.  A  rather  curious  feature  of 
the  condition  was  that,  unlike  in  the  Dancing 
Mania  of  Germany,  those  suffering  from  Taran- 
tism did  not  abhor  red  colors,  but  were  rather 
soothed  by  them.  Certain  colors,  however,  did 
have  a  certain  effect  upon  them.  About  the  only 
thing  that  gave  any  relief,  and  had  any  soothing 
effect  upon  the  disease  was  music  in  various 
forms.  In  fact,  this  was  practically  the  only 
remedy,  which  seemed  to  have  any  tendency  to 
put  a  cessation  to  the  individual's  propensity  to 
dance. 

Tarantism  prevailed  more  or  less  extensively 
throughout  the  whole  of  the  fifteenth  and  six- 
teenth centuries.  The  fear  of  the  bite  itself  was 
expected  from  the  wound,  which  these  .  insects 
inflicted.  If  those,  who  were  bitten,  escaped 
with  their  lives  they  were  said  to  be  seen   pining 


away  in  a  spirit  of  melancholy.  It  was  no  doubt 
the  fear  of  the  bite  of  these  insects  rather  than 
the  actual  bite,  which  wrought  upon  the  nervous 
system  of  these  people,  and  gave  rise  to  the  re- 
markable symptoms  which  have  been  described. 
What  the  factors  were  that  led  to  such  an  un- 
stable psychical  condition,  which  would  permit 
the  minds  of  the  people  to  be  disturbed  in  this 
way,  has  not  been  satisfactorily  explained.  We 
know  that  the  bite  of  the  tarantula  does  not 
have  the  effects  here  described,  and  the  symp- 
toms were  undoubtedly^  manifestations  of  ex- 
tremely unstable  nervous  sy.stems  on  the  part  of 
the  native  Italians. 

Dancing  Mania  in  Abyssinia. — A  form  of  the 
Dancing  Mania  called  Tigretier,  on  account  of 
its  occurring  most  frequently  in  the  Tigre  coun- 
try of  Abyssinia,  prevailed  in  the  earl}^  years  of 
the  nineteenth  century  from  1800  on.  This 
condition  resembled  in  many  features  the  forms 
of  Dancing  Mania  already  described,  but  was  not 
apparently  so  widespread  as  either  the  original 
Dancing  Mania  or  Tarantism.  It  is  rather  curi- 
ous that  the  malady  should  have  extended  down 
to  the  iDeginning  of  the  nineteenth  century,  and 
also  that  in  the  case  of  Tigretier  music  seems  to 
have  been  the  remedy  which  gave  most  relief. 

II. — Epidemic  Convulsions. 

We  now  come  a  little  nearer  home,  and  will  de- 
scribe a  remarkable  convulsive  malady  which 
affected  large  numbers  of  persons  in  the  States  of 
Tennessee,  Kentucky  and  Virginia  about  the 
year  1800.  As  is  often  the  case,  religious  fervor 
seemed  to  be  the  exciting  factor  in  bringing 
about  this  curious  epidemic.  It  has  been  well 
described  by  Dr.  David  Yandell  (Brain  :  A  Jourr 
nal  of  Neurology.  Vol.  IV,  1881-1882,  p.  339) 
under  the  heading  of  "  Epidemic  Convulsions." 
He  secured  his  information  in  regard  to  the  dis- 
ease from  notes  left  by  his  father,  who  was  a 
practitioner  in  Louisville  during  the  time  that 
the  epidemic  prevailed. 

The  extraordinary  religious  excitement,  in 
which  these  nervous  disorders  arose,  commenced 
in  Logan  County,  Kentucky,  under  the  preach- 
ing of  Rev.  James  McGready,  described  as  a 
man  of  "hideous  visage  and  thunder  tones," 
with  a  highh^  impassioned  .style  of  eloquence. 
The  excitement  soon  abated,  but  was  renewed  in 
a  more  intense  form  three  years  later,  and  con- 
tinued to  grow  until  it  reached  its  height  about 
the  year  1800.  Families  came  in  wagons  fort}-, 
fifty  and  one  hundred  miles  to  attend  the  meet- 


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ings,  and  it  became  necessaty  to  establish  camps 
for  their  accommodation.     These  camp  meetings 
generally  continued  for  four  days,    from  Friday 
to  Tuesdaj-  morning,  but  sometimes  they  lasted 
a  week.     They  succeeded  each  other  at  frequent 
inter\-als,  and  thus  the  fer\-or  of  religious  feeling 
was  kept  up.     The  woods  and  paths,  leading  to 
the   camp  grounds,    seemed    alive   with  people. 
The   concourse   became   immense.      At   one    of 
the  gatherings  the  attendance  was  computed  to 
be  20,000  persons.     A    spectacle  presented  was 
described  by  Dr.  Davidson,  a  contemporar}.',  in 
the  following  words  :      ' '  The  glare  of  the  camp- 
fires   falling   on    a   dense    assemblage   of   heads 
simultaneously  bowed    in    prayer,   and  reflected 
back  from  long  ranges  of  tents  upon  every  side  ; 
hundreds  of  candles  and  lamps  suspended  among 
the  trees,  together  with  numerous  torches  flash- 
ing to  and  fro,  throwing  an  uncertain  light  upon 
the  tremulous  foliage  ;   the    solemn  chanting  of 
hjmms,  swelling  and  falling  on  the  night  winds  ; 
the  impassioned  exhortations,  the  earnest  pray- 
ers, the  sounds,  shrieks  or  shouts  bursting  from 
persons    under   intense   agitation   of  mind  :  the 
sudden  spasms,    which   seized  upon  scores  and 
unexpecteely   dashed   them  to   the   ground — all 
conspired  not  only  to  invest  the  scene  with  ter- 
rific interest,  but  to  work  up  the  feelings  to  the 
highest  pitch  of  excitement . "     It  is  said  that  the 
meetings  were  protracted  to  a  late  hour  of  the 
night,  keeping  the  feelings  long  upon  the  stretch. 
The  preaching  was  fen'id  and  impassioned,  many 
of  the  preachers,  unable  to  control  their  emotions 
during  the  ceremon3',  going  about  in  "  a  singing 
ecstasy,"    shouting    and    shaking    hands    with 
others  as  much  excited  as  themseh-es.     In  this 
way  everything  was  done  to   ' '  heap  fuel  on  the 
fire,"  and  it  was  at  such  meetings  that  thousands 
fell  in  convulsive  seizures  to  the  ground.     The 
spectacle  of  persons  falling  down  in  paroxj'sms 
of  feeling   was  first   exhibited   at  Gasper  River 
Church,  in  one  of  McGready's  congregations,  in 
the   summer   of    1779.     The   movement   proved 
highly  contagious  and  spread  in  all  directions. 
After  rousing  appeals  to  the  feelings  of  the  lis- 
teners,   and    especially  during  spirited  singing, 
one  and  another  of  the  audience  would  fall  to  the 
ground  and  swoon.     Not  only  ner\-ous  women, 
but  robust  young  men  were  overpowered .     Some 
fell   suddenly    as   if  struck  bj"  lightning,  while 
others  were  seized  with  a  general  tremor  before 
thej-  fell,  shrieking  aloud.     A  few  shrieks  never 
failed  to  start  the  epidemic  going,  and  to  cause 
men  and  women  to  fall  to  the  ground.    A  sense  of 


"pins  and  needles"  was  complained  of  by  many 
of  the  subjects,  and  others  felt  a  numbness  of  the 
body  and  lost  all  control  of  their  muscles.  It 
soon  grew  into  a  habit,  and  those  who  had  once 
fallen  were  ready  to  fall  again  under  conditions 
by  no  means  exciting.  Women,  who  had  suffer- 
ed repeated  attacks,  sometimes  fell  from  their 
horses  on  the  wa^'  to  or  from  the  meetinghouses. 

The  condition  in  some  of  the  cases  was  cata- 
leptic, lasting  generally  from  a  few  minutes  to 
two  or  three  hours,  but  in  some  instances  lasting 
many  days.  Others  were  violently  convulsed  as 
in  epilepsy.  The  majority  were  speechless,  but 
some  were  capable  of  conversing  throughout 
the  paroxysm.  The  sensibilities  were  numbed. 
Manj^  who  fell  hard  to  the  ground,  or,  in  run- 
ning madly  about,  encountered  stumps  of  trees, 
felt  no  pain  from  the  violence.  So  many  fell  at 
Cabin  Creek  camp  meeting,  it  is  stated,  that  to 
prevent  their  being  trodden  upon,  "they  were 
laid  out  in  order  on  two  squares  of  the  meeting 
house,  covering  the  floor  like  so  many  corpses." 
At  one  camp  meeting  two  hundred  were  attacked; 
at  another  three  hundred,  while  at  a  third  the 
number  who  fell  were  believed  to  have  reached 
three  thousand. 

One  of  the  features  of  this  remarkable  condi- 
tion was  popularly  known  as  the  '  'jerks. ' '  These 
'  'jerks' '  first  appeared  at  a  sacramental  meeting 
in  East  Tennessee,  where  several  hundred  people 
of  both  sexes  were  seized  with  this  convulsive 
movement.  The  Rev.  B.  W.  Stone  has  left  a 
\-ivid  description  of  it.  Sometimes,  he  says,  the 
subject  was  affected  in  a  single  member  of  his 
bodj',  but  in  others  the  spasm  was  universal. 
When  the  head  alone  was  affected  it  would  be 
jerked  from  side  to  side  so  quickly  that  the 
features  of  the  face  could  not  be  distinguished. 
When  the 'whole  system  was  affected,  he  con- 
tinues, "I  have  seen  the  person  stand  in  one  place 
and  jerk  backward  and  forward  in  quick  succes- 
sion, the  head  nearly  touching  the  floor  behind 
and  before.  All  classes,  saints  and  sinners,  the 
strong  as  well  as  the  weak,  were  thus  affected. 
I  have  seen  some  wicked  persons  thus  affected, 
and  all  the  time  cursing  the  jerks  while  they 
were  thrown  to  the  earth  with  violence. ' '  The 
first  form  in  which  these  spasmodic  movements 
made  their  appearance  was  that  of  a  simple  jerk- 
ing of  the  arms  from  the  elbow  down.  When 
they  invohed  the  entire  body  they  were  described 
as  being  most  distressing  to  watch.  The  head 
was  thrown  backward  and  forward  with  a  rapidity 
that  alarmed  the  spectators,  causing  the  hair,  if 


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it  were  long,  to  crack  and  snap  like  the  lash  of  a 
whip.  The  Rev.  Richard  McNemar  gives  the 
following  account  of  a  case  of  jerks  as  being  a] 
characteristic  type  of  the  malady  as  it  prevailed 
"A  young  man  of  a  pious  family,  the  son  of  a'f 
tanner,  feigned  sickness  one  Sunday  morning  to 
avoid  going  that  day  to  the  camp  meeting.  He 
kept  his  bed  until  he  was  assured  that  all  the 
family,  except  a  few  negro  children,  had  left  the 
premises,  and  was  much  pleased  at  the  success 
of  his  strategem.  As  he  lay  quietly  in  his  bed 
his  thoughts  naturally  turned  to  the  camp  meet- 
ing in  progress.  The  assembled  multitude,  ex- 
cited, agitated,  convulsed,  rose  up  vividly  before 
his  mind.  All  at  once,  while  occupied  with  the 
scene,  he  felt  himself  most  violently  jerked  out 
of  bed  and  dashed  around  the  walls  in  a  manner 
utterly  beyond  his  control.  Prayer,  he  remem- 
bered, was  efficacious  in  such  circumstances,  and 
he  fell  upon  his  knees  in  the  hope  that  it  would 
prove  a  sedative  in  his  case.  It  turned  out  as  he 
hoped,  and  he  returned  to  bed  happy  at  finding 
the  spirit  exorcised,  but  the  enemy  soon  returned; 
the  jerks  were  as  bad  as  ever,  but  were  again 
allayed  by  prayer.  Dressing,  he  now  went  to 
the  tanyard  and  set  about  currying  a  hide  to 
occupy  his  mind.  He  rolled  up  his  sleeves,  and 
grasping  his  knife  was  about  to  commence  the 
operation,  when  suddenh^  the  knife  was  flirted 
out  of  his  hand,  and  he  was  jerked  violently 
backwards  over  logs  and  again.st  fences  as  before. 
Gaining  relief  by  resorting  once  more  to  prayer, 
he  ventured  to  resume  his  occupation,  but  was 
again  seized  with  convulsions,  and  at  last  forsook 
the  tanyard  and  betook  himself  to  strong  cries 
for  mercy,  at  which  he  was  found  engaged  b}^ 
the  family  on  their  return  from  the  meeting  in 
the  evening. ' ' 

The  nervous  disorder  sometimes  assumed  other 
grotesque  forms  besides  those  that  have  been 
described.  The  subjects  often  rolled  over  and 
over  on  the.  ground  or  ran  violenth'  until  worn 
out  with  the  exercise.  Hysterical  laughter  was 
another  modification.  Laughter  was  onl}^  occa- 
sional at  first,  but  it  grew  until  in  1803  the 
"holy  laugh"  was  introduced  systematically^  as 
a  part  of  religious  worship.  Sometimes  half  the 
congregation,  apparently  in  a  devout  spirit ,  would 
be  heard  laughing  aloud  in  the  midst  of  a  liveh- 
sermon.  As  the  excitement  grew,  infatuated 
subjects  took  to  dancing  and  at  last  barking  like 
dogs.  McNemar  says  they  actually  assumed  the 
posture  of  dogs,  "moving  about  on  all  fours, 
growling,  snapping  the  teeth  and  barking  with 


such  exactness  of  imitation  as  to  deceive  anyone 
whose  eyes  were  not  directed  to  the  .spot."  Not 
onl}'  the  poorer  classes  were  thus  affected,  but 
even  persons  of  the  highest  rank  in  society. 

It  is  rather  remarkable  that  notwithstanding 
[the  intensity  and  duration  of  this  nervous  dis- 
j  order,  no  cases  were  recorded  from  which  perma- 
nent insanity  resulted.  As  to  the  nature  of  the 
affection,  it  was  undoubtedh'  in  the  majority  of 
cases  due  to  the  overwrought  nervous  systems 
resulting  from  prolonged  religious  excitement. 
The  convulsions  once  started  in  the  congregation 
.spread  quickly  throughout  it  until  all  the  fit 
.subjects  were  convulsed.  Repetition  greatly 
increased  the  proneness  to  the  disorder,  which 
was  encouraged  by  the  masses  on  the  supposition 
that  it  was  a  true  religious  exercise.  As  already 
stated,  the  epidemic  was  rather  widespread  in  its 
range.  It  continued  to  reappear  for  several  years, 
and  involved  a  district  of  country  extending  from 
Ohio  to  the  mountains  of  Tennessee,  and  even 
into  the  old  settlements  of  the  Carolinas.  Lorenzo 
Dow  relates  that  at  a  religious  meeting  in  the 
courthouse  at  Knoxville,  when  the  Governor  of 
Tennessee  was  present,  he  saw  150  people  jerk- 
ing at  one  time,  but  at  other  places  the  frenzy 
reached  a  greater  height,  and  it  is  recorded  that 
at  a  religious  meeting  in  Kentucky  not  less  than 
3,000  persons  fell  to  the  ground  in  convulsions. 
These  so-called  "epidemic  convulsions"  eventu- 
ally died  out  in  a  few  years. 

It  will  be  seen  that  in  all  the  epidemics  thus 
far  cited  religious  enthusiasm  seemed  to  be  a 
large  determining  factor.  In  this  connection  I 
might  quote  a  few  lines  from  an  excellent  article 
on  "Fanaticism  in  the  United  States,"  by  James 
M.  Buckley,  LL.  D,,  the  author  of  "Faith  Heal- 
ing, Christian  Science  and  Kindred  Phenomena, ' ' 
which  appeared  in  the  Century  Magazine  for 
December,  1903. 

Under  the  heading  of  "Determining  Causes  of 
Fanaticism"  he  says,  "the  determining  causes  of 
fanaticism  are  as  numerous  as  objects  of  thought 
or  action.  Granted  a  predi-sposition,  if  there  be 
no  sufficient  counteracting  influence,  any  topic 
may  develop  it.  But  that  which  would  excite 
it  in  one  person  might  not  affect  another,  and 
what  might  affect  a  man  at  one  period  might 
have  little  or  no  effect  on  him  at  a  later  time. 
In  purely  personal,  social  relations  there  is  no 
more  fanaticism  than  elsewhere  ;  but  usually  it 
does  not  become  epidemic  except  in  cases  of 
large  families  of  races.  At  the  stage  which 
human   nature  has  reached  the  social  relations 


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furnish  more  exciting  objects  of  desire  than 
others.  Love  and  infatuation  may  react  in  the 
wildest  fanaticism,  and  frequently  it  may  be  dis- 
tinguished from  simple  hatred,  envy  or  jealousy. 
In  certain  parts  of  Kentucky  the  fatal  feuds, 
which  from  time  to  time  shock  the  nation,  are  a 
compound  of  fanaticism  and  other  elements. 
Everywhere  only  exceptional  persons  are  free 
from  the  possibility  of  being  unreasonably  agita- 
ted at  the  mention  of  some  name  or  act.  Hence 
those,  who  arrange  a  banquet  or  reception,  have 
always  to  consider  what  subjects  must  be  tabooed, 
and  what  guests  placed  near  one  another. 

"The  crop  of  religious  fanatics  is  perennial, 
and  unless  a  perpetual  miracle  should  interrupt 
the  operation  of  common  causes,  may  be  expected 
to  appear  so  long  as  human  nature  remains  what 
it  is.  Next  in  frequency  and  for  similar  causes 
government  and  its  machinery — civil,  military- 
and  naval — form  centres  of  fanaticism.  In  re- 
ligion and  politics  it  is  always  liable  to  become 
epidemic. 

"A  hobby  is  often,  if  not  alwa}-s,  a  cause  of 
fanaticism .    It  may  be  merely  a  relief  avocation . ' ' 


*  FRATERNITIES. 

By  JOSIAH  S.  BOWEN,  M.  D., 
G.  A.  of  Kappa  Psi   Fraternity,  Mt.  Washington,  Md. 

Fraternities  (Lat.  fraternitas,  brotherhood, 
from  fraternus,  brotherly,  from  /rater,  brother  ; 
connected  with  Gk.  phrater,  clansman),  Amer- 
can  College  Societies  of  students  found  in 
nearly  all  the  colleges  and  universities  of  the 
United  States.  In  general  they  are  secret 
in  character  ;  but  this  secrecy  is  largely  nominal , 
consisting  chiefly  of  extreme  care  in  protecting 
their  constitutions  and  mottos  from  outside  knowl- 
edge, and  in  holding  .secret  meetings.  Aside 
from  this  they  do  not  cultivate  mystery  in  their 
methods  or  work.  The  fraternities  are  composed 
of  branches  called  "chapters,"  situated  in  various 
colleges.  But  no  fraternity  has  more  than  one 
chapter  in  anj'  one  college.  Usually  all  students 
of  all  collegiate  departments  are  eligible  to  mem- 
bership, though  the  academic  department  has 
furnished  the  largest  part  of  fraternity  member- 
ship. Fraternities  are  \'arioush'  termed  bj'  out- 
siders "Greek  Letter  Fraternities"  and  "College 
Secret  Societies, ' '  but  among  themseh-es  the  term 
"Fraternities"  is  universally  used. 

The  Greek  alphabet  is  usually  employed  to 
name  both  the  fraternit}'  and  chapter.  Usu- 
ally a  Greek  letter  is  assigned  to  a  chapter  accord- 
ing  to   the   order    of  its    establishment ;  but    in 


some  fraternities  the  name  of  the  state  may  be 
added,  and  infrequently  the  chapter  takes  its 
name  from  the  town  or  state  in  which  it  is  situ- 
ated. An  extremely  rare  instance  is  known 
where  the  chapter  was  named  after  an  individual. 
When  the  fraternity  chapters  have  used  all  the 
letters  of  the  alphabet,  it  is  customary  to  start 
anew  and  add  the  word  deideron  to  the  letter, 
thus  signifying  second.  The  badges  of  the  fra- 
ternity are  of  three  types.  One  is  a  plate  of 
gold,  which  displays  the  fraternity  names  and 
one  or  more  symbols  of  special  significance  ;  a 
second  form  is  a  monogram  of  the  letters  of  the 
fraternity,  while  the  third  is  a  symbol,  as  a  key, 
a  skull,  or  a  scroll. 

The  first  Greek-letter  .society.  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
was  organized  at  the  College  of  "William  and 
Mary,  in  1776.  "The  promotion  of  literature 
and  of  friendl}'  intercourse  among  scholars' ' 
was  its  raison  d'etre.  Its  origin  is  legendary. 
Three  stories  of  its  birth  have  been  handed  down 
by  tradition.  One  gives  Thomas  Jefferson  the 
honor  of  founder,  one  asserts  that  it  sprang  from 
a  lodge  of  Free  Masons,  the  third  claims  that  it 
was  brought  from  Europe.  The  first  meeting 
was  held  in  the  rooms  of  the  old  Raleigh  Tavern  at 
Williamsburg,  Va.,  a  spot  made  famous  by  the 
historic  speech  of  Patrick  Henry.  In  December, 
1779.  branches  were  authorized  at  Yale  and 
Harvard,  and  in  1780  the  meetings  of  the  parent 
chapter  ended  amid  vicissitudes  of  the  Re^^olu- 
tion,  then  raging  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of 
Williamsburg.  The  Yale  Chapter  was  established 
in  1780  and  that  at  Harvard  in  1782.  In  1787 
these  two  chapters  united  to  form  a  chapter  at 
Dartmouth  College.  In  1831  the  Harvard  chap- 
ter gave  up  its  individual  secrets,  and  in  that 
5'ear  its  Motto,  'Philosophy,  the  Guide  of  Life," 
became  public.  Since  1831  a  purely  honorary 
status  has  existed,  and  membership  is  gained  by 
high  scholarship,  and  given  to  honor  men  usually 
of  graduating  classes.  In  Yale,  in  1821,  a  liter- 
ary society'  was  founded,  called  the  Chi  Delta 
Theta.  Many  other  literar}^  societies  existed  at 
about  the  same  time  in  which  might  be  mastered 
the  art  of  debate,  and  in  which  oratorj^  could  be 
indulged  in  before  audiences  of  college  mates. 
These  literary  societies  served  no  mean  part  in 
college  life,  and  the}'  had  faculty  approbation 
and  encouragement  ;  but  their  literary'  contests 
and  election  rivalries  destroyed  anj'  deep  frater- 
nal interest  in  them.  The  fraternity  system,  as 
it  exists  to-day,  originated  at  Union  College  in 
1825,  when  the  Kappa  Alpha,   the  first  men's 


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general  fraternities,  was  established.  Externally 
it  imitated  Phi  Beta  Kappa  in  its  secrecy,  in  its 
Greek  title,  and  in  its  membership  limitation  to 
upper-class  men.  The  start  of  the  fraternity 
system  was  ver}^  simple,  but  its  novelty  was  so 
marked  that  it  at  once  raised  opposition  in  the 
faculty.  That  attitude  has  now  entirely  changed. 
Antagonistic  legislation  has  been  greatly  changed 
or  abandoned.  Faculty  and  students  dwell  in 
amity,  and,  through  the  medium  of  their  chapter 
houses,  the  lattermeetandentertain  their  instruc- 
tors socially.  Ex-President  White,  of  Cornell, 
President  Andrews,  of  Nebraska  University,  and 
other  leading  educators  of  the  West,  East  and 
South,  have  given  public  expression  of  their 
belief  in  the  fraternity  system.  In  1827  we  find 
the  Sigma  Phi  placed  the  first  chapter  at  Hamil- 
ton College  ,  and  this  move  probably  led  to  the 
foundation  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi  at  Hamilton  in 
1832.  Alpha  Delta  Phi  started  a  chapter  at 
Miami  University  in  1835.  Prior  to  this  time 
fraternities  were  confined  to  two  states — New 
York  and  Massachusetts,  and  to  three  colleges — 
Union,  Hamilton  and  Williams.  At  Miami,  in 
1839,  another  fraternity  was  started — BetaTheta 
Phi.  Before  1839  Union  College  saw  one  more 
fraternity  established,  the  Psi  Upsilon,  in  1833. 
At  Williams  was  founded  Delta  Upsilon  in  1824. 

The  year  1840,  thirteen  years  after  the  estab- 
lishment of  Kappa  Alpha,  marks  the  time  when 
the  system  may  be  called  national.  Since  that 
period  the  system  has  spread,  the  establishment 
of  fraternities  and  chapters  becoming  more  fre- 
quent uiitil,  in  1898,  the  last  year  in  which  a 
statistical  canvas  was  made,  there  were  approxi- 
mately 800  chapters  in  existence.  One  society, 
the  Delta  Upsilon,  was,  in  its  foundation  at  least, 
anti-secret.  The  advent  of  the  fraternity  system 
hurt  the  prestige  of  the  literary  societies  through 
competition  and  in  other  ways,  and  on  that  ac- 
count four  literary  societies  met  in  convention  in 
1847,  and  formed  the  "Anti-Secret  Confedera- 
tion." In  1858  a  fraternity  was  effected  out  of 
this  confederation,  changing  its  status  and  adopt- 
ing the  monogram  badge  of  Delta  Upsilon.  In 
time  Delta  Upsilon  became  only  nominally 
secret,  to-day  ranking  practically  with  other 
secret  societies.  It  is  believed  that  no  other  non- 
secret  .society  could  now  be  successfully  started. 

Fraternity  members  are  st3ded  "active' '  whilein 
college,  and  "alumni"  afterwai'ds.  Should  they 
he  elected  when  not  undergraduates,  they  are 
known  as  honorary  members.  To  bestow  hon- 
orary membership    at  present  is   generally  dis- 


countenanced. For  a  member  to  belong  to  two 
fraternities  at  the  same  college  at  the  same  time 
or  to  a  fraternity  at  another  college  at  different 
times  is  reprehensible,  forbidden  and  punisha- 
ble. Most  fraternities  publish  song  books,  cata- 
logues and  magazines.  Each  fraternity  deems 
a  catalogue  a  necessity.  In  early  days  there  was 
just  merely  a  list  of  members,  but  now  they  con- 
tain addresses,  the  rolls  of  chapters,  tables  of 
varied  statistics,  and  the  geographical  distribu- 
tion of  chapters  and  members.  Histories  have 
been  issued  by  several  fraternities. 

Periodicals  are  now  published  by  Alpha  Tau 
Omega,  Alpha  Chi  Rho,  Beta  Theta  Phi,  Chi 
Psi,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon,  Delta  Tau  Delta,  Delta 
Upsilon,  Kappa  Alpha,  Kappa  Sigma,  Phi  Delta 
Theta,  Phi  Gamma  Delta,  Phi  Kappa  Psi,  Phi 
Kappa  Sigma,  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon,  Sigma  Chi, 
Sigma  Nu,  Theta  Delta  Chi,  and  Kappa  Psi,  which 
was  organized  as  a  literary  fraternity  in  1879  and 
afterwards  became  a  Medical  and  Pharmaceutical 
Fraternity,  and  which  was  incorporated  in  1903 
under  the  Laws  of  Delaware. 


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PROFESSIONAL    SCHOOLS'    CHRISTIAN 
CONFERENCE. 

The  second  annual  conference  of  leaders  of 
Christian  work  in  eastern  professional  schools 
was  held  in  Murray-Dodge  Hall,  Princeton  Uni- 
versity, on  Friday,  Saturday  and  Sunday,  Feb- 
ruary 17th  to  19th,  inclusive.  Twenty  profes- 
sional schools  of  the  East  were  represented  by 
thirty-nine  delegates.  Eleven  secretaries  and 
speakers  were  in  attendance.  The  delegates 
were  entertained  by  the  Princeton  University 
Christian  Association,  whose  hospitality  was,  in 
every  respect,  most  excellent.  The  purpose  of 
the  conference  was  to  bring  together  the  results 
of  actual  experience  in  dealing  with  some  funda- 
mental and  difficult  problems  in  work  among 
professional  students  ;  to  strengthen  the  sense  of 
co-operation  and  friendship  among  the  men  who 
are  leading  in  this  work,  and  to  deepen  and 
energize  their  lives  that  more  effective  methods 
may  be  used  in  its  prosecution.  The  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  the  University  of 
Mar3dand  was  represented  by  its  president,  who 
feels  greatly  indebted  to  the  members,  one  and  all. 
C.  W.  Roberts  ('06  Med.), 
President  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  U.  of  Md. 


The  Johns  Hopkins  University  ninth  annual 
indoor  track  and  field  meet,  February  11th,  was 
a  great  success.  It  was  held  in  the  cage  before 
one  of  the  largest  crowds  that  ever  witnessed  a 
set  of  games  here.  The  events  were  run  off 
quickly  and  in  good  order.     The  relay  races  were 


a  great  feature  and  in  most  cases  were  closely 
contested.  Twelve  laps  were  covered  by  the 
runners.  In  one  of  these  Maryland  defeated  St. 
John's  College.  For  the  first  two  heats  St.  John's 
led,  but  Stone  made  up  the  distance  and  Chaney 
had  a  comparatively  easy  job  to  win  for  Maryland 
by  several  j^ards.  The  winning  relay  team  con- 
sisted of  Lester  D.  Norris  (Med.),  Clarence  L. 
Stone  (Law),  Morris  Mathews  (Law),  T.  Morris 
Chaney,  Jr.,  (Med.).     Time,  2.40  fiat. 

At  the  Georgetown '  University  games  held  in 
Washington  on  Saturday,  February  25th,  a  second 
relay  race  was  run  between  the  same  institutions, 
which  was  declared  in  favor  of  St.  John's  by  a 
foul. 


Some  time  ago,  it  will  be  remembered,  the 
French  Government  presented  a  bust  of  Lafayette 
to  the  University  of  Virginia  through  M.  Jusser- 
and,  the  French  Ambassador  at  Wa.shington.  As 
an  interesting  fact  in  connection  with  the  great 
Frenchman,  the  Editor  called  M.  Jusserand's 
attention  to  an  episode  in  his  career,  in  which  our 
Universit}'  played  a  part.  It  was  the  conferring 
of  the  degree  of  LL-  D.  upon  him  by  this  Uni- 
versity, on  his  visit  to  Baltimore  in  1824.  In  a 
polite  note  M.  Jusserand  returns  his  thanks  for 
our  '  'very  intere.sting  account  and  for  the  friendly 
feelings  expressed, ' '  and  hopes  to  be  able  to  send 
us  a  portrait  of  our  distinguished  Doctor  of  Laws, 
the  Marquis  Marie  Jean  Paul  Roch  Yves  Gilbert 
Motier  de  La  Fayette. 


-•  Mr.  David  Ash,  one  of  our  Law  Alumni,  makes 
a  good  suggestion.  It  is  that  our  Law  Alumni 
bear  in  mind  the  legal  title  of  our  Board,  viz  : 
The  Trustees  of  the  Endoivnient  Fund  of  the 
University  of  Maryland, ' '  so  that  should  an  op- 
portunity present  itself  in  the  drawing  up  of 
wills  and  disposition  of  estates  to  secure  bequests 
for  their  Alma  Mater — as  he  assures  us  is  some- 
times the  case,  they  may  be  prepared  to  avail 
themselves  of  it.  Physicians  may  also  at  times 
speak  a  good  word  to  wealthy  and  generous  pa- 
tients, as  widows  and  widowers,  without  chil- 
dren, bachelors,  etc.  In  fact,  a  word  "fitly 
spoken  "  will  not  be  amiss  in  any  alumnus,  and 
may  result  in  unexpected  good  to  the  Alma. 


-The  General  Alumni  Association  of  the  Uni- 
versity, founded  January  21,  1903,  was  incor- 
porated on  February  4th  by  Judge  Henry 
Stockbridge,  R.  W.  Beach,  J.  L.  V.  Murphy, 
Thomas  A.  Ashby  and  Eugene  F,  Cordell.    The 


OI.D  MARYLAND. 


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purpose  of  the  Association  is  the  formation  of 
closer  relations  between  the  various  departments 
and  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  the  Uni- 
versity. Besides  the  incorporators,  the  direc- 
tors for  the  first  years  are  N.  Winslow  Williams, 
William  Whitridge,  I.  Edmondson  Atkinson, 
George  L,.  Deichman,  Charles  E.  Sadtler,  Wilmer 
Br  in  ton  and  Henry  P.  Hynson. 


We  have  received  a  communication  from  Mr. 
W.  Dawson  Johnston,  editor  History  Series, 
Library  of  Congress,  Washington,  in  which  he 
says  :  "Our  collection  of  material  for  the  history 
of  Maryland  libraries,  made  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  Steiner,  contains  no  accounts  of  the  libra- 
ries of  the  University  of  Maryland.  We  should 
be  very  glad  to  secure  a  detailed  and  accurate 
account  of  the  development  of  these  libraries  and 
their  relations  to  the  other  libraries  of  Baltimore. ' ' 
In  accordance  with  this  request,  sketches  of  our 
libraries  have  been  sent  and  a  note  just  received 
says  they  were  perfectly  satisfactory  and  that 
"this  material  will  form  an  interesting  chapter' 
in  the  history  of  medical  institutions." 


Alumni  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy 
(now  the  School  of  Pharmacy)  should  remember 
that  they  are  now  alumni  of  the  University  of 
Maryland.  As  such  they  are  eligible  to  all  the 
rights  and  privileges  of  the  graduates  in  other 
departments,  such  as  membership  in  the  General 
Alumni  Association.  Should  they  not  also  share 
the  responsibilities  connected  with  the  possession 
of  these  privileges  and  join  with  us  heartily  in 
our  efforts  to  build  up  the  old  University  ? 


V 


The  February  meeting  of  the  Library  and  His- 
torical Society  was  held  in  Chemical  Hall  the  9th 
ulto.  Dr.  T.  B.  Futcher,  of  the  Johns  Hopkins 
Medical  School,  read  a  paper  on  "National  Hys- 
teria" showing  much  research,  and  Rev.  Harris 
E.  Kirk  gave  a  charming  and  (as  Dr.  Wilkinson 
observed)  a  truly  Ruskinesque  address  on  "Lit- 
erature." Mr.  D.  W.  Burroughs  and  Dr.  E.  F. 
Cordell  read  sketches  of  the  Law  and  Medical 
Libraries,  respectively,  which  had  been  prepared 
for  publication  at  the  request  of  the  U.S.  authori- 
ties in  Washington.  The  attendance  was  disap- 
pointing, and  we  hope  the  students  and  alumni 
will  form  better  resolutions  for  the  April  meeting. 


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Surgical  History  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 
6  vols.  qto.  Price  $30.  Address  Editor  of  Old 
Maryland. 


STORM-CALMED. 

[I  awoke  with  ' '  Theodene ' '  ringing  through 
the  chambers  of  my  fancy,  and  this  is  what  I  had 
dreamt :  ] 

I. 
The  storm  wind  is  blowing  with  blast  cold  and  keen. 
It  sweepeth  the  depths  of  the  dark  Theodene  ; 
It  scattereth  branches  and  leaves  everywhere. 
In  monotones  chanting  its  soul-soothing  air, 
To  one  that  despaireth  of  sympathy  there. 

II. 

"O  stormwind,  that  blowest  and  chantest  unseen, 
Through  the  depths  of  the  far-stretching  Theodene, 
How  grateful  thy  breath,  oh  !   how  soothing  thy  psalm. 
To  the  grief-stricken  soul  that  thirsteth  for  balm, 
To  the  sonl  passion-tossed  that  longeth  for  calm  !" 

in. 

"I  take  thee,  O  stormwind  close  to  my  soul — e'en 
Though  thou  bruisest  and  marrest  so  fair  Theodene, 
Thou  marrest  and  bruisest,  yet  fear  I  no  harm. 
The  keener  and  colder  thy  blasts  they  but  warm. 
And  sweet  to  my  ear  is  the  roar  of  the  storm." 


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OI.D  MARYLAND. 


SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 

Everything  in  this  department  is  flourishing. 
Lectures  and  laboratories  are  well  attended,  and 
all  have  begun  to  ' '  grind  ' '  for  the  final  exami- 
nations, which  take  place  the  latter  part  of 
April  and  first  of  May. — Returns  from  the 
intermediate  examinations  were  received  about 
the  middle  of  February,  and  all  the  bo3rs  seemed 
very  well  satisfied  with  their  grades. — ^Junior 
laboratory  work  under  Dr.  Base  is  progressing 
nicel}',  and  incidentally  some  wonderful  discov- 
eries have  been  made. — Mr.  C.  B.  Disque,  ex- 
Vice-President  of  the  Class  of  '05,  and  who  is  now 
managing  a  large  store  in  Sistersville,  W.  Va., 
paid  the  members  of  his  class  a  very  pleasant 
visit  February  28th .  Among  other  things  Disque 
was  noted  for  his  ' '  emphatic  remarks, ' '  especially 
in  the  chemical  laboratory,  and  his  ability  to  win 
the  hearts  of  the  fair  sex. — Mr.  W.  H.  Clarke, 
ex-President  of  Senior  Class,  while  "  rubbering  " 
at  a  chorus  girl  a  few  days  ago,  fell  and  badly 
wrenched  his  arm.  He  was  compelled  to  staj' 
in  bed  for  a  few  days,  but  is  now  an  uch  improved. 
— Mr.  R.  C.  Todd  is  laid  up  with  la  grippe. 
We  miss  Todd  very  much,  as  he  is  a  very  active 
member  of  the  Senior  Class. — The  subscription 
list  of  Old  Maryland  is  growing  rapidly. 
Among  the  recent  subscribers  was  Prof.  Naylor. 
That's  the  "spirit."  Old  Maryland  is  "  a 
good  thing ;  push  it  along. ' '  We  hope  that 
ever  J'  member  of  this  department  will  subscribe. 
— Quite  a  number  from  this  department  went  to 
Washington  to  attend  the  inauguration. — The 
members  of  the  Senior  Class  expect  to  give 
a  theatre  party  in  the  near  future. — "  Poor  little 
Willie.  We'll  see  his  face  no  more.  Instead  of 
taking  H.  O,  he  took  H.  SO..  ."         C.  M.  H. 


OPINIONS  OF  "OLD  MARYLAND. " 

(Contmued). 

"I  hope  Old  Maryland  will  meet  with  suc- 
cess and  prosperity." — Judge  Henry  D.  Harlan, 
LL.B. 

Prof.  Clarence  J.  Grieves,  D.  D.  S.,  President 
of  the  Alnmni  Association  of  the  School  of  Den- 
tistry, sends  his  congratulations  and  says:  "We 
cannot  have  too  much  of  this  sort  of  good  thing 
and  I  sincerely  trust  the  dental  boys  will  do 
their  part." 

I  have  looked  over  the  two  copies  of  Old 
M.\ry'land  which  j'ou  have  sp  kindly  sent  me, 
and  it  seems  to  me  that  it  is  'calculated  to  do 
much,  .good,  .especially  in  this  ;    that  it  maj'  be 


the  means  by  which  the  interest  of  the  alumni 
of  the  various  departments  may  keep  in  touch 
with  their  own  schools,  and  at  the  same  time 
serve,  what  I  feel  to  be  important,  to  establish 
a  closer  relationship  and  comradeship  between 
the  several  departments." — Judge  Henry  Stock- 
bridge,  LL.  B. 

"it  recalled  recollections  of  my  student  days, 
and  memories  of  friends  in  the  cla.sses  of  1866  to 
1869.  I  enclose  subscription  and  wish  it  suc- 
cess."— John  J.  Ligget,  M.  D.,  Ladie.sburg,  Md. 

"Very  positive  that  the  publication  is  calcu- 
lated to  advance  the  interests  of  the  University." 
— I.  Edmondson  Atkinson,  M.  D. 

B.  Merrill  Hopkinson,  M.  D.,  President  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  School  of  Medicine, 
writes  :  "I  congratulate  you  and  your  colleagues 
upon  the  excellence  of  such  a  youthful  publica- 
tion and  I  assure  \'0U  I  read  the  paper  from  cover 
to  cover.  I  hail  each  addition  to  my  dear  old 
alma  mater  with  delight,  and  it  seems  to  me  that 
she  is  at  this  time  enjoying  a  true  renascence. 
Dr.  Fell's  paper  thrilled  me  and  I  earnestly  trust 
his  suggestions  may  bear  abundant  fruit.  Old 
Maryland  fully  meets  expectations  and  must 
needs  advance  the  interests  of  the  University 
and  I  cannot  think  of  any  line  of  activity  more 
likely  so  to  do." 


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prices  "will  at  all  times  be  found  reasona- 
ble and  consistent  with  the  sviperior  line 
of  goods  "we  carry. 

Doctors  and  Students  are  inyited  to 
call,  and  -will. be  extended  every  courtesy  in  the  inspection  of  our 
store  and  laboratories. 

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On  Wednesday  night,  February  22d,  at  the 
Hopkins  cage,  the  University  basketball  team 
defeated  the  J.  H.  U.  team  by  the  score  of  28  to 
21.  The  game  was  one  of  the  most  exciting  and 
hard  fought  of  the  season,  and,  though  the' score 
was  rather  close,  the  team  work  of  the  Maryland 
boys  greatly  surpassed  that  of  Hopkins  in  every 
respect.  As  it  now  stands,  each  side  has  won 
one  game.  The  third  will  be  played  some  time 
in  March.  Let  us  get  out  and  "root"  for  our 
boys.     The  line-up  : 

U.  OFM.  J.  H.  U. 

Blank h.  F. Boyd 

Swope R.  F. McClure 

Smith C Holmes 

Hala L.  D Strobhar 

Thompson R.  D. Houghton 

Manager  Carnall  announces  the  following 
schedule  for  the  remainder  of  the  season:  March 
1,  Belvederes,  at  Cross  St.  Hall;  March  3,  Mt. 
St.  Joseph's  College,  at  same;  March  10,  New- 
arks,  at  Catonsville;  March  13,  Newarks,  at 
Cross  St.  Hall;  March  25,  Swarthmore,  at  same; 
March  27,  Baltimore  Dental  College,  at  same; 
March  28,  Defenders,  at  Catonsville;  April  1, 
University  of  Pennsylvania  at  Cross  St.  Hall. 
[March  3,  Hopkins  beaten  31  to  11.  Maryland 
wins  college  championship  of  State.  Congratu- 
lations of  Old  Maryland,  Capt.  Hala  !] 


The  first  of  a  series  of  three  entertainments, 
given  under  the  auspices  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of 
the  University,  was  held  on  Friday  night,  Feb- 
ruary 10th,  at  Calvary  Hall.  Among  those  par- 
ticipating in  the  most  pleasing  programme  were 
Prof.  John  C.  Hemmeter,  pianist;  Dr.  B.  Merrill 
Hopkinson,  baritone;  Mrs.  Dicky,  contralto;  Mr. 
Sultzman,  violinist,  and  the  University  Musical 
Association  Quartette.  About  $85  were  taken  in. 
The  object  of  these  entertainments  is  to  raise 
money  with  which  to  buy  a  piano  and  other  fur- 
niture for  the  association  rooms.  Our  associa- 
tion, though  growing  rapidly,  needs  the  co-oper- 
ation of  every  student. 


The  Beta  Alpha  Chapter  of  the  Nu  Sigma  Nu 
Medical  Fraternity  is  very  seriously  contemplat- 
ing the  opening  of  a  chapter  house. — The  3rd 
year  medical  class  held  a  theatre  party  at  the 
Academy  of  Music,  on  January  23rd.,  to  see 
"The  Office  Boy."  The  boxes  were  tastefully 
decorated  with  the  University  and  class  colors. 
The  colors  were  also  worn  by  the  chorus  girls. 
After    the  performance  the  class  partook  of  a 


banquet  at  the  Eutaw  House. — The  publication 
of  the  University  Hospital  Bulletin  will  be  re- 
sumed by  a  stock  company  of  which  Dr.  Thomas 
A.  Ashby  is  president.  The  first  number  will 
probably  be  out  by  the  time  this  issue  of  Old 
Maryland  reaches  its  readers. — The  Endowment 
Fund  of  Yale  Universitj'  now  amounts  to 
$7,344,948.  During  the  year  $445,678  were 
added  to  it. — There  are  the  following  sectional 
clubs  in  the  University;  N.  C,  S.  C,  Va.,  W. 
Va.,  N.  Y.,  N.  E.,  Latino-Americano,  Penna. 
(Dental). — The  Committee  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Endowment  Fund  to  superin- 
tend research  work  in  the  Pathological  Labora- 
tory consists  of  Drs.  S.  C.  Chew,  E.  F.  Cordell 
and  Jose  L-  Hirsh. — Through  the  efforts  of  its 
new  President,  Dr.  Alderman,  the  University  of 
Virginia  has  received$500,000  from  Mr. Carnegie. 
— The  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity  will  shortly 
move  from  its  present  Fraternity  House,  729  W. 
Lexington  Street,  to  one  on  Cathedral  Street.  A 
banquet  will  then  be  held  in  its  new  home. — The 
Sigma  Tau  Chapter  .of  the  Theta  Nu  Epsilon 
Fraternity  gave  a  box  party  at  Ford's  to  see 
Babes  in  To3dand,  on  the  21st  of  February. 
Fraternity  pennants  were  in  evidence  along  with 
other  decorations.  The  party  was  followed  bj'  a 
'  'smoker' '  at  Schneider's  Cafe.  The  committee  of 
arrangements  consisted  of  Messrs.  H.  E.  Jenkins 
('05  Med.),  E.  L.  Scott  ('06  Med.),  and  H.  P. 
Hill,  Jr.,,  ("06  Med.). 


FACULTY  OF  PHARMACY. 

WILLIAM  SIMON,  Ph.  D..  Emeritus  Professor  of  Chemistry. 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Ph. G.,  Professor  of  Theoretical   and   Ap- 
plied Pharmacy,  Dean  of  the  Faculty. 

DAVID  M.  R.  CULBRETH,  A.  M.,  Ph.  G.,  M.  D..   Professor  of  Ma- 
teria Medica,  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy. 

DANIEL  BASE.   Ph.  D.,    Professor    of    Chemistry   and   Vegetable 
Histology. 

HENRY  P.  HYNSON,  Ph.  G..  Professor  of  Dispensing:  and  Commer- 
cial Pharmacy. 

ADJUNCT  FACULTY. 

CHARLES  SCHMIDT,  Ph.  G..  A.ssociate  Professor  of  Pharmacy. 
.JOHN  P.  PIQUETT.  Ph.  G.,  Associate  Professor  of  Materia  Medica 

and  Botany. 
H.  A.  B.  DUNNING,  Ph.  G..  Associate  Professor  of  Chenristry. 
HENRY  L.  TROXEL,  Ph.  G.,  Demonstrator  of  Chemistry. 
FRANTZ  NAYLOR,  Ph.  G.,  Demonstrator  of  Dispensing. 
E.  F.  KELLY.  Phar.  D.,  Demonstrator  of  Pharmacy. 


Uieisilf  oi  ifilifl  Deil  Dwfimeni. 

Annual  Sessions  begrin  October  1st  of  each  yeai"  and 
continue  seven  months. 
For  Catalogue  containing:  Course  of  Study,  &c.. 
Apply  to 

F,  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.  D.,  D.  D.  S.,  Dean, 

845  N.  EUTAW  ST.,  BALTIMORE,   MD. 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


KITTY— A  COQUETTE. 

In  all  this  crowded  city 
Who  can  with  thee  compare 
Thou  pretty,  pouting  Kitty 
So  winsome  and  so  fair? 

0  romping,  blue-ey'd  Kittj', 

1  see  thee  now  that  da3', 

Thou  sang'st  some  am'rous  ditt_v 
To  steal  m3'  heart  away. 

That  heart  although  ricket\'. 
And  batter' d  sore  by  fate, 
Is  stung  to  the  quick,  Kitty, 
By  frown  of  heartless  Kate. 

Thou  merry,  bright-ej^'d  Kittj', 
O'erflowing  with  thy  wit — 
Would  that  thou  wert  less  wittv, 
Or  had  more  soul  in  it. 

Why  art  so  cruel  Kitty  ? 
Why  hast  thou  me  undone  ? 
Is  Kitt}'  without  pity? 
For  me  hope  is  there  none  ? 

But — pleasing,  teasing  Kitty, 
Just  keep  that  heart  of  mine, 
And  if  of  thine  there  bit  be. 
Grant  me  that  bit  divine. 

THE  KAPPA  PSl  BANQUET. 

On  the  7th  day  of  February,  1905,  at  Hotel 
Stafford,  the  Delta  Chapter  of  the  Greek-letter 
fraternity  of  Kappa  Psi  of  the  University  of 
Maryland  held  its  annual  banquet.  It  is  needless 
to  say  that  the  menu  was  an  excellent  one,  and 
much  enjoyed  by  all.  To  Arthur  B.  Clarke  is 
due  all  the  credit  and  prai.se  for  the  success  of 
the  banquet;  as  toastmaster  and  chairman  of  the 
banquet  committee  he  worked  with  indefatigable 
zeal.  F.  A.  Blackwell  responded  to  the  toast 
"Welcome  to  Passive  Members";  the  "welcome" 
was  well  given.  Dr.  Josiah  S.  Bowen,  Grand 
Alpha  of  the  Kappa  Psi  fraternity,  spoke  to  us 
on  "Fraternities."  He  made  us  .see  the  gaps 
which  exist  among  our  fraternities,  and  helped 
us  to  realize  the  importance  of  a  closer  inter- 
relationship. Will  D.  Campbell,  otir  Alpha, 
spoke  to  us  on  "Delta  Chapter."  He  has  prom- 
ised us  a  peaceful  and  prosperous  reign.  The 
writer  tried  to  tell  the  boys  something  about 
"Ladies."  "Athletics  in  Fraternities"  was  dis- 
cussed by  William  Hala.  He  recalled  to  our 
minds  Vergil's  '^Mens  sana  in  co7-pore  saiio." 
Dr.  J.  Dawson  Reeder,  an  ex-Grand  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  spoke  about  our  "Grand  Chap- 
ter. Later  in  the  evening  he  spoke  to  us  on 
"Our  Alma  Mater."  If  there  ever  has  existed 
within  us,  prior  to  this,  a  feeling  of  indifference 
towards  otir  beloved  Univensity,  the  doctor  suc- 


ceeded by  means  of  his  inspiring  words  in  per- 
manently erasing  such  a  feeling,  and  in  creating, 
instead,  a  feeling  of  unbroken  love  and  undying 
loyalty.  We  regret  that  the  rest  of  our  fellow- 
students  missed  this  opportunity  of  hearing  Dr. 
Reeder.  Roscoe  C.  Carnal  spoke  on  "Gradua- 
ting Members."  His  words  were  well  placed 
and  we  hope  ever  to  remember  them.  Later  in 
the  evening,  while  vibrating  waves  of  air  were 
conveying  music  to  our  ears,  and  the  boys  were 
converting  tobacco  into  smoke.  Dr.  Bowen,  he 
who  wears  the  indelible  smile  that  won't  come 
off,  arose  and  spoke  to  us  on  "Our  Duties  to 
Our  University. ' '  Here  again,  it  behooves  us  to 
say  we  regret  that  the  doctor's  audience  was  so 
limited,  for  his  well-meant  words  fell  deep  into 
our  hearts.  Oft  in  the  distant  future  we  hope  to 
think  of  them  again,  and  bring  such  tokens  of 
respect  to  the  feet  of  our  alma  mater  as  will  help 
to  efface  from  the  foreheads  of  her  sons  the  brand 
of  "ingratitude."  Dr.  C.  A.  Overman,  H.  Philip 
Hill,  Jr.,  William  Coleman,  Edgar  B.  LeFevre, 
Ross  S.  McElwee  and  C.  C.  Chidester  were  also 
among  those  who  entertained. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  all  those  ' '  fraters ' ' 
who  were  present:  Dr.  Josiah  S.  Bowen,  G.  A.; 
Dr.  J.  Dawson  Reeder,  Dr.  C.  A.  Overman,  F.  A. 
Blackwell,  E.  L.  Bowlus,  W.  D.  Campbell,  R.C. 
Carnal,  I.  D.  Chaney,  A.  B.  Clarke,  W.  Cole- 
man, A.  B.  Collins,  C.  C.  Chidester,  E.  Griffith, 
W.  W.  Riha,  R.  H.  Rowe,  J.  A.  Stone,  W.  W. 
Hala,  J.  P.  Harrell,  J.  F.  Hawkins,  R.  B.  Hayes, 
H.  P.  Hill,  Jr.,  N.  W.  Hershner,  J.  H.  Hope, 
E.  B.  LeFevre,  A.  D.  Little,  W.  C.  Moody,  R. 
S.  McElwee.  William  W.  Riha,  '05. 

\  ■       '■ 

BED-SIDE  LIBRARY  FOR  STUDENTS. 

A  liberal  education  may  be  had  at  a  very  slight 
cost  of  time  and  money.  Well  filled  though  the 
day  be  with  appointed  tasks,  to  make  the  best  pos- 
sible use  of  your  one  or  of  your  ten  talents,  rest 
not  satisfied  with  this  professional  training,  but 
try  to  get  the  education,  if  not  of  a  scholar,  at 
least  of  a  gentleman.  Before  going  to  sleep  read 
for  half  an  hour,  and  in  the  morning  have  a  book 
open  on  your  dressing  table.  You  will  be  sur- 
prised to  find  how  much  can  be  accomplished  in 
the  course  of  a  year.  I  have  put  down  a  list  of 
ten  books  which  you  may  make  close  friends. 
There  are  many  others ;  studied  carefully  in 
your  student  days,  the.se  will  help  in  the  inner 
education  of  which  I  speak  : 

1,  Old  and  New  Testament;  2,  Shakspeare  ; 
3,   Montaigne  (The  Temple  Classics,  J.  M.  Dent 


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&Co.);  4,  Plutarch's  Lives  (Do.);  5,  Marcus 
Aurelius  (Golden  Treasury  Series,  MacMillan 
Co.);  6,  Epictetus  (Do.);  7,  Religio  Medici 
(Do.);  8,  Don  Quixote  ;  9,  Emerson  ;  10,  Oliver 
Wendell  Holme.s — Breakfast  Table  Series. — Dr. 
Winia?ii  Osier. 


DEATHS. 

John  Bagby,  M.  D.,  1867,  at  Lake  Village, 
Ark.,  Jan.  29;  set.  61.  -James  McElderrv 
MULLIKIN,  M.  D.,  1842,  at  Collington,  Prince 
George's  county,  Md.,  Feb.  1;  aet.  85. — Wm. 
W.  Wilson,  M.  D.,  1866,  at  Glenarm,  Md.,  Feb. 
2;  set.  78. — Milton  Elmer  Hammer,  M.  D., 
1890,  at  Baltimore,  Feb.  24;  set.  39.— Edward 
A.  Hering,  M.  D.,  1855,  at  Harrisonburg,  Va., 
Feb.  25  ;  set.  78. 


^  Judge  Charles  E.  Phelps,  who  is  recover- 
ing from  an  attack  of  pneumonia  has 
sailed  for  Jamaica  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 
— Duke  Bond,  LL.  B.,  Democrat,  is  running 
for  re-election  to  the  First  Branch  City  Council 
from  the  11th  Ward.  Mr.  Bond's  career  in  the 
council  has  been  one  highly  creditable  to  him 
and  Old  Maryland  wishes  him  all  success. — 
We  have  received  the  "Twenty-first  Annual 
Report  of  the  Kensington  Hospital  for  Women, ' ' 
Phila.  1903-4,  Chas.  P.  Noble,  M.  D.,  (1884), 
Surgeon-in-Chief ,  and  the  '  'Ninth  Annual  Report 
of  the  Springfield  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane," 
Sykesville,  Md.,  1903-4,  T- Clement  Clark,  M.D. 
(1880),  Superintendent.— St.  John's  College 
alumni  in  Baltimore  held  their  annual  meeting 
and  banquet  February  22.  There  was  much 
enthusiasm  and  the  State  Universitj'  idea  was  the 
leading  topic. — The  Maryland  Masons  will  erect 
a  monument  at  Cumberland  to  the  memory  of 
Past  Grand  Master  Charles  H.  Ohr  (M.  D., 
1834)  who  died  March  3,  1903,  aged  92.— 
W.  R.  Stokes  (M.  D.  1901)  has  been  re-elected 
Bacteriologist,  and  Marshall  L.  Price  (M.  D. 
1902)  Medical  Assistant  to  the  Maryland  State 
Board  of  Health  for  1905.— Dr.  Hubert  Richard- 
son's work  on  "  The  Thyroid  and  Para-Thyroid 
Glansd"    is  out  and  does  him  great  credit. 


Dr.  Samuel  Johnson's  Prayer  Before  the 
Study  of  Law,  1765  :  Almighty  God,  the  giver 
of  wisdom,  without  whose  help  resolutions  are 
vain,  without  whose  blessing  study  is  ineffectvial, 
enable  me  if  it  be  thy  will,  to  attain  such  knowl- 
edge as  ma^f  qualify  me  to  direct  the  doubtful 
and  instruct  the  ignorant,  to  prevent  wrongs 
and  terminate  contentions  ;  and  grant  that  I  may 
use  that  knowledge  which  I  shall  obtain  to  thy 
glory  and  my  own  .salvation,  for  Jesus  Christ's 
sake.     Amen. — Bones,  Molars  and  Briefs. 

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UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND 

SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 


BERNARD     CARTER,     LL.     D.,     Provost. 


KACUIvXY     OK     FHYSIC 


GEORGE  W.  MII.TENBERGER,  M.  D.,  Emer- 
itus Professor  of  Obstetrics  and  Honorary 
President  of  the  Faculty. 

SAMUEI,  C.  CHEW,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Prin- 
ciples and  Practice  of  Medicine  and  Clinical 
Medicine. 

WII,I,IAM  T.  HOWARD,  M.  D..  Emeritus  Pro- 
fessor of  Diseases  of  Women  and  Children 
and  Clinical  Medicine. 

ISAAC  EDMONDSON  ATKINSON,  M.  D.,' 
Emeritus  Professor  of  Therapeutics  and  Clin- 
ical Medicine. 

R.  DORSE Y  COAIvE.  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of 
Chemistry  and  Toxicology. 

RANDOI^PH  WINSI^OW,  M.  D.,  Professor  of 
Surgery. 

X,.  E.  NEAl^E,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Obstetrics. 


EUGENE  F.  CORDEI,!,,  M.  D.,  Honorary  Pro- 
fes.sor  of  the  History  of  Medicine  and  Libra- 
rian. 

FRANK  MARTIN.  M.  D.,  and  ST.  CI^AIR 
SPRUIIvIv,  M.  D.,  Clinical  Professors  of  Sur- 
gery. 

JOHN  G.  JAY,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Clinical  Surgery. 

J,  MASON  HUNDLEY,  M.  D.,  Clinical  Professor 
of  Diseases  of  Women. 

H.  H.  ARTHUR,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Diseases  of  Women. 

THOMAS  C.  GII,CHRIST,  M.  D.,  Clinical  Profes- 
sor of  Dermatology. 

JOSEPH  T.  SMITH,  M.D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Medical  Jurisprudence  and  Hygiene,  and  Clin- 
ical Medicine. 

CHAS.  W.  McEI^FRESH,  M.  D.,  JOS.  E.  GICH- 
NER,  M.  D.,  J.  M.  CRAIGHII^I,,  M.  D.,  and 
A.  D.  ATKINSON,  M.  D.,  Associate  Profes- 
sors of  Clinical  Medicine. 


CHAS.  W.  MITCHEI<I.,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Ther- 
apeutics, Diseases  of  Children  and  Clinical 
Medicine. 

THOS.  A.  ASHBY,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Diseases 
of  Women. 

JOHN  HOLMES  SMITH,  M.  D.,  Professor  of 
Anatomy  and  Clinical  Surgery. 

D.  M.  R.  CULBRETH.  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Ma- 
teria Medica  and  Pharmacognosy, 

JOHN  C.  HEMMETER,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  Phy- 
siology. 

HIRAM  WOODS,  JR.,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Eye 
and  Ear  Diseases. 

JOSE  L.  HIRSH,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Pathology 
and  Bacteriology. 

JOHN  S.  FULTON,  M.  D..  Professor  of  State 
Medicine. 


B.   B.  LANIER,   M.   D.,   Associate   Professor  of 
Principles  of  Surgery. 

R.  TUNSTALL  TAYLOR,  M.  D.,  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Orthopaedic  .Surgery. 

L.  M.  ALLEN,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of  Ob- 
stetrics. 

JOSEPH  W.  HOLLAND,   M.  D.,   Demonstrator 
of  Anatomy. 

JOHN  R.  WINSLOW,  M.  D.,  Clinical  Professor 
of  Diseases  of  the  Throat  and  Nose. 

S.  B.  BOND,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of  Genito- 
LTrinarj'  Diseases. 

HARRY  ADLER,  M-  D.,  As.sociate  Professor  of 
Diseases  of  the  Stomach. 

M.  R.  WALTER,  M.  D.,  Associate  Professor  of 
Histologj'  and  Embryology. 

DANIEL  BASE.   Ph.  D.,   Associate  Professor  of 
Chemistry. 


THE  NINETY-NINTH  ANNUAL  SESSION  WILL  BEGIN  OCTOBER  I,  1905. 


FOR  CATALOGUE  AND  OTHER  INFORMATION,  APPLY  TO  R.  DORSEY  COALE,  Ph.  D.,  DEAN. 


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Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 


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TRANSLATION  OF  THE  INTRODUCTION   OF    PUSCHMANNS 
GESCHICHTE  DER  MEDIZIN. 

By  The  Editor. 
[Read  before  Librar\'  and  Historical  .Society,  Dec.  20,  1904.] 


All  human  history  is  but  a  history  of  yester- 
day. 

How  small  is  the  interval  since  the  first  men 
arose  from  the  bestial  state  to  a  knowledge  of 
themselves,  to  a  consciousness  of  their  higher 
spiritual  powers  !  Countless  thousands  of  years 
preceded  this  epoch,  which  were  passed  in  intel- 
lectual darkness  and  obscurity,  men  being  con- 
tent if  they  procured  their  daily  food  and  satisfied 
the  pressing  needs  of  existence. 

Like  the  beasts  of  the  forest,  they  lived  in  wild 
independence ;  without  fixed  dwellings,  they 
settled  wherever  the  soil  offered  its  fruits  to  them . 
A  prey  to  the  vicissitudes  of  the  weather,  and 
not  seldom  visited  by  famine,  they  were  exposed 
to  many  hurtful  influences  which  weakened  their 
bodies  and  produced  disease.  To  these  were 
added  the  dangers  which  threatened  them 
through  natural  phenomena  and  through  ho.stile 
animals  and  men. 

If  under  such  conditions,  catarrhs,  inflamma- 
tions of  internal  organs  and  lingering  illness 
developed,  in  the  presence  of  the.se,  they  .stood 
confounded  and  helpless. 

Perhaps  here  and  there,  that  curative  instinct 
showed  itself,  which  drives  the  animal  to  quench 
the  heat  of  fever  in  cold  water,  to  warm  its  stiff 
limbs  in  the  sun,  to  moisten  wounds  of  the  skin 
with  its  spittle  and  in  disordered  stomach  to  eat 
grass  in  order  to  excite  vomiting.  The  organism 
reacts  in  a  reflex  manner  again.st  the  pains  and 
sufferings^with  which  it  is  afflicted  and  chooses 
the  means  of  relief  which  are  nearest  at  hand. 
The  regulating  and  compensating  arrangements 
present  in  the  body,  which  wc  call  the  vis  medi- 
catrix  natiim,  lead  often  to  the  quieting  of  the 
disturbances  present  and  to  arrest  of  the  disease 
processes.  From  this  point  of  view  nature 
appears  as  the  first  teacher  of  medicine. 


With  the  awakening  of  intelligence,  men  began 
to  observe  events  in  their  progress  and  to  inquire 
into  their  causes.  Individuals  may  indeed  even 
have  subjected  to  investigation  the  practices  in 
vogue,  by  which  it  was  hoped  to  restore  health 
in  cases  of  sickness  and  wounds.  If  in  doing 
this  they  sought  out  the  indications  of  nature 
and  followed  them,  they  must  soon  have  arrived 
at  personal  experience,  which  confirmed  the 
nature-medicine,  directed  it  in  many  points  and 
placed  it  upon  a  safer  footing. 

As  relics  of  that  period,  we  possess  few  docu- 
ments relating  to  inedicine,  but  those  which  we 
have  give  us  a  more  distinct  representation  of 
pathological  processes  than  any  words  could  do  ; 
they  consist  of  the  traces  which  diseases  and 
injuries  have  left  upon  prehistoric  bones.  We 
see  here  fractures,  whose  union  was  probably 
brought  about  by  rest  and  continuous  fixation  of 
broken  limbs,  inflammations  of  joints  with  thick- 
enings and  growths  of  bone  substance,  bendings 
of  bones  produced  \>y  rickets,  and  abnormal 
changes  pointing  to  lues. 

Folklore  and  legends,  which  have  been  handed 
down  from  immemorial  times,  tell  us  of  pesti- 
lences which  raged  among  men,  the  origin  of 
which  appeared  unaccountable  to  them.  Their 
malignancy  and  spread  filled  them  with  dread, 
for  they  were  uninfluenced  by  the  measures  em- 
ployed with  more  or  less  success  in  other  cases. 
In  this  extremity  recourse  was  had  to  the  super- 
natural power  of  the  Gods,  sometimes  sought 
under  the  form  of  sun,  moon  or  elements,  some- 
times regarded  as  powers  removed  from  or  incom- 
prehensible to  the  human  senses.  Thus  they 
hoped  to  secure  help  and  safety  from  sickness 
and  death. 

The  priests  announced  that  the  pestilences 
were  sent  by  the  Gods,  incensed  at  the  sins  of 


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men,  in  order  to  admonish  them  to  repentance. 
Through  pra3'ers  and  .sacrifices,  it  wa,s  taught 
that  they  could  .secure  the  pardon  of  the  Gods 
and  move  their  pit3^  Definite  usages,  which 
were  designed  and  framed  for  this  purpose,  won 
the  confidence  of  the  faithful,  who  demanded 
.strict  compliance  therewith.  Wi.se  lawgivers 
added  at  times  rules  and  regulations  which  looked 
to  cleanliness,  moderation  and  an  orderly  way  of 
living,  and  contributed  thereby,  although  uncon- 
sciously, to  the  limitation  and  suppression  of 
epidemics.  If  the  latter  died  out  after  the  entire 
population  had  been  visited  by  the  infection,  or 
had  obtained  greater  power  of  resistance  to  it, 
this  success  was  attributed  to  the  Gods  and  to 
the  measures  adopted  by  the  wise  priests.  On 
the  other  hand,  if  prayer  and  sacrifices  proved 
ineffectual,  the  priests  remained  free  from  re- 
proach, because  they  shifted  the  blame  upon  the 
overpowering  will  of  the  offended  divinity. 
Thus  the  priests  succeeded  by  degrees  in  taking- 
possession  of  the  healing  art,  and  when  they  had 
succeeded  in  this,  they  strove  in  every  way  to 
retain  and  strengthen  their  hold  upon  it. 

Accordingly,  thej^  considered  what  divinities 
appeared  to  hear  the  petitions  of  men  for  relief. 
To  these  an  especial  religious  cult  was  devoted, 
because  it  was  supposed  that  they  had  been 
entrusted  by  the  other  divinities  with  the  duty 
of  relieving  the  pains  and  sufferings  of  the  bod}' . 
Frequently  it  was  the  same  divinities  who  at 
other  times  showed  themselves  as  the  enemies  of 
men  and  visited  them  with  calamitj^  and  pesti- 
lence. It  must  be  ea,sy  (so  they  argued)  for 
these  powers  to  remove  the  evil  which  they 
themselves  had  caused.  It  also  happened  that 
men  who  during  life  had  excited  admiration  as 
famous  physicians  were  honored  after  death  as 
Gods  of  Medicine.  Such  was  Asklepios.  In 
this  custom  proof  was  furnished  that  the  Gods 
are  creatures  of  men,  mere  projected  images  of 
their  own  mental  activity. 

The  priests  of  the  divinities  of  healing,  to- 
gether with  their  religious  duties,  applied  them- 
selves especially  to  the  treatment  of  the  sick. 
This  bore  a  mystical  character,  pervaded  by  the 
traditions  of  empirical  medicine.  According  to 
the  ideas  which  men  formed  to  themselves  of 
disease,  it  took  various,  indeed  sometimes  very 
strange  forms.  If  they  regarded  the  disease  as 
a  strange  being,  as  a  bad  spirit,  demon  or  devil, 
which  had  taken  possession  of  the  body,  the 
thing  to  do  was  to  drive  it  out.  To  effect  this, 
they  first  tried  praying  and  incantations  ;   if  these 


failed,  force  was  employed  or  they  had  recourse 
to  cunning.  Even  today  we  find  in  the  medi- 
cine of  many  peoples  remains  of  this  primitive 
mystical-theurgic  therapy.  The  Chinese,  for 
instance,  when  diphtheria  breaks  out,  write  on 
the  doors  of  their  houses  that  their  children  are 
not  at  home,  thereby  seeking  to  prevent  the  spirit 
of  -the  di.sease  from  getting  entrance  among 
them . 

Many  primitive  j)eoples  believe  that  they  suc- 
ceed in  frightening  away  the  demon  of  disease 
by  means  of  offensive  odors  and  fumigations,  or 
by  deafening  noise ;  others  seek  to  inspire  him 
with  fear  and  dread  and  hold  before  him  hideous 
figures  which,  as  they  suppose,  represent  his 
likeness.  Among  some,  it  is  customary  to  shake 
or  beat  the  invalid,  in  order  to  render  residence 
within  his  body  unpleasant  to  the  demon. 

Not  less  cruel  were  the  attempts  to  win  over 
the  Gods  by  sacrifices.  When  we  find  men 
imagining  to  themselves  that  the  Gods  were 
filled  with  longing  for  the  life  of  the  sick  man 
but  would  be  appeased  by  the  sacrifice  of  an 
animal  or  slave,  we  see  how  low  was  their  esti- 
mate of  their  Gods;  pitile.ss,  bloodthirsty  crea- 
tures they  were,  like  the  men  who  trembled 
before  them. 

When  manners  grew  milder,  the  sacrifices  lost 
their  bestial  features  and  resulted  finally  in  sym- 
bolical rites,  which  in  part  have  maintained 
themselves  in  social  customs  until  today.  That 
neither  the  supposed  ejection  of  the  demon,  nor 
the  propitiatory  sacrifice  exercised  any -favorable 
effect  upon  the  invalid,  or  in  general  had  any 
hygienic  significance,  is  easy  to  be  understood. 

The  priest-physicians  of  the  Greeks  adopted 
an  ideal  conception.  They  endeavored  to  bring 
the  .sick  man  into  .spiritual  relation  with  the  God 
of  Healing.  To  effect  this,  thej'  made  him  sleep 
and  dream  in  the  temples.  According  to  their 
opinion  the  divinity  spoke  through,  the  dreams, 
and  the  art  of  the  priests  consisted  in  interpret- 
ing the  words  and  events  of  these  and  in  evolving 
a  method  of  cure  which  corresponded  with  the 
counsels  of  the  God.  If  the  longed-for  dream 
did  not  accur  on  the  first  night,  the  sufferer  was 
fed  with  hopes  of  the  following  night,  and  so  on 
until  his  desires  were  gratified.  Weakened  by 
prayer,  fasting  and  mortification,  continually 
occupied  with  the  thought  of  his  suffering,  full 
of  confidence  in  the  power  and  goodness  of  the 
God,  which  was  still  further  strengthened  by  the 
accounts  of  his  successes,  the  seeker  of  dreams 
reached  by  degrees  a  state  of  high  spiritual  ex- 


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citement  which  conjured  up  before  him  during 
sleep  forms  in  which  his  sufferings  and  pains, 
his  fears  and  hopes  were  mirrored.  However, 
it  not  infrequently  happened  that  all  attempts  of 
the  sick  to  procure  dreams  were  in  vain.  In 
such  cases  the  priests  them.selves  undertook  in 
their  place  the  duty  of  sleeping  and  dreaming. 
Thus  the  doors  were  opened  to  deception  and 
there  developed  a  class  of  professional  dreamers 
who  made  a  considerable  business  and  profit  out 
of  the  intercourse  with  celestial  beings,  just  as 
the  spiritualistic  media  of  our  day  do.  These 
people  did  not  hesitate  at  coarse  deception,  for 
which  Aristophanes  lashed  them  unmercifully  in 
his  comedies. 

The  mystical-theurgic  character  dominated  the 
medicine  of  all  peoples  during  the  period  of  tlieir 
earliest  social  development.  When  their  repre- 
sentatives, the  priests  and  conjurers,  joined  to  it 
later  the  contributions  of  empirical  medicine  and 
in  this  way  returned  to  the  firm  basis  of  facts,  a 
possibility  was  afforded  for  increasing  and  sub- 
jecting to  system  the  acquisitions  of  medical 
knowledge. 

In  the  temples,  the  priest-physicians  began  to 
write  down  and  compare  their  ob.servations.  The 
result  of  this  activity  was  fixed  rules  for  the 
diagnosis  and  treatment  of  diseases,  which  served 
as  guide  and  law  of  medical  practice  to  following 
generations.  These  were  the  first  manuals  of 
medicine,  the  commencement  of  medical  litera- 
ture. 

(  To  be  con  finned. ) 


A  CAGE. 

Among  the  wants  of  our  University — so  num- 
erous that  one  scarcel}'  knows  where  to  begin 
their  enumeration — none  calls  for  more  urgent 
attention  than  provision  for  athletics.  Some- 
where and  somehow  we  must  secure  the  means 
to  erect  a  cage.  So  far  personal  appeals  to  our 
alumni  and  to  rich  citizens  have  been  in  vain. 
This  should  only  lead  us  to  be  more  urgent  and 
to  redouble  our  efforts.  There  is  a  justice — a  sense 
of  fitness  in  some  men's  minds — that  can  be  suc- 
cessfully appealed  to.  An  old  University  like 
ours,  bearing  so  cherished  a  name,  interwoven 
with  the  social,  educational  and  professional  life  of 
this  community ,  cannot  be  without  its  influences. 
What  medical  alumnus  of  the  sixth  and  seventh 
decades  of  the  last  century  does  not  feel  a  thrill 
when  the  great  "Emperor's  "  name  is  mention- 
ed ?  What  law  alumnus  does  not  experience  a 
mental  stir  at  the  mention  of  the  beloved  Dobbin  ? 


What  dental  alumnus  does  not  cherish  the  names 
of  Hayden  and  Harris,  that  par  7tobi!e  fratrum  f 
What  pharmacy  graduate  does  not  warm  up  at 
the  thought  of  Stewart,  Graham,  Andrews, 
Thompson  and  Jennings  ?  It  cannot  be  pos.sible 
that  such  men  will  not  feel  an  interest  in  any 
movement  for  the  advancement  of  their  Alma 
Mater  ?  Let  us  then  dismiss  the  idea  of  failure 
in  any  worthy  project  such  as  this. 

Whatever  is  done,  it  seems  to  us  should  be 
volnntaiy  and  in  connection  with  the  Board  of 
Trustees.  We  cannot  ask  the  Faculties  to  impose 
an  athletic  fee  at  present— as  is  done  at  other 
universities — because  as  yet  we  have  nothing  to 
offer  in  return.  Suggestions,  however,  have  come 
from  the  students  to  contribute  to  this  object, 
and  their  offer  does  them  great  credit.  Our  good 
friend — as  true  and  loyal  a  scion  of  this  Univer- 
sity, we  believe,  as  exists — Judge  Henry  Stock- 
bridge — suggests  that  we  go  about  the  matter  in 
a  practical  way;  that  we  first  look  around  and 
ascertain  the  probable  cost  of  ground  and  build- 
ing. We  may  quote  further  from  his  letter  in 
reply  to  one  asking  his  advice  :  ' '  My  feeling  is 
this  :  That  the  initial  move  which  is  made  ought 
to  be  something  on  a  modest  scale,  and  which 
shall  not  be  made  as  the  result  of  gifts  by  any  of 
our  wealthy  citizens,  but  rather  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  contributions  on  the  part  of  tho.se  of  us  who 
are  not  able  to  give  large  amounts.  If  this  is 
done,  as  it  seems  to  me,  it  will  put  us  in  a  better 
position  to  approach  those  of  larger  means  and 
say  to  them — we  of  this  University  are  interested 
and  disposed  to  do  whatever  we  can  and  have 
given  this  earnest  of  our  feelings  and  now  we  waiit 
3^our  help.  It  seems  to  me  that  we  would  be 
more  likely  to  get  it  if  we  show  an  evidence  of 
doing  something  to  help  ourselves.  There  is  an 
additional  reason  why  I  suggest  this  and  that  is, 
that  the  larger  the  number  of  alumni  we  can  in- 
terest sufficiently  to  give  .something,  even  though 
the  actual  amount  be  small,  the  larger  will  be  the 
number  whom  we  shall  have  interested  in  the 
movement  of  trying  to  interest  others  who  can 
contribute  larger  amounts." 

Then  we  must  work  for  permanence  and  the 
university  idea  in  this,  as  in  all  our  future 
efforts.  Whatever  we  secure  should  be  as  per- 
manent as  our  other  endowment  fund,  even 
though  it  defer  the  realization  of  our  wishes. 
Nor  should  we  make  the  error  of  erecting  a 
structure  that  a  few  years  hence  may  go  to  decay 
or  be  sold  for  want  of  proper  support.  L,et  us 
insure  the  stability  of  the  project  by  placing  it 


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where  all  such  projects  should  be — in  the  hands 
of  our  Central  Board  of  Trustees.  That  Board 
is  wise  and  prudent  and  loyal  to  the  interests  of 
the  University  and  its  management  will  inspire 
confidence  and  respect. 


SOMETHING  ABOUT  ST.  JOHN'S. 

St.  John's  College  is  the  most  important  insti- 
tution of  its  class  in  the  State.  Through  the 
famous  King  William's  School,  chartered  in  1696 
and  opened  in  1701 — the  first  public  free  school 
on  the  continent — it  claims  over  two  centuries  of 
continuous  life  and  collegiate  work.  Though  a 
college  had  been  proposed  several  times  before, 
it  was  not  until  1782  that  Washington  College, 
at  Chestertown,  was  chartered.  Two  years  later 
a  college  was  established  on  the  Western  Shore 
by  the  name  of  St.  John's,  "having  no  religious 
test,"  and  officered  by  a  principal,  professors, 
masters,  tutors,  etc.,  all  to  be  chosen  irrespective 
of  their  religious  professions  or  beliefs.  It  was 
designed  to  form  of  these  two  colleges — one  on 
the  Eastern,  the  other  on  the  Western  Shore — a 
"University  of  Maryland."  An  act  of  1785 
conveyed  the  property,  funds,  masters  and 
students  of  King  William's  School  to  St.  John's. 
The  formal  opening  of  the  College  thus  formed 
took  place  November  11,  1789,  with  imposing 
ceremonies.  The  union  into  a  University,  as 
contemplated  by  the  Act  of  1784,  was  never  con- 
summated, and  hence  it  is  an  error  to  speak  of 
this  as  the  '  'first  University  of  Maryland. ' '  How 
can  a  thing  be  spoken  of  as  having  been  "first" 
which  never  existed  at  all  ?  The  lack  of  facilities 
for  travel,  the  mutual  jealousy  of  the  colleges 
and  a  want  of  interest  in  the  university  plan, 
have  been  assigned  as  the  causes  of  the  failure  of 
the  project.  So  with  the  so-called  "Third  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland"  contemplated  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Van  Bokkelen,  which  had  a  more  shadowy  exist- 
ence, if  possible,  than  the  other.  It  is  incom- 
prehensible why  our  writers  and  historians  speak 
of  these  mere  projects  as  Universities.  Our  own 
Univer.sity  is  the  first  and  only  "University  of 
Maryland"  that  has  ever  existed  in  fact,  and  we 
do  not  propose  to  let  anyone  question  our  claims 
to  this  distinction. 

Like  our  own  institution  and  like  all  earlier 
Maryland  institutions  of  learning,  St.  John's  for 
a  long  time  had  a  very  checkered  career.  In 
1806  the  Legislature  withdrew  the  annual  appro- 
priation of  $8,750  which  it  had  pledged  for  the 
support  of  the  college  in  1785  "annually  forever. ' ' 
This   led   to   the   temporary   suspension  of   the 


institution.  Thus  "while  in  the  .sixteenth  year 
of  its  active  usefulness  and  when  promi.sed  in- 
creased advantages  for  the  future,  this  action  so 
crippled  the  institution  that  it  did  not  for  years 
recover  from  the  blow,  if,  indeed,  its  whole 
development  was  not  modified  for  all  time."  In 
1821  an  annual  donation  of  $1,000  was  voted, 
and  in  1832  this  amount  was  increased  to  $3,000. 
From  1861  to  1866  the  College  was  closed,  being 
occupied  by  the  Government  as  a  military  hos- 
pital. In  the  latter  year  the  Legislature  paid  the 
amount  which  had  accrued  within  the  previous 
five  years,  and  since  that  annual  appropriations 
of  from  $12,000  to  $50,000  have  been  made. 

The  present  buildings  of  St.  John's  consist  of 
McDowell  Hall  (the  oldest,  1789),  a  recitation 
building;  Humphrey's  Hall  (1835),  a  dormitory 
building;  Pinkney  Hall  (1855),  also  a  dormitory; 
Henry  Williams  Woodward  Hall  (1900),  the 
science  building;  a  president's  and  vice-presi- 
dent's house,  and  a  professors'  block  of  houses. 
Military  drill  is  a  distinct  feature,  the  students 
being  divided  into  a  battalion  of  two  companies, 
which  is  under  the  direction  of  an  officer  of  the 
U.  S.  A.  There  is  a  library  of  8,000  volumes 
and  27  current  journals.  Much  attention  is  paid 
to  athletics,  there  being  an  athletic  association, 
football  and  baseball  teams,  a  track  and  field 
team,  a  new  gjannasium  thoroughly  equipped, 
and  a  new  boathouse.  The  State  pays  for  scholar- 
ships for  board  and  tuition  from  each  senatorial 
district  and  26  scholarships  additionally  for 
tuition  onh'.  There  are  a  preparatory  depart- 
ment and  a  collegiate  department,  the  total 
number  of  .students  being  the  present  session  202 . 
There  is  a  college  band.  Dr,  Thomas  Fell  has 
been  president  since  1886,  and  to  his  zeal,  intel- 
ligence and  executive  ability  is  due  the  late 
marked  development  of  the  institution  and  its 
present  prosperous  condition. 


^  According  to  the  University  Ovist  the  exercises 
connected  with  the  close  of  the  session  of  the 
School  of  Dentistry  will  beheld  May  6th  and  8th. 
From  9  to  12  o'clock  on  the  former,  there  will  be 
competition  for  the  Gorgas,  Harris  and  Davis 
medals  and  other  prizes,  and  in  the  afternoon 
there  will  be  special  clinics  by  prominent  den- 
tists. Immediately  following  this  will  be  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni  Association .  The 
banquet  will  be  held  the  same  evening.  The 
Commencement  will  take  place  on  Monday  8th. 
There  will  be  a  display  of  dental  instruments,  etc. , 
on  both^days. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


SPRING  REVERIE. 

Thou  violet 
With  glist'ning  dew  bewet  ! 
I  near  had  cnish'd  thee  'neath  my  feet — 

And  3'et 

Thou  still 

Dost  fill 
The  air  around  -nnth  perfume  sweet. 

Come  tell  me  whence  thou  art ! 
•  Hast  bloomed  where — 

In  what  sweet-scented  air  ? 
Pluck 'd  b}'  what  fair — 

To  deck  her  breast  or  hair  ? 
Come  now  thy  life  impart ! 
\\'hat  pleasure,  pain  or  passion  deep 
Hast  seen — 
My  modest  flower  queen  ? 
I'd  glean 
Whose  secrets  thou  dost  keep, 
Thj'  purple  lips  between  ! 

Couldst  thou  declare 
To  one  inquiring  where 
Thou  rearedst  first  thy  modest  head — 
Thou'dst  name,  I  wot — 

Thou  floweret ! 

Somie  favor' d  spot 

Not  far  away 

AVhere  humming  bird  doth  love  to  play, 

And  hone3--bee  doth  linger  day  by  day ; 

Where  mignonette 
And  hyacinth,  heartsease,  rose  white  and  red. 

And  lil-  ■ 
y  of  the  valley  odors  rich  as  thine  distill  ! 

I  wonder  much  if  thou  hast  press' d 
With  many  sisters  bound  some  fair  one's  breast, 
With  jewels  rare  beset — 
Thou  violet ! 

Where  wast  thou  3'estereve  ? 
What  lover' s  sighs  didst  hear,  the  throbbing  of  what  heart  ? 
Whose  ruby  lips  didst  touch,  what  lover's  tears  see  start, 

Whose  bosom  heave  ? 
That  thou  hast  seen  and  heard  such  things,  I  do  believe ! 

Or  saj- : 
The  night  hast  spent 
'Mid  dancers  gay. 
Where  slipper'd  feet  have  sped  the  circling  way. 
While  music's  soft  delicious  sway. 
With  love-looks  blent. 
Hath  bound  the  soul  'till  break  of  day? 

Or  by  some  bed 
Of  sufferer,'  fever-tost. 
Whence  hope  hath  fled, 
Where  grieving  friends  have  wept. 
And  all  was  given  up  for  lost — 
Hast  vigil  kept  ? 

Or  witness  mute,  hast  been  thy  lot 
The  ominous  scowl  and  flashing  eye  to  see — 
Tile  mantling  rage  of  mad'ning  jealousy — 

The  quarrel,  blow  and  answ'ring  pistol-shot — 
The  bullet's  mark — the  crimson  current  issuing  from  the 
spot — 


The  alarm — a  fair  one's  piercing  scream  ! 

Too  late  she  waketli  from  her  dream — 
Too  late  her  love  revealeth — 

That  is — that  is — the  gasp  of  death — 
The  dying  breath — 
Is't  not? 

No  more 
Let  me  forget — 
That  even  floweret. 
However  humble  and  obscure, 

Doth  play  a  part 
In  many  a  human  heart. 
And  blessing  often  hath  in  store  ! 
Tho'  short  thj'  life  hath  not  been  vain  ; 
Thou  gav'st  some  pleasure  in  a  world  of  pain, 
And  ttierefore  owe  we  thee  a  debt ! 
What  would  earth  be 
To  me, 
If  without  thee  and  like  of  thee, 
Thou  violet ! 


OUR  LAW  LIBRARY. 

B\'  Mr.   D.   W.    Burroughs,    Senior    Student,    School    of 

Law  and  Librarian . 

[Read  before  the  Librar>-  and  Historical  Society.] 

The  Library  of  the  School  of  Law  of  the  Uni- 
versity of-  Maryland  was  founded  by  the  Faculty 
of  Law  in  1874.  It  was  recognized  by  members 
of  that  Faculty  that  the  establishment  of  a  library 
for  the  purpose  of  aiding  students  in  the  study 
of  their  profession  and  the  promotion  of  legal 
research  in  conjunction  with  the  daily  instruc- 
tion which  they  received  from  individual  instruc- 
tors, was  a  matter  of  growing  necessity.  It  be- 
gan with  a  small  number  of  volumes  and  has 
been  augmented  from  3^ear  to  year  by  purchase, 
initil  at  the  present  time  it  contains  many  of  the 
best  works  upon  legal  subjects,  which  are  indis- 
pensible  to  the  young  law  student.  Some  im- 
portant works,  however,  are  still  greatly'  needed. 

It  will  be  of  interest,  perhaps,  to  note  in  a  few 
words,  the  manner  in  which  the  library  is  man- 
aged and  its  work  carried  on.  It  is  adjacent  to 
the  Lecture  Hall,  which  is  just  to  the  left  of  the 
medical  building,  and  is  convenientlj^  .situated 
for  the  use  of  the  students  in  attending  their 
daily  lectures.  It  is  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the 
law  students,  conditional  upon  the  payment  of  a 
small  annual  fee  of  $4  by  each  student.  These  fees 
constitute  a  f tind  for  the  purchase  of  new  volumes 
from  year  to  year.  There  are  two  librarians, 
who  are  appointed  bv'  the  Faculty  each  year 
from  the  Senior  Class,  and  who  are  entitled  to  free 
tuition  as  compensation  for  their  services.  One 
of  these  has  charge  during  the  day  and  the  other 
in  the  evening.  The  library  is  open  from  10  A. 
M.  to  10.30  p.  M.     All  of  the  books  are  of  value 


Fcmn 


OI.D  MARYI.AND. 


DbU  t8T3 
' '^  attd°*i^p«i:tance,  and  ar|^  as  a  rule  used  by  every 
N^^l^fyO^mient.  But  jwl^Jfe^is  care  on  the  part  of  the 
^^»i;^^nlsloP3^^::^^he  selection  of  the  best  law 
books  deserves  high  commendation,  the  librar^^ 
is  not  yet  without  its  defects.  It  is  not  my  pur- 
pose to  speculate  upon  the  plan  or  method  by 
which  these  defects  shall  be  remedied.  Yet  it  is 
of  interest  and  importance  to  the  members  of 
this  society  that  they  should  fully  understand  in 
every  detail  the  present  condition  and  needs  of 
the  librar\^  in  order  that  they  may  the  better 
accomplish  the  supreme  object  for  which  this 
society  is  organized — namel}^,  to  build  up  the 
libraries  of  the  University  of  Maryland  and  for 
the  promotion  of  educational  research.  The 
chief  and  vital  defect  arises  from  the  fact  that 
the  miscellaneous  text  books — approximateh' 
300  in  number — are  not  the  latest  publications. 
There  is  indeed  scarcely  one  of  these  text  books 
which  was  issued  later  than  1890, — that  is  fifteen 
years  ago.  It  fnust  be  borne  in  mind,  however, 
that  these  works,  although  not  of  the  latest 
publication,  are  extremely  valuable  and  impor- 
tant, containing,  as  they  do,  a  clear  and. complete 
explanation  of  the  legal  principles  from  the  time 
of  the  earl}^  stages  of  the  law  down  to  the  time  of 
their  issue.  But  why  should  we  not  have  modern 
and  up-to-date  text  books  ?  Is  it  because  they 
will  prove  unsuitable  or  useless  to  the  student  ? 
Certainly  this  is  not  the  case.  The  young  law 
student  of  today  finds  that  modern  and  up-to-date 
text  books  upon  legal  subjects  are  to  him  a  matter 
of  most  vital  concern.  He  needs  the  law  of  today 
to  fit  him  for  the  exigencies  of  existing  circum- 
stances. As  there  have  been  marvelous  changes 
and  developments  in  the  world's  commercial, 
industrial  and  social  systems,  so  the  law  has  kept 
pace  with  progress  and  has  harmonized  with  the 
universal  evolution.  We  cannot  hope  to  see  this 
plan  of  placing  new  and  up-to-date  volumes  in 
the  libraries  of  our  University  succeed  unless  we 
arouse  interest  and  enthusiasm  in  the  minds  of 
the  members  of  our  organization,  and  thus  stim- 
ulate the  efforts  of  those  who  are  deeplj'  interest- 
ed ill  making  an  enlarged  and  modern  librar}' 
the  object  of  their  benefaction.  When  this  result 
has  been  achieved  our  library  will  be  maintained 
upon  a  sure  and  sound  basis,  and  will  lead  the 
ambitious,  industrious  and  aspiring  student  to 
mount  to  the  loftiest  heights  of  his  chosen 
profession. 

List  of  law  books  now  contained  in  the  Law 
Library  : 

LTnited  States  Digests,  48  vols.;   English  Com- 


mon Law  Reports,  119  vols.;  United  States  Re- 
vised Statutes,  1  vol.  (1878);  United  States  Su- 
preme Court  Reports,  194  vols.;  Early  Decisions 
of  Maryland  Court  of  Appeals,  27  vols.;  Mary- 
land Reports,  96  vols.;  Acts  of  Maryland  Assem- 
bh^  10  vols.;  Baltimore  City  Code,  2  vols.; 
Maryland  Code  (3  Sets),  6  vols.;  English  Ruling 
Cases,  26  vols.;  Cyclopedia  of  Law  and  Proced- 
ure, 13  vols.;  American  State  Reports,  87  vols.; 
United  States  Appeals  Cases,  56  vols. ;  Lawyers' 
Reports  Annotated,  64  vols.;  American  and 
English  Encyclopedia  of  Law  (2d  edition),  26 
vols.;  New  York  State  Reports,  91  vols.;  Ameri- 
can and  English  Encj^clopedia  of  Law  (1st 
edition ) ,  30  vols . ;  Miscellaneous  Text  Books  and 
legal  authorities,  306  vols.;  Biography  of  Ameri- 
can Statesmen  and  English  Jurists,  36  vols.; 
American,  English  and  Roman  Histories,  84 
vols.;  Senate  Journals,  House  Journals,  Congres- 
sional Proceedings,  53  vols.;  Century  Dictionary 
and  other  dictionaries,  10  vols.;  Narrative  and 
Critical  History  of  America,  8  vols.;  Reports  of 
Commissioner  of  Education,  30  vols. 

Approximate  number  of  volumes,  1450. 

Estimated  in  value  to  be  worth  $6,000. 


SCIENCE  AND  IMMORTALITY. 

By  William  Osier,  M.D.,  F.  R.S.,  Etc. 
[The  Ingrersol  Lecture,  October,  1904.J 

In  this  charming  54-page  16  mo.  Dr.  Osier 
approaches  the  question  of  man's  immortality 
professedly  as  the  representative  of  science.  His 
tone  is  naturall5r  apologetic  and  he  confesses 
frankly  that  he  can  furnish  no  proofs  dependent 
solely  upon  reason  and  observation.  Yet  "in 
the  presence  of  so  many  m^'Steries  which  have 
been  un\'eiled,  in  the  presence  of  so  many  yet 
unsolved,  the  scientific  .student  cannot  be  dog- 
matic and  deny  the  po.ssibilit}'  of  a  future  state." 
Dr.  O-sler  acknowledges  that  his  own  faith  corre- 
sponds with  that  of  Cicero,  "who  had  rather  be 
mistaken  with  Plato  than  be  in  the  right  with 
those  who  deny  altogether  the  life  after  death." 
"On  the  question  of  immortality  the  only  endur- 
ing enlightenment  is  through  faith."  It  is  the 
heart  which  controls  not  only  the  actions  of  men 
but  their  beliefs.  Examples — a  good  life — are 
more  powerful  than  words,  and  when  reason  calls 
ill  vain  and  arguments  fall  on  deaf  ears  the  still 
small  voice  of  an  unconscious  holiness  may  com- 
pel an  unwilling  a.ssent  of  the  mind. 


President  Edwin  A.  Alderman  will  be  inaugu- 
rated at  the  University  of  Virginia  April  13th. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


51 


AN    ENTENTE    CORDIALE    WITH    THE 
HOPKINS. 

There  are  but  two  institutions  of  universit>- 
rank  within  the  borders  of  Maryland,  both  loca- 
ted in  Baltimore  City.  Both  have  had  highly 
honorable  careers — both  are  warmly  cherished  b\' 
this  community.  It  ma^-  be  of  intere.st  to  inquire 
what  are  the  relations  subsisting  between  them. 
Are  the3^  what  they  should  be?  Are  their  feel- 
ings toward  each  other  those  of  mutual  cordiality, 
helpfulness  and  co-operation  ?  Do  their  repre- 
sentatives come  together  in  a  social  waj'  as  much 
as  they  should  '  Are  frank  acknowledgment  and 
credit  accorded  by  each  for  good  work  done  by 
the  other?  Do  they  rejoice  when  any  good  for- 
tune comes  to  their  neighbor  ? 

It  seems  to  us  that  something  is  to  be  desired 
in  these  respects  and  that  a  better  understanding 
might  be  cultivated  by  both.  We  fear  there  has 
been  some  friction  at  times  ;  a  little  jealousy- — 
.perhaps  e\-en  bitterne,ss.  Let  us  hope  that  if 
such  feelings  exist,  they  will  cease  ;  that  we  will 
henceforth  only  rejoice  at  each  other's  prosperity; 
that  if  there  be  env}',  it  will  give  place  to  emula- 
tion in  good  works  ;  that  we,  shall  be  rivals  onh' 
in  trying  to  do  the  best  of  which  each  is  capable. 
There  are  broad-minded  men  in  both,  men  capa- 
ble of  influencing  the  sentiments  of  their  col- 
leagues. Let  such  men  take  the  matter  up  in  a 
frank,  generous  spirit  and  good  is  sure  to  come 
from  their  examples  and  efforts. 

It  is  a  mistake  to  imagine  that  Maryland  can- 
not afford  two  LTniversities,  as  some  aver.'  It  is 
one  of  the  oldest  and  most  distinguished  states, 
and  has  within  its  borders  one  of  the  greatest 
commercial  cities  of  the  world.  Its  fast-growing 
metropolis  will  soon  have  a  million  or  two  inhabi- 
tants. Its  citizens  are  accumulating  fortunes  and 
they  are  noted  far  and  wide  for  their  generous, 
benevolent  and  loyal  sentiments.  Is  there  any 
need  to  dispense  with  either  of  us  ?  We  both 
have  claims  upon  this  community  which  we 
should  lose  no  occasion  to  impress  upon  it.  The 
^tate  is  not  doing  for  either  what  it  should. 
When  we  look  around  us  and  see  what  other 
states  are  doing  for  their  Uni\ersities  and  other 
institutions  of  learning",  we  have  just  cause  to 
reproach  our  own  authorities  with  their  grievous 
and  unwonted  neglect  of  ours. 

To  the  friends  of  this  old  Uni\-ersit\',  we  would 
.say  :  let  us  not  be  cast  down  or  idle,  but  let  us 
unite  our  influence  and  efforts  to  secure  both 
public   and   private   aid.      It   is  money — endow- 


ment— that  we  need  ;  money  gives  stajading  and 
respectability  and  power  ;  that  alone  will  enable 
us  to  hold  up  our  head  as  the  equal  of  the  best 
here  or  elsewhere. 

^  SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  Iota  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Chi  Fraternity 
was  established  in  this  department  and  held  its 
first  banquet  at  the  Hotel  Belvedere,  Friday, 
March  24th.  Messrs.  Palmer  of  Georgia,  Mc- 
Ness  of  Ohio,  Van  Antwerp  of  Alabama,  Eckhart 
of  California,  Beam  of  West  Virginia,  and  Weit- 
eman  and  Powell  of  Pennsylvania,  members  of 
the  Epsilon  Chapter  at  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharmac)-,  came  o\-er  to  establish  the  chapter. 
Palmer  and  McNess  being  appointed  by  the 
Grand  Council  which  met  at  Boston  last  month. 
The  following  are  the  charter  members  :  From 
Class  of '05,  J.  R.  Power,  R.  C.Todd,  W.  H. 
Clarke,  J.  Carlton  Wolfe,  A.  E.  Kemp  and  C. 
M.  Hornbrook;  from  '06.  B.  D.  Benfer,  W.  T. 
Bodiford,  S.  M.  Goldman  and  W.  M,  Harper. 
Immediately  after  the  above  were  installed,  Prof. 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  was  voted  an  honorary 
member.  The  workings  of  the  Fraternity  were 
then  di.scussed  in  detail,  and  at  10.30  P.  M.  all 
repaired  to  the  banquet  hall  where  the  remainder 
of  the  evening  was  pleasantly  spent  listening  to 
the  interesting  remarks  of  Prof.  Caspari  and 
others.  The  following  morning  the  P.  C.  P. 
boys  were  invited  to  inspect  the  various  labora- 
tories and  lecture  halls  of  the  Department  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University,  and  also  to  make  a 
visit  to  the  establishment  of  Sharp  &  Dohme. 
An  establishment  of  this  kind  is  always  interest- 
ing to  students  of  Pharmac}^  and  we  are  indebt- 
ed to  Drs.  Schmidt  and  Kelly  for  their  explana- 
tions of  the  processes  of  the  many  complicated 
and  interesting  pieces  of  machinery.  Dr.  Schmidt 
extended  to  us  an  invitation  to  dine  with  him, 
and  a  very  pleasant  dinner  hour  was  spent  at  one 
of  the  fashionable  restaurants  of  the  city.  Our 
Dean  made  a  very  favorable  impression,  as  usual, 
with  the  boys,  and  the  Philadelphia  students 
have  won  the  hearts  of  the  Maryland  boys  by  the 
manner  in  which  the>-  expres.sed  them.selves  re- 
garding him.  Now  that  the  Iota  Chapter  of  the 
Phi  Chi  is  organized  we  sincerely  trust  that  it 
will  always  stand  for  that  which  is  good  and 
noble,  and  that  it  may  be  established  upon  such 
a  firm  foundation  that  in  years  to  come  we  may 
find  it  .still  doing  its  good  work  as  only  an  order 
of  its  kind  should  do. — Staylor,  of  the  Junior 
Class    while    working    in     the    pharmaceutical 


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OIvD  MARYLAND. 


laboratory  a  few  days  ago,  took  suddenly' 
and  seriously  ill,  and  as  yet  has  not  been  able  to 
attend  college. — Prof.  Hynson  delivered  a  lecture 
to  a  pharmaceutical  society  at  Philadelphia  Tues- 
day, March  24th. — Question;  How  many  tickets 
did  Power  and  Bodiford  sell  for  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  ? 
— The  following  is  a  note  received  by  one  of  the 
Senior  boys  working  in  an  "  up-town  ' '  store  : 

Mr.  Koldeway  :  Please  give  this  boy  a  powder 
or  something  for  him  to  get  rid  of  worms  ;  he  is 
a  black  and  tan  puppie,  three  months  old. 

Signed . 


Who  takes  the  powder  ? 


C.  M.  H. 


-  LIBRARY  OF  M.  &  C.  FACULTY. 

An  idea  of  the  resources  and  expenditures  of 
the  Library  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Fac- 
ulty of  Maryland  can  be  formed  from  a  slip  issued 
on  the  occasion  of  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Book 
and  Journal  Club.  Last  year  the  Facultj^  appro- 
priated the  sum  of  $1200  for  the  use  of  its  library. 
Of  this  amount  $825  were  expended  in  salaries, 
$288  in  subscriptions  to  journals,  $300  in  binding, 
and  $75  for  supplies,  making  the  total  expendi- 
tures for  this  appropriation  $1588.  Besides  this 
the  Book  and  Journal  Club  gave  $410,  represent- 
ing 82  members.  This  sum  was  used  for  the 
purchase  of  books  and  for  the  purchase  and  bind- 
ing of  journals.  The  total  amount  contributed 
by  the  club  since  its  organization  in  1896  was 
$4305.  Then  there  is  the  Frick  Fund,  not  given 
here  but  set  down  in  the  Trans,  of  1903  as  $1  250, 
a  gift  of  $100  from  the  State  Board  of  Medical 
Examiners,  sale  of  duplicates  $75.20,  sale  of 
paper  $14.14,  fines  $67.96,  contributions  from 
three  medical  schools  $75,  and  possibly  some 
section  and  individual  gifts.  These  figures  would 
.seem  to  mean  that  something  over  $3192.30  were 
at  the  disposal  of  the  Library  the  past  ^j-ear.  We 
would  not  incur  the  odium  of  giving  the  resources 
of  our  own  library  by  the  side  of  these  ;  but  we 
can  say  with  absolute  truth  that  the  growth  of 
our  medical  librarj'  has  been  remarkable  and  we 
need  be  ashamed  of  neither  that  nor  its  present 
condition. 

KAPPA  SIGMA. 

The  members  of  the  Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity, 
Alpha  Alpha  Chapter,  held  their  eighth  annual 
banquet  at  the  Belvedere  Hotel  on  March  23d. 
Dr.  Charles  H.  Medders  was  toastmaster.  The 
following  gentlemen  responded  to  the  toasts ; 
Wm.  M.  Maloy,  J.  Ernest  Downin,  Councilman 
Harry  W.    Nice,    Charles  A.    Hook,,  Jr.,    State 


Representative  John  L.  V.  Murph)^  Garnet  Y. 
Clark,  Wm.  Arm,strong  and  Garner  Denmead. 
In  addition  to  the  above  members  the  following 
were  present :  W.  W.  Lingenfelder,  G.  Allnut 
Manning,  Fred  W.  New,  T.  Howard  Embert, 
Spencer  Clark,  Brown  Allen,  E.  Wilson  Murry, 
Vernon  L.  Foxwell,  Vance  Rice,  J.  F.  Shafer, 
H.  H.  Thomas,  Elmo  Lawler,  Allan  Waltham, 
Edward  Sappington,  Douglas  Cassard,  Joseph 
Judge,  N.  E.  Byrd,  E.  L.  Davis,  G.  P.  Morison, 
C.  A.  Diffenderffer,  Stuart  F.  Hamill,  C.  C. 
Buck  and  Wm.  F.  Fullings. 

The  Chapter  gave  a  box  party  at  the  Academy 
of  Music  on  February  27th  to  see  Woodland,  and 
a  smoker  was  largely  attended  at  the  Chapter 
House  on  March  11th.  The  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania basket-ball  team  was  entertained  on 
February  10th  at  the  Chapter  House,  1312  Lin- 
den avenue.  This  home  was  recently  purchased 
and  handsomely  furnished  by  the  Chapter.  A 
dance  will  be  given  at  the  Belvedere  during 
Easter  week. 


'    SCHOOL  OF  DENTISTRY. 

We  are  glad  to  see  Dr.  R.  D.  Mullens  back 
with  us  again,  he  having  just  returned  from  his 
home.  Broken  Bow,  Nebraska,  where  he  jour- 
neyed to  bury  his  wife,  who  died  while  in  this 
city.  Dr.  Mullens  is  a  physician,  but  a  member 
of  the  Class  of  '05,  Dental  Department.  He  has 
the  sympathy  of  his  entire  class  in  this  his  great 
misfortune. — Major  H.  D.  Snyder,  surgeon  in 
the  U.  S.  Army,  stationed  at  San  Antonio,  Texas, 
while  on  an  official  visit  to  New  York  and  Wash- 
ington, stayed  over  night  in  this  city  to  see  his 
brother,  George  A.  Snyder,  Class  '05,  Dental. 
Major  Snyder  is  a  graduate  of  the  Medical  De- 
partment, Class  '90. — Much  interest  is  being 
taken  in  the  coming  "Alumni  Day,"  especially 
in  the  Senior  Class,  for  on  this  day  the  proficient 
ones  receive  the  prizes  offered  by  the  Faculty. 
The  clinics  are  also  being  looked  forward  to  with 
much  enthusiasm,  for  it  is  expected  that  many 
of  our  alumni  from  different  parts  will  give  us 
the  results  of  years  of  research. — Everybody  is 
down  to  real  hard  work  getting  in  shape  for  the 
last  round.  We  all  look  for  a  "clean  break" 
and  no  "knock  outs." — There  is  a  good  chance 
for  some  enterprising  hardware  store  to  do  some 
business  in  the  Senior  Class,  especially  in  brush 
hooks,  hedge  trimmers,  etc. — Moving  seems  to 
be  a  popular  pastime  with  several  of  the  Seniors; 
for  details  of  this  amusement  ask  the  dealer  in 
ladies  hosiery.  J.  C.  A. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


53 


^OUR  PROFESSORS  EMERITUS. 

I. 

William  Travis  Howard,  M.  D.,  was  born  in 
Cumberland  count5^  Va.,  January  12,  1821, 
being  the  son  of  a  noted  architect.  He  was 
educated  at  Hampden-Sidney  and  Randolph- 
Macon  Colleges  in  Virginia,  and  began  the  study 
of  his  profession  under  the  great  surgeon  John 
Peter  Mettauer.  He  entered  Jefferson  Medical 
College,  Philadelphia,  in  1842,  and  graduated 
therefrom  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  March, 
1844.  Between  the  sessions  he  was  a  resident 
.student  at  the  Baltimore  Almshouse,  where  he 
received  the  instructions  of  those  excellent  clini- 
cians, Drs.  Wm.  Power  and  Thomas  H.  Buckler. 
He  settled  in  Warren  county.  North  Carolina, 
May  1,  1844,  being  then  in  poor  health  from  an 
attack  of  the  grippe  which  permanently  impaired 
his  constitution,  leaving  him  with  a  cough  from 
which  he  has  never  been  since  exempt.  During 
his  stay  in  North  Carolina  Dr.  Howard  became 
involved  in  a  discussion  on  malarial  pneumonia, 
and  wrote  several  interesting  and  critical  essays 
which  drew  the  attention  of  the  profession  to 
him  as  one  of  the  leaders  of  medical  thought  and 
practice.  After  the  Civil  War  he  removed  to 
Baltimore  and  at  once  became  Adjunct  to  the 
Chair  of  Physiology  in  this  University,  giving 
clinical  instruction  in  the  hospital  during  the 
.session.  Recognizing  the  value  of  his  influence 
and  services,  in  1867  the  Faculty  created  for  him 
the  Chair  of  Diseases  of  Women  and  Children, 
the  first  distinct  one  of  its  kind  in  any  medical 
school  in  America.  In  1897,  after  an  active  and 
continuous  service  of  thirty  years,  he  resigned 
this  Chair  and  was  made  Professor  Emeritus. 

Dr.  Howard's  services  to  this  University  were 
great  and  well  recognized.  His  influence  and 
activity  bore  no  small  share  in  the  prosperity 
and  high  standing  of  the  School  of  Medicine. 
His  presence  attracted  many  students  from  North 
Carolina.  His  professorial  position  he  filled 
with  conscientious  devotion  and  untiring  energy, 
teaching  with  that  clearness  of  language,  that 
strong  personality  and  that  arraj'  of  past  experi- 
ence so  familiar  to  his  hearers.  He  was  particu- 
larly rich  in  practical  suggestions,  many  of  which 
were  original  with  him.  Coming  to  Baltimore 
in  the  maturity  of  his  powers,  he  took  at  once  the 
high  position  in  the  Maryland  profession  to  which 
his  abilities  entitled  him,  and  in  the  rapidly  ad- 
vancing department  to  which  he  applied  his 
remarkable  powers  of  application,  observation 
and  analysis,  he  acquired  a  national  reputation. 


He  has  held  many  offices  of  honor,  among  which 
may  be  mentioned  the  presidency  of  the  American 
Gynecological  Society,  of  which  he  was  a  founder, 
and  the  presidency  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical 
Faculty  of  Maryland,  consulting  surgeoncy  to 
the  Johns  Hopkins  and  Hebrew  Hospitals,  etc. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Hospital  for  the 
Women  of  Maryland.  He  has  invented  a  number 
of  in.struments,  including  a  bivalve  speculum,  and 
a  modification  of  Tarnier's  forceps.  He  is  the 
author  of  many  papers,  reports,  etc.,  to  be  found 
especially  in  the  Transactions  of  the  American 
Gynecological  Society  and  of  the  Medical  and 
Chirurgical  Faculty  of  Maryland.  At  the  age  of 
84,  Dr.  Howard  is  still  an  indefatigable  student, 
retaining  intact  his  mental  faculties,  his  clear 
vision,  his  steady  hand  and  phenomenal  memory. 


A  NEW  MARYLAND  CODE. 

There  has  just  appeared  a  new  codification  of 
the  laws  of  Maryland  by  Professor  John  P.  Poe, 
the  Dean  of  our  School  of  Law.  It  is  in  two  vol- 
umes of  about  1200  pages  each.  Local  laws 
modifying  the  general  laws  are  carefully  indexed. 
A  complete  code  was  published  in  1888  and 
another  in  1903,  but  the  latter  was  destroyed  by 
the  great  fire,  making  the  present  reprint  neces- 
sary. Mr.  Poe  began  this  great  work  in  June, 
1904,  and  it  was  completed,  except  index,  by 
October  1 ,  showing  great  industry  and  applica- 
tion. Says  the  Si^n  :  "No  man  in  Maryland, 
perhaps,  is  as  familiar  with  the  statute  law  of  the 
State  as  Mr.  Poe.  Its  compilation  and  study 
have  been  his  work  for  many  years,  and  he  has 
with  his  own  hands  prepared  many  of  the  most 
important  laws  now  in  force.  The  work  of  cod- 
ifying could  not  therefore  have  been  committed 
to  more  competent  hands."  It  is  printed  by 
King  Bros,  of  Baltimore.  The  index  is  volumi- 
nous, taking  up  450  pages. 


All  Western  European  poetry  has  its  source  in 
Homer,  all  history  in  Herodotus  and  Thucydides, 
all  philosophy  in  Plato,  all  drama  in  Aeschylus, 
all  oratory  and  rhetoric  in  the  Attic  ten,  all 
scientific  classification  and  terminology  in  Aris- 
totle, But  the  originators  have  remained  the 
unapproachable  models,  and  a  revival  of  Hellen- 
ism has  been  almost  a  condition  precedent  to 
every  notable  florescence  of  the  human  spirit — 
of  the  AugiLstan  age  of  Rome,  of  the  civilization 
of  the  Arabs,  of  the  Renaissance,  of  the  new 
Germanic  poetry  and  philosophy  of  the  nineteeth 
century. — Pro/.  S/wrcy,  Univ.  of  Chicago. 


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PUBLISHED    MONTHLY. 


EUGENE  F.  CORDELL,  M.  D. 

ASSOCIATE  EDITORS  : 

Medicine:    R.  L.  Mitchell; 
Law  :    D.  W.  Burroughs; 
Dentistry  :    J.  Clarence  AllEn  ; 
Phartnacy  :     CM.  Hornbrook. 


Editor. 


SUBSCRIPTION  51.00  PER  ANNUM. 
Copie.s  for  sale  at  Office  of  Old  Maryland,  in  Main  University  Bldg-. 

UNIVERSITY  SPIRIT. 

The  growth  of  a  true  university  spirit  must  be 
apparent  to  all  who  mingle  much,  as  the  writer 
does,  with  the  students  and  alumni  of  the  Univer- 
sitj'.  It  can  be  no  longer  said — as  was  said  a  few 
years  ago  by  a  high  official — that  there  are  no 
university  life  and  aspiration.  Not  a  meeting  is 
held  of  any  sort  at  which  the  subject  is  not  broach- 
ed by  loyal  tongues.  We  are  undoubtedly  under- 
going a  revolution  or  renascence,  as  Dr.  Hopkin- 
son  well  says.  For  much  of  this  we  are  indebted 
to  the  quick  impulse  and  enthusiasm  of  youth,  and 
especially  to  the  department  of  athletics.  Our 
young  men  are  astir  ;  who  will  dare  to  rebuke 
them  or  cast  them  down.  It  was  Charles  Alex- 
ander Warfield,  an  impetuous  youth,  who  led 
the  Peggy  Stewart  rioters,  heedless  of  the  threat- 
ening British  gibbet.  Let  us  elders  in  this  com- 
munity try  to  catch  inspiration  from  our  juniors 
and  make  some  satisfactory  response  to  their 
3^earning  and  aspiration  !  Great  opportunities 
are  before  us.  Shall  we  lift  no  hand  to  catch 
them  ?  

A  COMMON  COMMENCEMENT. 

Is  it  not  an  anomaly  that  in  an  institution  call- 
ing itself  a  "University,"  and  holding  a  charter 
as  such  from  the  state,  each  "school"  or  depart- 
ment should  hold  a  separate  commencement ;  that 
there  should  not  be  such  a  sense  of  communfty 
of  purpose  and  interest  and  such  esprit-de-corps  as 
to  lead  our  authorities  to  see  how  unnatural,  how 
uuwi.se  this  is  ?     Apart  from  the  sentiment  of  the 


matter — the  true  loyalty,  pride  and  aspiration  of 
the  friends  of  the  University,  how  much  more 
significance,  importance  and  respectability  it 
gives  to  have  one  great  ceremonial  graduation 
occasion  than  several  isolated  and  small  ones ! 
Would  not  distinguished  speakers  much  more 
readily  be  gotten  if  they  knew  that  such  an  occa- 
sion represented  a  great  institution  with  nine 
hundred  students  than  a  small  part  of  it 
with  one,  two  or  three  hundred  only?  Would 
not  the  President  of  the  United  States,  for  exam- 
ple, be  far  more  likely  to  be  impressed  by  such 
an  event  than  by  a  mere  law  school  commence- 
ment? The  question  reallj-  seems  to  need  no 
argument — every  motive  speaks  in  favor  of  it — 
even  that  of  economy.  As  for  the  difficulties  in 
the  way,  we  know  of  none  that  cannot  be  readil3' 
overcome  or  ignored.  Even  the  fact  of  irregu- 
larity of  session  need  not  stand  in  the  way,  for 
the  addition  or  subtraction  of  one  or  two  Aveeks 
would  give  us  a  uniform  period  for  all. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  HOSPITAL  BULLETIN 

The  first  number  of  this  important  publica- 
tion— the  fourth  counting  the  students'  annual 
Year  Book — issued  from  the  University — made 
its  appearance  on  March  15.  It  is  i.ssued  monthly 
and  is  owned  by  the  "Hospital  Bulletin  Com- 
pany of  the  University  of  Maryland,"  an  incor- 
porated body,  with  a  capital  of  $5,000,  divided 
into  shares  of  $10  each.  The  contents  of  this 
first  number  embrace  original  articles  (two  of  the 
five  being  illustrated),  editorials,  abstracts  and 
extracts,  book  reviews,  notes  and  items.  The 
number  is  the  same  size  as  Old  Maryland  and 
is  handsomely  gotten  up.  Everj'  medical  alumnus 
should  be  a  subscriber  to  this  journal.  $1.00 
per  annum. 

UNIVERSITY  BUTTON. 

Are  there  not  one  hundred  alumni  who  wish  to 
wear  the  University  button  adopted  by  the  Gen- 
eral Alumni  Association  ?  It  can  be  gotten  for 
75  cents,  provided  that  number  are  willing  to 
sub.scribe  for  it.  Send  in  your  sub.scriptions  then 
at  once  to  the  Editor  or  the  Secretary-Treasurer 
of  the  General  Alumni  As.sociation,  S55  North 
Eutaw  street. 


The  Societj'-  of  the  Adjunct  Faculty  (Med.) 
held  its  quarterly  meeting,  reception  and  smoker 
in  the  hall  of  the  School  of  Law  March  16th. 
Addres.ses  were  made  by  Professors  Winslow, 
Neale  and  Coale  and  Dr.  Shipley. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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UNIVERSITY  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Athletic  Associa- 
tion the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year  :  President,  Wm.  Brent('06,  Med.); 
Vice-President,  Wm.  F.  Fullings  ('06,  Med.); 
Secretary,  C.  B.  Gifford  ('06,  Dent.);  Treasurer, 
O.  O.  Howard  ('06,  Med.).  Executive  Commit- 
tee :  A.  B.  Clark,  chairman,  (Med.);  G.  W. 
Carlton  (Dent.),  and  H.  A.  Stone  (Law).  The 
Faculty  representatives  on  this  committee  are  : 
Prof.  J.  Holmes  Smith,  M.  D.,  Medical  Alumni, 
and  John  Prentiss  Poe,  LL.D.,  Law  Alumni. 
Much  encouragement  was  felt  by  the  attitude  of 
the  Faculty  toward  the  association  by  the  an- 
nouncement of  their  willingness  to  become  mem- 
bers. Through  this  movement  it  is  expected 
that  the  University  will  soon  have  a  gymnasium. 
This  is  a  need  which  has  been  felt  for  many 
years.  The  University  has  just  purchased  the 
Calvary  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South, 
southeast  comer  of  Greene  and  Lombard  streets, 
and  every  effort  will  be  made  by  the  association 
and  students  to  secure  this  for  a  gymnasium,  as 
the  University  has  no  immediate  use  for  it.  With 
the  union  of  the  Faculty  and  association  an 
attempt  will  be  made  to  deem  it  compulsory  that 
every  student  of  the  University  be  a  member  of 
the  association  also.  Another  feature  is  that  all 
the  teams  at  the  University  will  be  recognized 
this  year.  The  basket-ball  team  heretofore  had 
never  been  recognized,  but  owing  to  the  fact  that 
it  is  now  intercollegiate  champion  of  Maryland, 
and  that  next  year  an  intercollegiate  basket-ball 
league  of  Maryland  will  be  formed,  composed  of 
the  teams  ,  from  the  University  of  Maryland, 
Johns  Hopkins  University,  Georgetown  Univer- 
sity, St.  John's  College  and  Western  Maryland 
College,  with  the  U.  of  M.  having  a  fair  chance 
of  repeating  its  performance  of  this  season,  this 
branch  will  be  recognized.  James  P.  Harrell 
('06,  Med.)  was  elected  manager,  with  Harry  L. 
Thomson  ('07,  Dent.)  captain  of  the  team. 
Owing  to  its  good  work,  the  relay  team  was  also 
recognized.  I.  D.  Chaney  was  elected  manager, 
and  Morris  Chaney  captain.  This  team  defeated 
St.  John's  twice,  but  in  the  Georgetown  games 
recently  the  St.  John's  boys  claimed  a  foul  and 
were  awarded  the  race.  As  it  stands  now,  both 
teams  claim  superiorit}',  and  to  settle  it  conclu- 
sively a  dual  meet  will  be  arranged  between  the 
two  schools  to  take  place  at  Maryland  oval  some 
time  in  April.  H.  P.  Hill,  Jr.,  ('07,  Med.)  was 
elected  manager  of  next  year's  football  team, 
with  H.  Blanck  ('07,  Med.)  captain.     The  base- 


ball team,  which  made  such  an  excellent  record 
last  year,  being  defeated  only  twice,  was,  after 
much  discussion,  recognized.  The  chief  objec- 
tion was  that  the  Faculty  \dolently  opposed  the 
supporting  of  the  team,  due  to  the  debts  incurred 
by  bringing  large  colleges  to  this  city.  Another 
reason  was  that  the  examinations  are  so  close  at 
hand  that  there  will  be  no  time  found  to  practice. 
This  was  overruled  under  certain  conditions. 
The  material  being  there,  they  were  bound  to 
have  a  team.  Henry  F.  Woodward  was  elected 
manager.  A  committee  composed  of  all  the 
managers  of  the  recognized  teams  and  the  presi- 
dent of  the  association  was  elected  to  award  the 
official  "M's,"  the  conditions  being  :  Those  who 
have  participated  in  three  games  of  baseball  or 
football,  in  five  games  of  basket-ball,  those  who 
have  secured  ten  points  in  an  open  track  and 
field  meet,  and  those  who  have  been  in  a  winning- 
relay  team.  It  was  also  decided  to  award  "M's' ' 
to  last  year's  baseball,  football  and  the  present 
basket-ball  teams.  J.  C.  A. 


FRESHMEN   BASE  BALL  (Med.). 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Class  '08  on  Saturday, 
March  18,  '05,  in  the  Histological  Laboratory, 
it  was  decided  to  support  a  base  ball  team ,  which 
was  accordingly  organized  and  the  following 
officers  elected :  Manager,  Robert  W.  Pilson; 
Captain,  G.  Hampton  Richards:  Treasurer,  J. 
T.  Taylor.  A  subscription  was  begun  at  once 
among  the  men  by  the  treasurer,  Mr.  Taylor, 
and  before  the  afternoon  was  over  enough  money 
had  been  secured  to  start  the  team.  Too  much 
cannot  be  said  of  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Taylor. 
Enough  money  having  been  obtained,  the  next 
thing  to  do  was  to  arrange  a  schedule.  This  is 
now  being  .looked  after  by  the  manager,  Robert 
Pilson.  Games  have  thus  far  been  scheduled 
with  the  Class  '07,  Medical;  the  Dental  Fresh- 
men and  the  Pharmacy  team.  A  call  for  candi- 
dates was  issued  and  the  first  practice  was  held 
March  22,  at  Carroll  Park.  Enough  men  put  in 
an  appearance  to  give  an  idea  of  just  what  the 
team  would  be.  Capt.  Richards  expressed  him- 
self as  being  very  well  pleased  at  the  showing 
made  in  practice.  Those  who  reported  and  the 
positions  for  which  they  tried  are  as  follows  : 
Wright,  p.;  Rosenberg,  c;  Benson,  lb.;  Rich- 
ard, 2b.  and  captain;  Taylor,  s.  s.;  Pilson,  3b.; 
Price,  1.  f.;  Willard,  c.  f.,  and  West,  r.  f.  Other 
men  who  have  promised  to  tr^-  for  the  team  are: 
J,  P.  Inslee,  L-  Scheurich,  L.  LaBarre,  Bay, 
Lockwood.  R.  W.  P. 


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OI.D   MARYI.AND. 


BASKET-BALL. 

The  third  and  deciding  game  with  Johns  Hop- 
kins for  the  college  championship  of  the  state  on 
March  2d  resulted  as  has  been  announced  in  a 
decisive  victor}'  for  the  Marjdands  by  31  to  11: 
The  attendance  was  the  largest  at  any  basket-ball 
game  held  in  the  cage  this  season.  The  game 
was  one-sided  froin  the  beginning.  The  Mary- 
lands  were  in  fine  form,  the  quick  and  certain 
passing  of  Blanck,  Swope  and  Smith  exciting 
the  admiration  of  the  spectators.  Their  goal 
throwing  also  showed  greatly  increased  skill. 
Hala  and  Thompson  played  an  unusually  strong- 
defensive  game.  Blanck  and  Strobhar  also  put  up 
a  consistent  and  strong  defensive  game  for  the 
other  side.  Line-up  : 
Hopkins.  Maryland. 

Bovd Right  Forward Blanck 

McClure Left  Forward Swope 

Holmes Center Smith 

Strobhar Right  Defense Held 

Blanck Left  Defense Thompson 

A  hard-fought  game  was  played  at  the  Central 
Gymnasium  between  the  Marylands  and  Central 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  March  17th,  in  which  the  former 
went  down  by  a  score  of  25  to  13.  Only  2  goals 
were  made  from  the  field  by  the  former,  while  12 
were  made  by  the  other  side.  Blanck  of  the 
Marylands  made  9  goals  from  foul. 


i    NEW  BOOKS  ADDED  TO  LIBRARY. 

Surg.  Treatment  of  Bright's  Disease,  Edebohls, 
1904,  Dr.  Edebohls. 

Studies  on  Variola  and  Vaccinia,  Councilman 
et  als.,  1904,  Dr.  Councilman. 

Informe  Biannual  San.  y.  Demog.  de  Cuba, 
Finley,  1904,  Republic  of  Cuba." 

Rontgen  Ray  in  Spanish  War,  X900,  War 
Dept.,  U.  S.  A. 

Anemia  in  Porto  Rico,  Ashford  et  als.,  1904, 
Governor  of  Porto  Rico. 

Report  on  Typhoid  Fever  during  Spanish  War, 
with  maps,  2  vols.,  Walter  Reed  etals.,  1904, 
War  Dept.,  U.  S.  A. 

Index  Catalogue  Lib.  S.  G.  O.,  U.  S.  A.,  16 
vols.,  Billings,  1880-95,  Dr.  Chew. 

Die  Geschichte  der  Medizin,  Pu.schmann  et 
als.,  2  vols.,  1902-3,  Dr.  Osier. 

The  Thyroid  and  Parathyroid  Glands,  Richard- 
son, 1905,  Dr.  Richardson. 

Diseases  of  the  Horse,  Pearson  et  als.,  1903, 
Mr.  Kosminsky. 

Light  as  a  Therapeutic  Agent,  Hirshberg, 
1904,  M.  and  C.  F.  Library. 


STATE  EXAMINATIONS. 

The  figures  of  the  examination  held  by  the 
Board  of  Medical  Examiners  of  Maryland  Dec. 
14-17,  1904,  show  that  of  the  43  applicants  there 
were  14  who  participated  in  the  exaininations 
for  the  first  time,  of  whom  8  were  successful. 
There  were  2  University  of  Maryland  men  in 
this  group,  of  whom  1  failed  with  a  mark  of  60/3; 
the  other  passed  with  79.  There  were  29  apply- 
ing for  re-examination  in  branches  in  which  they 
had  previousl}'  failed,  of  whom  4  were  success- 
ful in  working  off  all  branches.  Seven  of  the  29 
were  University  of  Maryland  men,  of  whom  3 
were  successful. 

The  West  Virginia  examinations  for  1904  show 
that  graduates  of  the  University  passed  with  the 
following  marks:  April:  (1900)  "il  .—July : 
(1901)  80,  (1903)  90,  (1904)  four  reached  86.— 
November:  (1902)94,  (1904)  91.  These  were 
among  the  highest  grades  reached. 


'  OBITUARY. 


Dr.  George  F.  Corse,  a  graduate  of  the  School 
of  Medicine  of  this  University  of  1864,  died  at 
Gardenville,  Baltimore  county,  Md.,  on  the  23d 
ult.,  aged  65.  He  was  a  student  in  the  office  of 
Prof.  N.  R.  Smith,  and  was  born  and  practiced 
at  Gardenville.  After  graduating  he  held  a  po- 
sition for  a  time  in  the  medical  department  of 
the  U.  S.  A. 

News  of  the  death  of  Dr.  J.  A.  Noel,  Class  of 
'62  (Med.),  has  been  received.  Dr.  Noel  served 
in  the  Federal  army  as  a  surgeon  during  the 
Civil  War,  and  afterwards  located  in  Bonneau- 
ville.  Pa.  He  enjoyed  for  many  years  a  large 
practice,  and  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  attend- 
ed office  patients.  He  died  at  the  matured  age 
of  77  years.  J.  C.  A. 


^  The  next  meeting  of  the  University  Library 
and  Historical  Society  will  be  held  in  Dental 
Hall,  Thursday,  April  13,  at  8.30  p.  m.  Rev. 
Oliver  Huckel  will  read  a  paper  on  "Student 
Life  in  Old  Oxford,"  and  Professor  W.  W. 
Willoughby  one  on  "Civil  Service  Reform  in 
Maryland." 

Harry  Tull,  M.  D.  (1900),  has  removed  from 
Nanticoke  Cit^^  to  Salisbury,  McL,  where  he  will 
in  future  devote  his  attention  largely  to  surgery'. 
— Hospital  Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 

Dr.  Charles  P.  Noble  (1884)  has  been  elected 
consulting  surgeon  on  the  staff  of  the  Jewish 
Hospital,  Philadelphia. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


57 


A  CASE  OF  TRAUMATIC  ASPHYXIA. 

Under  this  title  Professor  Randolph  Winslow 
has  described  the  ca.se  of  a  man  who  was  caught 
between  the  ceiling  and  an  elevator  while  stoop- 
ing down.  On  being  brought  to  the  University 
Hcspital,  the  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  left  ribs  were 
found  to  be  fractured,  but  the  most  noteworthy 
feature  was  a  bluish  discoloration  and  consider- 
able swelling  of  the  head,  face  and  neck,  stopping 
short  at  the  collar  line.  The  discoloration  gradu- 
ally disappeared  and  he  was  able  to  leave  the 
hospital  in  twelve  days.  Microscopic  examina- 
■  tion  of  the  skin  showed  that  the  discoloration 
was  not  due  to  extravasation  of  blood,  but  to 
dilated  capillaries.'  Such  cases  resulting  from 
forcible  compression  of  the  chest  are  very  rare 
in  medical  literature. 


We  would  call  attention  again  to  the  provision 
of  the  Rules  of  the  Medical  Library  creating  a 
class  of  active  members,  by  which  an3r  medical 
alumnus  can  enjoy  all  the  advantages  of  the 
library  upon  the  payment  of  the  small  sum  of 
hi'o  dollars  annually.  The  collection  has  grown 
about  50  per  cent,  in  the  last  eighteen  months 
and  a  great  many  new  books  have  been  added  to 
it.  There  is  a  fine  card  catalogue  and  about  fifty 
journals  are  spread  upon  the  tables.  By  the  help 
of  Old  Maryland  an  assistant  librarian  has  been 
engaged  and  the  rooms  are  now  open  daily,  from 
9  to  5  o'clock.  The  rooms  are  well  lighted  and 
quiet  and  are  provided ,  with  comfortable  seats 
and  conveniences  for  writing.  The  membership 
fees  are  devoted  to  the  purchase  of  new  books. 
Here,  then,  is  a  place  for  the  gathering  together 
of  the  medical  alumni  in  the  city  and  for  the 
promotion  of  an  important  element  of  the  work 
of  the  alma  mater.  From  a  selfish  point  of  view 
even,  one  may  here  get  the  full  value  of  his  small 
fee. 


We  learn  from  the  Hospital  Bulletin  that  a 
bureau  of  information  has  been  opened  at  the 
Hospital  under  charge  of  a  committee  of  the 
.staff.  This  committee  will  look  out  for  alumni 
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the  hospitalities  of  the  institution.  Cards  will 
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Dr.  Thomas  Chew  Worthington  (1876)  has 
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ternity, connected  with  our  School  of  Law,  held 
an  entertainment  and  '  'moot  court"  at  its  Chapter 
House,  1408  McCulloh  street,  February  28.  The 
plot  of  the  case  tried  was  taken  from  '  'A  Wilful. 
Murder,"  by  Hornung,  in  the  "Amateur  Cracks- 
man." Sherlock  Holmes  appeared  as  the  chief 
witness  for  the  prosecution.  Prof.  Jos.  C.  France 
was  judge.  A  number  of  guests  were  present  of 
both  sexes. 

A  new  portico  is  under  process  of  erection  in 
connection  with  the  Greene-street  wing  of  the 
Hospital.  It  is  con.structed  of  iron  and  will  have 
a  length  of  100  feet  and  width  of  14  feet  with 
three  floors.  An  accident  room  and  sun  parlors 
will  be  connected  with  each  floor.  The  cost  of 
construction  will  be  $3500,  which  will  be  borne 
by  the  Woman's  Auxiliary  Board. — Hospital 
Bulletin  of  the  University  of  Maryland. 

The  committee  of  the  Alumni  As.sociation  of 
St.  John's  College  on  State  University  met  March 
15th  and  discussed  the  union  of  St.  John's,  the 
University  of  Maryland,  Agricultural  College, 
etc.  The  members  are:  Walter  I.  Dawkins, 
chairman.  Dr.  Thomas  Fell,  Robert  Crain,  Dr. 
J.  D.  Iglehart,  James  M.  Monroe  and  W.  C. 
Devecmon . 

The  game  of  basket-ball  which  was  to  have 
been  played  April  1  with  Pennsylvania  has  been 
abandoned,  the  Pennsylvania  club  demanding 
$55  in  advance.  This  is  the  game  the  proceeds 
of  which  were  to  be  given  to  the  Universitj' 
Endowment  Fund. 

Dr.  William  H.  Noble  (1883)  was  chosen  by 
the  trustees  physician  in  charge  of  the  Western 
Maryland  Hospital,  at  Cumberland,  March.  9. 
Dr.  Noble  practiced  first  at  Port  Deposit,  Md., 
and  more  recently  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Charles  E.  Dohme,  Ph.G.,  (1863),  president 
of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  is  traveling 
in  the  orient  with  his  wife.  He  was  latelj^  in 
Greece  and  sends  a  picture  of  the  Olympian 
games  at  Athens,  which  he  attended. 

The  Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity  now  has  71  active 
and  28  alumni  chapters — more  chapters  than  any 
other  college  fraternity,  in  more  states  of  the 
Union,  and  at  more  state  universities  and  other 
institutions. 

The  Johns  Hopkins  basket-ball  team  disbanded 
for  the  season  after  the  last  severe  drubbing  it 
got  from  Maryland. 

The  course  of  lectures  on  the  History  of  Medi- 
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Maryland  Home  for  the  Feeble-minded,  and  H.  C. 
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The  General  Alumni  Association  will  hold  its 
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eligible  and  can  secure  membership  by  mailing 
$1  to  the  Secretary-Treasurer,  855  North  Eutaw 
street. 

"^  Calvary  M.  E.  Church  South  was  closed  for 
religious  purposes  March  19th,  and  will  hence- 
forth be  devoted  to  the  uses  of  the  Faculty  of 
Physic  of  this  University.  The  main  auditorium 
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ciation of  Baltimore  for  1905. 

Lewis  Dohrae,  Ph.  G.,  (1856)  has  been  abroad 
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Dr.  Edward  E.  Mackenzie  (1884)  was  elected 
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Hutzler  Bros,  and  Hochschild,  Kohn  &  Co. 
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Dr,  Wirt  A.  Duvall  (1888)  has  been  appointed 
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itus Professor  of  Obstetrics  and  Honorary 
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ciples and  Practice  of  Medicine  and  Clinical 
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of  Women. 

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Anatomy  and  Clinical  Surgery. 

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siology. 

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and  Ear  Diseases. 

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and  Bacteriology. 

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Principles  of  Surgery. 

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animis  nostris  in  azternitate  temporum,  fama  rerum.  Nam  multos  veterum,  velut  inglorios  et 
ignobiles  oblivio  obruet :   vir  iste  posteritate  narratus  et  traditus,  superstes  erit. 


"In  the  course  of  my  life  among  you  I  :nay  sometimes  have  shot  an  arrow  over  the  housetop,  and  it  mav  have 
liit  my  brother.  If  so,  I  am  sorry  for  it.  If  I  have  ever  offended  any  of  you,  I  now  ask  your  pardon,  and  tell  you 
it  was  not  intentional.  To  part  from  the  medical  profession  of  this  country  and  this  old  faculty  is  a  great  wrench. 
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TRANSLATION  OF  THE  INTRODUCTION 

OF  PUSCHMANN'S  GESCHICHTE 

DER  MEDIZIN. 

BY    THE    EDITOR. 

[Read  before  the  Library  and  Historical  Society  December  20.  1904. J 
(  Concluded. ) 

The  priests,  the  inventors  of  the  art  of  writing, 
the  guardians  of  all  human  and  divine  knowledge, 
applied  themselves  to  the  task  of  investigating 
all  departments  of  intellectual  acquisition  and 
deduced  not  merely  the  elements  of  medicine, 
but  also  of  jurisprudence,  mathematics,  astrono- 
my and  other  sciences.  In  the  course  of  centur- 
ies these  works  gained  more  and  more  respect, 
and  were  regarded  as  sacred.  The  Egyptians 
derived  their  origin  from  God,  the  Chinese  from 
wise  rulers  of  antiquity.  A  union  of  these  books 
into  a  whole  did  not  take  effect  until  the  priests 
founded  colleges,  whose  members  although  dif- 
fering from  each  other  in  individual  professional 
activity,  seemed  to  outsiders  as  a  close  corpora- 
tion, as  in  Egypt.  The  Greek  priests  of  Askle- 
pios  separated  themselves  early  from  the  other 
priests.  They  had  no  sacred  literature  embrac- 
ing the  entire  knowledge  of  that  time.  More- 
over, they  took  particular  care  that  their  trade 
secrets  remained  closed  to  all  who  did  not  belong- 
to  the  narrow  circle  of  their  membership.  It 
was  only  when  medicine  had  emancipated  itself 
from  religious  cult,  and  passed  into  the  hands  of 
physicians  who  were  not  priests,  that  it  was 
possible  for  the  scientific  acquisitions  of  medical 
investigation  to  find  a  more  general  extension. 
That  was  the  merit  of  some  physicians  of  the 
sixth  and  fifth  centuries  B.  C,  among  whom 
Hippocrates  is  best  known. 

The  Greek  physicians  called  them.selves  Askle- 
piadae,  descendants  of  Asklepios,  in  order  thus 
to  create  the  belief  that  they  had  received  their 
medical  knowledge  as  family  tradition  from  their 
mythical  ancestor.  They  united  in  a  common 
honor  of  him  in  the  temples  of  Asklepios,  and 
maintained  close  relations  with  these  sanctified 
places  to  which  they  owed  a  great  part  of  their 
medical  knowlege.  They  also  separated  after- 
wards into  various  sects  or  schools,  which 
although  diverging  in  their  theories  and  hypoth- 
eses, agreed  yet  in  this,  that  experience  forms 
the  chief,  perhaps  the  only,  .source  of  medical 
knowledge. 

The  Greek  medicine  aro.se  out  of  the  temple 
medicine,  but  it  maintained  itself  especially 
in  the  facts  ascertained  by  observation  at  the 
bedside.     There  cognizance  was  taken  of  all  the 


circumstances  connected  with  the  patient,  for 
instance,  the  influence  which  climate,  weather, 
temperature  and  diet  exercised  upon  him.  It 
marked  out  for  itself  an  individualizing  cour.se 
and  sought  to  treat  not  the  disease  but  the  sub- 
ject of  disease.  This  object  has  been  kept  in 
A'iew  by  the  greatest  physicians  of  all  times  and 
to  it  the  Greek  phy.sicians  owed  the  success 
which  they  obtained  with  their  remedies. 

The  scientific  founding  of  medicine  was  next 
attempted.  In  connection  with  natural  philoso- 
phy which  ventured  on  the  most  difficult  prob- 
lems of  cosmical  life  they  proceeded  to  the 
explanation  of  the  physiological  and  pathological 
phenomena  of  the  human,  body.  Although, 
owing  to  the  want  of  necessary'  preliminary 
knowledge,  the  results  to  which  they  attained 
were  unfortunately-  purely  speculative,  3'et  the 
fact  deserves  recognition  that  they  strove  to 
obtain  general  points  of  view  for  understanding 
the  human  organism  and  investigating  the  causes 
of  vital  processes.  The  theories  of  the  elements, 
of  the  primitive  qualities,  and  of  the  humors, 
offered  the  material  for  this.  The  doctrine  that 
the  humors  of  the  body  cause  health  if  they 
contain  a  normal  mixture  of  the  elements,  but 
disease  if  these  mingle  abnormally,  obtained  the 
widest  acceptance.  Men  supposed  that  the 
humors  (especially  the  blood,  which  flows  to  all 
parts  of  the  body)  supply  force  and  life  and  in 
sickness  spread  the  germ  of  disease  everywhere. 
This  form  of  humoral  pathology  found  accept- 
ance among  the  Indians  and  other  oriental 
peoples,  was  received  by  the  Romans  and  main- 
tained itself  in  manifold  modifications  through 
the  middle  ages  and  modern  times  until  the 
nineteenth  century.  To  be  sure,  the  insufficiency 
of  this  view  led  even  in  antiquity  to  a  realization 
of  the  significance  of  the  solid  parts  of  the  bod 3^ 
in  health  and  disease.  The  genial  Asklepiades, 
on  the  basis  of  solid  pathology,  devised  a  system 
in  which  the  role  which  in  the  humoral  pathology 
was  played  by  the  vessels,  was  assigned  to  the 
spaces  and  pores  of  the  body.  Later  the  place 
of  the  pores  was  taken  by  the  nerves,  which  it 
was  thought  determined  the  general  action  of 
the  body. 

Neither  the  one  theory  nor  the  other  was  able 
to  answer  all  questions.  Thinking  ph3-sicians, 
therefore,  embraced  a  reasonable  eclecticism 
which  sought  to  unite  the  leading  ideas  of  the 
various  systems  and  adhered  in  practice  especi- 
ally to  experience. 

More  valuable  than  the  forcible  adaptation  of 


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the  incompletely  known  and  frequently  falsely 
interpreted  facts  to  an  artificially  moulded 
"school,"  was  the  increase  of  the  amount  of 
knowledge  to  which  many  physicians  now  de- 
voted themselves.  Above  all  else,  is  was  obser- 
vation at  the  bedside  that  antiquity  brought  to 
great  perfection.  No  change  in  the  condition  of 
the  diseased  body  remained  unob.served.  The 
individual  phenomena  were  so  exactly  described 
that  to  the  various  pictures  of  disease  scarcely 
anything  could  be  added  by  later  writers.  They 
watched  attentively  the  operations  of  nature, 
and,  even  when  most  active,  would  do  nothing 
further  than  stand  by  her  side  rendering  her  aid. 
The  medicine  of  the  ancients  was  compelled  to 
be  satisfied  to  limit  itself  to  the  external  phe- 
nomena of  diseases.  The  investigation  of  their 
nature  remained  closed  to  it,  for  pathological 
anatomy  had  not  yet  been  born.  Their  diagnoses 
were,  therefore,  only  symptomatic  and  their 
ideas  of  disease  did  not  correspond  with  ours. 
The}'  distinguished  as  individual  diseases  what 
we  term  symptoms  of  disease,  as  cough,  vomit- 
ing, diarrhoea,  etc.,  and  included  diseases  of 
various  sorts  under  like  names  if  they  offered  an 
exterior  resemblance  through  a  common  symp- 
tom, as  in  phrenitis,  etc. 

The  contributions  of  antiquity  to  the  domain 
of  surgery  are  remarkable,  and  so  much  the  more 
becau.se  a  necessary  preliminary,  namely,  an 
exact  knowledge  of  the  anatomical  construction 
of  the  body,  was  wanting.  Although  provided 
with  very  indifferent  technical  aids,  they  did  not 
hesitate  to  undertake  great  surgical  operations, 
such  as  trepanning,  amputation,  resection,  whose 
successful  execution  even  today  offers  many 
difficulties.  They  had  learned  in  the  school  of 
experience  that  cleanliness  of  wounds,  good  air, 
rest  and  time  are  the  best  remedies  in  surgical 
therapy.  In  the  application  of  bandages  and  the 
reduction  of  dislocated  and  fractured  limbs,  many 
opportunities  were  afforded  through  the  accidents 
in  the  contests  of  the  arena  and  repeated  practice 
gave  the  necessary  skill. 

Even  in  ophthalmology  and  obstetrics  the 
physicians  of  antiquity  achieved  remarkable 
results.  They  understood  how  to  operate  upon 
cataract  and  thus  to  restore  lost  sight,  although 
they  neither  knew  in  what  the  affection  consisted 
nor  what  effects  they  produced  by  their  inter- 
ference. This  is  one  of  the  clearest  proofs  that 
the  art  of  medicine  precedes  its  science.  The 
conditions  in  obstetrics  were  easier  to  investi- 
gate.    On  parturient  animals  as  well  as  through 


inspection  of  the  female  pelvis,  they  were  able 
to  study  the  relation  of  the  infant's  body  to  the 
uterus.  In  this  way  came  the  knowledge  that 
difficult  birth  could  be  rendered  ea.sier  by  the 
correction  of  the  po.sition  of  the  child.  Turning 
and  the  Caesarean  section  were  operations  in 
which  the  genetic  relation  between  the  artificial 
aid  and  the  effect  aimed  at  must  have  been  e\-i- 
dent  to  all.  The  investigation  of  the  theoretical 
principles  of  medicine  remained  behind  its  prac- 
tical exercise.  The  art  of  curing  diseases  was 
understood  before  it  was  known  how  the  body 
looks  and  functions  in  the  healthy  state  and  how 
it  is  changed  in  disease.  This  fact  contradicts 
the  ex-cathedra  wi.sdom  of  our  schools,  accord- 
ing to  which  anatomj^  physiology  and  pathology 
form  the  indispensible  preliminaries  of  a  rational 
therapy.  Moreovei",  we  employ  still  today 
methods  and  means  of  cure  whose  effect  upon 
the  organism  is  unknown,  simply  because  we 
know  from  experience  that  thej^  are  capable  of 
relieving  or  removing  disease. 

The  anatomical  knowledge  of  the  Greeks  was 
limited  in  effect  to  osteology  and  the  more  im- 
portant organs  of  the  cavities  of  the  body;  of  the 
muscles,  vessels  and  nerves  they  had  only  ob- 
scure and  defective  conceptions.  This  subject 
found  a  more  diligent  culture  first  in  Alexan- 
dria, where  it  was  permitted  to  physicians  to 
extend  their  knowledge  to  human  bodies.  To 
this  period  we  owe  the  first  works  upon  the 
nervous  system. 

From  Alexandria  Greek  medicine  crossed  over 
to  Rome.  Phj'sicians  from  the  Orient,  who  from 
the  second  century  before  Christ,  emigrated  to 
the  capital  of  the  newly-risen  empire  of  the  woi'ld, 
excited  by  their  surgical  skill  the  astonishment 
of  the  peasantry  of  Latium  and  showed  what 
physicians  who  deserve  the  name  can  do.  The 
medicine  which  had  arisen  on  Italian  soil  was 
limited  to  a  knowledge  of  a  few  domestic  remedies 
and  commonplace  surgical  procedures.  It  was 
inferior  to  Greek  medicine.  To  this  inferiority 
was  due  the  fact  that  Roman  physicians  attended 
Greek  schools  and  accepted  their  doctrines. 
Moreover,  being  frequently  practiced  by  slaves, 
medicine  did  not  constitute  one  of  those  great 
arts  which  awakened  the  ambition  of  the  Ro- 
mans thinsting  for  political  and  militarj'  suc- 
cesses." Therein  surely  lies  one  of  the  reasons 
why  medicine  experienced  at  their  hands  almost 
no  enrichment  at  all.  Their  scientific  culture 
remained  even  in  Rome  in  the  hands  of  the 
Greeks.     All  valuable  medical  works  were  com- 


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posed  by  Greek  physicians  and  written  in  the 
Greek  language.  Galen,  the  greatest  theorist  of 
antiquity,  the  pharmacologist  Dioscorides,  the 
gynecologist  Soranus,  were  Greeks.  In  the 
Latin  language,  only  a  single  medical  book  of 
importance  was  composed,  and  this  emanated 
not  from  a  physician,  but  from  a  layman- — the 
accomplished  A.  Cornelius  Celsus.  The  Romans 
manifested  interest  especially  for  surgery  and 
pharmacy.  Advances  were  therefore  possible 
only  in  these  departments.  Their  surgical  op- 
erative skill  achieved  great  triumphs  and  the 
supply  of  remedies  received  valuable  contribu- 
tions. The  literary  activity  of  their  physicians 
occupied  itself  especially  with  the  preparation 
of  extracts  from  encyclopaedic  works,  collections 
of  formulae  and  compounds  designed  for  practi- 
cal need.  A  similar  character  was  also  exhibited 
by  the  productions  of  the  late  Latin  period.  The 
deterioration  which  is  distinctly  evident  in  this 
was  only  the  necessary  con.sequence  of  the  ruin 
again.st  which  all  culture  incessantly  ssruggled 
at  the  close  of  antiquity. 

STATE  UNIVERSITY. 

The  question  of  the  creation  of  a  State  Univer- 
sity, introduced  into  our  circles  by  Dr.  Thomas 
Fell,  the  President  of  St.  John's  College,  at 
Annapolis,  should  not  be  dismissed  by  any  of  us 
hastily,  upon  grounds  based  upon  its  supposed 
lack  of  merit  or  feasibility.  The  lesson  of  a  cen- 
tury appeals  to  us  with  urgent  and  irresistible 
force.  Cast,  as  our  Univensity  has  been,  upon  a 
sea  of  apathy  where  an  unbroken  calm  seems  to 
have  held  our  ship  in  bondage  for  many  decades, 
we  should  welcome  any  breeze  that  offers  to  fill 
our  sails  and  set  us  forward  on  our  career.  The 
informal  and  desultory  di.scus.sions  among  us  as  to 
what  we  can  or  should  do,  have  resulted  in  little 
or  no  advancement.  Now  comes  a  proposal  that 
we  .seek  official  affiliation  and  organic  union 
with  the  State,  that  we  become  indeed,  as  we  are 
in  name,  the  representative  of  the  higest  educa- 
tional forces  in  Maryland,  the  capstone  of  its 
public  educational  system.  This  was  the  dream 
of  our  legislators,  of  our  most  public  spirited 
citizens,  for  more  than  a  half  centur}--,  so  that 
we  have  for  it  the  sanction  that  comes  from  a 
wide-spread  sentiment  upon  the  subject.  That 
that  sentiment  still  exists  we  have  ample  evi- 
dence. Indeed  we  are  assured  that  the  highest 
executive  of&cer  of  the  State  ardently  favors  it. 
Who  can  doubt  for  a  moment  that  our  University 
would  enter  at  once  upon  a  new  and  great  career 


if  this  plan  could  be  carried  out  ?  The  question 
of  our  very  existence  no7t<  as  a  University-,  except 
in  name,  has  been  denied,  even  by  our  own 
highest  authorities;  it  could  no  longer  then  be 
questioned.  We  would  then  .secure  the  coopera- 
tion and  the  absorption  into  our  body  of  other 
departments  necessary  to  our  full  organization 
and  efficiency.  We  would  obtain  the  help  of  the 
State's  influence  and  above  all  its  financial  back- 
ing. Will  the  opponents  of  this  plan  point  out 
any  other  prospect  of  betterment  for  us  that  seems 
at  all  to  meet  our  ju.st  hopes  and  expectations? 
How,  for  instance,  can  we  revive  our  philosophi- 
cal department  ?  How  can  we  provide  for  the 
maintenance  of  a  Board  of  Trustees  and  a  Presi- 
dent, both  so  essential  to  our  growth  and  pros- 
perity ?  How  else  can  we  secure  those  large  funds 
for  maintenance  which  every  great  institution, 
with  the  modern  demands  upon  it,  must  have  if 
it  is  to  thrive  and  grow  ?  For  eight  3'ears  we 
have  .striven  to  accumulate  a  fund  for  endow- 
ment, and  with  all  our  efforts  we  have  so  far 
been  able  to  collect  only  about  $6,000,  of  which 
less  than  $1,000  is  for  the  University  Fund"? 
It  is  unpleasant  to  have  to  make  such  a  confes- 
sion— to  use  such  an  argument;  but  we  need  to 
know  the  facts,  to  consider  the  matter  in  all  its 
bearings.  It  is  not  wi.se  to  conceal  the  truth, 
however  unpalatable  it  may  be.  The  question 
of  our  future  as  a  University  is  one  too  vital  to 
permit  of  concealment,  subterfuge  or  eva.sion. 
We  must  agitate,  we  must  bestir  ourselves,  we 
must  realize  the  duties  of  the  present  and  pre- 
pare to  meet  the  responsibilities  of  the  future. 
Every  moment  of  delay  and  neglect  is  fraught 
with  danger,  with  loss  of  prestige  and  influence. 
Opportunilies  are  slipping  through  our  hands 
never  to  return.  Other  Universities  are  outdis- 
tancing us  and  we  are  falling  back  in  the  race. 
Are  we  satisfied  to  occupy  a  second  place,  a 
third,  a  fourth  position?  How  can  we  meet  the 
scorn,  the  contempt  with  which  we  are  sure  to 
be  treated  if  we  go  on  as  we  are  now  doing  ? 
Therefore  we  appeal  to  our  alumni  to  pu.sh  this 
matter  of  a  State  Univensity  with  all  their  influ- 
ence as  the  only  solution  of  our  life  and  welfare 
as  a  Universit}'  in  sight.  We  appeal  to  our 
Faculties  and  Regents  to  arouse  themselves  from 
their  indifference  and  come  to  the  rescue  of  their 
own  University.  A  meeting  of  delegates  has 
been  asked  for  by  St.  John's  and  will  be  held  at 
the  Governor's  office  in  the  Fidelity  Building  in 
this  city  sometime  about  the  last  of  Maj'.  Com- 
mittees have  been  appointed  to  attend  this  con- 


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ference  b}'  the  General  Alumni  Association  and 
the  Faculty  of  Physic  of  the  University  and  by 
the  Alumni  Association  and  the  Trustees  of  St. 
John's.  The  Deans  of  our  Schools  of  Law, 
Pharmacy  and  Dentistry  have  been  notified  of 
the  proposed  meeting  and  requested  to  .see  that 
similar  delegates  are  appointed  from  their  de- 
partments. It  will  be  in  the  highest  degree  un- 
wise and  impolitic  to  ignore  this  movement  and 
this  important  meeting. 


UTOPIAN? 

It  is  well  known  that  in  the  last  few  years 
some  of  the  friends  of  this  University,  dissatisfied 
with  its  past  career  and  feeling  that  it  has  within 
it  possibilities,  if  rightly  improved,  of  higher 
development  and  greatness,  have  set  in  motion 
movements  designed  to  promote  its  growth  and 
strengthening  along  university  and  financial 
lines.  Humble  though  our  efforts  have  been, 
they  have  served  to  show  that  a  sentiment  exists 
among  our  alumni  and  others,  favorable  to  such 
action,  and  while  no  great  results  have  yet  been 
achieved,  a  beginning  has  been  made  and  a  .step 
forward  taken.  As  in  all  such  cases,  there  are 
those  who  predict  failure  and  pronounce  our 
efforts  and  aspirations  "  Utopian."  Are  we 
really  deluding  ourselves  in  thinking  that  we 
can  do  something  for  the  Alma  Mater,  in  imag- 
ining that  the  future  has  .something  in  store  for 
us,  in  entertaining  the  idea  that  we  can  rouse 
our  authorities  from  the  lethean  slumber  in 
which  they  have  so  long  been  reposing  ?  Must 
we  allow  ourselves  to  be  intimidated  by  the  diffi- 
culties which  we  know  to  exist  ?  Was  ever  any- 
thing worth  having  .secured  without  overcoming 
ob.stacles  ?  Have  we  not  a  good  cause  ?  Are  we 
not  conscious  of  our  own  honesty  of  purpose, 
our  sincerit}',  our  unselfishness,  our  determina- 
tion to  persevere?  Are  we  not  impelled  by  a 
feeling,  that,  rightly  or  wrongly,  we  have  inter- 
preted as  a  most  sacred  duty  ?  Does  not  experi- 
ence teach  us  what  enthusiasm  backing  a  good 
cause  can  accomplish  ?  Is  it  unreasonable  to 
suppose  that  the  loyalty  of  Marylanders  can 
be  invoked  in  behalf  of  an  old  and  venerable  in- 
stitution of  learning,  which  has  been  so  closely 
interwoven  with  the  social  and  academic  life  of 
their  city  and  state?  Can  their  sense  of  justice 
not  be  aroused  when  the>-  are  told  of  the  unnat- 
ural and  unparalelled  neglect  of  this  conimunit.\' 
to  this  deserving  institution  all  these  years  ? 
Will  it  move  them  nothing  to  behold  the  oldest 
of  the  only  two  Universities  to  which  thev  ha\  e 


ever  been  able  to  lay  claim  struggling  to  main- 
tain itself  against  the  financial  strain,  the  direct 
consequence  of  their  own  lack  of  public  spirit  ? 
On  the  other  hand,  will  our  appeals  to  our  own 
regents  necessarily  be  met  by  disdain  and  indiff- 
erence ?  Can  we  not  make  them  see,  as  we  see, 
that  some  change  is  necessary,  that  action  has 
been  delayed  long  enough,  that  a  better  and 
more  modern  organization,  business  methods  and 
concentration  are  essential  to  progress  and  pros- 
perity ?  That  an  active  and  efficient  head  is 
called  for  such  as  all  other  similar  institutions 
have  ?  We  will  not  believe  these  expectations 
"  Utopian,"  until  the}'  have  been  proven  so,  for 
they  are  based  upon  justice,  reasonableness  and 
common  sense,  and  we  cannot  induce  ourselves 
to  think  that  these  qualities  are  wanting  either  in 
our  citizens  or  our  regents.  We  have  great  con- 
fidence in  the  powers  of  enthusiasm,  backed  by 
a  good  cause,  by  determination  and  persever- 
ence.  That  is  the  leaven  that  can  put  the  lump 
in  action.  Whatever  can  be  accomplished  by 
such  qualities  will  be  effected  and  we  have  the 
strongest  conviction  that  the  ball  that  has  already 
been  set  in  motion  will  not  cease  rolling,  but 
gain  momentum  as  it  moves.  Things  would  not 
appear  so  ' '  Utopian  ' '  if  these  gentlemen  who 
who  see  them  in  that  light  would  take  a  hand 
themselves  at  the  wheel.  Why  shouldn't  they  ? 
Are  they  not  as  much  in  duty  bound  to  do  so  as 
we,  who  are  bearing  the  burden  ?  And  if  we 
could  unite  all  our  forces  in  this  work,  what  grand 
results  we  could  achieve  ?  Is  there  any  doubt  that 
what  these  gentlemen  profess  to  see  onl^r  as 
chateaux  d' espagne  in  the  clouds  would  descend  to 
earth,  and  become  to  their  astonished  vi.sion  the 
fairest  and  most  solid  structures  that  earth  could 
furni.sh  ? 


CHANGE    OF    QUARTERS    SUGGESTED 
FOR    THE    SCHOOL    OF    LA'W. 

Some  years  ago  a  suggestion  was  made  by  a 
prominent  member  of  the  legal  profession  for 
the  erection  of  a  building  to  serve  as  a  perma- 
nent home  for  the  Bar  Association  of  Maryland. 
Although  a  conunittee  was  appointed  by  that 
body  to  consider  the  matter,  nothing  was  accom- 
plished. At  a  meeting  of  the  Association  held 
on  the  4th  ult.  the  project  was  revived  by  the 
present  president.  Major  Richard  M.  Venable. 
Major  Venable  is  known  to  be  a  man  of  action 
and  of  strong  will,  and  if  anyone  can  accompli.sh 
so  great  an  undertaking  he  should  be  the  man. 
Indeed,  so  great  are  his  influence,  his  self-reli- 


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aiice  and  powers  of  initiative,  that  he  has  been 
termed  the  "Atlas"  of  the  Law  Faculty,  a  name 
readily  suggested  by  his  broad  shoulders  aiid 
massive  frame.  So  that  with  his  patronage  and 
backing,  the  matter  assumes  a  much  more  hope- 
ful aspect. 

The  Major  proposes  that  the  Law  Faculty  of 
this  University,  the  Bar  Association  and  the  Law 
Library  Association  shall  unite  in  erecting  a 
building  for  their  joint  occupation.  Club  feat- 
ures are  to  be  introduced.  For  the  purchase  of 
ground  and  erection  of  building,  it  is  proposed 
to  issue  bonds,  .secured  by  mortgage.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  Bar  Association  are  to  be  asked  to 
take  second  mortgage  bonds,  while  first  mort- 
gage bonds  are  to  be  held  out  as  inducements  for 
investment  by  outsiders.  As  sources  of  revenue 
for  maintenance  are  named  the  dues  of  members, 
library  fees,  rent  from  the  Faculty  of  Law, 
profits  of  the  restaurant  and  the  rent  of  certain 
offices  on  the  first  floor.  The  matter  has  been 
placed  in  the  hands  of  a  committee  of  seven, 
composed  of  Messrs.  Venable,  John  P.  Poe, 
Joseph  C.  France,  Frank  Gosnell,  J.  W.  Bowers 
and  two  others,  for  investigation  and  report. 

This  great  project — for  it  certainly  is  great 
when  we  consider  its  scope  and  probable  cost  for 
ground,  building  and  maintenance — possesses 
many  attractive  features.  The  idea  of  bringing 
together  so  completely  all  the  members  and  in- 
terests of  a  great  profession,  as  this  would  do,  is 
grand  and  elevating.  It  cannot  fail  to  promote 
immensely  the  power,  prestige  and  esprit-de-corps 
of  the  legal  profession  of  this  State.  It  cannot 
fail  to  increase  greatly  the  membership  of  the 
two  associations,  and  it  will  provide  elegant 
quarters  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Faculty 
of  Law,  with  surroundings  eminently  calculated 
to  impress  the  minds  of  the  students  with  -the 
dignity  and  importance  of  their  calling,  and  to 
excite  their  zeal,  ambition  and  enthusiasm. 
Moreover,  it  will  give  the  latter  access  to  a  great 
and  valuable  library,  said  to  comprise  20,000 
volumes.  There  is  little  doubt  that  of  the  se\-- 
eral  hundred  lawyers  here,  many  would  take  the 
bonds,  while  doubtless  wealthy  citizens  could  be 
induced  also  to  subscribe  by  the  preference 
offered  them. 

But  there  are  difficulties  to  be  met,  and  it  is 
questionable  whether  they  will  not  prove  insur- 
mountable. The  cost  of  ground,  building  and 
maintenance  will  be  immense.  The  dues  of 
membership  will  be  large,  prohibitive  to  many. 
The  library  dues  will  have  to  be  much  increased. 


The  rent  of  the  Law  Facult}'  will  be  heavy.  The 
chief  difficulty  will  be  met  in  connection  with 
the  Law  Library.  This  now  occupies /re?^  the 
elegant  apartments  specially  provided  for  it  in 
the  construction  of  the  new  courthouse.  Here 
it  is  readily  accessible  to  the  courts — a  most 
necessary  arrangement  allowing  quick  reference 
to  authorities — a  thing  so  essential  to  the  trial 
of  cases.  A  removal  from  present  quarters  will 
impose  increased  membership  dues,  and  the  ex- 
pense of  janitor,  light,  fuel,  etc.  A  change  in 
the  charter  will,  it  is  said,  be  necessitated. 

Whether  the.se  things  will  prove  insurmount- 
able obstacles,  as  some  seem  to  think,  we  cannot 
say;  also,  whether  the  plan  can  be  carried  out 
without  the  co-operation  of  the  Library  A.s.socia- 
tion.  It  is  just  possible  that  the  membership  of 
the  three  bodies  is  so  largely  identical  that  their 
interests  and  desires  would  coincide,  and  the 
general  good  to  be  secured  would  prove  the  lead- 
ing consideration  and  overbalance  all  objections. 
We  should  prefer  that  our  Law  Faculty  should 
remain  in  as  clo.se  relations  of  locality  to  the 
other  departments  of  our  University  as  possible, 
and  therefore  we  shall  be  personally  gratified  to 
see  it  retaining  its  present  quarters  on  the  Uni- 
versity grounds,  adding  another  story  to  its 
building,  as  suggested  by  a  member  of  the  Fac- 
ulty, to  provide  for  a  much-needed  second  lec- 
ture hall. 


NULLA  VITA  SINE  LITERIS. 

The  last  meeting  for  the  season  of  the  Library 
and  Historical  Society  of  the  University  was 
held  in  Dental  Hall  on  the  evening  of  April  13. 
Professor  W.  W.  Willoughby,  of  the  Johns  Hop- 
kins University,  read  a  paper  on  "  Civil  Service 
Reform  in  Maryland,"  which  was  discussed  by 
Drs.  Hiram  Woods,  H.  C.  Hyde  and  others. 
Rev.  W.  W.  Shaw,  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Govanstown,  delivered  a  highly  interesting 
address  on  "  Manchuria,"  where  he  .spent  about 
eight  years  as  missionary.  The  Manchus  con- 
quered the  country  from  the  Chinese  in  the 
seventeenth  century.  It  is  but  thinly  .settled. 
Mr.  Shaw  .spoke  highly  of  the  amiability  and 
hospitality  of  the  people,  who  have  been  much 
misrepresented.  Their  chief  article  of  food  is 
millet.  Dr.  Cordell  gave  "Recollections  of 
Slave  Days, ' '  sketching  the  life  of  the  negroes 
on  the  Virginia  farms,  and  incidentally  giving  a 
thrilling  episode  of  the  "Brown  Raid."  A 
pencil  portrait  of  John  Brown,  made  while  he 
was  undergoing  trial,  and  never  published,  was 


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shown.  The  following  letter  was  read  by  the 
Secretary:  "Jan.  12,  1905.  Dr.  Jose  L.  Hinsh  : 
My  dear  Dr.  Hirsh — This  is  my  84tli  birthday  ! 
I  celebrate  it  by  gladly  accepting  the  high  honor 
of  Honorary  President  of  the  Library  and  His- 
torical Societ}'  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  of 
which  you  kindl^^  inform  me  I  was  unanimously 
elected  at  its  first  meeting.  My  warm  affections 
still  cling  to  the  old  University,  like  the  clasping 
tendrils  of  a  -vine  whose  leaves  are  ever  green. 
Faithfully  and  fondly  j'ours,  William  Travis 
Howard." — The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in 
October. 


^  TRANSLATION    OF    THE    DENTAL 
DIPLOMA. 

Universit}' of  Marjdand — To  all  to  whom  these 
writings    may  come,   greeting  :    Since  this  man, 

,  endowed  and  adorned  with  great 

gifts  of  mind,  after  he  has  applied  himself  to  a 
full  course  of  the  Art  of  Dental  Surgery,  has 
sought  from  us  the  University  Honors,  and 
shown  himself  prepared  to  make  a  trial  in  medi- 
cal things,  we  have  examined  him.  In  which 
trial,  since  he  has  proved  himself  abundantly 
skilled,  we  deem  it  proper  to  create  and  declare 

said Doctor  of  Dental    Surgery. 

And  we  do  create  and  declare  him  Doctor,  and 
by  these  letters  we  confirm  him  as  Doctor,  and 
wish'  him  to  be  so  held  and  called  by  all  men. 
And  at  the  same  time  we  grant  him  all  honors, 
rights  and  privileges  which  are  granted  anywhere 
to  a  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery.  In  testimony  of 
which  we  subscribe  our  names  to  these  letters, 
strengthened  by  the  common  seal  of  the  Uni- 
versity.     Dated  at  the  City  of  Baltimore 


Among  measures  that  are  calculated  to  pro- 
mote the  much-needed  University  spirit  and  life 
among  us  may  be  mentioned  a  common  cata- 
logue. How  much  more  impressive  such  a  pub- 
lication would  be  than  the  present  ones.  It 
would  lend  dignity  and  impressiveness  to  the 
announcements,  and  would  call  attention  of 
each  one  who  happened  to  see  it  to  all  depart- 
ments, thus  securing  an  additional,  and,  of 
course,  much-desired  advertisement.  The  writer 
has  been  gratified  to  hear  the  idea  spoken  of  fa- 
vorably by  several  of  the  regents,  and  it  is 
worthy  of  careful  and  generous  consideration. 

Another  suggestion  that  has  been  made  is  that 
we  have  a  union  of  our  libraries  in  one  place  and 
under  one  management.  Both  economy  and 
efficiency  would  be  promoted  thereby.     Even  to 


be  able  to  say  we  had  a  ' '  University  Library ' ' 
would  be  inspiring,  and  would  help  us  to  secure 
gifts  and  bequests  for  it.  Better  rules  and  regu- 
lations could  be  enforced,  with  more  comforts 
and  conveniences  for  readers.  Encouragement 
could  thus  be  given  in  this  direction  to  weaker 
departments — dental  and  pharmaceutical.  The 
occupation  of  the  large  basement  of  Calvary 
Hall  offers  an  opportunity  to  carry  out  this  sug- 
gestion. Now  that  our  four  departments  are  all 
located  on  the  same  ground,  the  proposed  site, 
just  across  the  street,  is  convenient  and  readily 
accessible  to  all,  both  students  and  teachers. 
This  would  leave  the  present  law  library  room 
as  an  additional  lecture  room  for  that  depart- 
ment, which  is  much  needed  by  it.  We  com- 
mend the  suggestion  for  consideration  by  the 
several  Faculties. 


THE  USES  OF  LEISURE. 

One  of  the  most  essential  things  to  a  success- 
ful life  is  the  systematic  use  of  one's  time.  Even 
to  those  who  are  most  occupied,  as  professional 
men,  a  considerable  control  of  one's  time  is  pos- 
sible. Indeed,  owing  to  the  peculiar  conditions 
surrounding  them,  it  is  more  important  in  them 
than  in  others.  The  man  who  treads  the  mill 
day  in  and  day  out  without  break  or  rest  is  in- 
deed to  be  pitied.  Life  becomes  to  him  a  servi- 
tude, a  prison,  a  desert  without  an  oasis.  But 
it  is  rarely  that  this  is  unavoidable.  It  is  more 
often  due  to  excessive  ambition  for  gain,  success 
Or  promotion,  than  to  actual  necessity.  The 
excessive  burdens  that  men  carrj^  are  often  of 
their  own  gathering. 

How  to  employ  one's  leisure,  be  it  much  or 
little,  is  a  matter  of  the  utmost  practical  impor- 
tance. It  is  always  well  to  remember  that  rest 
does  not  necessarily  consist  in  idleness.  We  get 
rest  when  we  obtain  relief  from  the  pressure  of 
our  daily  duties,  and  this  is  best  secured  by 
change  from  one  employment  to  another,  as  far 
as  possible  its  opposite.  The  man  of  sedentary 
pursuits  finds  relaxation  in  physical  exercise;  he 
who  leads  a  life  of  activity,  in  mental  diversion. 
One's  tastes  mu.st  be  consulted.  Some  will  pre- 
fer literature,  others  art,  others  science,  others 
exercise,  others  .sport,  etc.  No  matter  what,  it 
is  astonishing  what  can  be  accomplished  by  util- 
izing the  moments.  What  seem  to  us  the  insig- 
nificant atoms  of  life,  thus  lengthen  out  into  days 
and  months.  It  is  perseverance  that  counts. 
The  present  moment  alone  is  ours,  let  us  use  it 
as  though  it  were  our  last.      "Carpe diem,"  says 


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wise  Horace  ;  '  'Keep  movin' ,  ef  yer  do  go  slow, ' ' 
echoes  the  homely  phrase.  A  language,  an  art, 
a  realm  of  literature,  a  game,  a  sport,  have  been 
mastered  during  the  scant  intervals  of  a  busy 
career.  The  late  Dr.  Murdoch  turned  to  botany, 
tile  actor  Jefferson  to  painting,  Ex-President 
Cleveland  to  fishing,  our  President  to  hunting, 
the  Maryland  physician  Gustavus  Brown,  to 
the  cultivation  of  foreign  plants  and  flowers, 
the  surgeon  Billroth  to  music,  and  many  of 
us  to  the  acquisition  of  languages.  It  was  most 
impres.sive  and  stimulating  to  read  in  the 
"Recollections  of  a  Past  Life"  how  Sir  Henry 
Holland  managed  to  retain  his  knowledge  of 
classics  and  languages  by  a  little  reading  done 
between  consultations,  and  to  keep  up  with  the 
advance  of  science  by  attending  the  societies 
and  witnessing  the  experiments  of  Davy  and 
Faraday.  We  cannot  do  a  greater  service  to 
our  young  professional  men  than  to  impress 
upon  them  this  truth.  Commence  at  once  if  you 
have  not  already  done  so,  while  the  mind  is 
plastic  and  habits  readilj'  formed,  and  the  future 
will  reveal  to  you  a  retrospect  of  a  multitude  of 
profitable  moments  snatched  from  a  useful  and 
busy  life  and  of  gains  that  will  be  no  less  won- 
derful than  pleasant  to  contemplate. 


SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 

Final  examinations  began  April  28th  and  will 
close  May  8th.  The  graduating  exercises  will 
be  held,  jointly  with  the  School  of  Medicine,  at 
the  Lyceum  Theatre,  Saturday  evening.  May 
13th. — The  Alumni  Association  of  the  School  of 
Pharmacy  (Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy)  will 
hold  its  annual  meeting  and  banquet  Friday 
evening.  May  12th,  at  the  Eutaw  Hou.se,  at  8 
o'clock.  The  prizes  won  by  the  graduates  in 
pharmacy  will  be  delivered  on  this  occasion  and 
addresses  are  promised  by  his  Honor  the  Mayor, 
Mr.  George  R.  Gaither  and  Mr.  George  Stewart 
Brown. — Our  graduates  never  forget  old  M.C.P., 
no  matter  where  they  roam,  as  shown  by  the  fol- 
lowing letter  from  a  member  of  the  class  of  '92; 

M.\NiLA,  P.  I.,  Feb.  21,  1905. 
Mr.  Westcott,  Treas.  Alumni  Asso.  Md.  College 
of  Pharmacy; 

Dear  Sir — Enclosed  please  find  $3.00  in  pay- 
ment for  three  years'  dues.  Please  acknowledge 
receipt  and  oblige.     Yours  sincerel}^ 

Charles  W.  Vogel, 
Passed  Asst.   Surgeon  U.  S.  Public  Health  and 
Marine  Hospital  Service. 

P.  S. — Regards  to  Profs.  Simon,  Caspari,  Cul- 
breth  and  Hvnson. 

C.  M.  H. 


CAP  AND  GOWN. 

[Written  in  1S96  and   Dedicated  to  the  Students  of  the  Woman's 
Colleere  of  Baltimore.] 

Some  years  ago — some  three  or  more, 
I  started  out  in  search  of  lore; 
A  spry  collegian  I  would  be, 

I  would  be,  I  would  be  ! 
I  left  the  cobwebs  all  at  home 
When  first  I  thus  began  to  roam. 
And  when  I  set  sail  for  this  town, 
Mj'  eye  was  fixed  on  cap  and  gown. 

I  decked  myself  with  "mortar  board," 
And  foi^a  I'iriiis  adored, 
Did  nippers  to  my  nose  adjust. 
Nose  adjust,  nose  adjust ! 
.And  wondrous  wise  I  tried  to  look, 
As  flaunting  thro'  the  streets  I  took 
M\'  numerous  journeys  to  and  fro. 
Observed  of  all  as  I  felt  sure. 

It  proved  at  first  no  easy  trick. 

To  make  the  awkward  "mortar"  stick, 

Especiallv  when  the  wind  would  blow. 

Wind  would  blow,  wind  would  blow  ! 
Those  days  I  had  full  many  a  race 
To  catch  my  headgear  on  third  base, 
And  often  to  complete  the  fun, 
I  had  to  make  it  a  home  run  ! 

The  boys  wer'n't  slow  their  chance  to  see. 
As  I  pursued  thej'  followed  me. 
My  black  sails  set,  my  hair  undone. 

Hair  undone,  hair  undone  ! 
They  liked  to  see  me  scoot,  I  think. 
Thro'  street  and  alley.     Man}'  a  wink 
I  saw  exchanged  by  urchin  brown 
At  the  expense  of  cap  and  gown. 

'Twas  no  uncommon  thing  to  hear 
From  'cross  the  street  some  voice  ring  clear  : 
"Hello  !  I  say  ;  what  d'3'e  call  that? 
D'ye  call  that,  d'ye  call  that?" 
"D'ye  rent  that  flat?"     Another  fellow  : 
"Is  that  some  new  kind  of  umbrella?'' 
Or  else  insult  came  from  some  "bleacher"  : 
"Have  all  the  girls  in  town  turned  preacher?" 

But  persevere  I  did  and  see  ! 

I  wear  my  gown  quite  gracefully  ; 

And  cap  doth  set  as  if  'twas  made, 

If  'twas  made,  if  'twas  made  ! 
A  part  of  human  head  and  not 
For  ornament  alone  was  got. 
I  wont  stop  to  argue  with  3'ou, 
Whether  "ornamental"  be  true. 

Well,  tempus  fueil — here  we  are  ! 
And  I  shall  soon  see  pa  and  ma, 
And  here's  the  sheepskin  I  have  won, 

I  have  won,  I  have  won  I 
.^nd  now  we're  having  lots  of  fun. 
But  whether  he  who  reads  ma}-  run 
Or  runs  ma}-  read,  Til  write  it  down — 
Hurrah  !  hurrah  !  for  cap  and  gown  ! 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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Dentistry  :    J.  Clarence  AllEN  ; 
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The  last  quarter  of  the  century  has  witnessed 
the  organization  of  the  American  University  and 
the  partial  realization  of  its  final  form.  The 
next  quarter  of  a  century  will  see  some  universi- 
ties with  the  income  of  empires  and  a,  power 
upon  which  cities  and  States  will  lean  heav- 
ily for  guidance.  This  new  educational  form 
will  comprise  : 

( 1 . )  The  College  of  Liberal  Arts — the  academic 
heart — which  has  assimilated  scientific  studies 
and  thereby  put  itself  in  touch  with  the  meaning 
of  the  age. 

(  2 . )  The  Graduate  School — the  academic  brain 
—charged  with  the  functions  of  training  nature 
and  liberally  educated  men  to  investigation  and 
scientific  productiveness. 

(3.)  The  Professional  Schools — the  heart  and 
brain  at  work  on  life — as  varied  in  number  and 
.scope  as  .society  is  complex,  seeking  to  provide 
the  world  with  the.  best  skill  needful  for  its 
growth,  and  so  justly  related  to  the  whole,  that 
we  shall  escape  the  peril  of  the  illiberal  and  un- 
educated specialist. — President  E.  A.  Alderman. 


While  medicine  is  to  be  your  vocation  or  call- 
ing, see  to  it  that  you  have  also  an  avocation — 
some  intellectual  pastime  which  may  serve  to 
keep  you  in  touch  with  the  world  of  art,  of 
science  or  of  letters.  Begin  at  once  the  cultiva- 
tion of  some  interest  other  than  the  purely  pro- 
fessional. The  difficulty  is  in  a  selection  and 
the  choice  will  be  different  according  to  your 
taste  and  training.     No  matter  what  it  i.s — but 


have  an  outside  hobby.  For  the  hard-working 
medical  student  it  is  perhaps  easiest  to  keep  up 
an  interest  in  literature.  Let  each  subject  in 
your  year's  work  have  a  corresponding  outside 
author.  When  tired  of  anatomy,  refresh  your 
mind  with  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes;  after  a  wor- 
rying subject  in  physiology,  turn  to  the  great 
idealists,  to  Shelly,  or  Keats,  for  consolation; 
when  chemistry  distresses  your  soul,  seek  peace 
in  the  great  pacifier  Shakspeare;  and  when  the 
complications  of  pharmacolog}'  are  unbearable, 
ten  minutes  with  Montaigne  will  lighten  the  bur- 
den. To  the  writings  of  one  old  physician  I  can 
urge  your  closest  attention.  There  have  been 
and  happily  there  are  .still  in  our  ranks  notable 
illustrations  of  the  intimate  relations  between 
medicine  and  literature.  But  in  the  group  of 
literary  physicians  Sir  Thomas  Browne  stands 
preeminent.  The  Religio  Medici,  one  of  the 
great  English  classics,  should  be  in  the  hands — in 
the  hearts  too — of  every  medical  student.  As  I 
am  on  the  confes.sional  today,  I  may  as  well  tell 
you  that  no  book  has  had  so  enduring  an  influ- 
ence on  my  life. — "After  Twenty-five  Years,"' 
Osier. 

Dr.  Charles  Bagly,  Jr.,  has  an  interesting  ar- 
ticle in  the  Hospital  Bulletiti  for  April  on  ' '  Ty- 
phoid Fever  in  the  University  Hospital  "  during 
the  last  nine  months..  There  were  70  cases  with 
11  deaths,  a  proportion  of  15.7  p.  c.  Perfora- 
tion caused  5  deaths,  cardiac  asthenia  3,  hem- 
orrhage 1,  liver  abscess  1,  peritonitis  without 
perforation  1 .  Over  one-half  of  the  cases  were 
between  the  ages  of  15  and  30  years,  the  young- 
est being  4,  the  oldest  61;  singularly,  both  of 
these  died  of  cardiac  asthenia.  History  of  a  pre- 
vious attack  was  obtained  in  4  cases  (5.7  p.  c). 
This  did  not  influence  the  disease.  Usually  of 
gradual  onset,  in  6  the  onset  was  sudden  and  se- 
vere, with  marked  chill,  and  2  of  the  6  died. 
Chills  were  observed  early  in  about  one-third; 
in  3  they  occurred  late  without  apparent  cause. 
The  spleen  was  palpable  in  57.1  p.  c.  There 
was  febrile  albuminuria  in  28.2  p.  c.  In  5  there 
was  retention  of  urine,  in  1  polyuria.  There 
were  no  bedsores.  In  1  case  there  was  aphonia, 
due  to  ulcer  of  the  larynx.  There  was  relapse 
in  10  p.  c,  ocurring  from  the  second  to  the  sixth 
week.  All  these  recovered.  There  was  recru- 
descence in  2  cases.  There  was  hemorrhage  in  5, 
occurring  from  the  second  to  the  sixth  week,  and 
in  1  proving  fatal.  Marked  fall  of  temperature 
characterized  onlv  1  case.     Perforation  was  eu- 


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countered  in  7.1  p.  c;  only  2  occurred  in  hos- 
pital, 2  being  brought  in  with  peritonitis  and  col- 
lapse. In  one  case  of  perforation  the  diagnosis 
of  appendicitis  had  been  made.  The  Widal  re- 
action was  absent  throughout  in  7  cases.  Blood 
cultures  were  taken  from  the  majorit}^  of  pa- 
tients, and  by  this  means  the  bacilli  grown  from 
the  circulation,  rendering  it  possible  to  make  the 
diagnosis  7  to  10  days  before  the  Widal  was  mani- 
fest. Malaria  (tertian  fever)  was  found  asso- 
ciated in  one  case,  and  tuberculosis  in  two  ca.ses. 
One  fatal  case  was  accompanied  by  multiple 
liver  abscess;  there  were  no  intestinal  lesions, 
l)ut  bacilli  in  pure  culture  were  found  in  the 
abscesses.  There  was  one  case  of  phlebitis,  com- 
mencing on  the  twenty-second  day,  and  involv- 
ing the  right  internal  saphenous  vein;  the  case 
recovered.  One  orderly  contracted  the  di.sease. 
There  was  malaise  in  71.5  p.  c;  headache  in  91 
p.  c;  chill  in  35  p.  c;  bronchitis  in  30  p.  c; 
appetite  and  tongue  affected  in  96  p.  c;  abdom- 
inal tenderness  in  a  large  p.  c;  constipation  in 
51  p.  c;  diarrhoea  in  37  p.  c;  epLstaxis  in  21.4 
p.  c;  delirium  in  38.5  p.  c;  acute  nephritis  in 
8.5  p.  c;  skin  abscess  in  4.2  p.  c;  hemorrhage 
in  8.5  p.  c;  pneumonia  in  1.4  p.  c.  It  is  not 
wise  to  be  too  much  influenced  by  the  leucocyte 
count  alone  in  diagnosticating  perforation. 


In  1898,  however,  a  considerable  measure  of 
civil  service  reform  was  introduced  into  the  ad- 
ministration of  Baltimore  city  by  the  adoption  of 
the  new  charter.  This  charter  was  drafted  by 
an  expert  and  non-partisan  commission,  and,  be- 
sides providing  a  varietj'  of  safeguards  against 
abuses  formerly  prevalent  in  the  administration 
of  the  government  of  the  city,  freed  the  manage- 
ment of  the  public  schools  from  political  control. 
Nine  commissioners,  appointed  for  six  j^ears  by 
the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  b}^  the  .second 
(upper)  branch  of  the  city's  legislature,  were 
provided  for,  into  whose  hands  the  control  of  the 
schools  was  placed.  Previously  to  this  the  bale- 
ful effects  of  the  spoils  system  were  so  evident  in 
the  city's  schools  that  Dr.  J.  M.  Rice,  an  expert 
in  pedagogy,  after  making  a  careful  study  of 
educational  conditions  in  the  larger  cities  of  this 
country,  published  to  the  world  the  fact  that 
Baltimore  had  one  of  the  worst  systems  that  he 
had  found.  The  appointees  of  Mayor  Hayes  to 
the  newly-provided  school  board  were  excellent, 
including  among  their  number  the  then  president 
of  the  Johns  Hopkins  University,  two  prominent 
lawyers  well    known   for  their  public  spirit,  an 


ex-Mayor  of  the  city,  an  eminent  clergyman,  the 
editor  of  one  of  Baltimore's  newspapers,  two 
business  men  of  high  standing,  and  a  woman 
known  for  her  ability  and  interest  in  all  matters 
of  social  and  intellectual  improvement.  Within 
the  three  years  of  its  existence  this  board,  by  the 
rigid  application  of  reform  principles,  has  been 
able  not  only  to  free  the  schools  of  this  city  from 
almost  all  of  the  evils  formerly  so  prevalent,  and 
enormously  to  increase  their  pedagogic  efficiency, 
but  to  do  .so  with  a  smaller  expenditure  of  money. 
At  the  end  of  its  first  fiscal  year  the  board  re- 
turned to  the  city's  sinking  fund  nearly  $40,000 
of  the  sum  that  had  been  appropriated  for  its 
use,  and  since  then  has  continued  to  demonstrate 
the  fact  that  economy,  efficiency  and  honesty  are 
the  natural  results  of  an  expert,  non-partisan  ad- 
ministration of  the  public  schools.     *     *     * 

In  conclusion,  looking  back  upon  the  history 
of  civil  service  reform  in  Mar3'land,  one  may  say 
that,  though  it  is  one  that  by  no  means  justifies 
satisfaction  upon  the  part  of  those  who  desire 
and  have  striven  for  better  and  more  honest  State 
and  municipal  government,  it  is  yet  after  all  a 
history  that  shows  improvement  both  in  the 
measures  that  have  been  put  upon  the  statute 
books  and  in  the  actual  results  that  have  been 
reached.  The  sentiment  in  favor  of  the  applica- 
tion of  the  merit  system  to  all  branches  of  the 
public  service  is  surely  gaining  ground  in  the 
city  of  Baltimore  and  throughout  the  State. 
Civil  service  reformers  in  Maryland  may  there- 
fore properly  be  optimistic  of  the  future.  At 
the  same  time,  it  is  not  to  be  concealed  that,  un- 
fortunately, it  is  by  no  means  certain  that  in  the 
legislature,  which  is  soon  to  meet,  an  attempt 
will  not  be  made  to  undo  some  of  the  good  work 
that  has  already  been  accomplished.  In  1901  a 
determined  effort  was  made  to  return  the  public 
schools  to  partisan  control,  and  that  attempt  may 
be  repeated.  The  present  time  is,  therefore,  by 
no  means  one  for  a  relaxation  either  of  effort  or 
of  watchfulness  on  the  part  of  those  who  desire 
an  efficient,  economical,  honest  admini,stration  of 
the  affairs  of  their  State  and  city. 

Prof.  W.  W.  Willoughby. 


"  THE  SAMUEL  D.  GROSS  PRIZE. 

From  the  Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal 
we  learn  that  this  prize  of  $1200  has  been  awarded 
to  Dr.  James  Homer  Wright  (Univ.  Md.  1892), 
of  Boston,  for  an  essay  on  "  The  Biology  of  the 
Micro-organism  of  Actinomycosis."  The  con- 
ditions annexed  by  the  testator  are  that  the  prize 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


71 


' '  shall  be  awarded  every  five  years  to  the  writer 
of  the  best  original  essay,  not  exceeding  150 
printed  pages,  octavo,  illustrative  of  some  sub- 
ject in  surgical  pathology  or  surgical  practice, 
founded  upon  original  investigation,  the  candi- 
dates for  the  prize  to  be  American  citizens."  It 
is  expressly  stipulated  that  the  successful  com- 
petitor shall  publish  his  essay  in  book  form  and 
that  he  shall  deposit  one  copy  of  the  work  in  the 
Samuel  D.  Gross  Library  of  the  Philadelphia 
Academy  of  Surgery,  and  that  on  the  title  page 
it  shall  be  stated  that  to  the  essaj'  was  awarded 
the  Samuel  D.  Gross  Prize  of  the  Philadelphia 
Academy  of  Surgery. 

]OHN    RIDGELY  CARTER,    LL.B.,  PRO- 
MOTED. 

Mr.  John  Ridgely  Carter,  the  third  son  of  Ber- 
nard Carter,  LL.D.,  Provost,  and  an  alumnus  of 
our  School  of  Law,  has  just  been  made  First  Sec- 
retary of  the  American  Embassy  at  London. 
Mr.  Carter  was  born  in  this  city  forty-two  years 
ago  and  graduated  from  Trinity  College,  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  in  1883.  He  then  went  abroad, 
spending  sixteen  months  in  Europe.  Returning, 
he  took  the  course  in  Law  in  this  University, 
and  after  graduation  attended  a  special  course  in 
international  law  at  Harvard  Universit^^  Aftdr 
some  years  of  practice  with  his  father  and 
brothers,  he  again  went  abroad  and  was  made 
private  secretary'  of  the  London  Legation  by 
Minister  Bayard.  Promotion  soon  followed,  and 
during  the  past  several  years  he  has  served  con- 
tinuously as  second  secretary  of  the  Legation. 
Upon  the  recent  appointment  of  Mr.  Henry 
White — likewise  a  Baltimorean — to  the  Italian 
Embassy,  he  succeeded  to  the  post  of  first  secre- 
tary. Mr.  Carter  inherits  the  di.stinguished 
bearing  and  great  legal  abilities  of  his  father  and 
is  already  to  be  reckoned  a  statesman  of  mark. 


In  a  letter  to  the  Baltimore  News  of  April  1 7 , 
Dr.  William  T.  Councilman,  of  Harvard  Univer- 
sity Medical  School,  calls  attention  to  the  injus- 
tice of  our  tariff  laws,  as  exemplified  in  the  case 
of  a  Zeiss  microscope,  imported  into  this  countrj^ 
in  1902,  and  on  which  full  duty  was  then  paid. 
After  two  years  use  of  it  in  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  and  later  in  Manila,  one  of  the  lenses 
became  damaged  and  was  sent  to  Jena  for  re- 
pairs. The  probable  value  of  the  lens  was  about 
one  hundred  marks  ($24).  After  being  repaired 
at  the  Zeiss  laboratory  it  was  returned  to  Boston, 
where  it  is  now  held  in  the  Custom-house   for  a 


duty  of  $14.50.  Dr.  Councilman,  in  a  commu- 
nication to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  at 
Washington,  represents  the  manifest  injustice  of 
this  charge,  and  asks  that  it  be  omitted.  The  re- 
pairs, he  adds,  would  not  be  possible  in  this  coun- 
try. A  reply  from  the  Assistant  Secretary  says 
no  relief  can  be  afforded  and  the  lens  can  be  de- 
livered only  on  the  payment  of  the  duty.  "Un- 
der the  law  and  regulations  of  the  Department, 
dutiable  merchandise,  imported  and  afterwards 
exported,  although  it  may  have  paid  duty  on 
the  first  importation,  is  liable  to  duty  on  every 
subsequent  importation  into  the  United  States." 
Dr.  C.  well  says,  that  it  seems  almost  incredible 
that  every  physician  in  the  United  States  should 
have  to  pay  a  tax  to  the  few  makers  of  micros- 
copes in  this  country,  and  should  be  debarred 
from  the  very  much  better  instruments  manufac- 
tured abroad. 


War  Department,  1 

Surgeon  Generai^'s  Office,  \ 

Army  Medical  Museum  and  Library,  [ 

Washington,  April  18,  1905.      J 

Dear  Dr.  Cordell — I  congratulate  you  most 
heartily  upon  your  success  in  building  up  the 
University  Fund  for  the  glory  of  the  old  school. 
I  still  think  you  ought  to  work  for  support  from 
the  State  as  the  representative  teaching  institu- 
tion. Could  you  not  do  this  by  giving  free  tui- 
tion to  persons  born  and  residing  in  the  State 
who  were  of  the  proper  age  and  possessed  the 
proper  qualifications — putting  the  standard  high  ? 

I  have  just  returned  from  a  trip  to  Galveston, 
Texas,  where  I  was  invited  to  give  a  lecture  on 
yellow  fever  under  the  auspices  of  the  University 
of  Texas,  of  which  the  medical  department  is 
located  at  Galveston.  I  enjoyed  the  trip  im- 
mensely, though  I  am  a  little  out  of  pocket  for 
necessaries  that  could  not  properly  be  charged  as 
regular  expenses.  I  learned  while  there  that 
tuition  is  free  ;  they  have  an  excellent  teaching 
force  and  a  first-rate  building  and  equipment. 
The  institution  is  Supported  by  the  State  and 
their  diplomas  are  given  only  to  those  who  at- 
tain a  high  standard.  They  can  do  this  because 
the  professors  are  not  dependent  upon  fees  for 
their  compensation.  Would  not  such  a  system 
strengthen  your  University  and  establish  it  upon 
a  solid  and  permanent  foundation  ?  Of  course 
there  are  competitors,  but  priority  and  the  name 
should  count  for  something.      "     * 

With  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  your  grand 
undertaking,  Sincerely  yours, 

James  Carroll. 


11 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


My  first  appearance  before  the  class  filled  me 
with  a  tremulous  uneasiness  and  an  overwhelm- 
ing sense  of  embarrassment.  I  had  never  lec- 
tured and  the  only  paper  I  had  read  before  a 
society  was  with  all  the  possible  vaso-motor  ac- 
companiments. With  a  nice  consideration  my 
colleagues  did  not  add  to  my  distress  by  their 
presence,  and  once  inside  the  lecture-room,  the 
friendly  greeting  of  the  boys  calmed  my  flutter- 
ing heart  and,  as  so  often  happens,  the  ordeal 
was  most  severe  in  anticipation.  One  perma- 
nent impression  of  the  session  abides — the  awful 
task  of  the  preparation  of  about  one  hundred 
lectures.  After  the  ten  or  twelve  with  which  I 
started  were  exhausted,  I  was  on  the  tread-mill 
for  the  remainder  of  the  season.  False  pride 
forbade  the  reading  of  the  excellent  lectures  of  my 
predecessor.  Dr.  Drake,  which,  with  his  wonted 
goodness  of  heart,  he  had  oft'ered.  I  reached 
January  in  an  exhausted  condition,  but  relief 
was  at  hand.  One  day  the  post  brought  a  brand 
new  work  on  physiology  by  a  well-known  Ger- 
man professor,  and  it  was  remarkable  with  what 
rapidity  my  labors  of  the  last  half  of  the  session 
were  lightened.  An  extraordinary  improvement 
in  the  lectures  was  noticed;  the  students  benefit- 
ed and  I  gained  rapidly  in  the  facility  with  which 
I  could  translate  the  German.  "After Twenty- 
five  Years,"   Osier. 


^     SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 

The  commencement  will  be  held  at  the  Lyceum 
Theatre  jointly  with  the  School  of  Pharmac}^  on 
May  13,  at  8  p.  m.  The  address  will  be  given 
by  Rev.  Dr.  DeWitt  M.  Benham,  of  the  Central 
Presbyterian  Church.  The  annual  meeting  and 
banquet  of  the  Alumni  Association  will  be  held 
at  the  Eutaw  House,  on  May  11,  at  7.30  p.  m. 
The  orator  will  be  Dr.  Howard  E.  Ames  (1874), 
Surgeon  U.  S.  N.,  of  the  Naval  Academy,  An- 
napolis, who  will  speak  of  ' '  Some  Experiences 
of  Thirty  Years  of  Navy  Life."  Free  tickets  to 
the  banquet  can  be  obtained  from  Dr.  G.  Lane 
Taneyhill,  treasurer,  1103  Madison  avenue,  be- 
fore May  7,  by  mailing  $1.00  membership  fee. 
No  tickets  given  out  on  the  night  of  the  meeting. 
Commencement  details  in  June  number. 


^       SCHOOL  OF  DENTISTRY. 

Dr.  Herbert  Kulineu  (1904),  formerly  of  Ber- 
lin, Germany,  has  settled  for  practice  in  Munich, 
Bavaria.  He  was  married  to  a  Berlin  \zAy  in 
December  last  and  spent  his  honeymoon  in 
Paris     {Orist~).—Y>r.  R.  O.  Dorman  (1904)  has 


located  at  Canton,  Pa.  {Crist'). — The  exercises 
connected  with  the  close  of  the  session  of  1904-5 
began  with  the  prize  contests  May  6,  from  9  to 
12  a.  m.  From  2  to  4  p.  m.  there  were  clinics 
by  Dr.  E.  E.  Cruzen,  on  "Porcelain  Bridge  Con- 
struction;" by  Dr.  S.  Leslie  LeCron,  on  "Wrap- 
ping Rubber  Teeth  for  Bridge  Work;"  by  Dr. 
W.  B.  Fahrney,  on  "The  Restoration  of  an  In- 
cisal  Angle  with  Gold;"  by  Dr.  C.  J.  Myers,  of 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  on  "Demonstration  of  X-ray  Ma- 
nipulation in  Dentistry";  by  Dr.  D.  E.  Duif,  on 
"High  Fusing  Porcelain  Contour;"  by  Dr.  Ferd. 
Groshans,  on  "Bromide  of  Ethyl  Anaesthesia;" 
by  Dr.  J.  H.  Marchant,  and  others.  {Orist). — 
The  following  are  the  graduates  of  the  Class  of 
1905:  John  Clarence  Allen,  N.  Y.;  Marius  Ar- 
chambault,  R.  I.;  William  James  F.  Barton,  N. 
Y.;  Harry  G.  Blatt,  Md.;  A.  Stanley  Brown, 
Md.;  Lewis  Rogan  Brown,  Ariz.;  Samuel  Bless- 
ing Brown,  Md.;  Walter  G.  Bush,  N.  Y.;  Henry 
A.  Cherry,  Mass.;  Oran  La  Verne  Cochrane,  Cal.; 
Richard  Speight  Cutchin,  N.  C;  Ernest  Lee  Da- 
vis, Md.;  Horace  M.  Davis,  Md.;  G.Fletcher 
Dean,  W.  Va.;  George  Edward  Dennis,  N.  C; 
Richard  Tozer  Dial,  N.  C;  Wilford  Eugene 
Dimock,  Nova  Scotia;  Arthur  M.  Dula,  S.  C; 
Joseph  Henry  Dunne,  Mass.;  F.  P.  Edgell,  W. 
X'a.;  Bates Etchison,  Md.;  John  William  Findon, 
Conn.;  Joseph  Hewitt  Findon,  Conn.;  Ethan  W. 
Foster,  S.  C;  Athol  Lee  Frew,  N.  Y.;  Frederick 
Roy  Graham,  Can.;  Nathan  Greene  Hall,  R.  I.; 
George  Henry  Hague,  N.  J.;  William  Luther 
Hand,  N.  C;  Peter  Thomas  Healey,  N.  Y.;  Leon 
Wesley  Helms,  N.  Y.;  Gould  O.  Hildebrand,Va.; 
George  Edward  Hill,  Me.;  R.  Fulton  Holliday, 
N.  C;  J.  Stephenson  Hopkins,  Md.;  S.  Robert 
Horton,  N.  C;  J.  William  Hotchkiss,  Conn.; 
E.  Jerome  Jenkins,  Md.;  J.  V.  Jenkins,  Va. ; 
James  Joseph  Kenne^^  N.  J.;  John  Pugh  Lamb, 
N.  C;  Bliss  Allen  Lester,  Can.;  David  A.  Levy, 
Md. ;  Oscar  Mauritz  Lind,  Md. ;  Bert  Reade  Long, 
N.  C;  John  P.  McCann,  Can.;  Jo.seph  L.  Mc- 
Clung,  Va.;  Frank  Wilson  McCluer,  Va.;  M. 
Jordan  McFadden,  S.  C;  Walter  Roberts  Mcln- 
tire.  Conn.;  H.  Howard  McLaughlin,  Md.;  Ar- 
thur Wellington  Mac  Vane,  Me.;  E.  Whit  Mil- 
ler, Va.;  John  E.  C.  Miller,  Pa.;  Samuel  Ferrell 
Moffett,  Tex.;  Ellis  Frederick  Moyse,  Can.; 
Reuben  B.  Mullins,  M.  D.,  Neb.;  Otto  Nase, 
Can.;  Wilbert  Price,  Md.;  Wilbert  Thomas 
Pyles,  Md.;  William  Henry  Riley,  Vt.;  Joseph 
Ross,  N.  J.;  I.  Ruffin  Self,  S.  C;  Calvin  H. 
Skaggs,W.Va.;  Charles  L.  Snively,  Md.;  George 
A.    Snyder,    Pa.;   W.    Harry    Sperow,    W.  Va.; 


OLD   MARYLAND. 


73 


Christian  Henry  Steinbeck,  W.  Va.;  James  E. 
Waltman,  Md.,  Guernsey  George  Warelieim, 
Pa.;  Andrew  Jack.son  Whi.siiant,  S.  C;  Charles 
Jcseph  Wells,  Md.;  John  Edward  Welsh,  S.  C; 
Henry  Fletcher  Wood,  Ya.;  Henry  F.  Wood- 
ward, W.  Va.;  Rev.  \\  K.  Yacoubyan,  Egypt. — 
University  gold  medal  for  highest  grade  at  final 
examinations,  James  Stephen.son  Hopkins;  hon- 
orable mention  for  second  highe.st  grade,  Bert 
Reade  Long. — The  commencement  will  be  held 
May  8,  at  8  p.  m.,  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  North 
Charles  street.  The  orator  will  be.  the  Rev. 
Wilbur  F.  Sheridan,  of  Mt.  Vernon  M.  E. 
Church.  Rev.  W.  S.  Mclntire,  D.  D.,  of  New 
London,  Conn.,  will  take  part  in  the  ceremonies. 
Further  details  in  June  number. 


Judge  Charles  E.  Phelps,  Professor  of  Juridi- 
cal Equity  and  Legal  Ethics,  who  spent  some 
weeks  in  Jamaica,  recruiting"  from  a  severe  at- 
tack of  pneumonia,  describes  the  climate  there 
as  one  perpetual  summer.  The  fruits  are  luscious 
and  appetizing.  They  include  the  cocoanut, 
lime,  lemon,  orange  and  others  not  seen  here, 
being  too  delicate  for  shipment.  The  tempera- 
ture varies  between  75  and  85  degrees,  and  the 
nights  are  unusually  pleasant  from  the  alterna- 
tion of  trade  winds  and  mountain  breezes.  The 
hotels  are  excellent,  the  houses  in  the  towns 
commodious  and  of  wood.  Fine  roads  and 
bridges  exist  everywhere.  In  scenery  it  is  prob- 
abh^  without  a  peer,  experienced  travelers  de- 
claring it  the  most  beautiful  island  in  the  world. 
The  picturesque  natives  and  their  costumes  afford 
amusement  to  visitors.  There  are  600,000  blacks 
and  but  15,000  whites.  The  former  are  polite 
and  civil,  but  indolent  as  is  usual  in  warm  cli- 
mates. The  hard  work  is  done  by  the  women, 
while  the  men  loll  about  in  idleness.  It  is  in- 
teresting to  see  the  seemingl}'  endless  processions 
of  women  coming  to  the  market  with  heavy 
burdens  on  their  heads.  It  is  said  they  travel 
thus  twenty  miles  without  fatigue.  The}'  carry 
the  lightest  as  well  as  heaviest  objects  and  it 
almost  seemed  as  though  they  had  lost  the  use 
of  their  hands.  Many  bore  nothing  but  shoes, 
as  if  the  object  was  to  save  leather.  Mr.  John 
E.  Phelps,  the  Judge's  son,  lectured  in  his 
place,  during  his  absence. 


now  offered  to  the  wisdom  of  States  and  the 
imagination  of  far-.seeing  men.  ■"  *  *  The 
faith  that  the  .scholar  should  be  a  patriot  and  the 
patriot  a  scholar,  and  that  scholarly  patriotism, 
exalting  country  above  self,  rich  in  social 
knowledge  and  sj-mpathy,  unafraid  of  difficulty 
and  unashamed  of  sentiment,  is  the  noblest  offer- 
ing universities  can  make  toward  the  integrity 
and  majesty  of  republican  citizenship. — President 
E.  A .  Alderman. 


OBITUARY. 

Dr.  Charles  Wright  Filler  (1876)  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  March  22,  aged  52. 

Dr.  Albert  Kimberly  Hadel  (1889)  at  Balti- 
more, April  4,  of  apoplexy,  aged  48.  He  was 
the  .son  of  Dr.  John  Frederick  Charles  Hadel, 
who  came  to  America  from  Hamburg,  Germany, 
in  1845,  and  was  later  Health  Commissioner  of 
the  city.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Calvert  Hall, 
Baltimore.  He  devoted  himself  to  diseases  of 
the  throat  and  lungs.  He  was  connected  with 
the  Maryland  Historical  Society,  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  and  the  Society  of  the 
War  of  1812,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
President  of  the  last-named.  Dr.  Hadel  was  a 
graceful,  ready  and  forceful  speaker  and  writer, 
and  contributed  some  valuable  historical  papers 
on  Maryland.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
eni^aged  upon  one  on  the  British  Invasion  of 
Marjdand  in  1814.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
General  Alumni  Association  of  the  University 
and  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Facult}'  of 
Maryland.  Sur^dving  him  is  a  widow,  who  was 
Miss  Florence  May  Hough. 


Universities  that  have  a  clear  tradition  are  rare 
and  fortunate.  *  *  *  The  building  of  a 
National  University  of  modern  type  in  the  South 
is  the  great  opportunit>-   to  benefit  the  republic 


y  ITEMS. 

The  following  alumni  of  the  University  were 
elected  officers  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical 
Faculty  of  Maryland,  on  April  26,  for  the  ensu- 
ing year:  President,  Dr.  Samuel  T.  Earle,  Jr. 
(1870);  Vice-Presidents,  Drs.  Charles  O'Dono- 
van  (1881),  Thomas  Morris  Chaney  (1866), 
Joseph  B.  Seth,  Jr.  (1899).— Dr.  Jose  L.  Hirsh 
has  been  appointed  pathologist  to  the  Hospital 
of  the  Women  of  Maryland. — The  following- 
subscriptions  have  been  added  to  the  Endow- 
ment Fund  since  our  last  issue:  Wm.  Knabe  & 
Co.,  $25;  George  A.  Horner,  $5;  Dr.  T.  D.  Bur- 
gess, Matewan,  W.  Va.,  $10. — We  learn  the  de- 
gree of  LL.D.,  causa  honoris,  will  be  conferred 
upon  Professor  John  C .  Hemmeter,  M.D.,  Ph.D., 
of  this  University,  by  St.  John's  College,  An- 
napolis, and  that  he  has  been  selected  to  deliver 


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the  address  at  that  institution  at  the  approaching 
commencement. — The  Washington  Alumni  As- 
sociation held  its  annual  meeting  and  banquet 
May  2.  Dr.  I.  S.  Stone  read  a  sketch  of  Pro- 
fessor Geo.  W.  Miltenberger,  which  will  appear 
later  in  Old  Maryland.  This  is  the  only 
alumni  association  known  to  us  outside  of  Balti- 
more, and  it  reflects  credit  upon  the  esprit  de 
corps  of  our  Washington  colleagues.  It  should 
receive  all  encouragement  and  support  from  us. — 
Dr.  James  H.  Miles  (1845),  of  St.  Inigoes,  St. 
Mary's  county,  Md.,  though  in  his  83d  year,  is 
still  hale  and  hearty,  often  dances  a  jig  and  at- 
tends all  the  meetings  of  the  county  school  board, 
of  which  he  is  a  member.  He  recently  rode 
twenty-five  miles  in  less  than  three  hours  i/ix). 
— Nearh'  $100  were  realized  by  the  University 
Young  Men's  Christian  A.ssociation  by  the  re- 
cent entertainment.  With  this  a  stove,  book- 
cases, tables,  chairs,  etc.,  have  been  purchased, 
and  about  $25  have  been  laid  aside  for  a  piano. 
Much  help  was  given  by  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary 
of  the  Hospital,  who  returned  about  $30  for 
tickets  sent  them.  —  Dr.  George  L.  Wilkins 
(1870),  of  Baltimore,  was  married  to  Miss  Annie 
Beatin,  of  Philadelphia,  March  28. — Dr.  J.  Clem- 
ent Clark  (1880),  Superintendent  of  Springfield 
Asylum  for  the  Insane,  Sykesville,  Md.,  sailed 
for  Europe  on  March  29.  He  will  remain  abroad 
until  the  end  of  May,  and  will  visit  hospitals  for 
the  insane  in  England,  Scotland  and  Germany. 
— Dr,  William  H.  Baltzell  (1889)  spent  the 
Easter  holidays  in  Jerusalem. — Dr.  Russell  Mur- 
doch died  in  Baltimore,  March  19,  of  apoplexy, 
aged  66  years.  He  held  the  clinical  lectureship 
of  e3'e  and  ear  diseases  in  this  University  during 
the  session  of  1868-69,  being  the  first  to  teach 
these  branches  as  a  specialty  here. — Dr.  Compton 
Riely  (1897),  one  of  the  staff  of  the  Hospital  for 
Crippled  and  Deformed  Children  of  Baltimore, 
read  a  paper  before  the  American  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Physical  Education,  which 
met  in  Columbia  University',  New  York,  April 
17.  The  subject  was  "The  Etiology,  Prophy- 
laxis and  Treatment  of  Lateral  Curvature  of  the 
Spine." — Dr,  John  Williamson  Palmer  (1846), 
the  distinguished  poet,  celebrated  the  80th  anni- 
versary of  his  birth,  amid  a  multitude  of  con- 
gratulations, at  1104  McCulloh  street,  Baltimore, 
on  April  4.  His  most  famous  poem  is  "Stone- 
wall Jackson's  Way." — Oregon  Milton  Dennis, 
LL.B.,  was  elected  to  the  City  Council,  May  2, 
from  the  17th  Ward,  defeating  the  unscrupulous 
negro  who  has  long  misrepresented    that  ward. 


The'Municipal  League  says  of  Mr.  Dennis:  "A 
lawj^er  of  good  reputation  and  ability.  Has  not 
been  a  partisan .  Has  always  upheld  clean  meth- 
ods in  politics.  Would  make  an  intelligent  and 
honest  councilman." — We  are  glad  also  to  an- 
nounce the  re-election  of  Duke  Bond,  LL.B.,  "a 
consistent,  capable  and  honest  man." — Three 
works  are  about  to  be  i.ssued  by  Medical 
Alumni  of  our  University.  Professor  Samuel 
Theobald  (1867)  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  Faculty, 
has  one  on  the  commoner  diseases  of  the  eye, 
and  Professors  W.  A.  B.  Sellman  (1872)  and 
Theodore  Cook,  Jr.  (1891),  both  of  the  Baltimore 
University  Faculty,  are  writing  practical  manuals 
on  gynecology  and  eye  diseases,  respectively. — 
Dr.  Daniel  of  St.  Thomas  Jenifer  (1904),  of  Loch 
Raven,  has  been  appointed  Resident  Physician 
at  the  Atlantic  City  Hospital. — Dr.  George  L- 
Wilkins  has  returned  after  a  five  weeks  honey- 
moon spent  in  Europe. — Dr.  Charles  A.  Wells 
(1862)  has  been  elected  Mayor  of  Hyattsville  for 
the  fourth  successive  term. — Dr.  J.  B.  R.  Pur- 
nell  (1850)  of  Snow  Hill,  Md.,  was  married 
recently  in  Florida. — At  the  Washington  Alum- 
ni meeting,  mentioned  above,  the  following 
were  elected  officers;  President,  Dr.  Thos.  A.  R. 
Keech;  Vice-Presidents,  Drs.  C.  H.  Howland 
and  Francis  B.  Bishop;  Secretary-Treasurer, 
Dr.  W.  P.  M alone;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Dr.  W.  M.  Sirapkins;  Executive  Committee,  Drs. 
I.  S.  Stone,  J.  Ford  Thompson,  R.  A.  Bates, 
W.  N.  Souter  and  E.  Oliver  Belt.— The  exami- 
nations in  the  School  of  Law  will  begin  May  20 
and  end  May  27th.  The  Commencement  will 
take  place  Monday ,  June  5  at  Ford's  Opera  House. 
The  graduates  will  appear  in  caps  and  gowns, 
which  is  an  acceptable  innovation.  The  Senior 
Class  will  hold  its  banquet  the  same  evening  at 
the  Belvedere.     Then  home  ! 


Insensibl3-  in  the  fifth  and  sixth  decades  there 
begins  to  creep  over  mo.st  of  us  a  change,  noted 
ph>-sically  among  other  ways  in  the  silvering  of 
the  hair  and  that  lessening  of  elasticity,  which 
impels  a  man  to  open  rather  than  to  vault  a  five- 
barred  gate.  It  comes  to  all  .sooner  or  later;  to 
some  only  too  painfully  evident,  to  others  uncon- 
sciously, with  no  pace  perceived.  And  witli 
most  of  us  this  physical  change  has  its  mental 
equivalent,  not  necessarily  accompanied  by  loss 
of  the  powers  of  application,  or  of  judgment;  on 
the  contrary,  often  the  mind  grows  clearer  and 
the  memory  more  retentive,  but  the  change  is 
.seen  in  a  weakened  receptivity  and  in  an  inability 


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CHARLES  CASPARI,  JR.,  Phar.  D.,  Pro- 
fessor of  Theory  and  Practice  of  Pharmacy, 
and  Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Maryland  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  University  of  Maryland,  is  a 
native  of  the  city  of  Baltimore,  born  May  31, 
1850,  son  of  Charles  Caspari  and  Louise  S. 
Kleyenstaeuber,  both  born  in  Germany,  the  for- 
mer in  Hanover  and  the  latter  in  Bremen. 
Charles  Caspari  was  graduated  in  pharmacy  in 
Germany,  and  came  to  America  in  1841,  settling 


Charles  Caspari,  Jr. 

in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  where  he  afterward 
was  an  apothecary  in  active  business  until  his 
death,  in  1870.  He  was  at  one  time  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Examiners,  and  also  a  trustee  cf  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy. 


Charles  Caspari,  Junior,  was  educated  in  pri- 
vate schools  in  Baltimore,  and  also  was  a  stu- 
dent in  the  academic  department  of  the  Universi- 
ty of  Maryland,  but  was  not  graduated.  After- 
ward, for  more  than  six  years,  he  was  a  clerk 
in  the  drug  store  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  and  while 
there  took  a  course  of  study  in  the  Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy,  graduating  in  1869.  la 
1871  he  became  proprietor  of  a  drug  business 
in  Baltimore,  and  so  continued  until  1891.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy  in  1879,  incumbent  of  the 
chair  of  Theory  and  Practice  of  Pharmacy,  which 
he  still  holds,  and  in  which  capacity  his  national 
reputation  as  instructor  and  authority'  on  all  the 
subjects  pertaining  to  his  chair  has  been  chiefly 
acquired.  Since  1891  he  has  served  continuously 
as  general  secretary  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  and.  as  such  is  editor  of  the 
principal  publication  of  that  body,  the  "Proceed- 
ings of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion." Since  1893  he  has  been  pharmaceut'cal 
editor  of  "The  National  Dispensatory ;"  but  his 
best  work,  which  has  passed  through  three  edi- 
tions, and  has  gained  for  him  wide  renown,  is 
his  "Treatise  on  Pharmacy,"'  a  recognized  author- 
ity on  the  subjects  of  which  it  treats,  in  use  as  a 
text  book  in  many  of  the  leading  colleges  in 
which  pharmacy  is  taught,  and  with  the  profes- 
sion in  general  throughout  America. 

Dr.  Caspari  was  chiefly  instrumental  in  effect- 
ing a  union  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharma- 
cy with  the  LTniversity  of  Maryland,  in  1901,  and 
since  1898,  in  addition  to  the  regular  duties  of 
the  chair,  has  held  the  office  of  Dean  of  the  Fac- 
ulty of  Pharmacy. 

At  the  recent  commencement  the  University 
conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of  Doc- 
tor of  Pharmacy,  a  well-deserved  tribute  to  his 
high  standing  and  ability. 

Dr.  Charles  Caspari  married,  June  4,  1874^ 
Leslie  V.  Heinichen,  a  ^native  of  Fredericks- 
burg, Virginia,  and  whose  parents  were  of  Ger- 


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man  birth.  Six  children  have  been  born  to  this 
marriage,  all  of  whorn  are  living.  Charles  Ed- 
ward Caspari,  the  eldest,  is  a  graduate  of  Balti- 
more City  College,  and  of  Johns  Hopkins  Univer- 
sity, A.  B.,  1896,  and  Ph.  D.,  1900.  He  is  now 
Professor  of  General  and  Analytical  Chemistry  in 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri. 

0 ■ 

ADDRESS   TO  THE  QRADUATINQ  CLASSES 
OF  THE  SCHOOLS  OF  MEDICINE  AND 
PHARMACY  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF    MARYLAND. 

BY   REV.    m   WITT    M.    BENHAM,    OF    THE    CENTRAL 
PRESBYTERIAN    Cl-IURCH,    BALTIMORE.      DELIV- 
ERED   MAY    13,    1905. 

Young  Gentlemen  :  You  have  my  hearty 
congratulations  upon  the  successful  completion 
of  your  course  of  study  at  this  historic  institu- 
tion, which  today  places  your  diploma  within 
your  hands.  By  your  faithful  work  you  have 
honored  your  Alma  Mater,  and  with  this  seal  of 
approval  your  Alma  Mater  honors  you.  It  is  no 
meaningless  bit  of  parchment  that  you  receive  to- 
day, but  the  well-merited  reward  of  years  of 
painstaking  service.  It  certifies  to  your  indus- 
try, perseverence,  courage,  and  scholarship.  It 
certifies  to  the  many  manly  qualities  which  have 
made  it  possible  for  you  to  achieve  this  success. 

And  it  bears  the  names  of  men  whom  you  will 
always  revere ;  men  whose  ability  you  admire, 
and  whose  affection  you  cherish.  "Why  do  you 
write  no  books?"  said  one  of  the  disciples  of  So- 
crates to  the  great  sage.  "Because,"  replied  the 
philosopher,  "I  would  rather  write  upon  the 
hearts  of  living  men  than  upon  the  skins  of 
dead  sheep."  These  professors  have  been  writ- 
ing upon  the  hearts  of  living  men,  and  what  they 
have  written  you  are  neither  willing  nor  able  to 
erase.  Their  names  may  grow  dim  upon  your 
diploma,  but  they  will  not  grow  dim  upon  the 
tablet  of  your  memory. 

They  send  you  forth  from  this  University  well 
equipped  for  the  pursuit  of  your  calling.  They 
have  done  all  within  their  power  to  make  your 
life  a  success.  They  have  given  you  the  very 
latest  results  of  study  and  research ;  they  have 
placed  you  abreast  of  the  times  in  which  you  live ; 
they  have  stimulated  within  you  a  deeper  love  for 
your  profession,  and  they  have  stamped  upon 
your  souls  the  magnetism  of  their  personality. 
To  succeed  in  your  chosen  calling  will  be  the 


first  purpose  of  your  life.  This  is  the  serious 
work  for  which  all  the  preceding  years  have  been 
but  preparation.  A  scholar's  profession  is  not 
his  diversion;  it  is  his  duty.  He  enters  it  be- 
cause he  believes  himself  to  be  a  public  servant, 
and  because  he  loves  the  pubHc  service.  His 
profession  will  be  a  joy  to  him ;  but  for  that  very 
reason  it  will  be .  the  center  around  which  the 
movements  of  his  life  circle. 

He  may  pursue  other  lines  of  work  as  pass- 
time;  he  may  achieve  renown  by  brilliancy  in 
other  directions ;  but  it  is  his  profession  which 
calls  for  the  earnest  and  sincere  effort  of  his  life ; 
it  is  his  profession  which  should  be  preeminent. 
Such  men  as  Dr.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  and  Dr. 
Silas  Weir  Mitchell  may  win  an  enviable  place 
among  those  whose  beauty  of  thought  and  grace- 
fulness of  expression  have  added  to  the  treas- 
ures of  our  English  speech,  but  the  devout  mis- 
sion of  their  lives  has  been  scientific  success 
rather  than  literary  achievement.  Carry  your 
enthusiasm  into  your  calling.  Let  the  altar  of 
your  devotion  burn  with  holy  fire  for  that  which 
you  have  chosen  as  the  ministry  of  your  life.  As 
though  it  were  a  wife  to  you,  cherish  it;  love, 
honor,  and  keep  it,  in  sickness  and  in  health ;  love, 
honor,  and  keep  it  until  death  you  twain  shall 
part;  and  then  lie  down  to  take  your  last  sleep 
with  the  laurels  of  your  profession  resting  upon 
your  brow. 

There  will  be  many  temptations  to  engage  in 
business  outside  of  your  chosen  calling ;  there  will 
be  money-making  schemes  of  all  kinds.  Beware 
of  them.  "The  life  is  more  than  meat,  and  the 
body  is  more  than  raiment."  Take  what  comes  to 
you.  Make  yourself  financially  independent  if 
you  can.  But  do  not  allow  your  attention  to  be 
diverted  from  the  supreme  endeavor  of  your  fife 
by  the  excitement  of  speculation  or  the  allure- 
ment of  trade. 


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You  cannot  have  divided  interests,  and  do  your 
best  work.  You  need  the  whole  attention  of  your 
mind  upon  your  caUing.  Your  motto  may  well 
be,  "One  thing  I  do.'' 

I  remember  a  physician,  whom  I  knew  years 
ago,  who  combined  several  occupations  very  sig- 
nificantly, but,  alas,  not  very  appropriately.  He 
practiced  medicine,  he  established  a  drug-store, 
he  went  into  the  undertaking  business,  and  he  be- 
came president  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
local  cemetery.  Even  in  these  days  of  trusts  we 
object  to  control  quite  so  radical  as  this ;  which 
claims  the  man  dead  or  alive,  draws  revenue  from 
living  body  or  lifeless  corpse,  and,  kill  or  cure, 
smiles  a  sweet  smile  over  the  result. 

Be  not  too  anxious,  like  Shylock,  to  get  the  last 
pound  of  flesh,  even  when  you  have  your  patient 
on  the  operating  table. 

Every  professional  man  must  make  up  his  mind 
to  do  a  great  deal  of  work  which  he  is  never  paid 
for.  He  is  not  a  day  laborer,  trying  to  secure  an 
easy  job,  with  short  hours  and  light  work.  He 
is  a  public  servant  assuming  responsibility  for  the 
health,  happiness  and  good  morals  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  lives.  His  motives  should 
be  altruistic.  His  ability  should  be  held  as  a 
sacred  trust.  He  is  a  getter  in  order  that  he 
may  be  a  giver. 

"Give !  as  the  morning  tbat  flows  out  of  heaven ; 
Give !  as  the  waves  when  their  channel  is  riven ; 
Give!  as  the  free  air  and  sunshine  are  given; 
Lavishly,   utterly,   joyfully   give. 
Not  the  waste  drops  of  thy  cup  overflowing ; 
Not  the  faint  sparks  of  thy  hearth  ever  glowing ; 
Not  a  pale  bud  from  the  June  roses  blowing : 
Give  as  He  gave  thee,  who  gave  thee  to  live. 

Pour  out  thy  love,  like  the  rush  of  a  river. 

Wasting  its  waters  forever  and  ever, 

Through   the   burnt   sands   that    reward   not   the 

giver ; 
Silent  or  songful,  thou  nearest  the  sea. 
Scatter  thy  life,  as  the  summer's  showers  pouring, 
What  if  no  bird  through  the  pearl  drops  is 

soaring? 
What  if  no  blossom  looks  upward  adoring? 
Look  to  the  life  that  was  lavished  for  thee !" 

Youth  is  the  season  for  enthusiasm  and  self- 
sacrifice.  Cultivate  the  ideal ;  care  for  the  ideal ; 
kee'p  the  ideal.  As  age  advances,  the  ardor  of 
emotion  cools,  there  is  a  temptation  to  become 
■selfish,  sordid  and  cold-hearted.  Fight  against 
this  tendency  as  for  your  life.  Because  you  see 
an  old  practitioner  easy,  comfortable,  self-sat- 
isfied, do  not  imagine  that  this  is  the  supreme  re- 


ward for  service.  The  health  and  morals  of  the 
community  improved,  the  ravages  of  disease  and 
vice  checked,  suffering  alleviated,  poverty  pro- 
vided for,  happiness  promoted :  these  are  the 
better  rewards  of  faithful  service.  Idealize  your 
profession.  Put  sentiment  into  your  profession. 
You  cannot  too  highly  exalt  it.  The  Son  of  God 
Himself  condescended  to  soothe  the  suffering; 
and  He  who  was  greatest  became  for  us  a  servant. 

I  remember  seeing  in  the  Louvre  at  Paris  a 
painting  in  which  angels  were  represented  as 
engaged  in  household  work.  While  the  monks 
devoutly  prayed,  the  angels  swept  the  floors,  and 
washed  the  basins,  and  cooked  the  food  within 
the  monastery  walls.  They  turned  the  humblest 
drudgery  into  the  holiest  ministry.  They  took 
up  the  simple  daily  task,  and  idealized  it.  And 
we  may  do  the  same. 

Determine  to  be  a  master  in  your  calling.  The 
Germans  have  a  proverb  that  "The  good  is  a 
terrible  enemy  to  the  best."  Never  rest  satisfied 
until  your  work  is  of  the  best.  Nothing  is  "Good 
enough"  until  it  has  reached  perfection,  and  can 
be  made  no  better.  Have  the  latest  appliances, 
the  most  modern  equipment,  and  use  them  as 
skillfully  as  brain  can  think,  and  hand  can  work. 

You  will  be  a  student  always.  You  have  had 
the  wisdom  to  select  a  calling  in  which  investi- 
gation can  be  conducted  to  the  end  of  time  with- 
out exhausting  the  knowledge  which  it  is  possi- 
ble to  acquire.  The  mystery  of  disease,  the  won- 
der of  the  human  form,  the  peculiarity  of  each  in- 
dividual case,  will  afford  you  constant  field  for 
research,  and  reward  your  efforts  with  the  con- 
stant pleasure  of  attainment.  You  are  in  a  posi- 
tion to  do  original  work  ;  and  in  your  practice  you 
will  prove  the  value  of  the  instruction  which  you 
have  here  received. 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


Once  when  I  was  stopping  at  the  home  of  a 
physician  and  surgeon  he  invited  me  to  accom- 
pany him  on  his  morning  rounds.     I  sat  in  the 
carriage,  and  read  a  magazine,  while  he  looked 
after  his  patients,  until  we  drove  up  to  a  little 
house  where  he  had  performed  an  operation  a 
short  time  before.    Then  he  said  to  me,  "I  ampu- 
tated a  man's  leg  here  a  few  weeks  ago,  and  the 
wound  has  healed  so  rapidly  and  so  beautifully 
that  I  would  like  you  to  see  it.     I'll  call  you 
'doctor,'    and   he'll   think   you   are    a   consulting 
physician."    So  I  went  in/and  the  patient  sat  on 
the  edge  of  the  bed,  and  the  surgeon  undid  his 
bandages,  and  showed  me  the  stump  of  that  leg 
with  the  same  pride  and  pleasure  that  an  archi- 
tect would  have  felt  in  exhibiting  the  plan  of  a 
handsome  building.     My  friend  carried  his  en- 
thusiasm into  his  profession.    He  loved  his  work. 
You  belong  to  the  class  of  thinkers.     You  are 
preeminently  a  brain-worker.    You  have  a  trained 
intellect.     You  read,   you   study,   you   deal  with 
books ;  and  perhaps  you  will  write  books.     Be 
patient  toward  the  man  who  has  not  enjoyed  your 
advantages.     Lay  aside  all  appearance  of  "snob- 
bishness ;"  and  become  an  instructor  to  the  com- 
munit)'.     Much  of  human  suffering  is  caused  by 
ignorance.    The  majority  of  people  pay  but  little 
regard  to  the  rules  of  health.    They  defy  the  laws 
of  Nature  until  she  punishes  them  lor  their  pre- 
sumption ;  and  then  they  talk  piously  about  "afflic- 
tion,"  and    "strange   providence."    They   forget 
that  the  same  God  who  wrote  the  Decalogue  upon 
tables  of  stone,  has  writteen  his  laws  also  upon 
earth,  and  sea,  and  air;  and  that  obedience  to 
these  laws  is  as  imperative  as  obedience  to  the 
Ten  Commandments.    And  the  decree,  "The  soul 
that  sinneth  it  shall  die,"  is  tmiversal  in  its  appli- 
cation.     Ignorance   may   extenuate   moral   guilt, 
but  it  does  not  relieve  the  criminal  from  suffering 
the  consequences  of  his  misfortune.     It  is  within 
your  province  to  enlighten  the  individual  and  the 
community  as  to  the  claims  of  natural  law,  the 
causes  of  disease,  and  the  most  effective  methods 
of  securing  and  retaining  physical  health. 

A  few  years  since,  when  the  cholera  was  threat- 
ening our  shores,  and  rigid  quarantine  alone  was 
keeping  it  out  of  New  York,  the  authorities  of  the 
city  where  I  was  then  living,  becoming  frightened 
at  the  proximity  of  the  dreadful  scourge,  flushed 
out  all  the  sewers,  and  washed  down  all  the  al- 
leys, and  the  city  was  never  so  clean  before,  and 
has  never  been  so  clean  since.  One  of  the  local 
physicians  afterward  told  me  that  there  had  never 


been,  to  his  knowledge,  so  little  typhoid  fever  and 
diphtheria  in  the  city,  as  there  was  after  this 
cleansing.  And  said,  moreover,  that  if  the  sew- 
ers were  flushed  out,  and  the  alleys  washed  down 
in  that  way  twice  every  year,  the  result  would 
be  that  typhoid  fever  and  diphtheria  would  be 
almost  obliterated.  In  other  words  those  city 
fathers  had  it  in  their  power  to  protect  the  citi- 
zens against  two  dreadful  forms  of  disease,  to 
prevent  suffering  and  to  save  life,  to  economize 
the  results  of  toil  by  preserving  the  life  and  health 
of  the  toiler,  to  add  immensely  to  the  comfort, 
happiness  and  prosperity  of  the  city,  by  a  com- 
paratively small  outlay  of  money.  But  this  out- 
lay they  were  unwilling  to  make  until  frightened 
into  doing  so  by  a  still  greater  terror.  Surely  the 
two  most  important  interests  of  a  city  are  good 
morals  and  good  health. 

And,  young  men,  you  are  in  a  position  to  en- 
lighten your  fellow  citizens  upon  these  subjects. 
See  that  sanitary  ordinances  are  framed,  passed, 
and  enforced.  See  that  the  health  of  the  com- 
munity is  studied  and  promoted.  See  that  the 
individual  is  being  taught  how  to  take  care  of 
himself. 

You  can  be  most  effective  teachers  of  morals. 
How  much  disease  is  traced  directly  back  to  sin. 
Call  it  "folly,"  call  it  "indiscretion,"  call  it  what 
you  please;  we  mean  the  same  thing:  and  I  pre- 
fer to  call  it  sin.  That  is  a  shorter  word,  a 
simpler  word,  a  word  more  easily  understood. 
You  hold  a  position  occupied  by  no  other  for 
sounding  a  warning  and  suggesting  a  remedy. 
You  can  use  plain  language  to  people,  and  they 
will  take  it  from  you  as  scientific  truth.  You  can 
reach  the  immoral  and  the  irreligious  as  no  other 
set  of  men  can.  The  physician  and  the  pharma- 
cist touch  men  at  very  close  quarters  along  some 
of  the  pet  lines  of  vicious  indulgence. 

OUR     motto:    "the    best    tS     NONE    TOO    GOOD." 

CARBONATED    WATER    in   siphons  and  tanks. 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

CHARLES  STREET  AND    MOUNT   ROYAL  AVENUE. 

F.  W.  ELLINCHAUS.  Merchant  Tailor, 

Takes   pleasure  in  informiriE  you  that  he  has  now    in  stock  a 
select  line  of 

IMPORTED  WOOLENS  FOR  THE  COMING  SEASON . 

His  Styles  are  Choice  and  Quality  the  Best.    An  early  inspec- 
tion of  them  will  be  to  your  advantage,  and  he 
trusts  to  be  favored  with  your  order. 


205   W.      FAYETTE  ST., 


BALTIMORE,    MD. 


STIEFF      PIjVNOS 


MADE  OF    THE     BEST      MATERIALS 
MONEY  AND  EXPERIENCE  CAN  BUY. 

9  N.  Ijiberty  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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Be  a  philanthropist.  Every  man  ought  to  be 
a  philanthropist.  He  may  not  control  the  mil- 
lions of  a  Peabody,  Pratt,  Hopkins,  Carnegie,  but 
he  can  be  a  philanthropist  in  his  smaller  way, 
and  he  can  be  a  great  philanthropist  too.  His 
skillful  brain,  his  cunning  hand,  his  silver  coin, 
will  do  its  work  in  purifying  the  social  ''atmos- 
phere, and  elevating  the  social  life  of  the  com- 
munity and  the  country  in  which  he  lives.  Be 
always  a  public-spirited  citizen. 

And  think  well  of  the  world  : 

"The  miraculous  gem 
In  the  seal-ring  that  burns 
On  the  hand  of  the  Master." 

Be  an  optimist.  See  the  beauty  of  the  world. 
Feel  the  power  of  the  world.  Rejoice  in  life; 
and  all  that  it  means  to  you,  and  all  that  it  brings 
to  you.  Behold  the  good  in  men ;  seek  for  it,  find 
it,  and  encourage  it. 

"Ah,  sturdy  world,  old  patient  world! 
Thou  hast  seen  many  times  and  men ; 
Heard  jibes  and  curses  at  thee  hurled 
From  cynic  lip  and  peevish  pen. 
But  give  the  mother  once  her  due ; 
Were  women  wise,  and  men  all  true — 
And  one  thing  more  that  may  not  be. 
Old  earth  were  fair  enough  for  me." 

Godspeed  you  tonight.  Your  prospects  are 
bright.  You  go  forth  tonight  to  win  honor  and 
renown — to  win  it  honestly,  upon  the  fair  field 
of  fray.  You  go  forth  to  well-merited  success. 
And  may  the-  future  yield  up  to  you,  all  that  she 
holds  in  store  of  rich  reward  for  every  faithful 
servant  of  God  and  of  humanity.  You  have  re- 
ceived the  best,  and  we  shall  expect  the  best 
from  you   in   return. 


THE  BLUE=JACKET 

PART    OF    THE    ADDRESS    OF    DR.    HOWARD    E.    AMES, 
MEDICAL  INSPECTOR  U.   S.    NAVY,  AT  THE  AN- 
NUAL MEETING  OF  THE  ALUMNI  ASSOCIA- 
TION,   UNIVERSITY    OF    MARYLAND, 
SCHOOL    OF    MEDICINE,     MAY 

11,  1905. 

Mr.  President  and  Fellow  Alumni: 

You  cannot  conceive  how  surprised  and  flat- 
tered I  was  when  the  honor  of  addressing  you 
was  offered  me  by  your  committee,  and  I  fear 
I   accepted  without  giving  the  matter  sufficient 


consideration;  and,  pondering  upon  the  situa- 
tion, have  wondered  what  could  be  made  of 
it  in  a  limited  time.  A  variety  of  interesting 
talks  could  be  given  by  an  abler  mind ;  but  I  feel 
like  the  boy  at  his  first  attendance  of  a  three- 
ringed  circus,  in  doubt  upon  which  ring  to  con- 
centrate his  attention.  My  modesty  is  greatj  you 
may  believe  me ;  still,  I  cannot  plead  that  thirty 
years  experience  in  a  particular  line  of  work  is 
so  sterile  as  not  to  furnish  material  for  a  few 
minutes  talk ;  but  the  art  of  making  that  talk 
interesting — and  not  tiring — to  you  is  what  both- 
ers me.  Looking  back  over  the  thirty  years  that 
I  have  been  a  member  of  the  Medical  Corps  of 
the  U.  S.  Navy,  I  find  the  experiences  are  so 
varied  and  in  such  numerous  places  that  I  am  at 
a  loss  what  to  take  up  at  this  social  gathering, 
where  we  are  seeking  relaxation  and  pleasure. 
Rather  than  confine  myself  to  any  particular 
line,  I  shall  give  you  some  few  experiences  that 
will  interest  and  give  you  food  for  thought,  I 
hope. 

Among  my  professional  brothers  in  civil  life, 
there  exists  a  prevailing  idea  that  the  Naval 
Surgeon's  experiences  and  knowledge  of  disease 
are  rather  confined;  that  his  medical  knowledge 
and  practice  are  limited  to  a  few  lines  of  ail- 
ments that  ( ?) .  This  is  an  error — except  in 
diseases  of  women  and  children.  We  are  not 
specialists — I  think  we  have  a  greater  variety 
of  diseases  to  treat  than  the  civil  practitioner ; 
because,  we  come  in  contact  with  all  diseases 
met  with  in  our  own  country,  in  addition  to 
those  in  the  tropics,  and  local  troubles  found  all 
over  the  world.  Perhaps,  this  belief  is  based 
upon  the  little  understood  character  of  the  sailors 
— or  men  of  the  sea.  And  here,  let  me  sketch 
the  Blue- jacket — not  the  officer,  whom  you  know, 
but  the  Blue-jacket  who  is  unknown  to  most 
people.  I  shall  quote  a  fragment  from  a  former 
pen  picture  of  him  that  I  wrote  long  ago,  as  it 
holds  good  now  in  many  particulars ;  namely, 
the  social  treatment  he  receives  today  from  the 
large  majority ;  and  so  I  plead  with  you,  that  you 
will  view  him  hereafter  in  a  more  liberal  light. 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


I  venture  to  say  there  is  no  class  of  men  less 
understood  than  the  American  Man-of-war's 
men,  and  towards  whom  less  forbearance  or 
charity  is  shown  by  the  landsman.  This  is  read- 
ily accounted  for  as  he  is  seldom  seen  at  his  best, 
except  by  those  who  follow  the  sea.  The  com- 
mon remark  "a  drunken  brawling  sailor,"  is  alas, 
an  epithetical  title  that  is  unwittingly  earned  by 
poor  Jack,  and  although  unmerited,  is  awarded 
him  from  the  fact  that  he  is  so  often  seen  in  that 
condition,  and  his  identity  and  calling  are  so 
easily  distinguished  by  anyone,  that  it  makes  a 
deep  impression.  His  bronzed  and  prematurely 
wrinkled  face,  his  peculiar  rolling  walk,  his  fear- 
less but  friendly  look,  so  often  mistaken  for  im- 
pudence, his  confiding  nature  and  generous  hand^ 
all  mark  him  a  prey  for  the  suave  approaches  of 
the  depraved,  and  he  falls  an  easy  victim  to  the 
wharf  pimp  and  land  shark.  His  footsteps,  from 
the  moment  he  leaves  the  boundaries  of  the  ship, 
or  navy-yard,  are  trailed  by  the  beat,  the  rumsell- 
er,  the  brothel-keeper  and  thief ;  even  the  minions 
of  the  law  bristle  into  activity,  and  dog  his  steps, 
ready  to  pounce  upon  him ;  for  he  is  at  once 
classed  as  a  dangerous  individual.  Seldom  is  it 
that  he  succeeds  in  passing  the  narrow  girdle  that 
bounds  the  water  front  of  our  seaports ;  and  if  he 
does  succeed,  and  appear  in  the  more  fashionable 
parts  of  the  town,  he  is  regarded  with  suspicion, 
and  is  as  a  rule  shuned  by  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren. They  know  him  from  knowledge  gained 
from  some  newspaper  article,  in  which  he  is  re- 
corded in  double-leaded  type,  as  a  violator  of  the 
peace,  or  breaker  of  the  law,  and  they  expect  to 
see  him  suddenly  break  into  some  outrageoits 
action.  He  may  be  cold  sober  (it  is  rarely  one 
sees  him  in  a  respectable  neighborhood  unless 
he  is  sober),  still  he  is  shuned.  Should  he  be 
arrested  and  dragged  into  court,  on  charges  he  is 
innocent  of,  he  receives  little  consideration.  He 
stands  ashamed  and  penitent ;  in  vain  he  tries  to 
recall  some  incident  of  his  spree,  but  his  drugged 
and  besotted  brain  can  recall  nothing;  his  mem- 
ory is  a  blank ;  none  but  unsympathetic  faces  and 
unfriendly  eyes  meet  his.  Stripped  of  his  clothes, 
robbed  of  his  money,  he  begs  pardon  of  the  judge 
and  promises  to  rid  the  city  of  his  presence,  if  he 
be  allowed  to  go.  Bruised,  besotted,  bedraggled 
with  the  dirt  of  the  street,  poor  wretched  Jack 
drags  his  trembling  body  back  to  the  ship;  back 
to  the  guard ;  back  to  his  friends,  his  shipmates, 
his  home.  He  has  no  other  place  to  go.  What  is 
his   treatment   there,    is   he   turned   away?     No, 


never.  Some  officer  or  shipmate  knows  him,  and 
helps  him  up.  They  see  no  saint,  no  devil,  only 
an  unfortunate  victim  of  the  vicious.  They  re- 
member him  and  see  in  him  his  worth ;  midst 
danger  and  storm,  on  deck  or  engine  room,  un- 
flinching, untiring,  uncomplaining,  alert  to  the 
dangers  about  him,  obedient  to  his  officers,  proud 
of  his  country,  his  flag  and  his  ship.  His  purse 
is  always  open  to  charity,  the  biggest  coin  sought 
for,  and  no  questions  asked  is  the  rule.  His  heart 
is  big,  tender  and  sympathetic ;  his  horny  hands  as 
gentle  as  a  woman's  when  sickness  or  distress 
befalls  a  shipmate.  When  death  overtakes  him 
in  a  foreign  country  his  grave  is  marked  by  a 
lasting  monument  erected  by  his  shipmates. 

The  sailor  has  been  the  inspiration  of  the  poet 
from  the  time  of  Coleridge's  "Ancient  Mariner" 
to  Kipling  of  today.  Sculptured  in  hieroglyphics 
on  the  ruins  of  ancient  Egypt,  down  through  the 
ages  of  Phoenicia,  we  trace  his  wanderings 
through  their  commercial  cities.  In  Greece,  from 
the  mythical  legends  of  Jason  and  the  Argonauts, 
we  find  the  symbol  of  commercialism  with  the 
wealth  which  we  are  now  realizing.  And  so 
through  the  poetry  and  sculpture  of  Greece  and 
Rome  down  to  the  Science  of  today,  we  find  the 
men  of  the  sea  depicted.  To  the  men  of  the  sea, 
we  owe  our  geographical  knowledge  of  this  earth. 
What  a  galaxy  of  names:  Vasco  da  Gama,  Co- 
lumbus, Magellan.  Their  unmatched  daring  in 
venturing  into  the  unknown  limits  of  the  ocean 
has  given  to  the  world  the  countless  riches  of  this 
great  continent,  and  opened  the  way  to  the  orient- 
al wealth  beyond.  The  fair-haired  Norseman,  in 
his  open  boats,  challenges  our  admiration ;  Ves- 
pucius,  Hudson,  Cabot,  Raleigh,  Gilbert,  Caven- 
dish, those  early  explorers,  all  men  of  the  sea. 

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Surely,  this  is  a  noble  heritage.  Deeds  and  ex- 
amples, handed  down  to  us  through  the  English 
line  of  Drake,  Jarvis,  Nelson,  and  which  we  have 
glorified  through  Paul  Jones,  Decatur,  Wilkes, 
Farragut,  Dewey,  Schley.  Those  were  the  lead- 
ers. Those  were  the  men  that  added  glory  to  the 
catholicity  of  knowledge.  You  crowned  them 
with  the  laurels  they  deserved.  Will  you  deny  the 
humbler  companions  of  such  men  a  simple  leaf 
— a  word  of  approval — a  kindly  thought — a  smile 
of  approbation — or  a  friendly  nod?  Brave  old 
sailors.  Honest,  fearless  men  of  the  sea,  gen- 
erous-hearted human  beings,  so  little  understood. 
The  challenge  of  derision  hurled  by  Cicero  at 
Cataline,  in  the  Roman  Senate:  "Tell  me  v/ho 
your  company  is,  and  I  will  tell  you  who  you  are," 
cannot  apply  to  them;  for  I  have  told  you  who 
their  friends  and  companions  are.  We  will  now 
look  at  one  episode  performed  by  the  men  of 
the  sea,  that  I  feel  holds  a  place  in  our  history, 
which  I  hope  will  interest  you.  [Dr.  Ames  then 
gave  an  account  of  his  personal  observations  in 
the  relief  of  the  Greely  expedition]. 


SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 

The  commencement  was  held  jointly  with  the 
School  of  Pharmacy,  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre, 
North  Charles  street.  May  13th,  at  8  P.  M. 
The  Provost,  Bernard  Garter,  LL.D.,  presided 
with  that  dignity  and  grace  that  always  charact- 
erize him  on  such  occasions.  There  was  a  large 
audience  filHng  all  parts  of  the  theatre.  After 
invocation  by  Rev.  Henry  Nice,  of  the  M.  E. 
Church,  the  degree  of  M.D.  was  conferred  upon 
83  candidates,  viz:  Elmer  Hall  Adkins,  N.  C. : 
Julian  Warrington  Ashby,  Va. ;  Samuel  Luther 
Bare,  Md. ;  Robert  Parke  Bay,  Md. ;  Chandos  M. 
Benner,  Md. ;  Jas.  Snow  Billingslea,  Md. ;  Alvah 
Parrish  Bohannan,  Va. ;  Vance  W.  Brabham,  S. 
C. ;  Baird  U.  Brooks,  N.  C. ;  Frank  Burden,  W. 
\"a. ;  Ira  Burns,  Md. ;  Roscoe  C.  Carnal,  N.  Y. ; 
John  Jos.  Carroll,  Mass.;  Edward  Lawrence  Ca- 
sey, N.  H. ;  Fred.  DeSales  Chappejier,  Md. :  Sy- 
denham Rush  Clarke,  Md. ;  Edward  V.  Cope- 
land,  Va. ;  Arthur  Bascom  Croom,  N.-  C.J  Charles 
Callery  Croushore,  Pa.;  Seth  DeBlois,  R.  L; 
David  A.  DeVanny,  N.  Y. ;  Alpheus  Wood  Dis- 
osway,  N.  C. ;  Manuel  Dueno,  Porto  Rico ;  James 
Eugene  Dwyer,  Pa.;  John  Martin  Elderdice, 
Md. ;  Oliver  Justin  Ellis,  Vt. ;  Harry  Moore  Fel- 
ton,  Pa. ;  Edwin  Ferebee  Fenner,  N.  C. ;  William 


Henry  Fisher,  Md. ;  John  Shaw  Gibson,  N.  C. ; 
Milton  R.  Gibson,  N.  C. ;  Leo  J.  Goldbach,  Md. ; 
Archibald  Wright  Graham,  N.  C. ;  William  W. 
Hala,  N.  Y. ;  Samuel  William  Hammond,  W. 
Va. ;  George  Blight  Harrison,  Va. ;  Henry  Hiram 
Hodgin,  N.  C. ;  Henry  C.  Houck,  Md. ;  Hamner 
C.  Irwin,  Jr.,  N.  C. ;  Brooke  I.  Jamison,  Jr.,  Md. ; 
Frank  White  Janney,  Md. ;  Harry  Equilla  Jen- 
kins, Va. ;  Oswald  Ottmar  Kafer,  N.  C. ;  Nagib 
Kenawy,  Egypt ;  Eugene  Kerr,  Md. ;  Herbert  L. 
Kneisley,  Md. ;  William  A.  Knell,  Md. ;  Kalil 
Magid  Koury,  Syria;  Edgar  Brown  Le  Fevre, 
W.  Va. ;  Julius  Levin,  Conn. ;  George  William 
Mahle,  Md. ;  James  P.  Matheson,  N.  C. ;  James 
G.  Matthews,  Md.;  George  Skinner  McCarty, 
Ga. ;  Harry  Downman  McCarty,  Md. ;  John  P. 
McGuire,  Pa.;  William  Cuthbert  McGuire,  Pa.; 
Roscoe  Conkling  Metzel,  Md. ;  Harold  Edson 
Miner,  Mass.;  Robert  Levis  Mitchell,  Md. ; 
William  Morris  Mitchell,  N.  Y. ;  J.  Albert  Nice, 
Md.;  Oscar  S.  Owens,  Va. ;  John  W.  Parker,  Jr., 
N.  C;  W.  Arlett  Parvis,  Md. ;  John  William 
Pierson,  Md. ;  Daniel  E.  Remsberg,  Md. ;  Sam- 
uel T.  R.  Revell,  Md.;  Willard  James  Riddick, 
N.  C. ;  William  W^ordsworth  Riha,  N.  Y. ;  John 
L.  Riley,  Md. ;  John  Edgar  Rooks,  Tenn. ;  Anton 
G.  Rytina,  Md. ;  Edward  McQueen  Sally,  S.  C. ; 
Albert  Leigh  Sanders,  Md. ;  Stuart  Baskin  Sher- 
ard,  S.  C;  John  Holmes  Smith,  Jr.,  Md. ;  W. 
Henry  Smithson,  Jr.,  Md. ;  James  Albert  Stone, 
N.  C. ;  Benjamin  Franklin  Tefft,  Jr.,  R.  I. ;  Wil- 
liam E.  Elliott  Tyson,  Md. ;  Fredreick  J.  Waas, 
Fla. ;  William  Benjamin  Warthen,  Ga. 

The  gold  medal  was  then  conferred  upon  Dr. 
Roscoe  Conklin  Metzel,  of  Md.,  for  highest  ex- 
cellence in  the  class,  and  certificates  of  honor 
were  awarded  to  Drs.  Henry  C.  Houck,  Harry 
Downman  McCarty,  Robert  Parke  Bay,  Anton 
G.  Rytina,  John  L.  Riley  and  Sydenham  Rush 
Clarke.  The  address  to  the  graduates  was  made 
by  Rev.  DeWitt  M.  Benham,  of  the  Central  Pres- 
byterian Church.  The  speaker's  magnificient 
physique  and  carriage,  the  force  and  eloquence  of 
his  language  and  his  splendid  voice  and  delivery 
made  his  address  memorable  for  all  who  heard 
it. 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


The  Alumni  Association  held  its  annual  re- 
union at  the  Eutaw  House  on  the  evening  of 
May  11,  the'  president,  B.  Merrill  Hopkinson, 
M.  D.;  being  in  the  chair.  Thirteen  new  mem- 
bers were  added.  The  committee  on  Necrology 
reported  46  deaths.  The  committee  on  Eiidow- 
ment  reported  total  cash  in  hand  $1,985.06.  The 
University  button  was  adopted  without  change, 
as  the  button  of  the  Association.  Dr.  A.  D.  Mc- 
Conachie  was  added  to  the  "Centennial  Commit- 
tee," which  consists  besides  of  Drs.  G.  Lane  Tan- 
eyhill,  Eugene  F.  Cordell,  B.  M.  Hopkinson,  Wil- 
mer  Brinton,  John  T.  King,  C.  E.  Sadtler,  James 
H.  Jarrett,  J.  L  Pennington  and  W.  F.  Skill- 
man.  Dr.  Howard  E.  Ames  (1871),  surgeon 
U.  S.  Navy,  then  delivered  the  annual  oration  on 
"Some  Experiences  of  Thirty  Years'  Navy  Life." 
Dr.  Ames  began  with  a  eulogy  of  the  common 
sailor,  and  gave  a  most  interesting  and  thrilling 
description  of  the  Greely  Relief  Expedition  in 
which  he  took  part.  The  following  officers  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  Dr. 
Howard  E.  Ames ;  Vice-Presidents,  Drs.  Charles 
O'Dqnovan,  William  H.  Pearce  and  C.  R.  Win- 
terson ;  Recording  Secretary,  Dr.  Charles  E. 
Sadtler;   Assistant   Recording   Secretary,   Dr.   J. 

A.  Zepp ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Dr.  George 
H.  Hocking;  Treasurer,  Dr.  G.  Lane  Taneyhill ; 
Executive  Committee,  Drs.  Wilmer  Brinton, 
John  L  Pennington,  Joseph  T.  Smith,  S.  B.  Bond 
and  T.  O.  Heatwole. 

One  hundred  and  six  members  participated  in 
the  banquet  which  followed,  besides  the  mem- 
bers, of  the  graduating  class.  The  toasts  were: 
Our  Alma  Mater,  Dr.  S.  B.  Bond ;  The  Associa- 
tion, Dr.  Wm.  H.  Pearce ;  The  Faculty  of  Physic, 
Dr.  J.  W.  Hundley;  The  Faculty  of  Law,  W. 
Calvin  Chesnut,  LL.B. ;  The  Faculty  of  Dentis- 
try,-t)r..T.  O.  Heatwole;  The  Faculty  of  Phar- 
macy,' Henry  P.  Hynson,  Ph.G. ;  The  Class  of 
1905,  Dr.  Robert  Levis  Mitchell,  President  of 
the  class.  The  rneeting  broke  up  between  one 
and  two  A.M.,  being  one  of  the  most  enjoyable 
in,  which. the  members  have  participated. 

The  following  hospital  appointments  have  been 
made:  University  Hospital — Reappointed,  As- 
sistant Resident  Surgeons,  Drs.  F.  G.  Wright, 
Charles    Bagley ;    Resident    Pathologist,    Dr.    E. 

B.  Quillen.  New  appointments,  Assistant  Resi- 
dent Physicians,  Drs.  R.  C.  Metzel,  R.  P.  Bay, 
J.  H.  Smith,  Jr.;  Assistant  Resident  Surgeons, 
Drs.  J.  W.  Pierson,  J.  G.  Matthews;  Assistant 
Resident  Gynecologists,  Drs.  H.  E.  Jenkins  and 


R.  L.  Mitchell.  Maternity  Hospital — Reappoint- 
ed, Dr.  H.  D.  Purdum.  New  appointments,  Drs. 
W.  W.  Brabham,  W.  B.  Warthen.  Bayview 
Asylum — Assistant  Resident  Physicians,  Drs.  S. 
L.  Bare,  W.  H.  Smithson,  W.  J.  Riddick,  George 
W.  Mahle. 


SCHOOL  OF  DENTISTRY. 

The  commencement  was  held  at  the  Lyceum 
Theatre  on  the  evening  of  May  8th.  Prayer  was 
offered  by  Rev.  Walter  S.  Mclntire,  of  Connecti- 
cut. After  the  reading  of  the  mandamus  by  the 
Dean,  Professor  Gorgas,  the  Provost  of  the  Uni- 
versity conferred  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S.,  upon  76 
candidates.  [Names  given  in  May  number  of 
Old  Maryland].  The  prizes  were  delivered  by 
Prof.  R.  Dorsey  Coale.  (See  names  below). 
The  address  to  the  graduates  was  made  by  Rev. 
Wilbur  Fletcher  Sheridan,  D.D.,  of  Mt.  Vernon 
Place  M.  E.  Church.  [We  regret  not  to  be  able 
to  give  this  address  which,  scintillated  with  hu- 
mor and  was  brimful  of  bright  thoughts.  It  de- 
picted life  as  one  of  constant  conflict.  The  strug- 
gle runs  all  through  nature.  Selfishness  is 
counteracted  by  generosity,  and  the  good  will 
ultimately  triumph.  He  urged  his  young  hearers 
to  be  on  the  side  of  the  good].  The  following 
is  the  roll  of  honor,  i.  e.  of  students  of  the  Senior 
Class  grading  to  a  possible  700 :  J.  Stephenson 
Hopkins,  Bert  Reade  Long,  Wilbert  Price,  Sam- 
uel Ferrule  Moffett,  Walter  Roberts  Mclntire, 
Oscar  Mauritz  Lind,  C.  Henry  Steinbeck,  S. 
Robert  Horton,  R.  Fulton  Holliday,  Ellis  Freder- 
ick Moyse,  Wilford  Eugene  Dimmock,  Bliss 
Allen  Lester,  Lewis  Rogan  Brown,  Oran  La- 
Verne  Cochrane,  Frank  Wilson  McCluer,  James 
Joseph  Kenney,  V.  K.  Yacoubyan,  George  Ed- 
ward Dennis. 


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Pharmaceuticals,  Tablets,  Drugs  anrt 
Chemicals.  Our  prices  will  at  all 
times  he  found  reasonable  and  con- 
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Doctors  and  Students  are  invited 
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of  our  store  and   laboratories. 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


85 


The  exhibition  and  demonstrations  were  held 
in  the  Infirmary  on  May  6.  Following  these  was 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni  Association. 
The  Dean  announced  the  names  of  medalists  and 
of  those  winning  in  the  prize  contest  of  the  fore- 
noon, viz. :  University  gold  medal — James  Steph- 
enson Hopkins ;  honorable  mention,  Bert  Reade 
Long.  James  H.  Harris  gold  medal — Horace 
M.  Davis;  honorable  mention,  W.  Harry  Sperow, 
J.  L.  McClung.  F.  J.  S.  Gorgas  gold  medal— 
Athol  Lee  Frew  ;  honorable  mention, , Bliss  Allen 
Lester,  George  Henry  Hague,  Otto  Nase.  Isaac 
H.  Davis  gold  medal — J.  V.  Jenkins ;  honorable 
mention,  John  J.  McCann,  George  Edward  Den- 
nis. C.  J.  Grieves  gold  medal  1 — Frank  Wilson 
McCluer;  honorable  mention,  Samuel  Ferrell 
Moflett,  M.  Jordan  McFadden,  Athol  Lee  Frew. 
C.  J.  Grieves  gold  medal  2 — Oscar  Mauritz 
Lind;  honorable  mention,  Wilfred  Eugene  Dim- 
mock,  Athol  Lee  Frew,  Frank  Wilson  McCluer, 
George  Henry  Hague.  Senior  Class  gold  medal 
— Gould  O.  Hildebrand ;  honorable  mention, 
James  Stephenson  Hopkins,  Ellis  Frederick 
Moyse.  John  C.  Uhler  gold  medal^Henry 
Strasser ;  honorable  mention,  CHfton  L.  Cbffman, 
Walter  D.  Myers.  Charles  R.  Deely  gold  medal 
— Henry  Strasser ;  honorable  mention,  Walter  D. 
Myers.  Luther  D.  Benton  gold  medal — Win- 
field  S.  Garland ;  honorable  mention,  E.  Julius 
Heronemus,  Saydoshi  Teraki.  Freshman  Class 
gold  medal — E.  Julius  Heronemus ;  honorable 
mention,  Troy  A.  Apple,  Winfield  S.  Garland. 
The  secretary.  Dr.  T.  O.  Heatwole,  presented 
a  report  showing  175  active,  6  honorary  and  64 
associate  members.  The  election  of  officers  re- 
sulted in  the  choice  of  the  following:  Pres.,  C. 
J.  Grieves ;  Vice-Pres.,  W.  E.  Dift'enderfer, 
George  L.  Wilcox  and  S.  Claude  Sykes ;  Sec. 
and  Treas.,  L.  W.  Farinholt.  Dr.  Heatwole  de- 
clined a  reelection  to  the  secretaryship,  preferring 
to  devote  himself  exclusively  to  the  editorship 
of  the  University  Orist.  Short  speeches  were 
then  made  by  Drs.  Geo.  L.  Wilcox,  of  New  York, 
Wm.  E.  Diffenderfer,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  A. 
Lee  Penuel,  of  Va.,  and  the  Editor  of  Old 
Maryland.  The  banciuet  took  place  at  night, 
when  toasts  were  responded  to  by  Drs.  Grieves, 
F.  J.  S.  Gorgas,  I.  H.  Davis,  C.  G.  Myers,  Wil- 
cox, W.  A.  Mills,  Coale,  Hemmeter,  Heuisler, 
J.  C.  Allen  and  Yacoubyan. 

The  following  dental  graduate  s  passed '  the 
Maryland  State  Board  Examinations,  May  15-lG. 
H.  M.  Davis,  Dennis,  Etchison,  J.   W.  Findon, 


J.  H.  Findon,  Hildebrand,  Hopkins,  E.  J.  Jenkins, 
Levy,,  Price,  Pyles,  Sperow,  Waltman,  Ware- 
heim.  Wells. 

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SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  annual  meeting  and  banquet  of  the  Alumni 
Association  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar-- 
macy  was  held  at  the  Eutaw  House,  May  12th. 
The  business  meeting  preceding  the  banquet  was 
called  to  order  by  President  J.  A.  Davis.  The 
minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  ap- 
proved. After  a  short  address  by  Mr.  Davis,  Mr. 
Westcott  presented  his  report  as  Treasurer,  which 
showed  the  finances  of  the  Association  to  be  in 
good  condition.  Mr.  Millard  read  the  report  of 
the  Executive  Committee  in  which  the  following 
officers  were  nominated  for  the  ensuing  year : 
Mr.  Franz  Naylor,  '00,  Pres. ;  Mr.  Ephraim  Ba- 
con, '98,  1st  V.-Pres. ;  Mr.  C.  M.  Hornbrook,  '05, 
2nd  V.-Pres. ;  Mr.  H.  L.  Troxell,  '99,  Sec. ;  Mr. 
J.  W.  Westcott,  '89,  Treas.      . 

The  committee  also  recommended  the  follow- 
ing as  members  of  the  Executive  Committee : 
Mr.  W.  J.  Lowry,  '96,  Chairman;  Mr.  J.  J.  Bar- 
nett,  '99 ;  Mr.  F.  C.  McCartney,  '03 ;  Mr.  J.  C. 
Wolf,  '05.  Upon  motion  of  Dr.  Culbreth  the 
Secretary  was  directed  to  cast  the  ballot  of  the 
Association  for  these  gentlemen  as  nominated. 
No  reports  were  made  by  other  standing  com- 
mittees. 

Under  the  head  of  new  business  Mr.  Hynsom 
suggested  that  the  Publication  Committee  con- 
sist of  the  Executive  Committee  plus  two  mem- 
bers appointed  by  the  President.  That  in  place 
of  publishing  a  News  Letter,  the  Association,  i 
through  the  Publication  Committee,  affiliate  with 
Old  Maryland,  and  that  the  Publication  Com- 
mittee be  empowered  to  make  arrangements  with 
the  management  of  Old  Maryland  for  neces- 
sary space,  etc.  Mr.  Hynson  later  embodied  these 
suggestions  in  a  motion  which  was  carried. 

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them  in  the  stock  of 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


As  new  members,  the  Class  of  '05  was  pro- 
posed by  Mr.  Barnett,  Mr.  Haman  by  Mr.  West- 
cott,  and  Messrs.  Michael  T.  Wolf  and  Gustave 
Woltereck  by  Mr.  Schmidt.  These  gentlemen 
were  unanimously  elected.  There  being  no  fur- 
ther business  a  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  the 
President  and  the  meeting  adjourned  to  the  ban- 
quet hall. 

After  the  repast  had  been  enjoyed  and  cigars 
lighted,  Mr.  Davis  introduced  Mr.  J.  E.  Bond, 
who  acted  as  toastmaster.  It  might  be  noted  that 
Mr.  Bond,  upon  good  behavior,  is  toastmaster  for 
life.  Mr.  Bond  introduced  as  the  first  speaker 
of  the  evening  our  Dr.  Simon,  who,  after  re- 
ceiving the  ovation  always  given  him  by  the  boys, 
presented  the  Caspar!  testimonial,  a  full  account 
of  which  will  be  found  in  another  column.  The 
members  were  further  entertained  by  speeches 
from  the  following:  Mr.  Geo.  R.  Gaither,  Mr. 
Geo.  S.  Brown,  Dr.  R.  Dorsey  Coale,  Mr.  Leroy 
Oldham,  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  Dr.  Chas.  E.  Cas- 
par!, Dr.  McGlannan,  Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson,  Dr.  C. 
M.  Hornbrook.  The  Association  was  honored 
in  having  as  its  guests  for  the  evening,  Drs.  H. 
M.  Whelpley  and  Chas.  E.  Caspari,  of  the  St. 
Louis  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  large  attend- 
ance at  the  banquet  was  very  gratifying  especially 
as  this  was  the  first  banquet  since  the  coalition 
of  the  M.  C.  P.  with  the  University  of  Maryland, 
and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  interest  in  th'=  ban- 
quet can  be  increased  each  year. 

The  commencement  was  held  at  the  Lyceum 
Theatre,  jointly  with  the  School  of  Medicine, 
May  13th.  Hitherto  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy  has  conferred  upon  its  graduates  the 
degree  of  Ph.G. — Graduate  in  Pharmacy,  but  on 
this  occasion,  the  first  of  affiliation  with  the  Uni- 
versity, the  new  degree  of  Phar.D. — Doctor  of 
Pharmacy — was  given.  The  provost  granted 
diplomas  to  19  graduates,  viz :  Frank  Oliver  Bar- 
rett, Md. ;  James  Aitken  Black,  Md. ;  J.  How- 
ard Cassell,  Md. ;  Clay  Carlisle  Chidester,  W.  Va. ; 
Wm.  H.  Clarke,  Md. ;  Frank  Paul  Firey,  Md. ; 
Ichel  Folick,  Russia ;  Stephen  C.  Hess,  Md. ; 
Charles  Maitland  Hornbrook,  W.  Va. ;  Rafael 
Janer,  Porto  Rico ;  Wm.  Everett  Jordan,  S.  C. ; 
Robert  Franklin  Moody,  N.  C. ;  Alfred  Eccles- 
ton  Kemp,  Md. ;  Harry  Lewisson,  Russia ;  Charles 
Edgar  Phipps,  W.  Va. ;  John  Rayford  Power, 
S.  C. ;  Robert  Cecil  Todd,  S.  C. ;  Herbert  Edwin 
Waterman,  Texas ;  James  Carleton  Wolf,  Md. ; 
The  prize-men  were:  1st  General  Prize  and 
Special  Practical  Pharmacy  Prize,  Charles  Mait- 


land Hornbrook ;  2nd  General  Prize  and  Special 
Alumni  Prize  in  Plant  Histology,  James  Carlton 
Wolf;  3rd  General  Prize  and  Special  Simon 
Prize  in  Practical  Chemistry,  Frank  Paul  Firey. 
Honorable  mention  was  made  of  Robert  Cecil 
Todd,  J.  Rayford  Power,  Wm.  H.  Clarke,  A. 
Eccleston  Kemp  and  Rafael  Janer.  The  Provost 
then  rose  and  said:  "It  is  not  the  custom  of  the 
University  of  Maryland  to  confer  degrees  honoris 
causa,  but  owing  to  the  eminence  which  Dr.  Cas- 
pari has  achieved  in  his  profession,  the  regents 
have  deemed  it  wise  to  confer  upon  him,  honoris 
causa,  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy."  The 
diploma  conveying  this  honor  was  then  handed 
to  the  Dean  amidst  the  applause  and  hearty  con- 
gratulations of  all  his  colleagues.  The  occasion 
marked  the  completion  of  the  25th  year  of  his 
professorship. 


-i 
TESTIMONIAL  TO  PROF.  CHAS.  CASPARI,  JR. 

When  we  reflect  upon  the  life-work  of  a  man, 
there  at  times  become  evident  achievements  for  the 
welfare  of  his  fellow-men  that  fill  the  hearts  of 
those  who  have  been  benefited  thereby  with  ad- 
miration, love  and  gratitude ;  and  when  the  life 
and  work  of  such  a  man  have  been  marked  with  a 
spirit  of  unselfishness  and  simplicity  and  with  un- 
tiring devotion  in  behalf  of  the  higher  ideals  in 
a  profession,  the  appreciation  of  the  man  on  the 
,  part  of  the  members  of  that  profession  grows  all 
the  stronger.  And  it  is  quite  proper  therefore, 
that  there  shall  be  times  when  those  who  have 
watched  such  a  life  and  who  have  partaken  of 
and  been  strengthened  by  its  fruits  shall  pro- 
claim their  gratitude  to  the  individual. 

It  was  this  spirit  that  prompted  the  alumni  and 
members  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy 
to  give  expression  to  their,  gratitude  toward  and 
esteem  for  Prof.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  on  May 
12th,  1905,  in  commemoration  of  his  completion 
of  twenty-five  years  of  faithful  and  eminent  ser- 
vices as  Professor  of  Pharmacy  at  the  Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy. 

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OLD  AtARYLAND. 


87. 


At  the  'suggestion  of  a  member  of  the  Alumni 
Association,  President  John  A.  Davis  appointed 
the  following  committee  to  lay  before  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Association  and  of  the  College  the 
desirability  of  presenting  to  Professor  Caspar! 
a  testimonial  in  honor  of  the  above  event :  Chas. 
Schmidt,  '80;  John  A.  Davis,  "84;  J.  W.  West- 
cott,  '87.  The  committee  decided  at  first  that 
this  testimonial  should  be  in  the  form  of  some 
modest  design  in  silver,  to  be  presented  to  Pro- 
fessor Caspari  at  the  annual  banquet  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, and  that  the  affair  should  be  made  a  total 
surprise  to  the  Professor.  In  order  to  carry  out 
this  decision  the  committee  issued  an  invitation  to 
all  Alumni,  members  and  friends  of  the  ]\Iary- 
land  College  of  Pharmacy,  to  become  subscribers 
to  a  testimonial  fund. 

We  are  pleased  to  record  that  the  responses 
to  this  invitation  were  prompt,  numerous  and 
generous  in  the  extreme  and  the  committee  found 
itself  able  to  decide  upon  a  far  more  elaborate 
gift  than  was  originally  intended,  and  finaily  se- 
lected a  nine-piece  solid  silver  service  of  beauti- 
ful design  by  the  Hennegen,  Bates  Co.,  of  Bal- 
timore.    The  accompanying  photo-engraving  has 


The  committee  decided  upon  Prof.  William 
Simon,  Emeritus  Professor  of  Chemistry,  as  the 
proper  person  to  make  the  presentation  address. 
Prof.  Simon  had  been  associated  with  Prof.  Cas- 
pari as  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  College 
for  over  twenty  years  and  was  therefore  well 
fitted  to  perform  this  pleasant  service.  The  pre- 
sentation took  place  at  the  banquet  immediately 
after  the  close  of  the  dinner.  After  an  introduc- 
tion by  Mr.  J.  Emory  Bond,  who  acted  as  toast- 
master,  Prof.  Simon,  addressing  Prof.  Caspari 
and  those  present,  spoke  as  follows: 

"In  1870,  a  German  steamer  dumped  a  lot  of 
passengers  on  the  pier  at  Locust  Point.  I  hap- 
pened to  be  one  of  them.  Immigration  laws  in 
those  days  did  not  contain  a  clause  prohibiting 
importation  of  contract  labor;  otherwise  I  might 
never  have  been  permitted  to  land  on  the  shores 
of  this  great  country. 

But  while  I  had  a  job  waiting  for  me  I  did  not 
know  a  soul  of  that  half  a  million  people  among 
whom  I  was  to  pitch  my  tent.  Nor  did  I  fully 
control  the  language  of  the  country,  at  least  not 
"as  she  is  spoke."  New  conditions,  new  prob- 
lems,   new    life    surrounded    me    on    every    side. 


been  made  so  that  all  contributors  might  have  an 
opportunity  to  see  the  gift  at  least  by  picture. 
While  the  gift  itself  is  a  beautiful  and  eminently 
deserved  tribute  to  the  man  who  was  thus  hon- 
ored, the  heartiness  and  generosity  displayed 
in  its  bestowal  reflects  the  highest  credit  upon  the 
intelligence,  gratitude  and  loyalty  of  the  vMumni 
and  members  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy. 


Surely,  I  was  much  in  need  of  the  helping  hand 
and  this  was  kindly  extended  to  me  from  differ- 
ent quarters. 

At  my  boarding  house  the  girls  took  hold  of 
the  young  German  Doctor  and  selecting  a  quiet 
corner  gave  me  delightful  lessons  in  the  English 
language ;  the  politicians  grasped  me  by  the  hand, 
took  me  to  other  corners,  generally  decorated 
with  mysterious  looking  flasks,  and  labored  hard 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


to  make  rne  a  good  citizen  and  incidentally,  a  use- 
ful voter  on  election  day.  Others  tried  to  teach 
me  American  business  methods,  Yankee  shrewd- 
ness and  many  other  good  things. 

But  I  was  looking  for  some  congenial  com- 
panion ;  for  some  man  with  whom,  in  consequence 
of  his  intellectual  attainments  and  professional 
education,  I  might  enter  into  closer  relationship 
for  exchange  of  thought  and  for  discussion  of 
problems. 

It  was  my  good  fortune  to  soon  find  this  man 
in  the  person  of  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.  Intentionally 
I  did  riot  say  Prof.  Caspari  because  this  was  long 
befoi^e  the  time  when  he  entered  the  field  which 
he<  was  to  cultivate  later  on  with  such  eminent 
SKCcess. 
■But  when  in  1879  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy,  in  which  I  myself  had  already  been 
teaching  for  many  years — was  looking  for  a  Pro- 
fessor of  Pharrriacy,  there  was  no  doubt  in  my 
mind  that  there  was  but  one  man  who  could  and 
should  fill  the  position.  And  it  required  simply 
the  rrientioning  of  the  name  to  Mr.  Louis  Dohme 
—who  for  many  years  was  moving  spirit  in  the 
College^to  have  Chas.  Caspari  elected  a  member 
of  our  faculty. 

Thus  it  came  about  that  for  nearly  a  quarter  of 
a  century  we  were  co-laborers;  and  the  almost 
daily  contact  during  these  many  years  gave  me 
tlie  opportunity  to  follow  with  interest  and  delight 
the  highly  successful  career  of  my  colleague. 

Gifted  with  exceptionally  strong  mental  pow- 
ers, possessed  by  an  insatiable  desire  to  acquire 
knowledge  and  to  penetrate  to  the  very  depth  of 
nature's  mysteries ;  aided  by  the  capacity  lor  ac- 
complishing an  immense  amount  of  work,  our 
friend  soon  stepped  to  the  very  front  of  American 
Pharmacy. 

But  aside  from  his  professional  and  scientific 
aftainments  it  was  the  character  of  the  man  that 
commanded  my  utmost  respect.  For  absolute  in- 
tegrity, for  honorable  dealing,  for  fearless  ex- 
pression of  conditions  no  man  stands  higher  than 
Chas.  Caspari. 

How  could  it  have  been  possible  for  me  to  be 
associated  with  a  man  of  that  type  without  being 
drawn  close  to  him  in  personal  friendship.  But 
of  this  I  must  not  speak  here ;  it  is  private  matter 
between  man  and  man. 

Not  always  have  we  been  of  the  same  opinion ; 
y/e  have  had  our  differences  in  regard  to  the  best 
means  and  methods  to  accomplish  the  lesults 
at  which  we  were  both  aiming.     But  we  always 


were  of  one  mind  in  the  leading  thought,  which 
was  to  labor  faithfully  and  strenuously  for  the 
education  and  welfare  of  our  students ;  for  the 
success  of  our  College  and  for  the  elevation  of 
the  profession  of  pharmacy. 

And  thus  we  worked  side  by  side  from  the  time 
we  were  young  men,  imbued  with  energy  and  en- 
thusiasm, to  the  time  when  the  hair  had  turned 
gray  and  the  marks  of  passing  years  were  in- 
scribed on  the  forehead. 

Indeed  when  my  time  came  that  the  age  of 
Oslerism  was  near  at  hand,  I  was  reluctantly 
compelled  to  retire  from  the  active  duties  in  the 
College.  But  I  need  not  emphasize  the  fact  that 
I  shall  never  forget  the  overwhelming  kindness 
shown  me  in  so  many  ways  by  the  friends  of  the 
College,  nor  shall  I  ever  cease  to  take  a  deep  in- 
terest in  the  welfare  of  the  dear  old  Maryland  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  its  faculty,  alumni  and  students. 
I  also  should  say  that  I  hailed  with  delight  the 
incorporation  of  the  College  with  one  of  the  old- 
est universities  of  the  country.  May  this  union 
bring  lasting  benefits  to  all  concerned. 

Now  I  take  it  that  the  long  existing  bonds  of 
friendship  between  Prof.  Caspari  and  myself 
have  inspired  those  assembled  here  tonight  to  se- 
lect me  as  their  spokesman.  I  deeply  feel  the 
honor,  but  also  the  responsibility  to  express  to  you 
my  dear  old  friend,  the  thoughts  and  feelings 
which  tonight  fill  the  minds  of  those  assembled 
at  this   festive  board. 

Your  friends  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy, of  its  Alumni  Association,  and  of  its  facul- 
ty desire  to  show  you  on  this  occasion  how  fully 
they  appreciate  your  labors  of  the  past  35  years. 

When  the  word  was  given  that  you  should  be 
specially  honored  this  evening,  there  came  an 
outburst  of  approval,  a  tidal  wave  of  responses, 
such  as  I  never  before  have'  witnessed  on  any 
similar  occasion. 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


89 


We  all  recognize  the  fact  that  among  American 
Pharmacists,  now  living,  there  is  none  who  has 
labored  more  faithfully  for  the  advancement  and 
elevation  of  pharmacy  than  you  have  done.  As 
a  painstaking  and  conscientious  teacher  you  have 
no  superior;  as  an  author  you  have  created  a 
book  which  is  a  model  of  its  kind ;  through  youi 
personal  influence,  your  right-mindedness,  your 
strict  adherence  to  what  you  believe  to  be  right 
and  proper,  you  have  accomplished  a  great  deal 
of  good  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  .A.sso- 
ciation,  and  through  this  society  for  American 
Pharmacy.  Through  the  goodness  of  your  heart 
you  have  endeared  those  whom  you  permitted 
an  occasional  glimpse  into  the  bottom  of  your 
soul. 

Last — not  least — you  have  done  your  duty  as 
an  American  citizen  by  raising  with  the  aid  and 
full  support  of  your  good  wife  a  family — grils 
and  boys — of  whom  you  justly  can  feel  proud. 

And  now  it  is  my  privilege  to  present  to  you  on 
behalf  of  your  admiring  friends  this  handsome 
silver  service  as  a  token  of  their  deep  apprecia- 
tion of  what  you  have  accomplished  in  life,  and 
for  what  you  have  done  for  them  individually. 

May  you  enjoy  the  use  of  this  gift  in  full  health 
and  happiness  for  many,  many  years  to  come ; 
may  it  bring  to  your  heart  that  great  satisfaction 
which  one  derives  from  the  conviction  that  the 
labors  of  a  lifetime  have  not  been  in  vain ;  may 
it  pass  as  a  highly  cherished  family  heirloom  to 
your  descendants  and  remind  them  that  they  may 
look  back  proudly  to  their  ancestor.  Prof.  Charles 
Caspari,  Jr." 

Toward  the  close  of  the  address  the  silver  serv- 
ice, which  had  until  then  been  hidden  from  view, 
was  uncovered  by  the  chairman  of  the  com.nittee. 
The  conclusion  of  Prof.  Simon's  remarks  was 
followed  by  hearty  and  prolonged  applause  on 
the  part  of  the  ninety  or  one  hundred  banqueters, 
showing  that  those  present  were  in  hearty  sym- 
pathy with  the  sentiments  uttered  by  the  speaker. 
When  finally  the  applause  had  quieted,  Professor 
Caspari,  who  had  been  taken  completely  by  sur- 
prise arose  to  make  reply.  This  was  another  sig- 
nal for  even  greater  applause  and  enthu.siasm. 
The  entire  audience  rose  to  its  feet  to  do  honor  to 
the  man  of  the  hour. 

Prof.  Caspari  was  overcome  by  this  spontan- 
eous tribute  on  the  part  of  his  former  students 
and  his  present  associates  and  his  emotion  was 
plainly  visible.  He  found  it  difficult  to  find  words 
in  which  to   express   his   appreciation.     His   re- 


marks were  short  but  full  of  feeling  and  gratitude 
to  those  who  had  bestowed  upon  him  this  unex- 
pected honor.  At  the  conclusion  of  Prof.  Gas- 
pari's  remarks  the  chairman  of  the  committee 
read  several  communications  that  had  been_  re- 
ceived from  well  known  members  of  the  phar- 
maceutical profession  throughout  the  country  and 
presented  to  Prof.  Caspari  many  additional  let- 
ters and  telegrams  from  every  section  of  the 
country  which  could  not  be  read  for  want  of  time. 
All  of  these  communications  extended  to  Prof. 
Caspari  the  heartiest  congratulations  of  the  send- 
ers and  expressed  their  appreciation  of  the  work 
which  the  Professor  had  done  in  the  field  of  phar- 
macy. The  committee  had  secretly  invited  the 
son  of  Prof.  Caspari,  Dr.  Charles  E.  Caspari, 
Professor  of  Chemistry  at  the  St.  Louis  College 
of  Pharmacy,  to  be  present  at  the  banquet  and 
father  and  son  did  not  meet  until  they  faced  each 
other  at  the  banquet  table,  and  their  meeting  was 
cordial  in  the  extreme.  It  was  not  until  then 
that  Prof.  Caspari  began  to  wonder  what  was 
going  on.  Prof.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  Dean  of  the 
Faculty  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy, 
who  happened  to  be  in  Baltimore,  was  also  in- 
vited to  the  banquet  and  both  he  and  Dr.  Charles 
E.  Caspari  were  called  upon  for  addresses  during 
the  evening.  The  committee  also  presented  to 
Mrs.  Caspari  a  beautiful  bouquet  of  roses  at  her 
residence    on   Harlem    avenue. 

The  Caspari  Testimonial  will  cause  the  Ban- 
quet of  the  Alumni  Association  of  1905  t'o  stand 
forth  as  one  of  the  most  notable  events  in  the 
history  of  the  Association. 

The  following  is  an  alphabetical  list  of  the  con- 
tributors to  the  testimonial  fund,  the  individual 
contributions  being  recorded  in  the  minutes  of  the 
Alumni  Association. 

Dr.  John  Ayd,  E.  E.  Adams,  Joel  J.  Barnett, 
J.  Boone,  W.  E.  Brown,  R.  F.  Boggan,  Dr.  C. 
E.  Brack,  Dr.  H.  G.  Beck,  J.  G.  Ballow,  J.  Emory 
Bond,  Mercer  Brown,  Prof.  Daniel  Base,  A.  J. 
Corning,  T.  W.  Chelf,  Geo.  D.  Campbell,  W.  D. 
Campbell,  Dr.'D.  M.  R.  Culbreth,  H.  A.  B.  Dunn- 
ing, Jno.  S.  Donnett,  Jno.  A.  Davis,  Wm.  F. 
Dunn,  Louis  Dohme,  Chas.  E.  Dohme,  Dr.  A.  R. 
L.  Dohme,  Henry  A.  Elliott,  Columbus  V.  ErHich, 
Geo.  W.  Fifer,  W.    St.  J.    Freeman,    J,    Fi  Her 

©rovers   anO   /IBecbantcs'   IRational   JBanf?    :    : 

DO  A  BAMvIXG  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE   SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOE  RENT. 


90 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


Frames,  Chas.  H.  Goodykoontz,  J.  F.  Hancock, 
Thomas  Hanrahan,  H.  P.  Hynson,  John  Herr, 
Claude  D.  Hickman,  J.  Edwin  Hengst,  H.  1. 
Hammer,  Jas.  A.  Henderson,  J.  E.  Jones,  E.  F. 
Kelly,  Chas.  Hill  Lee,  Stephen  M.  Lee,  W.  H. 
Lotz,  W.  J.  Lowrey,  Jr.,  A.  M.  Lichtenstein,  F. 
L.  McCartney,  F.  13.  McCall,  Henry  Maisch,  D. 
R.  Millard,  W.  L.  Miller.  Samuel  Mansfield, 
Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  Dr.  Alexius  McGlannan,  Jno. 
M.  McGinnity,  N.  C.  Mules,  C.  C.  Neal,  Fuller 
Nance,  P.  Naylor,  W.  N.  Owings,  J.  P.  Piquette, 
Chas.  C.  Plitt,  Chas.  J.  Paine,  Jno.  L.  Parr,  A.  O. 
Pilson,  W.  C.  Parkhurst,  L.  D.  Pruden,  Ernest 
E.  Quandt,  Arthur  A.  Quandt,  Dr.  Thos.  L. 
Richardson,  David  W.  Rintels,  S.  L.  Robinson, 
Dr.  H.  R.  Slack,  L-  A.  Smith,  Louis  Schulze,  Dr. 
T.  C.  Smith,  August  Schrader,  Fred.  W.  Sultan, 
Prof.  Wm.  Simon,  Owen  C.  Smith,  Martin  H. 
Smith,  W.  F.  Sulzbacher,  Chas.  Schmidt,  Otto 
Schmidt,  A.  P.  Sharp,  H.  L.  Troxel,  David 
Tomb,  Ferdinand  Ulman,  Wolf  Bros.,  Thos.  A. 
Walker,  J.  G.  L.  Wolff,  Chas.  H.  Ware,  Gustav 
Woltereck,  J.  L.  Walz,  Conrad  L.  Wich,  J.  W. 
Westcott,  Murphy  Williams,  Mrs.  L.  Zapp,  E.  R. 
Zimmerman. 


SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 

The  Commencement  was  held  at  Ford's  Opera 
House,  June  5th,  at  8  P.  M.  After  prayer  by 
Rev.  J.  S.  B.  Hodges,  of  St.  Paul's  P.  E.  Church, 
and  the  reading  of  the  mandamus  by  the  Dean, 
Hon.  John  P.  Poe,  the  degrees  and  prizes  were 
conferred  with  appropriate  remarks  by  the  Pro- 
vost, Mr.  Bernard  Carter.  The  graduates  receiv- 
ing the  LLB.  were:  Philip  Stuart  Ball,  Harry 
Standish  Barry,  George  Arthur  Bayles,  William 
Graham  Bowdoin,  Jr.,  Jesse  Nicholas  Bowen,  Jr., 
Israel  Benjamin  Brodie,  James  Wallace  Bryan, 
Harry  Clark  Burgan,  Daniel  Webster  Burroughs, 
Harry  Kaganowsky  Cohen,  Barry  John  Colding, 
Robert  Alexander  Bayly  Cook,  William  Charles 
Cook,  Frederick  Worman  Cramer,  Thomas  Spen- 
cer Crane,  Andrew  Bernard  Davies,  George  Mar- 
tin Diedeman,  Ross  Miles  Diggs,  Charles  Arthur 
Eby,  Walter  Marie  Farber,  Vernon  Le  Roy  Fox- 
well,  Philip  August  Grill,  Richard  Henry  Halley, 
Stephen  Paul  Harwood,  Alfred  Cummins  Hatch, 
Ernest  Cummins  Hatch,  Elmer  James  Jones, 
Rodgers  Octavius  Knight,  Maxcy  Gregg  Latimer, 
William  Webster  Lingenfelder,  William  Henry 
Lucas,  Luther  Eugene  Mackall,  Edwin  Ham- 
mond Manning,  Jerome  Dudley  Mason,  Law- 
rence Joseph  McCormick,  Robert  Laurie  Mitch- 


ell, Emory  Wilson  Murray,  Jacob  Stoll  New, 
Gustavus  Ober,  Jr.,  Lucien  Thomas  Odend'hal, 
Frederick  William  Plaenker,  Edward  Burr  Pow- 
ell, Dudley  George  Roe,  Joshua  Wilson  Scott, 
John  Edward  Semmes,  Jr.,  William  Booth  Settle, 
John  Henry  Skeen,  Robert  Kemp  Slaughter, 
Elmer  Carleton  Smith,  Emory  Lee  Stinchcomb, 
Howard  Mcjilton  Towles,  James  Harry  Tregoe, 
John  Herbert  Waite,  Alfred  Vernon  Wall,  Edwin 
Webster  Wells,  Victor  Wilson,  Marcus  Wilton 
Wolf,  Jr.,  Joseph   Purdon  Wright. 

The  $100  prize  for  best  standing  in  examinations 
was  won  by  Emory  Lee  Stinchcomb,  97.68,  with 
honorable  mention  of  Luther  Eugene  Mackall, 
95.56 ;  Edwin  Webster  Wells,  95.54;  James  Wal- 
lace Bryan,  95,  and  Israel  Benjamin  Brodie,  95. 
the  "Thesis  prize,"  "Alumni  annual  prize,'"  was 
won  by  Israel  Benjamin  Brodie,  the  subject  of 
the  thesis  being,  "The  Extent  of  Equitable  Juris- 
diction in  Strikes  and  Lockouts."  The  thesis  of 
Luther  Eugene  Mackall  received  honorable  men- 
tion. Other  theses  considered  meritorious  were 
those  of  James  Wallace  Bryan,  Geo.  M.  Diede- 
man, Ross  M.  Diggs,  Jacob  S.  New,  John  E. 
Semmes,  Jr.  and  John  Herbert  Waite.  The  com- 
mittee for  the  examination  of  the  theses  consisted 
of  Messrs.  J.  J.  Donaldson,  D.  K.  Este  Fisher 
and  Edwin  G.  Baetjer,  of  the  Baltimore  bar.  The 
results  of  their  examination  were  not  known  until 
announced  on  the  stage.  The  address  to  the 
graduates  was  delivered  by  Mr.  George  White- 
lock  (1875)  of  the  Baltimore  bar.  [Will  appear 
in  our  next  issue.]  The  graduates  on  this  occa- 
sion for  the  first  time  wore  caps  and  gov-ns, 
which  gave  as  it  always  does  a  very  pretty  effect 
to  the  stage  and  ceremonies. 

The  banquet  followed  at  the  Stafford  Hotel. 
Mr.  J.  Harry  Tregoe  was  toastmaster  and  the  fol- 
lowing were  the  toasts  and  speakers:  "Class  of 
1905,"  John  E.  Semmes,  Jr.;  "Our  Future,"  R. 
K.  Slaughter;  "The  Legal  Profession,"  E.  L. 
Stinchcomb ;  "Law  and  Politics,"  J.  N.  Bowen , 
Jr. ;  "Temperance,"  R.  M.  Diggs ;  "Domestic  Re- 
lations," H.  S.  Barry;  "Legal  Ethics  and 
Women,"  W.  M.  Farber. 


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EUGENE  F.  CORDELL,  M.  D.  Editor. 

ASSOCIATE    EDITORS. 

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Law:    D.  W.   Burroughs,  LL.  B.; 
Dentistry:   J.  Clarence  Allen,  D.  D.  S.; 
Pharmacy :    C.  M.   Hornbrook,  Phar.  D. 


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OBITUARY. 

Clayland  Mullikin,  LL-B.,  at  Easton,  May  3, 
1905.  He  was  State's  Attorney  of  Talbot  Coun- 
ty and  much  respected  there.  All  the  banks, 
stores  and  other  places  of  business  in  the  town 
were  closed  out  of  respect  to  his  memory  during 
his  funeral. 

B.  Ashbourn  Capehart,  M.D.  (1886),  at  New 
York  City,  December  20,  1904,  aged  37,  of  heart 
disease.  He  was  a  resident  of  Washington, 
D.  C. 

John  W.  Bayne,  M.D.  (1868),  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  May  17,  1905,  suddenly,  of  disease  of  the 
throat,  aged  59.  He  was  chief  surgeon  of  Provi- 
dence Hospital  and  Professor  of  Clinical  Sur- 
gery in  Georgetown  University. 

Albert  H.  Dickinson  (1856),  a  retired  physi- 
cian of  Trappe,  Talbot  County,  Md.,  was  found 
dead  upon  the  floor  of  his  room  in  Baltimore, 
May  33.    He  was  74  years  old. 

Resolutions  passed  at  a  meeting  of  the  Wash- 
ington Association  of  the  Alumni  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland,  held  May  2nd,  1905. 

WniiRfiAS:  Dr.  B.  Ashbourn  Capehart,  a 
member  of  this  Association,  was  in  the  wisdom 
of  God  removed  from  amongst  us,  December  21st, 
1904.     Therefore,  be  it 

Resolved:  That  this  Association  hereby  ex- 
presses its  deep  regret  at  the  loss  it  has  sustained 
in  the  death  of  one  of  its  most  highly  esteemed 
members. 


Resolved:  That  the  sympathy  of  this  Associa- 
tion is  hereby  extended  to  his  family. 

Resolved:  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  bt 
spread  on  the  records  of  this  Association,  and 
that  a  copy  of  them  be  sent  to  his  widow,  and  to 
the  parent  Alumni  Association. 

E.  Omver  Belt, 

W.   N.   SOUTER, 

Monte  Grieeith, 

Committee. 

Whereas:  In  the  wisdom  of  God,  Dr.  John 

W.  Bayne,  one  of  our  most  useful  and  honored 

members,    has    been    taken    suddenly    from  oui 

midst,  be  it 

Resolved:  By  the  Washington  Branch  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land, that  we  deplore  the  premature  death  of  our 
beloved  and  distinguished  associate ;  and  be  it 
further 

Resolved:  That  in  his  death  the  City  of  Wash- 
ngton  has  lost  a  most  useful  citizen,  the  medical 
profession,  a  skilled  physician  and  surgeon,  and 
the  University  of  Maryland  an  active  and  en- 
thusiastic alumnus. 

Resolved:  That  the  sympathies  of  this  A.ssocia- 
tion  be  extended  to  the  bereaved  family,  and  that 
these  resolutions  be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of 
our  Association,  and  a  copy  of  the  same  be  jent  to 
the  parent  Alumni  Association  in  Baltimore. 

Monte  Griffith, 
G.  Wythe  Cook, 
L  S.  Stone, 

Committee. 


ITEMS. 

Dr.  James  Homer  Wright  (1893),  of  Boston, 
writes :  "I  thank  you  very  much  for  your  kind 
letter  to  me  concerning  the  Gross  Prize.  I  am 
very  proud  to  know  that  the  Alumni  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland  are  interested  in  my  success 
with  the  Prize,  and  that  they  consider  that  [  have 
reflected  credit  upon  my  Alma  Mater." — The 
summer  session  in  the  School  of  Dentistry  com- 
mences on  May  10th,  and  will  continue  until 
October  1st.— The  "Master  Hand"  of  N.  Wins- 
low  Williams,  LL.B.,  has  gone  through  four  edi- 
tions within  less  than  two  years.  It'  is  noticed 
with  high  favor  by  Dr.  Guy  Carleton  Lee,  of  the 
Sun. — Dr.  Charles  F.  Bevan  (1871),  has  been 
elected  Dean  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  Baltimore,  vice  Dr.  Thomas  Opie, 
resigned. — A  monument  erected  to  the  memory 


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UNIS^ERSITY  OF  MARYLAND,   BALTC,  MD. 

BERISTARD    CARTER    LL.    D.,    Provost, 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing State  of  58.  99th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1905.,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSET  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

24th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building. 
For  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S..  Dean, 
845  N.  Eutaw  St..  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 

36th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  1063  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  .JOHN  PRENTISS  POE,  LL.D.,  Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  62a 
Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905.  IQ  Instructors. 
New  Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPAR!,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


of  Dr.  Charles  H.  Ohr  (1834),  who  died  in  1903, 
at  the  age  of  92,  being  at  the  time  the  oldest  Past 
Grand  Master  in  the  world,  was  unveiled  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Masons  of  Maryland  at  Cumber- 
land, May  16th.  "An  illustrious  Mason,  a  skillful 
and  learned  physician,  a  faithful  and  loyal  public 
servant,  and  honest,  patriotic  and  dutiful  citizen." 
— At  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Conference  of 
State  and  Provincial  Boards  of  Health  of  North 
America,  held  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Dr.  Richard 
H. 'Lewis  (1871),  of  Raleigh,  N.  C,  was  elected 
President  and  Dr.  John  S.  Fulton  (1881),  of  Bal- 
timore, Secretary. — Hon.  John  P.  Poe,  Dean  of 
our  Law  School  delivered  an  eloquent  a<ldress 
■at-  the  unveiling  of  the  memorial  window  in  the 
Confederate  Museum  at  Richmond,  Va.,  May  13. 
— At  the  spring  meeting  of  the  General  Alumni 
Association  held  May  25th,  a  Committee  on  Cen- 
tennial was  created  "to  provide  for  an  nppro- 
priate  participation  by  the  Association  in  the  Cen- 
tennial Celebration  of  the  University  in  1907,  and 
with  that  purpose  in  view  to  co-operate  with  any 
similar  committee  from  other  associations  or  de- 
partments of  the  University." — The  following 
LTniversity  men  have  been  appointed  on  the  staff 
of  St.  Joseph's  Hospital,  Baltimore :  Drs.  J.  M. 
Lynch  (1904),  Sydenham  Rush  Clarke  (1905), 
Elmer  H.  Adkins   (1905),  H.  C.  Irwin   (1905), 


H.  E.  Ashbury  (1903),  E.  L.  Crutchfield  (1887), 
Francis  E.  Brown  (1893),  and  M.  J.  Cromwell 
(1894).— Dr.  A.  D.  McConachie  (1890)  has  been 
appointed  Consulting  Ophthalmic  Surgeon  at  the 
Church  Home  and  Infirmary,  vice  Dr.  Russell 
Murdoch,  deceased. — Dr.  Thoma's  C.  Baldwin 
(1894)  who  practiced  for  several  years  at  White- 
hill,  Baltimore  County,  but  now  practices  at 
York,  Pa.,  has  been  made  Health  Commissioner 
of  that  city  and  also  of  West  York  and  Spring 
Garden  Township. — The  Board  of  Medical  Ex- 
aminers of  Marjdand  will  hold  the  regular  spring 
examinations  at  Lehmann's  Hall,  in  Baltimore. 
June  21-24.  No  appHcations  will  be  received 
after  June  14th. — The  State  Board  of  Law  Ex- 
aminers will  conduct  the  examination  of  appli- 
cants for  admission  to  the  bar  in  the  Hall  of  the 
School  of  Law  of  this  LTniversity,  June  15th  and 
16th,  at  10  A.  M.  Applications  must  be  made 
by  June  5th.— Mr.  H.  P.  Hill,  Manager,  an- 
nounces the  programme  of  games  of  football  for 
next  season — October  and  November.  There  will 
be  a  northern  trip  and  some  of  the  foremost  col- 
lege teams  will  be  encountered.  Home  games 
will  be  played  at  Bartlett,  Hayward  &  Co.'s  new 
field.  W.  Blank  is  Captain. — ^Edgar  H.  Gans, 
LL.B.,  left  for  Europe,  May  27.  He  will  spend 
the  summer  mostly   in  Austria. 


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ADDRESS  OF  GEORGE    WHiTELOCK,  ESQ., 

To  the  graduating  class  of  the  Law  School  of  the 

University  of  Maryland. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Graduating  Class: 

In  this  presence  I  span  in  imagination  a  period 
of  thirty  years  since  Severn  Teackle  Wallis,  then 
Provost  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  presented 
to  me  a  diploma  conferring  the  degree  which  you 
have  just  received,  and  I  extend  to  you,  my 
younger  brethren  in  the  law,  the  warm  hand  of 
fellowship.  My  belief  in  the  immortality  of  youth 
has  been  rudely  shattered,  for  my  contemporar- 
ies are  occupants  of  seats  on  the  Supreme  Bench 
of  Baltimore  city,  the  successful  advisers  of  im- 
mense corporations,  distinguished  advocates  at 
the  Bar  of  Maryland,  officials  of  high  station, 
trustees  of  noble  institutions  of  learning,  and 
leaders  of  thought  in  this  g!reat  community, 
which  itself,  like  the  Supreme  Bench,  has  nearly 
doubled  in  numbers  from  the  day  on  which  we 
were  called  to  the  Bar. 

A  whole  generation  has,  indeed,  passed  away 
since  we  sat  upon  the  stage  where  you  now  sit. 
Only  two  practitioners  still  appear  before  the  courts 
of  your  city  who  were  fifty  years  of  age  on  com- 
mencement day  of  our  class.  No  single  Maryland 
judge  is  upon  the  Bench  who  was  there  in  the 
years  of  my  apprenticeship.  The  voices  of  John- 
son and  Steele,  of  Wallis  and  Marshall  are 
hushed  forever.  First  Bartol,  then  Alvey,  and 
last  of  all  Robinson,  have  vacated  the  chief  seat 
in  the  Maryland  Court  of  Appeals.  One-half  of 
my  own  class  have  relinquished  the  law,  or  have 
already  sought  the  undiscovered  country  from 
whose  bourne  no  traveler  returns.  The  Dean  of 
your  Faculty  is  the  sole  active  professor  who  in 
1875  lectured  in  this  institution.  T  say  active, 
for  I  have  not  forgotten  the  course  of  lectures  on 
jurisprudence  given  early  in  this  year  by  that  in- 
carnation of  learning,  militarv,  mathematical, 
theological  and  legal,  whom  the  boys  of  two  gen- 
erations have  known  and  loved  as  the  "Major," 
and  who  tausfht  many  distinsfuished  s-sns  of 
Marvland  to  Hsn  in  the  numbers,  of  the  law  of  real 
nropertv  until  the  numbers  came.  Must  Venable. 
indeed,  become  an  emeritus  ? 


[Here  follow  some  words  of  greeting  to  the 
"young  barristers."  Various  opinons  which  have 
been  expressed  of  lawyers  are  then  given.  After 
speaking  of  the  academic  method  of  training  for 
the  bar  and  the  changes  which  have  taken  place 
in  it  in  the  last  twenty-five  years,  the  speaker 
proceeds:] 

In  the  same  quarter  of  a  century,  the  legal  bib- 
liography of  Maryland  has  greatly  expanded, 
and  the  professors  and  alumni  of  this  Univer- 
sity have  contributed  their  full  share  to  the  mass 
of  literature  of  the  law.  Phelps'  Juridical  Equity, 
Venable's  Syllabus  of  the  Law  of  Real  Property, 
Cans'  Digest  of  Criminal  Law,  Brantly's  Law  of 
Contracts,  Miller's  Equity  Procedure,  Harlan's 
Domestic  Relations,  Brantly's  and  Perkins'  Edi- 
tions of  the  Maryland  Reports,  France's  Ele- 
ments of  Corporation  Law,  may  be  mentioned  as 
noteworthy  examples.  As  I  read  the  titles. of 
these  books  I  am  reminded  of  the  great  and  last- 
ing indebtedness  which  I,  in  common  with  all 
Maryland  lawyers,  owe  to  the  erudition  and  self- 
sacrificing  industry  of  the  authors.  To  attempt 
to  discriminate  would  be  invidious  where  all  is 
so  meritorious,  and  I  can  only  tender  to  each  of 
them  this  acknowledgment  of  my  profound  ap- 
preciation. But  I  have  not  overlooked  Mr.  John 
Prentiss  Poe,  whose  marvelous  fecundity  has 
found  expression  continually  from  1880  to  1905 
in  books  of  Pleading  and  of  Practice,  and  in  cod- 
ifications and  recodifications  of  our  statutes,  en- 
titling him  to  the  gratitude  of  the  profession  and 
to  the  signal  honor  of  having  probably  contrib- 
uted more  to  the  development  of  the  law  of  the 
State  than  any  other  man  now  living.  He  has 
suffered  no  other  claims  to  diminish  his  cease- 
less activity  in  this  field  of  research  and  author- 
ship and  even  the  Baltimore  conflagration,  which 
consumed  a  whole  new  edition  of  the  Code,  serv- 
ed only  to  enlist  his  courage  in  fresh  efiforts 
speedily  productive  of  a  new  edition  superior  to 
the  edition  destroyed. 

[Next  the  changes  in  legal  phenomena  and 
practice  and  in  business  methods  characterizing 
the  last  thirty  years  are  adverted  to.  An  intel- 
lectual ideal  is  upheld — anti-commercialism — anti- 


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materialism.  The  goal  of  professional  attain- 
ment must  be  followed  with  undeviating  deter- 
mination. The  orator  continues  with  some  wise 
advice  to  the  graduates:] 

For  it  is  now  as  in  the  time  of  Chief  Justice 
Fortesque,  the  strenuous  days,  the  long  vigils, 
the  lucubrations  of  twenty  years  which  build  up 
capacity.  Preserve,  then,  your  thirst  for  knowl- 
edge, and  remember  that  power  ceases  in  the  in- 
stant of  repose.  Recreation  and  physical  exer- 
cise are,  of  course,  as  essential  as  work.  Sana 
mens  in  corpore  sano,  is  still  the  principle  of  life. 
Every  one  of  you  needs  outside  of  his  daily  rou- 
tine what  the  Germans  call  a  liebhaberei,  and 
Amercians  less  elegantly  designate  as  a  "hobby." 
In  a  field  of  endless  versatility  all  collateral 
knowledge  will  be  of  value,  but  you  can  have  but 
one  life  ambition.  To  the  goal  of  professional  at- 
tainment you  must  direct  your  course  with  unde- 
viating determination.  Concentrate,  then,  on  your 
chosen  profession,  and  as  the  Veda  says,  let  one- 
pointedness  of  mind  be  the  watchword.  Study 
persistently,  study  according  to  the  scientific 
method  and  in  the  spirit  of  advanced  research 
which  you  have  already  acquired.  Digest  the 
decisions  of  the  Maryland  Court  of  Appeals  and 
of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  as  the  ad- 
vance sheets  appear,  and  digest  them  so  that  you 
grasp  the  controlling  principles.  In  these  early 
days  when  time  is  yours,  and  the  shadows  still 
fall  to  the  westward,  read  treatises  of  the  law, 
learn  the  Code  of  your  State  and  prepare  articles 
for  the  legal  journals.  Determine  to  devot°  to 
these  enterprises  two  particular  nights  a  week 
at  the  Bar  Library,  and  you  will  never  regret 
the  resolution.  If  you  are.  contemplating  matri- 
mony, get  the  law  Library  into  the  contract. 
Make  thoroughness  and  completeness  the  rule  of 
your  conduct,  and  as  you  labor,  do  so  with  the 
receptivity  wh'ch  welcomes  the  new  truth.  It  is 
the  mediaeval  attitude  of  work  and  prayer — La- 
boremus  et  oremus. 

Said  the  stately  Wallis  to  your  predecessors : 
"Next  to  self-possession  and  self-control,  the 
working  quality  which  will  stand  you  most  in 
stead,  is  clearness  of  mind  and  speech.  Whether 
the  stream  be  deep  or  shallow,  it  matters  little 
what  golden  sands  lie  in  the  bed,  if  men  cannot 
be  made  to  see  them.  Clearness  of  statement  can 
hardly  be  without  clearness  and  directness  of 
thought.  This  last,  perhaps,  is  commonly  a  gift  of 
nature,  but  there  are  few  good  minds  in  which  dis- 
cipline and  use  will,  not  breed  a  habit  of  it.    It  is 


not  given,  as  we  know,  to  all  men,  to  be  eloquent, 
or  great,  or  very  wise,  but  he  whose  mind  goes 
straight  to  its  own  purpose  and  conclusions,  and 
can  light  the  minds  of  other  men  along  its,  pro- 
cesses as  with  the  light  of  perfect  day,  has,  as  an 
advocate,  as  little  reason  as  the  best  to  rail  at 
fortune." 

And  here  another  word  of  caution.  Do  not, 
regardless  of  intrinsic  merit  and  for  the  mere 
sake  of  appearing  in  court,  take  every  case  that 
is  offered  to  you,  for  there  will  be  many  which 
clients  know  that  older  lawyers  would  not  ac- 
cept, but  master  the  facts  and  law  of  every  suit 
in  which  you  are  actually  engaged  as  counsel, 
whether  for  the  plaintiff  or  defendant,  and  above 
all,  try  your  own  cases,  and,  if  necessary,  with- 
out reward,  the  cases  of  any  honorable  lawyer 
who  will  permit  you.  Self-reliance  is  the  key- 
note to  your  success,  and,  as  Thackeray  observes, 
in  every  great  crisis  of  life  we  must  necessarily, 
stand  alone.  Adopt  the  maxim  of  Moltke :  "First 
reflect,  then  dare" — and  while  you  should  not  in- 
vite defeat,  do  not  fear  it,  for  defeat  is  the  sur- 
est means  of  instruction,  and  with  honor  main- 
tained, your  very  opponents  will  say  gloria  victis. 

,Strengthen  memory  by  fixing  in  your  minds 
both  dates  and  references  to  authorities,  and 
learn  to  think,  and  to  think  independently, 
and  refrain  from  consulting  your  seniors  as  to 
what  the  law  is  until  you  have  first  thoroughly 
investigated  for  yourselves.  One  legal  fact 
gleaned  by  the  attrition  of  independent  research 
is  worth  as  a  contribution  to  your  development, 
a  dozen  which  another  man  casually  tells  you. 
Perform  promptly  and  vigorously  the  duty  which 
is  obvious  and  immediate,  and  clients  and  suc- 
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or  narrow  views  of  life,  and,  for  the  sake  of  pres- 
ent advantage,  sacrifice  a  greater  future.    Do  not 
confound  the  ephemeral  with  that  which  is  eter- 
nal, the  local  with  that  which  is  universal,  the 
fortuitous  with  that  which  is  necessary  and  im- 
mutable.   And  do  not  permit  yourselves  to  regard 
the  purely  provincial  and  archaic  as  invariably 
good  because  it  is  yours.     In  short,  be  not  liloe 
Sordello,  who  from  his  breezy  parapet  might  look 
toward  Mantua,  but  could  not  perceive  the  broad- 
er life  across  the  near  horizon : 
"Beyond  the  glades 
On  the  fir  l!orest"s  border  and  the  vim 
Of  the  low  range  of  monutains  was  for  him 
No  other  world." 

It  has  been  solemnly  adjudicated  that  your  first 
duty  is  to  the  administration  of  justice,  and  you 
are  undoubtedly  priests  of  the  temple,  but  your 
obligation  to  the  court  will  permit  you  to  serve 
your  own  clients  with  devotion.  You  must  be  a 
part,  too,  of  the  sentient,  practical-  life  of  the 
community,  in  touch  with  its  pulsation  and  pro- 
gress, for  with  all  your  activity,  you  will  need 
friends  within  and  without  the  professional  circle, 
and  to  gain  friends,  be  friendly.  You  will  ac- 
cording to  the  legal  maxim  be  known  by  your  as- 
sociates. If  Schiller,  noblest  of  German  poets, 
is  to  be  believed,  industry  and  friendship  are  the 
only  ideals  which  will  assuredly  stand  by  you 
until  the  Blind  Fury  with  the  abhorred  shears 
shall  slit  the  thin-spun  life. 

Since  I  received  my  degree,  the  Bar  Associa- 
tions have  become  potent  factors  in  promoting  an 
esprit-de-corps  among  us,  and  I  advise  3'ou,  as 
you  become  eligible,  to  join  those  of  your  city. 
State  and  country,  for  there  you  will  draw  in- 
spiration from  men  who  already  honor  the  pro- 
fession, and  who  have  traveled  the  road  which 
you  must  inevitably  follow.  The  truth  that  at- 
mosphere is  conducive  to  development,  can  be 
established  by  the  testimony  of  friends  in  this 
audience,  who  cherish  with  me  the  memory  of 
London's  munificent  hospitality  at  the  Interna- 
tional Banquet  of  Lawyers  in  the  historic  Middle 
Temple. 

It  is  the  mission  of  the  law  to  preserve  society. 
Cultivate,  then,  the  amenities.  Acquire  the  civic 
graces  exemplified  in  Horace  himself,  the  son 
of  an  emancipated  slave,  but  the  veriest  gentle- 
man among  the  Latin  poets.  To  these  graces, 
ancient  Romans  applied  collectively,  the  noun 
''Urbanity,''  while  modern  Gauls  esteem  them 
peculiarly  "Parisian."  Maintain  the  respect  for 
the  courts  which  is  essential  to  the  administra- 


tion of  justice — venerate  the  sages.  If  you  are 
tempted  to  adopt  from  a  high  medical  authority 
the  creed  of  early  retirement  from  practice,  re- 
member that  Marshall,  the  great  chief  justice, 
died  in  ofiice  at  eighty ;  that  Taney,  his  succes- 
sor, was  eighty-seven  when  his  judicial  labors 
closed ;  that  John  Quincy  Adams  was  eighty- 
one  at  his  death  in  the  National  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives;  that  Reverdy  Johnson  at  a  like 
age  was  in  attendance  on  the  Court  of  Appeals  at 
Annapolis  when  he  answered  "adsum"  to  the  last 
summons ;  that  William  Pinkney  White,  the 
Nestof  of  our  Bar,  has  counted  the  frosts  of  four 
score  years,  but  is  still  performing  the  duties  of 
an  arduous  avocation  with  vigor  of  mind  and 
youth  of  heart  which  defy  the  cynic  time  and  ver- 
ify the  words  of  the  poet,  that : 

"Nothing  is  too  late 
Till  the  tired  heart  shall  cease  to  palpitate. 
And  as  the  evening  twilight  fades  away 
The  sky  is  filled  with  stars  invisible  by  day." 
In  this  era  of  specialization,  whether  you  will 
it  or  not,  each  of  you  will  obey  the  law  of  his  be- 
ing, and  will  come  to  devote  himself  to  that  par- 
ticular field  of  activity  to  which  he  is  adapted.    I 
reiterate  to  you  the  words  of  the  accomplished 
Wallis,  addressed  to  the  class  of  1872 : 

"History,"  he  said,  "has  no  record  of  an  advo- 
cate whose  genius  and  culture  were  above  his 
office.  Your  profession  calls  upon  you  for  no 
sacrifice  of  your  best  gift  and  powers.  There  is 
room  for  all  of  them  within  it,  unless  pedantry 
has  the  making  of  its  pale.  There  is  scope  in  it  for 
fancy  and  her  nobler  sister  imagination.  There 
is  room  for  all  literature,  all  science  and  every 
liberal  art.  There  is  field  for  wit  and  humor,  for 
taste  and  grace — for  all  that  is  splendid  in  the 
mastery  of  eloquence — all  that  can  influence  the 
human  mind  and  penetrate  and  control  the 
human  heart." 

And  I  point  you  severally  to  the  maxim  of 
Bishop  Bloughram :    "Best  be  yourself,  imperial, 

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plain  and  true."  Every  one  of  you  who  has  taken 
this  stringent  course  in  law  has  some  "trium- 
phant superiority"  sufficient  for  a  marked  success, 
and  none  of  you  could,  even  if  he  chose,  be  any- 
one but  himself.  You  must  learn,  then,  the  great 
principle  of  the  distribution  of  faculty,  and  you 
will  learn,  too,  your  own  limitations.  Your  class- 
mates already  know  them,  and  everyone  else  will 
soon  be  acquainted  with  them.  You  will  neces- 
sarily find  yourselves  concentrating.  Hear  upon 
this  proposition  the  words  of  the  seer  of  Con- 
cord :  "There  is  a  time  in  every  man's  education 
when  he  arrives  at  the  conviction  that  envy  is  ig- 
norance ;  that  imitation  is  suicide ;  that  he  must 
take  himself  for  better,  for  worse,  as  his  portion ; 
that  though  the  wide  universe  is  full  of  good,  no 
kernel  of  nourishing  corn  can  come  to  him  but 
through  the  toil  bestowed  on  that  plot  of  ground 
which  is  given  to  him  to  till." 

Now,  my  young  brethren,  you  may  select  the  se- 
questered field  of  office  practice,  or  the  authorship 
of  professional  books  or  of  contributions  to  legal 
periodicals,  the  promoting  of  industrial  enter- 
prises, or  in  the  forum,  whether  before  judge  or 
jury,  you  may,  in  appeal  to  intellect  or  to  emotion, 
acquire  the  balmy  breath  of  eloquence  which  al- 
most persuades  justice  to  break  her  sword.  But 
in  whatever  part  of  the  vineyard  you  labor,  there 
need  be  no  fear  of  the  fate  of  A^istides,  that  you 
will  be  banished  because  people  tire  of  hearing  you 
called  "the  just,"  as  you  may  see  from  the  printed 
memorial  of  that  great  lawyer  James  C.  Carter, 
of  the  New  York  Bar,  of  which  I  now  present  to 
each  of  you  a  printed  copy  inscribed  with  your 
names. 

There  are  many  problems  of  reform  to  which  I 
might  direct  your  attention,  and  to  the  solution  of 
which  you  would  gladly  dedicate  yourselves  with 
an  enthusiasm  greater  than  that  which  you  would 
feel  later.  There  are,  for  instance,  the  revision 
of  our  corporation  and  tax  laws,  the  rule  of 
unanimity  of  the  jury,  the  law's  loss  of  power 
at  many  points.  But  for  the  moment  let  us  leave 
the  inauguration  of  reform  to  older  and  wiser 
heads. 

Ah !  There  again  is  the  eternal  dilemma — "if 
)outh  but  knew — if  age  but  could:"  "si  jeunesse 
savait,  si  viellesse  pouvait,"  say  the  French.  And 
your  present  attitude  is  wisely  that  of  patience 
and  of"  acceptance  and  gratittide  for  every  contri- 
bution to  your  knowledge,  no  matter  how  rude 
the  rebuff  by  which  the  knowledge  comes.  The 
man  who  is  growing  and  developing  will  always 


be  grateful,  says  Goethe,  and  he  states  it  without 
tlie  paraphrase  of  translation:  "Ein  Werdener 
wird  immer  dankbar  sein." 

Justice  is  said  to  be  blind.  Be  this  as  it  may, 
she  is  tenacious  (justitia  tenax),  and  too  fre- 
quently halt,  and  law's  delay,  a  crying  abuse 
even  before  Runnymede,  and  sufficient  cause  for 
suicide  in  Hamlet's  distraught  brain,  is  often  in- 
sufferable .  here  and  now.  In  a  short  tmre  you 
will,  of  course,  undertake  the  abolition  of  this 
grievance.  And  when  you  do — peace  to  your 
ashes !  But  meanwhile,  and  in  spite  ot  it,  jusucc 
remains,  as  Webster  magnificently  asserted,  the 
great  interest  of  mankind  on  earth,  and  the  dis- 
tinguished jurists,  have  throughout  the  ages, 
shared  only  with  the  military  chieftains,  the  su- 
preme adoration  of  the  people.  The  very  tyrants 
from  Solon  to  Napoleon,  have  aspired  to  be  law- 
givers. Justinian's  mighty  reign  was  resplend- 
ent with  martial  glory;  he  patronized  manufac- 
tures, agriculture  and  commerce ;  he  adorned 
Constantinople  and  the  whole  Eastern  Empire 
with  stately  buildings ;  he  reconstructed  in  his 
capital  the  magnificent  Cathedral  of  St.  Sophia, 
which  the  first  Christian  Emperor  had  dedicated 
to  the  Divine  Wisdom. 

His  ambition  unsatisfied,  Justinian  codified  and 
digested  the  laws,  and  his  imperishable  fame  rests 
today,  not  on  achievements  in  war  or  architec- 
ture, but  on  the  Corpus  Juris  Civilis.  His  long 
life's  work  acomplished,  the  imperial  codifier 
found  his  last  rest  by  the  Church  of  the  Holy 
Apostles  on  the  shores  of  the  Golden  Horn.  No 
human  eye  had  then  foreseen  the  fiery  crescent 
of  Mahomet  above  the  cross  of  Constantine.  No 
human  ear  had  then  foreheard  the  call  of  the  mu- 
ezzin invoking  the  Moslem  to  pray  in  the  Mosque 
of  Mahmoud,  built  on  the  law-giver's  tomb.     No 

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human  voice  had  then  foretold  the  fate  of  the 
emperor's  code  or  digest. 

But  when  Justinian  had  slumbered  six  hundred 
years,  and  the  light  of  learning  scarce  flickered 
on  the  earth,  the  predatory  Pisans  discovered  at 
Amalfi,  and  carried  back  to  Tuscany,  a  manu- 
script of  the  precious  Pandects,  replete  with  the 
principles  of  that  universal  law  which  is  "laid  up 
in  the  bosom  of  God."  Declared  by  the  ancient 
jurists,  their  ten  thousand  precepts  had  formed 
the  substructure  of  Roman  Society. 

And  the  resumption  of  the  study  of  that  mar- 
velous legal  compendium  was  the  precursor  of  the 
renaissance  three  centuries  later  and  the  civili- 
zation of  modern  Europe  rests  on  its  eternal  and 
immutable  doctrines  today. 

Napoleon,  with  keen  insight,  recognizing  a 
profound  historic  truth,  predicted  that  he,  too, 
would  be  remembered  by  a  code  when  the  names 
of  Austerlitz  and  Friedland,  of  Marengo  and 
Jena  should  be  effaced  from  the  Arch  of  Tri- 
umph, and  all  his  victories  be  obliterated  from 
human  memory. 

The  Psalmist  sang  a  thousand  years  before 
the  Christian  Era:  "Justice  and  judgment  are 
the  habitation  of  Thy  Throne."  The  Grjeco- 
Roman  myth  portrayed  Astraia  or  Justitia,  of 
pure  Olympian  lineage,  dwelling  on  earth  in  the 
Golden  Age  and  now  shining  as  a  Virgin  Deity 
in  the  heavens,  whence  she  has  fled  from  the 
crimes  of  the  world  below. 

Christ  proclaimed  the  Golden  Rule.  And 
Tribonian  and  his  collaborators  on  the  institutes, 
transmuting  a  sublime  theological  dogma  into 
an  exalted  legal  definition,  affirmed  in  the  very 
first  line  of  their  treatise  that  justice  is  the  con- 
stant and  perpetual  desire  to  render  to  every  one 
his  own.  (Justitia  est  constans  est  perpetua  vol- 
untas jus  suum  cuique  tribuens.)  Hamilton  said 
that  justice  is  the  end  of  Government;  Chateau- 
briand called  it  the  bread  of  the  nation,  for 
which,  he  said,  it  is  always  hungry,  and  Webster, 
addressing  the  Bench  and  Bar  of  Boston,  as  the 
bells  tolled  Storey's  requiem,  having,  as  already 
stated,  declared  that  justice  is  the  great  interest 
of  mankind  on  earth,  further  remarked : 

"It  is  the  ligament  which  holds  civilized  beings 
and  civilized  nations  together.  Wherever  her 
temple  stands,  and  so  long  as  it  is  duly  honored, 
there  is  the  foundation  for  social  security,  general 
happiness  and  improvement  and  the  progress  of 
our  race,  and  whoever  labors  on  this  edifice  with 
usefulness    and    distinction,    whoever    clears    its 


foundations,  strengthens  its  pillars,  and  adorns  its 
entablatures,  or  contributes  to  raise  its  august 
dome  still  higher  in  the  skies,  connects  himself  in 
name  and  fame  and  character  with  that  which  is 
and  must  be  as  durable  as  the  frame  of  human 
society." 

To  this  work,  young  gentlemen,  you  have  com- 
mitted yourselves.  As  you  seek  to  perform  it, 
remember  the  motto  of  our  Alma  Mater,  "Cres- 
co  Merendo,"  which  is  true,  for  it  is  only  by  de- 
serving that  you  can  grow. 

NURSES  TRAINING  SCHOOL,  UNIVERSITY 
HOSPITAL. 

The  Commencement  took  place  in  the  Nurses' 
Hall  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Hospital,  May  10. 
The  room  was  decorated  with  flowers  and  green- 
ery, and  was  crowded  with  physicians,  nurses 
and  friends.  The  twelve  nurses  who  received 
diplomas  were  dressed  in  pure  white  and  each 
wore  a  bouquet  of  flowers*  of  the  same  color. 
Their  names  were :  Nellie  Rives  Ferrell,  Va. ; 
Nellie  Harrison  Hilliard,  N.  C. ;  Ruth  Rozalia 
Kuhn,  Md. ;  Dora  lola  Brosenne,  Md. ;  Carlotta 
Lee  Schaefer,  Md. ;  Leila  Griffith  Owings,  Md. ; 
Eleanor  Virginia  Gildea,  Va. ;  Lila  Holmes  Tren- 
holm,  Md. ;  Letty  Terry  Jones,  Va. ;  Elizabeth 
Richards  Bayley,  Pa. ;  Millicent  Geare,  Md. ;  Mar- 
gerett  Brand  Cowling,  Mass.  Prayer  was  of- 
fered by  Rev.  J.  S.  B.  Hodges,  S.T.D.,  of  St. 
Paul's  P.  E.  Church.  A  poem  was  read  by  Mrs. 
Sidney  Turner.  The  diplomas  were  delivered 
by  Prof.  R.  Dorsey  Coale,  Dean  of  the  School  of 
Medicine.  The  address  to  the  graduates  was 
made  by  Isaac  Lobe  Strauss,  LL.B.,  of  the  Bal- 
timore bar.  After  speaking  of  the  honor  of  being 
connected  with  an  institution  of  the  glorious  tra- 
ditions and  history  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land, Mr.  Strauss  in  his  fine  style  spoke  of  the 
art  of  nursing  as  follows : 

With  progress  in  medicine  and  surgery,  a  cor- 
responding advance  has  inevitably  ensued  in  the 
methods  and  necessities  of  nursing  the  sick.  It 
would  not  be  correct  to  say  that  a  radical  change 
has  thus  been   made  in  the  art  of  nursing,  be- 

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cause  until  relatively  recent  times  there  was  no 
such  art.  The  art  of  the  graduated  and  registered 
nurse. is  of  recent  origin.  It  has  been  newly  bom, 
the  offspring,  mainly,  of  the  advanced  concep- 
tions, methods  and  needs  which  now  obtain  in  the 
practice  and  the  profession  of  treating  and  heal- 
ing the  sick. 

Until  recently  certain  moral  and  physical  quali- 
ties, a  kind  and  sympathetic  disposition,  patience 
and  fidelity,  bodily  endurance  and  strength  were 
regarded  as  the  chief  qualifications  of  a  good 
nurse,  and  she  was  usually  found  in  the  patient's 
family  or  in  the  person  of  a  kind  neighbor  or 
friend.  Today  intelligent  and  humane  mankind 
hails  the  epoch  when  the  art  of  nursing  takes  its 
place  among  the  learned  and  scientific  profes- 
sions as  a  formal  auxiliary  to  the  doctor  and 
surgeon  in  his  delicate  and  responsible  tasks.  It 
is  gratifying  to  note  that  the  last  General  As- 
sembly of  Maryland  placed  among  the  statutes 
of  the  State  an  ample  recognition  of  this  fact  and 
threw  around  the  profession  which  it  thus  ac- 
knowledged the  panoply  of  legal  authority  and 
protection.    *    *    *    *    *    =i= 

I  think  I  hazard  little,  even  in  the  presence  of 
this  learned  auditory,  when  I  venture  the  asser- 
tion that  the  very  nature  of  the  advance  of  medi- 
cal science,  its  present  state,  its  present  point  of 
view,  its  present  agencies  and  weapons,  both  of- 
fensive and  defensive,  in  dealing  with  disease, 
have  rendered  the  technically  educated  woman, 
devoting  herself  to  nursing  as  a  profession,  an  in- 
dispensable factor  in  its  triumphs  and  successes. 

There  is  still  another  class  of  qualities  which 
I  .think  it  is  important  for  you  to  cultivate  in 
your  profession,  but  which  do  not  belong  alto- 
gether to  either  of  the  classes  already  referred 
to.  They  are  rather  personal  accomplishments 
than  part  of  the  essentially  intellectual  and  moral 
character.  It  is  important,  I  think,  for  the  nurse 
to  develop  a  certain  versatility  in  her  tastes  and 
interests. 

Called  into  households  and  families  of  every 
class  and  kind,  to  be  at  her  best  she  must  be  ad- 
justable. I  won't  say  that  like  the  chameleon  she 
must  take  her  hue  from  the  air  she  breathes,  but 
she  should  free  herself  from  narrowness  and  pro- 
vincialism and  prepare  for  adaptation  to  the  vary- 
ing environments  'she  successively  enters.  She 
must  be  ready  to  meet  with  imperturbability  the 
coarse  person,  who,  when  asked  about  resting 
or  sleeping  arrangements;  replies  with  arms 
akimbo :  "Rest !  Sleep !  Why  I  thought  you  were 
a  trained  nurse !" 


And  this  leads  me  to  another  i\atter,  and  I 
hardly  think  I  overstate  the  case  wlvn  I  call  it 
a  sine  qua  non  to  the  successful  employment  of 
your  training  and  science.  I  mean  the  use  of 
tact  in  the  sickroom.  Significant  in  every  avoca- 
tion of  life  its  efficacy  is  multiplied  a  thousaud- 
fold  in  the  presence  of  the  weak  and  the  despond- 
ent. And  the  more  intelligent  your  patient  the 
more  important  the  use  of  tact  becomes. 

Every  intelligent  physician  and  nurse  must 
feel  that  when  he  or  she  is  treating  the  sick  the 
imagination  is  being  dealt  with  as  much  as  the 
affected  physical  parts.  A  word,  a  look,  the 
slightest  gesture  convey  messages  fraught  with 
deep  moment  to  this  most  quick  and  sensitive 
faculty  of  the  mind.  And  those  messages  may 
be  potent  in  their  effects. 

I  may  bo  going  too  far.  lint  I  think  a  bright 
happy,  unclouded  demeanor  in  the  sickro.iri  '..■: 
wrrth  more,  in  ti.e  vast  majority  -if  cases,  to  the 
patient  than  all  the  drugs  in  the  pharmacopoeia. 
There  is  a  world  of  truth  in  the  old  saying  that 
the  arrival  of  a  "Merry  Andrew"  in  a  town  is 
more  beneficial  to  the  health  of  the  inhabitants 
than  20  mules  loaded  with  medicine. 


OUR  PROFESSORS  EMERITUS. 

II. 

By  I.  S.  Stone,  M.D.  Read  before  the  Alumni 
Association  of  Washington,  D.  C,  May  2d,  1905. 
Abstract. 

Dr.  George  Warner  Miltenberger  was  born 
in  Baltimore,  March  17,  1S19,  of  parents  who 
had  descended  from  former  generations  of  Balti- 
more and  Philadelphia  ancestors.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Boisseau  Academy,  a  celebrated  school 
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brother,  where  he  graduated  with  the  highest 
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at  the  University  of  Virginia,  where  he  studied 
in  1835  and  6.  He  obtained  his  degree  of  M.D.  at 
the  University  of  Maryland  in  1840.  That  he 
was  a  good  student  and  had  attracted  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Faculty  is  beyond  doubt  for  he  was 
unexpectedly  elected  demonstrator  of  anatomy, 
a  mark  of  distinct  merit,  especially  as  he  had 
expressed  no  desire  to  obtain  such  a  distinction. 
His  attention  to  his  duties  and  his  early  manifes- 
tation of  a  desire  to  improve  his  own  mind  and  to 
assist  in  scientific  teaching,  soon  resulted  in  addi- 
tional honor  and  responsibility,  and  he  was  ap- 
pointed lecturer  on  Pathological  Anatomy  in  1847. 
During  these  years  and  for  some  time  longer  he 
had  a  large  quiz  class  and  also  a  surgical  service  in 
the  hospital.  It  would  seem  that  the  Faculty 
reserved  our  friend  for  any  emergency,  for  when 
a  vacancy  occurred  in  these  his  younger  days, 
ililtenberger  was  made  to  fill  the  breach,  and  thus 
he  taught  almost  everything,  and  filled  with  equal 
ability  almost  every  position  in  the  Faculty,  "lay- 
ing," as  Dr.  Wm.  T.  Howard  says,  "broad  and 
deep,  the  foundations  of  solid  attainments  in  the 
branches  of  medicine  as  then  taught." 

[Dr.  Stone  here  describes  a  recent  visit  to  Dr. 
JM.  at  his  home  in  Baltimore.  His  nephew  as- 
sisted him  down  the  stairway  and  it  was  sad  to 
see  his  once  stalwart  form  bent  by  time  and  long 
suffering.  But  as  he  brightened  up  one  could 
easily  recall  the  old  familiar  tones  and  gestures. 
He  spoke  of  early  professional  days  and  of  a 
severe  attack  of  septicaemia  which  nearly  cost 
him  his  life.  His  reference  to  his  associates  was 
invariably  kindly  and  couched  in  terms  of  praise. 
He  made  lovable  mention  of  Power,  of  Chew,  of 
the  Bucklers,  of  N.  R.  Smith  and  of  the  brilliant 
Frick.  Asked  if  Smith  was  not  autocratic  he 
replied  that  he  was  too  big  a  man  to  nurse  malice 
against  any  one.  He  described  interestingly  an 
epidemic  of  typhus  fever  that  occurred  while  he 
was  an  interne  in  the  hospital ;  also  the  part  that 
he  took  in  the  contest  between  the  trustees  and 
regents,  when  he  seized  the  janitor's  building  and 
locked  that  official  out.] 

In  18-49,  he  was  appointed  attending  physician 
to  the  Balto.  City  and  County  Almshouse,  and  in 
1852  he  succeeded  Dr.  Samuel  Chew  in  the  Chair 
of  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics  still  retain- 
ing pathological  anatomy  however  in  his  title.  In 
1855  he  was  made  Dean  of  the  Faculty  and 
Treasurer  of  the  Infirmary.  Finally  in  1858 
he  was  called  to  fill  the  Chair  of  Obstetrics,  suc- 
ceeding  Prof.    Thomas.     Here   he   became   pre- 


eminent as  a  teacher  and  busy  practitioner,  and 
entered  with  such  earnestness  upon  his  career 
as  to  impress  every  one,  both  laity  and  the  pro- 
fessional world  with  his  honesty,  sincerity,  and 
ability.  Without  the  aid  of  foreign  education  he 
soon  established  himself  in  the  minds  of  his  pro- 
fessional associates  as  the  peer  of  any  as  a  suc- 
cessful practitioner.  While  thoroughly  acquaint- 
ed with  the  literature  of  his  profession  and  es- 
pecially that  of  his  own  branch,  he  soon  became 
so  earnestly  engaged  in  his  various  duties  that 
he  was  unwilling  and  unable  to  leave  the  work 
committed  to  his  charge  in  order  to  go  abroad 
either  for  study  or  recreation.  His  close  appli- 
cation to  his  professional  work  was  well  known 
to  all,  and  it  has  been  a  matter  of  speculation 
how  mortal  man  could  bear  such  responsibilities 
and  unceasing  toil,  and  not  either  ruin  his  physi- 
cal health  or  shorten  his  days.  It  is  well  known 
by  all  of  his  friends  that  he  did  the  greater  part  of 
his  reading  in  his  carriage,  and  that  he  had  but  few 
consecutive  hours  of  rest  during  the  night.  He 
had  a  large  stable  and  kept  many  horses,  it  fs 
said  as  many  as  18  at  one  time,  and  generally 
devoted  at  least  18  hours  to  his  practice  and  other 
professional  work.  Dr.  Miltenberger's  close  ap- 
plication to  business  was  the  cause  of  general 
comment,  and  the  city  papers  occasionally  cari- 
catured him  in  humorous  style,  and  represented 
him  as  living  on  a  biscuit  or  a  cracker  a  day.  His 
duties  kept  him  from  attending  church  service 
and  he  rarely  found  time  to  go  to  the  theatre 
or  any  place  of  diversion  although  his  friends 
succeeded  in  inducing  him  to  witness  a  perform- 
ance by  Sir  Henry  Irving  a  few  years  since. 

Of.  Dr.  Miltenberger's  lectures  much  may  be 
said,  and  yet  not  do  the  subject  justice.  His 
earnest,  convincing  manner  left  no  doubt  as  to 

OUR  motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 

CARBONATED    WATER    in  siphons  and  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

CHARLES  STREET   AND    MOUNT   ROYAL  AVENUE. 

F.  W.  ELLINCHAUS.  Merchant  Tailor. 

Takes   pleasure  in  informing  you  tliat  he  lias  now   in  stock  a 
select  line  of 

IMPORTED  WOOLENS  FOR  THE  COMING  SEASON. 

His  Styles  are  Choice  and  Quality  tlie  Best.    An  early  inspec- 
tion of  them  will  be  to  your  ad^■antage,  and  he 
trusts  to  be  favored  with  your  order. 


205   W.      FAYETTE  ST., 


BALTIMORE,    MD. 


STIEFF      PIANOS 


MADE   OF     THE     BEST      MATERI.^LS 
MONEY  AND  EXPERIENCE  CAN  BUY. 

9  N.  XaBBKTY  St..  Baltimoke.  Mjd. 


100' 

Bounded  'i-i- 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


"r^  =-bi6>fe^M«st  conviction  and  that  what  he  said  was 
^v /'Ao^the  best  iniprmation  upon  the  subject.  No  one 
(juestioneo.  his'-^atements,  and  each  one  felt  svire 
that  his  knowledge  was  exact  and  that  his  vast 
practical  experience  entitled  him  to  speak  with 
authorit)'.  For  one,  the  writer  thought  the 
science  of  Obstetrics  a  finished  and  completed 
art;  his  only  ambition  being  a  desire  to  ap- 
proach as  nearl}'  as  possible  to  his  teacher's  suc- 
cess in  difficult  emergencies,  and  he  saw  no  rea- 
son'to  think  that  the  future  would  bring  proof 
of  other  and  possibly  as  useful  or  as  practical 
methods.  My  recollection  was' clearly  to  the  ef- 
fect that  he  preferred  "Version,"  to  ''high  for- 
ceps" when  the  head  did  not  engage,  and  I  am 
now  in  posession  of  a  paper  sent  me  by  Prof. 
Neale  in  which  Prof.  Miltenberger  has  clearly 
stated  his  conviction  in  proof  of  his  contention. 
The  paper  was  read  before  the  Baltimore  Gyne- 
cological and  Obstetrical  Societ}^,  Nov.  10, 
1886.  His  teaching  was  that  once  a  foot  or  the 
feet  seized  and  brought  down,  the  delivery  of  the 
child  was  "completely  under  the  control  of  the 
obstetrician." 

Professor  Miltenberger  taught  nearly  every 
branch  of  medicine  while  connected  with  the 
University  either  by  virtue  of  appointment  as 
Professor,  or  as  substitute,  or  else  in  the  quiz 
class.  In  this  important  method  of  private  in- 
struction he  was  associated  with  the  lamented 
Frick,  and  it  is  said  that  the  number  of  applicants 
often  was  greater  than  could  be  accommodated. 
They  would  practically  review  the  whole  field 
of  medicine  as  then  taught  in  the  schools,  and  our 
versatile  master  himself  says  that  "with  the  ex- 
ception of  chemistry  he  taught  everything  in  the 
curriculum."  It  may  not  be  generally  known 
that  he  was  the  first  to  urge  the  use  of  the  opthal- 
moscope  by  the  opthalmologists  in  Baltimore.  It 
is  also  said  that  the  well  known  "Aloin,  Bella- 
donna, and  Strychnia"  pill  was  made  by  Sharp 
and  Dolime  at  his  suggestion.*  He  taught  Ob- 
stetrics for  thirty-two  consecutive  years  and  first 
offered  his  resignation  in  1889.  It  was  refused 
at  first  but  finally  he  was  released  from  active 
duty  and  made  "Emeritus"  Prof,  and  Honorary 
President  of  the  Faculty  in  1891,  after  fifty  years 
of  active  duty  in  the  medical  school.  He  was  pres- 
ident of  the  Obstetrical  Society  of  Maryland  in 
1885-86,  President  of  the  Medical  and  Chirugi- 
cal  Faculty,  1886-87.    He  was  appointed  consult- 


*Pil.  Lapactica.  one  of  the  most  popular  and  finaii- 
cially  profitable  preparations  made  by  this  firm. 


ing  physician  to  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital 
in  1886.  He  was  the  author  of  the  motto  of  the 
University,  "Filius  sim  dignus  ista  digna  par- 
ente,"  and  all  will  agree  that  no  man  fulfilled 
the  motto  better  than  he;  a  'worthy  son  of 
worthy  parents. 

He  was  married  May  2,  1850  to  Miss  Sarah 
Elizabeth  Williams  of  Mobile,  Ala.  Mrs.  Milt- 
enberger was  known  as  a  most  lovable  woman 
with  a  sweet  disposition,  kind  and  charitable 
and  generous  to  a  fault.  She  was  a  devoted  wife 
and  was  constantly  on  the  alert  to  add  to  the 
happiness  of  those  around  her.  She  had  the  art 
of  making  friends  with  all  classes  of  people  and 
had  hosts  of  acquaintances  all  over  the  United 
States,  many  of  whom  she  entertained  at  her 
hospitable  home.  She  was  conspicuously  act- 
ive in  affording  relief  to  the  soldiers  of  the  "Con- 
federacy" in  the  days  of  the  Civil  'War.  She 
lost  two  brothers  in  battle.  It  is  said  that  the  doc- 
tor and  his  wife  were  always  most  sympathetic 
and  companionable  in  their  associations  and  that 
their  forty-eight  years  of  married  life  were  un- 
marred  by  a  single  word  or  act  of  unkindness. 

I  well  remember  the  earnest  manner  so  typical 
of  Dr.  Miltenberger  as  he  proceeded  to  ask  me 
certain  Ciuestions  preparatory  to  my  graduation. 
The  hour  was  ill-calculated  to  inspire  hope  or 
courage  in  the  mind  of  an  ambitious  and  some- 
what nervous  youth ;  in  fact  it  was  somewhere 
between  midnight  and  the  dawn  of  day,  and  it 
seemed  to  me  that  a  man  with  such  numerous 
engagements  and  so  overworked  must  be  in  a 
hurry,  and  that  but  few  questions  would  be 
given,  and  if  they  were  not  answered  promptly 
and  satisfactorily  the  result  would  be  a  vote 
against  the  applicant  for  a  diploma.  I  little 
realized  then  that  he  "never  asked  a  'cateh  ques- 
tion,' never  tried  to  spring  a  surprise  upon  a 
nervous  student."  He  says  now  that  this  is 
literally  true. 

Other  men  have  become  successful  as  physi- 
cians and  surgeons  both  in  practice  and  in  teach- 
ing, but  taking  it  all  in  all  Prof.  Miltenberger 
has  won  the  greatest  fame  in  his  own  special 
field.      No  man   in   this  section   has   taught   the 

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OLD    MARYLAND. 


101 


obstetric  art  to  as  many  students,  and  no  master 
could  be  more  impressive  than  he.  It  would  be 
impossible  for  a  man  to  hear  two  or  more  courses 
of  lectures  by  him  and  not  carry  w"jth  him 
through  life  the  recollection  of  the  vital  prin- 
ciples he  learned  from  him.  So  we  may  say 
of  him  that  we^  his  former  students,  are  all 
his  children,  we  drank  in  his  best  thoughts  and 
absorbed  the  fruition  of  his  ripe  experience  which 
has  been  again  and  again  handed  forth  at  the 
bedside  of  legions  of  sick  and  expectant  women. 

[The  speaker  then  gives  the  address  of  Pro- 
fessor Samuel  C.  Chew  on  the  occasion  of  the 
presentation  of  a  portrait  of  Professor  Milten- 
berger  to  the  Medical  &  Chirurgical  Faculty  of 
Maryland,  April  30,  1896,  and  the  reply  of  Dr. 
M.     The  latter  is  as  follows:] 

Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen: — What  can  I 
sav  to  you?  Having  reached  the  age  of  which 
Holmes  says  'T  have  known  some  old  men  who 
welcomed  the  gradual  infirmities  of  age  as  a 
signal  of  the  coming  rest,"  and  recognizing  and 
appreciating  the  inevitable,  I  have  yet  flattered 
myself  that  I  would  retain  to  the  end,  at  least 
partially,  the  power  of  expression.  But  this,  too, 
fails;  you  have  deprived  me  of  it.  Your  kind- 
ness and  courtesy  have  paralyzed  the  tongue 
which,  recreant  to  its  trust,  fails  to  obey  the  will. 
Like  the  needy  knife  grinder,  "Story,  God  bless 
you,  I  have  none  to  tell!"  For  .55  years  I  have 
lived  and  labored  in  my  profession.  Whatever 
I  have  been,  whatever  I  am,  I  owe  to  my  profes- 
sion, to  its  institutions,  to  its  noble  brotherhood 
from  whom  I  have  never  received  aught  but  kind- 
ness and  consideration  beyond  my  deserts.  If  un- 
wittingly I  have  ever  brought  the  slightest  re- 
proach upon  the  dignity  and  honor  of  the  pro- 
fession, I  now  and  here  repent  me  in  sackcloth 
and  ashes.  If  unconsciously  I  have  ever  wronged 
any,  even  the  youngest  member  of  the  profession 
in  thought,  word  or  deed,  I  beg  him  to  accept 
my  acknowledgment  and  to  extend  to  me  his 
forgiveness.  For  the  kind  hands  extended  to 
me ;  for  the  loving  words  offered  to  me,  all  the 
more  grateful  that  his  father's  son  (Dr.  'Chew) 
uttered  them ;  for  the  loyal  hearts  today  opened 
to  me ;  for  this  crowning  triumph  of  my  life ; 
for  this  great  and  abounding  solace  of  my  old 
age ;  for  the  pure  and  unselfish  light  which 
gilds  and  illuminates  the  last  few  years,  it  may 
be  the  last  few  days,  leading  to  the  Hereafter; 
God  knows,  from  my  heart  I  thank  you. 

[Dr.    Stone's   Address   was   interspersed   with 


copious  extracts  from  and  comments  upon  the 
writings  of  Dr.  M.  The  following  are  his  chief 
published  articles:] 

Report  of  Section  on  Surgery,  Trans.  Med. 
and  C.hir.  Fac.  of  Md.,  1855. 

Oration  before  the  Medical  and  Surgical  So- 
ciety of  Baltimore,  1856,  Pmpht. 

Version  or  High  Forceps,  Md.  Med  Jl.,  Dec. 
5,  1885. 

Puerperal  Eclampsia,  Trans.  Med.  and  Chir. 
Fac.  of  Md.,  1886. 

Ante-Partum  Hour-Glass  Contraction  of  the 
Uterus,  Md.  Med.  JL,  Jan.  12;  1889. 

Etiology  of  Puerperal  Fever.     Pmpht.  1889. 

Superfetation,  Md.  Med.  JL,  July  18,  1891. 

And  unpublished  cases,  etc.,  before  Med.  and 
Surgical  Soc.  of  Balto.  1855-6,  see  Quinan  Med. 
Annals  of  Balto. 


^  A  conference  on  the  question  of  a  State  Univer- 
sity was  held  at  the  Governor's  office  in  the  Fi- 
delity Building  in  Baltimore  on  June  5th  at  2 
P.  M.  His  Excellency  occupied  the  chair  and 
Dr.  Cordell  was  made  Secretary.  There  were 
fifteen  persons  present,  representing  the  Trus- 
tees, Regents  and  Alumni  Associations  of  this 
University,  St.  John's  and  the  Maryland  Agri- 
cultural College.  There  was  a  free  discussion  of 
the  subject,,  a  strong  sentiment  being  plainly 
entertained  for  a  State  University.  Finally  a 
motion  was  adopted  to  appoint  a  committee  of 
ten,  three  from  each  of  the  Colleges  and  four 
from  the  University,  "to  consider  the  feasibility 
of  a  plan  for  a  State  University  and  to  ascertain 
the  sentiment  of  the  governing  bodies  of  the 
three  institutions  thereon."  The  Chair  appointed 
the  following  as  the  Committee :  St.  John's : 
Messrs.  Fell,  Randall  and  Morse ;  Agricultural 
College:  Messrs.  Silvester,  Hill  and  Goldsbor- 
ough  ;  University  of  Maryland  :  Messrs.  Coale, 
Winslow,  Poe  and  Brantley.  The  next  meeting 
will  be  held  early  in  August. 

■ o • 

X  The  question  of  a  State  University  is  now 
fairly  and  squarely  before  us  and  upon  our  decis- 
ion will  depend  the  future  of  this  institution. 
The  meeting  which  was  held  at  the  Governor's 

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office  on  June  5,  although  informal,  elicited  a 
considerable  degree  of  interest  on  the  part  of  the 
gentlemen  present,  representing  the  University, 
'  St.  John's  and  the  Maryland  Agricultural  Col- 
lege. Li  the  course  of  the  discussion  indulged 
in,  it  was  elicited  that  a  strong  sentiment,  especi- 
ally in  the  counties^  could  be  counted  on  in  its 
favor.  It  was  pointed  out  that  the  Johns  Hop- 
•  kins   University  as   a  private   corporation   could 

never  become  a  part  of  the  State  Educational  ma- 
chinery^ and  hence  could  never  fill  the  role  contem- 
plated. In  fact  the  original  design  of  the  authori- 
ties of  the  Johns  Hopkins  University  as  publicly 
announced  at  the  time,  was  the  creation  of  a' post- 
graduate school,  and  only  as  an  afterthought  did 
it  seek  to  enter  into  competition  with  the  col- 
leges already  established  in  this  State.  However 
that  may  be,  the  sentiment  of  this  community  in 
favor  of  a  State  institution  for  higher  education, 
embracing  the  excellent  schools  already  in  oper- 
ation (all  founded  prior  to  the  advent  of  the 
Hopkins),  is  deserving  of  respect  and  considera- 
tion. Shall  it  go  upon  record  that  the  opposition 
to  this  great  movement — so  necessary  to  our 
progress  and  life,  so  promising  in  its  prospects 
of  enhanced  influence,  of  perfected  organization, 
of  financial  betterment,  emanated  from  ourselves 
who  need  it  most  ? 

That  the  standing  of  this  instituion  would  be 
very  greatly  promoted  by  its  assuming  the  status 
of  a  State  University,  must  be  apparent  to  all. 
Look  at  its  present  condition,  read  Mr.  Haman's 
address  in  the  first  number  of  Old  Maryland, 
listen  to  the  admissions  of  our  own  authorities, 
note  that  we  have  no  recognition  as  a  Univer- 
sity in  the  official  publications  of  the  Govern- 
ment and  of  the  State.  In  fact,  whatever  we  have 
done  to  build  up  professional  schools  of  high 
rank,  we  have  done  nothing  as  yet  to  build  up  a 
L'uiversity.  We  are  now  practically  where  we 
were  when  we  received  our  charter  ninety-two 
years  ago.  The  very  statement  of  such  an  un- 
natural condition  of  things  ought  to  be  sufficient 
to  rouse  us  to  action !  The  world  is  astir  all 
around  us,  yet  we  seem  to  be  oblivious  of  it.  Ex- 
ample, necessity,  the  lowering  future  count  for 
naught  with  us.  Let  anyone  point  to  any  sign 
of  effort  made  since  'the  days  of  the  Trustees  to 
build  upon  this  foundation  a  true  University! 

A  State  University  is  not  a  thing  unknown 
among  us.  We  would  not  enter  a  new  and  un- 
tried field.  The  most  brilliant  period  in  the  his- 
tory of  this  institution  zvas  that  from  1826  to  1837, 
zvhen  it  was  under  the  control  of  the  State  and 
of  trustees  appointed  by  the  State.    Presided  over 


by    Maryland's    greatest   jurist,     Roger    Brooke 
Taney,  we  find  upon  the  Board  of  that  time  such 
eminent    names    as    Judges    Stevenson    Archer, 
Thomas  B.  Dorsey,  Ezekiel  F.  Chambers  of  the 
Court   of   Appeals,    Gen.    John   Eager   Howard, 
Reverdy  Johnson,  Robert  Gilmor,  Rev.  Dr.  Hen- 
shaw,  Isaac  McKim,  and  William  Frick.     Their 
government  was  characterized  by  firmness,  wis- 
dom and  economy.    To  them  we  owe  the  success- 
ful organization  of  the  School  of  Arts  and  Sci- 
ences   in    1830.     During   their   incumbency    the 
name  and  fame  of  the  institution  were  spread  far 
and  wide,  so  that  its  chairs  were  sought  by  the 
most  eminent  teachers   in  the  country — a  thing 
unknown  before  or  since;  such  men  as  Nathan 
R.  Smith;  Caspar  Morris,  Bache,  Webster,  Har- 
lan and  Ellis  of  Philadelphia,  Dunglison  and  Pat- 
terson of  the  University  of  Virginia,  the  great 
Geddings  of  South  Carolina.     To  them  we  are 
indebted  for  the  greatest  name  in  all  our  annals, 
for  fifty  years — the  chief  ornament  and  glory  of 
this  institution,  the  eminent  surgeon,  Nathan  R. 
Smith.     On  the  restitution  of  the  institution  to 
the  Regents   in   1839   a  considerable  amount  of 
stock  and  money  was  turned  over  to  the  latter. 
We  are  tempted  to  ask  if  so  much  could  be  ac- 
complished under  such  adverse  circumstances  as 
the  continual  and  implacable  hostility  of  a  portion 
of  the  Faculty  and  the  doubt  of  their  legal  stand- 
ing  ever  hanging  over  them   like   a  pall,   what 
could  not  a  similar  body  nozu  accomplish  backed 
by  the  hearty  co-operation  of  all  the  faculties,  by 
the  sympathy,  approval  and  financial  support  of 
alumni  and  citizens  and  by  the  sense  of  security 
and  permanence  which  an  unquestioned  charter 
would  confer? 

While  it  is  true  that  the  change  in  our  charter 
converting  the  corporation  from  a  private  into  a 
public  one  will  involve  a  loss  of  authority  on  the 
part  of  the  members  of 'the  faculties,  in  view  of 
the  facts  that  it  offers  us  the  only  reasonable  hope 
of  University  life  and  development  and  that  it 
will  be  for  the  unquestionable  ultimate  benefit  of 
the  institution,  they  ought  to  be  willing  to  make 
the  sacrifice  if  it  be  a  sacrifice.  That  they  will 
suffer  any  detriment  from  the  adoption  of  a  form 
of  government  by  trustees— one  which  prevails 
in  all  the  other  Universities  in  the  country — we 
do  not  believe.     As   far  as   salary  is  concerned 


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that  may  confidently  be  expected  to  be  larger  and 
far  more  certain  than  it  is  at  present.  There  was 
no  complaint  on  this  score  during  the  regime  of 
the  trustees  above  referred  to.  As  for  the  vahv- 
able  franchise  which  we  possess  in  our  present 
charter  in  exemption  from  all  taxation — upon 
which  so  much  stress  is  laid  in  some  quarters — 
it  may  be  remarked  that  we  would  no  longer  need 
such  a  franchise  since  the  property  of  the  State 
is  not  subject  to  taxation. 

o 

The  following  letter  from  Dr.  Edward  B.  An- 
gell  relates  to  a  distinguished  graduate  of  our 
University,  Dr.  Louis  A.  Weigel  (1875),  who 
suffered  serious  injury,  and  it  was  reported  had 
incurred  malignant  disease  from  his  enthusiastic 
devotion  to  X-ray  work : — Dr.  Louis  Weigel  is 
a  near  neighbor  of  mine,  and  I  am  glad  to  re- 
port to  you  that  he  is  in  very  good  health  again. 
I  saw  him  last  evening  and  gave  him  your  mes- 
sage, when  he  appreciated  very  much.  He  has 
suffered  intensely  the  past  eighteen  months,  or, 
rather,  up  to  the  time  when  his  right  hand  was 
amputated  at  the  wrist  and  all  of  the  left  except 
the  thumb  and  little  finger.  About  the  last  of 
January  he  went  to  Jamaica  and  has  only  returned 
home  within  the  past  month.  He  looks  hale  and 
hearty,  is  in  most  excellent  spirits,  is  again  en- 
gaging in  practice  and  promises  to  do  work  of 
importance  still.  The  surgeons  believe  the  dis- 
ease quite  eradicated,  and  that  his  chance  of  re- 
covery is  practically  certain. 

o 

It  is  gratifying  to  learn  from  the  agent  of  The 
IvCwis  Publishing  Company  of  New  York  that 
our  alumni  are  subscribing  in  such  large  number 
to  the  Centennial  History  of  the  LTniversity  which 
this  firm  has  undertaken  to  pubHsh.  He  tells  us 
that  he  is  perfectly  satisfied  with  his  success  and 
that  it  quite  equals  that  at  Harvard,  Princeton 
and  the  other  great  Universities  whose  histories 
the  firm  has  already  brought  out.  The  University 
is  to  be  congratulated  on  having  its  history  pub- 
lished in  such  fine  style  and  without  any  pecuniary 
responsibility  on  its  part.  It  is  well  known  to  our 
readers  that  such  a  work  could  not,  at  present  at 
least,  be  issued  by  the  University  itself.  It  must 
be  done,  if  done  at  all,  by  private  enterprise,  and 
therefore  the  institution  could  not  by  any  possibil- 
ity share  in  its  profits.  It  is  true  that  the  expense 
of  the  work  to  subscribers  is  considerable,  but 
we  must  consider  also  what  it  will  be  to  the  pub- 
lishers, who  must  pay  not  only  for  printing,  edit- 
ing and  correspondence,  but  also  for  agents  to 
travel  over  the  country  in  search  of  alumni.    We 


must  remember  •  that  the  circulation  of  all  such 
works  is  limited  and  uncertain.  When  we  con- 
sider all  the  circumstances,  then,  and  the  usual 
cost  of  books  of  this  class,  we  must  feel  pleased 
at  the  prospect  of  having  the  annals  of  our  old 
Alma  Mater  transmitted  in  a  form  that  will  do 
so  much  honor  and  credit  to  her,  a  form  identical 
with  that  of  so  many  great  Universities. 
o 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Library  of  the 
School  of  Medicine,  dated  June  1,  1905,  shows 
an  increase  during  the  year:  of  volumes  700, 
pamphlets  300,  pictures  12.  The  largest  gifts 
were  from  Mrs.  Alfred  H.  Powell  (217  vols.), 
Dr.  N.  R.  Gorter,  Dr.  F.  M.  Chisolm  and  Miss 
Noyes,  the  Librarian  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgi- 
cal  Faculty  of  Maryland.  With  the  Powell  col- 
lection came  a  valuable  lot  of  surgical  instruments, 
bones,  pictures  and  some  shelving.  In  the  Chisolm 
collection  there  was  a  Harvey,  "On  Generation," 
1653,  and  a  Celsus,  1756.  Dr.  S.  C.  Chew  gave 
the  entire  first  isr>ue  of  the  Index  Catalogue  (16 
vols.),  and  the  Surgeon-General,  U.  S.  A.,  the  9 
volumes  of  the  second  issue,  making  the  work 
complete  to  date.  Other  donors  were  Drs.  Hem- 
meter,  Caspari,  Mitchell,  Coale,  Winslow,  Ashby, 
Richardson,  Osier,  Councilman,  Edebohls  and 
Cordell,  and  the  Governments  of  the  U.  S.,  Cuba 
and  Porto  Rico.  Total  number  of  volumes  now 
m  Library,  5,200 ;  pamphlets,  4,000 ;  38  journals 
are  regularly  received.  Membership  (registered) 
86 ;  102  books  were  borrowed  by  35  readers  and 
many  hundreds  used  in  the  rooms.  There  has 
been  a  great  improvement  in  the  condition  of  af- 
fairs since  the  rooms  were  devoted  exclusively  to 
Library  uses.  Visitors  will  now  find  quiet,  com- 
fortable seats,  materials  for  writing  and  all  pos- 
sible help.  The  Library  hours  during  the  session 
(thanks  to  the  help  of  Old  Maryland)  were 
from  9  to  5  o'clock  daily.  During  the  summer 
they  are  12  to  2.  Receipts,  $61.10 ;  balance  on 
hand,  $11.83.  Active  membership — open  to  all 
physicians — with  privilege  of  borrowing  books, 
$2 ;  honorary  membership,  $5  per  annum. 
A  o 

Dr.  James  Homer  Wright  (1892),  who  recent- 
ly was  awarded  the  Gross  prize  of  $1,200  for  an 
essay  on  "The  Biology  of  the  Micro-Organism  of 
Actinomycosis,"  was  given  the  honorary  degree  of 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 

.      .      .      MODERN  PHARMACY     .      .      . 

COR.  BALTIMORE  AND  LIGHT  STREETS. 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail. 

Quality  the  Best.  Prices  the  Lowest. 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


"Bachelor  of  Science"  at  the  recent  commence- 
ment of  Harvard  University.  The  following  is 
his  record  as  announced  by  President  Elliott: 
"James  Homer  Wright,  pathologist,  both  teacher 
and  investigator,  strong  contributor  to  the  ad- 
vance of  that  biological  science  which  holds  out 
to  mankind  good  promise  of  deliverance  from 
mysterious  evils  long  endured."  Dr.  Wright  is 
a  native  of  Pittsburg  and  is  thirty-five  years  old. 
He  married  last  Christmas  Miss  Lunde  the  singer. 
He  is  director  of  the  pathological  laboratory  of 
the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  and  instruc- 
tor in  the  Harvard  Medical  School.  He  is  also 
'"Thomas  A.  Scott  Fellow"  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  Dr.  Wright  has  also  within  the 
past  year  won  another  distinction  in  the  identifi- 
cation of  the  parasite  of  the  disease  prevalent  in 
tropical  countries  and  known  as  "the  aleppo  boil." 
(Dr.  Wright's  Gross  Prize  Essay  is  in  the  Uni- 
versity Library.) 

o 

With  our  June  number  Old  Maryland  com- 
pleted the  first  half  year  of  its  existence.  Suffic- 
ient time  has  therefore  elapsed  to  enable  our  read- 
ers to  judge  of  its  character  and  the  principles 
upon  which  it  is  conducted.  Founded  for  the  pur- 
pose of  promoting  University  life  and  growth  as 
expressed  by  the  motto  of  our  General  Alumni  As- 
sociation— toti  non  partibus — a  phase  of  our  ex- 
istence altogether  neglected,  notwithstanding  fre- 
quent expressions  of  "devotion  to  the  LTniver- 
sity" — it  has  kept  this  purpose  steadily  in  view. 
Of  course  there  may  be  differences  of  opinion 
as  to  how  the  interests  of  the  University  can  best 
be  subserved,  and  the  Editor,  while  he  is  con- 
scious of  his  loyalty  to  the  school  and  his  earnest, 
his  eager  desire  to  see  it  fully  developed  and 
prosperous,  is  far  from  being  infallible.  Yet 
he  feels  that  he  has  had  good  opportunities  for 
knowing  the  sentiments  and  aspirations  of  those 
whom  he  cannot  but  regard  as  its  best  friends, 
and  he  takes  full  cognizance  of  these  sentiments 
and  aspirations  in  all  that  he  writes.  In  this  con- 
nection he  desires  to  impress  upon  all  the  fact 
that  his  errors  are  always  open  to  correction  in 
the  pages  of  Old  Maryland.  A  free  discussion 
by  the  friends  of  this  University,  animated  as  they 
presumably  are  by  the  same  glorious  ambition, 
cannot  but  be  conducive  to  the  best  interests  of 
our  common  Alnia  Mater.  That  there  is  need 
of  agitation  and  of  action  in  the  premises,  no  un- 
prejudiced person  can  question.  We  have  delayed 
already  too  long.   Others  are  advancing  while  wa 


are  standing  still.  Golden  opportunities  have 
slipped  from  our  grasp.  Hope  deferred  is  making 
the  heart  of  many  sick.  There  are  those  who 
talk  with  singular  inconsistency  about  "undue 
haste,"  forgetting  the  dreary,  monotonous  de- 
cades through  which  we  have  passed.  Others 
talk  seriously  about  the  impossibility  of  doing 
anything.  But  have  we  tried  all  expedients  ?  Are 
all  our  hopes  and  aspirations  of  University  life 
really  "utopian  ?"  We  will  not  believe  it,  and 
animated  by  this  belief  we  shall  persevere  in  our 
eiiforts  for  betterment,  guiding,  if  we  may,  but 
always  ready  to  follow  in  any  good  word  and 
work.  For  all  those  who  have  befriended  us  by 
their  sympathy  and  approval  we  return  our  sin- 
cere thanks  and  hope  to  prove  still  more  deserv- 
ing of  them  in  the  future. 


The  function  of  the  medical  school  should  not 
be  limited  merely  to  the  imparting  of  existing 
knowledge.  No  school  is  worthy  of  the  name  that 
does  not  provide  for  greater  or  less  research  work 
by  which  substantial  additions  to  our  knowledge 
may  be  made  and  the  facilities  and  results  of  the 
healing  art  made  more  efficient  for  the  welfare 
of  mankind.  Twenty-five  years  ago  there  were 
practically  few  young  men  who  were  fitted  for 
rcasearch  work,  especially  laboratory  work.  Now 
every  well-equipped  school  has  attached  to  it  in. 
one  way  or  another  a  score  or  more  of  young 
men  who  are  eager  for  work,  longing  for  the  op- 
portunity of  usefulness  and  distinction  if  they 
can  only  obtain  a  bare  living. 

Why  do  medical  schools  not  get  endowments? 
The  cause,  I  think,  has  been  chiefly  the  vicious 
method  in  which  all  our  practically  joint-stock 
companies  organized  medical  schools  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  faculties.  As  Professor  Bowditch  said, 
we  might  as  well  expect  the  public  to  endow  a 
cotton  mill  as  such  a  school.  The  day  of  these 
private  enterprises  is  now,  happily,  nearly  past. 
The  respectable  schools  of  medicine  are  now  con- 
ducted by  trustees,  a  body  of  men  wholly  apart 
from  the  faculties,  who  manage  the  affairs  of  the 
medical  school  just  as  they  would  those  of  a  uni- 
versity— taking  control  of  the  income  and  ex- 
penditures of  the  school,  placing  the  professors 

Ollark  $c  ^Xmm^, 

THE   LINEN  STORE=— = 


5   W.   Lexington  Street, 


Baltimore. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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and  other  teachers  upon  salaries  and  conducting 
the  ai?airs  of  the  instituion  on  broad  Hues  of  edu- 
cational progress. — Keen  on  Endowments. 

o 

It  is  an  unwritten,  but  well  understood,  duty 
of  every  individual  to  contribute,  according  to 
his  opportunity  and  ability,  to  the  welfare  of  his 
country.  It  may  be  said  to  be  especially  incum- 
bent upon  the  professional  man  to  do  this,  because 
by  virtue  of  his  superior  education  and  acquire- 
ments he  possesses  advantages  which  the  indi- 
vidual at  large  does  not  possess.  We  perhaps  do 
not  appreciate  this  aspect  of  our  lives  as  we 
should.  As  good  citizens,  we  should  take  a  lively 
interest  in  local  and  national  affairs,  we  should 
seek  to  promote  good  government  and  secure 
good  and  efficient  public  officers,  we  should  up- 
hold the  hands  of  those  who  direct  public  af- 
fairs and  in  every  way  encourage  public  honesty 
and  morality.  Apart  from  a  direct  participation 
in  public  affairs,  we  may  do  a  great  deal  to  mould 
and  elevate  the  public  mind.  In  every  commu- 
nity professional  men  are  looked  up  to  as  lead- 
ers. They  are  not  only  authorities  upon  the  sub- 
jects pertaining  to  their  official  avocations,  but 
they  are  supposed  to  possess  a  great  stock  of  in- 
formation of  a  general  nature.  They  should, 
therefore,  be  reading  men  and  students.  They 
should  seek  to  add  to  their  knowledge  of  science, 
literature,  art,  etc.,  in  every  possible  way.  Each 
one  should  feel  that  he  has  the  honor  and  dignity 
of  his  profession  to  support  and  should  see  to 
it  that  it  incurs  no  odium  at  his  hands.  This  idea 
of  general  culture  is  not  impressed  upon  the  pro- 
fessional student  as  it  should  be.  Unfortunately, 
too,  his  preliminary  training  is  seldom  what  is 
required.  Still,  even  in  spite  of  an  imperfect  pre- 
liminary training  and  education,  much  may  be 
done  to  fill  up  the  gaps.  The  conscientious  man, 
the  man  of  system,  the  man  who  properly  utilizes 
his  opportunities  will  find  a  way  to  make  up  for 
lost  time,  and  the  results  will  well  repay  him.  It  is 
a  well-known  truism  that  we  appreciate  what  we 
possess  in  proportian  to  the  labor  and  sacrifice 
with  which  we  secure  it.  Let  us  then  endeavor 
to  measure  up  fully  to  the  expectations  men  form 
of  us,  to  the  opportunities  that  lie  before  us,  to 
the  duties  that  as  good  and  faithful  citizens  are 
incumbent  upon  us. 

-o 

FRONTIER  LIFE  IN  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY. 

In  the   'Maryland  Medical  Joiumal,  VoL  XLI, 
pp.  227  and  243,  the  writer  gave  some  of  the  ex- 


periences of  a  great  Maryland  surgeon  upon  the 
Ohio  and  at  Wheeling,  at  the  beginning  of  his 
medical  career.  This  was  about  the  close  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  Something  in  the  same  line 
forms  the  theme  of  the  Presidential  Address  of 
Dr.  N.  P.  Dandridge,  of  Cincinnati,  delivered  be- 
fore the  American  Surgical  Association  at  its  last 
meeting  (Trans.,  Vol.  XXII).  An  abstract  we 
think  will  be  of  interest.  ^ 

In  introduction  of  Dr.  Antoine  Frangois  Sau- 
grain,  it  is  only  necessary  to  say  that  he  was  born 
in  Paris  in  1763,  and  that  he  received  a  thorough 
scientific  education,  especiall)'  in  chemistry,  min- 
eralogy and  physics.  On  March  19,  1788,  he  em- 
barked at  Pittsburg  with  three  others  for  a  trip 
down  the  Ohio  River.  Their  voyage  was  un- 
eventful until  the  afternoon  of  the  24th,  when 
they  perceived  a  flat-  boat  on  the  shore  near  which 
they  were. 

As  the}'  were  pushing  out  into  the  current  the 
Indians  called  to  them  and  at  the  same  time  fired 
upon  them,  killing  the  Doctor's  mare.  The  poor 
creature  in  struggling  pushed  against  another, 
which  gave  the  Doctor  a  kick  in  the  belly,  throw- 
ing him  flat,  and  with  another  kick  just  grazed 
his  forehead.  Some  twenty  shots  were  fired  from 
the  shore,  but  no  further  damage  was  done  ex- 
cept the  grazing  of  the  head  of  one  of  the  other 
voyageurs.  They  now  all  took  to  the  oars  to  get 
out  of  range  of  the  bullets.  The  Indians  at  the 
same  time  entered  the  flatboat  prepared  to  follow. 
They  had  erected  on  this  some  planking  with 
holes  in  it  for  their  guns  so  that  they  might  fire 
in  safety.  The  voyageurs  had  three  guns  and 
two  pistols.  The  Indians  continued  to  advance, 
and  as  they  did  not  fire  a  proposal  was  made  to 
raise  a  white  handkerchief,  it  being  deemed  better 
to  be  a  prisoner  than  to  be  killed.  They  got 
nearer,  and  even  made  signs  of  friendship.  One 
of  them  was  just  about  to  step  into  the  boat,  when 
seeing  that  he  held  a  knife  in  his  hand,  the  Doctor 
fired  two  balls  into  his  stomach  from  a  pistol.  The 
Indians  immediately  threw  themselves  flat  and 
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panions  returned  the  fire,  but  unluckily  in  doing 
so  the  latter  exposed  his  arm,  when  it  was  broken 
by  a  shot  from  the  Indians,  and  in  the  same  way 
the  Doctor  had  a  finger  of  his  left  hand  broken. 
At  the  first  shots  one  of  the  voyageurs — an  Amer- 
ican— jumped  out  and  swam  to  land.  This  en- 
couraged the  Indians — who  otherwise  might  have 
retreated,  to  continue  their  attack.  The  fourth 
member  of  the  party,  a  French  philosopher,  who 
was  fully  imbued  with  the  ideas  of  Rousseau, 
then  in  vogue,  as  to  "the  primitive  innocence  and 
goodness  of  the  children  of  the  forest,"  did  not 
fire,  but  followed  the  example  of  the  American. 
The  Doctor  fired  but  once  after  receiving  his 
wound.  The  two  voyageurs  who  remained  in 
the  boat  now  threw  themselves  into  the  water^ 
when  he  with  the  broken  arm,  not  knowing  how 
to  swim,  was  drowned ;  possibly  he  contributed 
voluntarily  to  this  result,  as  he  had  declared  he 
would  rather  be  drowned  than  be  scalped. 

As  the  Doctor  approached  the  shore  he  saw 
the  philosopher  and  two  Indians  awaiting  him, 
and  he  had  no  sooner  reached  it  than  they  bound 
his  hands  behind  him  with  their  blanket  girths. 
They  had  no  sooner  done  this  than  one  of  them 
went  up  to  his  companion,  threw  him  to  the 
ground  and  having  opened  his  coat  and  shirt, 
stabbed  him  four  times  on  each  side.  He  then 
scalped  him  and  put  the  scalp  in  a  pocketbook 
which  was  in  the  victim's  pocket.  The  poor  Doc- 
tor was  terrified  at  the  spectacle,  expecting  a  like 
fate.  But  instead  of  killing  him  they  made  him 
run  to  overtake  the  boat  which  had  drifted  nearly 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  before  they  could  come  up 
with  it.  When  they  got  opposite  it  one  of  the 
two  Indians  attempted  to  seize  him  by  the  hair 
to  drag  him  into  the  water  after  it,  as  it  was  pre- 
vented by  the  trees  from  reaching  the  shore.  At 
this  moment  "such  cruel  fear"  seized  him,  antici- 
pating that  they  would  burn  him  as  soon  as  they 
had  crossed  the  river,  that  he  made  a  violent  ef- 
fort which  broke  the  straps,  and  throwing  him- 
self into  the  water,  swam  out  with  all  his  might. 
The  Indian  was  afraid  to  follow,  and  well  perhaps 
was  this  for  him,  as  the  Doctor  had  determined 
if  they  did  so  to  seize  one  of  them  and  drown 
with  him.  The  other  Indians,  who  had  jumped 
from  their  boat  and  swum  towards  the  shore,  now 
got  into  the  captured  boat  and  began  to  cross  the 
river.  The  Doctor,  supporting  himself  with  his 
arms  about  a  tree,  was  wounded  in  the  neck  by 
a  shot  from  the  boat.  When  the  Indians  had 
reached  the  middle  of  the  stream  he  regained  the 


shore,  where  he  found  the  American  concealed  in 
a  ravine.  They  recovered  from  the  philosopher's 
body  his  watch,  a  knife  and  two  dollars,  which 
the  Indians  had  overlooked.  Mr.  Pierce  cut  o& 
a  piece  of  his  coat  to  cover  his  feet,  and  the  Doc- 
tor regretted  not  doing  the  same,  as  it  was  very 
cold,  and  he  had  on  nothing  but  a  shirt  and  a 
pair  of  large  breeches,  having  lost  his  shoes  in  the 
river.  They  now  left  the  river  in  order  to  avoid 
being  seen  by  the  Indians,  who  were  on  the  other 
side.  Having  walked  about  four  or  five  miles 
night  began  to  come  on  and  they  lay  down  to  sleep. 
Saugrain  was  very  tired  and  much  weakened  by 
loss  of  blood  from  the  wound  in  his  neck.  There 
was  much  dead  grass  there  and  his  companion 
had  the  kindness  to  pull  it  up  and  cover  them  with 
it.  Having  slept  nearly  three  hours,  his  compan- 
ion awoke  him  and  proposed  to  make  a  raft  and 
attempted  to  fasten  some  pieces  of  timber  together 
with  vines.  He  desisted  from  this  when  he  found 
that  his  vines  broke  and  that  the  Doctor  was  un- 
able to  assist  him  on  account  of  his  wounds.  They 
resumed  their  walk  therefore  and  continued  it 
until  4  A.  M.,  when  they  lay  down  under  a  fallen 
tree.  While  they  slept  it  rained  and  snowed,  and 
as  his  feet  were  not  covered  by  the  tree  when 
Saugrain  awoke  he  found  them  frozen.  He 
rubbed  them  a  long  time  with  snow.  They  gave 
him  no  pain  and  they  made  a  good  day's  march 
along  the  river  bank,  hoping  to  see  some  boat  that 
would  take  them  down  to  the  falls.  They  crossed 
several  creeks  and  encountered  a  quantity  of  deer, 
pheasants  and  turkeys,  and  four  or  five  troops  of 
buffalo.  Night  came  on  and  they  lay  "down.  It 
was  still  raining  a  little  and  Saugrain's  feet  caus- 
ed him  much  pain.  The  next  day  he  could  hardly 
walk  and  his  companion  became  impatient  and 
often  left  him  far  behind.  His  feet  were  black 
as  coal  and  he  walked  with  great  difficulty,  re- 
quiring his  friend's  help.  He  chewed  a  sort  of 
agaric  and  put  it  on  his  neck,  as  it  was  "extra- 
ordinarily swollen."  Mr.  Pierce  killed  a  skunk 
with  a  stick  and  the  Doctor  cut  some  bits  and 
swallowed  them  raw,  being  afraid  to  make  a  fire 
because  of  the  smoke.  The  rest  of  the  animal  he 
put  in  his  shirt.     At  5  P.  M.  they  reached  an 


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abandoned  house,  15  miles  from  where  they  were 
attacked.  Having  rested,  they  again  attempted 
to  make  a  raft,  using  the  doors  of  the  house,  fenc- 
ing, etc.,  for  that  purpose,  and  making  cords  from 
Pierce's  buckskin  jacket.  Saugrain  also  cut  out 
the  seat  of  his  "big  breeches"  to  make  himself 
some  socks.  They  finished  their  raft  and  were 
about  to  embark  when  they  were  fired  upon  by 
Indians  from  the  other  side.  As  the  distance  was 
great  this  did  not  alarm  them  much,  but  they  were 
thrown  into  terror  when  they  heard  Indians  near 
by  replying  to  the  cries  of  those  on  the  other  side. 
The  Doctor  took  to  his  heels  and  no  longer  mind- 
ed his  feet,  but  his  companion  soon  outdistanced 
him  and  disappeared.  LTnfortunately  he  ran  a 
piece  of  stick  into  his  foot  and  was  obliged  to 
stop.  His  companion  now  rejoined  him  and, 
under  protection  of  the  darkness,  they  lay  down. 
But  he  could  not  sleep,  his  fancy  being  filled  with 
images  of  Indians.  The  march  next  day  was 
still  worse,  for  every  tree  protected  a  redskin, 
every  bit  of  wood  was  a  gun  and  the  deer  kept 
them  in  continual  agitation.  Hunger  again  made 
liim  resort  to  the  polecat.  Before  sunrise  they 
were  again  on  the  march,  the  Doctor  dragging 
himself  along  on  hands  and  feet.  They  came  to 
a  large  creek  which  Pierce  wished  to  ascend,  but 
the  Doctor  boldly  entered  and  swam  across,  when 
his  companion  followed  him.  They  now  stripped 
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member  of  the  city  council  and  legislature  and 
police  magistrate. — Thomas  B.  Steele,  M.D., 
(1844),  at  Cambridge,  Md.,  June  22,  aged  83. 
He  entered  the  U.  S.  N.  as  assistant  surgeon  in 
1846,  resigning  in  1861.  He  was  with  Commo- 
dore Perry  in  Japan  in  18-53  and  54. — Joseph  C. 
Fowler,  Jr.,  LL.B.,  (1904),  at  Chicago,  of  ty- 
phoid fever,  April  24,  aged  24.  His  funeral  took 
place  at  Memorial  P.  E.  Church,  Baltimore, 
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Valley,  Md.,  June  38.— Dr.  Compton  Riely 
(1897),  of  Baltimore,  to  Miss  Estelle  Randolph 
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of  Chicago,  presided  over  the  American  Procto- 
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School  of  Medicine 

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passes any  previous  volume.  It  is  dedicated  to  Dr. 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  "as  an  expression  of  our  ap- 
preciation of  his  fidelity  to  the  interests  of  the 
University  of  Maryland." — Dr.  Henry  M.  Thomas 
(1885)  has  been  elected  Vice-President  of  the 
American  Neurological  Association. — Drs.  Hugh 
W.  Brent  and  E.  Hansen,  late  of  the  Hospital 
Staff,  are  spending  the  summer  in  Denmark,  Nor- 
way and  Sweden. — Drs.  W.  A.  Scott  (1904)  and 
A.  B.  Lennan  (1904),  late  on  the  Hospital  Stafif, 
have  entered  upon  practice  in  Baltimore. — Dr.  A. 
M.  Shipley  has  been  re-elected  Medical  Superin- 
tendent of  the  University  Hospital  for  1905-fi. — 
Herbert  T.  Tiffany,  LL.B.,  Eugene  O'Dunne, 
LL.B.,  and  J.  Pembroke  Thorn,  LL.B.,  graduates 
of  this  University,  have^been  added  to  the  Faculty 
of  Baltimore  University  School  of  Law. — Drs. 
John  S.  Fulton  and  W.  Royall  Stokes,  after  four 
years  research  have  discovered  a  typhoid  fever 
serum  in  the  hog,  which  is  believed  to  be  cura- 
tive. They  used  it  in  twenty-three  cases  with 
good  results,  two  only  dying. — Dr.  Albert  L.  Wil- 
kinson (1903)  has  been  elected  Resident  Physic- 
ian and  Dr.  Joshua  Rosett  (1903)  Dispensary 
Physician  to  the  Hebrew  Hospital. — Dr.  Charles 
L.  Mattfeldt  (1886)  of  Catonsville,  has  been  elect- 


ed President  of  the  Board  of  Sanitary  Officers 
of  Baltimore  County. — Albert  C.  Tolson,  LL.B., 
delivered  the  commencement  address  before  the 
graduating  class  of  the  Maryland  Medical  Col- 
lege, May  5. — The  Journal  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association  of  May  13  contains  a  description 
of  an  operating  room  basin  devised  by  Dr.  F.  D. 
Gavin  (1874),  superintendent  of  the  Church 
Home  and  Infirmary,  Baltimore,  which  has  been 
in  satisfactory  use  in  that  institution  for  eight 
years. — Dr.  Charles  W.  McElfresh  has  gone  on 
a  two  months'  trip  to  Rochester,  Chicago  and  St. 
Paul.— Mr.  Henry  A.  Elliott,  First  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  cele- 
brated the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  marriage 
June  21. — "It  is  good  to  be  young  and  to  remain 
young  always.  Youth  is  not  so  much  years  as  it 
is  temperament  and  heart.  To  one  who  looks 
forward  life  is  full  of  beauty.  Looking  back  is 
ever  perspective ;  life  is  young  as  long  as  one 
grows.  In  the  new  chivalry  there  is  no  vain  search 
for  the  Holy  Grail — that  cup  is  ever  near  in  life 
and  service."  Dr.  Josiah  Strong,  at  Woman's 
College. — Dr.  Hubert  Richardson  has  been  ap- 
pointed "Clinical  Lecturer  on ,  Neurology  and 
Psychiatry  and  Lecturer  on  Physiological  Chem- 
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i/      DENT  IN  LONDON,  1786— 1789. 


Andrew  Wiesenthal,  the  only  son  of  Dr. 
Charles  Frederick  Wiesenthal,  of  Baltimore, 
aged  24,  took  passage  in  a  sailing  vessel  for 
Bordeaux,  France,  towards  the  end  of  July, 
1786.  They  got  out  of  the  capes  at  the  mouth 
of  the  Chesapeake,  on  July  23,  and  landed  at 
Bordeaux  August  27.  "We  were  happy  to 
meet  with  no  Algerine  and  my  joy  was  ex- 
treme when  I  found  myself  once  safe  on  Terra 
Firma."  Of  Bordeaux  he  says:  "Everything 
here  wears  the  aspect  of  the  most  pleasing 
novelty.  The  river  Garonne,  on  which  Bor- 
deaux is  built,  affords  a  most  charming  pros- 
pect of  alternate  hills  and  valleys,  the  one 
crowned  with  villages  and  seats,  the  other 
decked  in  all  the  pride  of  vintage.  The  eye 
ranges  delighted  over  the  various  prospect  and 
seems  to  catch  new  life  after  a  voyage.  As 
you  advance"  [after  entering  the  mouth  of  the 
Garonne]  "the  prospect  opens  and  displays  a 
scene  of  luxuriance  and  abundance  greatly 
gratifying  to  the  sight.  The  shore  is  all  the 
way  bordered  by  beautiful  seats  and  edged  en- 
tirely with  willows  cut  short.  We  enjoy,  with- 
out satiety,  the  contemplation  of  this  beautiful 
landscape.  The  want  of  sufficient  streams  of 
water  obliges  the  people  here  to  use  wind- 
mills, of  which  there  are  an  incredible  num- 
ber. I  think  I  counted  twenty-four  within  a 
circumference  of  six  miles,  and  there  is  the 
same  proportion  all-the  way  up  the  river.  Near 
the  city  the  shore  is  bounded. by  a  range  of 
rocks  which  supplies  it  with  stone  for  build- 
ing: all  the  houses  here  are  of  stone.  In  these 
rocks  the  quarriers  have  formed  apartments 
where  they  live  with  their  families,  and  com- 
pose several  little  villages.  In  one  place  I  sup- 
pose there"  are  about  two  hundred  of  these 
subterranean  houses.  The  stone  which  they 
use  for  building  is  at  first  very  soft  and  easily 
worked,  much. more  so  indeed  than  wood,  but 
by  age  acquires  a  very  great  degree  of  hard- 


ness. The  ease  with  which  it  is  cut  admits  of 
much  beauty  in  the  work  at  a  very  small  ex- 
pense, and  there  is  scarcely  a  house  but  what 
has  many  decorations.  The  city,  properly  so 
called,  was  formerly  walled  around,  and  part 
of  the  wall  is  still  standing.  This,  however, 
they  are  now  demolishing,  to  make  way  for 
thirteen  new  streets,  which,  I  am  told,  are  to 
be 'named  after  the  thirteen  United  States.  The 
houses  of  the  city  are  in'  general  of  a  very  dis- 
agreeable appearance  —  exhibiting  more  the 
look  of  so  many  prisons  than  the  habitations 
of  gentlemen,  the  walls  being  black  and  the 
windows  strongly  framed  with  iron  bars.  The 
streets  contribute  much  to  this  gloomy  ap- 
pearance, being  all  very  narrow  and  crooked ; 
they  scarcely  admit  of  two  carriages  passing 
each  other.  The  new  part  of  the  town,  how- 
ever, is  very  different.  The  houses  are  ex- 
tremely elegant  and  the  streets  wide.  Their 
white  color  and  the  external  ornaments  with 
which  they  are  beautifully  loaded  give  them 
a  very  gay  and  pleasing  look.  The  theatre  is 
said  to  be  the  most  elegant  in  the  world.  As 
to  this  I  cannot  answer,  but  I  am  sure  it  is 
beyond  comparison  the  finest  building  of  any 
kind  which  I  have  ever  seen,  and  far  surpasses 
anything  I  had  ever  conceived  of  the  kind." 

Descriptions  follow  of  the  churches,  the 
archiepiscopal  palace,  the  ruins  of  an  ancient 
Roman  building,  the  country  house  of  a 
wealthy  Jew.  He  comments  upon  the  artifi- 
ciality of  the  grounds  of  the  latter  ("nature  is 
tortured  into  a  thousand  fantastic  shapes") 
and  remarks :  "One  would  think  that  the 
same  slavery  which  subjects  the  people  holds 
the  very  vegetable  creation  in  chains."  The 
demi-monde  came  in  for  the  following:  "This 
town  abounds  in  courtesans  who  possess  every 
charm.  The  respect  which  I  have  for  your 
advice  will,  I  hope,  be  sufficient  to  save  me 
from  the  mischiefs  of  such  connections.  This 
class  of  women  are  held  in  greater  respect  in 
France  than  perhaps  in  any  other  country. 
They  have  a  seat  allotted  to  them  in  the  most 


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conspicuous  part  of  the  theatre.  Gentlemen 
of  the  first  rank  attend  them  and  converse 
freely  with  them  without  any  apparent  offense 
to  the  delicacy  of  the  more  amiable  part  of 
their  sex."  He  complains  of  the  expense  to 
which  he  is  subjected,  and  is  sure  that  he  has 
had  to  pay  fifty  per  cent,  more  for  everything 
because  of  being  an  American.  A  "Mr.  Miani," 
whom  he  has  met,  had  declared  great  friend- 
ship for  him  and  never  leaves  him  for  a  mo- 
ment. His  passage  to  London  will  cost  si-< 
guineas,  besides  three  shillings  sterling  per 
day  for  eating  and  drinking.  He  asks  for  a 
further  supply  of  funds.  This  letter  goes  by 
a  ship  bound  for  Philadelphia. 

Next  day,  fearing  his  first  letter  may  have 
miscarried,  he  writes  again.  He  finds  the  cus- 
toms in  France  very  different  from  those  in 
America.  The  breakfast  is  light,  more  a  re- 
freshment than  a  meal,  and  each  takes  it  at 
his  pleasure.  The  dinner  is  in  courses :  first, 
soup ;  then  boiled,  then  roast,  dish  by  dish. 
The  table  is  not  covered  with  a  whole  course 
of  meats,  but  a  single  one  serves  for  a  course. 
"They  do  not  eat  so  much  flesh  as  we  do,  but 
infinitely  more  bread.  Vegetables,  except 
bread,  seldom  make  part  of  the  dinner.  Their 
meats  are  extremely  good.  I  have  never  seen 
pastry  of  any  kind.  The  dessert  consists  of 
fruits,  nuts,  etc.  Wine  is  the  universal  drink. 
It  is  much  cheaper  than  cider  in  America, 
and  the  poorest  laborer  is  enabled  to  crown  the 
toil  of  the  day  with  a  bottle  of  claret."  He 
gives  an  account  of  a  most  agreeable  visit  to 
the  country-seat  of  his  landlady :  "All  form 
was  laid  aside  and  each  of  the  company  (which 
consisted  of  several  ladies  and  gentlemen) 
strove  to  make  the  rest  happy.  The  country  is 
inexpressibly  charming." 

Of  the  ladies :  "The  ladies  here  are  in  gen- 
eral handsome,  but  not  beautiful ;  I  have  not 
met  with  one  face  equal  to  many  in  Balti- 
more. ■  The  only  very  handsome  one  which  I 
sa'w  was  an  English  lady,  llut  they  have  ac- 
complishments which  make  very  ample 
amends  for  any  deficiency  in  personal  beauty: 
a  manner  so  entirely  captivating  that  we  wil- 
lingly acknowledge  ourselves  their  captives. 
]  f  the  same  manners  were  joined  to  American 
beaut)',  they  would  be  irresistible." 

Of  the  French  "petit  maitre,"  he  says  it  is 
absolutely   necessary   to   assume    that   charac- 


ter to  be  properly  received  into  the  polite 
circle. 

"The  use  of  powder  here  is  universal,  among 
all  ages,  sexes  and  conditions.  I  have  seen 
many  in  all  the  wretchedness  of  ragged  pov- 
erty, yet  with  head  dressed  for  any  company. 
You  would  smile  to  see  a  son  of  Vulcan,  with 
his  face  and  dress  the  color  of  his  coat,  and 
his  hair  frizzed  and  powdered  and  curled  in 
the  very  pinnacle  of  the  mode." 

He  finds  modesty  at  a  discount  among  the 
French :  "That  modesty  which  in  other  coun- 
tries is  esteemed  the  greatest  charm  of  a  per- 
son's character,  is  held  at  no  price  here.  It  is 
made  the  first  part  of  a  gentleman's  education 
to  divest  himself  of  so  disagreeable  an  encum- 
brance." Silence  which  may  elsewhere  some- 
times pass  for  a  mark  of  wisdom,  is  considered 
a  sure  mark  of  a  weak  understanding.  Our 
young  friend  commiserates  himself  for  the  in- 
different figure  he  is  making  and  is  trying  to 
assume  the  gaiety  of  the  natives.  His  igno- 
rance of  the  language  furnishes  some  excuse 
for  his  shortcomings. 

He  goes  almost  every  night  to  the  Comedy 
with  his  good  friend,  whose  delicate  sensibil- 
ity he  cannot  too  much  admire.  He  describes 
how  deeply  the  latter  is  moved  at  the  sight  of 
ideal  distress  on  the  stage :  he  goes  into  an 
ecstasy  over  a  generous  action,  and  is  ready 
to  fly  on  the  stage  to  rescue  distressed  virtue. 
Surel}'  one  cannot  be  deceived  in  him.  He 
has  such  an  air  of  sincerity  and  takes  so  much 
trouble  to  serve  and  gratify  one,  he  must  be  a 
man  of  real  virtue. 

Young  Wiesenthal  gives  an  interesting  de- 
scription of  the  country — Guienne— a  land  of 
vineyards,  and  discusses  the  climate,  situation, 
soil,  etc.,  in  a  very  interesting  way,  and  so  as 
to  show  that  he  was  highly  intelligent  and  a 


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close  observer.  This  letter  is  endorsed :  "Re- 
ceived 22  Dec.;"  it  required,  therefore,  more 
than  three  months  to  reach  its  destination. 

After  a  sad  parting  with  his  friends,  and 
especially  his  dear  good  friend  M.,  who  seemed 
to  take  so  much  pleasure  in  serving' him,  he 
embarked  on  September  8,  on  board  the  brig 
Elizabeth  for  London.  His  ship  was  detained 
with  twenty-two  others  at  the  mouth  of  the 
river,  and  he  has  meanwhile  a  lonesome  time 
in  the  cabin,  with  the  beastly  captain  lying  all 
day  drunk  in  bed,  and  the  sailors  continually 
cursing  and  swearing.  At  last  after  waiting- 
twelve  days,  they  got  away,  and  with  a  favor- 
able wind,  reached  Land's  End.  Here  the  ves- 
sel was  nearly  shipwrecked  by  the  ignorance 
and  incompetence  of  the  fellow  to  whom  the 
drunken  captain  had  entrusted  its  manage- 
ment. A  brisk  gale  was  blowing,  and  they 
found  themselves  unexpectedly  near  the  shore, 
here  lined  with  huge  rocks,,  upon  which  they 
would  certainly  have  been  cast  if  the  fog  had 
not  fortunately  cleared  away,  allowing  time  to 
veer  the  ship  around.  In  a  few  days  they  an- 
chored off  Deal,  when  "the  wind  being  ahead 
and  extremely  violent,"  our  student  determin- 
ed not  to  await  the  arrival  of  the  vessel  at  Lon- 
don, but  to  proceed  thither  by  coach.  He  rode 
all  night,  reaching  the  metropolis  September 
30th. 

Writing  thence  on  October- 4th  (through  the 
opportunity  presented  by  a  ship  bound  for  Pa- 
tuxent),  he  declares  his  first  impressions  of 
London  to  be  disappointing.  He  is  "happily 
lodged"  with  his  father's  sister,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Dalcho.  His  expenses  are  worrying  him  ; 
already  his  "clothing,  etc.,"  had  cost  over 
tWenty-two  guineas,  so  that  he  had  but  twen- 
ty-eight remaining.  He  will  not  be  enabled 
to  enter  on  any'  other  than  the  anatomical 
course  until  he  receives  a  sufficiency.  The 
hospitals  demand  fifty  guineas  a  year.  As  to 
pocket  money  he  says  nothing  of  that.     His 

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father  had  ever  allowed  him  freely  every- 
thing he  wished;  therefore  please  send  the 
needful.  He  suggests  that  letters  from  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  Samuel  Chase  (of  Annapolis, 
the  signer  and  later  Associate  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  U.  S.),  and  Dr.  Shippen, 
of  Philadelphia,  would  be  helpful  to  him.  He 
weighs  the  relative  advantages  of  London  and 
Edinburgh,  and  thinks  the  former  offers  the 
greater  advantages  in  the  pursuit  of  anatomy 
and  surgery,  while  the  expenses  are  less  in  the 
latter.  It  is  quite  evident  that  the  social  ad- 
vantages and  attractions  of  the  English  Capital 
had  great  weight  in  his  decision.  He  speaks  of 
many  civilities  received  from  a  Mr.  Charpenter, 
a  jeweler,  who  knew  his  father  in  London,  and 
in  return  for  this  kindness  he  begs  his  sister, 
Mrs.  Messonier,  to  send  over,  as  a  present, 
a  pair  of  red  birds,  a  mocking  bird,  a  robin, 
a  blue  bird,  a  ground  and  a  flying  squirrel.     • 

In  a  letter,  dated  October  24,  1786,  he  says: 
"An  American  ship  has  been  lost  on  the  same 
rock  on  which  I  had  liked  to  have  suffered." 

November  :27th  he  complains  of  the  incon- 
venience he  has  suffered  for  want  of  a  room, 
which  has  prevented  him  from  having  a  single 
hour  as  yet  for  reading.  He  expects  this, 
however,  soon  to  be  removed,  as  he  is  soon 
to  have  two  rooms,  now  in  the  tenure  of  a 
lady.  As  the  rent  is  of  no  small  consequence 
to  his  aunt,  who  is  a  widow,  he  consents  only 
on  condition  th'at  he  be  allowed  to  pay  for 
them  the  same  rent  previously  paid,  viz:  £12 
per  annum.  He  has  contracted  a  severe  cold 
and  also  suffers  from  "his  old  complaint,  the 
tumor,"  for  which  he  has  placed  himself  under 
the  care  of  a  surgeon.  He  has  begun  his 
anatomical  course  under  "Mr.  John  Sheldon, 
F.  R.  S.,  Surgeon  and  Professor  of  Anatomy 
in  the  Royal  Academy  of  Arts,  and  of  Anat- 
omy and  Surgery,"  who  had  an  anatomical 
theatre  in  Great  Queen  street,  Lincoln's  Inn 
Fields.  "Mr.  Sheldon  possesses  all  the  requi- 
sites of  a  teacher  of  this  science.  His.  knowl- 
edge is  g'reat  and  his  manner  of  conveying  it 
very  pleasing.  He  is  learned  and  ambitious 
of  excelling  and  endeavors  to  infuse  the  same 
ambition  in  his  pupils.  He  is  by  no  means  a 
niggard  of  his  experience,  but  freely  communi- 
cates what  he  knows  and  his  ingenuousness 
will  not  allow  him  to  teach  what  is  not  a 
truth   or   suffer  prejudice   to   contort  facts   to 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


answer  its  notions.  His  collection  of  prepa- 
rations is  very  extensive  and  valuable,  and  his 
pupils  have  always  the  privilege  of  seeing 
them  to  illustrate  any  subject."  [In  a  subse- 
quent letter,  of  May  12,  1787,  he  writes:  "Mr. 
Sheldon,  who  I  told  you  had  gone  to  Green- 
land to  dissect  whales,  is  returned  mad!"] 
His  finances  have  not  permitted  him  to  enter 
a  hospital  yet. 

He  refers  to  a  recent  publication  of  the 
celebrated  John  Hunter  on  the  Natural  His- 
tory of  the  Animal  Economy  and  also 
to  an  unfinished  work  on  the  Lymphatick 
System,  by  Mr.  Sheldon.  He  means  to  pro- 
cure both,  although  books  are  excessively 
dear. 

The  following  allusion  to  the  Astronomer 
Herschel  occurs:  "Mr.  Herschel,  the  most 
celebrated  philosopher  of  the  present  age,  is 
constructing  a  telescope  of  enormous  magni- 
tude. You  may  form  some  conception  of  it 
from  the  weight  of  the  lens,  which  is  fifteen 
hundred  pounds.  Notwithstanding  the  size 
and  weight  of  it,  it  will  be  so  centered  as  to 
be  moved  by  the  smallest  degree  of  force. 
In  an  age  of  heathenism,  such  an  undertaking 
would  have  given  a  claim  to  deification,  and 
certainly  is  a  proof  of  genius  sufficient  to 
rescue  the  present  century  from  oblivion,  had 
it  no  other  title  to  be  remembered."  He  de- 
scribes a  visit  to  the  Royal  Society:  "I  have 
had  the  honor  of  being  present  at  a  meeting 
of  the  Royal  Society,  through  Mr.  Magellan. 
Sir  Joseph  Banks  is  President  of  it.  I  am 
sorry  that  this  evening  afforded  nothing  the 
communication  of  which  would  afford  you  any 
pleasure.  Several  papers  were  read  which  com- 
prised the  whole  business.  One  of  these  was 
on  muscular  motion.  I  hoped  to  hear  something  _ 
which  might  throw  a  new  light  upon  so  inter- 
esting a  subject,  but  was  .greatly  mortified  to 
find  it  consist  of  a  set  of  inconclusive  experi- 
ments, which  have  not  even  novelty  to  rescue 
them  from  the  contemptuous  imputation  of 
unimportance.  These  experiments  consisted 
in  the  application  of  certain  chymical  and  me- 
chanical stimuli  to  the  muscular  parts  of  some 
animals  which  had  been  previously  killed." 
(To  be  continued.) 


FRONTIER  LIFE  IN  THE  EIGHTEENTH 
CENTURY. 


(Continued  from  July  number,  ]).  105.) 
They  now  stripped  themselves  and  dried 
their  clothes.  They  felt  refreshed  from  their 
bath.  Resuming  their  march  they  soon 
reached  another  creek  four  miles  further 
on. .  As  they  were  about  to  swim  over  it 
they  saw  two  boats  coming  down  the  river.  They 
called,  but  the  boats  kept  away,  thinking  them 
Indians.  Seeing  their  white  shirts  and  breeches, 
however,  the  voyageurs  determined  to  come  to 
them.  Putting  all  their  men  into  one  boat,  except 
one,  whom  they  left  in  the  other  with  the  women, 
they  approached  the  shore  as  near  as  the  trees 
permitted;  Meanwhile  they  had  drifted  some  dis- 
tance, compelling  the  adventurers  to  cross  sev- 
eral creeks  and  to  swim  out  to  reach  them. 

They  were  received  by  the  people  in  the  boat 
with  carbines  in  their  hands  to  guard  against  a 
possible  surprise.  They  were  very  kind,  undress- 
ing the  Doctor  and  rubbing  his  body  with  warm 
whisky,  which  did  him  much  good.  They  also 
dressed  his  neck,  which  was  much  swollen,  and 
gave  him  some  whiskey  and  bread.  His  feet 
were  in  a  bad  condition,  and  they  talked  of  am- 
putating his  finger.  They  had  spent  three  days 
wandering  in  the  woods.  Two  days'  sailing 
brought  then  to  the  falls  of  the  Ohio,  where  the 
Doctor  passed  the  night  of  the  29th.  Next  day 
he  crossed  the  river  and  visited  Fort  Steuben, 
opposite  Louisville,  where  he  was  most  cordial- 
ly rceived,  being  introduced  by  Colonel  Blaine, 
whom  he  had  met  at  Fort  Pitt.  He  remained 
at  the  fort  under  the  care  of  the  surgeon  there 
for  six  weeks.  For  three  weeks  he  could  not 
move,  and  the  foot  putrified,  requiring  that 
porion  of  it  should  be  removed.  He  describes 
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grounds  being  occupied  by  marshes,  which  ex- 
lialed  the  most  dreadful  stench.  The  ruins  of 
Fort  Nelson  were  still  to  be  seen  there. 

The  Doctor  at  once  made  himself  useful  at  the 
Fort,  examining  mines  and  analyzing  specimens 
of  metals.  He  made  a  furnace  and  supplied  the 
doctors  with  alkalis,  and  amused  them  with  elec- 
tric experiments.  He  picked  up  some  stones  en- 
crusted with  shells,  from  which  he  concluded  that 
that  section  had  once  been  covered  by  the  sea  or  a 
great  lake.  He  discovered  flint  stones,  good  for 
arrowheads  and  gunflints  everywhere,  and  found 
Ouintucke  (Kentucky)  covered  with  a  cane  which 
furnished  a  good  food  for  cattle.  Turkeys,  geese, 
turtles,  ducks,  quails  and  plovers  were  found 
around  the  fort,  but  the  deer  had  retreated  into 
the  woods.  He  procured  some  chalybeate  water 
and,  mixing  with  it  an  infusion  of  oak  bark,  made 
a  very  good  ink.  He  obtained  a  resin  from  the 
sweet  gum  tree,  to  which  the  people  in  the  Fort 
therefore  gave  the  name — Saugrain's  tree.  From 
April  21  to  May  3  he  counted  34  boats  going 
down  the  river.  May  7  a  boat  with  14  rowers 
and  9  passengers  arrived  from  Vincennes  which 
had  lost  two  of  the  party  in  an  attack  of  the  In- 
dians. This  boat  was  going  up  to  Pittsburg,  and 
the  Doctor  was  about  to  embark  in  it  when  he 
decided  to  take  a  horseback  ride  through  Ken- 
tucky with  Colonel  Blaine.  Accordingly  he  set 
out  with  this  single  companion,  after  expressing 
his  great  regret  at  leaving  the  fort  where  he  had 
experienced  so  much  kindness.  He  comments  on 
the  fertility  of  the  soil,  the  small  size  of  the  trees, 
the  bad  roads  and  the  fact  that  the  plantations 
were  mostly  in  barley.  At  Danville  they  were 
joined  by  two  Philadelphia  ladies  and  the  Colo- 
nel's son.  Here  they  encountered  a  party  of  50 
armed  men  and  two  fugitives  of  a  party  of  seven 
who  had  been  attacked  by  the  Indians,  one  killed 
and  the  rest  scattered.  He  visited  Lexington, 
Blue  Lick,  where  he  saw  salt  made  by  evaporat- 
ing the  water,  and  Limestone,  where  he  embark- 
ed for  Pittsburg.  There  were  68  armed  and  49 
unarmed  men  in  boats  laden  with  goods  from  the 
Indians.  At  the  Big  Kanawha  two  white  men 
and  four  Indians  had  recently  been  killed.  He 
arrived  in  Fort  Pitt  June  17  and  soon  left  for 
Philadelphia,  having  been  supplied  with  money 

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by  direction  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  He  traveled 
on  horseback  and  his  foot  gave  him  trouble,  and 
required  lancing.  On  the  way  they  met  many 
large  wagons  carrying  people  and  goods  to  Fort 
Pitt.  After  a  seven  days'  journey  he  reached 
Philadelphia,  and  was  invited  to  dinner  by  Dr. 
Franklin,  although  not  very  presentable  in  his 
traveling  clothes.  In  1790  the  Doctor  was  again 
in  Paris,  whence  he  soon  set  out  with  a  party  of 
500  French  settlers  bound  for  the  banks  of  the 
Scioto,  in  Ohio.  He  was  engaged  because  of  his 
knowledge  of  the  country.  He  was  to  serve  three 
years,  to  have  two  hundred  acres  and  a  house 
and  support  for  himself  and  three  servants.  He 
was  to  give  the  settlers  his  medical  advice  free. 
The  party  reached  Gallipolis  October  20,  1790, 
and  found  8o  cabins,  a  council  and  ball  room, 
already  erected  for  them.  Woods  were  cleared, 
gardens  planted  and  time  passed  agreeably  be- 
tween labor  and  pleasure.  But  this  did  not  con- 
tinue long;  the  company  supplies  stopped  and 
the  title  to  the  land  was  found  to  be  defective. 
During  this  period  Saugrain  kept  an  inn,  where 
in  a  little  back  room  surrounded  by  his  chemical 
apparatus  and  batteries  he  manufactured  for  sale 
thermometers,  barometers  and  phosphorus  mat- 
ches. He  had  acquired  a  reputation  for  inoculat- 
ing for  smallpox,  and  crowds  sought  his  services. 
Emigrants  were  flocking  at  that  time  to  occupy 
the  country.  So  fertile  was  the  soil  that  they 
worked  scarcely  two  hours  a  day,  spending 
nearly  the  whole  time  in  sleeping,  hunting  and 
drinking.  The  women  wore  linen  and  woolen 
cloth.  There  was  no  silver  and  whiskey  was 
bought  with  wheat  and  pork  and  mutton.  The 
doctor  married  at  Gallipolis  and  soon  left  for  Lex- 
ington, where  he  was  employed  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  bar  iron.  He  soon  became  popular.  After 
a  stay  of  six  years  at  Lexington  he  accepted  an 
invitation  of  the  French  governor  of  St.  Louis  to 
move  thither  in  1800.  The  trip  was  made  in  a 
flatboat  down  the  Ohio  and  it  took  many  days  to 
ascend  the  Mississippi.  In  1806  he  was  appointed 
surgeon  in  the  army  and  was  stationed  at  Fort 
Bellefontaine,  on  the  Missouri  river.  In  May, 
1809,  he  received  the  first  vaccine  matter  brought 
to  St.  Louis,  and  offered  to  vaccinate  the  poor 
gratuitously.  He  continued  to  practice  in  St. 
Louis  until  1820,  when  he  died,  leaving  to  his  wife 
and  six  children  a  large,  landed  estate.  His  sci- 
entific work  still  lives  in  tradition,  and  has 
gained  for  him  the  title  of  the  "First  Scientist 
of  the  Mississippi  Valley." 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


BERNARD  CARTER,  A.M.,  LL.D. 


The  distinguished  Provost  of  the  Univer- 
sity, who  is  generally  regarded  as  the  leader 
of  the'  Maryland  bar,  sailed  from  New  York 
on  July  29  for  Europe,  where  he  is  seeking 
that  rest  which  his  incessant  activity  calls  for. 
He  is  accompanied  by  his  son,  Bernard  M. 
Carter,  and  is  spending  most  of  his  time  at 
Carlsbad  and  in  the  Austrian  Tyrol.  Few 
men  lead  a  busier  life  than  Mr.  Carter.  Al- 
though 71  years  of  age,  he  seems  both  physic- 
ally and  mentally  to  be  as  active  and  alert  as 
ever  he  was.  He  has  the  same  bright  eye, 
springy  and  active  step,  and- cool  and  mature 
judgment  that  have  always  distinguished  him. 
Mr.  Carter  is  a  man  of  very  simple  tastes,  car- 
ing not  for  club  life,  but  preferring  the  com- 
panionship of  his  family,  his  friends  and  his 
books.  Surrounded  by  these  he  passes  his 
leisure  in  his  beautiful  home  on  Eutaw  Place. 
He  is  a  man  of  elegant  presence,  being  erect  in 
carriage  and  over  six  feet  in  height,  and  is 
noted  for  his  courtly  and  beautiful  manners. 
He  is  a  devoted  Episcopalian  and  a  member 
of  the  vestry  of  St.  Paul's  Church ;  he  often 
takes  a  leading  part  in  the  discussions  of  the 
church  conventions  and  convocations.  He  has 
six  sons  (several  of  whom  have  graduated  in 
our  Law  School)  and  three  daughters ;  he  is 
himself  a  graduate  of  the  Harvard  Law  School. 
This  is  not  his  first  visit  to  Europe ;  he  has 
crossed  the  ocean  several  times  before.  He  is 
a.  native  of  Maryland  and  held  a  chair  in  the 
School  of  Law  for  several  years  before  being- 
made  Provost.  He  succeeded  the  late  Severn 
Teackle  Wallis  in  the  office  of  Provost  in  1894. 
He  will  return  to  Baltimore  about  October  i. 


^  ITINERARY  TO  PORTLAND  AND 
ALASKA. 


Notes  En  Route  from  Correspondence  of  Pro- 
fessor Randolph  Winslow. 


July  5. — Leave  Baltimore.  Pleasant  trip  to 
Pittsburg.  Scenery  beautiful.  Dfs.  M.  L. 
Price  (1902)  .  and  J.  S.  Billingslea  (1905) 
Aboard.  July  6. — At  Chicago.  Lovely  bright 
morning.  Spend  day  walking  over  old  Exposi- 
tion grounds,  now  a  most  beautiful  park.  A 
few  of  the  buildings  still   remain.      Have  dif- 


ficulty in  getting  berth  on  N.  P.  R.  R.,  owing 
to  crowd.  July  7 — Reach  St.  Paul  at  7.30  A. 
M.  Thence  west  over  North  Dakota.  Mag- 
nificent train  of  ten  Pullmans,  with  electric  il- 
lumination, library,  barber' shop,  bath,  observ- 
ation car,  etc.  Have  passed  through  the  lake 
country  of  Minnesota  and  am  now  on  the  prair- 
ies of  Dakota,  with  practically  no  woods  and  an 
unobstructed  view  for  many  miles.  July  8 — 
In  Montana,  1,300  miles  from  Portland.  Have 
passed  through  the  "bad  lands"  of  Dakota  and 
am  now  following  the  Yellowstone  for  350 
miles.  Near  Custer  Battlefield,  in  a  country 
rich  in  historical  incidents  of  Indian  warfare. 
Scarcely  any  trees  to  be  seen,  but  prairie-dog 
villages,  sage  bushes,  and  cottonwood  trees 
along  streams.  Poor  looking  country ;  some 
good  houses,  but  mostly  shacks.  Superb 
weather. '  July  9 — In  Idaho,  having  crossed 
the  Rockies.  Am  stopped  672  miles  from  Port- 
land by  a  freight  wreck.  At  Spokane  find  Mat- 
thews away,  but  meet  there  Mr.  Rutter,  Presi- 
dent of  (his)  St.  Luke's  Hospital.  July  10,  6 
P.  M. — Have  just  arrived  at  Portland,  having 
had  delightful  trip.  Am  not  tired.  Get  a  fine 
room  in  private  house.  Many  physicians  here. 
Meet  Matthews  (1900),  Morris  Robins  (1894) 
and  a  U.  of  M.  man  (1882),  who  is  a  professor 
here,  and  takes  me  riding.  Also  meet  Stans- 
bury  (1873),  my  U.  of  M.  classmate,  now  a 
successful  practitioner  in  California.  Meet  two 
men  who  were  with  me  in  Vienna.  The  medi 
cal  meeting  a  greater  success  than  expected. 
About  a  dozen  doctors  fi^om  Md.,  all  except 
one  from  Baltimore.  Meet  Mayo,  the  new 
President  of  the  Am.  Med.  Asso.,  who  is  very 
cordial.  Lunch  with  McRae,  of  Atlanta,  and 
Bryant,  of  New  York.  July  12 — Read  my 
paper  on  "Gunshot  Wounds  of  Abdomen,"  be- 
fore the  Section  on  Surgery.  Have  taken  pas- 
sage for  Alaska  and  will  be  gone  nine  days. 
Portland  a  very  pretty  city,  with  fine  location. 

KNIGHTON    &    CALDWELL 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


115 


July  14 — Go  on  all-day  excursion  up  Columbia 
River.  July  15 — Visit  the  Fair.  Do  not  think 
much  of  it;  it  is  a  small  affair.  July  16 — 
Leave  Portland  for  Tacoma,  145  miles  distant. 
Tacoma  a  handsome  and  picturesquely  situ- 
ated place  on  high  hills  overlooking  the  lower 
end  of  Puget  Sound.  L'.  S.  ship  Boston  lying 
off  city.  Am  traveling  alone  and  it  seems  a 
long  time  since  I  left  home.  X.  P.  R.  R.  almost 
always  behind  time  and  does  not  make  the  speed 
of  the  Eastern  roads.  The  West  a  great  coun- 
try, but  am  quite  satisfied  to  live  in  Maryland. 
Outside  the  cities,  the  country  is  wild  and 
sparsely  populated.  July  17 — Take  steamer 
up  the  sound  to  Seattle,  a  city  on  steep  hills, 
making  cables  necessary  to  pull  the  cars  up. 
The  situation  fine,  with  Puget  Sound  in  front, 
,Lake  Washington  behind  and  other  lakes 
within  city  limits.  S^iow-capped  mountains  in 
the  distance.  July  18 — Steamer  from  Alaska 
arrives.  Visit  Navy  Yard  across  the  Sound. 
Do  not  find  the  Pacific  cities  different  from 
those  in  the  East;  people  dress  and  look  the 
same.  Coin  is  used  almost  exclusively  in 
Seattle.  Japs  in  abundance.  See  a  canoe 
come  in  with  a  dozen  Indians  in  it;  they  are 
dressed  in  ordinary  clothes  and  have  baskets, 
etc.,  for  sale.  July  19 — On  S.  S.  City  of  To- 
peka,  in  British  Straits  between  Vancouver  Is- 
land and  mainland.  Left  Seattle  last  night 
bound  for  Alaska.  Boat  full  of  people,  many  of 
them  doctors.  All  kinds  of  freight  aboard,  in- 
cluding a  large  quantity  of  beer.  Am  perched 
in  top  berth  of  a  little  closet,  two  others  below 
me.  The  berths  in  a  sleeping  car  are  capacious 
compared  with  my  present  quarters.  Moun- 
tain peaks  covered  with  snow  constantly  in 
sight.     July  21 — Nearing  the  coast  of  Alaska. 

Open  all  Night 

WILLIAMSON  &  WATTS' 
PHARMACIES 


Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets 

Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and  Perfumery 


Faithful  Prescription  Work 


Cigars 


Boat  is  slow  and  have  had  several  delays.  Have 
had  a  beautiful  trip  through  the  gulf  and 
straits  of  Georgia  between  Vancouver  Island 
and  British  Columbia.  Last  night  we  were  in 
the  Pacific,  which  caused  the  vessel  to  rock. 
The  weather  has  been  fine  since  leaving  home 
until  yesterday  evening,  when  we  ran  into  a 
storm.  We  have  passed  through  grand  scen- 
ery, islands  innumerable,  towering  mountains., 
a  wild  country,  smooth  water,  sometimes  as 
narrow  as  a  small  river  and  again  widening  to 
a  large  sheet.  Pass  two  U.  S.  cruisers  and  a 
torpedo  boat.  See  lots  of  wild  ducks,  some 
whales,  a  few  villages  inhabited  chiefly  by  In- 
dians, occasionally  a  canoe.  Boat  packed  with 
passengers.  At  9.30  P.  M.  just  getting  dusk. 
The  young  people  have  a  dance  on  board.  July 
22 — At  Wrangel.  First  stop  in  Alaska  at  Ket- 
chikan ;  now  90  miles  north  of  that,  but  mak- 
ing slow  progress.  Wrangel  on  a  beautiful 
bay ;  the  young  people  go  ashore  to  dance. 
July  23 — Approaching  Juneau.  Anchor  in  a 
narrow  place  on  account  of  fog.  Although 
snow  mountains,  glaciers  and  ice  floes  are  al- 
ways in  sight,  weather  mild  and  overcoat  not 
needed.  Make  two  stops — at  Tonka  and  Pe- 
tersburg —  both  salmon  canneries.  Indian 
squaws  and  children  sit  on  wharves  and  at 
doorways  selling  curios ;  the  young  girls  and 
women  rather  attractive ;  the  elder,  hideous. 
Stop  at  Douglas  Island,  where  the  Treadwell 
mines  are  situated,  probably  the  most  produc- 
tive in  the  world.  A  gentleman  on  board  who 
has  done  much  traveling  says  the  scenery  is 
the  most  beautiful  in  the  world.  Although 
only  18  days  it  seems  an  age  since  I  left  home. 
We  expect  to  reach  Skagway,  the  end  of  our 
route,  tomorrow,  and  will  then  turn  south. 
[The  1,000-mile  voyage  occupied  six  days. 
Dr.  M.  went  into  the  interior  on  the  White 
Pass  R.  R.  as  far  as  the  international  boundary 
line.  He  did  not  go  up  the  Yukon.  He  vis- 
ited the  Treadwell  mine,  going  down  about  900 
feet  and  being  greatly  impressed  with  its  mag- 
nitude. He  brought  back  specimens  of  its  ore. 
He  was  favorably  impressed  with  the  people 
of  Alaska  and  saw  none  of  the  rough  element. 
The  climate  was  very  temperate,  and  at  no 
time  was  he  uncomfortably  cold.  During  the 
day  the  temperature  ranged  about  65° ;  about 
10  P.  M.  it  began  to  grow  dark  and  the  air  be- 
came colder.     They  passed  an  excursion  boat 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


with  band  aboard,  which  played  "Dixie"  and 
"Maryland,  My  Maryland."]  July  30 — Reach 
Seattle  on  return  and  leave  for  Portland,  where 
get  mail  from  home.  July  31 — Leave  for  San 
Francisco  and  pass  through  an  attractive 
country.  August  2 — Arrive  at  S.  F.  Not  a 
single  day  of  bad  weather  since  leaving  home. 
Want  to  play  cricket.  On  the  whole  trip  have 
met  people  whom  I  knew  or  knew  of;  the 
world  seems  small  in  these  days  of  rapid  tran- 
sit. View  the  city.  [Returns  via  Salt  Lake 
City,  arriving  in  Baltimore  August  9,  after  a 
trip  lasting  five  weeks.] 

o 

NED  BRADDOCK,  1755. 


By  John  Williamson  Palmer,  M.D.  (1846). 

Said  the  Sword  to  the  Ax,  'twixt  the  whacks 

and  the  hacks, 
"Who's     your    bold    Berserker,    cleaving    of 

tracks  ? 
Hewing   a   highway   through    greenwood   and 

glen. 
Foot-free  for  cattle  and  heart-free  for  men?" 
— "Braddock  of  Fontenoy,  stubborn  and  grim. 
Carving  a  cross  on  the  wilderness  rim ; 
In  his  own  doom  building  large  for  the  Lord, 
Steeple  and  State!"  said  the  Ax  to  the  Sword. 

Said  the  Blade  to  the'  Ax,  "And  shall  none  say 

him  Nay? 
Never  a  broadsword  to  bar  him  the  way? 
Never  a  bush  where  a  Huron  may  hide, 
Or  the  shot  of  a  Shawnee  spit  red  on  his  side?" 
— Down  the  long  trail,  from  the  Fort  to  the 

ford. 
Naked    and    streaked,    plunged    a    moccasin'd 

horde ; 
Huron  and  Wyandot,  hot  for  the  bout ; 
Shawnee  and  Ottawa,  barring  him  out ! 

Red'ning  the  ridge,  'twixt  a  gorge  and  a  gorge. 
Bold  to  the  sky,  loom  the  ranks  of  St.  George ; 
Braddock  of  Fontenoy,  belted  and  horsed. 
For  a  foe  to  be  struck  and  a  pass  to  be  forced. 
— 'Twixt  th^  pit  and  the  crest,  'twixt  the  rocks 

and  the  grass. 
Where  the  bush  hides  the  foe  and  the  foe  holds 

the  pass, 
Beaujeu  and  Pontiac,  striving  amain; 
Huron  and  Wyandot,  jeering  the  slain! 


Beaujeu,  bon  camarade!     Beaujeu  the  Gay! 

Beaujeu  and  Death  cast  their  blades  in  the 
fray. 

Never  a  rifle  that  spared  when  they  spoke,     ■ 

Never  a  scalp-knife  that  balked  in  its  stroke. 

Till  the  red  hillocks  marked  where  the  stand- 
ards had  danced, 

And  the  Grenadiers  gasped  where  their  sabers 
had  glanced. 

— But  Braddock  raged  fierce  in  that  storm  by 
the  ford. 

And  railed  at  his  "curs"  with  the  flat  of  his 
sword ! 

Said  the  Sword  to  the  Ax,  "Where's  your  Ber- 
serker now  ? 
Lo !    his    bones    mark    a   path    for    a   country- 
man's cow. 
And  Beaujeu  the  Gay?    -Give  him  place,  right 

or  wrong, 
In  your  tale  of  a   camp,   or  your   stave  of  a 

song." 
— "But  Braddock  of  Fontenoy,  stubborn  and 

grim, 
Who  but  he  carved  a  cross  on  the  wilderness 

rim? 
In  his  own  doom  building  large  for  the  Lord, 
Steeple  and  State !"  said  the  Ax  to  the  Sword. 

o 

The  Clinical  Assistants  of  the  University 
Hospital  spent  a  very  pleasant  evening  on  Fri- 
day, July  14th.  This  was  the  evening  selected 
for  their  annual  banquet,  and,  as  usual,  quite 
a  number  of  their  friends  were  in  attendance 
and  helped  to  make  the  event  a  success. 

The  grounds  to  the  rear  of  their  building 
were  put  in  order,  and  everything  prepared  for 
an  out-of-door  celebration.  Tables  were 
placed  and  loaded  down  with  edibles  and  re- 
freshments ;    Japanese    lanterns,    college    and 


;    Students  of  Medicine  and  Dentistry    : 

Will  find  much  to  interest 
them,  in  the  stock  of 

HYNSON,   WESTCOTT  &  CO 
Modern  Medical  Supplies 


Charles  and  Franklin  Sts. 


Baltimore,  Md. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


117 


fraternity  flags  and  bunting  hung  from  every 
nook.  Eight  o'clock  was  the  hour  set  for  the 
beginning  of  festivities.  Very  much  to  the  dis- 
appointment of  all,  a  heavy  and  continuous 
rainfall  commenced  about  half  past  seven 
o'clock,  and  other  arrangements  had  to  be 
made.  Not  to  be  foiled  b}-  the  rain,  the  ban- 
V  quet  was  then  adjourned  to  room  No.  5,  which 
although  small  for  so  large  a  crowd,  served 
the  purpose  well,  and  the  banqueters  assem- 
bled there,  where  plenty  to  excite  and  also  to 
satisfy  the  appetite  awaited  them.  Until  the 
early  morning  hours  a  happy  throng  filled  this 
room,  eating  and  drinking  and  making  merry. 
A  string  Land  rendered  appropriate  music, 
which  added  to  the  enjoyment  of  the  occasion. 

The  Superintendent  and  residents  of  the 
University  Hospital  and  the  University  repre- 
sentatives at  the  other  hospitals  in  the  city 
were  invited  guests  and  added  much  to  the  en- 
joyment and  success  of  the  evening. 

Good  cheer  and  the  best  of  feeling  prevailed 
throughout  the  evening;  not  even  the  very  in- 
clement weather  being  able  to  dampen  the  ar- 
dor of  the  assemblage.  The  "house  men"  be- 
lieve that  such  occasions  as  this  add  much  to 
the  pleasures  of  college  life,  and  serve  more 
than  anything  else  to  cement  the  ties  of  friend- 
ship existing  between  classmates,  and  hope  to 
repeat  the  occasion  during  the  present  year. 

-^  DEATH   OF   PROFESSOR   CHARLES 
SCHMIDT,  Ph.G. 


Mr.  Charles  Schmidt,  Associate  Professor 
of  Pharmacy  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of 
this  University,  and  Superintendent  of  the 
pharmaceutical  laboratories  of  Messrs.  Sharp 
&-  Dohme,  died  in  Baltimore  August  14,  after 
a  short  illness  of  typhoi<l  fever.  He  was  in  his 
46th  year.  He  left  a  widow,  who  was  Miss 
Theresa  Baker,  two  daughters — Misses  Helen 
and  Marguerite  Schmidt,  and  a  son,  Roland, 

PEARRE   E.    GROWL    CO. 

RUBBER      STAMP 

AND     

STENCIL    SUPPLIES 

Nkw  Location  No.   1  EAST  GERMAN  STREET 

STIEFF      PIANOS 

MADE  OF    THE     BEST      MATERIALS 
MONEY  AND  EXPERIENCE  CAN  BUY. 

9  N.    I^BHRTY  St..   BAtiTIMORH   MD. 


who  is  a  student  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity. He  was  President  of  the  Northwest- 
ern Lnprovement  Association  and  an  active 
member  of  the  Franklin  Square  Presbyterian 
Church.  The  funeral  services,  which  were 
strictly  private,  were  conducted  at  his  home, 
2906  Parkwood  avenue,  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Woods, 
interment  being  in  Druid  Ridge  Cejnetery.  The 
following  were  the  pall-bearers :  Professors 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  and  Henry  P.  Hynson, 
and  Messrs.  Allen  G.  Pinkerton,  Henry  B. 
Coulson,  E.  Frank  Kelly  and  Richard  H. 
■Keating. 

Professor  Charles  Caspari  says  of  his  de- 
ceased colleague : 

"Professor  Schmidt  was  an  accomplished 
pharmacist  and  held  a  position  of  great  re- 
sponsibility and  trust.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  with 
the  class  of  1880  and  became  a  member  of  its 
adjunct  faculty  just  ten  years  ago.  Previously 
he  had  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, holding  the  position  of  Chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Examiners.  He  had  been  President 
of  the  Alumni  Association  of  his  Alma  Mater 
and  had  held  many  important  positions  in  con- 
nection with  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, to  the  proceedings  of  which  he  con- 
tributed many  valuable  papers,  and  was  a 
member  of  its  Executive  Committee  when  he 
died.  Professor  Schmidt's  success  and  promi- 
nence were  won  entirely  by  his  personal  ef- 
forts. He  was  what  is  known  as  a  self-made 
man,  and  by  his  strict  integrity,  sound  judg- 
ment and  kind  and  gentle  manners  won  the 
admiration  and  friendship  of  all  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact." 


y         .  — ° — 

The  following,  taken  from  the  Catalogue  of 
the  Department  of  Pharmacy,  has  the  true  ring, 
and  shows  that  our  new  colleagues  are  not  be- 
hind in  their  zeal  for  the  welfare  of  the  Uni- 
versity : 

"The  betterment  that  it  was  hoped  would 
follow  the  transformation  of  the  Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy — 1841-1904 — into  a  de- 
partment of  the  revered  and  venerable  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland,  and  the  wholesome  ad- 
vantages expected  from  the  resulting  associa- 
tion, have  been  so  fully  realized  as  to  bring  no 
small  degree  of  satisfaction  to  the  Faculty, 
upon  which  the  greater  responsibility  and  bur- 


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OLD     MARYLAND. 


den  of  the  change  necessaril}-  fell.  The  true 
and  constant  friends  of  the  school,  especially 
its  Alumni — old  and  young — will  be  pleased  to 
know  that  the  session  just  closed  has  unmis- 
takably proved  the -wisdom  of  the  affiliation 
that  leaves  all  concerned  sensible  of  most  con- 
genial and  advantageous  relationship. 

"Those  vyho  have  lent  the  school  so  much  aid 
.and  support  in  the  past  will  no  doubt  feel  con- 
strained to  continue  and  increase  their  usual 
efforts  in  its  behalf  when  they  learn  that  the 
Faculty  is  much  better  situated  and  has  im- 
proved facilities  for  instruction,  and  when  they 
know  that  the  environments  and  associations 
of  the  students  are  much  more  stimulating  and 
conducive  to  the  attainment  of  true  profes- 
sional knowledge.  The  real  college  spirit  per- 
vades every  department,  and  the  recognition  of 
our  Faculty  and  our  students  by  the  other  de- 
partments has  been  most  cordial,  sympathetic 
and  encouraging.  The  students  especially  are 
made  to  feel  at  home  in  the  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Glee  Club  and  fraternities. 

"The  opportunity  to  prociu'e  an  insight  into 
those  branches  of  medicine  to  wdiich  pharmacy 
is  so  closely  allied  would  seem  to  appeal  to  stu- 
dents who  wish  to  fully  equip  themselves  for 
higher  pharmaceutical  work.  As  far  as  can 
be  discovered  nothing  has  been  lost  and  much 
has  been  gained  by  the  change — by  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy. 

"It  must  be  a  source  of  pride  and  pleasure 
to  all  the  Alumni  of  the  M.  C.  P.,  to  know- 
that  while  they  will  continue  as  such,  they 
have  become  active  Alumni  of  the  University 
of  Maryland,  entitled  to  membership  in  the 
General  Alumni  Association." 

In  behalf  of  the  Association  just  named,  and 
as  Secretary-Treasurer  of  the  same,  the  writer 
desires  to  most  cordially  invite  the  graduates 
of  this  department,  not  only  of  last  session, 
but  during  its  entire  existence,  to  unite  them- 
selves to  its  membership.  AVe  also  desire  most 
warmly  to  thank  the  Alumni  Association  for 
its  helpful  and  kindly  notice  of  Old  Marvi,.\nd 
in  the  same  publication. 

o 

APPOINTMENTS   IN   THE   SCHOOL   OF 
MEDICINE. 


ate  Professor  of  Surgery;  S.  B.  Bond,  M.D., 
Clinical  Professor  of  Genito-Urinary  Diseases  ; 
J.  M.  Craighill,  M.D.,  J.  E.  Gichner,  M.D.,  and 
A.  Duvall  Atkinson,  M.D.,  Clinical  Professors 
of  Medicine;  Gordon  Wilson,  M.D.,  Associate 
Professor  of  Clinical  Medicine ;  R.  H.  John 
ston,  M.D.,  Lecturer  on  Diseases  of  Nose  and 
Throat;  Page  Edmunds,  M.D.,  Instructor  in 
Genito-Urinary  Diseases;  I.  J.  Spear,  M.D., 
Instructor  in  VsychiiLtry.—  Hospital  Bulletin, 
July. 

o 

LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  MEDICINE. 


The  following  graduates  of  this  University 
were  successful  at  the  June  examinations  and 
obtained  licenses  to  practice:  Samuel  L. 
Bare,  Robert  P.  Bay,  Chandos  M.  Benner,  Jas. 
S.  Billingslea,  Ira  Burns,  Sydenham  R.  Clarke, 
John  M.  Elderdice,  Leo  J.  Goldbach,  Samuel 
W.  Hammond,  Plenry  C.  Houck,  Brooke  I. 
Jamison,  Jr.,  Francis  W.  Janney,  Eugene  Kerr, 
Vernon  F.  Kelly,  William  A.  Knell,  Geo.  W. 
Mahle,  Harry  D.  McCarty,  John  D.  Moritz, 
Roscoe  C.  Metzel,  Robert  L.  Mitchell,  John 
W.  Pierson,  Daniel  E.  Remsberg,  Samuel  T. 
R.  Revell,  John  L.  Riley,  Anton  G.  Rytina, 
Albert  L.  Sanders,  J.  Holmes  Smith,  Jr.,  W. 
Henry  Smithson,  Jr. 

o 

Dr.  Louis  A.  AVeigel,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
writes  under  date  August  24: 

The  last  copy  of  Old  Maryland  sent  me 
was  a  reminder  of  my  tardiness  in  not  replying 
to  your  very  kind  letter.  The  many  kind  words 
received  from  all  parts  of  the  world  were  a 
great  comfort  to  me  in  the  hour  of  my  mis- 
fortune, and  helped  greatly  indeed  to  lighten 
the  burden  of  my  affliction.  I  have  now  re- 
covered my  health  and  am  able  to  resume  my 
life's  work  with  as  much  ambition  and  energy 
as  my  limitations  permit.  Please  convey  my 
sincere  thanks  to  all  Alumni,  who  have  shown 

YOU  CAN  GET  THE 

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OLD    MARYLAND. 


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so  much  interest  in  my  welfare.  Some  of  these 
days  I  will  have  an  opportunity  of  visiting  old 
Baltimore,  when  it  will  give  me  great  pleasure 
to  meet  the  friends  of  the  days  of  long  ago. 

y  ° 

Owing  to  the  absence  from  the  city  of  the 

representatives  of  the  University  of  Maryland, 
the  meeting  upon  State  University  announced 
for  August  3d  had  to  be  postponed.  It  will 
be  held  upon  September  13th  at  2  P.  M.,  at 
the  Governor's  office  in  the  Fidelity  Building 
in  this  city;  and  we  have  the  assurance  of  the 
presence  and  deep  interest  in  it  of  the  repre- 
sentatives of  St.  John's  and  the  Maryland  Ag- 
ricultural Colleges.  We  wish  now  once  more 
to  emphasize  in  the  most  forcible  manner  pos- 
sible the  importance  of  this  meeting.  It  stands 
for  a  movement  that  has  in  it  possibilities  of 
the  utmost  importance  to  the  welfare  and  the 
future  of  this  institution :  a  movement  that  of- 
fers the  only  prospect  we  can  see  for  the  sup- 
ply of  our  most  pressing  needs:  needs  connect- 
ed with  organization,  government,  endowment ; 
needs  that  have  dwarfed  our  growth  for  a  cen- 
tury; needs  that  must  be  supplied  if  we  are  to 
fill  any  important  or  worthy  place  hereafter 
among  American  universities.  For  example, 
how  can  we  secure  the  advantages  of  an  acad- 
emic department  without  seeking  affiliation 
with  some  already  existing  college  or  colleges? 
We  have  no  means  to  provide  buildings,  to 
pay  the  salaries  of  a  Faculty,  to  meet  the  ex- 
penses until  students  come  and  it  is  self-sup- 
porting. And  so  with  endowment  for  labora- 
tories, research,  chairs,  scholarships,  prizes, 
and  the  like.  With  union,  with  consolidation, 
with  State  patronage,  our  needs  would  be  sup- 
plied, and  we  could  look  forward  with  some 
satisfaction  to  the  future. 

These  are  the  days  of  State  universities. 
Every  Southern  State  now  has  one  except 
[Maryland.  The  great  State  universities  of  the 
^Northwest  and  West  have  forged  ahead  at  a 
tremendous  pace  in  the  last  dozen  years  and 
fcare  close  upon  the  heels  of  the  old  endowed 
|universities  of  the  East.     In  1903-04  they  had 

F.  W.  ELLINCHAUS,  Merchant  Tailor, 

ll'akes   pleasure  in  informing  you  that   he  has  now  in  stock  a 
select  line  o  f 
IMPORTED  WOOLENS  FOR  THE  COMING  SEASON. 

iHis  Styles  are  Choice  and  Quality  the  Best.    An  early  inspec- 
tion of  them  will  be  to  your  advantage,  and  he 
trusts  to  be  favored  with  your  order. 


permanent  continuing  incomes  equivalent  tp 
endowments  of  from  $6,000,000  to  $20,000,000. 
We  are  told  that  the  incomes  of  the  Univer- 
sities of  California,  Illinois,  Iowa,  Michigan 
Minnesota,  Missouri,  Nebraska,  Ohio  and  Wis- 
consin doubled  during  the  five  years  from 
1898-99  to  1903-04.  "Before  a  decade  shall 
have  gone  by,"  says  Professor  Charles  R.  Van 
Hise,  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  "it  is. 
certain  that  each  of  several  State  universities 
will  have  an  annual  income  of  more  than  a  mil- 
lion dollars."'''  Facts  also  show  that  they  are 
vigorously  doing  their  full  share  of  research 
work  and  are  not  simply  schools  of  instruc- 
tion. "One  of  the  most  instructive  phenomena 
in  recent  educational  history,"  says  Professor 
James  Morris  Page,  of  the  University  of  Vir- 
ginia, "has  been  the  astounding  growth  of  the 
Western  State  university,  combining,  as  it 
does,  the  best  traits  of  the  English  and  Ger- 
man universities,  with  a  number  of  new  ones 
peculiar  to  itself."t  Nor  do  the  facts  sustain 
the  statement  that  State  universities  are  un- 
certain as  to  the  continuance  of  their  incomes. 
"I  do  not  know  of  any  important  State  univer- 
sity," says  Professor  Van  Hise,  "which  with- 
in the  past  score  of  years  has  had  a  permanent 
setback  or  a  large  reduction  of  its  income.  On 
the  contrary,  the  incomes  to  nearly  all  have 
been  increased  in  amount  annually  or  bien- 
nially. The  State  universities  have  an  official 
hold  upon  their  respective  States,  and  the 
States  have  a  pride  in  them  as  their  institu- 
tions." It  is  no  mere  figure  of  speech,  there- 
fore, when  Professor  G.  Stanley  Hall  talks  of 
"the  day  when  the  proud  Eastern  endowed  col- 
lege is  going  to  pale  before  the  glory  of  these 
great  State  universities,"  already  being  forced 
back  into  narrower  and  narrower  limits. t 

Why  should  we  not  have  a  State  University 
in  Maryland?  Why  should  not  higher  educa- 
tion be  brought  within  the  reach  of  the  masses 
here  as  well  as  primary  education?  We  are 
assured  that  there  is  a  strong  sentiment  in  the 
State  in  favor  of  this  idea,  and  the  public  who 
are  taxed  for  the  support  of  the  State  govern- 


205  W.FAYETTE  ST., 


BALTIMORE,    MD. 


*Asso.  of  Am.  Universities,  6th  Annual  Con- 
ference, 1905. 
fldem. 
tidem. 


120 


OL,D    MARYLAND. 


nient  are  entitled  to  be  considered  in  this  !iiat- 
ter.  We  have  pointed  out  that  the  Johns  Hop- 
kins University  cannot  fill  this  role,  it  is  and 
must  always  be  a  private  and  to  a  large  extent 
a  post-graduate  institution.  But  here  we  have 
a  number  of  excellent  schools  ready  to  be 
welded  into  a  public  corporation  which  can 
meet  every  want.  Why  should  we  be  so  en- 
tirely dominated  in  educational  matters  by  the 
Johns  Hopkins?  Some,  even  within  our  own 
ranks,  go  so  far  as  to  say  we  must  not  antag- 
onize it — there  is  not  room  here  for  two  univer- 
.sities!  Must  we  then  commit  hari-kari  for  its 
benefit?  The  writer  happens  to  know  that 
the  authorities  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  do  not 
take  this  view.  They  are  men  of  too  broad 
minds  to  expect  that  an  old  institution  preced- 
ing them  by  sixty-nine  years  should  be  asked 
to  "get  out"  because  a  newcomer  settles  among 
us.  Their  contributions  to  our  endowment 
fund  show  their  warm  and  sympathetic  inter- 
est in  our  welfare.  To  them  it  is  doubtless  in- 
comprehensible that  we  are  so  indifferent  to 
our  own  welfare — that  we  have  not  more  de- 
votion and  fealty  to  our  own  University.  Let 
us  then  deliberate  well  over  this  matter.  Let 
us  not  reject  this  great  opportunity.  Our 
Alumni  are  unanimous  in  its  favor  and  are 
watching  us  eagerly  and  critically.  There  are 
obstacles  in  the  way  yet,  but  was  anything 
worth  achieving  ever  done  without  meeting 
them?  There  is  necessity  for  mutual  conces- 
sions :  let  us  show  our  magnanimity  by  being 
ready  to  meet  all  reasonable  demands. 
o— 

The  Deans  of  the  University  of  Maryland 
School  of  Medicine,  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  and  the  Baltimore  Medical  Col- 
lege, all  members  of  the  Association  of  Amer- 
ican Medical  Colleges,  have  recently  called  the 
attention  of  the  chairman  of  the  Judicial  Coun- 
cil of  that  Association  to  the  fact  that  a  large 
proportion  of  the  students  contemplating  en- 
trance into  these  colleges  this  fall  are  de- 
terred from  doing  so  by  the  inability  to  meet 
the  requirements  as  to  education  which  are 
now  being  inaugurated  by  the  Association. 
As  there  are  other  colleges  in  this  city  which 
are  not  members  of  the  Association,  such  stu- 
dents are  naturally  being  drawn  to  them,  to 
the  injury  of  the  correspondents  who  are  en- 
deavoring in  good  faith  to  promote  the  cause 


of  higher  education  and  to  the  frustration  of 
the  chief  aim  of  the  Association.  They  call 
attention  to  the  action  of  the  Maryland  State 
Board  of  Examiners  "reserving  the  right  to 
make  such  further  investigation  of  preliminary 
education  as  it  may  deem  necessary,"'  which 
they  take  to  mean  that  the  State  Boards  gen- 
erally will  require  an  advance  in  this  direction, 
and  they  therefore  suggest  that  the  chairman 
request  all  Boards  to  take  the  same  stand  and 
to  announce  that  they  will  accept  without 
question  as  in  good  standing  for  examination 
students  presenting  blanks  from  schools  that 
are  members  of  the  Association.  They  sug- 
gest further  that  a  statement  be  made  to  this 
effect  in  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical 
Association  for  the  information  of  the  pro- 
fession and  of  contemplating  students.  They 
claim  that  this  proposal  is  proper  and  just  in 
view  of  the  position  hitherto  taken  by  the 
American  Medical  Association  in  support  of 
the  Association  of  Medical  Colleges.  Dr. 
Means  assures  the  writers  that  the  officers  of 
the  Association  will  take  the  matter  under 
advisement,  with  a  view  of  securing  favorable 
recognition  from  State  Boards  of  Examination 
and  Registration.  He  thinks  that  the  appli- 
cants are  entitled  to  protection  against  the 
colleges  of  lower  grade,  both  in  and  out  of 
the  State.  Such  action  has  been  taken  in 
many  of  the  States  and  has  been  an  important 
factor  in  elevating  the  standard.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  wishes  of  the  writers  can  be 
carried  out,  for  they  are  both  reasonable  and 
just  and  called  for  in  the  interest  of  further 
advance.  The  Maryland  law  specifies  "a  com- 
petent common  school  education"  as  the  con- 
dition of  entrance  upon  medical  study  in  this 
State. 


DR.  OSLER'S  FAREWELL  ADDRESS. 


"Unity,  Peace  and  Concord"  is  the  title 
chosen  for  his  address  by  Dr.  Osier  {Journal 
A.  M.  A.,  August  5).  The  medical  profession 
is  the  only  one,  he  says,  that  everywhere 
throughout  the  world  has  the  same  methods, 
ambitions  and  aims — it  is  the  only  world-wide 

Oerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 
S.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


121 


profession.  In  a  little  more  than  a  century  a 
united  profession  working  in  every  land  has 
done  more  for  the  race  than  any  other  bod}^ 
of  men.  Any  great  discovery  in  any  part  of 
the  world  is  common  property  at  once.  In 
referring  to  the  things  needed  to  bring  about 
perfect  unity  in  the  profession  in  this  country, 
he  laid  special  emphasis  on  the  need  of  reci- 
procity in  the  medical  practice  laws  in  the 
various  States  and  Territories,  and  the  need 
for  consolidation  of  medical  schools  and  for 
the  recognition  of  those  homeopathic  physi- 
cians who  are  ready  to  accept  the  facts  of 
scientific  medicine.  Osier  believes  that  mu- 
tual concessions  only  are  needed,  such  as  the 
abandonment  of  special  designation,  and  the 
intelligent  toleration  of  therapeutic  vagaries 
that  have  alwa3^s  beset  the  profession,  but  are 
at  worst  only  fiies  on  the  wheels  of  progress. 
He  advocates  peace,  but  by  this  he  does  not 
mean  cessation  of  our  professional  conflict 
with  ignorance,  apathy  and  vice.  This  must 
be  steadily  carried  on.  There  is,  however,  at 
times,  he  says,  a  lack  of  the  professional  har- 
mony that  should  exist,  and  this  is  to  be  la- 
mented. He  thinks  that  there  are  three  chief 
causes  of  the  quarrels  of  physicians.  The  first 
is  lack  of  proper  friendly  intercourse,  the  sec- 
ond is  uncharitableness,  and  the  third  is  the 
wagging  tongue  of  individuals,  who  are  too 
often  ready  to  make  trouble  between  physi- 
cians. He  says  that  a  physician  should  never 
listen  to  a  patient  who  tells  tales  derogatory 
of  other  physicians,  and  should  not  believe 
them,  even  if  he  thinks  they  may  be  true. 

o 

Hon.  Henry  St.  George  Tucker,  in  his  Presi- 
dential Address  before  the  American  Bar  As- 
sociation, at  Narragansett  Pier,  August  23d, 
made  some  stirring  and  inspiring  remarks  re- 
garding his  profession.  He  believes  that  it  is 
more  potential  for- good  than  any  other  except 
the  ministry,  and  in  some  respects  more  pow- 
erful for  good  than  even  that.  Its  power  for 
evil  is  no  less  great.'  The  lawyer  is  the  school- 
master of  the  people,  the  powerful  teacher  of 

THE   LINEN  STORE- 


right  and  wrong.  Success  at  any  price  meets 
with  favor  among  many,  but  he  who  fights 
his  battles  in  the  open,  with  no  weapons  save 
those  taken  from  the  arsenal  of  eternal  truth 
and  right,  who  scorns  the  temptation  to  ad- 
vance a  principle  for  his  client  or  his  cause  as 
his  own  which  cannot  be  defended  in  the  for- 
um of  conscience,  will  leave  a  lasting  impress' 


of    good    upon    those    who    hear    him. 


Mr. 


Tucker  goes  even  further  and  cla.ims  that  the 
character  of  citizenship  in  any  community  is 
largely  determined  by  the  character  of  its  bar. 
Recognizing  the  temptation  in  the  way  of  re- 
muneration, knowing  the  delicate  distinctions 
in  the  law  which  create  doubt  as  to  procedure 
among  even  the  most  scrupulous,  and  give 
opportunity  for  the  evil  disposed  to  cover  his 
tracks  in  the  accomplishment  of  his  wicked 
ends,  he  concludes  that  learning  is  as  nothing 
to  genuine  honesty,  and  that  the  real  need  of 
America  today  in  the  transaction  of  private 
business  and  in  the  moulding  of  a  lofty  public 
sentiment  is  the  high-toned,  honorable,  con- 
scientious lawyer.  No  more  difficult  question 
is  presented  than  that  of  purging  the  un- 
worthy member  who  brings  dishonor  upon 
the  whole  profession,  but  if  the  latter  is  to 
receive  the  honor  which  is  its  just  due  and 
is  to  accomplish  the  high  aim  for  which  it  is 
destined,  this  must  be  undertaken  and  carried 
out  fearlessly  and  thoroughly.  If  these  lofty 
views  could  be  generally  disseminated  and 
acted  on,  the  profession  of  law  would  soon 
lose  that  sinister  aspect  which  it  wears  in  the 
eyes  of  so  many,  and  acquire  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  all  men.  Is  it  possible  to  realize 
such  a  consummation?  The  ideal  is  worth 
striving  for  even  if  it  be  beyond  full  attain- 
ment. 


5  W.  Lexington  Street, 


Baltimo 


The  following  case  came  under  the  care  of 
that  philanthropic  and  learned  physician,  the 
late  Doctor  (John)  Crawford,  of  Baltimore, 
who,  in  everything  amiable  and  good,  was  not 
unlike  his  intimate  friend.  Doctor  (Henry) 
Stevenson. '  A  certain  hypochondriac,  who  for 
a  long  time  fancied  himself  dying  of  a  liver 
complaint,  was  advised  by  Dr.  C.  to  make  a 
journey  to  the  State  of  Ohio.  After  an  excur-' 
sion  of  three  months  he  returned  home,  ap- 
parently in  good  health.  But  upon  receiving 
information  of  the   death   of- a   twin   brother, 


122 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


who  had  actually  died  of  a  scirrhous  liver,  he 
immediately  took  the  staggers,  and  falling 
down,  roared  out  that  he  was  dead,  and  had, 
as  he  always  expected,  died  of  a  liver  com- 
plaint. Dr.  C,  being  sent  for,  immediately 
attended  and  asked  the  hypochondriac  how  he 
could  be  dead,  seeing  he  could  talk.  But  still 
he  would  have  it  that  he  was  actually  dead ; 
whereupon  the  sagacious  Doctor  exclaimed : 
"Oh !  yes,  the  gentleman  is  certainly  dead,  and 
it  is  more  than  probable  his  liver  was  the  death 
of  him.  However,  to  ascertain  the  fact  Lwill 
hasten  to  cut  him  open  before  putrefaction 
takes  place."  And  thereupon,  getting  a  carv- 
ing knife  and  whetting  it  as  a  butcher  would 
to  open  a  dead  calf,  he  stepped  up  and  began 
to  open  his  waistcoat,  when  the  hypochondriac, 
horribly  frightened,  leaped  up  with  the  agility 
of  a  rabbit,  and,  crying  out  "Murder !  Murder ! 
Murder !"  ran  ofif  with  a  speed  that  would  have 
defied  a  score  of  doctors  to  catch  him.  After 
running  a  considerable  distance  until  he  was 
almost  exhausted,  he  halted,  and  not  finding 
the  doctor  at  his  heels,  soon  became  composed. 
From  that  period  this  gentleman  was  never 
known  to  complain  of  his  liver,  nor  had  he  for 
better  than  twenty  years  afterward  any  symp- 
tom of  this  disease. —  The  Medical  Companion, 
by  James  Ewell,  Philadelphia,  1817. 

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Married— Hamilton  K.  Derr,  M.  D.  (1881), 
of  Hagerstown,  Md.,  to  Miss  Louisa  McCoy, 
at  Washington,  D.  C,  August  3. — James  S.  Bil- 
lingslea,  M.  D.  (1905),  to  Miss  Katherine  E. 
Bell,  of  Baltimore,  June  26. — Edward  Hall 
Richardson,  M.  D.  (1891),  of  Farmville,  Va., 
to  Miss  Emily  Gould,  at  Mt.  Washington,  Md., 
June  27. — William  Nicholas  Gassaway,  M.  D. 
(1904),  to  Miss  Emma  Brown,  of  Ellicott  City, 
a  former  nurse  in  the  University  Hospital. 


Deaths— John  Sohl,  Ph.  G.  (1862),  at 
Charlestown,  W.  Va.,  August  4,  formerly  a 
retail  druggist  of  Baltimore. — Henry  S.  Reay, 
Ph.  G.  (1863),  at  the  University  Hospital,  Bal- 
timore, August  7,  after  an  operation  for  ap- 
pendicitis, aged  65.  He  was  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, coming  to  America  when  a  child.  Until 
about  a  year  ago,  he  kept  a  retail  drug  store 
at  the  corner  of  Twenty-fifth  street  and  York 
road,  Baltimore.— M.  Star  Weil,  LL.B.  (1873), 
at  Baltimore,  August  23,  from  apoplexy,  aged 


59.— J  Harry  Willms,  LL.B.  (1899),  at  Sara- 
nac  Lake,  N.  Y.,  July  21,  aged  27.  He  took 
a  post-graduate  course  at  Yale,  and  was  much 
interested  in  amateur  athletics. — James  B. 
Amos,  M.  D.  (1854),  at  Muddy  Creek  Forks, 
York  county,  Pa.,  August  20. — William  James 
McDowell,  M.  D.  (1874),  at  Baltimore,  August 
3,  of  Bright's  Disease,  aged  51. — James  Fran- 
cis McShane,  M.  D.-  (1870),  former  Health 
Commissioner,  at  Baltimore,  August  i,  of  pro- 
gressive paralysis,  aged  53. — William  Ken- 
nedy Carroll,  M.  D.  (1873),  of  Queenstown, 
Queen  Anne  county,  Md.,  at  Arrow,  Colo., 
July  18,  aged  53.— George  H.  R.  Moran,  M.  D. 
(1865),  at  Salisbury,  N.  C,  after  a  surgical 
operation,  June  23,  aged  65. — Charles  A.  Car- 
loll,  M.  D.  (1864),  at  Baltimore,  July  14,  of 
heart  disease,  aged  62. — Lewis  James  Sutton, 
M.  D.  (1854),  at  Hyattsville,  Md.,  June  11, 
aged  7^. — William  M.  Hammond,  M.  D. 
(1845),  at  Rosedale,  Kans.,  April  27,  aged  89. — 
William  B.  Beach,  M.  D.  (1875),  at  Long 
Branch,  N.  J.,  April  19,  from  cerebral  homor- 
rhage,  aged  54. — William  Hammond,  M.  D. 
{1847),  at  San  Francisco,  May  4,  aged  80. — 
Charles  Thomas  Harris,  M.  D.  (1904),  of  ty- 
phoid fever,  at  Roxboro,  N.  C,  July  6. — Wil- 
liam A.  Moale,  M.  D.  (1879),  at  Johns  Hop- 
kins Hospital,  Baltimore,  after  an  operation 
for  appendicitis,  July  12,  aged  56.  Dr.  M. 
gave  up  medicine  many  years  ago,  after  writ- 
ing jointly  with  the  late  Prof.  H.  Newell  Mar- 
tin a  work  on  dissection. 

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the  Class  of  '08"  writes;  "Allow  me  to  ex- 
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ing, and  the  hope  that  the  one-hundredth  an- 
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Pinkney  Whyte,  an  Hon.  LL.D.,  of  this  Uni- 
versity, celebrated  his  eighty-first  birthday  on 
August  9th.  Sobriety  and  hard  work  are  the 
watchwords  of  success,  according  to  this 
"Grand  Old  Man  of  Maryland."  He  never 
tasted  liquor,  never  used  tobacco,  and  never 
was  in  a  club  or  saloon. — The  U.  M.  figured 
largely  in  the  recent  National  Regatta  here ; 
R.  E.  Lee  Williamson  (Ph.  G.)  being  Commo- 
dore of  the  Patapsco  Navy,  Robert  W.  Beach 
(LL.B.)  Vice-Commodore,  and  William  F. 
Pirscher  (LL.B.)  Secretary. — Of  Mr.  Isaac 
Lobe  Straus  (LL.B.),  who  is  a  candidate  for 
the  State  Senate,  Mr.  Haman  says :  He  is  "an 
exceptionally  able,  vigorous  and  satisfactory 
representative  of  the  best  interests  of  Balti- 
more and  the  State  at  large."— St.  John's  has 
been  selected  by  the  War  Department  as  one 
of  the  six  militar}'  colleges  of  the  L^  S.  en- 
titled to  designate  a  student  for  examination 
for  appointment  as  second  lieutenant  in  the 
regular  army. — Dr.  Nagib  Kenawy  (1905) 
writes  from  Ale.xandria,  Egypt :  "I  arrived 
at  home  after  a  fine  trip  through  Europe.  I 
miss   my   American   friends,   but   hope   to   see 


them  again  in  1907.  Remember  me  to  them." 
He  promises  to  send  some  reports  of  Egyptian 
diseases,  "which  are  rare  in  America." — Dr. 
John  S.  Howkins  (1897)  is  business  editor  of 
the  Georgia  Practician,  of  Savannah,  Ga. — Dr. 
H.  Clinton  McSherry  has  lately  returned  to 
Baltimore,  after  a  prolonged  absence  in  Switz- 
erland and  Southern  France.  He  recently  had 
an  eye  operated  on  abroad  for  acute  glaucoma, 
with  successful  result. — W.  B.  S.  Levy,  M.  D. 
(1904),  has  been  elected  Resident  Pathologist 
to  the  University  Hospital,  vice  E.  B.  Quillen 
(1904),  resigned. — E.  B.  Quillen,  M.  D.  (1904), 
has  resigned  the  position  of  Resident  Pathol- 
ogist at  the  University  Hospital,  and  has  ac- 
cepted an  appointment  as  assistant  surgeon 
in  charge  of  the  Atlantic  Coast  Line  Railroad 
Hospital,  at  Rocky  Mount,  N.  C— The  Nurses' 
Annual,  Vol.  i,  for  1905,  has  lately  been  is- 
sued. It  bears  the  name  "Therapeia,"  and 
contains  about  150  pages.  It  is  bound  in  the 
same  style  with  the  Students'  University  An- 
nual.— Dr.  Lewis  W.  Armstrong  (1900)  has 
settled  in  Breckenridge,  Mirtn. ;  Dr.  J.  L.  Ber- 
thold  (1886)  at  Perham,  Minn.;  Dr.  M.  S. 
Pearre  (1900)  at  Harney,  Carroll  county,  Md.; 
Dr.  Ashby  C.  Byers  (1901)  at  Lacey  Springs, 
Rockingham  county,  Va. ;  Dr.  J.  P.  McGuire 
(1905)  at  Clarksburg,  W.  Va.— Dr.  L.  Ward- 
law  Miles  (1897),  who  took  the  Ph.  D.  at  the 
Johns  Hopkins  University,  and  has  given  up 
medicine  for  a  literary  career,  has  been  ap- 
pointed Instructor  in  English  at  Princeton 
University. — N.  Winslow  Williams,  LL.B., 
author  of  "The  Master  Hand,"  was  operated 
on  for  appendicitis  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hos- 
pital, July  18,  and  is  now  well. — William  Turn- 
er Wooten,  M.  D.  (1899),  has  been  appointed 
a  member  of  the  Federal  Medical  Board,  at 
Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  to  succeed  Capt.  Saml.  L. 
Steer,  U.  S.  A.,  transferred.  Dr.  Wooten  is  a 
native  of  Maryland,  and  is  32  years  old.  A 
year  ago  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Whit- 
tington,  of  Hot  Springs. — Wm.  Hewson  Balt- 
zell,  M.  D.  (1889),  was  received  in  audience 
by  His  Holiness,  Pope  Pius  X,  at  the  Vatican, 
in  Rome,  July  9.  Dr.  B.  spent  last  winter  in 
Egypt,  and  visited  Switzerland  in  August. 
— Dr.  Wm.  Winder  Goldsborough  (1901),  of 
Greensborough,  Md.,  has  been  nominated  by 
the  Democrats  as  State  Senator  in  Caroline 
county. — Mr.  B.  Howard  Haman  is  summer- 


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24th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905,  and  con- 
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ing  at  Chester,  Nova  Scotia. — Dr.  Herbert  E. 
Zepp  (1904)  has  formed  a  partnership  in  prac- 
tice with  Dr.  A.  B.  Glascock  (1888),  of  St. 
Michaels,  Talbot  county,  Md. — John  A.  Davis, 
Ph.  G.  (1884),  has  been  appointed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, vice  David  R.  Millard,  Ph.  G.  (1891), 
resigned. — Dr.  J.  B.  Brawner  (1872),  of  Em- 
mitsburg,  writes:  "I  think  the  State  Univer- 
sity plan  a  fine  thing,  and  it  otight  to  be  en- 
couraged and  pushed  along  for  all  that  is  in  it." 
—John  L.  V.  Murphy,  LL.  B.,  and  William 
Milnes  Malloy,  LL.  B.,  both  alumni  of  this 
University,  are  candidates  for  the  Legislature 
from  the  Thirteenth  and  Eleventh  wards,  re- 
spectively. Both  first-class  men,  and  should 
receive  the  support  of  our  alumni. — Prof.  Hen- 
ry P.  Hynson  is  spending  a  fortnight  at  .Atlan- 
tic City. — At  the  Liternational  Congress  of 
Anatomists,  held  recently  in  Geneva,  a  wreath 
was  placed  at  the  foot  of  the  monument 
erected,  at  Champel,  to  the  memory  of  Michael 
Servetus,  the  discoverer  of  the  pulmonary  cir- 
culation. Another  wreath  was  placed  by  the 
British  delegates.  A  picture  of  this  monu- 
nient  was  given  .in  the  number  of  Old  Mary- 
land for  last  February. — Dr.  A.  M.  Shipley, 
."'Superintendent  of  University  Hospital,  is  at 
Atlantic  City  on  his  vacation. — H.  Lionel  Mer- 
edith, Ph.  G.,  has  .relinquished  the  duties  of 
Acting  Secretary  of  the  Maryland  Board  of 
Pharmacy  on  account  of  private  engagements. 


Dr.  Charles  E.  Caspari,  Professor  of  Chem- 
istry and  Physics,  St.  Louis  College  of  Phar- 
macy, says  :  "With  regard  to  chemical  nomen- 
clature, it  is  observed  that  the  committee  has 
adhered  to  the  old  form  of  spelling  and  has  not 
adopted  the  reformed  spelling.  Thus  we  have 
sulphate,  not  sulfate.  If  we  use  sulfate,  we 
must  also  use  sulfur  and  fosforus  for  sulphur 
and  phosphorus,  which  would  be  lafable.  It 
is  noted  also  with  pleasure  that  quite  a  number 
of  'synthetics'  have  been  made  official  under 
their  chemical  names.  Why  should  they  not 
be  official  if  the  method  of  their  manufacture 
is  known,  if  tests  for  their  purity  can  be  ap- 
plied, and  if  they  are  prescribed  by  practically 
every  physician  in  the  country?  Many  phy- 
sicians assume  a  very  false  attitude  toward 
those  preparations  in  that  they  prescribe  them, 
but  do  not  wish  it  to  be  known.  The  writer 
was  recently  requested  to  write  an  article  for  a 
medical  journal,  and  at  the  same  time  was  re- 
quested to  abstain  from  using  the  name  of  any 
modern  'synthetic'  and  even  the  word  alkaloid. 
It  is  refreshing  to  note  that  the  terms  carbolic 
acid  and  salol  have  been  relegated  to  the  back- 
ground and  in  their  stead  we  observe  phenol 
and  phenyl  salicylate.  Along  the  same  line  we 
see  arsenic  trioxide  and  chromic  acids.  Cer- 
tainly great  advances  have  been  made  through 
changes  in  nomenclature  and  titles."  Mej/er 
Bros.  Druggist,   August,  1905. 


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[Continued  from  page  112.] 
The  last  number  concluded  with  an  account 
of  some  experiments  witnessed  at  the  Royal 
Societ}',  in  which  movements  were  produced  in 
the  muscles  of  dead  animals  by  chemical  and 
mechanical  stimuli.  Xo  details  are  given  but 
the  observation  is  interesting  as  Galvani's  fa- 
mous experiment  with  the  frog  which  resul- 
ted in  the  discovery  of  the  galvanic  battery 
was  not  made  until  1790. 

Young  Wiesenthal  next  describes  amusingly 
a  dinner  at  the  company  of  Grocers :  "I  have 
had  an  honor  of  another  kind  lately — an  invi- 
tation to  dine  with  the  Worshipful  Company 
of  Grocers,  at  their  hall,  on  my  Lord  Mayor's 
day.  My  friend  Mr.  Whittel,  to  whose  polite 
attention  I  am  indebted  for  many  civilities, 
procured  me  a  ticket.  I  must  give  you  some  ac- 
count of  our  entertainment.  Could  you  receive 
but  half  the  pleasure  from  the  relation  that 
they  did  who  partook  of  the  feast,  you  would 
have  no  reason  to  complain  of  the  trouble  of 
reading  the  description  of  it.  \^^e  were  re- 
ceived in  a  large  hall  or  kind  of  ante-chamber ; 
here  we  found  a  large  company,  agitated  with- 
all  the  restlessness  of  expectation.  You  maj' 
naturally  suppose  that  on  such  an  occasion  and 
in  such  an  assembly  the  topics  of  conversation 
were  a  good  deal  confined,  but,  indeed,  so  to- 
tally were  the  thoughts  of  all  present  engaged 
in  the  contemplation  of  what  was  to  come,  and 
the  words  'turtle,'  'venison,'  etc.,  filled  the  at- 
mosphere so  completely,  that  not  another  sol- 
itary idea  could  find  a  vacancy  in  the  whole 
place.  The  conversation  seemed  to  add  new 
vigor  to  the  appetite  and  exclamations  of  ap- 
probation were  reiterated,  as  each  felt  h'mself 
affected  by  the  mention  of  his  favorite  dish. 
At  last  the  long-desired  moment  arrived  when 
the  master  of  ceremonies  announced  the  -'sappy 
signal  for  entering  the  dining-room.  Onward 
all    rushed    with    irresistible    rapidity.        It    re- 


minded me  of  what  I  had  often  seen  in  the 
country — a  wench  calling  a  flock  of  himgry 
geese;  all  obedient  to  the  joyful  summons,  fly 
to  their  welcome  food.  All  were  seated ;  but 
here  a  mortifying  interval  occurred  before  din- 
ner was  served  up.  Some  endeavored  to  fill 
the  void  by  adjusting  themselves  and  making 
the  necessary  preparations.  One  gentleman, 
particularly,  was  ver}'  nice  in  determining  the 
e.xact  distance  which  he  might  sit  from  the 
table  so  as  to  allow  for  the  protrusion  of  his 
stomach.  Most  were  incapable  of  containing 
their  uneasiness.  It  was  amusing  to  observe 
the  various  modifications  of  impatience  which 
were  expressed  in  every  feature.  As  my  friend 
and  myself  had  not  been  provident  in  the  arti- 
ficial stimulants  of  appetite,  we  were  more  at 
leisure  to  look  around  us  and  I  assure  you  we 
had  the  advantage  of  a  double  feast.  In  an 
instant  every  countenance  brightened  from 
the  sullen  frown  of  iifipatience  and  prolonged 
e.xpectation  to  the  joy  of  approaching  gratifica- 
tion. The  anxious  epicure  snufifed  up  with 
greedy  nostrils  the  delicious  exhalations.  Grace 
being  said,  which,  by  the  way,  is  considered 
as  the  signal  for  demolishing  the  labours  of 
the  cook,  at  it  they  fell,  with  such  clashing  of 
knives  and  plates  as  could  onl}'  be  compared  to 
the  clang  of  swords  and  shields  on  a  field  of 
battle,  and — to  preserve  the  simile — never  did 
warriors  acquit  themselves  more  dexterously, 
or  destroy  more  of  their  opponents.  Many  a 
hardy  chanticleer,  which  had  long  reigned  the 
hero  of  the  dunghill,  many  a  gentle  pullet, 
the  pride  of  the  walk  and  env_y  of  her  niates, 
many  a  modest  goose,  whose  inoffensive  sim- 
plicity never  annoyed  anyone,  and  many  a 
sprightly  woodcock  that  had  often  wandered 
in  the  expanse  of  freedom,  fell  hapless  victims 
to  the  destruction  of  this  day.  The  obstinate 
rigiditv  of  age,  the  yielding  tenderness  of  in- 
fancy, were  equally  incapable  of  resisting  the 
dreadful  carnage  which  was  exercised  with 
unfailing  fury.  How  shall  I  describe  the  hor- 
rid havock  among  the  mince  pies !     In   what 


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language  depict  the  shocking  slaughter  of 
tarts  and  custards !  Even  the  sturdy  plum- 
pudding,  the  boast  and  glory  of  Englishmen, 
was  compelled  to  yield  to  the  voracious  rage 
of  unsatiated  appetite.  At  last,  panting  and 
breathless  under  the  fatigue  of  devouring,  they 
resigned  themselves  to  the  softer  influence  of 
the  God  of  wine,  and  closed  the  day  with  the 
rude  harmony  of  Bacchanalian  choruses.  We 
were  next  led  up  stairs  into  a  handsome  room, 
where  the  company  was  served  with  coffee. 
By  this  time  I  began  to  grow  weary  and  took 
m_v  leave." 

Among  the  papers  is  an  invitation  to  another 
dinner :  Anniversary  Dinner  of  the  Society  for 
the  Enco.uragement  of  Arts,  Manufactures 
and  Commerce,  Wednesday,  March  25,  1789. 
"Dinner  on  table  at  four  o'clock  precisely  and 
no  collection  to  be  made."  One  of  the  names 
of  the  stewards  is  "Sir  George  Staunton,  Baro- 
net." 

I-iere  is  another  adventure :  "A  few  nights 
ago  I  went  to  hear  a  nocturnal  preacher — an. 
Anabaptist.  Speaking  of  the  Roman  Catho- 
lics, he  called  them  the  dark  lanthorns  v.-hich 
were  leading  men  astray,  while  'we,'  said  he, 
'are  the  new-invented  patent  lamps  that  will 
light  3'ou  to  everlasting  happiness.'  " 

And  here  a  third :  "I  had  the  curiosity  to  see 
the  new  mode  of  execvition  of  criminals  and 
went  in  .company  with  a  gentleman,  aa  old 
fellow-student  in  Philadelphia.  We  ap- 
proached the  machine  to  have  a  nearer  view  of 
it.  The  crowd  increased  to  such  a  degree  that 
we  found  ourselves  in  danger  of  being  crushed 
to  death.  Our  limbs  were  so  immovabh^  wedged 
that  it  was  impossible  to  alter  their  position. 
At  last,  with  the  utmost  difficulty,  and  exert- 
ing ourselves  in  conjunction  with  the  ciowd, 
who  were  equally  oppressed,  we  had  the  good 
fortune  to  squeeze  ourselves  out.  But  we  paia 
rather  dear  for  our  curiosity.  I  came  out  hat- 
less,  and  to  my  great  mortification,  found  my 
pockets  emptied  of  all  their  contents — among 
the  rest  four  guineas  and  some  few  shillings, 
which  I  had  neglected  to  remove.  My  poor 
friend  was  still  more  unlucky,  losing  not  only 
his  buckles  which  were  cut  out  of  his  shoes  but 
a  bank  note  of  forty  pounds.  This  is  the  first 
crowd  I  have  been  in  and  trust  me  I  shall  be 
careful  of  the  next.  Let  me  hope  that  I  n-;ay  be 
made  easy  by  the  next  packet  after  you  receive 
this." 


He  pines  for  home  food  and  asks  that  some 
hominy,  Indian  meal  and  dried  peaches  be  sent 
him ;  he  prefers  the  first  to  anything  he  has 
met. 

This  letter  came  over  by  the  New  York 
i-'acket.     The  postage  was  38  pence ! 

In  the  spring  of  1787  he  makes  a  dis- 
tinguished acquaintance:  "I  am  this  moment 
returned,  from  a  visit  to  Sir  George  Staun- 
ton's. His  servant  told  me  he  w^as  out.  1  left 
my  card  and  was  on  mj^  return  home,  wlien 
the  servant  came  running  after  me  and  acquam- 
ted  me  that  Sir  George  would  be  glad  to  see 
me."  He  owed  this  acquaintance  to  a  Mr. 
McCragh,  whom  he  had  met  in  America  and 
who  had  married  an  American  lady.  It  was 
a  very  welcome  one  and  the  source  of  some  of 
his  most  agreeable  experiences  while  in  Lon- 
don. He  was  frequently  an  invited  guest  at 
Sir  George's  hospitable  table,  he  played  music 
of  his  owm  composition  for  Lady  Staunton, 
who  pronounced  it  charming,  he  accompanied 
her  to  the  theatre  and  to  the  fashionable  resort 
— Ranelagh  Gardens,  he  gave  lessons  in  botany 
to  young  George.  Indeed  it  may  be  suspected 
that  with  such  attractions  and  diversions  An- 
drew slighted  somewhat  his  more  serious  occu- 
pations, yet  who  could  blame  him?  June  3, 
1787,  he  writes:  "Tonight  I  go  for  the  first 
time  to  Ranelagh  Garden,  in  company  with  my 
Lad)^  Staunton." 

The  following  is  his  description  of  this  visit: 
"The  Rotunda,  or  room  where  the  people  as- 
semble at  Ranelagh,  is  extremely  superb.  Its 
form  is  perfectly  circular,  or  rather  hemis- 
pherical. The  decorations  are'  in  the  most  ele- 
gant style.  But  its  most  charming  ornaments 
were  the  ladies.  Never  in  my  life  did  I  see  such 
a  collection  of  beauties :  the  town  is  crowded 
with  them.  The  company  are  entertained  with 
music  and  served  with  tea  and  coffee  ;  this  with 
walking  round  the  room  or  chatting  in  private 
parties  makes  up  the  evening  amusement.  This 
is  the  most  fashionable  garden ;  company  of  the 

OPEN     A-TLiJu     NIGHT 

SONNENBURG'S    PHARMACY 
N.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Greene  Streets. 

A   competent   graduate   of   Pbarmacy    always    in    attendance. 

NUNN     &,    CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS 

227  NORTH  HOWARD  STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OF  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Students'  Supplies.  Both  Telephones. 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


127 


first  quality  resort  here  to  spend  an  innocent 
hour.  They  meet  about  ii  o'clock  at  night  and 
retire  about  2  and  3." 

The  beautiful  actress  Mary  Robinson,  fa- 
mous as  Perdita  in  Shakespeare's  "A  Winter's 
Tale,"  describes  her  first  visit  to  this  resort  in 
similar  enthusiastic  terms:  "As  soon  as  I  en- 
tered the  Rotunda,  I  never  shall  forget  the 
impression  which  my  mind  received ;  the  splen- 
dor of  the  scene,  the  dome  illuminated  with 
variegated  lamps,  the  music  and  the  beauty  of 
the  women  seemed  to  present  a  circle  of  en- 
chantment." She  became  a  frequent  visitor 
there,  for  she  says  again :  "I  was  frequently 
obliged  to  quit  Ranelagh  owing  to  the  crowd 
which,  staring  with  curiosity,  had  assembled 
around  my  box." 

The  writer  found  "an  allusion  to  this  Lady 
Staunton  and  her  son,  young  George,  Andrew's 
pupil  in  botany,  in  Sir  Benjamin  Brodie'b  Au- 
tobiography (his  works  by  Charles  Hawkins, 
London,  1865,  Vol.  I,  page  ^2).  He  says  that 
Lady  S.  was  his  cousin  and  that  she  had  shown 
him  much  J<indness  and  sympathy  on  the  death 
of  his  father.  Young  George — born  in  1780 — 
inherited  his  father's  title,  sat  in  Parliament 
from  1818  to  1852  and  died  without  children  in 
1859.  Sir  Benjamin  calls  him  his  "intimate 
friend." 

Andrew  added  to  the  accomplishments  of 
music  and  drawing  that  of  being  a  botanist  and 
he  made  excursions  in  the  region  around  Lon- 
donforthepurposeofgatheringplants.  Hesays : 
"I  generally  in  the  afternoon — the  only  part  of 
the  day  which  allows  me  any  liberty — take  a 
long  walk  into  the  fields  with. my  tin  box  and 
collect  plants.  This  is  at  once  amusing  to  the 
mind  and  salutary  to  the  body :  I  feel  its  effect 
on  both.  Sunday  is  an  idle:  day  with  me,  so  far 
as  relates  to  my  course  of  studies,  and  if  the 
weather  permits,  I  generally  take  my  young 
cousin  with  me  and  walk  a  considerable  dis- 
tance into  the  country,  visit  the  neighboring 
towns  and  observe  the  face  of  the  country.  The 
country  about  London  is  one  continued  gar- 
den :  there   could  not  be  a  'state  of  more  im- 


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proved  and  elegant  cultivation.  The  eye  has 
incessant  employment  and  pleasure  in  contem- 
plating the  beauties  of  the  landscape." 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1787  he  entered  as  a 
pupil  at  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital.  Here, 
among  others,  he  enjoyed  the  instruction  of 
the  great  surgeon,  Percival  Pott.  A  certificate 
of  the  physicians  of  St.  Bartholomew's,  date'! 
April  20,  1789,  declares  that  he  had  attended 
the  hospital  with  \-er3'  exemplary  assiduity  for 
two  years  and  upwards  and  that  they  consid- 
ered him  qualified  to  undertake  the  practice  of 
medicine  with  honor.  Besides  Sheldon  already 
mentioned,  he  also  had  anatomical  courses  un- 
der Cruikshank  and  John  Marshall,  all  these 
being  eminent  teachers  in  this  department.  He 
also  had  instruction  in  botany  and  midw'ifery. 
Pie  realizes  that  he  is  only  laying  the  founda- 
tion and  that  he  will  not  return  home  tlie  ac- 
complished physician  his  father  seems  to  ex- 
pect. It  is  onl}'  by  long  attention,  e.xperience 
and  observation  that  he  can  hope  to  become 
that.  "It  is  my  intention,"  he  declares,  'when 
I  return,  to  give  a  regular  course  of  lectures 
on  anatomy  and  to  open  a  room  for  dissecting, 
in  order  that  Baltimore  may  become  better 
worth  the  while  for  students  to  come  there, 
and  to  habituate  myself  to  lecturing  against 
some  future  period  when  proper  arrangements 
and  establishments  may  take  place  in  the  pro- 
fession." 

.  His  health  was  not  strong  and  once,  on  ac- 
count of  an  obstinate  cough,  under  the  advice 
of  one  of  his  masters,  he  gave  up  dissecting,  ap- 
parently for  a  period  of  several  months. 

He  was  disappointed  in  his  reception  by  the 
supgeon,  John  Plunter,  to  wdiom  he  bore  a  let- 
ter of  introduction  from  his  former  teacher. 
Dr.  Shippen.  of  Philadelphia.  "But  most  great 
men  have  their  peculiarities,  and  possibly  to 
something  of  this  kind  I  am  to  attribute  his 
reserve.  He  told  me  he  would  be  glad  to  re- 
ceive me  and  there  his  civilities  terminated.  In 
conversing  about  the  disposal  of  my  time,  he 
advised  me  by  all  means  to  spend  a  winter  in 
Edinburgh." 

His  wish  to  hear  the  Messiah,  "that  amazing 
combination  of  sounds  which  has  excited  the 
astonishment  and  admiration  of  all  the  world," 
was  gratified.  The  chorus  and  singers  num- 
bered over  800.  He  was  deeply  affected.  "I 
sometimes  almost  forgot  I  was  on  earth.  *  *  * 


128 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


The  solemn  aspect  of  the  place,  the  awfulness 
of  the  subject,  the  disposition  of  the  perfor- 
mers, the  arrangement  of  the  instruments  and 
the  company,  all  added  something  to  increase 
the  admiration." 

(To  be  continued.) 


THE      CHEMICAL     LABORATORY      OF 
THE  UNIVERSITY   OF  MARY- 
LAND. 


V 


Bv  Professor  Daniel  Base. 


Before  describing  the  scope  of  the  work  in 
the  laboratory  courses  of  the  Medical  and 
Pharmaceutical  Departments,  it  might  be  well 
to  say  a  few  words  of  a  general  nature  as  to 
the  bearing  of  chemistr}'  on  medicine  and  phar- 
macy. Very  little  need  be  said  of  the  impor- 
tance of  chemical  knowledge  in  pharmacy. 
Pharmacists  know  that  it  is  indispensable. 
Many  of  the  pharmaceutical  operations  are 
purely  chemical  processes,  for  example,  the 
preparation  of  syrup  of  ferrousiodide,  spirit  of 
nitrous  ether,  elixir  of  pepsin,  bismuth  and 
str3'chnine,  and  many  others.  The  preparation 
of  tinctures,  extracts,  aromatic  waters,  in- 
volves a  knowledge  of  chemical  substances  and 
manipulations  and  the  compounding  of  pre- 
scriptions likewise.  Lastly  the  pharmacist,  if 
he  wants  to  test  the  identity  and  purity  of  his 
drugs,  has  need  of  considerable  chemistry.  If 
anyone  has  any  doubt  as  to  the  intimate  con- 
nection between  pharmacy  and  chemistry,  let 
him  glance  over  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  es- 
pecially the  Eighth  Revision  which  wen:  into 
effect  September  i,  and  his  doubt  will  socn  be 
dispelled. 

The  physician  does  not  require  as  extensive 
a  knowledge  of  chemistry  as  the  pharmacist, 
but  that  he  has  no  need  of  chemistry  at  all,  as 
some  seem  to  think,  especially  the  students 
in  the  freshman  class,  is  an  erroneous  idea.  The 
following  are  some  of  the  reasons,  in  the  wri- 
ter's opinion,  why  a  student  of  medicine  should 
have  a  knowledge  of  the  principles  of  chemis- 
try and  a  reasonable  fund  of  chemical  facts : 

(I.)  Chemical  knowledge  is  necessary  for  an 
intelligent  understanding  of  the  materials  used 
in  medicine,  i.  e.,  of  Materia  Medica.  It  is  not 
seldom  only  too  true  that  the  young  physician's 
knowledge  of  materia  medica  consists  for  the " 
most  part  of  names  in  cold  type — that  he  has 


learned  from  bis  book,  and  can  such  knowledge 
be  considered  intelligent?  To  make  my  point 
clear,  let  us  take  one  illustration.  The  student 
may  have  read  in  his  book  about  the  drug  hy- 
driodic  acid  and  its  salts,  sodium  and  potas- 
sium iodide.  If  he  has  not  had  a  course  in 
chemistry,  what  do  these  names  mean  to  him  ? 
What  does  he  know  about  the  large  class  of 
substances  called  acids  as  to  their  exact  chemi- 
cal nature  and  what  they  will  do?  What  does 
he  know  about  hydrogen  and  iodine  from  the 
practical  side  if  he  has  never  worked  with 
them  ?  And  if  he  reads  that  potassium  iodide 
may  Ije  obtained  by  neutralization  of  the  acid 
with  the  alkali  potassium  hydroxide,  he  may 
as  well  read  so  much  Greek.  He  knows  not 
what  neutralization  consists  in  from  the  chemi- 
cal standpoint  nor  the  chemical  nature  of  an 
alkali.  Many  other  illustrations  might  be 
given,  but  enough  has  been  said  to  make  it 
plain  that  a  study  of  the  general  principles  of 
chemistry  and  laboratory  practice  is  a  desider- 
atum in  the  study  of  medicine. 

Without  a  knowledge  of  general  chemistry, 
the  physician  is  apt  to  prescribe  chemical  in- 
compatibles,  unless  indeed,  as  is  too  fre- 
quently done,  he  depends  upon  prescriptions 
furnished  so  abundantly  in  circulars,  etc.,  of 
manufacturers,  and  in  medical  journals.  In  so 
doing,  he  shines  by  reflected  light. 

(2.)  A  knowledge  of  chemistry  is  necessary 
for  an  intelligent  understanding  of  ph3'siologi- 
cal  functions,  of  the  nature  of  articles  of  food, 
and  in  the  examination  of  the  fluids  of  the 
body.  For  example,  without  chemistry  how 
else  than  in  a  purely  empirical  manner  could 
the  physician  make  a  determination  of  glucose 
or  urea  in  urine?  What  would  he  understand 
of  the  nature  of  the  chemical  change  that  takes 

Open  all  Night 

WILLIAMSON  &  WATTS' 
PHARMACIES 


Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets 

Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and   Perfumery 


Faithful  Prescription  Work 


Cigars 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


129 


place  when  the  glucose  acts  on  the  copper  sul- 
phate of  Fehling's  solution,  or  when  hypo- 
chlorite or  hypobromite  decomposes  urea  to 
give  nitrogen  gas,  and  of  the  calculation  in- 
volved to  obtain  the  per  cent,  of  glucose  or 
urea?  Some  may  say,  that  it  is  not  necessary 
to  understand  the  changes  involved  in  the 
cases  cited,  since  empirical  rules  are  laid  down 
in  books.  One  may  just  as  well  argue  that 
he  does  not  need  to  know  anything  about  the 
muscles,  etc.,  of  the  limbs,  'because  he  intends 
to  practice  internal  medicine,  or  make  a  speci- 
alty of  eye  and  ear  diseases.  Would  not  such 
a  physician  be  rather  lop-sided  in  his  knowl- 
edge? 

(3.)  The  physician's  work  requires  that  he 
have  his  power  of  observation  and  logical  rea- 
soning developed  to  the  fullest  extent.  To  at- 
tain this,  nothing  is  better  suited  than  a  science 
course,  and  since  chemistry  is  a  useful  asset 
in  his  calling,  it  is  but  natural  that  he  should 
study  it  for  this  two-fold  purpose. 

(4.)  The  physician  is  considered  a  man  of 
general  education  and  information,  hence,  lest 
he  prove  a  disappointment  to  this  general  be- 
lief, he  should  know  something  about  the  ma- 
terials of  which  the  objects  about  him  on  the 
earth  are  made,  that  is,  he  should  know  some 
chemistry. 

(5.)  State  Boards  of  Medical  E.xaminers  re- 
cjuire  chemistr}'.  This  is  evidence  that  they 
consider  chemistry  a  necessary  part  of  a  medi- 
cal course. 

The  chemical  laboratory  underwent  a  thor- 
ough overhauling  last  year  and  a  large  stock 
of  apparatus  and  chemicals  was  provided.  The 
rooms  and  tables  were  thoroughly  cleaned 
and  reagent  bottles  put  in  proper  order.  Each 
student  in  the  medical  department  is  furnished 
with  the  following  apparatus:  i  platinum  wire. 
18  test-tubes  and  rack,  i  test-tube,  clamp  and 
brush,  I  blow-pipe,  cut  filters,  2  funnels,  i 
mortar   and   pestle,   wire    gauze    and   triangle, 

©rovers   anO    flftecbanlcs'    IHational   JSanh    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  BENT 

THE  NATIONAL   EXCHANGE  BANK, 

Hopkins  Place.  German  8c  Liberty  Sts. 

.  .  .  Ilnvttes  l^our  Hccount. 

Safe  Deposil  Boxes  for  rent.  Letters  of  Credit  issued. 


Bunsen  burner  and  tubing,  glass  tubing,  2 
Erlenmeyer  flasks,  i  Florence  flask,  rubber 
stoppers,  4  beakers,  2  porcelain  dishes  and  i 
crucible,  agate  cup,  bottles  for  holding  gases, 
litmus  paper,  file,  iron  stand  and  rings.  Each 
work-table  has  gas  and  water  and  a  set  of  rea- 
gents. 

During  the  coming  session,  the  work  in  the 
laboratory  will  consist  in  numerous  general 
experiments  designed  to  illustrate  general  prin- 
ciples as  brought  out  in  the  lectures,  as  well 
as  to  familiarize  the  student  with  the  manipu- 
lation of  apparatus  and  with  chemical  substan- 
ces, the  characteristic  behavior  of  the  acids  and 
metals,  in  other  words  elementary  qualitative 
analysis  will  also  be  studied,  and  special  itress 
will  be  laid  upon  those  chemicals  which  are 
used  medicinally.  The  practical  work  will  be 
frequently  supplemented  by  talks  from  the 
instructor,  bearing  on  the  work  in  hand,  and 
each  student  will  keep  a  note  book  containing 
a  brief  account  of  the  experiments  performed 
and  such  comments  as  may  be  necessary  to  a 
full  understanding  of  them.  These  books  will 
be  examined  at  intervals. 

While  there  is  no  laboratory  course  provided 
in  the  medical  curriculum  for  work  in  organic 
chemistry,  yet  the  student  has  opportunity  to 
become  familiar  with  the  appearance  of  the 
common  organic  compounds  and  the  mode  of 
experimenting  by  observing  the  numerous  ex- 
periments performed  in  the  lectures  on  organic 
chemistry  in  the  second  year. 

The  work  in  physiological  chemistry  is  done 
in  a  separate  laborator}'  under  the  guidance 
of  Dr.  Richardson. 

In  the  Department  of  Pharmacy,  there  are 
two  laboratory  courses,  the  Junior  and  the 
Senior.  In  the  Junior  course,  the  work  will 
be  in  the  main  much  like  that  of  the  Medical 
laboratory,  with  more  stress  laid  on  qualitative 
analysis.  In  the  Senior  course,  the  students 
are  drilled  in  the  principles  and  use  of  volu- 
metric solutions  which  are  employed  '"n  de- 
termining the  strength  of  chemicals.  They 
prepare  these  in  the  laboratory,  and  apply  them 
according  to  the  directions  in  the  U.  S.  Phar- 
macopceia.  They  also  continue  the  qualitative 
work  of  the  Junior  course  in  that  they  are  re- 
quired to  determine  the  identity  of  chemicals 
given  them  by  the  instructor,  after  which  they 
find  the  percentage  strength.  All  work  is  writ- 
ten in  the  form  of  a  report  which  is  examined 


' 


130 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


and  corrected  if  necessary.  The  substances 
given  to  the  students  are  also  tested  for  impuri- 
ties as  directed  in  the  L^  S.  P.  Toward  the 
end  of  the  course  several  weeks  are  devoted 
to  urinalysis,  both  qualitative  and  quantitative. 
Many  problems  involving  chemical  arithmetic 
are  also  given  to  the  students.  In  the  Junior 
course,  students  buy  their  own  apparatus, 
which  is  practically  the  same  in  kind  as  that  used 
in  the  medical  laboratory,  while  in  the  Senior 
course  they  are  furnished  with  burettes,  pi- 
pettes, measuring  flasks,  cylinders,  balances, 
etc.  In  the  pharmacy  laboratory,  Senior  stu- 
dents make  assays  of  the  most  important  drugs 
and  their  tinctures  and  extracts  for  their  con- 
tent of  alkaloids,  for  example,  cinchona,  opium, 
belladonna,  nux  vomica,  etc. 


DENTISTRY  Ui  ANTIQUITY. 


Cicero    "Dc    Natura   Deoniiii,"    ascribes    the 
invention      of      tooth-drawing      to      ^-Esculapius 
Third.     The  first  mention  of  dentistry  is  found 
in   Hippocrates,   who  has   much   to  say   about 
toothache.     Long    before    Greek    civilization, 
dentistry  seems  to  have  reached  a  high  degree 
of  perfection.      From   the   Phoenicians  the  art 
found  its  way  to  the  Etruscans.    At  the  Inter- 
national Medical   Congress  in  Rome,  in   1900, 
Guerini    exhibited     specimens     shovving    that 
something  very  akin  to  bridge  work  v^as  prac- 
Uced  in  ancient  Italy  so  efficiently  that  it  has 
lasted  thirty  centuries.     Artificial  crowns  have 
also  been  found  in  Etruscan  tombs.     Artificial 
■aentures  go  back  to  remote  antiquity.    Deneffe 
says  there  is  in  the  museum  of  the  University 
of  Ghent  a  set  of  artificial  teeth  found  in  a  tomb 
at  Orvieto  with  jewels  and  Etruscan  vases  dat- 
ing from  5000-6000  B.  C.     Lambros  has  an  ar- 
tificial  denture   found   in   a   tomb   at  Tangara 
near  Thebes,  believed  to  belong  to  the  third  or 
fourth  century  B.  C.    Teeth  stopped  with  gold 
have  been  found  in  Greek  tombs.     In  the  tem- 
ple of  Apollo  at  Delphi  there  was,  354  B.  C,  a 
leaden  instrument  for  the  extraction  of  loose 
teeth.     In  the  Laws  of  the  Twelve  Tables,  450 
B.   C,  it  was  forbidden  to  bur)'  or  burn  gold 
with  dead  bodies  except  when  used  for  wiring 
the  teeth.     In  making  false  teeth  the  ancients 
used  bone  and  horn,  sometimes  human  teeth. 
Benzoni    found    in    mummies     artificial     teeth 
made  of  sycamore.     False  teeth  were  common 


among  the  Romans  in  the  first  century  A.  D. 
Martial  mentions  a  fashionable  dentist: 

"Eximit  aut  reficit  dentem  Crescen.tius 
aegrum."  He  twits  a  lady  for  taking  out  her 
teeth  on  retiring,  and  says  of  two  other;.' : 

"Thais  habet  nigros,  niveos  Licania  dentes;. 
Quae  ratio  est?  Emptor  haec  habet,  ilia  suos." 

In  the  Middle  Ages  dentistry  decayed,  and 
St.  Louis,  in  1270,  although  onl}'  55,  had  but 
one  tooth  in  the  upper  jaw.  French  surgeons, 
notably  Pare,  took  a  leading  part  in  the  re- 
vival of  dentistry.  Louis  XIV. 's  dentist  em- 
ployed for  him  gold  instruments.  From  Pare 
onwards  higher  dentistry  was  in  the  hands  of 
the  surgeons,  the  barbers  and  quacks  doing  the 
extracting.  Artificial  dentures,  A.  D.  1500- 1700, 
seem  intended  rather  for  show  than  use.  Mdlle. 
de  Gournay  took  out  her  teeth  to  eat,  replac- 
ing them  to  talk.  Toothbrushes  did  not  come 
into  use  till  towards  the  end  of  the  i8th  cen- 
tury.— Signor  Erneste  Mancini,  A^nova  Anto- 
loi^ia.  Jul)-  16,  and  Brit.  Med.  JI.,  Aug.  19. 

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Y.  M.  C.  A.  RECEPTION. 


By  C.  W.  Roberts,  President. 

The  annual  i:eception  tendered  by  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  the  University  of 
Maryland  to  new  and  old  students  of  the  Univer- 
sity was  given  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  rooms,  south- 
east corner  Lombard  and  Greene  streets,"  Monday 
evening,  October  '.). 

It  had  been  the  desire  of  the  Committee  of  Ar- 
rangements to  make  this  reception  the  best  in  the 
history  of  the  Association.  We  feel  that  we  can 
say  without  fear  of  contradiction  that  our  hopes 
were  fully  realized.  There  were  about  150  men 
from  the  various  departments  of  the  University 
present  and  four  Faculty  representatives — Pro- 
fessors Chew,  Winslow  and  Smith  from  the  Fac- 
ulty of  Physic,  and  Prof.  H_ynson  from  the  De- 
partment of  Pharmac)'. 

F.  W.  ELLINCHAUS.  Merchant  Tailor, 

Takes   pleasure  in  informing  vou  tliat   lie  lias  now  in  stocl<  a 

select  line  of 

IMPORTED  WOOLENS  FOR  THE  COMING  SEASON. 

His  Styles  are  Choice  and  Onality  the  Best.     An  early  inspec- 
tion of  them  w'lW  be  to  your  adyanlage,  and  he 
trusts  to  be  favored  with  your  order. 

205   W. FAYETTE  ST.,  BALTIMORE,    MD. 

YOU  CAN  GET  THE 

U.  n.  Button  at  24  W.  Lexington  St. 

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An  excellent  program  was  rendered,  consist- 
ing of  addresses  by  Faculty  men,  instrumental 
music  by  Mr.  F.  S.  Ford,  of  the  Baltimore  Medi- 
cal College,  and  elocutionary  renditions  by  Mr. 
Leo  Karlinsky  of  the  Medical  class  of  '06.  Prof. 
Chew  gave  the  address  of  welcome,  an  earnest  ap- 
peal, in  his  usual  pleasant  manner.  Refreshments 
were  served  later  in  the  evening.  The  Associa- 
tion is  quartered  this  )rear  in  the  Sunday  School 
room  of  Calvary  M.  E.  Church,  having  the  use 
of  the  entire  lower  floor.  This  is  made  possible 
by  the  generosity  of  the  Faculty  and  members  of 
Calvary  Church,  to  which  we  are  indebted  for 
so  many  favors.  The  room  has  been  renovated, 
and  will  be  kept  open  during  the  winter  from  9 
A.  M.  to  5  P.  M.  A  reading  and  social  room  will 
be  conducted,  the  latest  magazines  and  various 
games  supplied — all  of  which  is  open  to  every 
member  of  any  department  of  the  University. 
Bible  classes  will  be  conducted  on  the  group  plan, 
and  devotional  services  held  from  time  to  time. 

We  would  gladly  welcome  any  who  desire 
to  become  members  of  the  Association. 

Let  us  join  hands  in  bringing  about  an  eleva- 
tion of  thought  and  a  purer  atmosphere  of  think- 
ing in  medical  schools. 


NOTES  ON  THE  53d  ANNUAL  MEETING 
OF  THE  AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTI- 
CAL  ASSOCIATION,   HELD   AT   AT- 
LANTIC CITY,  SEPTEMBER  4-!l. 

The  meetings  and  exhibit  were  held  at  the 
Hotel  Islesworth.  Professor  Henry  P.  Hynson 
was  one  of  the  three  who  made  replies  to  the  ad- 
dresses of  welcome.  The  treasurer's  report 
showed  receipts  of  $12,702.17,  with  a  balance  on 
hand  at  the  close  of  the  year  of  $1,095.18.  The 
total  profit  from  the  National  Formulary  since 
its  first  issue  in  1888  was  $5,547.52.  Two  hun- 
dred and  three  members  had  been  added  during 
the  year,  making  the  present  total  1,776,  the  max- 
imum of  membership  in  the  history  of  the  Asso- 
ciation.   In  accordance  with  the  recommendations 

German  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

5,  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  3ts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


ESTABLISI- 
1S66 


C.  C  ISAACS  &  SONS 

MANUFACTURERS  OF   FINE  CIGARS 

Factory  No.  525  W.  Franklin  St. 

Retail  Department  Corridor  Masonic  Temple 


of  the  retiring  president,  it  was  decided  to  pub- 
lish a  monthly  bulletin,  a  copy  to  be  sent  free  to 
each  member;  also  to  establish  a  branch  of  the 
Association  in  Canada.  Papers  were  read  by  the 
following  Baltimoreans :  J.  F.  Hancock,  1,  "A 
Directory  of  Baltimore  Druggists  in  1833,"  2,  "A 
Biographical  Sketch  of  George  Wansy  Andrews, 
of  Baltimore"  ;  Charles  E.  Caspari,  of  St.  Louis, 
"A  Biographical  Sketch  of  Charles  Caspari,  Sr." ; 
Henry  P.  Hynson,  "Why  the  Degree  of  Doctor 
should  be  Conferred  in  Pharmacy."  Mr.  Hynson 
also  read  a  paper  in  the  Commercial  Section,  and 
Mr.  H.  A.  B.  Dunning  gave  testimony  as  to  the 
high  quality  of  drugs  furnished  by  retail 
druggists.  .  Joseph  L.  Lemburger,  a  graduate  of 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  1854,  of 
Lebanon.  Pa.,  was  elected  president,  and  Charles 
Caspari,  Jr.,  was  re-elected  secretary.  Among 
others  chosen  to  official  positions  were  John  F. 
Hancock,  chairman  of  Historical  Section  ;  Charles 
Caspari,  Jr.,  chairman,  and  Daniel  Base,  secre- 
tary of  the  Scientific  Section ;  H.  P.  Hynson, 
chairman  of  the  Commercial  Section ;  H.  A.  B. 
Dunning,  secretary  of  Section  on  Practical 
Pharmacy  and  Dispensing.  John  F,  Hancock 
and  W.  C.  Powell  were  on  the  Nominating 
Committee  from  Maryland.  At  the  close  of 
the  meeting  two  handsome  articles  of  jewelry 
were  presented  to  Mr.  Henr}^  P.  Plynson, 
chairman  of  the  Exhibition  Committee,  by  the 
exhibitors.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in 
Indianapolis,  at  which  time  there  will  also  be 
a  joint  meeting  of  the  American  Conference  of 
Pharmaceutical  Faculties  and  the  Association 
of  State  Boards  of  Pharmacy.    • 


MARRIAGES. 


William  Wordsworth  Riha,  M.D.  (1905),  of 
New  York  City,  to  Miss  Emily  L.  Yursik,  at 
Baltimore,  September  30. — Halstead  Sheer 
Hedges,  M.D.  (1883),  of  Charlottesville,  Va., 
to  Miss  Pernette  Spencer,  at  Ke^-sville,  Va., 
July  26. 


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DEATHS. 


John  T.  Keats,  M.D.  (1858),  at  Baltimore, 
June  19,  of  heart  disease,  aged  70. — John  Flarri- 
son  Hunter,  M.D.  (1855).  at  Berkley  Springs, 
W.  Va.,  aged  76.    He  was  a  surgeon  C.  S.  A. 


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PUBLISHED    MONTHLY. 


EUGENE  F.  CORDELL,  M.  D.  Editor. 
ASSOCIATE  editors: 
Medicine:    R.  L.   Mitchell,  M.  D.; 
Law:    D.  W.   Burroughs,  LL.  B.; 
Dentistry:    J.  Clarence  Allen,  D.  D.  S.; 
Pharmacy :    C.   M.  Hornbrook,  Phar.  D. 


subscription  Sl.OO  per  annum. 


Copies  tor  sale  at  Office  of  Old  Maryland,  in  Main 
University  Building.  12  to  2  P.  M.,  and  at  855  N.  Eutaw  St. 

Professor  Richard  M.  Venable  has  resigned 
the  chair  of  General  Jurisprudence  which  he 
has  held  in  the  School  of  Law  for  some  3'ears. 
His  connection  with  the  Liniversity  began  in 
the  fall  of  1872  when  his  associates  were  Judge 
Inglis  and  ]Mr.  John  P.  Poe.  He  first  lectured 
upon  real  property  and  constitutional  law.  but 
some  years  ago  he  was  compelled  by  the  pres- 
sure of  business  to  give  these  up.  The  follow- 
ing letter  was  sent  to  him  on  the  acceptance  of 
his  resignation  :. 

"Dear  Professor:  At  our  faculty  meeting 
this  afternoon  Judge  Harlan  laid  before  us 
your  letter  of  final  resignation. 

There  being  no  alternative  left  to  us,  we  were 
constrained  to  accept  it.  We  did  this  with  the 
deepest  and  sincerest  regret,  and  I  am  sure  you 
would  have  been  pleased  if  you  could  have 
heard  the  expressions  of  our  profound  reluc- 
tance to  let  you  go,  after  so  long  and  delightful 
an  association. 

You  leave  us,  taking  with  you  our  most  af- 
fectionate wishes  for  your  health  and  happi- 
ness. .  Faithfully  your  friend,  John  Prentiss 
Poe,  Dean." 

Major  A'^enable's  successor  has  not  been 
chosen  and  for  the  present  his  duties  will  be 
distributed  among  the  other  chairs.  His  abili- 
ties and  accomplishments  are  universall}'  rec- 
ognized by  the  members  of  the  Baltimore  Bar 
and  in  his  professional  career  he  has  worthilj' 


maintained  that  high  standard  \\  hich  has  placed 
our  School  of  Law  in  the  very  front  rank  of 
such  institutions  in  America. 
o 

The  Committee  of  Ten,  from  the  Liniversity, 
St.  John's  and  the  Agricultural  College,  met  on 
September  15  at  the  office  of  the  Governor  in 
Baltimore.  There  was  a  full  attendance  and 
several  others  were  present,  representing  the 
various  institutions,  showing  the  interest  the 
matter  has  aroused. 

Dr.  Thomas  Fell  occupied  the  chair  and 
there  was  a  general  discussion.  The  follow- 
mg  resolutions,  prepared  b}'  Mr.  J.  VVirt  Ran- 
dall, were  then  offered  and  adopted : 

"Rcsoh'ed.^  That  in  the  opinion  of  those  pres- 
ent, it  is  desirable  to  organize  the  various 
schools  at  present  constituting  the  University 
of  Maryland,  St.  John's  College,  Annapolis, 
and  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  at  Col- 
lege Station,  Maryland,  into  a  universitv.  of 
whichthey  shall  at  the  same  time  become  and  be 
constituent  parts  ivithout  sacrificing  their  /pres- 
ent individual  charters  and  identity. 

"Resolved.  That  a  sub-committee  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  chair,  consisting  of  one  repre-' 
sentative  from  each  o.f  the  schools  and  institu- 
tions interested,  who  shall  formulate  a  plan  for 
the  organization  of  such  a  university  ;  which  plan 
shall  be  submitted  to  this  full  committee  at  as 
early  date  as  possible,  for  its  consideration ; 
thereafter,  if  approved,  or  as  modified  and  ap- 
proved, to  be  submitted  to  the  corporations  in- 
terested." 

The  following  were  then  appointed .  St. 
John's  College,  Mr.  J.  Wirt  Randall ;  Maryland 
Agricultural  College,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Evans; 
L'niversity  of  Maryland,  School  of  Law,  Mr. 
VVm.  T.  Brantley ;  Liniversity  of  Maryland, 
School  of  Medicine,  Dr.  Randolph  Winslow. 

Dr.  Fell's  idea  is  to  have  a  "blanket  charter," 
as  he  calls  it,  which  will  provide  that  organic 
union  and  supervision  which  are  essential  to 
any  joint  existence  and  growth.-  It  seems  to  us 
an  inauspicious  circumstance  that  all  of  the 
institutions  should  insist  so  absolutely  upon 
the    inviolability    of    their    charters.      Is   there 

^  THE   LINEN  STORE—— 


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anything  to  be  cited  from  the  pastj  or  to  bt 
conjured  up  from  the  future,  that  makes  these 
uistrnmcnts  of  such  trausceudcnt  importance 
that  it  can  be  compared  to  the  immeasurably 
greater  adz'anfages  to  be  secured  by  a  State 
charter,  or  that  can  not  be  included  and  pre- 
served in  this  latter'  \\t  doubt  very  much 
whether  the  "blanket  charter"  idea  is  feasible, 
and  if  feasible,  whether  it  would  be  effective. 
It  does  not  go  far  enough;  it  does  not  reach 
the  immense  adz'antagcs  placed  almost  ivithin 
our  grasp  by  this  project.  The  cjuestion  must 
be  approached  with  a  broader  and  more  plastic 
frame  of  mind  than  has  )'et  been  evinced  if 
we  are  to  realize  its  possibilities.  A'Ve  v;ould 
urge  the  members  of  the  sub-committee  to  go 
carefully  over  the  charters  before  submitting 
their  report,  and  we  shall  take  occasion  to 
consider  our  own  charter,  at  least,  in  future 
numbers  of  Old  Maryland,  in  justification  of 
the  statement  we  have  made  that  it  is  "radi- 
cally defective." 


The  elections  have  brought  many  alumni  of 
the  L'niversit}'  to  the  front  as  candidates  for 
the  Legislature  on  one  side  or  the  other.  In 
Baltimore  we  recognize,  for  example,  Dr.  T. 
O.  Heatwole,  C.  W.  Linthicum,  J.  L.  V. 
Murphy,  C.  J.  Bouchet,  Martin  Leymeyer,  A, 
E.  Mullikih,  S.  B.  Bransky,  and  in  Caroline 
county,  Dr.  W.  VV.  Goldsborough,  all  men  of 
mark.  Doubtless  there  are  others.  Judge 
Henry  Harlan  has  been  renominated  for  the  Su- 
preme Bench  of  Baltimore  city  and  the  Repub- 
licans have  made  no  nomination  against  him, 
although  Mr.  Thomas  Ireland  Elliott  opposes 
him  as  an  independent  candidate.  Says  Mr. 
George  W.  Whitelock,  (LL.B.  1875),  himself 
a  Republican:  "Whenever  a  judge  has  been 
honest,  industrious  and  efficient,  and  is  at  the 
expiration  of  his  first  term  of  office  in  good 
physical  and  mental  health,  this  policy  (long 
tenure  of  judicial  office)  dictates  his  re-election. 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 

.      .      .      MODERN  PHARMACY      .      .      . 

COR.  BALTIMORE  AND  LIGHT  STREETS. 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail. 

Quality  the  Best.  Prices  the  Lowest. 

KNIGHTON    &    CALDWELL 

5    HATTERS    ? 

S.  W.  Cor.  Eutaw  and  Saratoga  Sts.  Baltimore 


Judge  Harlan  satisfies  all  of  these  conditions. 
He  is  thoroughly  capable  and  impartial  and  is 
still  a  relatively  young  man,  in  full  vigor  of 
health,  possessed  of  excellent  faculty  and  ma  . 
ture  judgment.  He  is,  however,  naturally  ju- 
dicial. The  feeling  of  the  bar  is  indoubiedly 
favorable  to  His  retention  in  office."  This  esti- 
mate of  the  abilities  and  services  of  our  Pro- 
fessor of  Constitutional  Law  and  Domestic  Re- 
lations is  not  overdrawn  and  we  hope  that  all 
our  aluriini  will  support  him  with  their    /otes. 

o 

It  is  not  generally  known  and  appreciated 
that  our  L'niversity  is  one  of  the  Z'cr\  oldest 
in  the  Lnited  States.  True  the  list  given  in 
the  Annual  Reports  of  the  Bureau  of  Educa- 
tion appears  to  show  otherwise,  but  if  we  ex- 
amine that  list  more  closely,  we  note,  that  in 
the  case  of  each  of  the  thirteen  Universities 
that  antedate  ours,  the  date  of  foundation  is 
not  that  of  the  L^niversity  but  of  the  College  or 
even  high  school  from  which  it  sprang.  The  writer 
knows  certainly  of  but  one  University  that  out- 
dates  ours  and  that  is  the  L^niverslty  of  Penn- 
sylvania, which  was  founded  in  1779  as  the 
"University  of  the  State  of  Pennsyl- 
vania," and  only  in  1791  received  a 
charter  under  the  present  title.  In  fact 
the  "University"  is  a  comparatively  recent 
acquisition  in  this  country  and  some  of 
our  leading  Universities  have  not  yet  been 
formally  chartered  as  such.  "Harvard  Col- 
lege," for  example,  is  still  only  a  college  before 
the  law,  and  while  it  has  University  proportions, 
and  is  fully  entitled  to  rank  as  such,  its  au- 
thorities cannot  say  exactly  when  it  achieved 
such  rank.  On  the  other  hand,  we  know  and 
should  feel  some  pride  in  the  fact,  that  our 
University  was  chartered  by  the  Legislature 
during  the  session  of  1812.-1813,  that  on  Janu- 
ary 6,  1813,  the  Faculty  of  Physic  "with  the 
advice  and  recommendation  of  learned  men 
of  the  several  professions,  appointed  and  an- 
nexed to  itself"  the  three  other  Faculties,  and 
that  on  April  22.  1813,  the  Board  of  Regents 
thus  constituted  was  formally  organized.  Here- 
after we  shall  investigate  the  exact  facts  with 
regard  to  those  thirteen  Universities  to  which 
reference  has  been   made. 


A  recent  visit  to  the  various  laboratories  of 
the  University  shows  them  to  be  in  a  ver}^  sat- 
isfactory  and   efficient   condition.        Thev   are 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


cleanly  and  are  provided  with  the  apparatus 
necessary  for  the  courses  of  instruction  con- 
templated in  the  curriculum.  We  have  now 
chemical,  clinical,  pathological,  physiologico- 
chemical,  pharmaceutical  and  dental  labora- 
tories, under  the  charge  of  Drs.  Base,  Adler, 
Hirsh,  Richardson,  Caspari  and  Uhler.  Our 
University  is  thus  seen  to  be  fully  equipped  in 
its  scientific  departments,  which  it  is  to  be 
feared,  do  not  everywhere  receive  the  attention 
to  which  the  exigencies  of  modern  training  en- 
title them.  We  may  add  that  they  are  in 
charge  of  conscientious  and  experienced  teach- 
ers, who  will  doubtless  unite  in  friendly  rivalry 
to  show  each  in  his  department  the  highest 
excellence  attainable. 

o 

From  the  report  of  the  examinations  of  1904, 
given  in  the  Bulletin  of  the  Am.  Acad,  of  Medi- 
cine, August,  1905,  we  extract  the*  following: 
Maryland  licensed  67.6  per  cent  of  candidates, 
standing  bixth  in  the  list  of  forty-three  states. 
The  average  for  all  States  was  81.6.  The 
Maryland  colleges  stood  thus :  Woman's  Medi- 
cal college,  100  per  cent,  (two  candidates)  ; 
Johns  Hopkins,  98.3  per  cent. ;  Southern 
Homeopathic  College,  87.5  per  cent. ;  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland,  78.9  per  cent. ;  College  Phys. 
and  Surg.,  74.7  per  cent. ;  Baltimore  ]\Iedical 
College,  ^2  per  cent. ;  Maryland  Medical  Col- 
lege, 55.4  per  cent. ;  Baltimore  University,  34.6 
per  cent. 

o 

LIBRARY  AND  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 


The  following  is  the  programme  for  the  sec- 
ond session,  1905-06,  so  far  as  determined  upon: 

Oct.  26,  Dr.  Lewellys  F.  Barker,  The  Ordering 
of  Life:  Rev.  Oliver  Huckel,  Student  Life  at  Old 
Oxford. 

Nov.  23,  Dr.  Henry  E.  Shepherd,  Tinirod 
and  His  Poems;  Dr.  Jose  L.  Hirsh,  Pasteur 
and  His  Work.    ' 

Dec.  14,  Dr.  Charles  Caspari,  History  of  Pliar- 
niacy ;  Dr.  Eugene  F.  Cordell,  Joseph  Roby,  the 
Anatomist. 

Jan.  25,  Dr.  Charles  AV.  Mitchell,  Trousseau's 
Diphtheria;  Dr.  Randolph  Winslow,  Ancient 
North  American  Civilisations. 


The  Senior  Class  (Law)  has  elected  the  fol- 
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and  gives  a  lengthy  summary  of  cases  of  pene- 
trating wounds  of  the  abdomen  treated  at  the 
University  Hospital,  Baltimore.  He  remarks 
on  the  occasional  indefiniteness  of  the  symptoms 
and  insists  on  the  importance  of  early  laparo- 
tomy, in  a  well-equipped  hospital  if  possible.  The 
apparent  exception  afforded  by  military  experi-' 
ence  as  to  the  propriety  of  prompt  operation  and 
in  the  prognosis  of  these  injuries  is  noted  and 
accounted  for  by  the  special  character  of  the 
modern  military  projectile  causing  a  lesser  mor- 
tality among  patients  not  operated  on,  and  the 
greater  danger  of  increasing  the  risks  of  infec- 
tion in  operation.  These  conditions  do  not  exist 
in  civil  practice,  and  there  the  earlier  the  opera- 
tion the  better.  Shock,  being  usually  due  to 
hemorrhage,  is  not  a  contraindication ;  laparo- 
tomy should  be  done  at  once  and  the  Ijleeding 
vessels  secured.  He  insists  on  the  importance  of 
a  thorough  search  in  all  parts  of  the  intestinal 
tube,  as  perforations  are  liable  to  be  overlooked. 
Wounds  of  the  stcnir.ch  and  of  the  solid'  organs 
and  their  special  characteristics  are  noted.  Among 
the  cases  reported  one  is  of  interest  on  account 
of  the  fact  that  the  aorta  was  pierced  bv  a  3'2- 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


caliber  bullet,  making  a  slit  in  its  anterior  sur- 
face and  an  everted  counter  opening  behind,  the 
bullet  then  lodging  in  the  third  lumbar  vertebra. 
These  were  the  conditions  found  on  autopsy,  the 
patient  having  lived  132  hours  after  the  injury. 


It  has  taken  thousands  of  years  to  elaborate 
the  methods  of  clinic&l  examination  which  are 
here  demijnstrated ;  what  strikes  one  forcibly  is 
the  very  large  proportion  of  them  which  have 
been  worked  out  in  the  recent  past,  the  direct 
consequence  of  the  application  of  the  e.xperimen- 
tal  method  to  clinical  science.  The  results  which 
liave  been  achieved  will  surely  give  us  increased 
confidence  in  man's  powers  in  medicine.  As  the 
precepts  which  can  be  gained  concerning 
patients  grow  ever  more  numerous  and  complex, 
and  our  intellectual  grasp  of  physiological  func- 
tion and  pathological  disturbance-  becomes  con- 
tinually greater,  who  will  dare  to  place  a  limit 
to  the  physician's  capacity  to  understand  and 
to  master  phenomena?  L  for  one,  am  unwilling 
to  set  one  ;  on  the  contrary,  the  history  of  medi- 
cine, especially  in  the  .decades  just  behind  us, 
gives  us  every  reason  for  assurance,  that  prob- 
lems of  life  and  mind,  of  health  and  disease,  of 
diaignosis  and  cure,  now  so  dark  and  so  intricate 
that  in  many  they  awaken  only  despair,  will  ul- 
timately be  solved  by  scientific  physicians.  If 
the  past  is,  as  we  think  it,  an  index  to  the  future, 
we  need  not  hesitate  to  assert  with  ,  regard  to 
medicine,  that,  in  time,  through  the  further  appli- 
cation of  the  scientific  method,  zve  shall  kiioiv,  zvc 
shall  be  able  to  predict,  wc  shall  gain  the  power 
to  control. — Dr.  Lewei-lys  F.  Barker,  before 
Mass.  Med.  Societv. 


Little  Tommy  has  a  very  perverse  disposition — a 
fact  which  the  doctor,  who  was  called  to  prescribe 
a  course  of  treatment  for  him  recently  seems  to 
have  taken  fully  into  account.  When  the  doctor  call- 
ed two  weeks  after  he  had  told  Tommy  what  to  do 
in  order  to  get  well,  he  found  the  boy  plainly  very 
much  better.  Well,  how  are  you.  Tommy?" 
the  doctor  asked.  "Oh,  I'm  all  cured  now 
said  Tommy  with  a  grin.  "That's  very  good, 
I'm  sure."  "Yes,  but  I  didn't  do  a  single  one 
of  the -things  you  told  me  to,  doctor!"  "Of  course 
you  didn't !  I  knew  you  wouldn't,  and  that's  the 
reason  I  told  you  to  do  them,"  said  the  d(3ctor. — 
Boston  Record. 


J.  Hirschberg,  Berlin  (Journal  A.  M.  A.,  Oct- 
ober 14),  gives  an  interesting  account  of  the 
Arabian  literature  on  the  specialty  of  ophthalmo- 
logy. He  shows  that  while  the  Greeks,  their  pre- 
decessors in  this  line,  produced  in  the  thousand 
years  from  Hippocrates  to  Paulos,  onh^  five 
works  on  opthalmology,  none  of  them  by  a  spe- 
cialist, the  Arabians,  iii  the  shorter  period  of  500 
years  from  800  A.  D.,  brought  out  over  thirty 
text-books,  the  majority  by  specialists,  and  four- 
teen of  which  exist  today.  There  were  among 
the  Arabs  special  divisions  in  general  hospitals 
for  the  ocular  diseases  and  special  eye  clinics — 
institutions  not  to  be  found  in  Europe  before  the 
end  of  the  eighteenth  century.  We  are  indebted 
to  the  Arabs  for  our  descriptions  and  nomencla- 
ture of  the  anatomy  of  the  eye,  for  the  first  at- 
tempts at  solving  the  comparative  anatomy  and 
physiology  of  the.  organ  of  vision,  for  the  first 
recognition  of  refraction  and  for  still  other  mat- 
ters in  which  they  were  in  advance  of  Western 
Europe  by  hvmdreds  of  years.  The  opinion  of 
August  Hirsch  that  the  Arabs  did  not  contribute 
to  the  progress  of  ophthalmology  is  incorrect ; 
their  contributions  are  remarkable  and  should 
not  be  ignored.  They  were  the  only  masters  of 
the  specialty  in  medieval  times. 


( )h,  A  was  an  Artery  fiU'd  with  injection. 
And  B  was  a  Brick,  never  caught  at  dissection; 
C  was  some  Chemicals — lithium  and  borax, 
And  D  was  a  Diaphragm,  flooring  the  thorax; 
E  was  an  Embryo  in  a  glass  case, 
And  F  a  Foramen  piercing  the  skull's  base ; 
G  was  a  Grinder  who  sharpen'd  the  fools, 
And   H   means  the   Half-and-half   drunk   at   the 

schools ; 
I  was  some  Iodine  made  of  sea-weed, 
J  was  a  Jolly  cock,  not  used  to  read. 
Is  was  some  Kreosote  much  over-rated, 
And  L  was  the  Lies  which  about  it  were  stated : 
M  was  a  muscle — cold,  flabby  and  red. 
And  N  was  a  Nerve,  like  a  bit  of  white  thread ; 
O  was  some  opium  a  fool  chose'  to  take, 
And  P  was  the  Pins  used  to  keep  him  awake ; 
O  was  the  Quacks  who  can  stammer  and  squint, 
R  was  a  Raw  from  a  burn  wrapped  in  lint ; 

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S  was  a  Scalpel  to  eat  bread  and  cheese. 
And  T  was  a  Tournic|uet  vessels  to  squeeze ; 
LT  was  the  Unciform  bone  of  the  wrist, 

V  was  the  Vein  a  bhmt  lancet  miss'd ; 
W  was  wax  from  a  syringe  that  flowed, 

X  was  the  'Xaminers  who  may  be  blow'd ! 

Y  stands  for  You  all  with  best  wishes  sincere, 
And  Z  for  the  Z,anies  who  never  touch  beer. 
So  we've  got  to  the  end,  not  forgetting  a  letter. 
And  those  who  don't  like  it  may  grind  up  a  better. 

— London  Medical   Student,   Punch,   1844. 
o — 

In  reviewing  the  characteristics  in  the  four 
physicians  in  the  novels  of  Dr.  Holmes,  we  find 
that  they  do  not  represent  four  distinct  types. 
There  is  not  a  single  feature  by  which  they  can 
be  distinguished  one  from  another,  except  their 
names.  They  are  all  leading  physicians  in  their 
respective  communities,  they  are  honest,  hard- 
working, and  endowed  with  a  great  deal  of 
common  sense.  We  recognize  in  Dr.  Kittredge 
all  the  traits  of  Dr.  Butts  and  the  old 
Hurlbut  and  z'ice  versa.  They  are  lovable  char^ 
acters,  no  doubt,  and  one  wishes  that  in  time  of 
sickness  he  may  have  the  good  fortune  to  b^ 
treated  by  one  of  these  elderly  physicians.  But 
they  lack  the  stuff  that  produces  heroic  person- 
alities like  those  in  the  "Country  Doctor,"  of  Bal- 
zac, "Dr.  Pascal,"  of  Emile  Zola,  or  even  the 
unpretentious  doctor  of  the  old  school  of  Mac- 
laren.  Granted  that  the  physicians  in  Holmes' 
novels  were  never  intended  to  be  heroes,  they 
are  secondary  personages,  and  were  merely  in- 
troduced to  give  the  novels  a  scientific  coloring: 
yet  the  fact  remains  that  all  those  secondary 
characters  are  almost  identical,  even  to  the  pro- 
pensity of  holding  lengthy  theological  discourses 
with  ministers — which  from  an  artistic  stand- 
point is  rather  monotonous. — Dr.  C.  D.  Spivak 
on  "Physicians  as  Seen  by  Oliver  AYendell 
Holmes,"  Med.  Record,  Sept.  30,  1905. 
o 

The  following  was  related  to  me  by  my  noble - 
hearted  old  friend,  the  late  Dr.  (Henry)  Ste- 
venson, of  Baltimore,  whose  very  name  always 
sounds  in- my  ears  as  the  summary  of  every  manly 


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virtue.  A  patient  of  his,  after  ringing  the  change 
in  every  mad  conceit  that  ever  tormented  a  crazy 
brain,  would  have  it  at  last  that  he  was  dead,  actu- 
ally dead.  Dr.  S.,havingbeen  sent  for  one  morning 
in  great  haste  by  the  wife  of  his  patient,  hastened 
to  his  bedside,  where  he  found  him  stretched 
out  at  full  length,  his  hands  across  his  breast, 
his  great  toes  in  contact,  his  eyes  and  mouth 
closely  shut  and  his  looks  cadaverous.  "Well  sir, 
how  do  you  do?  How  do  3'ou  do  this  morning?" 
asked  Dr.  S.  in  his  blustering,  jocular  way,  ap- 
proaching his  bed.  "How  do  I  do?"  replied  the 
hypochrondriac  faintly ;  "a  pretty  cjuestion  to  ask 
a  dead  man.''  "Dead?"  re]Dlied  the  Doctor.  "Yes 
Sir,  dead,  quite  dead.  I  died  last  night  about 
twelve  o'clock."  Quick  as  lightning  Dr.  S. 
caught  his  cue,  which  was  to  strike  him  on  the 
string  of  his  character,  on  which  the  Doctor  hap- 
])ilv  recollected  he  was  very  tender.  Having 
gently  put  his  hand  on  the  forehead  of  the  hypo- 
chondriac, as  if  to  ascertain  whether  it  was  cold, 
and  also  having  felt  his  pulse,  he  exclaimed  in  a 
doleful  note :  "Yes,  the  poor  man  is  dead  enough  ; 
its  all  over  with  him,  and  now  the  sooner  he 
can  be  buried  the  better."  Then,  stepping  up  to 
his  wife  and  whispering  to  her  not  to  be  fright- 
ened at  the  measures  he  was  about  to  take,  he 
called  to  the  servant :  "My  boy,  your  poor  master 
i.s  dead,  and  the  sooner  he  can  be  put  in  the 
ground  the  better.  Run  to  Mr.  C.,  for  I  know 
he  always  keeps  New  England  coffins  by  him 
ready  made,  and  do  you  hear?  bring  a  coffin  of 
the  largest  size,  for  your  master  makes  a  stout 
corpse,  and  having  died  last  night  and  the  weather 
being  warm  he  will  soon  begin  to  smell."  Away 
went  the  servant  and  soon  returned  with  a  proper 
coffin.  The  wife  and  family  having  got  their 
lesson  from  the  Doctor,  gathered  around  him  and 
howled  no  little,  while  they  were  putting  the 
bod_\-  in  the  coflin.  Presently  the  pallbearers,  who 
were  quickly  provided  and  let  into  the  secret, 
started  with  thd  hypochrondriac  for  the  church- 
yard. They  had  not  gone  far  before  they  were 
met  by  one  of  the  townspeople,  who,  having  been 
properly  drilled  by  the  facetious  Stevenson,  cried 
out :  "Ah !  Doctor,  what  poor  soul  have  you  got 
there?"  "Poor  Mr.  B.,"  sighed  the  Doctor:  "left 
us  last  night."  "Great  pity  he  had  not  left  us 
twenty  years  ago,"  replied  the  other,  "for  he 
was  a  bad  man,"  Presently  another  of  the  towns- 
men met  them  with  the  same  question :  "And 
what   poor   soul   have   you   got   there.   Doctor?". 


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"Poor  Mr.  B.,"'  answered  the  Doctor,  again,  "is 
dead."  "Ah!  indeed,"  said  the  other.  "And  so 
the  devil  has  got  his  own  at  last."  "Oh  !  villain," 
exclaimed  the  man  in  the  coffin,  "if  I  was  not 
dead,  how  I  would  pay  you  for  that."  Soon  after 
this,  while  the  pall-bearers  were  resting  them- 
selves near  the  churchyard,  another  one  stepped 
up  with  the  old  question  again :  "What  poor  soul 
have  you  got  there.  Doctor?"  "Poor  Mr.  B.," 
he  replied,  "is  gone."  "Yes  and  to  h — ,"  said  the 
other,  "for  if  he  is  not  gone  there,  I  see  not  what 
use  there  is  for  such  a  place."  Here  the  dead  man, 
bursting  off  the  lid  of  the  coffin,  which  had  been 
purposely  left  loose,  leapt  out,  exclaiming:  "Oh! 
vou  villain  !  I  am  gone  to  h — ,  am  I  ?  Well,  I 
have  come  back  again  to  pay  such  ungrateful 
rascals  as  you  are."  A  race  was  immediately 
commenced  between  the  dead  man  and  the  living, 
to  the  petrifying  consternation  of  many  of  the 
spectators,  at  sight  of  a  corpse  bursting  from  the 
coffin  and  in  all  the  horrors  of  the  winding  sheet, 
racing  through  the  streets.  After  having  exer- 
cised himself  in  a  copious  perspiration  by  this  fan- 
tastic chase,  the  hypochondriac  was  brought 
home  by  Dr.  S..  freed  of  all  his  complaints,  when, 
by  strengthening  food,  generous  wine,  cheerful 
company  and  moderate  exercise,  he  was  soon  re- 
.'stored  to  perfect  health. — The  Medical  Com- 
panion, by  James  Ewell,  Phila.,  1817. 
0 

The  ninth  stated  meeting  of  the  General 
Alumni  Association  was  held  October  19th,  the 
President,  Wilmer  Brinton  (Med.),  in  the  chair. 
Addresses  were  made  by  Randolph  Winslow 
(Med.),  on  "A  Trip  to  Alaska,"  by  Henry  P. 
Hynson  (Pharm.),  on  "The  Meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,"  and  by 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.  (Pharm.),  on  "The  New 
Pharmacopoeia."  The  Committee  on  Endow- 
m_ent  reported  over  $1,800  in  the  "University 
Fund,"  with  total  fund  of  between  $7,000  and 
$8,"000.  A  general  canvas  for  subscriptions  is 
being  ,  made  among  business  houses  and 
citizens,  with  highly  encouraging  results. 
Resolutions  were  passed  adopting  Old  Mary- 
land as  the  official  organ  of  the  Association,  and 
subscribing  for  a  copy  to  be  sent  free  to  each 
member.  Mr,  Theodor  Hemberger,  Director  of 
the  Germania  Maennerchor,  and  Dr.  Gordon 
Wilson,  of  the  Medical  Faculty,  were  elected 
Honorary  Members.  The  meeting  concluded,  as 
usual,  with  an  hour  of  social  enjoyment,  to  which 
light  refreshments  contributed. 
o 

The  third  impression  of  Osier's  Aequanimitas 
is  now  ready,  the  first  two  having  been  quickly  dis- 
posed of. — Mr.   Alexander  Ruiz   Soler  has  been 


elected  President  of  the  University  Cuban  So- 
ciety for  1905-OG.— Dr.  Henry  D.  Fry  (1876)  of 
•Washington,  D.  C.-,  gave  a  reception  to  Professor 
Carl  Von  Noorden,  of  Frankfurt,  A.M.,  on  Oct- 
ober 23rd. — Dr.  Samuel  Peachy  Latane  (189.7) 
will  be  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Faulkner  Love, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Wm.  S.  Love,  of  Winchester, 
Va.,  November  8,  1905. 


STONEWALL  JACKSON'S  WAY. 

BY  JOHN  WILLL1JIS0N  PALIIEE,  II. U.    (1840). 

Come,  stack  anus,  men !     Pile  on  the  rails ; 

Stii-  np  the  camp-fire  bright ! 
No  growling  it  the  canteen  fails ; 

We'll  make  a  roaring  night. 
Here  Shenandoah  brawls  along, 
There  burl.v  Blue  Ridge  echoes  strong. 
To  swell  the  Brigade's  rousing  song 

Of  Stonewall  .Jackson's  way. 

We  see  him  now — the  queer  slouched  hat 

Cocked  o'er  his  eye  askew. 
The  shrewd,  dry  smile ;  the  speech  so  pat. 

So  calm,  so  .blunt,  so  true. 
The  "Bhie-light  Elder"  knows  'em  well. 
Says  he:  "That's- Banks  ;  he's  fond  of  shell, 
Lord  save  his  soul,  we'll  give  him — well, 

That's  Stonewall  Jackson's  way. 

Silence  !    Ground  arms !     Kneel  all !     Caps  ofE ! 

Old  marster's  going  to  pray. 
Strangle  the  fool  that  dares  to  scoft'. 

Attention  !  it's  his  way. 
Aijpealing  from  his  native  sod, 
In  forma  pauperis  to  God. 
"Lay  bare  Thine  arm  !     Stretch  forth  Thy  rod  I 

Amen !"  That's  Stonewall's  way. 

He's  in  the  saddle  now.    Fall  in  ! 

Steady  !  the  whole  brigade. 
Hill's  at  the  ford,  cut  off ;  we'll  win 
His  way  out,  ball  and  blade. 
What  matter  if  our  shoes  are  worn'.' 
What  matter  if  our  feet  are  torn? 
Quick  step !     We're  with  him  before  morn. 

That's  Stonewall  Jackson's  way. 

The  sun's  bright  lances  rout  the  mists 

Of  morning,  and.  by  George! 
Here's  Longstreet  struggling  in  the  lists, 

Hemmed  in  an  ugly  gorge. 
Pope  and  his  Dutchmen !    AVhipped  before. 
"Bay'nets  and  grape !"  hear  Stonewfjll  roar, 
Charge,  Stuart !     Pay  off  Ashby's  scoi*. 

In  Stonewall  Jackson's  way. 

This  Publication  from  the  Press  of 


NO.  1  E.  GERMAN  3fl:REET>a«tTT?;flORE,  ftSD.X 

ENGRAVERS,  PRINTERS,  STATIONERS 


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Ah,  maiden,  wait  and  watcli  and  yearn, 
For  news  of  Stonewall's  band, 

Ah,  widow,  read  with  eyes  that  burn 
That  ring  upon  thy  hand. 

Ah,  wife,  sew  on,  pray  on,  hope  on. 

Thy  life  shall  not  be  all  forlorn. 

The  foe  had  better  ne'er  been  born 
That  gets  in  Stonewall's  way. 

O :— 


ITEMS. 


Dr.  Henry  A.  Cotton  (1899),  is  Superinten- 
dent of  the  Danvers  Insane  Hospital,  Ha- 
thorne,  Mass. — The  Department  of  Dentistry 
has  150  matriculants,  the  Freshman  Class  be- 
ing double  that  of  last  year.  The  matricula- 
tion is  closed  except  for  sickness,  which  en- 
titles a  student  to  enter  up  to  the  22d  of  Octo- 
ber.— Professor  Theodore  Hemberger,  the 
leader  of  the  Germania  MEcnnerchor,  has  set 
the  University  Ode  to  music,  which  will  be 
sung  with  orchestral  accompaniment  during 
the  winter.  It  is  intended  to  be  sung  either  in 
unison  or  as  four-part  male  chorus  and  con- 
tains a  beautiful  baritone  solo. — Dr.  Edward 
J.  Bernstein  (1887),  has  removed  to  Kalama- 
zoo, Michigan,  where  he  will  practice  his  speci- 
alty, eye,'  ear  and  throat  diseases.  Dr.  Milton 
R.  Walter  (1893),  will  remove  to  Chicago 
about  January  ist.  Both  have  been  hitherto 
connected  with  the  University. — Mr.  Bernard 
Carter,  Provost  of  the  University,  returned 
from  Europe  October  2d,  greatly  improved  in 
health.  Edgar  H.  Cans,  LL.B.,  also  returned 
September  25th. — Professor  W.  Calvin  Ches- 
nut,  LL.B.,  of  the  Faculty  of  Law,  has  con- 
sented to  act  as  the  Honorary  Editor  of  the 
projected  History  of  the  University,  represent- 
ing the  School  of  Law. — The  course  of  Lec- 
tures on  the  History  of  Medicine,  began  Oc- 
tober 8th  and  will  continue  ever)r  Saturday  at 
9  A.  M. — Dr.  Thomas  Rowe  Price  (1891),  of 
Glyndon,  Baltimore  County,  Md.,  has  gone  to 
visit  the  Portland  Exposition. — Dr.  Eugene  F. 
Cordell  resigned  the  editorship  of  the  Uni- 
versity Hospital  Bulletin  with  the  July  number. 
— Professor  Daniel  Base  has  declined  a  posi- 
tion in  the  Division  of  Pharmacology,  Hygienic 
Laboratory  of  the  Public  Health  and  Marine 
Hospital  Service,  which  was  ofifered  him  re- 
cently.— Professor  Isaac  H.  Davis,  D.D.S.  (1884). 
and  M.D.,  writes:  "Old  Maryland  must  be  of 
interest  to  all  those  who  have  any  relation  to 
the  old  University  and  must  be  very  advan- 


tageous in  the  line  of  advance." — The  Associ- 
ation of  American  Medical  Colleges,  has  issued 
a  neat  Bulletin  of  which  Vol.  I.  No.  i,  appeared 
in  August,  under  the  editorship  of  Dr.  F.  C. 
Zaplife,  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Association, 
of  Chicago. — Professor  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  is 
engaged  upon  the  Third  Edition  of  his  "Text- 
Book  on  Pharmacy"  which  will  be  out  shortly. 
The  Fourth  Edition  of  Professor  David.  M.  R. 
Culbreth's  "Manual  of  Materia  Medica  and 
Pharmacology"  is  also  in  press.  The  Eighth 
Edition  of  Professor  William  Simon's  "Manual 
of  Chemistry"  will  be  out  in  a  few  days. — A 
meeting  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutica'  As- 
sociation has  been  called  by  the  Legislative 
Committee  to  consider  what  amendments  to 
the  State  pharmacy  law  are  necessary  to  over- 
come its  deficiencies  and  render  it  more  effec- 
tive. The  Legislature  will  meet  on  January  8. 
— Archibald  W.Graham,  M.D.  (1905), has  been 
appointed  Assistant  Resident  Physician  of  Bay- 
view  Hospital,  vice  W.  W.  Riha,  M.D.  (1905), 
appointed  Assistant  Physician  to  Danvers  In- 
sane Asylum,  Hathorne,  N.  Y.  Dr.  Gra- 
ham, who  has  played  during  the  recent  season 
with  the  N.  Y.  National  League  Base  Ball 
Club  (now  the  world's  champions),  has  re- 
newed his  contract  with  it  for  next  season. — 
The  fall  meeting  and  smoker  of  the  General 
Alumni  Association  was  held  October  19.  In- 
formal addresses  were  made  by  Dr.  R.  Wins- 
low,  and  Mr.  H.  P.  Hynson. — In  the  suit  for  $10,- 
000  damages,  brought  against  Dr.  J.  Willi?.m 
Funck  (1888),  for  alleged  unskilful  treatment  of 
a  fractured  wrist,  a  verdict  for  the  defendant  was 
rendered  on  the  27th  ult. — The  proposed  new  medi- 
cal practice  act  will  be  considered  at  a  special 
meeting  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty 
of  Maryland.— Dr.  Jos.  C.  Wunder  (1889),  of 
Baltimore,  sustained  a  fracture  of  the  lower 
jaw  September  i. — Dr.  Benj.  F.  Tefft,  Jr., 
(1905),  is  practicing  at  Warwick,  R.  I.,  a  place 
of  25,000  inhabitants,  in  partnership  with  an 
old  practitioner  who  is  the  Flealth  Officer  of 
the  place  and  who  will  soon  retire  from  active 
life.  He  says:  "I  receive  and  scan  with  pleas- 
ure the  columns  of  0-  M..  It  is  just  what  we 
need  to  keep  us  alive  \^'ith  the  news  of  our 
University  and  alumni." — B.  F.  Behrman,  of 
Maryland,  has  been  elected  President  of  the 
Junior  Class  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy. — 
University  Button  now  for  sale  to  alumni,  75 
cents.     Apply  to  editor  of  Old  Maryland. — 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


UNIVERSITY   OF   MARYLAIN^D,    BALTO..  MD. 

BERNARD    CARTER*,    ISL,.    D.,    Pkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teacli- 
ing  Staff  of  58.  99tli  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1905,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSEY  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

24th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building. 
For  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D„  D.D.S.,  Dean, 
8-15  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 


36th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Sccretari/,  1063  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN   PRENTISS   POE,   LL.D.,   Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  62d 
.-Vnnual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905.  10  Insti'uctors. 
New   Laboratories.  ,   Address 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr..  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


The  Endowment  Fund  continues  to  grow,  as 
the  following  subscriptions  testify  :  Armstrong, 
Cator  &  Co.,  $50.00:  Summerfield  Baldwin, 
$50.00;  M.  S.  Levy  &  Sons,  $25.00;  Baltimore 
Bargain  House  (Mr.  Jacob  Epstein),  $25.00; 
Wm.  J.  H.  Watters,  $20.00;.  Joel  Gutm?n  & 
Co.  (an.),  $10.00;  A.  A.  Brager  (an.),  $10.00; 
J,  Harr}-'  Tregoe,  $10.00;  AA'alter  B.  Brooks, 
$10.00;  Strouse  Bros.,  $10.00;  Henry  Sonne- 
born  &  Co.,  $10.00;  J.  G.  Harvey,  $5.00;  H.  P. 
Chandlee,  Sons  &  Co.,  $5.00. — Dr.  Harry  L. 
Whittle  (1903),  who  is  taking  a  post-gradu- 
ate course  at  the  J.  H.  Hospital,  ha,s  charge  of 
the  Dramatic  Club,  an  adjunct  of  the  Johns 
Hopkins  Musical  Clubs,  this  season.^There 
have  been  127  subscribers  to  the  Endowment 
Fund. — The  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of 
Professor  Charles  Schmidt  will  be  filled  dur- 
ing the  present  session  by  Professor  Charles 
Caspari,  Jr.,  who  will  assume  charge  of  this 
chair  in  addition  to  his  own.  E.  Frank  Kelly, 
Phar.D.,  has  succeeded  to  the  position  held  by 
}ilr.  Schmidt,  as  Director  of  the  Laboratories 
of  Sharp  &  Dohme. — Dn  Calvin  Todd  Young 
(1903),  of  Plant  City,  Fla.,  has  been  taking  a 
I>ost-graduate  course  at  the  University. — Eta 
Chapter,  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity,  held 
its  opening  smoker  at  its  new  home  October 
12.— Dr.  ^^'illiara  Hevvson  Baltzell  (1889),  is 
spending  the  winter  in  India. — Dr.  Benj.  Rush 
Ridgely  (1847),  of  Warren,  Baltimore  county, 
Md.,  celebrated  his  50th  marriage  anniversar}^ 
September  20.— Dr.  Thos.  H.  Buckler  (1888) 
is  in  Paris. — Dr.  Josiah  T.  Payne  (1S62)  has, re- 
moved from  Corbet  to  Sunnybrook,  Baltimore 
County,  Md.— Dr.  Hugh  Warren  Brent  (1903), 


who  went  to  Denmark  last  summer,  has  settled 
in  Baltimore. — Dr.  Wm.  T.  Watson  (1891) 
has  recovered  from  his  appendicitis  operation. — 
Dr.  H.  Burton  Stevenson  (1892),  of  Sherwood, 
Baltimore  county,  Md.,  sustained  a  fracture  of 
the  left  ankle  recently.— Dr.  Jose  L.  Romero 
(1879),  of  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  was  in  the  city  re- 
cently, attending  the  funeral  of  his  wife.  In 
the  name  of  Old  Maryl.\nd  and  his  fellow 
alumni  we  extend  our  deepest  sympathy  to 
Dr.  Romero  in  his  bereavement. — That  the 
Deans  of  the  three  medical  schools  referred 
to  in  our  last  issue  are  justified  in  their 
representation  of  the  position  of  the  Medical 
Examining  Boards  upon  the  preliminary  re- 
quirements is  made  evident  from  the  action  of 
the  American  Confederation  of  Reciprocating, 
Licensing  and  Examining  Medical  Boards,  held 
April  26,  1905.  On  that  occasion  the  Commit- 
tee on  Uniform  Entrance  and  Graduation  Re- 
quirements recommended  "that  after  July  i, 
1905,  the  Confederation  shall  only  recognize 
such  schools  and  colleges  as  require  for  admis- 
sion, as  a  minimum,  the  diploma  of  a  high 
school  or  its  equivalent  in  credits,  the  same  to 
be  such  number  and  character  of  credits  as  may 
be  recognized  b}^  the  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction  or  by  some  legally  established 
State  examining  board  of  the  State  in  which 
said  college  may  be  situated."  (Bulletin  of  the 
Association  of  American  Tiledical  Colleges, 
Vol.  I.,  No.  I,  Aug.,  1905.)  The  State  of  Mary- 
land is  a  member  of  this  confederation,  and  is, 
therefore,  bound  by  this  action.^H.  W.  Mor- 
gan and  H.  E.  Beachley  have  been  appointed 
Librarians  of  the  Library  of  the  School  of  Law. 


OLD   HARYLAND 

Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  Haryiand. 


Vol.  I.     No.  11. 


BALTIMORE.   MD-,   NOVEMBER,  1905. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


LETTERS  FROM  A  BALTIMORE  STU- 
DENT IN  LONDON,  1786-1789. 


[Continued  from  page  128.] 
He  gives  an  account  of  a  dinner  which  he  at- 
tended in  June,  1788,  at  which  Thomas  Payne 
was  a  guest:  "Sir  George  Staunton  shows  me 
still  the  utmost  politeness  and  attention.  I  am 
extremely  intimate  in  his  family.  I  dined  there 
a  fortnight  ago  with  the  famed  Thomas  Payne. 
This  is  the  first  time  I  ever  was  in  his  company. 
His  manners  are  extremely  simple  and  his  con- 
versation very  plain,  but  sensible  and  pertinent. 
He  has  come  over  to  lay  the  plan  of  an  iron 
bridge  before  the  Royal  Academy  of  Sciences  of 
Paris.  This  bridge  is  designed  for  the  Schuyl- 
kill and  is  to  consist  of  one  arch  only.  The 
invention  is  Mr.  Payne's  and  is  approved.  I 
have  lately  read  over  his  pieces  signed  'Com- 
mon Sense,'  and  conceive  a  very  high  idea  of 
their  author.  He  certainly  is  a  man  of  great 
abilities  and  did  so  much  in  bringing  about 
the  Revolution  as  entitles  him  to  great  re- 
spect. It  was  a  good  observation  of  his  the 
other  day  at  Sir  George's  table,  in  speaking  of 
the  King's  birthday:  he  observed  that  it  was 
the  custom  in  England  to  keep  the  day  on 
which  the  King  was  born  as  the  festival,  and 
that  the  anniversary  of  his  coronation  was  not 
thought  of;  as  if  the  King  was  better  pleased 
at  deriving  his  title  from  his  birth  than  from 
the  choice  of  his  people ;  or  rather  as  if  the 
King  would  have  it  thought  that  his  title  was 
in  no  way  dependent  on  the  consent  of  the 
people  but  on  a  birthright." 

Pie  becomes  a  member  of  a  medical  club 
which  meets  every  Saturday  evening  at  the 
house  of  a  medical  gentleman.  The  member- 
ship is  limited  to  'twelve  or  fourteen  and  the 
time  is  taken  in  the  familiar  discussion  of 
medical  subjects.  His  anatomical  teacher  is 
connected  with  this  club,  with  whose  "ease, 
politeness  and  attention"  he  is  much  pleased. 
He  sends  his  father  for  trial  some  "tapioca," 
a  substance  much  prized  in  London  as  a  re- 


storative and  nutrient,  hoping  that  it  will 
recruit  his  health  and  strength ;  also  some 
specimens  of  the  ingenuity  of  the  inhabitants 
of  the  South  Sea  Islands,  "perhaps  the  first 
that  have  ever  made  their  way  to  Baltimore." 

Again  he  sends  some  "oleum  asphalti"  and 
asks  that  he  would  carefully  observe  its  ef- 
fects upon  the  functions  of  some  patient ,  also 
a  cylinder  for  his  electric  machine,  garden 
seeds  and  other  seeds  procured  from  Germany, 
etc.  He  refers  to  cicuta  as  having  been  used 
with  success  in  London  in  acute  rheumatism 
and  phthisis,  and  adds :  "It  is  not  an  easy  mat- 
tet-  to  procure  a  genuine  article  although  it 
grows  here  in  great  abundance.  But  as  I 
have  often  met  with  it  in  my  botanizing  ex- 
cursions, I  know  it  and  can  gather  it  and  make 
the  extract  myself." 

He  asks  for  preserved  cranberries  and  speci- 
mens of  agricultural  grasses,  especially  timo- 
thy, for  his  botanical  lecturer,  and  acknowl- 
edges the  receipt  of  the  box  with  hominy,  etc. 

Dr.  Wiesenthal  sends  his  son  reports  of 
many  interesting  cases  and  some  of  them  are 
preserved  in  the  correspondence.  They  show 
that  he  was  an  observant,  careful  and  expe- 
rienced physician  and  a  skilful  surgeon,  being 
consulted  in  emergencies  by  the  French  sur- 
geons, who  encamped  here  at  the  close  of  the 
Revolution.  Andrew  prepared  these  reports 
and  presented  them  to  his  society. 

In  one  letter  he  asks  that  "Davy"  (probably 
a  negro  servant)  be  sent  over — evidently  pro- 
posing to  branch  out  with  a  valet ;  but  further 
reflection  convinces  him  of  the  impropriety  of 
this  and  he  confesses  himself  "quite  ashamed" 
of  this   request. 

In  the  fall  of  1787,  his  widowed  aunt,  with 
whom  he  lived  at  43  Great  Saint  Andrew 
Street,  his  father's  favorite  sister,  finds  herself 
in  reduced  circumstances.  This  resulted  from 
the  Doctor  having  sent  for  her  oldest  son  Fred- 
erick to  come  to  Baltimore  and  study  under 
his  direction.  As  F.  was  so  far  advanced  as 
to  be  nearly  capable  of  taking  the  sole  man- 


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agement  of  her  business,  his  absence  had  em- 
barrassed her  greatly,  and  the  foreman  had 
taken  advantage  of  it  to  injure  her  and  pro- 
mote his  own  interests ;  so  that  whereas,  when 
she  had  Frederick,  she  had  a  good  prospect 
of  spending  the  latter  part  of  her  life  in  ease 
and  comfort  and  providing  well  for  her  chil- 
dren, she  found  herself  now  dependent  on  her 
foreman,  whom  she  had  been  compelled  to 
take  into  partnership  and  upon  whom  she  was 
more  and  more  dependent.  He  tells  his  father 
she  now  needs  his  assistance.  "I  am  sure  you 
have  enough  room  for  her,"  he  says.  "What 
if  she  could  be  fixed  snugly  in  the  garden 
house?"  He  had  mentioned  it  to  her  and  she 
only  hesitated  for  fear  of  causing  trouble.  He 
urges  his  father  to  write  and  she  and  her  son 
will  take  the  first  spring  ship  for  Baltimore. 

As  showing  the  elder  Wiesenthal's  scien- 
tific bent,  Andrew  writes  August,  1788:  "I 
have  enquired  at  every  place  where  I  was 
likely  to  meet  with  Priestley's  machine,  with- 
out being  able  to  procure  it."  Priestley  was 
the  discoverer  of  oxygen  and  the  Doctor  had 
evidently  written  for  the  "machine." 

The  madness  of  George  HI  is  referred  to 
in  the  following  extract :  "The  King  still  con- 
tinues mad.  Those  who  have  been  much 
about  him  can  trace  such  irregularity  of  con- 
duct which  marks  a  deranged  understanding 
much  beyond  the  time  that  notice  was  given 
of  his  situation  by  his  Physician.  His  actions 
have  for  many  years  been  frequently  extra- 
ordinary, and  the  people  at  first  only  consid- 
ered him  extravagant  according  to  his  way.  But 
his  present  state  and  the  many  unaccountable 
things  which  he  has  done  long  before,  give 
occasion  to  believe  that  his  disease  is  of  long 
standing  and  has  been  gradually  growing  on 
him.  This  gives  much  less  hope  for  cure,  and 
indeed  it  is  the  general  opinion  that  he  will 
never  recover  his  senses  and  the  general  wish 
that  he  may  not  long  exist  in  a  state  which 
may  give  occasion  to  much  national  trouble." 

In  a  fragment  of  a  letter  without  date,  is 
this  note  evidently  referring  to  John  Brown, 
the  famous  author  of  the  Brunonian  theory: 
"  *  *  brandy  and  opium,  he  died  sud- 
denly, having  swallowed  down  about  a  thou- 
sand drops  of  laudanum  at  a  dose.  It  com- 
posed him  efifectually,  and  he  is  only  remem- 
bered as  a  learned  madman.  Such  he  truly 
was.     He  left  a  wife  and  several  children  to- 


tally destitute;  rich  only  in  the  compassion  of 
all  who  knew  their  situation ;  which  kind  of 
wealth  is  very  nearly  allied  to  poverty.  The 
humanity  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  Faculty 
stepped  in  to  their  relief  and  by  the  donations 
of  others  they  are  supported.  There  is  some- 
thing extremely  affecting  in  such  a  termina- 
tion of  a  career,  begun  with  brilliancy  and 
which  had  nearly  affected  the  foundation  of 
the  favorite  system  of  spasm." 

[According  to  the  elder  Wiesenthal,  Dr. 
John  Brown  had  been  an  inmate  of  the  debt- 
ors'  prison.] 

Speaking  of  improvements  in  Surgery,  he 
says :  "Every  part  of  the  Chirurgic  art  has 
been  reformed,  and  though,  no  doubt,  in  many 
respects  still  very  deficient,  it  is,  nevertheless, 
perfect,  when  compared  to  its  ancient  state. 
Everything  which  can  give  unnecessary  pain 
is  discarded,  while  many  contrivances  have 
been  invented  by  ingenious  men  to  render  its 
operations  less  terrible.  We  reprobate  hot 
irons  and  all  the  terrific  catalogue  of  unnec- 
essary instruments  of  chirurgic  torture. 
Everything  is  as  simplified  as  possible.  The 
method  of  treating  fractures  and  dislocations 
is  another  part  of  surgery,  in  which  great  im- 
provements have  been  made.  Much  of  this 
has  been  done,  by  the  superior  genius  of  Mr. 
Pott.  I  believe  you  have  his  work  on  this 
subject.  There  is  one  disease,  for  the  ascer- 
taining the  true  nature  and  successful  method 
of  treating  which,  the  world  is  entirely  in- 
debted to  this  great  man.  It  is  a  kind  of  pa- 
ral}'-sis,  as  it  was  called  before  him,  of  the 
lower  extremities,  which  he  discovered  to  be 
owing  to  disease  of  the  spine"  (the  reference 
is  to  "Pott's  Disease,"  humpback,  tuberculosis 
of  the  vertebrae  or  bones  of  the  spinal  col- 
umn). 

There  was  a  case  of  puerperal  fever  in  which 
he  did  himself  "some  credit."  The  situation 
and  surroundings,  although  in  a  hospital,  were 
exceedingly  unfavorable  to  recovery  and  the 
ward  Physician  pronounced  her  sickness  mor- 

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tal.  "From  the  first  he  committed  her  to  my 
care  solely  and  all  that  was  done  for  her  was 
done  by  me,  without  the  advice  of  any  one. 
By  the  utmost  care,  to  the  amazement  of  the 
Doctor,   she   recovered." 

Again,  he  showed  his  intelligence  in  the 
management  of  a  girl  of  thirteen  with  epilepsy. 
She  had  been  affected  since  the  age  of  two, 
had  one  or  more  fits  daily  and  had  been  treated 
without  benefit  at  Edinburgh.  The  hospital 
physician  gave  remedies  for  worms  on  the  the- 
ory that  they  might  be  the  source  of  the  irri- 
tation. But  Andrew  reasoned  that  it  was  im- 
possible for  any  irritation,  capable  of  produc- 
ing such  violent  effects,  to  have  subsisted  so 
long  without  destroying  the  patient.  He 
viewed  the  case,  therefore,  without  reference 
to  the  original  cause,  as  the  effect  of  habit, 
and  thought  if  the  habit  could  be  broken,  the 
cure  might  result.  His  suggestion,  therefore, 
_  to  administer  opium  was  made  and  accepted 
■  and  a  grain  of  this  drug  was  given  every  four 
hours  with  the  result  that  five  days  had 
elapsed  without  a  fit.  The  sequel  does  not 
appear,  but  the  case  is  made  the  occasion  of 
some  comments  upon  the  superiority  of  the 
London  Hospitals  over  Edinburgh.  In  the 
former,  he  says,  the  students  practiced  and 
made  experiments  ad  libitum ;  they  were 
treated  by  the  physicians  as  companions,  their 
opinions  were  asked  and  their  suggestions 
pursued.  Hence,  one  who  had  studied  at  Lon- 
don was  infinitely  better  prepared  than  the 
Edinburgh  student  who,  after  attending  the 
courses  there  for  three  or  four  years,  was  still 
unfitted  for  practice. 

[To  he  Continued.] 


A  SUMMER  TRIP  TO  ALASKA. 

BY  RANDOLPH  WINSLOW,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 
'^Reacl  iefore  the  General  Alumni  Association,  Oct.  19.] 
From  Baltimore  to  Alaska  is  a  long  step,  and 
but  few  make  the  journey.  We,  in  the  East,  art 
accustomed  to  think  of  Alaska  as  a  remote,  in- 
accessible and  inhospitable  portion  of  the  globe, 

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inhabited  by  Esquimos  and  a  few  rough  charac- 
ters, seeking  gold.  The  country  itself  is  sup- 
posed to  be  barren  and  of  frigid  temperature, 
and  the  conditions  of  life  exceedingly  hard.  I 
had  long  entertained  a  desire  to  visit  this  part 
of  our  territory,  with  but  faint  expectation  of 
realizing  it.  The  comparative  proximity  ot 
Portland,  Oregon,  to  Alaska,  however,  offered 
me  an  opportunity  of  making  the  trip  and  I  could 
not  resist  the  temptation  to  do  so.  The  steam- 
ship Jefferson  had  been  specially  chartered  for  a 
doctors'  excursion,  but  every  berth  was  taken 
long  before  the  meeting  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association,  and  all  the  other  boats  sailing 
about  the  same  time  were  also  packed.  I  secured 
tickets  for  the  steamship  City  of  Topeka,  sailing 
from  Seattle  on  July  18th. 

Leaving  Portland  on  the  i6th,  I  retraced  my 
steps  to  Tacoma,  situated  at  the  lower  end  of 
Puget  Sound.  This  is  one  of  the  rapidly  growing 
Western  cities,  full  of  bustle  and  activity,  placed 
on  high  hills  overlooking  the  water,  with  hand- 
some homes,  fine  hotels  and  large  business  estab- 
lishments. I  spent  the,  night  here,  and  the  next 
morning  took  the  steamer  Flyer  and  had  a  most 
enjoyable  trip  up  the  sound  to  Seattle.  The 
American  lines  to  Alaska  take  their  departure 
from  Seattle,  but  there  are  also  ships  sailing  from 
Vancouver  in  British  Columbia. 

Seattle  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  and  pros- 
perous cities  in  the  far  West.  The  citizens  esti- 
mate its  population  at  175,000,  and  it  certainly 
covers  a  vast  area.  It  fronts  on  Puget  Sound 
and  extends  four  and  one-half  miles  back,  over 
lofty  hills,  to  Lake  Washington,  a  beautiful  body 
of  water,  which  affords  excellent  opportunities 
for  boating,  bathing  and  fishing,  whilst  parks 
and  pleasure  resorts  line  its  shores,  and  in  the 
distance,  when  the  weather  is  clear.  Mounts 
Rainer  and  Baker  are  seen  to  rear  their  hoary 
heads  into  the  cerulean  sky.  Green  lake  and 
Union  lake  are  large  bodies  of  water  within  the 
city  limits  and  are  most  picturesque,  surrounded 
by  hills  on  which  residences  and  villas  are  situ- 
ated. The  houses  are  not  closely  built,  as  with 
us,  but  are  separate  from  each  other,  and  with 
lawns  and  gardens  surrounding  them  and  flow- 
ers in  profusion,  a  charming  scene  is  presented. 
On  the  sound  an  extensive  commerce  is  brought 
to  the  gates  of  the  city.  It  is  said  the  foreign 
commerce  of  Seattle  is  already  equal  to  that  ot 
San  Francisco  and  is  constantly  increasing.    The 


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land-locked  harbor  and  shorter  route  to  the  Orient 
give  Seattle  great  advantages  in  its  bid  for  trade. 
The  huge  Pacific  liners  of  Jas.  J.  Hill  and  the 
Great  Northern  railroad,  upon  one  of  which 
Baron  Komura,  the  Japanese  peace  envoy,  came 
to  this  country,  sail  from  Seattle  to  the  Orient, 
and  are  the  equal  in  size  and  equipment  of  those 
on  the  Atlantic  coast. 

Seattle  has  a  bustle  and  activity  in  its  business 
portions  suggesting  Chicago,  with  handsome 
hotels  and  numerous  street  car  lines,  many  of 
which  are  drawn  by  cables,  owing  to  the  steep 
hills  over  which  they  pass.  The  streets  are  wide 
and  paved  with  bricks,  wooden  blocks,  planks, 
asphalt  or  simply  macadam.  There  are  several 
excellent  private  hospitals,  but  the  most  remark- 
able institution  for  the  care  of  the  sick  I  havt 
ever  seen  is  the  City  hospital.  This  is  an  old 
worn  out  steamboat,  drawn  up  on  shore,  where 
it  is  supported  by  props.  The  machinery  has 
been  removed,  the  front  part  of  the  boat  cut  off, 
and  the  decks  and  saloon  made  into  wards,  whilst 
the  pilot  house  was  a  private  room  for  a  female 
patient  at  the  time  of  my  visit.  The  wards  were 
overcrowded,  and  I  was  told  the  capacity  of  the 
boat  was  forty  patients.  One  of  the  paddle- 
wheel  houses  had  been  converted  into  an  operat- 
ing room,  which  was  quite  small,  as  might  be  sup^ 
posed. 

In  the  interval  of  waiting  for  my  steamer,  I 
took  a  trip  across  the  sound  to  the  United  States 
navy  yard  at  Bremerton,  which  is  situated  up  a 
narrow  stream,  well  hidden  and  protected,  and 
then  broadening  into  a  bay  affords  ample  space 
for  a  large  fleet  to  assemble.  Here  and  at  Ta- 
coma  and  Portland,  I  found  many  of  the  ships 
made  famous  by  their  participation  in  the  battle 
of  Manilla  Bay. 

Our  ship  was  advertised  to  sail  on  July  18th 
at  9  p.  m.,  but  owing  to  the  large  amount  of 
freight  taken  on,  we  did  not  get  off  until  1  o'clock 
in  the  morning.  From  the  large  number  of  beer 
kegs  taken  aboard,  it  is  evident  that  the  Alaskans 
are  thirsty  souls.  When  we  awoke  in  the  morn- 
ing we  were  at  Port  Townsend  at  the  upper  end 
of  Puget  Sound,  which  is  the  port  of  entrj'  for  all 
boats  entering  and  leaving  these  American  waters. 
Here  the  custom  inspectors  and  quarantine  offi- 
cials examine  the  ships.  The  statement  is  made, 
with  what  accuracy  I  do  not  know,  that  more 
vessels  clear  from  Port  Townsend  to  foreign 
parts  than   from   any  other  port  in  the   United 


States.  Separating  the  state  of  Washington  from 
Vancouver  Island  is  the  strait  of  Juan  de  Fuca, 
about  thirty  miles  wide,  through  which  all  ocean 
bound  vessels  must  pass.  The  trip  up  the  sound 
and  across  this  strait  is  charming,  the  beautiful 
water,  sparkling  in  the  sunshine  like  millions  of 
sapphires,  the  green-clad  hills  and  emerald 
islands  and  the  snow-capped  mountain  ranges  on 
both  sides,  constitute  a  panorama  not  to  be  soon 
forgotten.  Vancouver  Island  is  nearly  thret, 
hundred  miles  in  length  and  about  fifty  in  width. 
At  its  lower  end  is  situated  Victoria,  an  attrac- 
tive city  -of  30,000  inhabitants,  the  capital  of 
British  Columbia.  Between  the  island  and 
mainland  is  the  Gulf  of  Georgia,  a  wide  body 
of  water,  which  gradually  narrows  into  John- 
stone Strait,  and  then  expands  into  Queen 
Charlotte  Sound.  At  one  place  called  Seymour 
Narrows,  the  rocky  cliffs  approach  each  other 
so  closely  that  the  stream  runs  like  a  mill  race 
and  it  is  with  difficulty  that  ships  make  a  safe 
passage. 

The  city  of  Vancouver,  situated  on  the  main- 
land in  British  Columbia,  is  a  typical  English 
town  of  45,000  inhabitants.  It  is  the  terminus  ot 
the  Canadian  Pacific  railroad,  has  a  large  com- 
merce and  is  rapidly  increasing  in  population  and 
importance. 

The  voyage  from  Seattle  to  Skaguay,  a  dis- 
tance of  1,000  miles,  is  almost  entirely  in  land- 
locked waters,  except  for  short  distances  at  thfe 
upper  end  of  Vancouver  Island  and  across  Dixon 
entrance,  where  the  Pacific  ocean  has  an  unob 
structed  sweep,  and  many  passengers  get  a  fast* 
of  seasickness.  The  scenery  is  grand ;  the  placid 
waters,  the  mountains  on  each  side,  clad  with 
evergreen  and  sloping  to  the  water's  edge,  and 
in  the  distance  the  loftier  ranges,  eternally  snow- 
topped,  with  here  and    there,  as    we  go    north. 

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glaciers  discharging  their  cargoes  of  icebergs  into 
the  sea,  or  the  tumultuous  streams  fed  by  the 
melting  snow  and  rushing  down  the  mountain 
sides,  leaping  at  times  hundreds  of  feet  ovei 
precipices,  all  constitute  a  picture  that  can 
scarcely  be  duplicated  in  any  other  part  of  the 
world. 

At  the  mouth  of  the  Frazier  river  we  passed 
at  least  2,000  boats,  largely  manned  by  Siwash 
Indians,  fishing  for  salmon,  but  as  we  proceed 
northward  the  evidences  of  human  habitation  are 
but  few.  Here  and  there  a  solitary  hut  ■  or  a 
group  of  huts  are  seen,  with  weirs  and  nets  in  the 
nearby  stream,  or  a  canning  factory  or  quarry 
or  mine,  whilst  at  night  the  beam  of  light  from 
some  friendly  lighthouse,  evidences  the  watch- 
ful care  of  the  government  for  the  protection  of 
its  wards ;  but  the  country  is  desolate.  In  these 
lonely  parts  it  was  a  comfort  one  evening  to  find 
two  of  Uncle  Sam's  white  cruisers  and  a  torpedo 
boat  anchored  in  a  safe  harbor ;  it  was  like  meet- 
ing a  friend  in  a  strange  city.  Our  ship's  com- 
pany was  quite  cosmopolitan ;  there  were  a  num- 
ber of  physicians  and  their  wives,  but  also  lay- 
men, prospectors  and  business  men  on  board. 
The  ship  was  crowded  and  in  stateroom  No.  18 
were  two  other  physicians  and  myself.  One  of 
these  doctors  had  been  a  student  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland  in  the  '8o's  when  I  was  dem- 
onstrator of  anatomy,  and  had  been  under  my 
instruction,  and  the  other  was  a  graduate  of 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  this 
city.  Two  young  ladies  whose  acquaintance  I 
made  were  nurses,  trained  at  Dr.  Barnard's  sani- 
tarium on  Charles  street. 

The  weather  continued  fine,  warm  enough  to 
wear  light  summer  clothing  without  an  overcoat 
in  the  day  time,  but  getting  cooler  in  the  evening, 
when  the  sun  set.  At  9  p.  m.  there  would  still  be 
bright  daylight  and  darkness  came  on  after  10 
o'clock.  Northward  we  go  for  three  days,  and 
on  awaking  on  July  22d  we  are  in  American 
waters   again    and    are    no    longer    foreigners. 

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Southeastern  Alaska  is  a  narrow  strip  of  main- 
land, with  outlying  islands,  reaching  far  down 
between  British  Columbia  and  the  Pacific  ocean 
and  extending  inland  only  to  the  tops  of  the 
mountains.  It  is  a  very  rugged  country,  rich 
in  mineral  wealth,  but  unsuited  for  agriculture. 
The  hills  and  mountains  are  covered  with  spruce 
and  fir  trees  and  there  is  a  considerable  lumber 
industry.  Mining,  milling  and  canning  are  the 
chief  productive  occupations  of  this  part  of  the 
country,  whilst  farther  north  in  the  Aleutian 
islands  the  seal  fisheries  are  of  immense  value. 
On  the  southern  coast  the  extremes  of  weather 
are  not  marked ;  in  summer  the  temperature  is 
usually  moderate,  about  sixt3'-five  to  seventy 
degrees,  whilst  in  winter  it  is  not  excessively 
cold.  The  long  days' of  summer  are  favorable 
for  work,  but  the  short  winter  da3dight  is  in- 
convenient and  depressing.  Flowers  were 
growing  in  profusion  in  the  yards  and  on  the 
mountain  sides  and  many  vegetables  as  peas, 
beans,  tomatoes,  cabbages  and  potatoes 
seemed  to  thrive  well.  I  saw  some  wheat  at  the 
fair  in  Portland  raised  in  Alaska,  but  it  is  not 
likely  that  cereals  will  flourish  in  such  a  climate, 
as  the  warm  weather  does  not  continue  long 
enough  for  the  grain  to  mature  properly. 

The  international  boundary  line  between  Amci- 
ican  and  British  territory  is  crossed  at  Dixon  en- 
trance, and  sailing  in  smooth  waters  between  in- 
numerable islands  we  soon  reach  the  town  of 
Ketchikan,  with  a  population  of  about  1,500  peo- 
ple. This  place  is  the  center  of  the  mining  indus- 
tries at  the  southern  end  of  Alaska  and  is  quite 
a  busy  mart.  It  is  a  picturesquely  situated  town, 
the  houses  being  built  on  piles  on  the  water 
front  or  perched  on  the  steep  hillside.  Some  of 
the  cottages  are  quite  pretentious,  but  most  of 
them  are  small  and  dilapidated  looking.  There 
are  no  horses  in  Ketchikan  and  the  streets  are  nar- 
row and  paved  with  boards.  There  are  ore  mills, 
salmon  canneries  and  lumber  mills  located  here, 
and  I  was  surprised  at  the  large  and  well  stocked 
stores.  Many  small  craft  were  moored  at  the 
wharves,  and  three  large  steamboats  were  present 
at  the  time  of  my  visit.  The  people  were  well 
dressed  and  orderly  and  did  not  look  unlike  any 
similar  number  that  one  would  see  on  the  East- 
ern shore  of  Maryland.  I  saw  the  signs  of  four 
doctors,  one  dentist  and  one  lawyer,  which 
would  indicate  that  professional  interests  were 
well  looked  after.     The  houses  -^ere  surrouuded 


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by  yards  and  gardens  in  which  flowers,  veget- 
ables and  some  berries  grew  luxuriently.  All 
these  little  Alaskan  cities  are  lighted  with  elec- 
tricity and  shine  out  brilliantly  at  night  from  the 
dark  background  of  the  mountains. 

A  small  precipitous  mountain  stream  comes 
tumbling  down  the  rocks  at  Ketchikan  and  at  tha 
time  of  our  visit  salmon  by  the  thousands  were 
jumping  up  these  falls,  striving  to  reach  the  more 
placid  water  above.  Some  of  these  salmon  would 
dash  themselves  against  the  rocks  and  be  killed, 
but  many  of  them  succeeded  in  surmounting  .the. 
cataracts  and  reached  the  pond  above,  where 
they  were  seen  in  incredible  numbers,  as  well  as 
in  the  shallow  rivulets  farther  on.  Some  of  the 
passengers  caught  several  of  these  fishes,  two 
feet  in  length,  in  their  hands,  and  could  have 
caught  more  if  they  had  been  so  inclined.  The 
Indians  spear  them  with  pronged  instruments 
and  many  fishes  are  seen  with  horrible  wounds 
or  scars. 

[To  &e  Gontimwd.] 

o 

THE  ORDERING  OF  LIFE 

BY  DR.  LEWELLYS  F.  BARKER. 

[Abstract.] 
[Read  before  Library  and  Historical  Society,  Oct.  26.] 

After  referring  to  some  of  the  more  important 
books  which  have  been  written  upon  the  subject, 
tbe  particular  interest  of  the  physician  in  the 
philosohpy  of  life  was  discussed.  A  proper  idea 
of  life  can  be  gained  only  through  an  under- 
standing of  the  natural  mode  of  evolution  of 
character.  In  the  period  of  adolescence,  espec- 
ially, marked  changes  occur  in  our  mental  expe- 
riences and  a  readjustment  has  to  be  made. 

The  fruitlessness  of  worrying  too  much  as  to 
what  life  is  may  well  be  emphasized,  especially 
as  we  progress  rather  by  observing  systemati- 
cally the  phenomena  presented  by  living  crea- 
tures and  by  experimenting  in  order  to  see  how 
these  phenomena  may  be  affected  by  alterations 
of  the  conditions  under  which  they  are  mani- 
fested.    There    should    be   no    impatience    that 

This  Publication  from  the  Press  of 

NO   1  E.  GERMAN  g^REET^aWCfWIORE,  MD.X 

PRINTERS,     ENGRAVERS,    STATIONERS 


knowledge  makes  so  slowly  concerning  life ;  the 
organic  processes  are  infinitely  more  complex 
than  anything  we  know  of  in  the  inorganic  king- 
dom, and  of  the  latter  we  are  only  beginning  to 
gain  some  understanding.  That  in  the  near  fu- 
ture there  will  be  an  enormous  extension  of 
knowledge  in 'the  domain  of  life  may  be  confi- 
dently predicted. 

An  interesting  conception  of  a  living  being  is 
that  which  recognizes  it  as  a  stationary  struc- 
ture, that  is  to  say,  as  one  constantly  under- 
going change,  though  the  changes  are  of  such 
a  nature  that  gain  and  loss  nearly  counterbal- 
ance one  another.  But  unlike  the  stationary 
structures  with  which  physics  and  chemistry 
ordinarily  deal,  for  example,  a  lamp  or  a  gaso- 
line motor,  a  living  organism  possesses  the 
property  of  assimilation  and  reproduction ;  or, 
in  other  words,  the  power  of  self-main- 
tenance. It  is  as  a  constant  stream  of  en- 
ergj'  through  a  self-maintaining,  self-regu- 
lating, nearly  stationary  structure,  that  life  may 
best  be  pictured,  and  it  is  with  the  analysis  of 
this  stream  of  energy,  and  of  the  physical  and 
chemical  processes  underlying  it,  that  biology  and 
medicine  have  largely  to  deal.  An  understand- 
ing of  the  laws  which  here  hold  may  not  itself 
explain  all  vital  functions,  but  certainly  vital 
functions  cannot  be  explained  without  a  knowl-  . 
edge  of  these  laws.  All  of  the  functions  of  liv- 
ing organisms  may  be  subsumed  under  the  head- 
ing of  self-preservation,  if  the  word  be  used 
in  its  widest  sense.  As  the  "circle  of  self"  is 
widened  so  as  to  include  the  family,  the  race  and 
humanity,  it  will  be  recognized  that  what  we 
speak  of  as  ethical  acts  and  social  activities  may 
in  reality  be  regarded  as  activities  directed  toward 
the  preservation  of  the  wider  self.  The  problem 
of  the  management  of  life  resolves  itself  essen- 
tially, therefore,  into  the  maintenance  and  free 
utilization  of  the  energy  stream  constantly  flow- 
ing through  our  bodies  so  as  to  promote  best  the 
welfare  of  our  bodies  and  minds  and  the  welfare 

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of  others.  There  need  be  no  fear  that  the  steady 
advance  of  science  in  investigation  along  these 
hnes  will  rob  us  of  those  emotions  and  finer  sen- 
sations which  we  prize  so  highly,  of  those  feel- 
ings which  we  experience  in  relation  to  things 
which  are  beautiful,  good,  mysterious,  infinite, 
eternal.  On  the  contrary,  art,  morals  and  relig- 
ion will,  many  of  us  feel  sure,  be  strengthened 
and  purified ;  our  reverence  for  them  will  become 
greater,  our  sensations  of  them  more  vivid  as 
they  become — what  science  will  gradually  make 
them-^more  truthful. 

Though  we  have  great  expectations  regarding 
control  of  life  and  of  vital  processes  in  the  fu- 
ture, our  own  problem  is  with  the  present.  It 
ought  to  be  our  aim  to  achieve  the  highest  pos- 
sible results  with  the  most  economical  expendi- 
ture of  energy,  for  the  truth  of  Ostwald's  state- 
ment  grows  upon  one  as  he  considers  the  sub- 
ject, that  perhaps  the  most  heinous  sin  is  the 
wasting  of  energy.  It  might  be  well  if  someone 
would  undertake  the  writing  of  a  personal  hy- 
giene for  each  of  the  circles  of  self,  one  for  the 
immediate  self,  another  for  the  family  self, 
another  for  the  national  self,  another  for  the 
racial  self,  and  finally,  say,  one  for  the  humani- 
tarian self. 

In  the  future,  writing  prescriptions  for  drugs 
and  performing  operations  may  represent  a  di- 
minishing proportion  of  the  medical  practition 
er's  activity.  A  large  part  of  the  work  of  the  doc- 
tor of  the  future  vrill  consist  in  aiding  people  to 
learn  how  to  live.  Educating  the  masses  as  re-, 
gards  eating  and  drinking,  life  in  the  open  air 
and  sunshine,  exercise  and  holiday-taking,  will 
be  one  of  his  most  important  functions.  Espec- 
ially in  this  country  will  it  be  his  duty  to  fight 
the  development  of  the  neuropathic  tendency. 
The  needs  of  existence  have  enormously  in- 
creased. New  desires  have  been  manufactured 
and  new  appetites  have  been  created.  Many  of 
these  are  praiseworthy,  but  there  is  far  too  much 
struggling  for  the  superfluous.  Men  are  too  am- 
bitious :  they  crave  privileges  ;  they  become  slaves 

Qerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

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of  inclination  and  vassals  of  luxury.  The  neu- 
roses of  our  times  are  contributed  to  notably  by 
a  perverse  art  and  literature.  It  is  the  duty  of 
the  physician  through  his  educative  influence  to 
try  to  improve  the  conditions  of  the  family,  of 
the  school  and  of  society.  Especially  can  the 
medical  man  illustrate  by  his  example  and  teach 
by  his  precept  the  neural  advantages  of  syste- 
matic, steady  work,  particularly  of  work  which 
is  suited  to  the  individual. 

Of  the  many  who.  have  written  upon  the 
special  topic  of  the  pleasures  of  life,  perhaps  none 
has 'compressed  into  narrow  compass  more  sound 
sense  than  did  President  Eliot  in  his  memorable 
address  entitled  "The  Happy  Life."  In  it  will  be 
found  a  list  of  opportunities  for  winning  happi- 
ness which  opens  up  a  sufficiently  large  range  of 
possibilities.  Above  all  other  things,  perhaps, 
that  make  for  individual  happiness  are  to  be  reck- 
oned a  healthy,  optimistic  bent,  a  charitable  in- 
clination and  a  cheerful  disposition. 

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The  career  of  Dr.  Szlupas,  who  is  an  alum- 
nus of  our  School  of  Medicine  of  the  year 
1891,  reads  more  like  fiction  than  reality.  It 
shows  what  pluck  and  high  resolve  will  ac- 
complish. 

Descended  from  ancestors  who  were  well  to 
do  in  the  fourteenth  century,  but  who  became 
peasants  in  the  sixteenth  century  and  at  last 
bondsmen,  he  was  born  in  the  village  of  Rak- 
andzei,  Lithuania,  March  6,  1861,  two  days 
after  the  emancipation  of  his  parents  from  serf- 
dom. Of  recent  years  the  family  seem  to  have 
struggled  upward  from  their  obscure  estate  as 
one  of  his  uncles  is  a  Catholic  priest,  a  brother 
is  a  farmer,  another  brother  a  physician  of 
repute  and  wounded  in  the  late  Russo-Japan- 
ese war,  and  a  distant  relative  acquired  fame 
as  an  educator. 

Dr.  Szlupas  was  educated  at  the  German 
Classical  Gymnasium  at  Mitau,  in  Courland, 
passing  the  abiturium  in  1880  so  successfully 
that  he  received  the  rank  of  "chinovnik"  (Col- 
lege Registrar).  Lie  studied  law  from  1880  to 
1882  at  the  University  of  Moscow,  and  in  1882 
natural  philosophy  at  St.  Petersburg;  but  in 
December  of  the  latter  year  he  was  interned 
at  his  parents'  home  by  the  Russian  Govern- 
(Coniinued  on  page  130.) 


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ASSOCIATE  editors: 
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The  election  of  so  many  University  men  to 
offices  must  be  very  gratifying  to  our  friends. 
Judge  Harlan  has  been  retained  on  the  bench 
by  a  majority  of  over  15,000.  Dr.  Timothy  O. 
Heatwole,  of  our  Dental  Faculty,  goes  to  the 
House;  so  J.  L.  V.  Murphy,  C.  J.  Bouchet, 
Martin  Lehmeyer,  Carville  D.  Benson,  of  the 
Law  Alumni,  are  also  elected  Delegates,  while 
J.  Charles  Linthicum  (LL.B.),  of  Baltimore, 
and  W.  W.  Goldsborough  (M.D.),  of  Caroline 
County,  go  to  the  Senate.  Doubtless  there 
are  others  that  we  do  not  know  of.  Thus  our 
University  men  will  exercise  a  powerful  influ- 
ence in  the  forthcoming  Legislature,  and  we 
hope  for  the  public  good.  The  times  seem  to 
be  favorable  for  State  University  legislation. 
o 

An  oil  portrait  of  Professor  John  C.  Hem- 
meter,  M.D.,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  was  presented  to 
him  by  his  colleagues  and  former  pupils  at  his 
residence  in  Baltimore,  on  November  15,  1905. 
There  were  ninety-five  subscribers  and  Super- 
vising Surgeon-General  Walter  Wyman,  U.  S. 
Marine  Hospital  Service,  was  their  spokesman. 
The  committee  were :  Drs.  Warner  Holt,  of 
Washington ;  J.  C.  McAfee,  of  Macon,  Ga.,  and 
Carl  Nelson  Brandt,  of  Hot  Springs,  Va.  The 
occasion  marked  the  twentieth  anniversary  of 
the  doctorate  of  the  recipient,  who  made  a  fit- 
ting response.  There  was  a  large  attendance 
of  physicians  and  others  from  Baltimore  and 


other  cities.     The  artist  was  Mr.  Louis  Diet- 
erich,  of  Baltimore. 

o 

The  L'niversity  Hospital  Training  School 
for  Nurses  is  having  a  very  successful  session. 
There  are  fifty-five  pupils,  including  proba- 
tioners. There  are  five  head  nurses  and  the 
teaching  staff  consists  of  twelve  lecturers.  The 
course  lasts  three  years.  There  are  one  hun- 
dred and  eighty-four  patients  now  at  the  Uni- 
versity Hospital  and  fifty-three  at  the  Hospital 
for  Crippled  and  Deformed  Children,  in  both  of 
which  the  nurses  are  required  to  have  experi- 
ence. Miss  Nettie  Flanagan  is  superintendent. 
o 

William  B.  Burns,  D.D.S.  (1903),  is  prac- 
ticing dentistry  in  Vancouver,  Columbia.  He 
was  captain  of  the  football  team  1901  and 
manager  1902,  and  also  pitched  on  the  baseball 
team. — J.  Harry  Tregoe,  LL.B.  (1905),  presi- 
of  the  Travelers  and  Merchants'  Association, 
has  been  elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  University  Endowment  Fund 
and  secretary-treasurer,  vice  General  Lawra- 
son  Riggs,  resigned. — Dr.  John  Mace  (1887), 
of  Cambridge,  Md.,  has  been  appointed  lieuten- 
ant of  the  Maryland  Naval  Reserves,  and  is 
detailed  to  act  as  surgeon  to  the  Cambridge 
division. — Professor  James  Carroll,  of  George 
Washington  University,  the  Army  Medical 
School  and  Museum,  has  accepted  the  invita- 
tion to  deliver  the  address  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  General  Alumni  Association  in  Jan- 
uary.— Dr.  George  Blight  Harrison  (1905),  of 
Fredericksburg,  Va.,  has  been  appointed  Resi- 
dent Physician  to  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Spo- 
kane, Wash. — Professor  Randolph  Winslow 
(1873)  has  been  elected  chairman  of  the  sec- 
tion in  Clinical  Medicine  and  Surgery,  M.  and 
C.  F. ;  also  Consulting  Surgeon  to  the  Hebrew 
Hospital.— Dr.  Floyd  W.  Rogers  (1902)  has 
settled  at  Newport,  R.  L — Dr.  Robert  Lee 
Hall  (1901)  has  been  elected  secretary  of  the 
Worcester  County  (Md.)  Medical  Society. — 
Dr.  John  T.  O'Mara  (1903)  has  resigned  the 
position  of  Resident  Physician  to  St.  Agnes 
Sanitarium,  Baltimore. — Dr.  Taylor  E.  Darby 

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(1904)  is  in  the  Panama  Canal  service,  being 
an  interne  in  the  Ancon  Hospital. — The  fol- 
lowing additional  contributions  to  the  Endow- 
.  ment  Fund  have  been  received  since  our  last 
issue:  Gen.  John  Gill,, $25;  L.  Greif  &  Bro. 
(an.),  $10;  D.  Levy  Sons  &  Co.,  $25;  Furst 
Bros.  &  Co.,  $5;  Addison  Clarke,  $10;  L.  H. 
Wieman,  $5. — Prof.  Eugene  F.  Cordell  has 
been  invited  to  deliver  the  principal  address 
before  the  Historical  Section  of  the  College  of 
Physicians  of  Philadelphia  on  November  29. 
His  Philadelphia  friends  will  give  him  a  com- 
plimentary dinner. — Dr.  Nagib  Kenawy  writes 
from  Alexandria,  Egypt,  asking  information 
about  the  new  anaesthetic  scopolamin,  showing 
that  he  is  alert  to  new  discoveries  in  medicine. 
Can  anyone  give  him  information?  His  ad- 
dress is  15,  Rue  de  la  Gare  du  Caire. — The  fol- 
lowing tribute  to  Dr.  James  Homer  Wright 
(1892)  was  made  by  President  Elliot,  of  Har- 
vard University,  on  the  occasion  of  the  con- 
ferring of  the  Honorary  Degree  of  Doctor  of 
Science  at  the  last  commencement  of  Har- 
vard :  "James  Homer  Wright,  pathologist, 
both  teacher  and  investigator,  strong  contribu- 
tor to  the  advance  of  that  biological  science 
which  holds  out  to  mankind  good  promise  of 
deliverence  from  mysterious  evils  long  en- 
dured."— For  Sale  :  Medical  and  Surgical  His- 
tory of  War  of  Rebellion,  six  volumes,  $30. — 

/  :° — —  . 

With  the  November  issue,  the  University  Orist 
has  been  enlarged  to  sixteen  pages  and  has  in- 
creased its  circulation,  indications,  we  take  it, 
of  a  corresponding  growth  of  the  Alumni  As- 
sociation of  the  Department  of  Dentistry,  of 
which  it  is  the  exponent,  and  a  widening  mter- 
est  on  the  part  of  the  dental  alumni  in  all  that 
pertains  to  their  Alma  Mater.  The  number 
opens  with  a  stimulating  introductory  lecture 
by  the  Dean.  Professor  Gorgas,  from  which 
we  shall  take  the  liberty  of  making  some  ex- 
tracts.     In   addition   to   Dr.   T.   O.   Heatwole, 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 

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vJ'ho  continues  as  Editor-in-chief,  Drs.  W.  A. 
Rea  and  C.  V.  Matthews  have  been  a  ided  as 
Assistant  Editors.  No  dental  alumnus  should 
be  without  the  Orist. 

^  ■ o- . 

"The  time  has  come  when  the  narrow  and 
critical  spirit  which  has  hedged  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland  should  yield  to  larger  and 
more  generous  views  of  her  future  possibili- 
ties. If  her  present  government  by  a  Board  of 
Regents  is  not  as  alert  and  progressive  as 
might  be  desired,  there  is  every  reason  to  hope 
that  a  large  endowment  will  bring  about  meth- 
ods of  administration  that  will  be  highly  fa- 
vorable to  the  progress  of  the  University  and 
enlarge  her  scope  of  usefulness  to  the  people 
of  the  State." — Hospital  Bulletin.  The  Univer- 
sity is  hedged  in  by  the  spirit  of  apathy  which 
dominates  its  own  circles.  The  new  life  must 
begin  within  the  wall !  the  destiny  of  the  Uni- 
versity lies  ihere.  They  who  approach  from 
the  outside  are  without  authority  to  act,  and 
are  looked  upon  as  intermeddlers.  It  is  not  a 
critical  spirit  that  checks  growth  and  improve- 
ment. Criticism  is  a  stimulus  to  individuals 
and  institutions  alike.  It  is  an  evidence  of  life 
and  interest ;  its  absence  betokens  death.  Noth- 
ing human  is  so  perfect  that  it  can  thrive  with- 
out it,  and  we  should,  therefore,  welcome  it 
and  seek  to  profit  by  it.  The  very  suggestion 
of  "alertness  and  progression"  in  the  present 
administration  of  the  University  seems  like  a 
•travesty  upon  words.  The  University,  as  such, 
has  oractically  no  government;  the  Regents 
do  not  attempt  to  direct  its  affairs — they  are 
without  funds,  or  treasurer,  and  have  not  even 
the  power  to  appoint  professors.  Affairs  are 
in  the  hands  of  the  Faculties.  Even  a  large 
endowment,  therefore,  helpful  though  it  cer- 
tainly would  be,  cannot  supply  what  is  want- 
ing. A  remodeling  must  take  place,  the  parts 
must  be  drawn  and  welded  together,  and  the 
control  must  be  vested  in  an  independent  body 
with  far  larger  powers  than  are  possessed  by 
the  present  Board  of  Regents,  if  our  "LTniver- 
sit)''"  is  to  realize  her  "future  possibilities." 
/  o . 

The  Comm.ittees  on  Centennial  have  all  now 
been  appointed,  and  are  as  follows : 

Faculty  of  Law — Professors    John    P.    Poe, 
W.  Calvin  Chesnut. 

Facultjr  of  Medicine — Professors  R.  Dorsey 
Coale,  John  C.  Hemmeter,  C.  W.  Mitchell. 


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Faculty  of  Dentistry — Professor  Isaac  H. 
Davis,  Dr.  T.  O.  Heatwole,  Dr.  L.  W.  Farin- 
holt,  C.  V.  Matthews. 

Faculty  of  Pharmacy  —  Professors  H.  P. 
H3rnson,  Daniel  Base. 

General  Alumni  Association — E.  F.  Cordell, 
G.  A.  Fleming,  Henry  Stockbridge,  George  L. 
Deichman,  J.  E.  Hengst. 

Medical  Alumni  Association — G.  L.  Taney- 
hill,  E.  F.  Cordell,  B.  M.  Hopkinson,  VVil- 
mer  Brinton,  J.  T.  King,  C.  E.  Sadtler,  Jas.  H. 
Jarrett,  J.  L  Pennington,  W.  F.  Skillman. 

Dental  Alumni  Association — Professor  L  PL 
Davis,  Drs.  T.  O.  Pleatwole,  J.  G.  Heuisler. 

Pharmaceutical  Alumni  Association— J.  A. 
Davis,  E.  Frank  Kelly,  W.  P.  Barnett. 

The  members  of  these  various  committees 
will  meet  for  organization  in  Chemical  Hall, 
Lombard  and  Greene  Sts.,  on  Monday,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1905,  8  P.  M.  sharp. 

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INDIAN   SUMMER  IN   DRUID   HILL 
PARK. 


A  glorious  day !     The  snn,  shorn  of  his  fierce 

Midsummer's  heat,  sends  forth  his  grateful  rays 

And  moderates  the  frosty  air.  The  eye 

Upturn'd  sees  everywhere  from  horizon 

To  horizon  the  empyrean  blue 

Unfleek'd  by  cloud.     'Tis  near  the  noon-tide  hour 

And  many  are  abroad  to  breathe  the  air 

Or  revel  in  November's  genial  smile. 

The  foliage  wears  the  variegated  tints 

Of  autumn — green  and  yellow,  russet,  gold — 

In  all  their  gorgeous  contrast.     Th"  bare  limbs 

Stand  out  against  the  slcy,  their  scanty  leaves 

Faint  flutt'ring  in  the  breeze,  and  falling  one 

By  one,  encarpeting  the  hills  and  vales 

As  far  as  eye  can  reach  with  mantle  brown. 

Let  us  ascend  this  eminence  and  pause 

Awhile  beneath  that  grand  old  sovereign  oak, 

That  spreads  its  gnarled  and  knotted  arms  athwart 

The  heav'n,  like  giant  antlers  as  tho'  it  would 

The  mnarchy  of  sky  as  of  the  forest  claim. 

The  eye  takes  in  the  scene — wood,  sky  and  lake. 

There,  dark-blue,  lies  the  lake,  fit  setting  for 

The  gorgeous  imag'ry ;  beyond  the  spires 

And  city's  domes ;  here  on  the  grassy  sward 

The  .sheep  are  browsing ;  on  the  winding  paths 

And  roads  we  here  and  there  see  moving  forms. 

While  all  about  us  stretch  the  native  woods. 

Now  and  anon  there  upward  floats  the  sound 

Of  children's  voices,  or  the  whistle  shrill 

Of  distant  engine.     Silent  is  the  hum 

Of  insect  and  the  twittering  of  birds. 

All  nature  wrapi>ed  in  slumber  seems  to  lie 

Save  that  from  lofty  perch  in  yonder  grove 


The  hoarse  crow  signals  to  his  distant  mate. 

Fain  would  I  linger  'mid  such  scenes  and  sounds. 

But  other  charms  await  my  senses  keen. 

And  contemplative  mood,  down  in  the  deep 

Remote  recesses  of  the  silent  wood. 

The  slope  descending,  enter  I  a  path 

Where  first  I  meet  a  happy  lover  pair ; 

They  see  not,  reck  not  of  the  passers  by. 

But  hand  in  hand  move  up  the  vale; 

Their  little  world  has  joy  enough  for  them. 

Here  comes  a  clerk,  pale  from  his  dingy  desk. 

With  outing  wisely  filling  in  the  we^-k. 

A  lot  of  ragged  children  next  appeavs. 

And  then  upon  the  road  a  pony  cart 

With  load  of  happy  prattling  children  full. 

Now  leaving  path  and  road  I  plunge  a-down' 

The  hill  and  follow  where  the  sinuous  course 

Of  murm'ring  brooklet  in  its  narrow  bed. 

Glides  smoothly  on  or  leaps  with  crystal  jets 

In  tiny  waterfalls,  while  the  dank  leaves 

Along  its  sides  exhale  that  odor  fine 

That  marks  the  melancholy  days  of  fall. 

From  tree  to  tree  the  sportive  squirrels  chase 

Bach  other,  or  with  tail  erect  sit  squat. 

The  luscious  acorn  in  their  forepaws  pols'd. 

A  herd  of  deer  upon  the  neighb'ring  hill 

Gaze  unaffrighted  with  their  big  brown  eyes 

As  though  they  would  inquire  wherefore  and  whence 

I  hither  came.     My  further  progress  bars 

A  prostrate  ash — prey  to  some  storm-wind  fierce. 

Uprooted  from  the  soil  and  headlong  cast. 

Great  brother !  transient  habitant  of  earth. 

Who  soon  must  mingle  with  thy  dust  my  own, 

I'll  seat  myself  upon  thy  sturdy  trunk 

And  seek  to  read  the  lesson  of  thy  fall. 

Novemher  8,  190.3. 

JOHN  SZLUPAS,   M.D. 

(Continued  from  page  147.) 
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litical demonstration.  In  the  summer  of  1883 
he  was  permitted  by  the  authorities  to  become 
a  private  teacher  in  Count  Zubov's  family.  As 
the  Government  prohibited  him  from  entering 
again  any  university  in  Russia,  in  September, 
1883,  he  emigrated  to  Switzerland,  in  the  hope 
of  entering  upon  the  study  of  medicine  at 
Geneva.     Poverty,  however,  drove  him  away, 

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and  he  became  editor  of  the  first  Lithuanian 
patriotic  and  liberal  monthly,  "Aiiszra,"  in 
Tilsit.  This  attracted  the  attention  of  the  Ger- 
man and  Russian  Governments,  in  consequence 
of  which  the  former  commanded  him  to  leave 
the  country.  Incognito,  he  visited  his  birth- 
place and  had  to  hide  from  the  Russian  police 
and  gendarmerie.  In  Ma}',  1884,  in  a  fisher- 
boat  in,  the  Baltic  Sea,  he  safely  arrived  again 
in  Eastern  Prussia,  eluded  the  Prussian  police, 
and,  embarking  at  Hamburg,  landed  in  New 
York  with  a  deep  feeling  of  relief  at  having 
thus  safely  escaped  the  clutches  of  two  gov- 
ernments. 

In  New  York  he  soon  established  the  first 
Lithuanian  newspaper,  the  "Union,"  and  later 
the  "Lithuanian  Voice"  (1885-89),  and  also- 
published  several  pamphlets. 

In  1889  he  came  to  Baltimore  and  under  the 
guidance  of  Professor  Michael  entered  upon 
the  study  of  medicine  in  this  university,  gradu- 
ating M.D.  in  1891. 

Pie  first  practiced  in  Shenandoah,  Pa.,  at  the 
same  time  lecturing  weekly  to  the  Lithuanian 
workingmen'  and  taking  part  in  the  publication 
of  the  "Educational  Review"  and  later  of  the 
"New  Era."  After  a  tedious  law-suit,  lasting 
three  weeks  at  Pottsville,  for  criminal  libel, 
ending  with  a  verdict  of  "not  guilty,"  in  1894 
he  settled  for  practice  at  Scranton.  There  en- 
tangled in  religious  controversy,  he  sufi'ered 
persecution  at  the  hands  of  the  Roman  Catho- 
lic clergy,  who  tried  to  stamp  him  as  an  an- 
archist, although  he  claims  to  have  been  only 
an  advocate  of  socialism  and  free  thought. 
Since  1902  he  has  resided  in  Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Szlupas  has  led  a  life  of  incessant  indus- 
try and  activity.  He  has  written  some  larger 
works  in  his  native  language :  "History  of 
Lithuanian  Literature,"  "The  Salvation  of  the 
Poor,"   "The   Lithuanian    Ancestors    in    Asia 

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Minor,"  "The  History  of  the  Letts,"  "Profes- 
sor L.  Biichner's  Force  and  Matter,"  "Religion 
and  Science,"  "The  Lithuanians  in  Past  and 
Present  Times,"  "The  History  of  the  Lithuan- 
ians" (three  volumes),  etc.  He  has  also  con- 
tributed occasional  articles  to  the  American 
press. 

Plis  work  is  well  appreciated  by  his  country- 
men. He  was  the  promoter  of  the  idea  of 
free  Lithuania.  He  defended  the  rights  of  his 
nation  against  the  Poles,  Russians  and  Ger- 
mans. He  helped  to  create  a  Lithuanian  lit- 
erature, was  a  promoter  of  the  Lithuaniari 
Free  Thought  Association,  and  stirred  up  the 
dreaming  youth  to  action.  He  is,  therefore, 
thoroughly  identified  with  the  movement  for 
liberty  and  education  that  has  arisen  among 
his  people.  Besides  professional  and  literary 
work  he  has  visited  his  countrymen  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  country  from  time  to  time,  and 
has  delivered  not  less  than  one  thousand  pub- 
lic addresses  upon  political,  social,  religious 
and  scientific  subjects.  The  following  words 
show  that  his  aims  in  life  have  been  pure  and 
lofty.  "I  hope,"  he  writes,  "I  have  not  lived 
in  vain ;  I  have  tried  to  do  good  accordmg  to- 
my  best  knowledge  and  ability." 
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SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 


Charles  and  Franklin  Sts. 


Baltimore,  Md. 


Mr.  Fred.  B.  Smith,  of  New  York,  spoke  to 
the  third  year  class  November  3,  on  "Stu- 
dents' Morals." — The  folloiwng  class  officers 
have  been  elected  for  the  year :  Senior  Class — ■ 
President,  Victor  C.  Carroll,  of  Md. ;  vice- 
president,  Manney  M.  Rice,  of  S.  C. ;  secretary, 
Walter  F.  Sowers,  of  Md.;  treasurer,  Fitz  R. 
Randolph,  of  Md.;  editor,  William  F.  Fullings, 
of  N.  J. ;  historian,  John  S.  Geatty,  of  Md. ; 
prophet,  John  Knox,  of  N.  C. ;  poet,  Jorge  Del 
Torro,  of  Porto  Rico;  chairman  of  executive 
committee,  Arthur  B.  Clarke,  of  Canada;  vale- 
dictorian, Leo  Karlinsky,  of  Md. ;  sergeant-at- 
arms,  W.  W.  Stonestreet,  of  Md.  Junior 
Class — President,  O.  Paul  Argabrite,  of  W. 
Va. ;  vice-president,  R.  C.  Franklin,  of  N  C. ; 
secretary,  Frederick  Jamison,  of  Md. ;  treas- 
urer, Edward  Benson,  of  Md. ;  sergeant-at- 
arms,  George  Mackeroy,  of  Fla. ;  historian, 
John  Mitchell,  of  Md. ;  editor,  A.  L.  Carrol,  of 
Md. ;  executive  committee,  Frank  Lynn,  Harry 
Latimer    and    Edward    Delcher.      Sophomore 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


Class — President,  J.  L.  Anderson,  S.  C. ;  vice- 
president,  J.  E.  Ziegler,  Md. ;  secretary,  C.  B. 
Collins,  Fla. ;  treasurer,  J.  H.  Hodges,  W.  Va. ; 
sergeant-at-arms,W.  C.  Davis,  Va. ;  annvial  edi- 
tor, H.  U.  Todd,  Md. — There  are  331  matricu- 
lates in  the  School  of  Medicine. — Henry  J. 
Lamontagne,  '06,  who  recently  had  his  left 
leg  amputated  at  the  University  Hospital  for 
osteoscoma,  will  leave  shortly  for  his  Con- 
necticut home. — Mr.  Edward  Mullen,  '06,  of 
Charlotte,  N.  C,  had  his  leg  so  badly  broken 
in  a  runaway  accident  that  he  is  not  able  to 
return  this  session  and  will  probably  be  crip- 
pled for  life.— At  the  meeting  of  the  Univer- 
sity Medical  Association,  November  21,  Dr. 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  of  the  School  of  Phar- 
macy, delivered  an  address  on  the  Pharma- 
copoeia, while  Dr.  Charles  W.  Mitchell  spoke 
on   its  therapeutic  aspects. 

V.  C.  C. 


SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 


change  in  the  library.  The  northeast  corner 
of  the  room  has  been  separated  from  the  rest 
by  a  high  iron  grating,  and  now  all  books,  ex- 
cept a  few  of  the  older  reports,  are  collected 
within  the  book-room  thus  formed  by  the  grat- 
ing and  can  be  more  easily  kept  under  the 
supervision  of  the  librarian.  This  book-room 
is  kept  locked  and  books  can  be  had  by  the 
students  only  upon  application  to  the  libra- 
rian during  his  hours  on  duty.  Among  the 
most  valuable  books  added  lately  are  Mr.  J. 
P.  Poe's  "Code  of  1904"  and  "Wigmore  on 
Evidence"  in  five  volumes. — A  new  door  has 
been  put  on  the  northern  end  of  the  lecture 
hall  in  order  to  avoid  the  confusion  caused 
by  the  conflict  of  the  class  coming  in  with 
those  going  out  at  the  end  of  each  lecture. 
The  classes  now  are  instructed  to  enter  by  the 
south  door  and  leave  at  the  conclusion  of  their 
lecture   by  the  north   door. 

o 

SCHOOL  OF  DENTISTRY. 


An  examination  for  license  to  practice  will 
be  held  by  the  State  Board  of  Law  Examiners 
in  the  Law  Building  of  the  University,  on  No 
vember  27  and  28,  at  9  A.  M. — There  are  200 
matriculants  in  the  School  of  Law;  the  num- 
ber will  be  about  220  when  all  the  students 
have  matriculated  for  the  session. — The  Exec- 
utive Committee  of  the  Senior  Class,  ap- 
pointed by  the  President,  consists  of  Messrs. 

C.  M.  Clark,  J.  S.  Donahue,  T.  W.  Hall,  J.  P. 
W.  McNeal,  T.  A.  Pool,  T.  S.  Frail,  W.  B. 
Welsh,  Alexander  Yearley  and  J.  T.  Morris, 
Jr. — At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Intermediate 
Class  the  following  officers  were  elected: 
President,  Clarence  Leith ;  vice-president, 
James  Clark;  secretary,  Howard  P.  Wilcox; 
treasurer,  John  C.  Hayden ;  prophet,  Charles 
Prince ;  historian,  Lee  Thompson ;  poet,  Aus- 
tin J.  Lilly.  The  president  appointed  the  fol- 
lowing as  the  executive  committee :  Louis  Ep- 
pler  (chairman),  Thomas  Dryden,  Howard 
Hamilton,  P.  C.  McClurg,  Carson  D.  Fowler, 
Richard  C.  Rose  and  Mark  O.  Shriver,  Jr.— 
The  Junior  Class  has  elected  as  its  officers: 
President,  W.  W.  Webster;  vice-president,  H. 

D.  Anthony;  secretary,  C.  Albert  Haugh ; 
treasurer,  A.  D.  Bartlett. — A  meeting  of  the 
Junior  Class  was  held  November  6  "to  pro- 
vide for  the  social  function." — The  car- 
penters  have   just   completed    a    much-needed 


The  Senior  Class  meeting  was  held  in  the 
Dental  Building  on  October  2^,  when  the  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected  :  President,  George 
Walter  Frank,  Mass. ;  vice-president,  Louis  H. 
Rothenberg,  N.  Y. ;  secretary,  William  C.  Van 
Meter,  W.  Va. ;  treasurer,  Daniel  C.  Colvin, 
Penna. ;  orator,  Henry  Strasser,  Md. ;  artist, 
George  Alvin  Burton,  Del. ;  sergeant-at-arms, 
Peter  A.  Garmeau,  Mass.  Later  the  following 
officers  were  appointed :  Historian,  E.  Clare 
Neckerman,  Penna. ;  poet,  Arthur  A.  Dill,  N.  S., 
Can.;  prophet,  J.  Milton  King,  Conn.;  critic, 
A.  Rothman,  Md. ;  executive  committee, 
George  Howard  Hiney  (chairman),  Conn.;  B. 
Cecil  Burgess,  Conn.;  J.  Lewis  Sanders,  N.  C. ; 
Daniel  W.  Parrott,  N.  C. ;  Arthur  B.  Wheeler, 
Md. :  Warren  S.  P.  Combs,  Del;  Erastus  Peck 
Skaggs,  W.  Va. ;  H.  Roy  Allen,  Vt. ;  board  of 
editors,  Chester  B.  Gififord,  James  K.  Gilder, 
Jr.,  Ernest  B.  Hutchens. — The  students  of  the 
Dental  Department  were  sorry  to  learn  of 
the  resignation  of  Miss  Daisy  Butler,  Cash- 
ier and  Secretary.  She  has  accepted  the 
position  of  cashier  and  general  manager 
for    Frank   W.    McClure,   of   Fairfield,    Va.— 

WIESEL'S  OBSTETRIC  AND  RECTAL  CONES. 

ANESTHETIC.     ANTISEPTIC.     LUBRICANT. 


OniaiNATCD    AND    MANUFACTURED 
ON  LY    BT 


JOiM.WI[SEL, 


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The  members  of  the  graduating  class  of  '05 
have  located  as  follows :  J.  C.  Allen^  Troy,  N. 
Y.;  W.  J.  Barton,  Saratoga,  N.  Y.;  W.  G. 
Bush,  Chateaugay,  N.  Y. ;  L.  R.  Brown,  Bis- 
bee,  Ariz.;  H.  A.  Cherry,  EHicott  City,  Md. ; 
O.  L.  V.  Cochrane,  Sullivan,  Mo. ;  R.  S.  Cutch- 
ins,  Whitakers,  N.  C. ;  E.  L.  Davis,  Baltimore, 
Md. ;  H.  M.  Davis,  St.  Michaels,  Md. ;  G.  F. 
Dean,  Hinton,  W.  Va. ;  G.  E.  Dennis,  Pinna- 
cle, N.  C. ;  R.  T.  Dial,  Columbia,  S.  C. ;  Vv .  E. 
Dimmock,  Windsor,  N.  S. ;  A.  McK.  Dula, 
Morganton,  N.  C. ;  B.  Etchison,  Monrovia, 
Md. ;  E.  W.  Foster,  Union,  S.  C. ;  A;  L.  Frew, 
-Dallas,  Tex. ;  F.  R.  Graham,  Sussex,  N.  B. ; 
N.  G.  Hall,  Providence,  R.  L;  W.  L.  Hand, 
Borgaw,  N.  C. ;  P.  T.  Healy,  Baltimore,  Md. ; 
L.  W.  Helms,  Pt.  Henry,  N.  Y. ;  G.  E.  Hill, 
Portland,  Me. ;  G.  O.  Hildebrand,  Baltimore, 
Md. ;  J.  S.  Hopkins,  Belair,  Md. ;  J.  W.  Hotch- 
kiss,  Thomastown,  Conn. ;  E.  J.  Jenkins,  Nor- 
folk, Va. ;  J.  V.  Jenkins,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  J.  J. 
Kenny,  Camden,  N.  J.;  B.  A.  Lester,  Norfolk, 
Va. ;  D.  A.  Levy,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  B.  R.  Long, 
Rorboro,  N.  C. ;  F.  W.  McCluer,  Fairfield,  Va. , 
M.  T.  McFadden,  Fort  Lawn,  S.  C. ;  W.  R. 
Mclntire,  Providence,  R.  L;  A.  W.  McVane, 
Portland,  Me.;  S.  F.  Moffett,  Morales,  Tex.; 
E.  W.  Mullens,  Broken  Bow,  Neb.;  O.  Nase, 
St.  Johns,  N.  B.,  Can. ;  C.  T.  Pyles,  Hancock, 
Md. ;  W.  Price,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  W.  H.  Riley, 
Boston,  Mass. ;  C.  H.  Skaggs,  Hinton,  W.  Va. ; 
J.  R.  Self,  Lincolnton,  N.  C. ;  C.  L.  Snively, 
Baltimore,  Md. ;  J.  E.  Walthman,  Frederick, 
Md. ;  G.  G.  Weirheim,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  A.  J. 
Whisnant,  Rotherford,  N.-C;  H.  T.  Wood, 
Baltimore,  Md. ;  H.  F.  Woodward,  Charleston, 
W.  Va. ;  C.  H.  Steinbeck,  Troy,  W.  Va. ;  J.  E. 
Welsh,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Reward. — Our  generous-hearted  Dean  (?) 
will  offer  a  handsome  reward  for  the  appre- 
hension and  conviction  of  the  person  or  per- 
sons concerned  in  the  abduction  of  a  young 
lady  of  the  Dental  Department,  name.  Miss 
Daisy  Lee  Butler.  She  is  of  handsome  appear- 
ance, about  5  ft.  2  in.  in  height,  wgt.  no  lbs., 
dark  hair,  beautiful  dark  eyes.     Was  last  seen 


■^?gr;v;^^i 


Uraaa  anh 


on  October  9,  '05,  in  company  with  a.  young 
man,  believed  to  be  a  Doctor  of  Dentistry,  on 
their  way  to  Washington,  D.  C.  Address  all 
information  to  Dr.  F.  J.  S.  Gorgas,  Dental  De- 
partment, U.  of  M.,  Baltimore,  Md.  (See  mar- 
riages). G.  W.  F. 


SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 


The  Department  has  begun  work  in  earnest, 
the  classes  being  kept  busy  with  studies,  es- 
pecially the  seniors.  In  both  chemical  and 
pharmaceutical  laboratories  the  boys  have  no 
time  for  loafing.  Hard,  earnest  work  is  need- 
ed from  each  student  if  he  wishes  to  meet  re- 
quirements. The  Senior  Class  has  elected  the 
following  officers:  President,  B.  D.  Benfer, 
Pa. ;  vice-president,  Wm.  Parramore,  Ga. ;  sec- 
retary, F.  F.  A.  Stevens,  Md. ;  treasurer,  S.  B. 
Downs,  Md.;  historian,  F.  C.  Balmert,  Ohio; 
prophet,  A.  S.  Williams,  Md. ;  sergeant-at- 
arms,  F.  J.  Kenney,  Cal. ;  ex-com'e,  T.  W.  Al- 
exander (chairman),  Ga. ;  Miss  Anna  Clancey, 
W.  G.  Harper,  J.  J.  Peeler,  S.  A.  Pentz.  The 
Junior  Class  numbers  about  fifty  members. 
They  have  promised  to  show  us  some  fine 
sport  during  the  year.  The  Junior  Class  of- 
ficers are:  Chairman,  H.  C.  Weaver,  Md. ; 
president,  Bernard  Behrman,  Md. ;  vice-presi- 
dent, C.  O.  Laney,  Tex. ;  secretary,  L.  W.  Can- 
natella,  Italy ;  treasurer,  T.  Jones,  Tenn. ;  ser- 
geant-at-arms,  G.  Kenyon,  Mass.  Gandelock, 
'06,  is  the  expert  mathematician.  He  buys 
five  apples  for  10  cents,  at  rate  of  2-4-5  cents. 
— Poor  Downs  !  he  was  lucky — or  unlucky — 
which?  He  and  a  friend  were  taken  for  a 
newly-married  couple  on  board  the  steamer 
Queen  Anne.— John  A.  Davis,  Ph.G.  (1884), 
had  the  misfortune  to  fall  and  break  his  leg  a 
few  days  ago. — Old  Maryland  is  gladly  re- 
ceived in  the  Far  East  by  Charles  C.  Thome, 
Pharm.  (1901),  Med.  (igoi),  now  on  U.  S.  S. 
Cincinnati,  stationed  at  Yokohama,  Japan. — ■ 
There  are  eighty-two  matriculants  now  in  this 
department,  a  considerable  increase  over  last 
year. — Among  the  successful  candidates  who 
passed  the  examination  under  the  Maryland 
Board  of  Pharmacy  on  October  5,  we  note  the 
following  graduates  of  this  school  of  the  class 
of  1905 :  Drs.  James  Aitken  Black,  J.  Howard 
Cassell,  Clay  Carlisle  Chidester,  William  H. 
Clarke  and  James  Carlton  Wolf,  pharmacists, 
and  Dr.  Harry  Lewisson,  assistant.      B.  D.  B. 


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OLD     MARYLAND. 


ATHLETICS. 


The  success  met  by  the  University  Basket- 
ball Team  last  season  and  the  recognition  of 
this  game  by  the  Athletic  Association  of  the 
University  have  facilitated  very  greatly  the 
plans  for  1905-06.  Manager  Harrell  an- 
nounces that  his  team  will  play  its  first  game 
with  the  Gettysburg  College  on  December  15. 
Later  it  will  meet  Western  Maryland,  Balti- 
more College  of  Dental  Surgery,  Maryland 
Agricultural  and  Johns  Hopkins,  and  on  Janu- 
ary 15  will  begin  its  northern  trip,  on  which 
games  have  been  arranged  with  Swarthmore, 
York  and  Lehigh.  It  is  also  expected  to  close 
dates  with  Princeton,  Columbia,  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  New  York  University  and  Man- 
hattan College.  All  the  old  players  except 
Carnall  are  on  hand,  and  practice  has  been  be- 
gun and  uniforms  purchased.  It  is  contem- 
plated to  form  an  Intercollegiate  League  be- 
tween the  Maryland  and  nearby  Pennsylvania 
teams. 

Much  hope  has  been  entertained  of  success 
in  football  this  winter,  as  strong  players  have 
been  available  and  Coach  Devlin  has  done  his 
best  to  get  the  boys  into  good  shape.  The 
games  so  far  pla3fed  have  been  as  follows : 
October  19,  Baltimore  Medical  College  beat 
us,  II  to  o;  October  28,  George  Washington, 
tie  game,  o  to  o;  November  4,  Western  Mary- 
land beat  us,  11  to  o;  November  8,  Fordham 
University,  N.  Y.,  beat  us,  16  to  o.  Thus  we 
have  no  victories  to  report,  but  "througli  de- 
feat comes  victory,"  and  we  expect  better 
things.  The  bo3'S  are  determined  that  they 
will  win.  Our  team  embraces  such  excellent 
material  as  Captain  Blank,  Brent,  Stonestreet, 
I.  D.  Chaney,  Wright,  Fahey,  Garneau, 
Brooke,  Hala,  Thompson,  Rosenfeld,  Mudd, 
Henderson,  Snyder,  Winslow,  Crothers,  Fow- 
ler, Hayden,  Sheridan,  Casey  (the  old  George- 
town star),  and  Manager  Plill. 

The  Relay  Team  will  be  revived  with  good 
men.  Among  the  old  men  back  are  Matthews, 
T.  M.  and  I.  D.  Chaney,  Norris  and  Stone. 
King,  in  the  Dental,  and  Bayless,  in  the  Law 
Department,  are  good  runners.  No  schedule 
has  been  arranged  yet,  but  the  team  expects 
to  enter  all  the  local  meets,  including  George- 
town. It  may  go  to  Virginia  and  Pennsylva- 
nia in  the  spring.  T.  M.  Chaney  is  captain 
and  I.  D.  Chanev.  manager. 


Interest  at  present  centers  about  the 
Thanksgiving  game  with  Hopkins,  which  has 
developed  unusual  strength  this  season  and 
has  so  far  downed  all  competitors. 

o ■ 

MARRIAGES. 


Frank  AVilson   McClure,   D.D.S.    (1905),   of 
Lexington,  Va.,  to  Miss  Daisy  Lee  Butler,  of 
Baltimore,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  October  9, 
1905. — Eugene   Hagan    MuUan,    M.D.    (1903), 
of  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital  Service, 
and  statio'ned  at  Ellis  Island,  N.  Y.,  to  Miss 
Eleanor  V.  Gildea,  at  Baltimore,  November  4, 
1905.     Dr.  M.  is  the  son  of  Commander  Mul- 
lan,  LT.  S.  N.,  and  has  just  returned  from  New 
Orleans.  —  Samuel     Peachy     Latane,     M.D. 
(1897),  son  of  the  late   Bishop  James  A.  La- 
tane, of  Baltimore,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Faulk- 
ner  Love,   the   daughter    of    Dr.    William   S. 
Love,  of  Winchester,  Va.,  November  8. — John 
Charles  Macgill,  M.D.   (1891),  of  Catonsville, 
son  of  Dr.  C.  G.  W.  Macgill  (1856),  and  grand- 
son  of   Dr.   Charles    Macgill   (1828),   to   Miss 
Annie    Campbell    Gordon    Thomas,   at    Balti- 
more,   November    8. — Herbert    Lee    Kneisley, 
M.  D.    (1905),  of  Westminster,   Md.,  to  Miss 
Daisy  Sophia  Bester,  at  Hagerstown,  Md.,  No- 
vember 9,  1905. — Thomas  B.  Marshall,  LL.B. 
(1903),  of  the  law  firm  of  Benson,  Marshall  & 
Welsh,  to  Miss   Blanche  S.   Van   Daniker,  at 
Baltimore,  October  25.  —  Norman  Ellis  Sar- 
torius,  M.D.   (1904),  of  Tangier,  Va.,  to  Miss 
Ella  Frances   Schoolfield,  at  Pocomoke  City, 
Md.,    November    15. — Thomas    Mears    Green, 
M.D.   (1904),  of  Wilmington,  N.  C,  to  Miss 
Emma     Perrin     West,    November    16. — Isaac 
Tubman   Parks,  Jr.,   LL.B.    (1899),   of  Balti- 
more, to  Miss  Grace  Osgood  Smith,  at  Balti- 
more, October  24. — Elisha  Lewis  Sencindiver, 
M.D.   (1891),  to  Miss  Mary  FHck  Stewart,  at 
Martinsburg,    W.    Va.,    November    1.5,    190.5.— 
W.  E.   Dimmock,  D.D.S.    (1905),  to  Miss  Lil- 
ian Dakin,  at  Wiifdsor.  Nova -Scotia,  Septem- 
ber U.— R.   E.   L.    Stickler,   D.D.S.    (1903),   at 
North  Fork,   W.   Va..   to    Miss    Nora    Roller 
Andes. 


DEATHS. 


Walter  N.  Smith,  Ph.G.  (1881),  of  the  firm 
of  Roe  &  Smith,  suddenly  of  apoplexy,  at  Bal- 
timore, November  13,  aged  48. — Charles  Fred- 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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■erick  Vogel,  Ph.G.  (1898),  at  Baltimore,  Oc- 
tober 20,  aged  28. — -Joseph  Veazey  Wallace, 
M.D.  (1853),  of  Chesapeake  City,  Md.,  at 
Lewes,  Del.,  November  16,  aged  75.  He  was 
the  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  Wallace,  surgeon,  U.  S. 
A.,  and  was  born  at  Cincinnati. — Moses  Son- 
nehill,  LL.B.  (1882),  at  Baltimore,  November 
10,  aged  46.  He  retired  from  practice  about 
two  years  ago  because  of  failing  health. — 
Christopher  Fawcett,  M.D.  (1864),  at  Balti- 
more, November  11,  1905,  aged  81.  He  was  a 
native  of  Enniskillen,  Ireland,  and  came  to 
America  in  1850.  He  located  first  in  Philadel- 
phia, coming  to  Baltimore  in  1854.  He  was 
Resident  Physician  of  the  Union  Protestant 
Infirmary  from  1864  to  1891.  In  1864-65  he 
served  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the  U.  S.  A. — 
Dr.  William  F.  Forien,  Ph.G.  (1888),  at  Balti- 
more, November  7,  aged  35.  He  was  also  a 
graduate  of  the  Baltimore  Medical  College. — 
Charles  Carroll  Shippen,  M.D.  (1879),  an  A.B. 
of  Harvard  University  (1877),  died  at  Balti- 
more, November  6,  aged  49.  He  was  unmar- 
ried. He  was  much  interested  in  charity  and 
was  chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  of  the 
Charity  Organization  Society. — George  Wil- 
liam Larrick,  M.D.  (1878),  at  Middletown, 
Frederick  County,  Va.,  November  6,  aged  53, 
after  an  illness  of  two  years. — Harry  Black- 
burn Smith,  M.D.  (1901),  at  the  Bermudas, 
from  a  fall.— Stanley  Price  Tucker,  LL.B. 
(1904),  of  Statesville,  N.  C,  at  Ardmore,  Ind. 
Ter.,  on  November  17,  aged  23.  He  had  prac- 
ticed his  profession  at  Ardmore  since  graduating. 


V 


THE  CLINICAL  LABORATORY  OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY    OF   MARYLAND. 


BY  PROFESSOR  H.\RRY  ADLER. 

In  describing  the  work  carried  on  in  our  Clin 
ical  Laboratory,  a  brief  review  of  its  history  is 
a  duty  and  a  pleasure.  Ten  years  ago  we  had  no 
laboratory  devoted  especially  to  the  systematic 
teaching  of  clinical  pathology.  Shortly  after  Dr. 
Hemmeter"s  association  with  the  University  he 
instituted  measures  for  the  establishment  of  such 
a  laboratory.  The  faculty  placed  at  his  disposal 
a  large  room  in  the  basement  of  the  hospital. 
Through  his  solicitation  funds  were  donated  by 
members  of  the  Faculty  and  other  friends  of  the 
University,  and  an  almost  equal  sum  was  con 


tributed  by  Dr.  Hemmeter.  The  laboratory  was 
thereby  furnished  with  all  necessary  apparatus, 
including  apparatus  imported  from  Germany  for 
carrying  on  work  in  physiological  chemistry,  and 
was  presented  to  the  University.  Sections  of 
the  graduating  class  of  sixteen  men  each  were 
given  daily  instruction  over  a  period  of  four  to 
five  weeks.  The  first  few  lectures  were  given  by 
Dr.  Hemmeter,  after  which  the  work  was  turned 
over  to  me.  Since  that  time  we  have  made  great 
improvement  in  our  facilities  for  practical  in- 
struction. Last  year  we  moved  into  much  morn, 
commodious  and  cheerful  quarters  and  are  now 
able  to  accommodate  the  entire  graduating  class 
in  three  sections,  each  section  working  daily  over 
a  period  of  about  two  and  a  hall  months.  The 
laboratory  is  admirably  appointed  and  leaves  but 
little  to  be  desired. 

The  work  consists  in  the  analysis  of  urine,  in- 
cluding quantitative  estimation  of  albumin,  sugar 
and  urea ;  the  study  of  the  blood,  including  the 
estimation  of  the  hasmeglobin  percentage  and  the 
counting  of  the  red  and  white  cells ;  the  analysis 
of  the  stomach  contents,  examination  of  normal 
and  abnormal  feces  and  an  introduction  into  the 
study  of  metabolism.  Our  aim  is  to  give  the  stu 
dents  a  zuorking  knowledge  of  the  subject*. 
Little  lecturing  is  done  and  theories  are  neg 
lected.  But  endeavor  is  made  to  impart  a  true 
valuation  of  the  methods  taught  in  their  applica- 
tion to  the  study  of  diseased  conditions.  Espec- 
ial attention  is  devoted  to  grounding  the  men  in 
the  every-day  tests  and  methods  of  examination, 
so  that  they  can  be  used  with  confidence  in  the 
correctness  of  the  results  obtained  and  with  in- 
telligence as  to  their  significance  in  the  diagnosis 
of  disease. 

o ■ 

The  Eskimos  of  Smith's  Sound,  North 
Greenland,  are  the  original  unadulterated 
stock.  To  their  e.xclusivel}^  carnivorous  diet 
is  probably  due  their  freedom  from  scurvy,  en- 
larged tonsils  and  glands  and  goitre,  and  their 
splendid  teeth  and  strong  lower  jaws.  The 
large  percentage  of  oils  acts  as  a  laxative.  In 
spite  of  uncleanl}^  habits,  they  are  free  from 
skin  disease^.  Tuberculosis  is  unknown  and 
venereal  diseases  are  mild.  There  is  -no  in- 
sanity, but  anaemia  develops  in  the  long  win- 
ters, and  with  it  sometimes  hysteria.  In  sum- 
mer there  is  plethora  and  epistaxis  is  common. 
Degenerative     diseases     are     notably     absent. 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


UISriV^ERSITY   OF    MARYLAND,    BALTO.,  MD. 

BERNARD    CARTER.    LL.    D.,    Pkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  58.  99th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1905,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSEY  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

24th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building. 
For  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 

845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 


.36th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  1063  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN  PRENTISS  POE,  LL.D.,  Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  G2d 
Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905.  10  Instructors. 
New  Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


Coughs  and  colds  are  unknov/n  except  after 
visiting-  ships.  Epidemic  disorders  when  in- 
troduced have  played  havoc,  as,  e.  g.,  a  dys- 
entary  starting  from  Finland.  La  grippe  has 
helped  to  decimate  them.  They  appear  to 
have  no  native  medicine  and  no  ideas  of  sur- 
gery. Suppurating  wounds  are  rare,  tumors 
unknown,  tapeworm  rare.  Childbirth  is  easy 
and  children  are  nursed  to  two  or  more  j-ears. 

SBNN,  J.,  A.M.A. 


A  performance  will  be  given  at  Ford's  Opera 
House  on  December  18th,  1905,  for  the  benefit 
of  the  "1905  Students'  Annual  Fund."  The 
play  will  be  "The  Gallopers,"  with  Ray- 
mond Hitchcock  as  the  star.  Tickets,  50  cents. 
For  sale  at  the  offices  of  the  various  Deans  and 
at  University  Hospital.  This  is  a  most  com- 
mendable object  and  should  enlist  the  support  of 
all  our  faculties,  friends  and  students.  A  con- 
siderable deficit  remains  in  the  expenses  of  the 
volume — an  unusually  excellent  one,  by  the  way 
■ — which  must  be  made  up  for  the  credit  of  the 
University. 

o — 

Osier  began  his  career  at  Oxford  by  having 
the  sixty  medical  students  presented.  The 
ancient  LTniversity  guards  her  portals  of  ad- 
mission and  few  candidates  arc  able  to  satisfy 
her.  The  M.B.  degree  cannot  be  gotten  in  less 
than  six  and  most  students  take  seven  years. 
Two  or  three  more  years  are  required  for  the 
M.D.     The  Radcliffe  Lifirmary  has  one  hun- 


dred and  fifty  beds  and  the  late  Regius  Profes- 
sor did  not  attempt  clinical  teaching,  being  a 
physiologist.  Osier  will  breathe  life  into  this 
"lost  medical  school."  He  is  in  great  demand 
at  all  sorts  of  medical  gatherings  and,  of 
course,  has  not  refrained  from  perorating  on 
the  author  of  the  Religio  Media,  the  tercente- 
nary of  whose  birth  was  celebrated  at  Norwich 
on  October  19.  After  many  years  of  slow  col- 
lecting— objection  being  urged  on  account  of 
his  views  on  witchcraft — a  statue  has  been 
erected,  at  whose  dedication  Osier  was  one  of 
the  speakers.  It  represents  Browne  contem- 
plating a  fragment  of  a  burial  urn. — London 
Letter. 


The  first  lady  student  in  the  School  of  Dentis- 
try has  been  matriculated  this  season ;  she  is 
Miss  Lucinda  Bankard,  of  Md.,  a  freshman. — 
The  Freshman  Class  of  the  Dental  Department 
has  elected  the  following  officers:  Pres.,  A. 
G.  Phifer,  N.  C. ;  Vice-Pres.,  C.  E.  Lasselle, 
Mass. :  Sect'y,  Lucinda  Bankhard,  Md. ;  Treas., 
VV.  F.  Blakeslee,  N.  Y.— H.  F.  AVood,  D.D.S. 
(1905),  is  recovering  from  an  operation  done 
by  Professor  R.  Winslow,  in  the  University 
Hospital,  for  necrosis  of  the  frontal  sinus. — ■ 
\N.  R.  Mclntire,  D.D.S.  (1905),  has  settled  for 
practice  at  398-402  Westminster  St.,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I. — The  University  Musical  Associa- 
tion has  elcted  officers  for  1905-06,  as  follows: 
President,  P.  A.  Garneau ;  Vice-Pres.,  C.  L. 
Ziegler;  Sect'y,  M.  M.  Culliney;  Treas.,  Wjn. 
Coleman. 


OLD   JIARYLAND 

Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  Haryland. 


Vol.  I.     No.  12. 

■     C- : — : 

A   SUMMER   TRIP   TO    ALASKA. 


BALTIMORE,  MD.,  DECEMBER,  1905; 


Price,  10  Cents. 


BY    RANDOLPH    WINSLOW,   A.M.,    M.D. 


{Read   before   Vie    General  Alumni  Association 

Oct.  ig.) 

{Concluded.) 

At  Ketchikan  is  a  small  hospital  in  connection 
with  an  Episcopal  church,  St.  John's,  I  think. 
The  hospital  appeared  to  be  devoid  of  patients 
at  the  time  of  my  visit,  but  was  clean  and  com- 
fortable looking  as  viewed  through  a  window. 
On  the  door  of  the  church  was  posted  an  invita- 
tion to,  "walk  in,  rest  and  pray." 

Leaving  Ketchikan,  we  proceed  up  Clarence 
Strait  to  Wrangel,  situated  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Stickine  river,  which  leads  into  the  interior  of 
British  Columbia.  Wrangel  was  an  old  Russian 
inilitary  post,  and  the  somewhat  extensive  log 
buildings  are  still  in  existence,  and  are  used  as 
government  offices  at  this  time.  The  town  is 
beautifully  situated,  has  perhaps  1,000  inhabi- 
tants, with  some  good  buildings  and  residences, 
is  lighted  with  electricity,  and  has  churches, 
schools,  and  fair  hotels.  Amongst  other  eviden- 
ces of  civilization  is  a  brewery,  by  means  of  which 
the  thirst  of  these  far  northern  fellow  citizens 
may.  be  cjuenched.  There  is  quite  a  settlement 
of  Indians  here,  some  of  whom  live  in  good 
houses,  but  most  of  them  occupy  huts.  The  In- 
dians, to  my  mind,  resemble  the  Japanese ;  the 
yoimg  women  and  girls  are  quite  comely,  but  the 
ojd  squaws  are  hideous  and  filth}'.  The  men 
work  in  the  mills  and  canneries  or  are  occupied 
fishing,  whilst  the  women  and  girls  squat  on  the 
wharves  or  streets,  selling  curios.  It  was  noti- 
cable  that  the  natives  wore  American  shoes  or 
went  barefooted,  but  sold  moccasins  to  tourists. 
^\'rangel  is  a  good  place  to  get  skins  and  furs 
but  one  has  to  be  on  the  alert  or  he  will  get  the 
small  end  of  the  bargain.  The  health  of  the 
town  appeared  to  be  entrusted  to  two  rival  prac- 
titioners, one  a  homeopathic  physician,  and  the 
other  an  apothecary:--  Neither  of  these  gentle- 
men thought  much  of  the  professional  qttalifica- 


tions  of  the  other.  One  of  them  supplemented 
his  medical  work,  by  doing  a  little  mining  on 
Sundays.  A  government  surveying  boat  was  in 
port,  and  one  of  our  crew  and  a  sailor  from  the 
other  boat  had  a  lively  set-to  on  the  wharf,  with 
bad  results  to  the  U.  S.  man  and  20  days  in  jail 
for  our  champion.  We  saw  here  many  of  the 
curious  totem  poles  which  are  so  characteristic 
of  this  part  of  Alaska.  These  totems  are  not 
idols  to  be  worshipped,  but  are  coats  of  arms  or 
insignia  of  clans  by  means  of  which  a  person  is 
able  to  recognize  those  of  his  own  clan  and  to 
obtain  refreshment  and  assistance  in  case  of  need. 
The  tide  has  ebb  and  flow  in  these  waters,  and 
when  it  passes  through  narrow  stretches  naviga- 
tion is  dangerous,  and  wrecks  occur.  We  had, 
therefore,  at  several  places  to  wait  for  the  tide 
to  change  in  Order  to  pass  safely  through  these 
difficult  straits.  In  one  place,  where  it  was  too 
deep  to  anchor,  and  the  night  too  dark  to  permit 
the  shores  to  be  seen,  it  was  necessary  to  blow 
the  ship's  whistle  frequently,  in  order  to  judge  the 
position  of  the  boat  by  the  echo.  Passing 
Wrangel  narrows,  we  come  to  several  settle- 
ments, where  large  canneries  or  mills  are  estab- 
lished, and  soon  we  are  in  the  region  of  the 
glaciers.  Some  glaciers  move  down  the  moun- 
tains and  discharge  into  the  sea,  and  these  are 
known  as  live  glaciers,  whilst  others  stop  short 
in  the  clefts  of  the  hills,  and  are  called  dead  gla- 
ciers. We  saw  examples,  the  Taku  glacier  being 
a  large  moving  body  of  ice,  from  which  icebergs 
are  being  constantly  let  loose.  From  Wrangel  to 
Juneau  is  quite  a  stretch  through  waters  dotted 
with  small  icebergs,  even  in  the  middle  of  sum- 
mer, and  adding  somewhat  to  the  danger  of  the 
passage.  When  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  glaciers 
and  bergs,  there  is  a  decided  lowering  of  the 
temperature  and  overcoats  become  useful.  Jun- 
eau is  quite  a  nice  city  of  possibly  2,500 '^ihabi- 
tants,  situated  on  Gastineau  Channel,  which 
separates  it  from  Douglass  City  and  Treadwell 
on  Douglass  Island.  The  court  house  at  Juneau 
is  a  fine  structure,  and  there  are  several  churches, 
including  a  Greek  church,  two  hospitals,  one  St. 


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Ann's,  a  Roman  Catholic  institution  with  a  ca- 
pacity of  50  to  60  patients,  ver}-  fairlj'  equipped 
and  doing  a  beneficent  work  for  twenty  years, 
and  the  other,  the  private  sanatarium  of  an  am- 
bitious physician.  We  saw  several  cases  of  ap- 
pendicitis, as  well  as  typhoid  fever,  convalescing 
in  these  hospitals.  There  had  been  quite  a  num- 
ber of  cases  of  typhoid  at  Juneau,  the  origin  of 
which  was  obscure  as  the  water  supply  comes 
from  the  top  of  snow  clad  mountains,  and  ap- 
parently free  from  the  possibility  of  contamina- 
tion. ]My  traveling  companion,  Dr.  Boucher  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  and  I  were  most  hospitably  en- 
tertained by  Dr.  L.  O.  Sloane,  of  Juneau,  a  young 
physician  of  exceptional  merit.  The  Jilineown- 
ers  and  Operators"  Club  in  Juneau  will  coi.npare 
favorabl}'  with  those  of  man}-  much  larger  cities. 
Across  the  channel  from  Juneau  is  Douglass  Citv, 
a  smaller  town  but  with  considerable  population, 
and  in  immediate  proximit}'  to  Treadwell,  where 
the  extensive  gold  mines  are  situated.  At  the 
Palm  Garden  restaurant  in  Douglass  City,  I  was 
surprised  at  the  excellent  accommodations,  and 
enjoyed  most  heartily  as  good  a  dinner  as  I  wish 
to  sit  down  to.  The  Treadwell  mines  and  works 
are  very  extensive,  and  in  1904  the  chief  mine 
distributed  $900,000  to  its  stockholders.  This 
is  a  gold  quartz  of  low  grade,  but  of  such  enor- 
mous quantities  that  it  is  very  profitable.  Shafts 
are  sunk  in  the  rock  1,350  feet,  and  the  ore  is 
blasted  out  and  conveyed  to  the  surface  to  the 
stamp  mills,  \\  here  it  is  crushed  and  the  gold  ex- 
tracted. Through  the  courtesy  of  ]\lr.  Kinzie, 
superintendent,  and  j\Ir.  Stowe,  assistant  super- 
intendent, we  were  taken  down  into  the  bowels 
of  the  earth  900  feet  and  permitted  to  see  the 
process  of  mining,  and  were  then  conducted 
through  the  enormous  mills,  where  the  din  is  so 
great  that  conversation  is  impossible.  Eight  hun- 
dred men  are  employed  at  these  works  and 
mines.  There  is  a  hospital  for  the  employes,  and 
a  surgeon  who  receives  SI  per  man  monthly.  The 
works  are  run  continuously  day  and  night,  the 
only  holidays  being  Christmas,  Washington's 
birthday  and  the  Fourth  of  July.  We  reached 
these  parts  on  Sunday,  and  were  enlivened  by  the 
arrival  of  a  large  local  steamboat,  filled  with 
excursionists,    who   had    spent   the    day    on    the 

NUNN     &.     CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  .\XD  STATIONERS 

227   NORTH  HOWARD   STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OF  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

ScuUents'  Supplies.  Both  Telepbones. 


water  or  at  some  resort.  A  very  fair  band  dis- 
coursed music,  amongst  which  Dixie  and  Mary- 
land, jMy  iMaryland,  were  rendered.  It  certainly 
turned  my  thoughts  several  thousand  miles  in 
another  direction.  On  July  24th,  we  were  sail- 
ing up  the  beautiful  Lynn  canal,  making  stops 
at  Eagle  River,  and  Fort  Wm.  H.  Seward.  The 
latter  is  a  fine  U.  S.  military  post,  where  the  head- 
quarters and  three  companies  of  the  3rd  Infantry 
are  stationed,  and  which  looked  to  be  a  very 
comfortable  place  to  spend  a  term  of  service,  if 
not  too  long.  Skaguay  is  situated  at  the  head 
of  Lynn  canal,  and  is  the  northern  terminus  of 
our  trip.  This  is  a  straggling  town,  on  level 
ground  between  lofty  mountains.  It  has  foui 
long  whar\'es,  up  which  rattling  busses  are 
driven,  bearing  the  familiar  name  of  Fifth  Ave- 
nue Hotel,  and  others  equally  pretentious.  The 
hotels  are  fairly  good,  and  the  town  was  a  place 
of  much  importance  before  the  completion  of  the 
railroad  over  the  \Miite  Pass,  but  it  is  now  very 
much  sidetracked,  as  passengers  for  the  interior 
are  at  once  conveyed  over  the  mountains,  and 
do  not  have  to  outfit  at  this  place.  There  Vv'erc 
some  nice  houses  and  stores  at  Skaguay.  many 
small  cottages  and  cabins  and  some  log  cabins, 
but  the  general  appearance  of  the  place  was  that 
of  decadence.  In  many  yards  flowers  were  grow- 
ing in  profusion,  and  vegetables  were  also  ibriv- 
ing  in  the  gardens.  The  weather  was  hot,  the 
temperature  standing  at  84°  F.  I  saw  some  veiy 
typical  sights  here,  amongst  them  a  two-seated 
carriage  drawn  by  four  dogs,  and  conve}'ing  a 
portl}-  man  and  a  woman  and  child  at  a  lively  gaic. 
We  made  the  trip  to  the  summit  of  the  White 
Pass,  a  distance  of  'i'lyi  miles  to  the  international 
boundary  line,  on  the  White  Pass  and  Yukon 
River  railroad.  This  is  one  of  the  steepest  as- 
cents in  the  world,  an  elevation  of  3,000  feet  being 
attained  in  2"i  miles.  The  scenery  is  most  pictur- 
esque, as  the  road  goes  up  the  mountain  side ;  in 
some  places  the  road  bed  is  hewn  out  of  the  solid 
rock,  and  is  placed  on  the  edge  of  a  canyon  a 
thousand  feet  deep.  The  boundary  line  between 
Alaska  and  British  America  traverses  the  tops 
of  the  mountains,  and  at  the  summit  the  Stars 
and  Stripes  and  the  Union  Jack  fly  side  by  side. 
Here  the    customs    inspectors    are    located,    the 

OPEI^      .A.LJ^     IflGHT 

SONNENBURO'S    PHARMACY 
N.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Greene  Streets. 

A   competent   graduate   of   Pharmacy   always  In  attendance. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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American  official  and  his  young  wife  living  in  a 
neat  little  cottage  up  in  the  clouds.  A  consider- 
able traffic  is  carried  on  over  this  route,  as  all 
those  going  into  or  leaving  the  Yukon  or  the 
interior  of  i\Iaska  pass  over  this  railroad  to 
White  Horse,  and  then  by  steamer  down  the 
Yukon  river  as  far  as,  St.  Michael,  a  distance 
of  about  2,000  miles.  On  the  return  trip  from 
Alaska,  the  ship's  company  was  considerably 
changed;  as  many  of  the  passengers  had  stopped 
at  the  various  towns  or  passed  into  the  interior, 
but  there  were  many  accessions  of  individuals 
and  families  who  were  leaving  these  parts,  either 
temporarily  or  permanently.  Of  those  who  seek 
fortunes  in  the  North,  a  few  succeed,  and  many 
fail.  On  our  ship  two  Scotchmen  were  return- 
ing, carefully  guarding  a  bag  of  gold,  said  to 
contain  $150,000  in  dust  and  nuggets,  whilst  a 
number  of  others  were  returning  in  poverty.  To 
those  contemplating  going  to  Alaska,  to  make  a 
fortune,  I  would  say,  "If  you  have  money  enough 
to  go  to  Alaska,  you  had  better  stay  at  home,  and 
if  you  haven't  enough  money  to  see  you  through 
don't  think  of  going."  One  old  man  with  a 
family,  mortgaged  his  property  in  Ohio  and  went 
to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  Yukon.  In  six  months 
he  had  lost  everything  and  his  wife  and  daughters 
were  obliged  to  do  washing  for  the  miners  to 
keep  the  family  from  starving.  Strange  to  say 
the  wife  was  prospering  in  her  business,  and 
hoped  to  pay  ofi'  the  lien  on  the  farm  in  Ohio, 
and  to  return  home  in  two  or  three  years.  The 
homeward  voyage  was  not  quite  as  enjoyable  as 
the  outward  trip,  as  the  weather  was  not  so 
bright  and  warm,  and  mountain  fires,  which  were 
beautiful  at  night,  caused  so  much  smoke  as  to 
obscure  the  view  during  the  day.  During  a  con- 
siderable portion  of  the  return  trip,  the  revenue 
cutter  Manning,  with  a  high  treasury  official  and 
his  family  on  board,  kept  us  company  and  used 
our  ship  as  a  pilot  through  dangerous  straits. 
Schools  of  whales  ■  were  passed,  sometimes  at 
close  range,  and  at  times  a  combat  between  a 
thrasher  shark  and  a  whale  would  be  witnessed, 
and  it  was  said  by  the  ship's  officers  that  the 
whale  was  usually  killed  by  the  shark. 

Aquatic  birds  in  great  numbers  were  seen,  wild 
ducks  being  especially  abundant.  Here  and  there 
deserted  Indian  settlements  would  be  passed.  Old 
Metla-Kahtla,  in  the  upper  part  of  British  Co- 
lumbia, was  once  a  flourishing  native  town  of 
1,000  people,  under  the  direction  of  Wm.  Duncan, 


a  Scotch  missionary,  the  Indians  being  taught 
trades  as  well  as  religion,  and  all  white  people 
being  excluded.  Owing  to  civil  and  ecclesiastical 
injustice,  the  natives  abandoned  their  town  and 
with,  their  pastor  moved  to  Annette  Island,  in 
American  territory,  where  they  have  built  New 
Metla-Kahtla,  and  are  again  prosperous  and 
happy.  For  nearly  .30  years  Mr.  Duncan  has 
devoted  his  life  to  this  work,  and  though  now  an 
old  man,  is  still  earnest  in  his  efforts  for  the  tem- 
poral as  well  as  spiritual  upbuilding  of  the  na- 
tives. We  reached  Vancouver  on .  July  29th, 
where  a  number  of  our  party  left  the  ship  and 
returned  eastward  by  the  scenic  Canadian  Pacific 
railroad,  whilst  the  rest  continued  the  trip  to 
Seattle,  re.aching  there  the  next  day,  after  a  most 
delightful  and  instructive  voyage  of  eleven  days. 


LETTERS    FROM    A    BALTIMORE    STU- 
DENT IN  LONDON,  1786-1789. 


{Concluded.) 

He  quotes  Horace,  showing  a  ready  familiarity 
with  the  classics. 

His  last  season  in  London  has  arrived  and  in 
September,  1788,  we  find  him  busily  engaged  in 
his  studies  and  he  hopes  that  his  assiduity  and 
attention  may  leave  no  cause  for  regret  that  his 
father  has  applied  his  money  to  such  purpose. 
With  reference  to  a  diploma,  which  his  father  re- 
garded as  indispensable — an  honorary  one  being 
preferable  to  none — he  writes :  "You  wish  me  to 
get  a  diploma.  I  have  but  one  reason  to  desire  it 
and  that  is  the  strong  inclination  I  have  of  grati- 
fying your  wishes  in  all  things.  But  I  am  doubt- 
ful whether  I  shall  be  able  to  procure  the  honor 
on  terms  which  would  be  satisfactory  to  either  yovi 
or  myself.  The  only  places  from  which  a  de- 
gree is  of  any  value  or  credit,  are  Edinburgh  and 
Leyden.  But  these  L^niversities  never  grant  de- 
grees to  any  who  have  not  studied  there,  or  who 
are  unable  to  procure  certificates  from  some 
University.  Now  London  is  not  a  University 
and  certificates  from  the  teachers  here,  however 
respectable,  are  of  no  value  .at  Edinburgh  or 
Leyden.  There  are,  indeed,  other  universities 
which  are  less  rigid  and  scrupulous  in  granting 
degrees,  such  as  St.  Andrews  and  Glasgow,  in 
Scotland,  Rheims,  in  France,  and  Padua,  in  Italy. 
But  a  degree  from  these  reflects  no  credit  on 
the  graduate,  since  he  has  only  to  pay  a  few 
guineas  and  receive  his  diploma.     Under  these 


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circumstances  I  would  much  rather  wait  and  take 
a  degree  from  Philadelphia,  whose  reputation 
stands  much  higher  than  any  of  the  others.  But 
in  this  I  will  submit  to  your  wish  which  there 
is  sufficient  time  for  expressing.  If  I  am  to 
graduate  in  Europe,  Rheims  will  make  me  a  Doc- 
tor. I  shallj  however,  do  nothing  till  I  hear  from 
you  on  the  subject." 

Money  matters  form  a  frequent  topic  of  the 
letters.  Andrew's  style  of  living  was  expensive 
and  besides  his  education  his  associations  made 
large  demands  upon  his  purse.  Such  expres- 
sions as  "please  send  the  needful,"  "sans  six 
sous,"  etc.,  are  interspersed  here  and  there,  and 
he  appears  to  have  been  generally  short  of  funds. 
His  remittances  were  often  already  largely  due 
when  received  by  him.  He  acknowledges  his 
father's  generosity  in  providing  for  him  and  there 
■would  seem  to  be  nothing  lacking  in  this  respect 
in  this  most  loving  parent,  who  found  in  his  only 
son's  welfare  his  chief  happiness  in  this  A'orld. 
As  proof  of  this  may  be  mentioned  the  Doctor's 
, estimate  in  September  1788,  that  he  has  up  to  that 
time  supplied  him  with  nearly  £450  sterling,  "a 
pretty  modest  sum  in  these  dreadful  times." 
This  amount  did  not  include  books,  instruments, 
medicines  and  the  passage  money  home  the  fol- 
lowing spring.  The  Doctor  also  intended  that 
Andrew  should  make  the  tour  of  Europe  before 
returning,  but  his  illness  and  death  prevented 
this.  Notwithstanding  the  strain  he  was  under, 
we  only  find  him  mildly  chiding  Andrew  on  one 
or  two  occasions. 

With  the  prospect  of  return,  events  at  home 
interest  him  and  he  discusses  state  questions  and 
policy:  "Have  you  managed  to  steer  pretty  clear 
of  politics  in  your  Town?  I  am  apprehensive 
that  I  shall  be  rather  in  a  nice  situation  between 
the  two  parties.  But  I  hope  I  shall  always  have 
constancy  enough  to  keep  firm  to  a  resolution 
suggested  by  prudence,  not  to  mingle  at  all  in 
politics."-  "I  find  that  Colonel  Howard  is  elected 
Governor  of  Maryland.  I  cannot  say  that  I  am 
at  all  dissatisfied  with  the  choice.  The  Colonel  is 
a  man  of  fortune,  and  by  no  means  a  niggard,  so 
that  we  shall  have  something  like  a  splendid 
government.  *  *  I  have  no  doubt  of  his  acquit- 
ting himself  with  credit ;  what  I  have  heard  in- 
clines me  to  think  well  of  him." 

The  following  extract  seems  to  bear  the  stamp 
of  sincerity  and  is  a  fine  tribute  to  both  parent 
and  son :  "You  know  not,  my  most  dear  and  hon- 


ored father,  how  greatly  I  long  to  be  with  you. 
I  think  I  should  then  be  happy,  and  until  then, 
however  the  variety,  the  amusements  which  sur- 
round me,  may  charm  away  the  torment  of 
anxiety  for  a  moment,  I  shall  enjoy  no  solid 
satisfaction  except  indeed  in  the  anticipation  of 
our  meeting.  A  thousand  circumstances  conspire 
to  induce  me  to  wish  to  be  with  you,  but  above 
all,  the  strong  desire  I  have  to  make  you  as  easy 
and  happy  as  I  can.  I  long  to  give  you  that  satis- 
faction which  I  know  you  will  have,  in  seeing  a 
son  of  yours  settled,  and  rendering  himself  re- 
spectable and  useful.  I  really  believe  you  will 
forget  in  that  joy  all  that  you  have  suffered.  I 
know,  my  most  beloved  father,  I  know,  how 
much  you  love  your  son — I  need  not  your  word 
for  it.  I  have  put  your  affection  to  such  trials 
as  prove  that  your  whole  soul  is  wrapped  in  me ! 
1  am  now  alone  and  it  is  twelve  at  night  and  noth- 
ing obtrudes  itself  upon  my  mind  to  disturb  that 
subject  which  it  delights  to  dwell  on — I  mean 
yourself.  Whatever  may  be  the  share  of  faults 
which  »nature  or  accident  hath  heaped  upon  me, 
I  cannot  accuse  myself  of  one  thought  injurious 
to  that  duty,  love  and  respect,  which  you  have  a 
claim  to  from  me,  as  my  friend  as  much  as  my 
father.  Were  my  heart  as  visible  to  you  as  those 
words  which  flow  from  it,  I  would  not  need  to 
blush  at  its  color,  nor  would  you  be  ashamed  to 
acknowledge  it  to  belong  to  your  son !  When  I 
review  the  whole  of  your  conduct  to  me  from  the 
earliest  day  of  my  recollection  to  this  moment^ 
so  much  goodness,  so  much  regard  to  my  good, 
so  tempered"  (here  this  beautiful  apostrophe 
breaks  ofif,  the  letter  being  incomplete) .  Alas ! 
the  two  never  met  again.  The  idolizing  father 
disappointed  day  after  day  in  his  hopes,  had  been 


Open  all  Night 

WILLIAMSON  &  WATTS' 
PHARMACIES 

Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets 

Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and   Perfumery 


Faithful  Prescription  'Work 


.  Cigeurs 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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laid  away  under  the  sod,  when  the  ship  which 
bore  Andrew  home  reached  these  shores. 

Andrew  established  a  sucessful  anatomical 
school  in  Baltimore  and  acquired  fame  as  an  ana- 
tomist and  surgeon.  We  will  close  these  papers 
with  the  following  letter  which  leaves  him  in  that 
happy  state  when  he  has  been  provided  with  a 
charming  companion  of  life's  voyage.  It  is  dated 
Baltimore,  June  5th,  1790,  and  is  addressed  to  his 
mother-in-law,  Mrs.  Mary  VanDyke,  at  her  home 
"Paradise,"  on  the  Eastern  Shore: 

"My  Dear  Mother: 

Although  you  have  two  letters  from  Sally, 
yet  I  write  to  you  myself  (to  express  my  respect 
and  affection)  rather  than  give  her  the  charge  of 
doing  it  for  me,  because  I  am  sure  you  will  be 
better  pleased  if  I  do  it  myself.  It  is  considered 
by  us  both  as  a  duty  to  write  as  often  as  we  have 
opportunity.  Our  letters  will  diminish  the  pain 
you  suffer  in  the  absence  of  your  daughter,  and 
I,  who  have  taken  her  from  you,  am  doubly 
bound  to  make  you  all  the  retribution  which  a 
punctual  account  of  ourselves  can  afford  you. 
That  I  am  as  happy  as  a  man  can  be  in  the  pos- 
session of  all  that  is  excellent  is  what  you  know, 
and  knowing  it  you  will  feel  the  most  grateful 
consolation  that  a  fond  parent  can  receive.  Let 
me  add — my  honored  madam — that  as  each  new 
day  develops  to  me  some  new  occasion  to  love 
my  Sally,  my  affection  for  her  increases.  The 
more  I  know  her,  the  more  I  love  her,  and  this 
just  as  you  said  it  would  be. 

We  rejoice  that  you  arrived  safe  again  at  your 
little  paradise.  The  heart  of  our  dear  Maria  was 
surcharged  with  joy  at  the  restoration  of  her 
mamma,  and  the  abundance  of  her  affection  show- 
ed itself  in  a  flood  from  her  eyes !  She  is  an  ex- 
cellent child  and  deserves  all  the  fondness  you 
feel  for  her. 

Sally  and  myself  are  becoming  a  couple  of 
sober  domestic  folks.  The  dissipation  which 
reigned  while  you  were  here  has  taken  another 
turn.  It  has  turned  the  brains  of  half  the 
Town.  Thanks  to  the  new  bride,  we  have  some 
little  respite,  and  calm  and  rational  pleasures  suc- 
ceed the  confusion  and  riot  of  uncorrected  revel- 

THE  NATIONAL   EXCHANGE  BANK, 

Hopkins  Place,  German  &.  Liberty  Sts. 

.  .  .  Ilnvites  Jffour  Bccount. 

Safe  Deposit  Boxes  for  rent. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued. 


ing.  After  all,  they  say  they  have  had  a  dull 
wedding  of  it.  A  rigid  formality,  the  fatal  enemy 
of  enjoyment,  destroyed  all  the  expected  satis- 
faction. The  girls  went  heavily  through  their 
duty  and  rejoiced  that  three  days  terminated  the 
dull  drudgery.  They  wish  there  was  another 
wedding  at  our  house,  that  is  they  wish  Sally  and 
myself  would  marry  over  again,  as  they  say  it. 
I  believe  they  miss  you.  I  am  going  to  flatter 
your  vanity  a  little.  My  own  has  been  riot  a 
little  raised.  Sally  is  a  general  favorite  and  does 
not -by  any  means  suffer  by  a  comparison  which 
some  choose  to  make  between  the  two  brides. 
This  night  they  are  both  to  make  their  first  ap- 
.pearance  in  public.  There  is  to  be  a  concert  at 
which  we  are  all  to  be  present.  I  wish  you  were 
here  that  you  might  share  the  triumph  of  your 
daughter !  Bless  me;  I  am  running  on  at  a  fine 
rate !  For  heaven's  sake  never  let  this  letter  meet 
the  eyes  of  any  one  but  yourself,  if  you  do  not 
wish  your  son  to  be  laughed  at.  I  wish  you  were 
here  that  you  might  enjoy  whatever  the  evening's 
amusement   may   afford   us. 

I  take  it  for  granted  that  my  Sally  has  written 
everything  of  news  to  you,  which  precludes  me 
from  saying  more  than  I  have  already  said  of 
that. 

Give  a  thousand  kisses  to  my  sweet  little  Maria. 
This  is  imposing  no  unpleasing  task  on  you.  Tell 
her  I  intend  to  write  a  letter  to  her  very  soon.  I 
did  intend  to  write  to  my  cousin  Crocket.  But  I 
have  time  only  to  assure  her  of  my  esteem. 

To  you  I  need  not  say  that  I  shall  ever  continue 
with  every  sense  of  respect, 

Your  faithful  and  affectionate  son, 

A.   WiESENTHAL. 

Accompanying  these  letters  were  cards  of  invi- 
tation from  Sir  George  and  Lady  Staunton, 
Cards  of  admission  to  Anatomical  Lectures, 
Certificates  of  Attendance  at  St.  Bartholemew's 
Hospital,  a  card  of  Dr.  George  Fordyce's  course, 
a  card  of  Andrew's  own  course,  a  handsome  min- 
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OtD  MARYLAND. 


THE  PASSING  YEAR. 


J 


The  eager  moments  on  each  other  press 
Irrevocable  and  precipitate ; 
When  next  the  herald  shall  proclaim  the  hour, 
'Twill  be  to  strike  thy  knell,  O  passing  year ! 
How  sadly  art  thou  changed  in  face  and  form  ! 
Can'st  thou  indeed  be  he — the  rosy  youth 
All, clad  in  vernal  green — who  garland-crown'd 
And  flower-.scented  hurst  upon  our  view? 
He  who  in  days  of  manhood's  perfect  strength 
Beneath  the  summer  skies  benignant  smil'd, 
Or  who  in  lusty  age  on  shoulders  broad 
The  pond'rous  yellow  autumn  harvests  bore? 
Thy  locks  are  whiten'd  by  the  winter  blasts ; 
Thy  form  once  stalwart  and  with  vigor  limb'd 
Is  "bent  with  age ;  thy  eye.  that  once  thro'  space 
Did  pierce  like  some  bright  gem  of  matchless  pow'r. 
Lies  in  its  socket  lusterless ;  thy  voice 
No  longer  wakes  the  echo  of  the  hills. 
With  feeble  step  and  piteous  helplessness 
Alone  thou  tremblest  on  the  brink  of  death. 
Into  the  vast  abyss — eternity — 
Grave  of  years   unnumber'd — thy   lifeless   corpse 
Will  soon  have  sunk,  in  slumber  wrapt  profound, 
I'rom  which  there  is  awaking  nevermore. 
Yet  will  thy  spirit  linger  'mid  the  scenes 
Where  thou  hast  wrought,  and  tho'  to  human  eye 
Invisible  thy  influence  will  be  felt 
In  far-off  days.     Nor  wilt  thou  be  forgot  I 
Still  in  the  realms  of  mem'ry  wilt  thou  live; 
Again  each  smile  that  cheer'd  our  path  we'll  see. 
And  live  again  each  well-remembered  scene 
With  retrospective  joy — the  choicest  food 
And  sweetest  solace  of  the  human  mind ; 
While  time,  which  gently  soothes  the  fretted  soul. 
Will  soften  down  thy  frowns  and  dull  the  edge 
Of  pain  and  disappointment  and  regi-et. 
And  make  us  see  that  even  these  have  been 
Of  use,  indeed  oft  blessings  in  disguise. 
The  fully  rounded  life  its  share  must  take   ' 
Of  shadow  as  of  sunshine — must  drink  deep 
Of  care,  responsibility  and  grief. 
But  the  revolving  hoiu-  its  cycle  full 
Hath  almost  sped,  and  now  the  ear  is  strain'd 
To  catch  the  first  waves  of  the  nearing  din.     . 
Nor  ray  of  moon  or  star  is  visible ; 
An  inky  darkness  o'er  the  earth  impends. 
While  suspense  hovers  in  the  ambient  air. 
The  year !  his  head  is  piilow'd  on,  his  breast ; 
His  iids  are  clos'd ;  his  bosom  scarcely  moves : 
His  white  locks  flutter  in  the  breeze;  the  chill 
Of  death  is  climbing  up  his  stiff'ning  limbs ; 
He  grasps  the  air,  totters  and  lifeless  falls ! 
While  whistles  shrill  their  piercing  chorus  pipe 
And  frequent  blast  of  horn  and  peal  of  bell 
And  loud  report  a  sudden  clamor  raise — 
Strange  discord  to  my  spirit  it  doth  seem — 
And  clock  the  fatal  hour  of  midnight  strikes- 
Regretful  hour  that  bids  me  from  thee  part! 
Old  friend,  thou  hast  been  to  me  very  dear. 
And  welT  deserv'st  the  sympathetic  tear 
Which  now  I  drop  upon  thy  lonely  bier. 
And  sadly  bid  thee  farewell,  dear  Old  Year ! 


F.  W.  ELLINGHAUS.  Merchant  Tailor, 

Takes  pleasure  in  informing  you  that   lie  has  now  in  stock  a 

select  line  of 

IMPORTED  WOOLENS  FOR  THE  COMING  SEASON. 

His  Styles  are  Choice  and  Quality  the  Best.     An  early  inspec 

tion  of  them  will  be  to  your  advantage,  and   he 

trusts  to  be  favored  with  your  order. 


THE  COURSE  IN  PHYSIOLOGIC  CHEM- 
ISTRY  AT  THE  UNIVERSITY   OF 
MARYLAND. 


BY   HUBERT  RICHARDSON,    M.D. 


The  advances  in  recent  years  in  physiologic 
chemistry  and  the  imperative  necessity  for  a 
knowledge  of  at  least  its  rudiments  for  the  intel- 
ligent practice  of  medicine,  as  well  as  the  trend 
more  knowledge  of  this  branch  of  chemistry  was 
more  knowledge  of  this  branch  of  chemistry  was 
recognized  by  the  Faculty  of  the  University  some 
years  ago  but  owing  to  the  limited  laboratoiy  ac- 
commodation it  was  impossible  to  organize  a 
satisfactory  course  until  the  new  laboratories 
were  completed.  A  large  laboratory  with  space 
for  one  hundred  and  twenty  students  was  part 
of  the  plan  and  a  large  room,  lighted  from  three 
sides,  was  built  and  appointed  with  the-necessary 
apparatus  and  reagents.  The  course  consists  in 
the  study  of  the  reactions  of  the  various  food- 
stuffs, carbohj'drates,  proteins  and -fats  followed 
by  the  qualitative  analysis  of  blood  serum,  bile, 
stomach  juice  and  urine.  The  action  of  the  di'- 
gestive  ferments  on  protein,  carbohydrates,  fat 
and  milk  are  especially  emphasized.  Each  stu- 
dent performs  the  various  digestive  experiments 
under  different  conditions  in  order  that  he  may 
become  familiar  not  only  with  the  normal  but 
also  with  the  pathologic  chemic  conditions  which 
may  occur  in  disease.  Milk  being  so  important 
a  food  in  infancy  and  disease,- special  attention 
is  given  to  its  chemistry  and  reactions  with  the 
digestive  juices. 

The  lectures  on  this  branch  are  devoted  to  the 
synthesis  of  the  foodstuffs,  their  metabolic  cycle  in 
nature  is  described  in  the  endeavor  to  give  to  the 
student  a  knowledge  of  first  principles,  without 
which  a  proper  understanding  of  digestion  and 
elimination  is  impossible.  Pathologic  chemic  con- 
ditions and  their  relation  to  disease  and  the  ra- 
tionale of  treatments  are  explained  so  as  to  bring 
the  practice  of  medicine  within  the  limits  of 
science  as  opposed  to  empyricism.     It  is  the  writ- 

This  Publication  from  the  Press  of 


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205  W.FAYETTE  ST. 


BALTIMORE,    MD. 


NO.  1  E.  GERMAN  ll^REET^ESCTTOflORE,  MD.X 

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er's  intention  to  elaborate  the  course  as  ciixum- 
stances  permit,  eliminating  as  far  as  possible 
points  which  are  of  theoretic  and  emphasizing 
those  of  practical  importance. 

Vital  phenomena  are  chemic  reactions,  compli- 
cated though  they  may  be,  they  are  simply  the 
interchange  of  atoms  between  molecules  and  be- 
tween groups  of  atoms  within  the  molecule.  As 
our  knowledge  of  physiologic  chemistry  advances 
the  more  simple  these  reactions  appear.  Patho- 
logic conditions  are  a  perversion  of  the  chemic 
conditions  of  the  molecules  and  it  is  the  knowl- 
edge how  to  readjust  these  chemic  perversions, 
upon  which  hangs  the  practice  of  scientific 
therapy. 

i/        '  • 

PROFESSOR  JOHN  J.  DONALDSON. 


The  vacancy  in  the  Faculty  of  La\y,  left  by 
the  resignation  of  Professor  Richard  M.  Venable, 
has  been  filled  by  the  election  of  the  above-named 
gentleman,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Baltimore 
Bar.  He  will  enter  upon  his  work  in  the  fall  and 
will  lecture  upon  general  jurisprudence. 

Mr.  Donaldson  was  born  in  Howard  county  in 
the  year  1850  and  was  the  son  of  the  late  Thomas 
Donaldson,  also  a  member  of  the  City  Bar.  After 
spending  the  early  years  of  his  life  in  Howard 
county  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  law  at  the 
University  upon  the  reorganization  of  that  depart- 
ment in  1869.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first 
graduating  class,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.B. 
with  five  others  in  the  spring  of  1871. 

Mr.  Donaldson  has  held  public  office  but  once, 
having  been  elected  to  the  Legislature  from  How- 
ard county  in  187-5.  But  he  distinguished  his 
short  tenure  of  office  by  a  very  inportant  law,  se- 
cured through  his  efforts,  viz. :  That  conferring 
upon  those  charged  with  criminal  offense  the 
right  to  testify  in  their  own  behalf.  Previously, 
strange  to  say,  this  right  was  denied  the  very  per- 
sons who  knew  most  about  the  facts. 

After  serving  one  term,  Mr.  Donaldson  re- 
moved to  Baltimore  where  he  has  continued  to 
practice  ever  since.  His  principal  business  is 
railroad  practice,  being  associated  with  Mr.  Bern- 
ard Carter,  as  one  of  the  attorneys  for  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  System. 

Drovers   an&   /BSecbanlcs'   Batlonal   ffianft    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  RENT 


The  new  incumbent  is  a  man  of  dignity,  re- 
finement and  learning,  and  in  dealing  with  the  sub- 
ject of  general  jurisprudence  he  will  bring  to  his 
task  the  resources  of  a  mind  well  stored  with  legal 
lore.  In  selecting  Mr.  Donaldson  as  their  as- 
sociate, the  Faculty  of  Law  have  done  themselves 
honor ;  for  he  not  only  stands  in  the  front  rank 
of  the  Bar,  but  what  is  of  no  less  interest  to  us, 
he  heads  the  long  column  of  those  who  have  gone 
out  from  the  halls  of  this  University — bearing 
its  sanction  and  endorsement  as  qualified  to  prac- 
tice the  noble  profession  of  the  Law. 


Hon.  Charles  E.  Phelps,  of  the  Supreme 
Bench  of  Baltimore,  and  the  distinguished  pro- 
fessor of  juridical  equity  and  legal  ethics  in 
our  Law  School,  describes  in  the  Sxm  interest- 
ingly his  experience  in  the  first  assault  upon 
the  Confederates  at  Spottsylvania,  Va.,  May  8, 
1864,  in  which,  according  to  the  official  report, 
he  'ied  the  brigade  forward  with  the  most  dis- 
tinguished gallantry,"  and  was  later  awarded 
a  medal  of  honor.  When  within  ten  paces  of 
the  breastworks  and  in  front  of  his  troops,  his 
horse  was  shot  under  him  and  he  was  pinned 
to  the  earth.  A  silence  followed  the  retreat 
of  his  men,  broken  only  by  a  chorus  of  groans. 
He  could  hear  the  voices  behind  the  breast- 
works, but  could  see  no  one  except  the  pros- 
trate bodies  that  thickly  strewed  the  field.  The 
air  was  saturated  with  the  odor  of  carnage  and 
powder.  A  dropping  fire  from  the  woods 
whence  the  charge  had  come  only  elicited  a 
sharp  crjr  from  some  wounded  Federal,  struck 
by  the  ball  of  his  friends.  Only  stunned  and 
bruised.  Colonel  Phelps  extricated  his  impris- 
oned leg  from  beneath  the  dying  animal  which 
served  as  a  bulwark  against  the  bullets.  Ris- 
ing, his  first  impulse  was  to  fly,  but  he  was 
covered  immediately  b}'  a  line  of  Confederate 
rifles  and  ordered  to  surrender.  As  he  hob- 
bled along  among  the  dead  and  dying  he  re- 
ceived from  the  side  a  ball  which  struck  his 
breast  and  splintered  the  condyle  and  cut  the 
ulnar  nerve  of  the  left  elbow.  He  fell  to  the 
ground  and  lapsed  into  unconsciousness.  On 
recovering  intelligence,  the  condition  of  things 
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The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Endowment 
Fund  met. at  Judge  Stockbridge's  office,  Gunther 
Building,  on  Nov.  34.  The  Committee  on  By- 
laws reported  through  Mr.  Clayton  C.  Hall. 
After  slight  alterations  the  By-laws  were  adopted 
as  a  whole.  The  second  Monday  in  January  is 
appointed  for  the  annual  meeting.  The  same 
gentleman  reported  on  the  University  bonds  in 
which  the  Board  has  invested  several  thousand 
dollars  of  the  Fund.  "The  issue  was  made  in  1903 
and  matures  in  19-13.  These  bonds  are  secured  by 
a  mortgage  upon  the  lot  at  the  northeast  corner 
of  Lombard  and  Greene  streets,  including  the 
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sinking  fund  $73,338.48.  The  mortgage  provides 
for  the  payment  to  the  Trustee  of  $800  annually, 
to  be  invested  for  the  sinking  fund,  and  these 
payments  have  been  made  regularly  up  to  the 
present  time.  The  Mercantile  Trust  and  Deposit 
Company  is  Trustee." 


As  the  charter  of  the  Board  requires  all  bonds 
purchased  by  the  Board  to  be  registered.  Judge 
Stockbridge  was  appointed  to  confer  with  the 
Board  of  Regents  with  reference  to  the  register- 
ing of  the  above-mentioned  bonds. 

The  official  positions  in  the  Board  were  de- 
clared vacant,  whereupon  Hon.  Henry  Stock- 
bridge  was  elected  President  and  Mr.  J,  Harry 
Tregoe,  Secretary-Treasurer  of  the  Board. 

The  By-laws  recpire  the  Treasurer  to  be  bond- 
ed in  the  sum  of  $1,000  and  this  provision  has 
been  complied  with. 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Committee  on  Centennial, 
held  on  December  4,  according  to  the  announce- 
ment made  in  the  last  number  of  this  journal, 
the  following  resolution,'  offered  by  Professor 
Hynson,  seconded  by  Dr.  Taneyhill.  was  adopted : 

"Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meet- 
ing that  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Alumni 
Association  of  the  Miedical  Department  should 
confer  with  the  Board  of  Regents  and  secure  au- 
thority for  holding  a  centennial  of  the  founding 
of  the  LTniversity  of  Maryland." 

The  meeting  then  adjourned,  subject  to  the 
call  of  the  Chairman,  Dr.  John  L  Pennington. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  none  of  the  committee 
of  the  Medical  Faculty  were  present. 

The  following  additional  committees  have  been 
appointed : 

Adjunct  Medical  P acuity:  Drs.  J.  M.  Hundley, 
Jose  L.  Hirsh,  F.  M.  Chisolm,  J.  R.  Winslow. 

Alumni  Association  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia :  Drs.  Thomas  A.  R.  Keech,  Isaac  S.  Stone, 
G.  Wythe  Cook,  Wm.  L.  Robins,  G.  R.  L.  Cole. 

Dr.  Randolph  Winslow  has  been  added  to  the 
General  Alumni  Association  Committee.  Dr.  D. 
M'.  R.  Culbreth's  name  should  have  been  given 
with  the  Committee  of  the  Medical  Faculty.  Dr. 
A.  D.  McConachie  has  been  added  to  the  Medi- 
cal Alumni  Committee. 

The  Board  of  Regents  met  at.3  P.  M.  on  De- 
cember 30th  but  action  on  the  Centennial  was 
deferred  until  a  report  could  be  received  from  the 
Faculty    of    Physic    and   the    Committee    of    the 

Surgical  and  Hospital  Supplies       Sick  Room  Supplies 
Dental  Forceps  Microscopes  and  Accessories 

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Medical  Alumni  ,  Association.  The  Board  will 
meet  again  in  a  few  days  when  a  decision  will  be 
reached  as  to  the.  character  of  the  Celebration, 
whether  it  is  to.  be  a  University  or  merely  a  Medi- 
cal School  affair. 


The  adjunct  Medical  Faculty  held  its  first  meet- 
ing this  season  on  Dec.  5,  with  Dr.  Hundley  in  the 
chair  and  Dr.  John  R.  Winslow,  Secretary,  The 
various  committees  on  Reception,  Entertainment, 
Dispensary,  Faculty,  etc.,  made  reports,  showing 
important  work  done  and  advance  in  many  ways 
in  the  conduct  of  the  hospital  service..  The  annual 
dues  were  fixed  at  $1.  It  was  determined  to  have 
the  annual  entertainment  in  February.  Remarks 
were  made  upon  the  Centennial  in  1907  by  Drs. 
Hemmeter  and  Cordell.  A  motion  was  adopted 
to  appoint  a  committee  of  four  to  represent  the 
Society  in  the  centennial  celebration. 


Professor  John  Prentiss  Poe  is  engaged  in 
writing  the  4th  edition  of  his  work  on  Pleading 
and  Practice  in  two  volumes.  The  previous  edi- 
tion, or  what  remained  of  it,  was  destroyed  in 
the  great  fire,  involving  a  loss  to  the  author  of 
between  $600  and  $800.  It  has  now  become  very 
valuable,  a  copy  having  recently  sold  for  $30. 
Members  of  the  Bar,  and  especially  law  students, 
will  therefore  welcome  the  news  of  the  prospect 
of  a  new  edition  of  this  important  and  authori- 
tative work. 


The  meet  at  the  Fifth  Regiment  Armory  on 
Saturday  evening  Dec.  16  was  successful  al- 
though owing  to  the  bad  weather  the  crowd  was 
small.  Taking  part  in  the  runs  were  representa- 
tives of  Johns  Hopkins,  Pennsylvania,  George- 
town, George  Washington,  City  College,  Swarth- 
more,  etc.  Maryland  men  were  most  interested 
in  the  final  event,  the  mile  relay  between  M.  A.  C. 
and  our  University.  It  was  one  of  the  best  con- 
tested races  of  the  meet  and  was  won  by  M.  A.  C. 
Maryland  was  represented  by  Matthews,  I.  D. 
Chancy,  T.  M.  Chancy  and  W.  H.  Bayless. 


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The  protective  strength  of  dernocracy  I  con- 
ceive to  be  the  acceptance  of  the  Washington 
type  of  public  spirit  as  a  working  form  of  pa- 
triotism upon  as  large  a  scale  in  the  social  and 
political  order  as  the  instinct  for  co-operation 
and  combination  has  been  accepted  in  the  in- 
dustrial world.  Patriotism,  which  is  hard  to 
define  and  new  with  every  age,  must  again  re- 
define itself.  It  meant  manhood  rights  when 
Washington  took  it  to  heart,  as  it  means  to  the 
Russian  today.  Today  it  means  a  vast  reac- 
tion from  an  unsocial  and  predatory  individual- 
ism to  self-restraint  and  consideration  for  the 
general  welfare,  expressing  itself  in  a  cry  for 
fairness  and  honor  and  sympathy  in  use  of 
power  and  wealth,  as  the  state  of  spirit  and 
mind  that  alone  can  safeguard  republican 
ideals.  Sound  public  conscience  and  valid 
public  opinion  are  the  last  entrenched  strong- 
holds of  our  old  democracy.  Schools  and  unir 
versities  have  been  changing  their  form  from, 
simplicity  to  power,  and  educational  ideals  are 
more  often  the  result  of  social  pressure,  than 
social  ideals  the  result  of  educational  direction. 
As  a  result  they  are  today  more  helpfully  re- 
lated to  the  public  life  of  States  and  cities  than 
ever  before.  They  are  closer  to  the  reacli  and 
needs  of  that  body  of  American  peoples  who 
are  neither  rich  nor  poor,  and  upon  whom 
rests  the  solution  of  our  problems.  The  South- 
ern States  have  learned  that  patriotism  may 
express  itself  in  terms  of  wealth  and  energy 
as  well  as  sentiment  and  loyalty,  but  they  have 
not  learned  it  too  well.  The  Southern  boy  has 
found  himself  at  last  in  American  life  and 
made  himself  at  home  at  the  moment  when 
the  republic  has  most  need  of  his  tempered 
strength.  Pie  is  a  fine,  hopeful  figure,  of 
strong  political  instincts,  facing  a  fierce  indus- 
trialism and  a  new  democracy  with  its  grand- 
eurs and  temptations  and  holding  fast,  througli 
the  conservatism  of  his  blood,  to  the  noble 
conceptions  of  public  probity  and  scorn  of  dis- 
honor. —  President  Alderman,  before  N'ew 
York  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 
.      .      MODERN  PHARMACY     .     .      . 

COR.  BALTIMORE  AND  LIGHT  STREETS. 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail. 

Qualily  the  Best.  Prices  the  Lowcit. 


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OLD    MARYLAND: 


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was  unchanged,  and  as  evidently  all  hope  of 
escape  was  cut  off,  rising  with  difficulty  and 
supporting  and  compressing  the  disabled  arm, 
he  entered  the  breastworks  and  surrendered. 
He  speaks  of  the  civility,  sympathy  and  com- 
plimentary expressions  of  his  captors,  a  tribute 
grateful  to  a  Southron.  He  was  then  taken  to 
the  rear,  but  becoming  exhausted  from  pain, 
fatigue  and  the  heat  of  the  sun,  which  beat  un- 
mercifully upon  his  exposed  head — he  had  lost 
his  hat  in  the  charge — he  sank  down  in  a  fence 
corner.  His  guards  went  off  to  secure  a  litter, 
first  with  chivalrous  attention  erecting  a  shel- 
ter over  him  with  their  blankets.  To  a  South 
Carolinian  he  was  indebted  for  this  kindness, 
which  he  still  deeply  appreciates.  J-fere  he 
lay  exposed  to  the  hre  of  shell  and  bullet,  that 
from  the  Union  side  surging  closer  and  closer 
and  seeming  to  promise  deliverence. 

Suddenly  the  woods  in  front  were  swarming 
with  men  in  grey  in  retreat  and  Humphrey's 
Brigade  of  Mississippians,  of  Kershaw's  Division, 
formed  in  line  behind  the  very  fence  where  Col. 
Phelps  lay.  The  Federals  were  trying  to  turn 
the  Confederate  right,  having  failed  to  carry  the 
strong  position  on  the  left  attacked  by  Phelps' 
Brigade.  The  Colonel  was  unceremoniously 
dragged  out  by  the  heels  from  imder  his  shelter 
and  a  breastwork  extemporized  of  the  rails.  But 
to  his  disappointment,  the  Union  fire  seemed  to 
recede  and  drift  away  to  the  left  and  the  Con- 
federates were  ordered  to  advance  and  occupy 
their  former  line.  The  Colonel  being  observed, 
wis  ordered  to  surrender  his  sword  but  could 
Only  give  his  shield  as  the  sword  had  been  left 
on  the  field.  Now  came  the  stragglers.  Disap- 
pointed in  the  contents  of  the  prisoner's  canteen 
and  thinking  he  was  "playing  possum,"  he  was 
treated  with  oaths  and  threats  of  dashing  out  his 
brains  and  he  felt  the  cold  muzzle  of  a  rifled 
musket  resting  on  the  back  of  his  head.  A  thrill 
of  horror  ran  through  him  as  he  heard  the  ham- 
mer cocked  and  in  stubborn  sileiice  and  despera- 
tion he  awaited  his  fate.  Sviddenly  the  warning 
was  heard — "Look  out,  here  comes  the  Guard !" 
and  up  rode  the ,  mounted  _,provost  guard.     His 


WIESEL'S  OBSTETRIC  AND  RECTAL  CONES. 

ANESTHETIC.  ,  ANTISEPTIC.     LUBRICANT. 


revolver,  money  and  diary  had  already  beeii  taken 
and  he  was  represented  to  the  Lieutenant  in  com- 
mand as  a  bad  Yankee.  Now  up  steps  a  stray 
Captain  away  from  his  company,  and  deliberately 
picks  his  gold  watch  from  his  vest  pocket.  "I  ap- 
pealed to  the  Lieutenant  in  command  of  the 
guard.  'You  have  been  playing  'possum,  sir,' 
responded  to  my  amazement  this  very  young 
gentleman;  'you  are  not  entitled  to  the  courtesies 
of  war,'  "  but  surprise  and  disgust  were  de- 
picted on  the  faces  of  the  guard.  Lifted  into  a 
vacant  saddle  and  supported  on  either  side,  the 
prisoner  was  now  escorted  to  the  left  rear.  As 
a  mounted  ofificer  approached  from  that  direction 
he  was  nudged  by  one  of  the  guard  with  the  re- 
mark in  undertone:  "Yonder  comes  the  provost 
marshall ;  tell  him  about  that  watch."  The  ofificer 
presenting  the  appearance  of  a  man  of  honor,  res- 
olution and  discipline,  the  outrage  was  related. 
The  result  was  a  vigorous  denunciation  of  the 
transaction,  a  stern  reprimand  of  the  Lieutenant, 
and  restoration  of  the  watch.  The  guard  to 
whom  the  restoration  was  due,  and  the  owner  of 
the  horse  which  the  Colonel  was  riding  was  M,r. 
William  C.  Mburing,  5th  Va.  Cavalry,  now  a 
commission  merchant  of  Baltimore. 
[To  Ve  Contimied-] 


ORiaiNATED   AND    MIANUFACT 
ONLY    BY 


""^-joey.wiESEL, 


PHARMACEUTICAL  CHEMIST 

1114  Madison  Avenae,  Baltimore,  Md.,  U.  S.  A. 


GEORGE  'WARNER  MILTENBERGER, 
M.D. 

The  death  of  Dr.  Miltenberger  on  December 
11th,  was  not  unexpected,  as  he  had  reached  a 
very  great  age  and  had  been  very  feeble  for  some 
time  past.  As  we  have  so  recently  published  a 
lengthy  sketch  of  him  by  Dr.  I.  S.  Stone  (Vol.  1, 
No.  7,  July,.  1905),  no  extended  notice  is  now 
called  for.  It  is  sufficient  to  say  that  he  was  born 
in  Baltimore  March  17,  1819 ;  that  after  a  year  at 
the  University  of  Virginia  he  entered  upon  medi- 
cal study  at  the  University  of  Maryland  in  the 
fall  of  183G;  that  he  graduated  in  1840  and  was 
Demonstrator  of  Anatomy  from  that  time  to 
1852,  also  lecturing  after  1847  on  Pathology ;  that 
from  1852  to  1858  he  held  the  chair  of  Materia 
Medica  and  Therapeutics  and  from  1858  to  1891 
that  of  Obstretrics,  becoming  Professor  Emeritus 
and  Honorary  President  of  the  Faculty  in  the  lat- 

aerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

S.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposist. 


OIvD  MARYLAND. 


167 


ter  year.  His  most  important  honors  outside  the 
University  were  the  Presidency  of  the  Medical 
and  Chirurgical  Faculty  of  Maryland,  1886-87, 
and  the  position  of  Consulting  Physician  to  the 
Johns  Hopkins  Hospital. 

Dr.  Miltenberger's  writings  were  not  numer- 
ous or  extesive ;  they  relate  chiefly  to  Puerperal 
Fever,  Puerperal  Convulsions,  Version  and  the 
Forceps.  His  most  marked  characteristic  was 
his  absolute  devotion  to  his  professional  duties. 
His  days  and  nights  were  given  up  to  his  vast 
practice.  He  was  a  model  family  physician  and 
had  not  his  equal  as  an  accoucheur  in  all  these 
parts.  He  was  deeply  beloved  by  his  hosts  of 
patients  and  his  memory  will  be  cherished  by 
thousands  of  his  admiring  students.  He  was  not 
only  a  great  physician  and  a  great  teacher,  but 
he  was  a  man  of  the  very  highest  moral  qualities 
— in  the  fullest  sense  a  gentleman. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Faculty  of  Physic  of  the 
University  of  Maryland,  held  on  December  12, 
1905,  on  the  occasion  of  the  death  of  Dr.  George 
W.  MiLTENBERGER,  Honorary  President  cf  the 
Faculty  and  Emeritus  Professor  in  the  Univer- 
sity, the  following  minute  was  adopted : 

"The  Faculty  of  Physic  of  the  University  of 
Maryland  hereby  place  upon  their  records  their 
sense  of  the  loss  which  they  as  a  faculty,  the 
medical  profession  and  the  commuinty  have  sus- 
tained in  the  death  of  ProE.  George  W.  Milten- 
BERGER,  M.  D. 

"Although  by  reason  of  the  great  age  which  he 
had  attained.  Professor  Miltenberger  had  re- 
tired for  several  years  fro  mthe  discharge  of  his 
active  duties  as  a  teacher  and  as  a  practitioner  of 
medicine,  yet  the  recollection  of  the  admirable 
qualities  which  he  possessed  in  both  of  these  ca- 
pacities will  never  be  effaced  from  the  memories 
of  those  whose  privilege  it  was  to  profit  by  his  in- 
structions and  by  his  professional  skill. 

"Out  of  the  fullness  of  his  acquiirements  he  im- 
parted knowledge  and  enthusiasm  to  his  pupils, 
and  such  benefit  to  those  who  came  under  his 
ministrations  as  inspired  them  with  feelings  of 
gratitude  and  love. 

"His  colleagues  and  friends  feel  that  his  high- 
est and  truest  praise  is  the  simple  statement  that 
his  long  life  was  spent  in  doing  good." 

KNIGHTON    &    CALDWELL 

"i    HATTERS    ? 
S.  W.  Cor.  Eutaw  and  Saratoga  Sts.  Baltimore 


It  was  directed  that  this  minute  be  entered 
upon  the  records  of  the  Faculty,  and  that  a  copy 
of  it  be  sent  to  Professor  Miltenberger's  family. 

R.   DORSEY  COALE, 

Dean. 


Dr.  James  Carroll  (1891),  Surgeon  U.  S.  A., 
the  only  Survivor  of  the  immortal  Cuban  Yellow 
Fever  Commission,  described  his  experience,  as 
follows : 

"I  reminded  Dr.  Lazear  that  I  was  ready  and 
he  at  last  applied  to  my  arm  an  insect  that  had 
bitten  a-  patient  with  a  severe  attack  twelve  days 
previously.  Four  days  later  I  had  fever  and  on 
the  following  day  I  was  carried  to  the  isolation 
camp  as  a  patient  sufifering  with  yellow  fever. 
The  first  symptom  which  I  noted  was  a  severe 
pain  in  the  back  of  my  head  which  gradually 
settled  in  my  spine.  My  appetite  was  poor  and  in 
the  afternoon  while  visiting  the  hospital  I  was 
compelled  to  leave  my  patients  and  go  out  to  the 
porch  for  air.  A  feeling  of  lassitude  and  that 
peculiar  feeling  known  to  persons  who  have 
been  ill  at  sea,  and  which  is  impossible  to  describe, 
came  over  me.  However,  I  said  nothing  to  any 
of  my  colleagues,  but  I  had  many  moments  of 
serious  thought  regarding  my  wife  and  five  little 
ones,  should  the  fever  prove  fatal.  At  that  time 
I  was  not  quite  sure  I  had  yellow  fever.  I  re- 
frained from  taking  my  temperature  but  I  did 
visit  the  laboratory  and  examined  my  blood  for 
the  malarial  parasite.  The  examination  was  neg- 
ative. The  following  morning  I  decided  to  take 
a  seabath  and  visited  La  Playa,  which  was  about 
a  mile  from  Columbia  Barracks.  After  my  bath 
my  face  became  very  much  swollen  and  flushed 
and  I  found  it  almost  impossible  to  remain  in  a 
standing  position  owing  to  severe  pains  in  my 
back.  I  managed  to  keep  on  my  feet  during  the 
day  but  about  7  o'clock  that  evening  I  was  com- 
pelled to  take  to  my  bed.  This  was  the  beginning 
of  that  long  siege  of  the  plague  frorn  which  1 
never  expected  to  recover.  For  three  da}s  my 
condition  was  such  that  I  was  given  up  and 
cables  to  that  efifect  were  sent  to  the  department." 


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GED  MARYLAND. 


At  the  recent  autograph  sale  of  books  for  the 
Consumptive  Hospital  two  pictures  of  Dr.  Osier 
sold  for  $5  and  $3 ;  his  Practice  of  Medicine 
brought  $6.  When  Mr.  Joseph  France,  who  was 
assisting  Mr.  Bonaparte  reached  Osier's  work  on 
The  Immortality  of  the  Soul  he  said:  "This  is 
a  subject  about  which  few  of  us  know  anything 
and  about  which  most  of  us  have  given  up  inquir- 
ing. If  you  buy  this  book  it  may  tell  you  a 
little  more  than  you  know  now — possibly.  It 
will,  at  any  rate,  tell  you  what  Dr.  Osier  knows 
about  the  subject,  and  he  is  over  forty.  A  client 
of  mine  came  into  my  office  soon  after  Dr.  Osier 
made  his  famous  remark  about  the  age  limit,  and 
this  client  was  furious.  He  said  to  me :  'Why 
what' does  this  man  mean?  Don't  you  know  that 
both  my  parents  were  over  forty  years  old  when  I 
was  born?  Suppose  they  had  been  chloroformed 
when  they  were  forty?'  What  am  I  offered  for 
this  book  ?  Three  dollars  ?  Come,  do  better  than 
that,  won't  you?  That  is  just  what  the  book  is 
worth  and  leaves  nothing  at  all  for  the  hospital." 


The  great  cause  of  the  carelessness  of  many 
physicians  in  prescribing  is  their  lack  of  edu- 
cation in  the  use  of  the  common  remedies  of  the 
Pharmacopeia.  Lacking  the  ability  easily  to 
write  prescriptions  they  fall  into  the  habit  of  de- 
pending on  ready-made  mixtures  and  have  be- 
come, careless  as  to  separating  the  good  from  the 
bad.  A  review  of  the  history  of  the  Pharmaco- 
peia is  appearing  in  The  Journal  of  the  American 
Medical  Association.  The  series  describes  the 
various  articles  of  the  Pharmacopeia  and  the 
methods  of  their  combination.  A  general  condem- 
nation of  all  proprietary  medicines  is  not  wise  be- 
cause many  are  valuable  additions  to  the  materia 
medica  and  represent  advanced  knowledge  of 
chemistry  and  pharmacy.  The  great  need  is  for 
the  physician  to  be  wide  awake,  well-informed 
and  competent  to  select  the  proper  therapeutic 
agents,  whether  they  be  proprietary  or  not. 

o 

SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 

Santiago  U.  Somodeville,  M.D.  (1904),  has 
gone  to  Havana  to  spend  the  winter. — The  stu- 
dents of  thc'  Medical  Department  showed  their 
regard  for  tlie  memory  of  Professor  Miltcnber- 


ger  by  sending  to  his  house  at  the  funeral  on  Dec. 
13,  a  beautiful  cross  composed  of  calla  lillies  and 
roses  of  all  kinds.  Many  of  the  students  attended 
the  funeral. — Fitz.  R.  Winslow  ('06),  is  ill  in 
the  hospital,  but  is  improving.  W.  A.  Griffin 
("06),  is  out,  after  an  acute  attack  of  rheumatism. 
H.  Blank  ('06),  has  been  confined  to  the  house 
with  a  sprained  ankle.  L.  J.  Kosminski  ('06), 
has  had  an  attack  of  ptomaine  poisoning. — The 
will  of  the  late  Professor  G.  W.  Miltenberger  be- 
queaths his  entire  estate  to  his  nieces  and 
nephews.  The  personalty  amounted  to  $175,000. 
— The  Section  on  Neurology  of  the  Medical  and 
Chirurgical  Faculty  of  Md.,  held  its  regular  meet- 
ing Dec.  13  in  the  Surgical  amphitheatre  at  Uni- 
versity Hospital,  Dr.  Edward  N.  Brush,  of  the 
Sheppard-Pratt  Hospital  presiding.  The  subject 
of  discussion  was  Tabes,  and  Drs.  Spear,  Gich- 
ner,  Hirsh  and  Gibbons,  of  the  University,  took 
part.  Dr.  Spear  exhibited  six  cases  from  the 
Dispensary  clinic.  Dr.  Farrar  closed  the  discus- 
sion.— Dr.  Hubert  Richardson,  Demonstrator  of 
Physiological  Chemistry,  is  writing  a  book  on 
"Arrested  Mental  and  Physical  Development." 

V.  C.  C. 


SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 


OUR    motto:   "the    best    ISNONE    TOO    GOOD." 

CARBONATED    WATER    in   siphons  and  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

CHARLES   STREET  AND    MOUNT   ROYAL  AVENUE. 


"No  cribbing"  is  the  slogan  of  the  Senior  Class, 
who  are  determined  that  the  good  name  of  the 
University  shall  be  upheld.  Heretofore  the  mat- 
ter has  been  left  to  men's'  conscience  and  sense 
of  honor,  and  it  is  feared  that  advantage  has  been 
taken  sometimes  of  this  apparent  license.  But 
public  sentiment  has  been  aroused  and  woe  to 
the  candidate  who  shall  be  detected  violating 
hereafter  the  unwritten  law  of  examinations. — 
A  Debating  Club  was  organized  in  the  Law 
Library  on  Dec.  13.  A  second  meeting  was  held 
Dec.  19  to  adopt  Constitution  and  By-laws.  Mr. 
Beachley,  Chairman  pro-tem.,  Mr.  Pue,  Secretary 
pro-tem. — At  the  November  examinations  the  fol- 
lowing graduates  of  the  Class  of  1905  passed 
successfully  and  will  be  admitted  to  the  Bar  at 
the  coming  meeting  of  the.  Supreme  Bench: 
Philip  Stuart  Ball,  Edward  Burr  Powell.  The 
24  successful  applicants  were  headed  by  a  woman, 
Miss  Anna  Grace  Kennedy,  a  graduate  of  the 
Baltimore  Law  School  of  1905,  who  received 
274  out  of  a  possible  300.  She  was  the  only 
woman  candidate. — A  smoker  of  the  Junior  Class 
was  held  in  the  Hall,  Dec;  20. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


169 


SCHOOL  OF  DENISTRY. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  j\Iaryland  State  Dental 
Association  held  in  Baltin,iore  Dec.  9th,  dental 
reports  were  read  by  Drs.  C.  J.  Grieves  and  L. 
W.  Farinholt.— On  Dec.  14,  Dr.  John  R.  Wins- 
low  performed  an  operation  on  Dr.  Henry 
Fletcher  Wood  ('05),  removing  the  outer  wall 
of  the  left  frontal  sinus;  laid  the  eye  aside  to  re- 
move part  of  the  orbital  plate  and  part  of  the 
nasal  process  of  the  superior  maxilla,  also  the 
ethmoidal  cells  of  the  left  side.  _  Patient  is  doing 
very  well  at  the  present  writing.  The  operation 
was  attended  with  considerable  danger  owing  to 
valvular  trouble  of  the  heart  of  patient  and  much 
credit  is  due  Dr.  Winslow  for  its  success. — Mr. 
Howard  Burton  ('07),  Dental  Dept.,  entertained 
a  party  of  friends  at  his  home  in  Greenwood, 
Md.  A  very  enjoyable  evening  was  spent. — 
Dr.  Graham  ('05),  had  the  honor  of  being  elect- 
ed Chairman  of  the  Managing  Committee  of 
Sussex  Hockey.  Club  and  Mgr.  of  the  Sussex 
Hockey  team  in  the  New  Brunswick  league; 
also  vestryman  of  Trinity  church. 

G.  W.  F. 


DEATHS. 


MARRIED. 


Philemon  Smith  Lausdale,  M.D.  (1902),  of 
Damascus,  Md.,  son  of  B.  F.  Lansdale,  M.D. 
(1866),  to  Miss  Annie  Pyle,  at  Charlottesville, 
Va.,  Nov.  29. — Stewart  Symington  Janney, 
LL.B.  (1902),  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Ritchie  &  Janney,  Balto.,  to  Miss  Frances  Moale 
Spencer,  of  Garrison  Forest,  Green  Spring  Val- 
ley, Md.,  Nov.  29.— Henry  Gibbons  Utley,  M.D. 
(1894),  of  Apex,  N.  C,  to  Miss  Florence  Jen- 
nings Percival,  at  Baltimore,  Nov.  25. — James 
Stewart  Akehurst,  M.D.  (1900),  to  Miss  Agnes 
Vance,  at.Stewartsville,  N.  J.,  Nov.  29. — Howard 
V.  Dutrow,  M.D.  (1904),  to  Miss  Emma  Agnes 
Thomas,  at  Frederick,  Md.,  Dec.  14. — Herbert 
E.  Zepp,  M.  D.  (1904),  of  St..  Mkhael's,  Md., 
was  married  to  Miss  Grace  L.  Northam,  at  Kego- 
tank,  Va.,  Dec.  9. 


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William  H.  Kroh,  Ph.G.  (1882)  and  M.D. 
(188G),  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  where  he  had  gone 
to  reside  from  Balto.  three  j'ears  ago,  on  Dec. 
11,  aged  46.— Peter  Henry  Reiche,  M.D.  (1869), 
was  struck  by  a  street  car  on  Dec.  10  and  died 
within  an  hour  at  the  City  Hospital,  Balto.  He 
was  born  at  Lippestadt,  Wesphalia,-  May  18,  1837, 
attended  the  gymnasium  at  Soert  and  emigrated 
to  Maryland  in  1853.— John  S.  Wells,  Ph.G. 
(1891),  on  Dec.  14,  at  Balto.,  aged  33.  His 
death  was  due  to  suicide  from  cyanide  of  potash. 
The  act  is  attributed  to  melancholy  from  ill 
health.  • 

Old  Maryland  is  indebted  to  Dr.  Warner 
Holt,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  for  the  following 
item :  Doctor  Isaac  S.  Stone  tendered  a  reception 
on  the  evening  of  November  23d  in  honor  of 
Professor  John  C.  Hemmeter  and  his  wife. 
Among  those  present  were  Surgeon-General  Wy- 
man  and  other  prominent  medical  men,  most  of 
whom  were  alumni  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land. Professor  H.  made  an  interesting  informal 
address  on  the  past,  present  and  future  of  the 
University  of  Maryland. 

o 

The  official  report  of  last  night's  dinner  by 
the  Chamber  will  be  made  valuable,  because  of  the 
complete  reproduction  of  all  these  addresses,  and 
especially  valuable  because,  among  those  address- 
es 'will  be  that  by  President  Aldemian.  If  he 
was  a  surprise,  he  was  also-  a  wonder  to  those  who 
listened  to  him  for  the  first  time.  They  n'lade  a 
great  discovery.  He  is  a  deep  thinker,  a  superb 
orator,  an  earnest  optimist,  a  sincere  patriot,  a 
man  replete  with  moral  clearness  and  classic  cul- 
ture, yet  alive  with  the  new  spirit  of  education 
and  abreast  with  ther  best  thought  of  his  time. 
Wendell  Phillips  was  not  more  epigrammatic,  but 
he  was,  perhaps,  under  the  necessity  of  his 
themes,  at  times,  vindictive,  but  Dr.  Alderman 
deals  with  no  conditions  which  call  for  rancor  or 
indignation  or  censofiousness.  Those  who  heard 
him  last  night  fo,?  the  first  time  had  an  experience 
they  will  probably  never  forget.  Those  who  have 
heard  him  before  were  gratified  that  he  confirmed 
on  a  great  occasion  their  estimate  of  him. 

The  favorite  orator  of  the  South,  he  became  at 
once  the  master  speaker  and  thinker  of  the  most 
representative  Northern  assembly  of  the  year. — 
Brooklyn  Eagle. 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


When   Christmas   comes   with  joyous   face 
To  bid  mankind  take  heart  of  grace, 
•    The  while  we  banish  carking  care 

And  live  glad  lives  and  debonnair, 
Grave  thoughts  with  gay  still  interlace : 

Three  phases  Life  clasps  in  embrace — 

To  be,  to  do,  to  feel.     Beware, 
Lest  aught  this  trinity  efface 

When  Christmas  comes. 

So,  fresh  ideals  let  us  trace ; 
Ourselves  to  utmost  effort  brace ; 
But,  most  of  all,  our  hearts  lay  bare. 
That  sympathy  in  them  may  share 
The  rhythmic  pulsing  of  our  race, 
When  Christmas  comes. 

K.  W.  M. 


The  Washington  Sunday  Star,  of  Nov.  19, 
contains  an  illustrated  sketch  of  the  Episcopal 
Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  Hospital  of  that  city,  of 
great  interest  to  us  because  the  institution  owes 
its  origin  and  present  prosperous  condition  to 
one  of  our  alumni,  E.  Oliver  Belt,  M.D.  (1886). 
Dr.  Belt  was  trained  in  his  specialty  at  the  Pres- 
byterian Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  Hospital,  in  this 
city,  by  that  master  clinician,  to  whom  so  many 
Eye  and  Ear  specialists  owe  their  success — the 
late  Dr.  Julian  J.  Chisolm.  The  Hospital,  which 
is  operated  under  the  direction  of  the  Diocese  of 
Washington,  was  opened  for  the  reception  of 
patients  April  8,  1897..  The  present  building  was 
completed  in  the  spring  of  1901  and  accommo- 
dates GO  patients ;  it  cost  with  equipment  $100,- 
OOQ.  The  method  of  support  is  congregational 
and  is  similar  to  that  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospi- 
tal of  Baltimore.  About  $30,000  have  been  re- 
ceived in  endowments.  Rgt.  Rev.  H.  Y.  Satter- 
lee  is  President  of  the  Board  of  Governors  and 
Henry  D.  Fry,  Mj.D.  (1876),  is  President  of  the 
Medical  Board.  Dr.  Belt  is  Secretary  of  both 
Boards. 


In  the  new  Pharmacopoeia  the  name  car- 
bolic acid  is  changed  to  phenol,  valerianate  to 
valerate,  catechu  to  gambir,  hydrobromate  and 
hydrochlorate  to  hydrobromide  and  hydro- 
chloride, resin  to  rosin,  salol  to  phenyl  salicy- 
late, glonoin  to  glyceryl  nitrate  and  nitrogly- 
cerin, whiskey  to  whisky.  Antipyrina,  glandu- 
le suprarenales  siccje.  grandulje  throidese 
siccse,     hexamethylenamina     (obtained     by     ac- 


tion of  ammonia  on  formaldehyde),  kaolinum, 
liquor  antisepticus,  pulvis  acetanilidi  composi- 
tus,  serum  antidiphthericum,  sulphomethahurn 
(sulphonal),  acetphenetidinum  (phenacetine), 
are  some  of  the  additions.  Cataplasma  kaolirii 
has  been  suggested  as  a  substitute  for  "anti- 
phlogistine." 


Specialism  does  not  mean  narrowness,  al- 
though it  may  tend  ta  it.  On  the  contrary,  it 
should  stand  for  thoroughness  in  the  highest 
sense  in  whatever  branch  it  is  applied.  The 
dental  practitioner  should  possess  a  suffi- 
ciently thorough  knowledge  in  pathology  to 
recognize  the  various  lesions  as  manifested  in 
the  mouth,  and  to  counteract  their  effects.  He 
should  be  sufficiently  versed  iti  chemistry  and 
bacteriology  to  test  the  oral  secretions  that  he 
may  be  able  to  determine  accurately  the  fac- 
tors at  work  in  destroying  the  teeth.  All  this 
and  more  the  twentieth  century  dentist  must 
know  and  the  twentieth  century  dental  colleges 
teach.  A  college  that  exalts  the  technical 
branches  and  almost  excludes  the  scientific 
from  its  course  of  study,  is  not  worthy  of  the 
name  and  will  be  ostracised  by  the  profession. 
I  believe  in  the  broadest  possible  culture  of 
the  dentist,  and  can  see  no  reasonable  excuse 
why  he  should  not  be  the  peer  in  learning  of 
other  professional  men.  The  door  of  knowl- 
edge is  an  open  one.  Books  upon  all  subjects 
are  to  be  had  almost  for  the  asking. — Gorgas. 


Medical  Director  R.  A.  Marmion,  U.  S.  N., 
delivered  an  address  in  Anatomical  Hall,  Univ. 
of  Md.,  on  Saturday,  Dec.  9,  at  11  o'clock,  on 
"The  Liducements  which  the  Naval  Medical  Ser- 
vice offers  to  capable  medical  men  under  30  years 
of  age ;  General  Requirements  and  Correction  of 
Prevalent  Errors  regarding  the  Examination." — 
The  Maryland  Agricultural  College  vv'iU  celebrate 
its  50th  anniversary  on  March  6,  1906.  It.  was 
the  first  institution  in  the  LTnited  States  to  be  in- 
corporated for  the  purpose  of  teaching  scientific 
agriculture. — Judge  Otto.  Schoenrich,  LL-B- 
(1897),  of  the  United  States  District  Court  of 
Mayaguez,  Porto  Rico,  delivered  a  lectiire  in  the 
assembly  hall  of  the  Western  High  School,  Dec. 
9,  on  "Education  in  Porto  Rico."  Judge  Sj  is 
a  native  of  Baltimore  and  a  graduate  of  the  City 
College  1894.  In  1900  he  was  appointed  Asso- 
ciate Judge  of  the  District  Court  of  Aretibo  an<l 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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last  year  was  unanimously  elected  to  his  present 
position.  This  is  his  first  visit  home. — At  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Homeopathic  Medical  and 
Surgical  Club  held  last  week,  Dr.  WilHam  Royal 
Stokes  (1891),  State  Bacteriologist,  made  an  ad- 
dress on  "Typhoid  Fever  and  its  Prevention." 
— B.  Merrill  Hopkinson,  M.D.  (1885),  the  popu- 
lar President  of  the  Baltimore  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, has  been  just  re-elected  as  its  President  for 
the  14th  consecutive  year.  William  Pirscher, 
LL.B.,  of  this  University,  was  elected  Vice-Pres- 
ident.— Arthur  Edward  Evens,  M.D.  (1901),  has 
settled  at  1512  Pacific  Ave.,  Atlantic  City. — At 
a  meeting  of  the  Inter-Collegiate  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation of  Maryland,  held  at  the  Hotel  Rennert, 
Balto.,  Nov.  19,  Washington  College  and  West- 
ern Md.  College  were  admitted  to  membership, 
which  includes  also  St.  Johns'  and  Maryland 
Agricultural  College. — Josiah  S.  Bowen,  M.D. 
(1903),  of  Mt.  Washington,  Grand  Alpha  of  the 
Kappa  Psi  Fraternity,  has  recently  returned  from 
New  York  where  he  presided  over  the  Grand 
Chapter  convention  which  met  under  the  auspices 
of  Gamma  Chapter  of  Columbia  University. — 
The  football  season  closed  with  two  defeats  sus- 
tained at  the  hands  of  the  Agricultural  College, 
November  25,  and  the  Johns  Hopkins,  Nov.  30 
(Thanksgiving).  The  scores  were  respectively 
23  to  5,  and  33  to  5.  Dum  vita  spes. — Dr.  How- 
ard V.  Dutrow  (1901),  of  Frederick,  Md.,  re- 
cently appointed  Assistant  Surgeon  in  the  Marine 
Hospital  service,  will  sail  for  Panama  Jan.  1,  and 
will  be  joined  by  his  wife  later. — Ernst  Schmeis- 
ser,  $25.00;  George  F.  Sloan,  $10.00;  Brigham 
and  Hopkins,  $10.00;  T.  Chew  Worthiiigton, 
$5.00 ;  E.  Tracy  Bishop,  $10.00,  are  recent  con- 
tributions to  the  Endowment  Fund. 
o 

^  THE  CENTENNIAL  OF  1907. 


The  question  of  the  character  of  the  celebration 
of  this  great  historic  epoch  in  the  history  of  the 
University  of  Maryland  is  still,  according  to  Mr. 
Poe,  an  open  one,  the  Board  of  Regents  having 
taken  no  decisive  action  upon  it  at  their  meeting 
held  on  December  20th.  As  the  precedent  we 
shall  now  set  will  probably  decide  the  tisage  of 
the  future,  it  is  a  question  of  the  very  greatest 
importance  and  we  should  make  no  mistake  in 
solving  it.  To  us  it  presents  no  difficulty.  The 
institution  which  is  now  known  as  the  Universit}' 
of  .  Mani'land  had  its  origin  as  the  College  ot 
Miedicine  of  Maryland  in  1807;  that  was  the  first 


form  it  took — the  first  stage  of  its  career.  In 
1813  it  received  a  charter  as  a  University  and  its 
name  was  changed.  Practically,  however,  there 
was  no  change  and  it  was  not  until  1§23  that  a 
College  of  Law  was  founded  and  not  until  1830 
that  a  School  of  Arts  and  Sciences  \Vas  cr-jated, 
while  there  never  has  been  a  School  of  Divinity. 
Now  most  Universities — not  all — ^have  begun  as 
schools  of  "arts  and  sciences"  or  general  litera- 
ture. Such  universities  invariably  claim  the  date 
of  such  foundation,  whether  it  be  from  a  college 
or  SL  simple  "school"  as  their  birth  year.  No 
one  questions  their  right  to  do  this,  and  all  their 
departments  enter  heartily  into  the  recurring  cele- 
brations of  these  dates  without  any  idea  that  they 
belong  only  to  the  literary  department.  Thus 
Harvard  claims  1638  as  its  birth  year,  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  claims  1710,  Washington 
and  Lee  1749,  etc.  Now  what  difference  does  it 
make  in  what  department  a  University  began  ?  If 
it  developed  from  that  beginning  into  a  Univer- 
sity, has  it  not  the  same  right  that  Harvard,  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  Washington  and  Lee, 
etc.,  have,  to  claim  its  origin  from  such  founda- 
tion ?  And  we  have  cases  of  this  sort  in  history. 
The  LTniversity  of  Bologna  began  as  a  School  of 
Law,  Salernum  and  Montpellier  began,  like  our 
U^niversity,  as  Schools  of  Medicine. 

We  have  heard  that  some  of  our  legal  brethren 
have,  said  we  should  celebrate  the  founding'  of 
our  University  in  1913.  But  what  is  there  to 
celebrate  then?  Not  a  single  departmnet  was 
added  in  1813.  We  could  only  celebrate  the  mere 
granting  of  the  charter.  What  spirit  could  we 
put  into  such  a  celebration  as  that  ? 

We  have  been  looking  forward  to  the  celebra- 
tion of  1907  as  the  Centennial  of  our  University. 
our  Alumni,  not  only  of  the  Medical  Department, 
but  of  all  departments — and,  so  far  as  we  know, 
to  a  man — desire  to  celebrate  it  in  this  way.  Of 
course  we  cannot  celebrate  adequately  without 
the  co-operation  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  but  we 
do  not  ask  them  to  bear  any  of  the  expense.  We 
especially  ask  them  to  sanction  it  and  give  it  their 
official  support.  Committees  have  already  been 
appointed  from  all  the  Faculties  and  from  the 
Alumni  Associations,  and  they  are- 'only  waiting 
to  receive  the  sanction  of  the  Regents  to  inaugu- 
rate the  preparations.  They  are  ready  to  under- 
take to  raise  the  necessary  funds,  to  appoint  com- 
mittees, to  arrange  programines,  etc.  Why  should 
the  Board  of  Regents  hesitate  to  give  this  sanc- 
tion?    They  must  realize- what  a  great  oppor- 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


UNIV^ERSITY   OF    MARYLAND.    BALTO..  MD. 

BERNARD    CARTER,    X.L,.    D.,    Pkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  .58.  99tli  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1905,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSEY  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

2-tth  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905,  and  'con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building. 
ITor  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

P.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 

845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 


3Gth  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  1003  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN  PRENTISS  POE,  LL.D.,  Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  G2d 
Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1905.  10  Instructors. 
New  Laboratories.     Address  , , 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


ttinity  is  now  offered  for  making  the  LTniversity 
known  and  for  advancing  its  interests.  As  mem- 
bers of  the  corporation  and  entrusted  wilh  the 
direction  of  its  affairs,  they  cannot  but  feel  bound 
to  take  advantage  of  any  opportunities  for 
strengthening  and  improving  it.  How  can  they 
ignore  the  wishes  of  the  great  multitude  of  our 
alumni?  Alumni  are  the  best  friends  and  the 
strorigest  support  of  any  institution ;  will  it  not 
be  wise  to  enlist  the  interest  of  our  alumni  m  this 
event,  which  offers  such  a  splendid  opportunity  to 
stir  up  their  enthusiasm,  to  unite  them  in  a  com- 
mon purpose  and  effort,  to  set  in  motion  move- 
ments for  endowments,  etc.  ?  We  beg  the  Regents 
to  take  the  question  up  in  a  broader  spirit.  We 
should  feel  some  enthusiasm  over  such  an  event 
as  this.  Our  University  bears  the  name  of  the 
State  and  that  alone  imposes  responsibilities.  For 
many  years  it  represented  the  highest  educational 
institution  within  the  State — the  only  one  which 
at  all  approached  the  rank  and  dignity  of  the 
University  idea.  If,  therefore,  we  realize  in  all 
its  fulness  what  this  celebration  implies  we  cannot 
treat  it  lightly  or  underestimate  its  dignity  and 
simiUcance. 


There  were  in  that  legion  two  centurions,  Tito 
Pulfio  and  Lucius  Varenus,  by  name,  men  of  t!ie 
greatest  courage  and  who  were  fast  rising  to  the 
first  rank.  These  men  were  constantly  engaged 
in  disputes  as  to  which  should  have  the  prefer- 
ence, and  every  year  contended  with  the  greatest 
-secret  enmity  for  precedence.  Now  while  the  fight 
was "  raging  at  the  ramparts,  Pulfio  cries  out : 
-"Why  do  you  hesitate,  Varenus?  What  oppor- 
^:it!lity  are- ypu-'waiting f or  to  show  your  bravery? 


This  very  day  shall  decide  our  controversy." 
Having  spoken  thus,  he  advances  beyond  the 
walls  and  where  the  forces  of  the  enemy  appear 
to  be  thickest  thither  he  rushes  into  their 
midst.  Nor  does  Varenus  then  remain  within 
the  ramparts,  but  hurries  after,  anxious  to  pre- 
serve his  reputation  among  his  comrades  in  arms. 
Then,  at  a  short  distance  away,  Pulfio  hurls  his 
javelin  upon  the  enemy  and  transfixes  with  it  one 
running  forward  from  their  midst  to  engage  him- 
self. The  latter,  pierced  through  and  through  and 
dying,  the  enemy  protect  with  their  shields,  and 
all  together  cast  their  weapons  at  the  Roman  and 
give  him  no  opportunity  for  retreat.  Pulfio's 
shield  is  transfixed  and  a  dart  sticks  fast  in  his 
sword  belt.  This  accident  displaces  his  scabbard 
and  impedes  his  right  hand  endeavoring  to  draw 
his  sword,  and  the  enemy  surround  him  thus  em- 
barrassed. Here  up  runs  his  rival  and  brings  help 
to  him  laboring  under  these  difficulties.  The  whole 
multitude  turns  at  once  from  Pulfio  to  him,  sup- 
posing the  former  to  be  transfixed  with  the  dart 
and  helpless.  Varenus  rushes  upon  them  and  en- 
gages at  close  quarters  with  his  swOrd  and  having 
slain  one  drives  the  rest  back  a  little ;  but  while 
he  presses  on  too  eagerly,  he  stumbles  and  falls 
into  a  hollow.  To  him  in  turn  surrounded,  Pulfio 
brings  succor  and  both  retire  safely  within  the, 
ramparts  amid  the  greatest  applause,  havmg 
slain  very  many  of  the  Gauls.  Thus  in  this  hon- 
orable striving  and  contest,  fortune  directed  al- 
ternately the  movements  of  each  so  that  the  one 
rival  brought  asistaiiCe  and  security  to  the  other, 
nor  could  it  be  decided  which  of  the  two  was  -en- 
titled to  be  considered  the  braver.  Cccsar  de  Bel. 
'Gal,  V.  44.  ■  :       ,:., 


OLD   riARYLAND 

Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  riaryland. 


Vol.  II.     No.  1. 


BALTIMORE,  MD.,  JANUARY,  1906. 


Price,  10  Cents. 


To  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University  of 
Maryland : 

We  respectfully  urge  that  the  Centennial  of 
1907  be  celebrated  as  a  University  event  and 
by  all  departments  of  the  University : 

[Signed  by  the  following:] 

Department  of  Law:  James  P.  Gorter,  W. 
Calvin  Chestnut,  John  J.  Donaldson,  Henry 
Stockbridge,  Oregon  Milton  Dennis,  John  C. 
Rose,  J.  L.  V.  Murphy,  Daniel  L.  Brinton,  Clif- 
ton Doll  Benson,  Wm.  F.  Porter,  J.  Booker 
Clift,  Andrew  H.  Mettee,  J.  Francis  Dammann, 
Jr.,  C.  T.  Bond,  Peter  J.  Campbell,  Lewis  Put- 
zel,  Charles  Pielert,  Wm.  F.  Broening,  John 
B.  Wheltle,  Charles  Markell,  Jr.,  J.  Milton 
Lyell,  T.  Bayard  Williams,  Julius  H.  Wyman, 
Frank  E.  Welsh,  Jr.,  Milton  Roberts,  Wm. 
Booth  Settle,  John  C.  Tolson,  Wm.  Ewin 
Bond,  Allan  McSherry,  Robert  Burton,  J.  Ed- 
ward Tyler,  Jr.,  J.  Alexander  Hilleary,  Jr., 
George  Culbreth  Thomas,  Thomas  B.  Marshall, 
George  R.  Radcliffe,  George  Whitelock,  Ad- 
kins  Henry,  Charles  McH.  Howard,  Horton 
S.  Smith,  Edwin  T.  Dickerson,  David  Ash,  J. 
Maulsby  Smith,  John  L.  G.  Lee,  A.  Morris  Ty- 
son, Philemon  H.  Tuck,  Eugene  J.  Cronin,  T. 
W.  Brundige,  Jr.,  Morris  A.  Soper,  John 
Beeuwkes,  Ross  Miles  Diggs,  Louis  J.  Burger, 
Frederick  J.  Singley,  William  J.  Waller,  J.  H. 
Tregoe,  Chas.  A.  Briscoe,  John  H.  Grill,  Clar- 
ence A.  Tucker,  Frank  F.  Ramey,  Harry  L. 
Price,  Albert  S.  J.  Owens,  J.  Frank  Supplee, 
Jr.,  Edward  F.  Arthurs,  L.  T.  Odend'hall, 
Francis  E.  Sparks,  Conway  S.  Hodges,  Robert 
Briggs,  C.  Arthur  Eby,  John  H.  Lowe,  Charles 
Lee  Meriken,  J.  Kemp  Bartlett,  Albert  C.  Tol- 
son, Frank  F.  Luthardt,  Henry  Shirk,  James 
R.  Brewer,  H.  B.  Dowell,  E.  W.  Stinchcomb, 
Roland  B.  Harvey,  Jas.  Edward  Carr,  Jr., 
James  A.  Latane,  Eugene  O'Dunne,  H.  H.  Hub- 
ner,  J.  Millikin,  A.  S.  Gill,  R.  L.  Gill,  R.  T.  Gill, 
W.  Browne  Hammond,  J.  Harry  Carson,  W.  J. 
Boggs,  P.  C.  Hennighausen,  E.  A.  Kraft,  Wm. 


F.  Pirscher,  Douglass  Gordon,  J.  H.  Edmond- 
son,  H.  N.  Abercrombie,  Duke  Bond,  Ashley  Tol- 
son. 

Department  of  Medicine:  I.  Edmondson  At- 
kinson, Henry  M.  Wilson,  Samuel  T.  Earle, 
Samuel  Theobald,  G.  Lane  Tanneyhill,  B,  Mer- 
rill Hopkinson,  John  T.  King,  Geo.  A.  Flem- 
ing, Hubert  Richardson,  Jas.  M.  Craighill,  S.  B. 
Bond,  Page  Edmunds,  I.  J.  Spear,  Jos.  E.  Gich- 
ner,  Wm.  A.  White,  John  Houfif,  H.  J.  Maldeis, 
L.  M.  Allen,  T.  Chew  Worthington,  Edward 
M.  Wise,  Francis  M.  Chisolm,  Jas.  J.  Carroll, 
Chas.  J.  Keller,  D.  J.  Reinhart,  G.  Carroll  Lock- 
hard,  Roscoe  C.  Metzel,  R.  L.  Mitchell,  V.  W. 
Brabham,  H.  D.  Purdum,  Robt.  T.  Wilson, 
Ridgely  B.  Warfield,  Robt.  P.  Bay,  Gordon 
Wilson,  John  G.  Jay,  St.  Clair  Spruill,  W.  D. 
Scott,  Jr.,  Eugene  F.  Cordell,  A.  G.  R3'tina, 
Walter  H.  Mayhew,  H.  H.  Biedler,  Otto 
Schaefer,  Wm.  E.  Wiegand,  L.  W.  Knight,  J. 
Dawson  Reeder,  J.  W.  Pierson,  Sam'l  T.  R. 
Revel,  Geo.  H.  Steuart,  William  Whitridge, 
Chas.  R.  Davis,  Wilbur  F.  Skillman,  Joel  Whit- 
aker,  Frank  Martin,  Edward  E.  Mackenzie,. 
John  R.  Winslow,  Claude  Van  Bibber,  Charles 
O'Donovan,  J.  W.  Hundley,  Joseph  T.  Smith, 
J.  F.  Crouch,  A.  Bradley  Gaither,  Plerbert  Har- 
lan, Henry  M.  Fitzhugh,  Arthur  M.  Shipley, 
Jose  L.  Hirsch,  O.  Edward  Janney,  Theodore 
Cook,  Jr.,  James  Bordley,  Jr.,  Edward  T. 
Owens,  Alvin  B.  Lennan,  A.  J.  Bossyns,  Wm. 
Royal  Stokes,  Plovvard  Kahn,  Ernest  C.  Leh- 
nert,  John  R.  Abercrombie,  Charles  C.  Harris, 
F.  J.  Wilkens,  Eznar  Hansen,  F.  W.  Pearson, 
Sam'l  A.  Keene,  W.  H.  Noble,  I.  R.  Trimble, 
J.  H.  Hartman,  Hiram  Woods,  Henry  M. 
Thomas,  Harry  Lee  Smith,  Jos.  C.  Clark,  J.  W. 
Holland,  Robt.  L,  Randolph. 

Department  of  Dentistry:  Clarence  J.  Grieves, 
George  L.  Deichmann,  John  C.  Uhler,  L.  W. 
Farinholt,  Herbert  F.  Gorgas,  Walter  D. 
Winkelman,  J.  F.  Kberner,  G.  O.  Hildebrand, 
W.  B.  Poist,  C.  V.  Matthews,  C.  Eugene  Chew, 


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Marchant,  F.  W.  Schloendorn,  D.  Edward  Duff, 
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Thompson,  Wm.  Partlow  Thompson,  S.  Le- 
roy  Robinson,  J.  C.  Huthwelker,  O.  B.  Thomas, 
J.  W.  H.  Brown,  Ballen  Lillich,  Charles  W. 
Gardner,  Eugene  W.  Hodson,  D.  R.  Millard,  J. 
G.  Ballew,  Jr.,  J.  H.  Johnston,  J..  W.  West- 
cott,  H.  A.  B.  Dunning,  John  S.  Stillman,  John 
B.  Thomas,  Albert  E.  Thompson,  Robert  G. 
Loy,  John  A.  Davis,,  R.  J.  Mullikin,  Ferd.  Lau- 
tenbach,  C.  W.  Routson,  W.  N.  Owings, 
Frantz  Naylor,  Pierce  Marmor,  M.  S.  Kahn, 
Melville  Strasburger,  Luther  B.  Benton,  E. 
O.  Streett,  Wm.  E.  Shaper,  H.  C.  Valentine. 

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^    CONCERNING    HOSPITALS. 


BY  ARTHUR  M.  SHIPLEY,  M.  D.,   MEDICAL  SUPERIN- 
TENDENT   UNIVERSITY    HOSPITAL. 


Speaking  purely  from  an  industrial  stand- 
point, there  is  no  single  phenomenon  of  human 
endeavor  in  which  change  and  improvement 
are  so  marked  as  in  hospitals.  We  are  on  the 
dividing  line  between  the  old  and  the  new,  and 
unless  we  appreciate  fully  the  signs  of  the 
times  we  shall  be  left  far  in  the  rear  as  a  re- 

NUNN     &.     CO.,    BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS 

227  NORTH  HOWARD  STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OF  BOOKS  AND  STATIONBKY. 

Students'  Supplies.  Both  Telephones. 


suit  of  the  alniost  stupendous  changes  that  a!re 
taking  place  in  hospital  management. 

The  time  is  past,  and  forever  so,  when 
patients  can  be  sent  into  hospitals  which  are 
poorly  managed,  and  where  no  attention  what- 
ever is  paid  to  the  physical  side  of  the  patient's 
wants  and  comforts.  We  are  no  longer  able  to 
disregard  his  friends  and  relatives  or  to 
treat  with  scant  courtesy  enquiring  friends. 
This  is  brought  about  partly  as  the  result  of  keen 
and  active  competition'  and  partly,  because  men  are 
requiring  more  of  the  comforts  and  luxuries  of 
life  with  each  ensuing  year. 

It  is  not  a  far  cry  to  the  time  when  private 
patients    in   hospital    roonis    will    demand    the 
same  comforts  and  conveniences  that  are  fur- 
nished   by    good    hotels.      Comfortable    rooms 
with  baths  attached,  telephones  in  the  room's, 
small  restaurants,  cab  stands',  reception  rooms, 
parlors  and  many  other  things  will  be  demand- 
ed by  a  public  that  is  growing  every  day  more 
and  more  exacting.     At  the  present  time  it  is 
becoming  more  and  more  difficult  to  induce  the 
near  relatives  of  patients  to  be,  away  from  them 
during   the   night.     Friends  ,'ajid  relatives   are 
already  beginning  to  ask  to  have  meals  served, 
and  this  is  not  a  sporadic  want,  but, a  thing 
which  is, beginning  to  produce' alniost  constant 
pressure.    In  former  year's  hospitals  have  been 
planned  and  built  by  physicians  often  without 
any  aid  whatever  from  hotel  uien,  and  a  hos- 
pital is  first  of  all  a  hotel.     Operating  rooms 
with    great'  exactness    of    detail,    examining 
rooms,  accident  department,  medicine  cabinets 
and  dispensaries  have  been  provided  for  care; 
fully,  b'ut  often  almost  no  attention  has  been 
paid  to  the  construction  of  linen  closets,  kitch- 
ens, office,   engine  room,  store  room,  laundry 
and,  most  important  of  all,  the  means  by  which 
food  is  transported  to  the  different  parts  of  the 
house  and   served  to  the  patients.     Now  this 
materialside   is  the  one  requiritig  revolution 
and  it  is  botmd  to  come,  and  that  right  early. 
Hospitals  were  founded  in  very  early  times, 
India,    Persia   and   Arabia   had   hospitals   sup- 
ported  by   their   kings   and   rulers   before   the 
Christian    Era.      As   far   back   as   the   earliest 

OPEN     A.r,JLi     NIGHT;..... 

SONNENBURQ'S    PHARMACY 
N.  W.  Qor.  Baltimore  and  Cireene  Streets. 

A  competent  graduate   of   Pharmacy   always  Mn   attendance. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


period  of  Greek  history  the  sick  are  said  to 
have  been  treated  in  the  temples  of  Aescula- 
pius. In  the  early  Jewish  period,  a  house  for 
the  reception  of  the  sick  was  called  Beth 
Halerfii.  Such  an  institution  was  Beth  Saida 
rnentioned  in  the  New  Testament.  These  hos- 
pitals seem  to  have  been  wooden  huts.  In 
Ancient  Egypt  hospitals  were  unknown. 

Plato  says  that  the  Greeks,  on  the  other 
hand,  maintained  shelter  houses  for  the  sick 
in  various  parts  of  the  country  supplied  with 
attendants..  The  best  institutions  of  the  kind, 
in  Ancient  times,  were  undoubtedly  at  Rome. 
One  of  the  earliest  hospitals  on  record  was 
probably  that  founded  by  Valens  in  Csesarea 
between  A.  D.  370  and  380. 

Formerly  the  word  hospital  was  used  to  de- 
signate custodial  and  teaching  institutions.  A 
number  of  such  institutions  in  England  still 
bear  the  name  hospital,  such  as  Christ's  Hospi- 
tal in  London  and  others.  Gradually,  how- 
ever, -the  name  hospital  is  being  restric^.ed  to 
institutions  for  the  care  of  the  sick. 

The  history  of  the  development  of  hospitals 
is  an  interesting  one.  One  of  the  earliest  of 
recognized  hospitals  v\-as  in  France,  and  the 
present  Hotel  Dieu,  of  Paris,  is  supposed  to 
have  had  its  origin  as  early  as  the  seventh  cen- 
tury. During  the  Crusades  many  hospitals 
were  built  and  there  arose  a  special  class,  the 
Hospitalers,  or  Knights,  whose  duty  it  was  to 
take  care  of  the  sick. 

With  the  establishment  of  the  schools  of 
medicine,  many  of  the  hospitals  formed  de- 
partments in  the  universities,  and  the  univer- 
sity towns  developed  large  and  important  hos- 
pital facilities.  Bologna  and  the  Italian  'owns 
led  the  way.  Paris  and  the  schools  of  France 
followed,  and  in  England  and  Scotland  thelios- 
pitals  of  London  and  Edinburgh  were  the 
great  medical  schools.  Thus  St.  Thomas"  of 
London,  was  founded  in  1553,  St.  Bartholo- 
mew's, in  1546,  where  in  1609  Harvey  discover- 
ed the  real  nature  of  the  circulation. 

The  hospitals  of  the  LTnited  States  were 
largely  founded  on  the  English  models,  al- 
though.the  influence  of  the  French  school  was 
not  absent  in  the  early  history  of  this  country. 
It  seems  probable  that  the  earliest  hospital 
founded  in  the  United  States  was  the  Penn- 
sylvania Hospital,  although  there  were  earlier 
institutions  in  Canada  and  .Mexico.    In  1750-51, 


the  Pennsylvania  Hospital  was  founded  ;  Joshua 
Crosby  being  the  first  president  and  Benjamin 
Franklin  the  first  clerk.  The  New  York  Hos- 
pital was  the  second  of  importance ;  it  was 
founded  in  1771.  The  Baltimore  Infirmary 
ranks  among  the  older  hospitals  in  the  United 
States.  From  these  early  beginnings  there 
has  now  grown  up  in  the  United  States  a 
veritable  forest  of  hospitals.  Every  city  and 
town  have  their  duly  appointed  hospitals,  and 
the  hospitals  of  the  LTnited  States  are  now  ac- 
knowledged the  most  handsomely  and 
thoroughly  equipped  in  the  world.    - 

The  ill  and  the  injured  are  always  with  us, 
and  with  the  multiplication  of  the  means  of 
culture  and  refinement,  we  are  getting  farther 
away  from  the  brutal  treatment  that  the  cave 
and  forest  dweller  often  dealt  out  to  his  sick. 
.A.lso  with  the  lessening  of  war  more  men  are 
dying  quietly  in  their  beds  than  on  the  field 
of  battle.  The  tendency  of  the  modern  Ameri- 
can to  crowd  the  cities  too  fast  for  them  to 
properly  care  for  their  inhabitants  is  increas- 
ing the  size  of  the  American  clinics  at  a  tre- 
mendous rate.  The  advent  of  the  apartment 
house  and  the  passing  of  the  home,  whatever 
else  may  be  said  about  it,  pro  or  con,  has  this 
bearing  on  the  life  of  hospitals:  that  these 
modern  bird-cage  places  of  abode,  are  no  places 
in  which  to  be  sick.  The  following  is  also 
true — that  with  the  increased  comforts  and 
facilities  afiforded  b}'  hospitals,  people  are  be- 
ginning to  realize  that  the  hospital  is  the  place 
for  the  sick,  that  sickness  in  the  home  upsets 
everything  and  makes  everybody  intensely  un- 
comfortable. 

One  of  the  most  important  factors  in  the 
growth  of  modern  hospitals  is  the  conquest  of 
fear  and  superstition.  The  time  is  still  in 
the  very  recent  past  when  hospitals  were  look- 
ed upon  as  houses  of  carnage  to  be  avoided 
with  all  possible  diligence. 
.  Another  factor  that  is  helping  not  a  little, 
is  the  reduced  rates  compared  with  other  years, 
at  which  hospital  accommodation  can  be  se- 
cured. This  is  not  so  much  apparent  in  any 
actual  reduction,  but  is  a  matter  of  comparison 
largely.  In  the  last  ten  years,  the  cost  of  a 
suit  of  clothes  has  almost  doubled.  Optimists 
say  that  a  man's  earning  capacity  fe  also 
doubled.  Be  that  as  it  may,  it  is  true  be3^ond 
any  doubt,   that  the  some  class  of  patient  is 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


more  able  to  purchase  the  same  price  ac- 
commodation now  than  he  was  ten  years  ago. 

Also  this  can  be  said  with  truth  and  sadness : 
that  we  are  getting  away  from  the  high  stand- 
ard of  a  stern  sense  of  duty  set  us  by  those 
early  Puritans,  who  landed  on  the  bleak  coast 
of  New  England,  so  that  we  are  not  so  willing 
to  do  the  unpleasant  things  of  life  as  our  for- 
bears were,  and  caring  for  the  sick  of  our  race 
,,  is  ranked  among  the  unpleasant  things.  Like 
the  French,  we  are  beginning  diligently  to 
avoid  anything  that  reminds  us  of  age,  pain  and 
death,  so  we  are  sending  our  sick  to  hospitals 
and  earnestly  striving  to  forget  that  "our  time 
cometh.'' 

With  the  rise  of  hospitals  and  advent  of  the 
scientist  in  medicine,  we  are  witnessing  the 
rapid  extermination  of  the  doctor  of  the  old 
school,  and  it  is  a  pity.  Years  ago.  Dr.  Mc- 
Clure,  described  so  well  by  Ian  MacLaren,  in 
"Beside  the  Bonnie  Briar  Bush,"  had  his  coun- 
terpart in  almost  every  hamlet  and  town  of 
this  country.  But  his  day  is  passing.  The 
physician  is  no  longer  the  trusted  counselor 
and  wise  man  of  his  community,  replete  with 
homely  wisdom  and  fatherly  advice.  He  is 
now  the  cool  and  calculating  scientist.  One 
is  led  to  deplore  this  condition  more  as  a  mat- 
ter of  sentiment  than  with  any  idea  that  it  is 
not  a  forward  movement.  Hospitals  are  stimu- 
lating the  widespread  use  of  many  mechanical 
aids  in  the  practice  of  medicine.  Parallel  with 
the  growth  of  hospitals  is  the  growth  of  the 
post-mortem  room,  with  its  consequent  ac- 
curacy of  the  study  of  the  relationship  of  the 
symptoms  of  disease  to  the  pathology  of 
disease.  We  study  in  a  far  more  accurate 
manner  than  our  fathers  in  medicine  could  the 
■  composition  of  the  secretions  and  excretions 
of  the  body  and  their  changes  produced  by 
disease.  And  this  can  be  done  satisfactorily 
only  in  hospitals.  So  that  while  we  are  rapidly 
advancing  in  the  practice  of  medicine  as  an 
accurate  science,  we  cannot  help  but  deplore 
the  passing  of  the  doctor  of  the  old  school. 

There  is  also  a  drift  away  from  clinical 
understanding  of  the  patient's  condition.  In- 
stead of  feeling  the  pulse,  we  read  the  chart ; 
instead  of  determining  the  amount  of  tempera- 
ture by  the  sense  of  touch,  along  with  the  dry- 
ness or  moisture  of  skin,  we  use  the  thermom- 
eter ;  instead  of  looking  at  the  tongue,  we  look 


at  the  blood  count.  Not  that  these  othei 
things  are  not  important,  for  they  are  vastly  so, 
but  why  should  we  neglect  to  use  the  clinical 
means  perfected  by  our  forefathers,  because 
we  have  mechanical  aids.  Nowadays,  the 
specialist  is  called  to  see  a  patient;  after  the 
most  cursory  examination  and  questioning  he 
sends  him  to  the  hospital  and  instructs  his 
assistant  to  get  his  temperature,  count  his 
blood,  examine  his  urine,  record  his  blood 
pressure,  count  his  pulse  and  respiration,  cys- 
toscope  his  bladder,  catheterize  his  ureters,  etc., 
and  call  him  up.  If  these  things  tell  him  cer- 
tain things,  he  says  get  ready  and  we  will 
operate.  Now  all  of  these  things  are  very 
valuable  aids  in  diagnosis  and  we  are  con- 
stantly becoming  more  accurate  in  our  ideas 
of  pathology,  but  we  are  drifting  too  far  away 
from  the  older  and  established  means  of  diag- 
nosis. We  are  not  coming  in  sufficiently  close 
association  with  our  patient.  In  other  words, 
we  are  becoming  better  scientists  each  day, 
and  worse  clinicians. 


After  riding  "about  half  a  mile,"  he  being 
most  of  the  way  fast  asleep  in  the  saddle  (see 
p.  i66  Old  Maryland,  for  Dec.  1905),  they 
reached  the  field  hospital,  where  they  found 
many  wounded  lying  upon  the  grass.  Here 
Col.  Phelps  received  attention  from  two  Con- 
federate surgeons,  one  of  whom  he  had  known 
intimately.  The  case  was  pronounced  one  not 
for  amputation.  He  was  told,  however,  that 
recovery  would  be  slow  and  that  there  would 
always  be  partial  paralysis  of  the  forearm. 
After  the  removal  of  fragments  of  rag  and 
splintered  bone,  he  amused  himself  witnessing 
operations  upon  others.     His  friend,  the  sur- 

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OLD    MARYLAND. 


geon,  having  finished  his  work,  they  lay  down 
together  on  the  grass  to  talk  of  old  times. 
Shortly  after,  there  was  a  commotion  and  Gen- 
eral Lee  rode  by.  His  figure  was  martial  and 
venerable  and  he  was  welcomed  with  great 
reverence  and  afifection  by  his  soldiers.  His 
dress  and  manner  were  unostentatious,  in 
striking  contrast  with  the  dashing  officer  who 
rode  by  his  side,  whose  showy  uniform,  plumed 
hat  and  jaunty  bearing  identified  the  great 
Southern  cavalry  chieftain — Stuart — and  who 
was  three  days  later  to  enter  his  last  battle. 
General  Lee  gracefully  acknowledged  the 
cheers  of  his  men,  slightly  hfting  his  gray  felt 
hat,  with  a  grave,  benignant  smile.  Judge 
Phelps  desciibes  the  conversation  of  the 
Southern  soldiers  who  crowded  around  him, 
who  talked  about  their  commander,  their  cav- 
alry, their  currency,  etc.  One  man  showed 
him  a  common  felt  hat  that  cost  $150.  He 
himself  was  now  supplied  by  a  fellow-prisoner 
with  a  hat.  All  praised  the  daring  and  gallant 
assault  of  the  Colonel's  Maryland  Brigade.  A 
number  of  Marylanders  came  up  and  spoke  to 
him.  From  one  of  the  squadrons  of  cavalry 
which  were  continually  arriving  and  departing 
an  officer  rode  up,  asked  his  name  and  handed 
him  his  watch.  It  was  "Captain  Richards  of 
the  Sixth  Va.  Cavalry,  from  Clarke  county." 
The  name  of  the  appropriator  and  the  details 
of  its  recovery  were  not  learned.  Thinking 
the  watch  safer  in  the  Captain's  hands  than  in 
his  own,  the  Colonel  requested  that  he  keep 
it ;  this  was  acceded  to  and  two  years  after  the 
war,  it  was  returned  by  the  Confederate,  then 
agent  of  an  express  company  at  Winchester. 
The  diary  was  returned  10  years  after  the  war 
and  the  money  nearly  forty  years  after,  viz :  in 
1903.  The  latter  ($80)  came  in  a  letter  signed 
"Conscience"  and  postmarked  Baltimore. 
There  was  no  clue  to  the  sender's  identity. 

Later  in  the  afternoon.  Col.  Phelps  was  con- 
ducted to  the  hospital  of  McLaws'  division, 
where  through  the  interposition  of  friends,  he 
received  marked  attention  from  Dr.  Gilmer, 
Surgeon-in-Charge,    who    put    himself    to  the 


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trouble  of  searching  the  field  of  battle  for  the 
wounded  of  the  Maryland  Brigade.  A  capa- 
cious wall-tent  was  now  assigned  for  the  Col- 
onel's exclusive  accommodation.  Shortly  be- 
fore dark,  a  soldier  was  sent  with  orders  to  es- 
cort him  to  the  guardhouse,  it  being  feared  that 
another  attempt  would  be  made  to  escape. 
After  consultation  with  Dr.  Gilmer,  a  com- 
promise was  reached  by  which  both  prisoner 
and  guard  remained  in  the  tent.  And  thus 
with  the  Georgia  soldier  standing  guard  at  the 
door  and  entertaining  him  with  his  talk  of  war 
and  home,  sleep  came  and  with  it  oblivion  of 
surroundings. 

At  daybreak  a  negro  supplied  him  with 
water  from  a  spring  and  poured  water  from  a 
gourd  over  the  bandages.  Later  a  column  of 
prisoners  was  formed,  and  without  breakfast 
they  began  their  march  to  the  rear — 308  in 
number.  The  commander  of  the  mounted  es- 
cort was  considerate  and  courteous.  Their  des- 
tination was  a  station  on  the  Va.  Central  R. 
R.,  25  miles  distant,  from  which  Richmond 
could  be  reached  in  two  hours.  A  contrast 
here  follows  between  the  Northern  and  South- 
ern cavalry — the  former  with  a  business  look 
of  solid  confidence,  the  latter  with  gallant  style 
or  regular  dragoon  swagger.  The  Confederate 
cavalry  officer  was  difficult  to  distinguish  from 
his  men,  a  great  advantage  for  him  in  battle. 
The  Confederates  all  owned  their  own  horses. 

The  Colonel  got  a  lift  for  some  miles  upon 
the  horses  of  two  of  the  escort.  Then  he  got 
transportation  in  an  ordnance  wagon.  They 
soon  crossed  a  ford  of  the  North  Anna,  the 
later  wagons  having  to  double  teams  in  order 
to  get  through  the  miry  bottom  and  being  thus 
fatally  delayed.  Nearly  all  the  escort  carried 
over  behind  them  the  more  feeble  prisoners. 
The  movements  now  indicated  caution  and  ap- 
prehension of  hostile  pursuit.  The  wagons  pur- 
sued   rough    and    unfrequented    byways,    and 

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later  the  fields,  being  piloted  from  one  planta- 
tion to  another  by  elderly  men  in  citizen's 
clothes.  The  looks  and  manner  of  the  escort 
betrayed  anxiety.  Towards  sunset,  they  again 
turned  into  the  main  road  and  the  whistle  of 
a  locomotive  showed  the  proximity  of  Beaver 
Dam  Station  where  a  train  was  waiting  to 
carry  them  to  Libby  prison.  There  was  a 
pause,  the  jaded  horses  could  go  no  further; 
consternation  was  stamped  on  the  faces  of  the 
escort — expectation  and  excitement  on  those 
of  the  prisoners.  Suddenly  there  burst  upon 
the  silent  scene  the  startling  vision  of  a  splend- 
idly mounted  Confederate  scout  on  a  dead  run 
from  the  rear,  shouting  as  he  flew  past:  "Run 
boys,  here  they  come."  The  sensations  in- 
spired by  this  scene  are  graphically  described. 
The  small  rear  guard  flew  by  at  breakneck 
speed,  their  countenances  stamped  with  intense 
excitement  and  alarm.  With  that  there  was 
a  general  scamper  of  everything  that  wore  the 
gray.  The  teamster  dropped  from  his  box  and 
crawled  into  the  woods.  All  the  other  team- 
sters except  one  followed  his  example.  One 
driver  whipped  up  his  team  but  a  shot 
crippled  the  team  and  he  was  bagged. 
Next  appeared  a  burly,  red-faced  Michigan 
sergeant,  the  advance  of  Custer's  brigade. 
Closely  followed  the  advance  guard,  revolvers 
in  hand,  cheered  by  the  prisoners.  "How  did 
they  treat  you,  boys?"  "All  right"  came  the 
answer.  Then  came  the  brigade  and  as  they 
swept  by  with  drawn  sabres  the  cheering  ahead 
told  of  the  rescue  of  the  whole  column  of  pris- 
■  oners.  It  was  taken  up  by  the  cavalry  and 
passed  along  the  line  disappearing  far  in  the 
distance.  Squadron  after  squadron,  battery 
after '  battery,  passed — 10,000  sabres  and  36 
pieces  of  horse  artillery — the  entire  available 
cavalry  corps  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
under  General  Sheridan  in  person.  The  cap- 
ture of  the  prisoners  and  wagon  train  was 
simply  an  incident  of  a  grand  expedition 
to  the  Confederate  rear.  It  was  about  srmset 
when  the  advance  guard  came  up,  after  gallop- 


F.  W.  ELLINGHAUS.  Merchant  Tailor, 

Takes   pleasure  in  informing  you  that   he  has  now  in  stock  a 
select  line  of 
IMPORTED  WOOLENS  FOR  THE  COMING  SEASON. 

His  Styles  are  Choice  and  Quality  the  Best.     An  early  inspec- 
tion of  them  will  be  to  your  advantage,  and  he 
trusts  to  be  favored  with  your  order. 


ing  for  five  miles  in  pursuit.  "Arms !  arms," 
shouted  the  excited  prisoners  and  there  was  a 
speedy  issue  of  muskets  and  bayonets  from  the 
captured  ordnance  wagons.  Mounting  a 
played-out  horse,  Col.  Phelps  made  his  way  to 
Beaver  Dam  Station,  conspicuous  by  the  noise 
and  glare  of  conflagration.  A  weird  spectacle 
was  presented  by  the  destruction  of  cars,  wag- 
ons, buildings  and  the  10  days'  rations  of  Gen- 
eral Lee's  army,  while  the  glittering  ranks 
of  Merritt's  division  were  seen  to  be  massed 
about  the  station.  The  Colonel  now  broke  his 
two-day  fast  and  had  his  wound  dressed.  Then 
falling  asleep  upon  the  ground,  he  was 
awakened  by  a  lively  skirmish.  He  found 
transportation  in  an  ordnance  wagon  crowded 
with  able-bodied  men  tired  out  and  passed  the 
most  miserable  night  in  his  experience  in  peace 
or  war. 

So  ended  the  2d  and  last  day  of  his  varied 
experiences  as  a  prisoner  of  war,  and  there  now 
began  a  new  experience  and  new  adventures 
in  a  cavalry  raid  toward  Richmond  and  the 
James  River,  with  the  battles  of  Yellow  Tav- 
ern, Meadow  Bridge  and  Mechanicsville.  For- 
saii  et  here  olim  memmissc  jiivabit.  The  papers 
conclude  with  Colonel  Phelps'  Farewell  Ad- 
dress to  his  Regiment. 

o 

There  is  no  more  picturesque  and  remarkable 
character  to  be  found  in  the  entire  history  of 
the  University  of  Maryland,  than  Joseph  Roby, 
who  held  the  chair  of  Anatomy  in  it  from  1842 
to  i860.  He  is  described  as  having  a  spare  fig- 
ure, a  Voltaire  face  and  a  shadowy  complexion. 
He  wore  glasses  and  had  a  thin,  weak  voice, 
v\hich,  however,  he  used  to  good  advantage. 
His  e3^ebrows  were  "exquisitely  arched."  He 
was  of  a  nervous,  delicate  temperament,  in- 
clined towards  melancholy.  His  habits  were 
solitary  and  unsocial,  and  he  had  few  frvends. 

Roby  was  unfitted  for  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine, a  fact  which  he  early  recognized.  It  was 
as  a  lecturer  and  writer  that  he  made  his  mark 
upon  his  time  and  deserves  to  be  remembered. 

This  Publication  from  the  Press  of 


118   W.FAYETTE  ST. 


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NO.  1  E.  GERMAN 

PRINTERS,     ENGRAVERS,     STATIONERS 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


Of  the  former  nothing  is  preserved  but  tradi- 
tion. But  those  who  heard  him  tell  us  of  the 
grace  and  pohsh  of  his  language  and  of  the 
expressive  words  that  flowed  so  easily  from  his 
lips,  seasoned  with  wit  and  pungency.  His  in- 
troductories  were  especially  notable  and  at- 
tracted crowds  of  citizens.  Although  he  made 
.  many  observations  in  the  dissecting  room  he 
never  published  anything.  All  that  he  has  left 
in  print  are  the  college  catalogue  and  a  report 
on  education. 

Roby  was  an  intimate  friend  of  the  poet 
Holmes  and  the}'  corresponded  for  20  years. 
The  latter  speaks  of  these  letters,  as  being  spir- 
ited and  full  of  tenderness  and  sentiment,  and 
as  possessing  very  high  literary  merit.  But 
he  made  Holmes  promise  to  consign  them  to 
the  flames,  as  he  had  himself  consigned  all  his 
other  manuscripts. 

It  has  alwa3's  seemed  a  matter  of  deep  regret 
that  such  a  man  should  have  left  little  or  noth- 
ing to  the  world.  So,  lately,  it  was  with  great 
pleasure,  that  some  correspondence  with  his 
colleague,  Professor  Richard  Henry  Thomas, 
was  discovered.  These  letters,  21  in  number, 
were  written  during  annual  summer  visits  to 
New  England,  his  native  place.  Something  of 
the  fine  qualities  pointed  out  by  Holmes  are 
perceptible  here.  Listen  to  what  he  says  of 
the  New  England  climate  and  people :  "Do  you 
know  what  climate  this  region  of  Puritanism 
and  of  all  other  'isms,'  for  that  matter,  delights 
in  ?  Steady  north-east  winds,  cloud>  skies  and 
iuarrow-chilling  atmosphere.  We  have  nov 
had  sunshine  for  a  month  except  for  a  day  or 
so.  For  most  of  the  acidity  and  acerbity,  cold- 
ness and  calculation  of  the  Yankee,  I  think  this 
bleak  climate  ought  to  be  responsible.  He  can- 
not ripen  ;  all  the  juice  is  acid  and  his  very  soul 
is  pinched  by  the  bitter  starvation  of  this  un- 
tempered  breathing  place.  I  think.  Doctor, 
that  even  vour  elastic  temperament  would 
quail  and  flag  under  its  influence."  Again:  "I 
hope  that  the  austerity  of  these  pinching  winds 
is  somewhat  tempered  before  it  reaches  you,  or 
if  not  that  you  have  so  much  intrinsic. capacity 
of  endurance  that  they  sweep  harmlessly  by. 
[t  has  often  occurred  to  me  that  the  'Pilgrim 

Drovers   anO   /IRecbanics'   IRational   aSanh    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  EBNT 


Fathers'  must  have  been  both  innocent  and  ig 
norant  when  they  coveted  these  shores ;  or  else 
that  they  must  have  had  an  awfully  hard  time 
of  it  at  home  or  peradventure,  more  conscience 
and  less  consciousness  than  their  degenerate 
descendants.  For  my  own  part,  I  do  not  know 
that  I  would  not  rather  encounter  the  most 
disheartening  form  of  caloric — such  as  old  John 
Rogers  did  not  wink  at — than  this  piercing 
heart-starving  cold,  which  comes  upon  one 
like  the  concentrated  essence  of  a  thousand 
Nova  Zemblas,  and  is  only  aggravated  by  the 
reminiscences  with  which  all  our  grumblings 
are  met,  that  there  has  not  been  a  milder 
winter  since  the  Pilgrims  parched  corn  on  the 
shores  of  Plymouth  Bay."  May  6th,  185 1  he 
writes :  "One  of  those  cold,  cheerless,  comfort- 
less days  which  pinched  the  Puritans  of  old  so 
severely  that  they  hung — better  men  and 
women  than  themselves.  *  *  *  The  pinched 
Puritan,  so  full  of  eastwind,  conceit  and  con- 
sumption, and  bowing  at  one  shrine  and  offer- 
ing up  the  marrow  of  his  bones  in  daily  sacri- 
fice that  he  may  win  its  reward — money." 

Of  another  point  of  the  compass,  where  his 
correspondent  had  just  been  visiting  the  "scat- 
terlings  of  Ouakerdom,"  and  its  peculiar  insti- 
tution, he  has  this  to  say :  "Old  Virginia ! 
What  a  Virginia  she  would  be  if  she  could  only 
shed  the  snake  skin  and  be  regenerated  by  the 
introduction  of  some  three  or  four  hundred 
thousand  Anglo-Saxons.  I  have  never  had 
much  occasion  to  vex  my  head  about  serfdom 
of  any  kind,  and  fear  that  you  would  impugn 
my  philanthropy  were  I  to  confess  that  I  care 
more  for  dead  than  lives  ebonies,  but  I  cannot 
help  believing  that  a  State  so  noble  in  all  nat- 
ural resources  would  be  all  the  better  were 
there  nothing  peculiar  in  her  institutions,  and 
nobody  to  cherish  and  cling  to  these  peculiari- 
ties. Pity  is  it  not,  that  she  lacked  a  friend 
William  to  shape  her  destinies  under  the  guid- 
ance of  Him  who  fashions  the  Friends  Wil- 
liam for  the  universe." 

We  get  glimpses  now  and  then  into  that  in- 
ner life,  open  to  so  few  but  where  Holmes  was 
privileged  to  roam  and  which  he  found  so  rich 

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in  that  sort  of  material  which  his  pen  knew 
how  to  appropriate  and  frame  into  gems  of 
Hterature.  "I  wish  that  the  occupation  of  pro- 
fessional practice  were  as  attractive  to  me  as 
to  yon,  and  that  my  faith  in  the  efficacy  of 
medicine  and  its  ministrations  were  as  strong 
as  yours ;  and  more  than  all  that  I  had  been  the 
inheritor  of  your  joyous  temperament  and 
genial  disposition.  But  the  truth  is,  so  large 
a  part  of  my  life  was  passed  in  social  isolation 
and  what  the  transcendentalists  would  call 
introversion,  that  I  touch  the  world  through 
habit  at  few  points  and  should  die  under  the 
exacting  wear  and  tear  of  dosing  the  moral  and 
physical  ills  of  the  sick." 

Many  passages  show  that  he  possessed  a 
mind  deeply  religious.  Writing,  for  instance, 
of  poor  Power,  who  was  dying  of  the  same 
disease  of  which  he  himself  died  eight  years 
later,  he  says:  "I  could  wish  him  long  life  and 
the  joys  which  life  under  its  happiest  aspects 
can  bring,  but  it  would  be  a  wish  infinitely  in- 
ferior to  that  which  trusts  and  hopes  that  in 
the  transition  from  the  joys  of  earth,  he  may 
have  assurance  that  the  exhaustless  and  en- 
during bliss  of  the  all  hail  hereafter  is  await- 
ing him.  AVe  must  all  die,  Doctor,  and  with 
the  conviction  of  the  inevitable  event  and  the 
inevitable  eternity,  what  a  wonder  it  is  that 
we  worry  for  the  bestowments  of  time  and 
slight  those  of  the  never-ending  and  never- 
ended." 

His  views  of  religion  and  destiny  were,  as  we 
might  expect,  broad,  tolerant  and  philosophic. 
"In  the  hereafter  we  shall  know  whether  there 
be  'many  mansions"  'for  Jew  and  Gentile,  bond 
and  free'  or  only  a  small  cabin  here  and  there 
for  those  who  think  with  me  or  you.  Ah,  Doc- 
tor, there  is  the  rub.  We  don't  all  think  alike 
or  live  alike  or  act  alike,  or  see  the  truth  from 
the  same  point  of  view."  Referring  again  to 
Power  he  says  :  "Above  all — better  than 
health,  wealth,  fame  or  life,  he  has  that  sur- 
passing peace  and  happiness  which  I  am  afraid 
few  of  us  estimate  and  strive  for  as  we  ought 
to  do.  You  may,  but  it  saddens  me  sometimes 
to  doubt  that  I   do." 

His  breadth  of  view  is  shown  in  this  passage : 
"Ah,  Doctor,  what  a  happy  thing  it  is  that  in 

KNIQHTON    &    CALDWELL 

?     HATTERS    9 

S.  W.  Cor.  Eutaw  and  Saratoga  Sts.  Baltimore 


the  final  adj  ustment,  all  the  items  of  position 
and  time,  circumstance  and  opportunity,  will 
be  taken  into  account ;  that  at  the  final  render- 
ing of  account  for  the  'deeds  done  in  the  body,' 
there  will  be  due  allowance  for  physical  in- 
firmity, weakness  and  sin !  Else  what  could 
you  and  I  hope  for,  live  for  and  die  for?  Foi 
you  cannot  believe  that  there  is  a  hope  for  the 
'thee'  and  'thou,'  and  none  for  the  'yes'  and 
'no' ;  and  if  you  don't  believe  it,  how  can  I  ?" 

He  is  constantly  solicitous  about  his  corre- 
spondent's health :  "Recollect  the  blessed 
mean."  "Don't  waste  all  of  this  life  in  drug- 
ging the  doomed  out  of  the  world  or  drugging 
the  doomed  into  it,"  etc. 

Roby  liked  Baltimore  and  his  "den"  at  the 
College.  All  his  Yankee  adhesiveness  had  been 
worked  out,  he  says,  and  his  happiest  days 
were  passed  in  the  little  room,  where  there  was 
a  daily  duty  to  be  done  and  a  consciousness 
ness  of  its  performance  to  be  enjoyed.  He  is 
interested  in  the  addition  to  the  Infirmary,  in 
the  efforts  to  increase  the  means  of  instruction, 
in  the  growth  of  the  library  and  museum. 
Many  important  improvements  were  made 
during  his  connection  with  the  institution  and 
largely  through  his  influence  and  exertions, 
such  as  the  introduction  of  gas  into  the  dis- 
secting room,-  compulsory  dissection  and  at- 
tendance upon  clinics,  instruction  in  pathology, 
histology  and  the  use  of  the  microscope.  He 
was  a  most  inspiring  teacher. 

A  considerable  part  of  the  correspondence 
is  directed  to  the  Report  on  Education  which 
was  presented  to  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation and  which  excited  much  and  unjust 
criticism. 

These  letters  make  us  feel  how  much  we 
have  lost  in  the  destruction  of  the  corres- 
pondence with  Holmes.  That  Holmes  profited 
much  by  Roby's  suggestions  there  can  be  no 
doubt  and  he  refers  to  him  in  the  "Autocrat" 
by  name  as  his  "wise  friend"  and  frequent 
companion  for  many  years.  It  is  quite  likely 
that  in  reading  the  pages  of  Holmes  one  is 
listening  to  Roby  more  often  than  he  thinks. 


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llraaa  attft 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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We  call  attention  to  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  General  Alumni  Association,  which  will, 
be  held  on  Thursday,  Jan.  25,  at  the  Medical 
Hall,  No.  847  N.  Eutaw  street.  Dr.  James 
Carroll  (1891),  the  sole  survivor  of  the  Cuban 
Yellow  Fever  Commission  and  now  Professor 
in  George  Washington  University  and  Curator 
of  the  Army  Medical  Museum,  will  deliver  the 
Address.  His  subject  will  be:  "Yellow  Fever 
in  Baltimore."  There  are  now  about  160  mem- 
bers and  we  urge  all  alumni — dental,  medical, 
legal  and  pharmaceutical — to  ally  themselves 
with  this  society  which  aims  to  build  up  the 
University  side  of  our  University,  hitherto  so 
much  neglected,  its  motto  being  ToTi  NON 
ParTibus.  Membership  is  secured  by  simply 
sending  to  Dr.  Cordell,  Sec. -Treasurer,  $1  dues 
(payable  in  advance),  to  cover  the  first  year. 
This  entitles  the  member  to  a  copy  of  Old 
■Maryland  free.  Instead  of  having  an  annual 
banquet  the  Society  has  a  quarterly  smoker. 
All  who  feel  any  pride  in  being  University  men 
and  especially  in  being  Maryland  University 
graduates  will  surely  want  to  help  on  the  work 
by  securing  ■  membership  in  this  Society 
— where  the  lawyer,  the  doctor,  the  dentist 
and  the  pharmacist  meet  each  other  as  brethren 
and  scions  of  one  stock. 

0 • 

Elsewhere  we  publish  a  petition  addressed 
to  the  Board  of  Regents  with  reference  to  the 
Centennial  Celebration.  It  appears  to  be  the 
practically  unanimous  desire  of  the  alumni  of 
all  departments  of  the  University  that  this 
event  should  be  celebrated  by  the  University 
and  not  by  the  Medical  Department  alone. 

They  hold — and  justly  as  we  think — that  the 
year  1907  commemorates  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  first  step  in  the  career  of 
this   institution  and   any   celebration   that  did 

Surgical  and  Hospital  Supplies       Sick  Room  Supplies 
Dental  Forceps  Microscopes  and  Accessories 

The  Chas.  Wilms  Surgical  Instrument  Co. 

300  N.  Howard  Street 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


not  unite  the  University  as  a  whole  and  all  its 
departments  in  recognition  of  that  relationship 
would  be  entirely  inadequate.  It  would  be 
most  unfortunate  to  establish  the  precedent  of 
limiting  the  commemoration  to  one  depart- 
ment. Certainly  the  common  voice  of  all  of 
our  alumni  should  not  be  wi-thout  effect  when 
it  reaches  the  Regents.  Committees  have  now 
been  appointed  from  every  department  and 
society  Entitled  to  representation  and  it  only 
remains  for  the  Board  of  Regents  to  give  them 
its  sanction  in  order  to  set  the  machinery  in 
motion.  It  is  realized  that  the  Board  is  with- 
out funds  and  none 'tvill  be  asked  for  from  it; 
the  committees  will  see  that  a  Fund  sufficient 
for  all  purposes  will  be^raised. 


It  will  be  recollected  that  the  last  Legisla- 
ture continued  its  appropriations  to  the  medi- 
cal colleges,  although  the  Board  of  State  Aid 
and  Charities  had  declined  to  recommend  them. 
Again  and  more  emphatically  the  Board  ex- 
presses itself  as  against  the  State  giving  its 
money  to  these  institutions.  It  takes  the 
ground  that  they  are  essentially  business  or 
money-making  enterprises  in  which  the  profits 
are  divided  among  the  owners.  The  Boaid  ap- 
pears to  resent  the  action  taken  two  years  ago 
and  in  view  of  the  fact  that  it  was  appointed 
for  this  very  purpose,  it  being  recognized  how 
much  wiser  it  is  to  leave  this  matter  to  a  select 
body  that  can  act  with  all  the  light  before  it 
and  disinterestedly,  rather  than  to  the  individ- 
ual members  influenced  by  personal  and  local 
interests,  we  cannot  find  fault  with  the  stand 
taken  by  the  Board.  The  Governor  evidently 
strongly  sides  with  the  Board.  The  Board's 
attitude  would  vmdoubtedly  be  stronger  and 
meet  with  more  general  acceptance  if  it  were 
not  for  the  wide  distribution  of  the  State's 
beneficence,  which  seems  to  be  open  to  many 
public  and  private  institutions  of  less  value  to 
the  State  and  with  less  claims  upon  it  than  the 
medical  colleges  can  exhibit. 


=^THE  LINEN  STORE= 


5  W.  Lexington  Street, 


Baltin 


The  University  is  well  represented  in  the 
Legislature  this  winter.  In  the  Senate,  for  ex- 
ample, there  are  no  less  than  7  persons  who 
were  educated  here.  These  are  J.  Charles 
Linthicum,  LL.  B.,  and  Clarence  W.  Perkins, 
LL.B.,  of  Baltimore,  John  S.  Biddison, 
LL.B.,  of  Baltimore  County,  William  "W. 
Goldsborough,  M.D.,  of  Caroline  Co.,  David 
W.  Devilbiss,  M.D.,  of  Frederick  Co.,  Arthur 
P.  Gorman,  Jr.,  LL.B.,  of  Howard  Co.,  and 
Francis  F.  Greenwell,  M.D.,  of  St.  Mary's  Co. 
In  the  House  there  are  eight  from  Baltimore 
city,  viz :  Robt.  J.  Beacham,  J.  L.  V.  Murphy, 
Allan  Cleaveland,  Charles  J.  Bouchet,  Martin 
Lehmeyer,  Frederick  T.  Dorton  and  Elmer  J. 
Jones,  all  graduates  of  the  Law  School,  and  T. 
O.  Heatwole,  a  graduate  of  both  medical  and 
dental  departments ;  also  Carville  D.  Benson, 
the  Speaker,  of  Baltimore  Co.,  J.  Charles  Wil- 
mer,  of  Charles  Co.,  and  Aaron  R.  Anders,  of 
Frederick  Co.,  Law  graduates.  These  eighteen 
men,  with-  their  educational  and  professional 
training,  must  e.xercise  a  marked  influence  on 
the  course  of  legislation,  especially  if  they 
should  all  agree  upon  one  cause.  We  hope 
that  they  will  ever  prove  worthy  of  the  com- 
mon mother  that  gave  them  birth  and  not  for- 
get her  when  occasion  arises. 
o • 

Governor  Warfield  in  his  recent  message 
calls  timely  attention  to  the  extravagance  of 
the  last  Legislature.  He  points  out  that  its 
expenses  amounted  to  the  enormous  sum  of 
$185,552.  There  were  198  officers,  employes 
and  clerks,  not  including  45  laborers  and  75  ad- 
ditional engrossing  clerks  appointed  at  the  end 
of  the  session.  The  pay  of  these  employes 
amounted  to  $51,367  more  than  that  of  the  128 
members  of  the  two  houses.  He  also  censures 
the  pernicious  custom  of  giving  extra  pay  to 
favorite  officers  and  employes  and  gratuities 
to  persons  not  employed  by  either  house. 

It  would  be  well  for  our  Legislators  to  heed 
the  words  of  the  Governor.  He  is  backed  by 
the  masses  who  look  upon  him  as  capable,  hon- 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 

.      .      MODERN  PHARMACY     .      .      . 

COR.  BALTIMORE  AND  LIGHT  STREETS. 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail. 

Quality  the  Beat.  Prices  the  Loweat. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


11 


est  and  watchful  of  their  interests.  What  is 
done  at  Annapolis  is  made  known  to  the  ends 
of  the  State  and  in  the  hurry  and  bustle  of 
Legislative  life  and  in  the  midst  of  the  license 
and  temptation  by  which  they  are  surrounded, 
our  Legislators  should  not  forget  that  the 
people  will  hold  them  accountable  for  their  acts, 
even  if  conscience  should  prove  an  insufficient 
monitor. 

He  commends  the  policy  of  extending  State 
aid  to  St.  John's  and  the  Maryland  Agricul- 
tural College  "for  the  purpose  of  broadening 
their  usefulness  and  making  their  combined 
work  take  the  place  of  a  State  University  for 
Maryland.  Thus  has  the  State  been  able  to 
provide  for  the  higher  education  of  her  ambi- 
tious youths."  Both  of  these  institutions  are 
now  crowded  to  their  full  capacity.  There  are. 
22  recent  graduates  of  St.  John's  in  the  service 
of  the  Government,  16  of  whom  hold  commis- 
sions in  the  regular  army.  "Thus  it  will  be 
seen  that  not  only  does  this  college  afford 
every  opportunity  to  the  young  men  of  Mary- 
land to  obtain  advanced  education  in  the 
sciences  and  liberal. arts,  but  that  it  is  training 
a  body  of  young  men  who  can  be  relied  upon 
for  the  defense  of  the  country.  Scholarships 
are  awarded  to  graduates  of  the  high  schools 
of  the  State,  thus  supplementing  our  system  of 
State  education." 

Of  the  Agricultural  College,  he  says :  "It  is 
doing  a  work  of  great  importance  to  the  far- 
mers of  Maryland.  It  has  taught  them  how  to 
control  insect  pests  and  plant  diseases,  as  well 
as  instructing  them  in  progressive  horticul- 
ture."   About  165  students  attend  its  sessions. 

The  opportunity  for  affiliation  and  develop- 
ment thus  presented  to  our  University  must 
be  apparent  to  all.  Here  are  just  the  depart- 
ments we  lack  to  complete  our  University  sys- 
tem and  to  place  us  upon  a  University  basis. 
By  union  with  these  excellent  institutions  al- 
ready sharing  the  patronage  and  recognized 
as  belonging  to  the  system  of  State  education, 
the  University  of  Maryland  would  rise  at  once 
from  her  torpor  and  leap  to  the  front  rank  of 
American  institutions.    A  great  opportunity  is 

WIESEL'S  OBSTETRIC  AND  RECTAL  CONES. 

ANESTHETIC.     A>{T1SEPTIC.     LUBRICANT. 


thus  held  out  to  us  and  it  will  be  the  height  of 
folly  to  let  it  escape  us.  -If  we  did  not  know 
the  views  of  the  Governor,  we  could  easily 
read  between  the  lines  his  cordial  desire  and 
approval  of  further  develo'pment  in  the  direc- 
tion of  a  great  State  L^niversity. 
o 

The  unveiling  of  an  heroic  bronze  statue  ol 
Severn  Teackle  Wallis,  a  former  Provost  of 
this  University,  in  Baltimore  on  the  9th  inst., 
has  a  deep  interest  for  all  who  claim  connecnoii 
or  allegiance  with  this  institution.  Mr.  Wallis, 
like  his  statue,  was  a  man  of  heroic  character 
and  in  terming  him  an  "ideal  Baltimorean,  '  Mr. 
Arthur  George  Brown  has  established  the  very 
highest  standard  of  citizenship  for  our  people. 
"His  unique  and  fascinating  personality  *  * 
the  singular  grace,  beauty,  symmetry  and  com- 
pleteness which  distinguished  his  bearing  and 
speech  and  marked  everything  whether  small 
or  great  that  he  did  or  wrote,"  vv-ill  recur  to  all 
v,'ho  had  the  good  fortune  to  know  him.  "Rec- 
titude unswerving,  generosity  unbounded,  in- 
trepidity uncalculating  and  love  unmeasured" 
were  typified  in  him.  Especially  prominent  in 
his  character  was  the  courage,  physical,  moral 
and  mental — "by  which  together  with  his  great 
intellectual  powers  and  eloquence,  he  domi- 
nated some  of  the  most  important,  useful  and 
enduring  movements  of  his  time  in  Maryland."* 

The  statue  represents  Mr.  Wallis  in  a  char- 
acteristic attitude  while  addressing  an  audi- 
ence. Its  position  in  Washington  Square  just 
south  of  the  Washington  Monument  is  a  most 
appropriate  one  for  "Maryland's  foremost 
citizen." 


oniaiNATED   AND    MANUFACTURED 
ON  LY    BY 


JOiM-Wm, 


PHARMACEUTICAL  CHEMIST 
1114  Madison  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md.,  U.  S.  A. 


Among  the  31  candidates  who  passed  suc- 
cessfully the  Maryland  State  Medical  Exami- 
nations in  December  were  the  following  grad- 
uates of  this  university :  Vance  W.  Brabham 
('05),  Frank  Burden  ('05),  William  Henry 
Fisher  ('05),  George  -Blight  Harrison  ('05), 
Harry  Equilla  Jenkins  ('05),  William  E.  E. 
Tyson  ('05),  William  Wirt  Eichelberger  ('04), 
Newdigate  M.  Owensby  ('04),  Reuben  A. 
Wall  ('04),  James  Knox  Cole  ('02).  Sixty  un- 
derwent the  examination. 

Qeritian  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

S.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 
Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


JOHN  P.   PIQUETT,   PH.G. 


The  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Uni- 
versity suffered  a  severe  loss  on  December  28, 
1905,  by  the  sudden  death  of  the  above  named 
gentleman,  who  was  the  Associate  Professor 
of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany.  His  death  was 
sudden  and  unexpected,  altho  he  had  been 
known  to  be  suffering  for  some  years  irom 
Bright"s  Disease  and  heart  disturbance.  After 
being  in  his  store  to  a  late  hour,  laughing  and 
joking  with  his  clerk  and  sons,  he  retired  to 
his  sitting  room,  as  was  his  wont,  to  read,  and 
there  he  was  found  dead  in  his  chair  early  the 
following  morning.  No  noise  had  been  heard 
during  the  night  and  as  his  position  was  a  per- 
fectly natural  one,  death  must  have  been  in- 
stantaneous. 

Mr.  Piquett  was  a  graduate  of  Loyola  Col- 
lege, Baltimore,  and  had  been  in  the  retail 
drug  business  at  the  corner  of  Edmondson  ave- 
nue and  Calhoun  street  for  21  years.  He  was 
a  native  of  Baltimore  and  was  56  years  old. 
Pie  leaves  a  wife  and  eight  children.  The  fu- 
neral was  held  at  St.  Pius'  R.  C.  Church  of 
which  he  was  a  member. 

Professor  Piquett  was  a  great  lover  of  flow- 
ers and  was  also  very  fond  of  the  study  of 
birds  and  minerals  and  had  accumulated  a  large 
collection  of  specimens  relating  to  these 
branches  of  science.  He  was  much  beloved 
and  esteemed  for  his  fine  character  and  schol- 
arly acquirements,  and  will  be  deeply  missed 
by  his  colleagues  and  the  many  students 
widely  scattered  over  the  country  who  enjoyed 
the  advantage  of  his  instruction.  His  duties 
will  be  assumed  for  the  remainder  of  the  ses- 
sion by  his  colleague.  Professor  David  M.  R. 
Culbreth.  B.  D.  B. 


DEPARTMENT  OF   PHARMACY. 


The  Seniors  had  final  examinations  in  analy- 
tical chemistry  in  December. — Dr.  William 
Simon,  who  for  a  long  time  has  been  connected 
with  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  (now 
the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  this  Univer- 
sity), entertained  the  students  of  the  different 

ouB  motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 
CARBONATED    WATER    in   siphons  and  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 
CHARLES  STREET  AND   MOUNT   ROYAL  AVENUE. 


departments  on  Friday,  December  15,  with  an 
interesting  and  instructive  lecture  on  "The 
Yellowstone  Park."  It  was  illustrated  with 
views  taken  by  the  lecturer  himself  and  gave 
evidence  of  much  time  and  labor  in  its  prepa- 
ration. The  audience,  although  not  very  large, 
showed  its  appreciation  by  frequent  applause. 
— The  Senior  Class  occupied  seats  in  the  bal- 
cony at  Ford's  Theatre  on  the  occasion  of  the 
performance  of  "The  Galloper,"  which  was 
given  for  the  benefit  of  Terra  Maricc. — S.  B. 
Downes  ('06),  spent  Xmas  holiday  at  his  home 
in  Denton,  Md.  A.  S.  Williams  was  in  Milford, 
Del.,  among  friends.  W.  T.  Bodiford  traveled 
to  the  far  South  to  his  home  in  Gainesville, 
Fla.  The  majority  of  the  boys  visited  their  re- 
spective homes. — S.  B.  Downes  ('06),  contem- 
plates taking  a  trip  to  Europe  this  summer. — 
Every  member  of  the  Senior  Class  would  like 
to  know  why  Bodiford  was  so  late  in  return- 
ing from  his  home  in  Florida. — Mr.  Frank  Bal- 
mert  met  his  old  friend,  Mr.  Fceniculum,  in  the 
Materia  Medica  quiz,  the  other  day  and  those 
present  thoroughly  enjoyed  the  "meeting." — ■ 
The  Seniors  are  busy  with  "Assays"  of  differ- 
ent drugs  and  preparations  of  the  Materia 
Medica. — The  Juniors  are  preparing  for  a 
dance  to  be  held  sometime  in  the  near  future. 
"Nuff  sed." — The  Intermediate  Examinations 
which  are  about  to  be  held  are  causing  a  great 
deal  of  trouble  and  anxiety  in  the  minds  of  the 
students  of  both  classes.  '    B.  D.  B. 

o 

'    DEPARTMENT   OF  LAW 


The  Mid-Winter  Examinations  in  the  Law 
School  will  begin  Jan.  27  and  continue  through 
Feb.  3,  and  from  now  until  after  the  end  of 
these  examinations  the  weekly  Moot  Court, 
under  the  direction  of  Professor  W.  Calvin 
Chestnut  will  be  discontinued. — A  Debating 
Club,  open  to  all  the  students,  of  the  Law  De- 
partment, was  organized  Dec.  22,  1905,  and  will 
hold  weekly  meetings  throughout  the  year. 
The  questions  discussed  are  practical  law 
points  and  the  club  is  meeting  with  great  suc- 
cess.— A  smoker  was  held  in  the  lecture  room 
Dec.  14  by  the  Senior  Class  of  the  Law  School 
and  was  a  most  successful  affair.  Mr.  Stewart 
Symington  acted  as  toast-master  and  speeches 
were  made  by  the  following  gentlemen : 
A.    Taylor    Smith,    T.    A.    Pool,    P.    F.    Lee, 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


13 


J.  F.  Oyman,  G.  W.  Lilly,  J.  P.  W.  McNeal,  J. 
T.  Morris,  Jr.,  and  G.  L.  Eppler. — -Among  oth- 
ers who  passed  the  State  Bar  examination 
held  in  the  lecture  room  of  the  Law  Depart- 
ment, were  the  following  members  of  the 
Senior  Class :  G.  W.  Lilly,  J.  T.  Morris,  Jr., 
J.  W.  P.  McNeal,  H.  U.  Baetjer,  W.  S.  Sy- 
mington, C.  M.  Young,  C.  B.  Reeves. — The 
Junior  Class  held  their  first  annual  smoker  in 
the  lecture  room  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  i8th. 
— The  students  of  the  Law  Department  are 
rejoicing  over  the  election  of  Mr.  Donaldson,  of 
the  Baltimore  Bar  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the 
Chair  of  Jurisprudence  caused  by  the  resigna- 
tion of  Major  Venable.  Mr.  Donaldson  will 
not  commence  his  lectures  until  the  beginning 
of  the  scholastic  year  in  September  next. — • 
One  of  the  most  important  events  of  the  present 
3'ear  in  the  Law  Department  was  the  proposition 
introduced  at  the  Senior  smoker  last  month  by 
Mr.  J.  P.  W.  McNeal,  to  have  the  Senior  Class 
pledge  themselves  to  the  Honor  System,  in  all 
examinations  to  be  -held  in  this  department  in 
the  future.  Mr.  McNeal  spoke  on  this  subject 
with  great  earnestness  and  eloquence.  The 
matter  met  with  great  favor  among  the  mem- 
bers of  the  class,  and  is  now  under  considera- 
tion. It  is  probable  that  a  meeting  will  be 
called  in  the  near  future  to  take  formal  action 
toward  putting  this  scheme  into  effect.  The 
Seniors  realize  the  disgraceful  conduct  on  the 
part  of  some  students  during  examinations,  and 
more  than  likely  will  put  themselves  on  record 
as  against  such  acts  and  as  willing  to  do  any- 
thing in  their  power  to  stop  them.  They  be- 
lieve that  the  Faculty  is  powerless  unless 
backed  by  the  students  and  a  general  sentiment 
of  the  school,  that  such  things  should  not  be 
allowed.  They  feel  that  such  a  sentiment  can 
be  created,  and  that  when  the  students  pledge 
themselves  as  against  cheating,  and  to  report 
all  cases  that  come  to  their  notice,  the  practice 
will  cease,  and  that  when  once  this  spirit  is 
created,  succeeding  classes  will  have  little 
trouble  in  keeping  it  alive.  A.  T.  S. 

Medical  and  Standard  Book  Company 

ALL  MEDICAL  BOOKS  KEPT  IN  STOCK. 

Fountain  Tens  and  StaUonery  cheaper  than  any  other  house 

in    Baltimore. 

Special  discounts  on  Special  Editions  and  Stationery. 

3  W.  Saratoga  Street,  Baltimore.  Md. 


The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Endowment 
Fund  held  its  annual  meeting  Jan.  8,  Judge 
Henry  Stockbridge,  President,  in  the  chair. 
The  Treasurer,  Mr.  J.  Harry  Tregoe,  reported 
the  condition  of  the  Fund  as  follows :  Univer- 
sity Fund :  $1685.83 ;  Charles  Frick  Research 
Fund:  $480.33;  Medical  School  Fund:  $3,- 
776.40;  total:  $5,942.66.  $3,500  of  the  amount 
is  invested  in  5  per  cent  bonds,  the  remainder 
in  a  Savings  Bank.  The  Board  authorized  the 
purchase  of  a  Georgia  and  Alabama  bond  at 
$1,112.50,  yielding  about  4.40  per  cent,  interest 
net.  The  President  reported  that  a  supple- 
mental declaration  of  trust  providing  for  the 
registration  of  the  University  bonds  had  been 
prepared  by  the  Provost  of  the  University  and 
adopted  by  the  Board  of  Regents.  This  decla- 
ration was  formally  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees. 

Messrs.  Stockbridge,  Hall,  Chew  and  Tre- 
goe were  appointed  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  Board. 

The  President  announced  that  he  had  re- 
ceived the  bond  of  the  Treasurer  for  $1,000 
executed  in  the  U.  S.  Fidelity  and  Guarantee 
Co.,  in  accordance  with  the  requirement  of  the 
By-Laws. 

The  report  of  Professor  Jose  L.  Hirsli  was 
received,  announcing  that  his  research  work, 
done  under  the  appropriation  made  by  the 
Board  in  1904,  was  now  completed.  The  sub- 
ject of  the  research  was  "The  Blood  in  Typhoid 
Fever."  The  disposition  of  the  work  presented 
by  Professor  Hirsh  was  referred  to  the  Medi- 
cal members  of  the  Board. 


Attorney-General  Bryan  has  prepared  a  bill 
for  the  registration  of  the  sale  of  narcotic  drugs  . 
which  will  be  introduced  shortly  in  the  Legis- 
lature. Under  the  present  law  it  has  been 
found  difficult  to  convict  persons  who  sell  nar- 
cotics illegally.  The  bill  has  the  hearty  en- 
dorsement of  Dr.  Preston,  Secretary  of  the 
Lunacy  Commission  and  of  Mr.  H.  P.  Hynson, 
who  has  labored  for  years  in  the  interest  of 
such  legislation.  The  prohibited  drugs  are 
"cocaine,  salts  of  cocaine,  or  preparations  con- 
taining any  cocaine,  or  salts  of  cocaine,  or 
any  morphine,  eucaine,  salts  of  eucaine, 
or  preparations  containing  any  morphine, 
eucaine  or  salts  of  eucaine.''  The  sale, 
furnishing    or    giving    away    of    such    articles 


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OLD    MARltXAND. 


except  on  prescription  of  a  physician,  dentist 
or  veterinarian,  or  by  sale  at  wholesale  to  re- 
tail druggists  or  at  retail  to  physicians,  etc.,  or 
by  sale  to  manufacturers  of  proprietary  or 
pharmaceutical  preparations  for  use  in  such 
manufacture,  or  by  sale  to  hospitals,  etc.,  and 
the  prescribing  to  habitual  users  except  in  good 
faith,  or  by  dentists  to  persons  not  under  their 
regular  treatment  are  forbidden.  Convic- 
tion of  violation  of  the  law  is  punishable  by 
fine  of  from  $25  to  $200  and  imprisonment  for 
not  over  a  year  or  either.  The  burden  of 
proof  is  to  be  upon  the  accused  "to  show  that 
he  did  not  know,  or  that,  by  reasonable  dili- 
gence and  effort,  he  could  not  have  ascertained 
that  the  thing  furnished  by  him  contained  such 
prohibited  drug." 

o 

The  Sub-committee,  composed  of  two  rep- 
sentatives  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  this  Uni- 
versity and  one  each  from  the  Boards  of  Trus- 
tees of  St.  John's  College  and  the  Maryland 
Agricultural  College,  appointed  to  consider  a 
union  of  these  various  institutions  without 
change  •  of  charter,  has  suggested,  we  under- 
stand, an  affiliation  by  means  of  legal  agree- 
ments. Thus  St.  John's  is  to  assume  the  addi- 
tional title  and  to  become  the  "Department  of  Arts 
and  Sciences  of  the  University  of  Maryland," 
and  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College  is  to 
assum.e  the  additional  title  and  to  become  the  "De- 
partment of  Technology  and  Agriculture  of  the 
University  of  Maryland."  Such  methods  of 
affiliation  have  been  successfully  employed  in 
the  case  of  other  institutions  in  this  country 
and  besides  many  other  obvious  advantages 
permit  of  the  arrangement  of  a  curriculum  by 
which  double  courses  can  be  pursued  simul- 
taneously with  the  result  of  much  saving  of 
valuable  time  to  students  in  securing  then 
education. 

A  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  Ten  has  been 
called  at  the  Governor's  office  in  this  city;  On  Sat- 
.urday,  January  20,  11  A.  M.,  to  consider  the  re- 
port of  the  Sub-committee. 

o 

-  L. -B.  Henkel,  Annapolis,  Md.  (Journal  A. 
M.  A.,  December  23),  reports  the  case  of  a 
workman  who  fell  from  a  ladder  a  distance  of 
about,  fifteen  feet,  landing  on  the  palm  of  his 
right  hand,  left  wrist,  knees  and  face.  He  suf- 
fered a  lacerated  injury  of  his  right  hand,  re- 


quiring six  sutures,  contusions  of  the  knees  and 
face  and  a  dislocation  of  the  ulna,  the  free  end 
being  splintered  and  penetrating  the  soft  tis- 
sues and  skin  of  the  wrist  so  that  the  wound 
had  to  be  enlarged  about  three  inches  to  reduce 
the  dislocation.  This  was  done,  the  wound 
sutured  and  a  plaster  bandage  applied  with  a 
window  over  the  .wound,  which  was  dressed 
with  ID  per  cent,  iodoform  gauze  after  bichlo- 
rid  irrigation.  The  plaster  was  removed  in 
three  weeks  and  anterior  and  posterior  splints 
applied  for  ten  days  longer.  The  sutures  were 
removed  after  four  weeks,  the  wound  having 
healed  by  third  intention.  After  removal  of 
the  splints,  ipassage  and  passive  movements 
w^ere  employed  and  the  patient  was  discharged 
at  the  end  of  the  seventh  week  with  fairly 
good  movement. 


'^The  Librarian  of  the  University  Medical 
Library  has  been  making  collections  of  the 
reprints  of  members  of  the  medical  faculty  and 
others,  and  would  be  glad  of  assistance  in  this 
direction.  His  object  is  to  secure  as  complete 
sets  as  possible,  with  a  view  to  ultimate  bind- 
ing. Each  article  is  catalogued  separately  in 
the  card  collection.  The  sets  of  the  following 
physicians  are  more  or  less  complete :  Drs. 
Tififany,  W.  T.  Howard,  Chisolm,  Miles,  Mii- 
tenberger.  Chew,  Mitchell,  Ashby,  Winslow, 
Hemmeter,  Neale,  Woods,  C.  Johnston,  Donald- 
son, Hirsh,  R.  H.  Johnston,  Robert  Johnson, 
Stokes,  Welch,  Osier,  Hurd,  Kelly,  J. 
W'hitridge  Williams,  Councilman,  Michael, 
Cordell,  S.  Weir  Mitchell,  Keen,  Atkinson, 
Hundley,  McSherry,  Noble,  Randolph  and 
Reik.  Reprints  are  welcome  from  all  members 
of  the  profession. 

o 

Modern  needs  demand  modern  methods  and 
modern  equipment.  The  medicine  and  law 
schools  are  saying  to  the  colleges :  "We  wish 
to  make  it  possible  for  our  students  to  com- 
plete their  collegiate  and  professional  educa- 
tion in  six  or  seven  years.  Let  therefore  the 
college  course  ,  comprehend  such  prepara- 
tory instruction  in  chemistry,  biology,  anat- 
omy, physiology  and  law  as  will  be  equivalent 
to  the  first  year's  work  of  the  professional 
school  and  we  shall  then  be  able  to  present 
them    for    graduation    at    the  close    of    three 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


15 


years."  Only  the  small  college  that  meets  liv- 
ing conditions  and  satisfies  living  demands. can 
hope  to  survive.  If  the  movement  now  on 
foot  to  ally  the  Maryland  colleges  be  success- 
fully pushed  to  completion,  it  promises  to  bring 
many  advantages  to  the  system  of  education 
in  the  State. — Dr.  Fell,  of  St.  John's. 

o 

W^ORSHIP. 


'Tis  not  in  anthems  that  from  builded  fanes 

Go  up  with  smoke  of  incense ;  In  the  wail 

Of  sorrow,  or  repentance,  nor  the  cry 

Of  supplicating  anguish — not  in  all 

The  prayers  that  living  lips  can  syllable, 

Nor  in  the  throb  of  adoration  mute, 

That  stirs  the  breathless   sj^irit   on  the   shore 

Of  the  lone  ocean,  or  when  midnight's  stars 

Slow  swing  their  ceaseless  censers,  or  the  flowers 

And  seasons  lift  our  hearts  to  Him  whose  hand 

Hath  wreathed  them  all  with  beauty — not  alone 

In  these,  or  all  of  these,  dwells  there  or  speaks 

The  true,   deep  soul  of  worship !     Far,   between 

•The  God  who  made  us  and  ourselves,  there  lie 

Eternal  depths  of  distance.     Sad  and  ill 

It  were  to  bear,  were  there  divinity 

jSTo  nearer  to  us !  were  the  Patriarch's  dream 

Of  steps  of  light  that  climbed  from  earth  to  sky. 

With  angels   gliding  o'er  them,   but   a  mist 

Shaped  by  the  brain  of  slumber !  .  Nay — there  is 

Divinity  about  us,  and  our  earth 

Hath,  in  some  mortal  shapes  that  walk  it  with  us 

Creatures  so.  full  of  Heav'n,  that  prayer  to  them 

Cannot  be  all  idolatry !     They  fill 

The  shrine — they  wake  the  worship,  and  it  soars 

To   where  they   stooped  from.     Unto  them,    we   bow 

The  head  in  rev'rence,  as  Religion  bends 

When  holiest  names  are  uttered.     On  their  souls 

The  shade  of  frailty  seems  to  have  been  flung. 

But  that  they  might  not  be  too  bright  to  bless 

The  upturned  eyes  of  love.    To  them  the  clay 

Is  but  the  robe  of  beauty,  as  the  cloud 

That  blushes  in  the  dawn,  or  crimsons  o'er 

The  sunset,  or  sends  forth  the  flashing  storm. 

Is  but  the  earth-wove  mantle  that  the  skies 

Wear  for  our  joy  and  wonder ! 

— S.  T.  Wallis. 


Mr.  John  E.  Semmes,  Jr.,  son  of  Mr.  John  E. 
Semnies  of  this  city,  and  a  grandnephew  of 
Admiral  Raphael  Semmes  of  the  Confederate 
Navy,  who  commanded  the  Alabama  during 
the  Civil  War,  has  just  received  an  appoint- 
ment as  second  lietitenant  in  the  United  States 
Marine  Corps.  Mr.  Semmes  will  go  to  the 
School  of  Application,  at  Annapolis,  where  he 
will    receive    instructions    regarding    his    new 


duties.  The  young  lieutenant  was  graduated 
from  Princetori,  University  in  1900,  and  after 
his  graduation  he  entered  the  University  of 
Maryland.  Here  he  took,  the  degree  of  bache- 
lor of  laws  in  1905,.  being  president. of  his  class. 
He  was  in  the  law  offices  of  Mr..  Francis  K. 
Carey,  who  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Steele,  Semmes  &  Carey. 


DEATH. 


Alexius  L.  Middleton,  M.D.  (1860),  sud- 
denly in  Piscataway  district,  Prince  George's 
Co.,  Md.,  Jan.  8,  aged  73. 

0— — — - — 

The  University  .Musical  Association  has 
elected  officers  for^  1905-06,  viz:  Pres.,  P.  A. 
Garneau  ;  Vice-Pres.,  C.  L.  Z^eg^e"r~■,'  Secty.7  M. 
M.  Culliney ;  Treas.,  Wm.  Coleman. — Dr. 
Howard  D.  Lewis  (1900)  has  been  appointed 
Health  Warden  and  Vaccine  Physician  of  the 
22d  ward,  vice  A.  T.  Chambers  (1898)  re- 
signed.— Dr.  Armfield  F.  VanBibber  (1896) 
has  been  appointed  physician  to  the  Harford 
Co.,  Md.,  Almshouse.— Dr.  B.  Merrill  Hopkin- 
son  lectured  upon  Tennyson  at  Brown  Me- 
morial Church  January  9th. — An  inventory  of 
the  estate  of  Dr.  George  W.  Miltenberger  filed 
in  the  Orphans'  Court  shows  that  he  left  an 
estate  of  nearly  $250,000.  .It  is  announced  that 
his  library  is  to  be  given  to  this  University. — 
The  Resident  physicians  of  the  University 
Hospital  gave  an  informal  dance  to  the  nurses 
On  the  evening  of  December  26.  There  were 
about' 75  couples  on  the  floor  and  the  nurses' 
hall  was  prettily  decorated  with  the  University 
colors. — The  Sociedad  Latina  (the  new  name 
of  the  University  Society  composed  of  Span- 
ish speaking  students)  has  elected  the  follow- 
ing ofiicers  for  the  current  year  :■  President,  A. 
■Ruiz  Soler ;  Vice-President,  J.  M.  Infante  ;  Sec- 
retary, J.  del  Toro ;  Treasurer,  S.  Giuliani"; 
Historian,  R.  L.  Rodiguez. — Dr.  William  Os- 
ier arrived  in  Baltimore  Jan;  5  and  will  spend 
-a  month  at  the  Johns  Hopkiiis  ■  Hospital,  vas 
the  guest  of  Dr.  Henry  M.  Hurd.  He  was 
-given  a  reception  by  the  University  authorities 
6flJan;!^.-^D,r,,: Joseph  A.  White  ■'(f869),  of 
Richriiondy"-Eye  and  Ear  Specialist,  was  pain- 
fully injured  and  had  2  ri^bs  broken  by  collision 
with  a' street  .'car,  on  Dee. '3ist.^— We  learn  that 
the  net  proceeds  of  the  recent  play,  given  for 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


UNIV^BRSITY   OF    MARYLAND.    BALTO..  MD. 

BERNARD    CARTER.    UJ.    D.,    Pkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  58.  100th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1906,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSET  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

25th  Annual  Ses.sion  begins  Oct.  1,  1906,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building. 
B^r  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 

845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 


37th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  1063  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN  PRENTISS  POB,   LL.D.,   Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  63d 
Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  10  Instructors. 
New  Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


the  benefit  of  Terra  Maria-  were  about  $350 
leaving  a  balance  still  due  the  publishers  of 
about  $150,  which,  however,  will  doubtless  soon 
be  cleared  by  the  sale  of  the  books  remaining 
on  hand. — The,  University  Library  and  His- 
torical Society  held  its  3d  meeting  for  the  pres- 
ent season  on  Jan.  18,  when  papers  were  read 
by 'Dr.  Charles  W.  Mitchell  on  "Trousseau's 
Diphtheria,"  and  Dr.  Cordell,  on  "Joseph  Roby, 
the  Anatomist." — The  Commencement  of  the 
Department  of  Dentistry  will  be  held  at  Al- 
baugh's  Lyceum  Theatre  on  Thursday,  May 
24th.  Governor  Warfield  will  be  the  Orator 
of  the  occasion  and  Mr.  Henry  Strasser,  of, 
Maryland,  will  be  the  Class  Orator.  There  vwll 
be  a  large  graduating  class,  something  like 
fifty,  perhaps. — The  Johns  Hopkins  people  are 
preparing  for  a  big  in-door  track  and  field  meet  at 
5th  Regiment  Armory  on  February  3.  All  the 
great  Colleges  and  Clubs  will  be  represented, 
including  this  University,  and  handsome  prizes 
will  be  given. — The  Maryland  Agricultural 
College  has  won  its  suit  against  the  State 
Comptroller  for  $7,000  appropriated  by  the 
Legislature  but  which  it  was  claimed  had  been 
forfeited  by  not  being  drawn  within  a  year. — 
Dr.  Daniel  of  St.  Thomas  Jenifer  (1904)  who 
has  been  an  assistant  in  an  Atlantic  City  Hos- 
pital for  a  year  past  has  associated  himself  with 
Dr.  H.  Burton  Stevenson  (1892),  of  Sherwood, 
Balto.  Co.,  Md.— Dr.  Samuel  L-  Frank  (1862) 
has  been  re-elected  President  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Hebrew  Hospital  for  the  third 
time.— Dr.   Samuel  Theobald    (1867),  Professor 


of  Diseases  of  the  Eye  and  Ear  in  Johns  Hop- 
kins University,  has  just  published  a  work  en- 
titled :  "The  Prevalent  Diseases  of  the  Eye :  A 
Reference  Handbook,  adapted  especially  to  the 
Needs  of  the  General  Practitioner."  It  is.  issued 
by  W.  B.  Saunders. — Prof.  Caspari  spoke  on 
"Changes  in  the  new  Pharmacopoeia"  and  Dr. 
Osier  on  "Medical  Education  at  Oxford,"  at  a 
joint  meeting  of  the  Section  on  Clinical  Medicine 
and  Surgery  and  the  Book  and  Journal  Club  of 
the  Faculty,  held  in  McCoy  Hall,  Jan.  19.— Cash 
to  Endowment  Fund :  Jos.  Friedenwald,  $100.00  ; 
Samuel  L.  Frank,  $25.00 ;  Douglas  H.  Thomas, 
$30.00 ;  J.  Harry  Tregoe,  $10.00 ;  Jos.  C.  Clark, 
$10.00 ;  E.  Rosenfeld  &  Co.,  $5.00. 


THE  SEASONS. 

(After  the  German). 

The  Seasons  in  beauty  revolving, 
As  with  them  the  year  glides  away. 
In   joy   after   joy   are   dissolving. 
And  filling  with  pleasures  each  day. 

Now  Spring  charm  and  life  is  bestowing 
On  Nature  just  waked  from   her  rest, 
The  buds  in  the  garden  are  blowing. 
The   meadow's  all   gorgeously   dressed. 

Anon,  with  days  hotter  maturing 
What  Spring  hath  so  richly  conceived. 
Comes    Summer,    fruit  luscious  ensuring, 
And  our  weary  hearts  are  reliev'd. 

The  blessings  are  not   less  inviting 
That  are  vouchsaf'd  to  us  by  the  Fall, 
When  the  grape  in  rich  clusters  delighting 
Summons  friends  to  the  festival  hall. 

Winter  Its  cold  plumage  is  shal^lng 
And  the  fields  are  all  cover'd  with  snow. 
O'er  us  Its  storms  harmless  are  breaking 
As  swift  over  the  ice  we  go. 

The  Seasons  in  beauty  revolving. 
As  the  current  of  life  hastes  away 
Teach  how  transient  their  joys  dissolving, 
How  urgent  the  duties  each  day. 


OLD    riARYLAND 

Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  Haryland. 


Vol.  II.     No.  2. 


BALTIMORE,  MD..  FEBRUARY,  1906. 


Price,  10  Cents 


The  following  names  have  been  added  to  the 
petition  to  the  Regents,  in  favor  of  a  "University 
Centennial":  A.  W.  Valentine,  M.D.,  R.  R.  Nor- 
ris,  M.D.,  A.  L.  Wilkinson,  M.D.,  H.  T.  Rennolds, 
IVI.D.,  Joseph  A.  Wright,  M.D.,  Charles  E.  Sadt- 
ler,  M.D.,  A.  B.  Giles,  M.D.,  I.  H.  Davis,  M.D., 
D.D.S.,  John  Henry  Skeen,  L.L.B.,  J.  Howard 
Cassell,  Ph.D. 

REMARKS     ON     THE     EPIDEMICS     OF 
■     YELLOW  FEVER  IN  BALTIMORE. 

By.  James  Carroll,  M.D. 

[Read   before   the    General   Alumni   Association 

January .  25.] 

Instead  of  a  strictly  technical  theme,  I  have 
chosen  one  that  may  be  of  more  general  interest 
and  which  formerly  demanded  the  attention  of 
two  of  the  most  brilliant  minds  among  the  early 
teachers  of  the  University. 

Dr.  Nathaniel  Potter,  a  former  pupil  of  Dr. 
Benjamin  Rush,  and  afterward  the  first  professor 
cf  Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine  in  the  Uni- 
versity, held,  in  1793^  that  yellow  fever  was  not 
contagious,  and  he  communicated  this  opinion  to 
Dr.  Rush  in  writing.  According  to  his  own 
statement,  he  believed  that  he  was  the  only  person 
in  America  who  held  that  opinion,  and  in  1795 
he  prepared  to  defend  his  belief  in  an  inaugural 
thesis,  to  be  read  at  the  next  commencement  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  of  which  he  was  a 
student.  He  was  dissuaded  by  Dr.  Wistar,  on  the 
grounds  of  propriety  and  expediency.  Dr.  Potter 
states  that,  in  1797,  Rush's  contention  that  the 
disease  was  contagious  was  first  publicly  attacked 
by  Dr.  John  B.  Davidge,  one  of  the  founders  and 
the  first  professor  of  surgery  and  obstetrics  in 
this  school,  whose  paper  was  published  in  the 
Federal  Gazette  of  Baltimore,  on  the  30th  day  of 
November,  1797.  Dr.  Davidge  subsequently  en- 
larged his  paper  and  embodied  it  in  a  volume  en  ■ 
titled  "Physical  Sketches,"  published  in  Baltimore 
in  1814. 

On  account  of  the  importance  of  this  city  as  a 
seaport   in  almost  constant  intercourse  with  the 


West  Indies,  yellow  fever  must  have  been  intro- 
duced a  great  many  times,  yet  the  only  important 
epidemic  outbreaks  of  the  disease  took  place  in 
179-1,  1797,  1800  and  1819.  .  It  is  notable  that 
all  the  outbreaks  began  at  Locust  Point  or  aboui: 
the  docks  and  wharves,  and  they  can  be  traced 
directly  or  indirectly  to  the  shipping.  The  rela- 
tively high  ground  upon  which  the  city  stood,  and 
the  distance  from  the  city  proper  to  the  wharves 
and  shipping,  explain  why  the  inter-urban  resi- 
dents suffered  but  little,  while  those  living  upon 
the  poorly  drained,  low-lying  districts  near  the 
river  were  compelled  on  such  occasions  to  flee  for 
safety. 

It  can  be  easily  shown  that  yellow  fever  was 
frequently  confounded  with  malaria ;  indeed  it 
was  strongly  contended  that  the  two  diseases 
V  ere  one  and  the  same,  the  difference  being  only 
in  the  degree  of  intensity.  Then,  while  many  con- 
tended that  the  disease  was  imported,  and  though 
their  contentions  could  be  supported  bv  sworn  tes- 
timony, there  were  others  among  the  leaders  and 
teachers  in  the  profession  who  held,  with  Rush, 
that  since  the  infection  was  most  prevalent  in 
poorly  drained  localities,  the  water  and  decompos-_ 
mg  vegetable  matter  must  be  necessary  for  the 
generation  of  the  poison,  which  was  manifestly 
conveyed  through  the  atmosphere. 

The  general  restriction  of  the  disease  to  the  lo- 
calities described,  the  observation  that  many  per- 
sons who  visited  those  localities  for  only  a  few 
hours  became  infected,  while  in  other  localities  no 
infection  took  place,  even  among  those  who  were 
intimately  associated  with  the  patients,  proved 
the  disease  to  be  one  of  locality.  With  the  obser- 
vation that  if  the  wind  blew  strongly  from  the 
direction  of  the  infected  locality  toward  the  city, 
that  within  a  few  days  the  disease  also  extended 
toward  the  city,  it  was  concluded,  with  reason, 
that  the  poison  must  exist  in  the  atmosphere : 
that  it  was  transported  by  the  winds,  and  that  in- 
fection could  only  result  from  the  inhalation  of 
this  poison  which  was  believed  to  be  gaseous  in 


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nature.  This  agreed  with  Sydenham's  theory  of 
the  epidemic  constitution  of  the  atmosphere,  which 
was  supported  by  Rush  and  his  pupils,  and  which 
then  seemed  to  offer  the  only  explanation  of  the 
recorded  observations  of  centuries. 

If  we  admit  the  mosquito  as  the  sole  carrier  of 
the  disease,  we  will  be  prepared  to  acknowledge 
that  their  observations  were,  in  the  main  points, 
strictly  accurate,  that  their  reasoning  was  logical 
and  their  deductions  fully  justified  by  the  premi- 
ses.  It  then  becomes  very  easy  to  understand  how 
the  disease  became  one  of  lowly  situated  and  poor- 
ly drained  localities  ;  how  it  was  transmitted  by  the 
atmosphere ;  how  it  failed  to  spread  in  certain 
locations,  and  how  it  disappeared  upon  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  heavy  frost.  The  observation  was 
actually  recorded  by  a  Baltimore  physician,  that 
during  the  epidemic  mosquitoes  became  an  intol- 
erable pest,  while  but  a  short  time  before,  no  mos  ■ 
quitoes  were  observed.  How  beautifully  this 
observation  agrees  with  our  present  knowledge 
that  the  yellow  fever  carrying  mosquitoes  can  be 
conveyed  on  vessels,  that  in  the  warmer  season  of 
the  year  they  will  multiply  on  shore,  gradually  ex- 
tending from  house  to  house,  breeding  in  and 
about  the  dwellings  (for  they  are  domesticated 
insects),  and  that  they  become  infected  only  after 
feeding  upon  a  patient. 

The  importation  of  the  mosquito  explains  the 
appearance  of  this  insect  in  places  where  it  usual- 
ly does  not  exist ;  it  explains  the  occurrence  of 
the  earlier  cases  among  persons  who  either  visited 
the  vessels  or  wharves  or  docks,  or  who  lived  in 
the  vicinity  of  them.  It  also  explains  why  favor- 
able localities  were  visited  by  the  infection  only, 
as  a  rule,  when  they  received  shipping,  while  lo- 
calities equally  favorable  to  the  infection,  but  far 
from  the  shipping,  remained  free  from  it. 

Of  course,  the  absence  of  the  prOper  mosquito 
explains  the  failure  of  the  disease  to  spread  to 
any  extent  in  the  city  proper.  This  stood  upon 
ground  that  was  high  and  dry,  and  it  was  at  that 
time  some  distance  from  Fell's  Point,  the  location 
of  Sugar  House  Wharf,  where  many  of  the  ves- 
sels from  the  West  Indies  probably  made  their 
landing.  Assuming  that  at  the  Sugar  Wharf,  car- 
goes of  sugar  were  unloaded,  we  are  reminded 

Drovers   an&   ^ecbanics'   IRational   JSanh    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  RENT 


that  sugar  is  a  favorite  food  for  the  yellow  fever 
mosquito,  and  that  it  can  subsist  on  this  and  water 
alone  for  months.  Now  Sugar  House  Wharf  was 
at  Fell's  Point  and  most  of  the  outbreaks  began 
at  Fell's  Point,  where,  presumably  the  largest 
number  of  mosquitoes  was  imported. 

During  the  epidemic  of  1794,  360  deaths  were 
recorded.  Dr.  Drysdale  reported'  that  he  saw  his 
first  case  just  before  death  on  the  7th  of  August 
at  Bowley's  Wharf,  in  the  town,  and  on  the  14th. 
20th,  22d  and  23d  of  the  same  month  he  saw  five 
additional  cases  at  the  same  part  of  the  wharf. 
There  were  also  at  the  same  place  some  other 
cases  which  did  not  come  under  his  care.  Dr. 
Drysdale  states  that  there  was  considerable  sick- 
ness at  Fell's  Point  after  the  death  of  his  first 
case,  and  many  deaths  had  occurred  suddenly,  or 
after  a  short  indisposition.  An  investigation  was 
made  by  three  of  the  most  respectable  physicians 
who  reported  that  the  prevailing  fever  was  the 
common  epidemic  of  the  season  which  visited  the 
Southern  and  Middle  States  annually,  viz:  the 
bilious  remittent  fever.  The  number  of  cases  now 
rapidly  increased  so  that  by  September  2.5th, 
about  seven  weeks,  five  physicians  were  attacked 
and  two  of  them  died.  The  cases  had  become  so 
numerous  that  Dr.  Coulter  visited- and  prescribed 
for  more  than  120  persons  daily.  By  the  end  of' 
the  month  many  families  had  sought  refuge  in  the 
country.  During  this  time  the  city  remained  un- 
usually healthy,  and  although  some  persons  in- 
fected at  the  Point  died  in  the  city  proper,  in  that 
location  the  disease  failed  to  spread. 

In  his  ninth  letter  of  a  series  to  Dr.  Rush,  he 
states  that  yellow  fever  was  first  discovered  at 
two  points,  remote  from  each  other,  viz :  at  Bow- 
ley's  Wharf,  in  the  town,  and  at  Fell's  Point. 
Many  cases  occurred  throughout  the  town,  buc 
these  originated  either  from  communication  with 
Bowley's  Wharf  or  the  Point,  and  the  infection 
could  be  distinctly  traced  to  one  of  those  two 
places.  Being  puzzled  to  explain  why  the  infec- 
tion was  confined  to  those  two  places,  he  found 
that  the  first  cases  on  the  Point  were  confined  to 

'The  Philadelphia  Medical  Museum,  1805,  I,  26. 
Letters  written  by  Dr.  Drysdale  to  Dr.  Benjamin 
Rush. 


OUR   motto:  "the   best 
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STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 
CHARLES  STREET  AND   MOUNT   ROYAL  AVENUE. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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houses  whose  cellars  were  filled  with  stagnant, 
pntr.d  water,  and  he  also  found  black,  putrid  and 
offensive  water  beneath  the  stores  in  which  the 
sick  resided  at  Bowley's  Wharf.  Almost  all  of 
those  who  were  first  affected  were  new-comers. 
Dr.  Drysdale  describes  the  Point  as  being  low 
and  flat ;  its  streets  generally  not  paved,  its  alleys 
filthy  and  the  ground  around  it  marshy  in  many 
places.  The  frequent  warm  rains  kept  the  nox- 
ious places  constantly  moist  under  a  hot  sun. 

We  can  easily  recognize  these  as  conditions 
favorable  to  the  multiplication  of  mosquitoes,  and 
the  domestic  habits  of  the  Stegoinyia  mosquito 
would  tend  to  keep  the  infection  rather  closely 
confined  to  these  localities.  He  further  makes  the 
significant  statement  that  remittents  were  present 
from  a  very  early  period.  It  is  more  than  prob- 
?.ble  that  many  of  these  remittents  were  true  yel- 
low fe-^rer,  because  under  the  belief  then  prevail- 
ing, that  these  were  simply  the  prevailing  types 
of  summer  fever,  they  would  not  be  reported. 
It  is  also  probable  that  if  occasional  cases  were 
known  to  have  been  yellow  fever,  some  physicians 
v^ould  have  concealed  them,  from  the  same  mo- 
tives that  prevail  today.  He  could  discover  no 
satisfactory  evidence  of  the  importation  of  the 
disease,  though  he  states  that  the  "Triumph"  ar- 
rived at  the  wharf  about  the  last  of  June,  with 
almost  all  the  crew  indisposed,  and  previously  to 
this  there  lay  at  the  wharf  a  schooner  whose  cap- 
tain had  died  on  the  voyage  from  the  West  Indies. 
The  fact  alone,  however,  that  vessels  from  the 
West  Indies  came  up  to  the  wharf,  is  sufficiem 
to  indicate  to  us  the  source  from  which  the  infec- 
tion was  received.  The  following  sentence  toward 
the  end  of  the  ninth  letter  is  of  extreme  interest: 
"Locusts  were  not  more  numerous  in  the  reign 


Open  all  Night 

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Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets- 
Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and  Perfumery 


of  Pharaoh,  than  mosquitoes  fhroiii^h  the  last  fein' 
iiioiiths;  yet  these  insects  were  very  rare  only  a 
few  years  past,  when  a  far  greater  portion  of 
['■altimore  was  a  marsh." 

With  wonderful  acuteness  of  observation  he 
lemarks  that  some  families  at  the  Point  avoided 
vellow  fever  by  carefully  precluding  all  communi- 
cation with  the  sick,  and  that  vessels  also  preserv- 
ed their  crews  in  health  by  removing  to  a  distance 
from  the  wharf  and  preventing  the  sailors  from 
going  ashore.  As  soon  as  one  infected  person 
came  on  board  he  quickly  infected  all  or  most  of 
the  crew.  He  instances  one  man  who  contracted 
the  disease  on  shore  and  carried  it  on  board  the 
ship  "Phoenix,"  whose  crew  was  healthy.  These 
all  became  infected  and  five  out  of  twelve  died. 
As  the  result  of  these  observations  he  very  natur- 
ally concluded  that  in  some  instances  the  fever 
proved  contagious. 

These  and  other  cases  cited  are  now  so  easily 
explained  by  the  mosquito  theory  that  we  cannot 
appreciate  the  perplexity  of  the  problem  as  it 
formerly  presented  itself  for  solution.  The  most 
accurate  and  careful  observation  yielded  results 
that  were  apparently  contradictory.  All  honor  to 
Dr.  Drysdale,  whose  tenth  and  last  letter  of  the 
series  was  written  to  Dr.  Rush  in  December,  179-1. 

Some  further  interesting  references  to  this  epi- 
aemic  were  published  by  Dr.  John  B.  Davidge  in 
1798,  and  subsequently  rewritten  by  him  in  a 
t'-eatise  on  yellow  fever  published  in  1813.  He 
makes  the  interesting  statement  that  the  yellow 
fever  first  appeared  in  the  last  of  August,  but  the 
common  bilious  fever  prevailed  at  Fell's  Point 
from  June.  A  lady  from  Philadelphia  was  at- 
tacked with  yellow  fever,  on  Charles  Street,  and 
she  had  black  vomit,  but  no  other  person  in  the,. 

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family  or  neighborhood  was  attacked  during  the 
whole  season.  He  noted  that  the  disease  extend- 
ed in  the  direction  of  the  prevaihng  winds,  and 
that  it  was  conveyed  by  a  north-east  wind  all 
along  Federal  Hill  and  the  west  end  of  the  basin. 
A  considerable  number  of  cases  occurred  in  the 
city,  and  many  who  had  attended  the  launching 
of  a  frigate  (near  the  water,  of  course),  subse- 
quently suffered  from  yellow  fever,  and  several 
of  them  died,  but  no  single  person  in  tlie  city  con- 
tracted the  disease  from  them. 

Concerning  the  prevalence  of  yellow  fever  in 
Baltimore  at  that  time  (1798),  Dr.  Davidge 
writes,  "A  physician  in  conversation  the  other  day 
told  me  that  he  had  met  with  yellow  fever,  in 
Baltimore,  ever  since  he  had  lived  in  it,  which  is 
fifteen  or  twenty  years.  It  is  violating  all  obliga- 
tions of  decency  and  truth  to  say  that  it  is  of  re- 
cent date."  This  statement  was  probably  correct, 
for  every  importation  of  the  disease  is  not  neces- 
sarily followed  by  an  epidemic.  In  Baltimore  and 
other  places  where  the  mosquito,  Stcgomyia  fas- 
data,  is  not  normally  present,  an  epidemic  is  not 
possible,  after  the  introduction  of  any  number  of 
cases,  provided  the  mosquito  be  absent.  For  the 
production  of  an  epidemic  the  introduction  of  in- 
fected mosquitoes  alone  during  the  hot  season 
may  suffice,  because  the  mosquitoes  deposit  their 
eggs  and  in  a  week  or  ten  days  another  brood  will 
have  become  mature.  The  insects  of  this  new 
brood  must  bite  a  patient  in  the  first  three  or  ■ 
four  days  of  the  attack  in  order  that  they  may 
become  infected.  Should  only  one  or  two  infect- 
ed insects  be  brought  in  and  should  they  die,  as. 
frequently  happens,  immediately  after  depositing 
their  eggs,  then  the  disease  would  appear  only 
in  the  persons  first  bitten  by  them,  and  these 
would  have  passed  be3'ond  the  infective  period 
by  the  time  the  new  brood  had  matured.  Shoul.l 
the  infected  insects,  however,  have  remained  alive, 
and  should  they  have  bitten  other  persons,  at  in- 
tervals of  a  few  days  in  succession,  these  persons 
would  be  in  the  proper  stage  of  the  disease  at  the 
maturing  of  the  new  brood  to  enable  them  to  be- 


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come  infected.  When  the  proper  mosquito  has 
been  previously  introduced  into  a  favorable  lo- 
cality in  the  proper  season,  or  when  the  mosquito, 
Stegomyia  fasciata,  is  naturally  present,  the  in- 
troduction subsequently  of  a  single  case,  may  pro- 
duce an  epidemic.  The  facts  above  stated  will 
readily  explain  the  frequently  reported  appear- 
ance of  sporadic  cases  without  the  occurrence  of 
secondary  ones. 

We  can  now  see  that  the  immunity  against 
the  disease  enjoyed  by  the  city  proper  evidently 
depended  upon  its  high  and  dry  location  which 
rendered  the  conditions  unfavorable  for  the  multi  - 
plication  of  the  mosquitoes  that  were  imported. 
In  this  regard  Baltimore  was  more  fortunate  than 
Philadelphia  which  was  lower  and  contained  mor<; 
standing  water.  Hence  the  mosquitoes  were  more 
abundant  and  the  disease  spread  uniformly.  ■  This 
led  Dr.  Rush  to  contend  that  the  disease  ^nust  be 
contagious,  while  Dr.  Davidge  held  that  the  con- 
tagion was  local,  and  existed  only  in  the  air  of 
certain  spots,  from  whence  it  might  be  wafted  by 
the  winds  in  any  direction.  Dr.  Davidge  asserted 
(p.  84)  that  they  had  the  most  stubborn  and  ir- 
lefragable  proofs,  in  those  cases  occurring  about 
the  wharves  and  at  Fell's  Point,  that  the  disease 
was  incapable  of  supporting  itself.  When  these 
cases  were  removed  up  into  the  city,  their  viru- 
lence died  with  them,  those  who  died ;  and,  he 
writes,  "from  those  who  recovered,  all  mischief 
and  supposed  contagion  evanesced  into  empty  air, 
which  bore  it  to  the  pages  of  medical  writers,  and 
not  to  the  bodies  of  healthy  attendants.  This  was 
the  result  in  1794  and  1797." 

The  importance  of  this  observation  can  hardly 
be  overestimated;  it  shows  the  sagacity  and  care 
with  which  the  epidemic  was  studied  by  these  de- 
voted men.  Dr.  Davidge  learned  the  truth  and 
that  truth  unfortunately  still  remains  today  a  hid- 
den mystery  to  many  of  our  practitioners,  not- 
withstanding the  recent  absolute  demonstration 
of  it  beyond  a  shadow  of  a  doubt. 

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propagation  of  the  disease,  an  observation  record- 

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eel  by  Dr.  Nathaniel  Potter'  in  this  outbreak  of 
1797  deserves  mention.  He  tells  us  that,  previous 
to  the  17th  of  September,  the  fever  had  been  con- 
fined to  certain  places  and  to  such  as  had  breathed 
the  air  evolved  from  them ;  on  that  day  a  strong 
southeast  wind  wafted  the  effluvia  in  a  north- 
west direction,  and  diffused  it  among  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  upper  parts  of  Frederick,  Gay,  South 
and  Calvert  Streets,  who  became  immediately  im- 
plicated in  all  the  horrors  of  the  fever. 

In  1800  there  appeared  the  severest  outbreak 
the  city  has  known.  The  mortality  from  yellow 
fever  is  recorded  to  have  been  1197,  or  about 
one  in  fifty  of  the  population  of  60,000.  Again 
the  disease  began  at  Fell's  Point  on  the  borders 
ef  the  Cove,  which  extended  from  Jones'  Falls  to 
the  interior.  The  Faculty  of  Medicine  of  the 
city,  after  investigation,  reported  to  the  Mayor 
that  in  their  belief  the  disease  was  not  imported 
but  originated  in  the  Cove  from  the  stagnation 
and  putrefaction  of  filth,  under  a  summer's  sun. 
The  first  two  cases  appeared  on  the  2d  of  May,"" 
nother  on  the  8th  of  June,  one  on  the  9th,  10th 
nd  13th ;  then  from  the  22d  they  became  more 
lumerous.  It  is  unfortunate  that  we  have  no  de- 
tailed description  of  this  epidemic,  the  most  disas- 
trous the  city  has  ever  experienced. 

A  few  cases  are  reported  for  the  years  1802- 
1805. 

The  next  important  outbreak  took  place  in  1819, 
iollowing  the  arrival  of  an  infected  ship  from 
Havana."  In  a  letter  to  the  editors  of  the  Medical 
Repository,  Dr.  Pierre  Chatard,*  of  Baltimore, 
riting  October  19th  cites  the  first  cases  as  fol- 
ows:  The  fever  commenced  raging  at  Fell's 
Point  in  the  beginning  of  July,  and  never  ceased 

'A  Memoir  on  Contagion,  by  Nathaniel  Potter, 
Vl.D.,  Baltimore,  1818,  p.  20. 

'-Medical  Repository,  New  York,  1801,  Vol.  IV, 
J.  351. 

Carpenter   on    Yellozv   Fever,   New    Orleans, 
L844,  p.  18. 

'Medical  Repository,  New  York,  Vol.  20,  1820, 
X  2G1. 

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there  until  the  end  of  October.  It  appeared  also 
'df  Smith's  Dock,  toward  the  end  of  July,  carrying 
off  five  persons  whose  names  are  given,  and 
others.  The  persons  named  had  counting  houses 
on  the  dock  or  in  the  vicinity.  No  other  cases 
appeared  at  the  dock  for  two  months,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  tvi^o  more  appeared. 
Dr.  Chatard  attributes  the  absence  of  cases 
during  this  time  to  the  great  quantity  of  lime 
that  had  been  strewn  on  the  ground,  by  order  of 
the  Mayor.  The  lime  was  again  applied  and  the 
cases  ceased.  At  Fell's  Point  the  disease  raged  for 
three  months  before  it  subsided.  The  greater 
part  of  the  population  retired  to  the  healthier  por- 
tions of  the  city  and  many  of  them  sickened  and 
died  there,  but  none  of  their  friends  or  relatives 
suffered  in  consequence.  We  are  told  by  Dr.  Chat- 
ard, that  the  epidemic  focus  on  the  Point  never 
exceeded  seven  or  eight  thousand  square  feet. 
This  information  he  regarded  as  precious,  because 
it  demonstrated  the  non-contagiousness  of  the 
disease  and  the  value  of  a  local  quarantine. 

Among  the  most  interesting  regords  of  this  epi- 
demic are  the  letters  and  other  documents  publish- 
ed by  authority  of  the  Mayor  in  1820.  These 
contain"  the  actual  experiences  and  opinions  of  the 
physicians,  and  they  show  a  remarkable  unani- 
mity in  the  belief  among  the  Baltimore  physicians 
that  the  disease  was  non-contagious.  The  persist- 
ency with  which  the  infection  originated  and  re- 
mained in  the  vicinity  of  shipping,  wharves,  etc., 
is  generally  commented  on.  Dr.  Clendinen  re- 
ports that  his  first  cases  were  located  at  the  south- 
east corner  of  Fell's  Point,  and  several  of  them 
appeared  among  foreigners  on  board  the  shipping, 
persons  who  had  been  healthy  previous  to  their 
arrival.  This  invasion  by  the  disease  of  healthy 
ships  tied  up  to  the  wharves  appeared  to  be  indis- 
putable evidence  of  the  poisoned  condition  of  the 
atmosphere.  Of  course  it  is  hardly  necessary  to 
say  here  that  these  vessels  were  simply  invaded 
by  infected  moscjuitoes.  Dr.  Clendinen  was  a  resi- 
dent of  the  Point,  and  he  states  that  his  family  had 
suffered  from  the  disease  and  he  had  Jost  a  stu- 

F.  W.  ELLINCHAUS,  Merchant  Tailor, 

Takes  pleasure  in  intorminu  you  that   he  lias  now  in  stock  a 

select  line  of 

IMPORTED  WOOLENS  FOR  THE  COMING  SEASON. 

His  Styles  are  Choice  and  Quality  tlie  Best.     An  early  inspec- 
tion of  them  will  be  to  your  advantage,  and  he 
trusts  to  be  favored  with  your  order. 


lie  N.    LIBERTY   ST., 


BALTIMORE,    MD. 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


oent,  an  assistant  physician,  and  some  of  his  best 
iriends.  Dr.  Samuel  B.  Martin,  after  enumera- 
ting 34  of  his  earHer  cases  with  their  location 
about  the  wharves  and  shipyards,  states  "these 
will  suffice,  I  think,  to  show  the  course  the  dis- 
ease took  in  its  commencement,  traveling  regu- 
larly along  the  course  of  the  water,  and  infecting 
the  streets  in  the  vicinity  thereof.  My  most  vio- 
lent cases  were  near  the  water's  edge  or  contract- 
ed there." 

No  mention  of  this  epidemic  would  be  complete 
without  a  reference  to  the  little  book  by  Dr. 
David  M.  Reese,  entitled  "Observations  on  the 
Epidemic  of  1819,"  a  book  which  every  one  inter- 
ested in  the  subject  should  read.  According  to 
him  some  persons  attributed  the  epidemic  to  the 
arrival  of  the  schooner  "Adventure'"  from  the 
West  Indies,  laden  with  coffee,  while  others  looked 
with  suspicion  upon  the  schooner  "Proserpine,'' 
laden  with  hides  and  coffee.  Both  vessels  were 
ordered  to  the  quarantine  ground,  but  were  soon 
permitted  to  return  because  after  a  re-examina- 
tion by  the  health  officer,  their  cargoes  were  found 
to  be  in  a  sound  condition.  Referring  to  the 
time  when  1016  cases  had  been  reported  by  the 
physicians.  Dr.  Reese  states  that  of  all  these  only 
twelve  were  supposed  to  have  originated  in  the 
city.  He  calls  attention  to  the  remarkable  fact  that, 
in  almost  every  instance  where  a  person  visited 
the  Point  at  night,  he  contracted  the  diseas,;,  while 
those  who  were  there  only  in  the  day  time,  escaped 
with  impunitv.  He  further  remarks  that  those  of 
the  Baltimore  physicians,  who  became  infected, 
suffered  in  consequence  of  paying  a  visit  by  night 
to  the  souce  of  infection,  or  to  the  vicinity  where 
the  cause  existed.  Several  physicians  who  had 
attended  patiants  in  the  daytime  in  the  very 
center  of  the  infection  and  through  the  whole 
course  of  the  fever,  remained  exempt,  until  by 
visiting  the  district  once  in  the  night,  they  con- 
tracted the  disease.  This  accords  perfectly  with 
the  mosquito  theory,  and  with  the  twilight  habits 
of  Stegomyia  fasciata,  the  particular  mosquito 
now  known  to  be  concerned  in  the  transmission 
of  the  disease.  It  is  also  in  accord  with  the  ex- 
perience of  the  American  troops  near  Havana. 
Soldiers   who  visited  the  city  only  between  the 

German  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 
3.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


hours  of  9  A.  M.  and  4  P.  M.,  remained  free  from 
the  disease,  while  among  those  who  became  in- 
fected there  were  but  few  who  did  not  acknowl- 
edge having  spent  a  night  or  a  part  of  a  night  out 
of  the  barrack. 

Let  us  now  consider  what  evidence,  if  any,  col- 
lected by  these  closely  observant  Baltimore  physi- 
c'ans,  could  be  used  to  support  the  mosquito 
theory  today.  Firstly,  they  recorded  the  presence 
of  an  unusually  large  number  of  mosquitoes;  sec- 
ondly, they  observed  that  the  infection  was  local- 
ized in  the  low,  wet  districts  near  the  river  and 
shipping;  thirdly,  they  noted  that  the  infection 
was  contracted  mostly  at  night ;  fourthlv,  they 
showed  that  in  the  higher  and  dryer  grotmd  of 
the  city  proper  the  disease  was  absolutely  non- 
contagious ;  fifthly,  they  reported  that  the  disease 
traveled  in  the  direction  of  the  prevailing  winds, 
when  these  were  strong  and  blew  in  one  direc- 
tion; and  sixthly,  they  were  familiar  with  the 
fact  that  yellow  fever  was  most  apt  to  prevail 
when  the  mean  temperature  was  high,  and  they 
knew  perfectly  well  that  the  disease  was  stamped 
cut  by  the  frost.  To  this  we  can  add  nothing 
more  than  the  direct  implication  of  the  mosquito. 
Of  course  a  mistake  was  made  in  the  failure  to 
recognize  the  imported  nature  of  the  disease,  and 
strong  protests  were  written  against  the  quaran- 
t'ne  methods  then  in  force  against  Baltimore  by 
Philadelphia,  Wilmington  and  other  places. 
I'hese  quarantines  were  established  in  the  belief 
tJiat  the  disease  was  contagious.  The  Baltimore 
physicians  having  the  strongest  proofs  that  it 
was  not,  felt  that  they  were  treated  with  undue 
severity.  In  a  low-lying  city  like  Philadelphia, 
where  mosquitoes  were  numerous,  there  was  jus- 
tification for  the  belief  in  contagion,  so  that  while 
both  were  partly  wrong  in  their  opinions  under 
the  circumstances,  the  method  of  quarantine  was 
a  justifiable  and  proper  one  to  adopt  for  their 
safety.  On  the  other  hand  the  lax  quarantine 
system  at  Baltimore  was  a  source  of  clanger ;  still 
!^  was  justifiable  on  the  ground  of  the  available 
evidence  to  show  that  yellow  fever  was  not  con- 
tagious, and  upon  the  belief  then  prevailing  that 
all  infectious  fevers  were  the  result  of  putrefac- 
tion.   Hence  if  a  vessel  were  clean  and  her  cargo 

NUNN     A.     CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS 

227  NORTH  HOWARD  STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OF  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Students'  Supplies.  Both  Telephones. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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in  good  condition,  it  was  assumed  that  she  could 
not  harbor  the  seeds  of  the  disease,  and  she  was 
permitted  to  come  into  dock  and  unload. 

In  the  management  of  the  epidemic  (1819')  the 
wise  policy  was  adopted  of  advising  all  persons  to 
dee  the  infected  location  and  seek  a  residence  upon 
liigh  ground  without  the  range  of  the  infection. 
This  the  majority  did,  many  going  to  the  country 
or  remaining  nearby,  while  some  refused  to  leave 
their  habitations,  and  these  latter  furnished  the 
fuel  for  the  continuance  of  the  pestilence.  This 
epidemic  is  said  to  have  cost  the  city  350  lives. 

The  kindly  concern  shown  for  the  welfare  of 
the  destitute  poor  stands  out  brightly  in  the  his- 
tory of  this  outbreak.  It  became  necessary  to 
remove  the  healthy  poor  from  Fell's  Point,  and 
provide  means  of  shelter  and  sustenance  for  them 
until  it  was  safe  for  them  to  return.  A  committee 
was  appointed  who  visited  a  Mr.  Owen  Dorsev 
to  sohcit  the  use  of  a  rope-walk  owned  by  him. 
This  was  granted  free  of  charge  and  the  removal 
began.  More  room  was  soon  needed,  and  a  Mr. 
Christopher  Chapman  gave  up  another  adjacent 
rope-walk,  1,000  feet  long,  for  the  purpose.  This 
was  not  sufficient,  and  more  than  100  tents  and 
marquees  were  then  pitched  and  filled.  Over 
1,000  persons  were  received,  made  comfortable, 
and  supplied  with  provisions  and  every  necessity. 
The  corporation  appropriated  $1,000,  but  this  was 
returned,  the  donations  of  money  and  supplies 
being  ample  for  all  purposes.  Notwithstanding 
the  partial  depopulation,  business  depression,  fail- 
ure of  some  of  the  leading  commercial  houses  and 
of  one  of  the  banks,  over  $4,000  in  cash  were 
contributed,  and  liberal  donations  of  food,  cloth- 
ing, etc.,  poured  into  the  warehouse  designated  to 
receive  them.  The  neighboring  farmers  contribu- 
ted flour,  fruit  and  vegetables,  as  well  as  money, 
and  Georgetown,  D.  C,  contributed  $700.  A  soup 
bouse  was  established  at  the  encampment  and  this 
supplied  over  100  gallons  of  rich  wholesome  soup 
daily.  This  enterprise  was  undertaken  by  three 
energetic  gentlemen,  Messrs.  Stewart,  Mosher  and 
Coale,  and  through  voluntary  contributions  of 
material  and  labor  the  total  outlay  required  was 
only  $10.  The  camp  was  maintained  for  53  days 
and  when  it  was  broken  up,  on  the  25th  day  of 
October,  each  person  was  supplied  with  provis- 
ions for  three  days.  There  were  only  six  deaths 
in  the  encampment,  and  five  additional  in  the  hos- 


pital, of  persons  who  contracted  the  fever  at  the 
Point  and  were  carried  from  the  camp  to  the  hos- 
pital for  treatment.  The  sick  among  the  poor 
were  cared  for  at  the  hospital  at  the  expense  of 
the  city.  Food,  luxuries  and  stimulants  were 
provided  for  distribution  upon  the  order  of  an} 
practicing  physician.  It  is  estimated  that  by  these 
means  several  hundred  lives  were  saved,  and  the 
record  is  one  of  which  Baltimore  should  be  proud. 

The  Mayor,  Edward  Johnson,  was  a  man  of 
Christian  character,  high  courage  and  strong  de- 
termination. Disregarding  protests,  the  Mayor 
and  many  of  the  Board  of  Health  visited  the  hos- 
pitals during  the  height  of  the  epidemic,  and  by 
their  example  inspired  others  with  confidence  in 
the  non-contagious  nature  of  the  disease.  Dr. 
Reese  wrote  of  him :  "Mr.  Johnson  is  one  of  the 
few  individuals,  with  whom  when  interest  and 
duty  are  in  opposite  scales,  the  latter  will  ever 
predominate." 

Ten  cases  are  reported  to  have  appeared  at  Fort 
McHenry  in  1868,  and  the  disease  was  believed 
to  come  from  infected  vessels,  in  quarantine, 
nearby.  It  is  probable,  as  has  been  stated  by  Dr. 
John  Morris",  that  sporadic  outbreaks  were  fre- 
quent at  Fell's  Point  until  1855.  In  this  year  Dr. 
Kemp,  of  the  Board  of  Health,  had  the  infected 
district  drained  and  cleaned.  It  is  said  to  have 
been  free  from  the  disease  from  then  until  1876 
(except  during  the  suspension  of  commerce  dur- 
mg  the  Civil  War),  when  a  small  outbreak  of 
the  fever  undoubtedly  appeared,  though  the  cases 
were  not  officially  so  reported.'' 

In  this  review  of  the  epidemics  at  Baltimore, 
the  literature  of  which  is  very  scant,  I  have  con- 
fined myself  to  a  simple  narration  of  the  facts 
which  seem  to  be  of  general  interest,  and  I  hope 
that  some  of  you  may  be  stimulated  to  read  for 
yourselves  the  records  written  by  men  of  this  city, 
some  of  whom  were  teachers  in  our  University, 
and  of  whom  you  have  every  reason  to  be  proud. 

^History  of  the  Epidemic  in  Baltimore  in  i8j6. 
Reports  of  American  Public  Health  Association, 
Vol.  IV,  p.  244. 

''Baltimore  Physician  and  Surgeon,  Vol.  VI, 
No.  2,  1876,  p.  37. 

WIESEL'S  OBSTETRIC  AND  RECTAL  CONES. 

ANAESTHETIC.     ANTISEPTIC.     LUBRICANT. 


JOHN  M.  ML, 


OniaiNATCD    AND    MANUFACTUHCD 
ON  LV    BT 

PHARMACEUTICAL   CHEMIST 

1114  Madison  Avenoe.  Baltimore,  Md..  U.  S.  A. 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


V 


ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

(Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy), 

Department  oe  Pharmacy  op  the  University 

OE  Maryland. 

Committee  of  Publication: 

W.  T.  Dowry,  Jr.  ('96),  Chairman.  J.  J.  Bar- 
nett  ('99),  Franz  Naylor  ('00),  H.  L.  Troxell 
('99),  J.  C.  Wolf  ('05),  and  E.  F.  Kelly   ('02). 

Address  all  communications  to  the  office  of 
Old  Maryland.. 

The  Publication  Committee  desires  to  call 
special  attention  of  the  alumni  to  the  notice  given 
elsewhere  that  "Old  Maryland"  has  been  adopted 
as  the  official  journal  of  the  association;  and  an- 
nounce the  discontinuation  of  the  AJumni  News 
Letter,  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  adopted 
by  the  association  at  its  last  annual  meeting. 

As  this  may  be  termed  the  first  public  utter- 
ance of  the  association  since  the  College  has  be- 
come the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland,  it  seems  a  fit  time  to  review, 
even  if  briefly,  its  history. 

As  given  in  the  minutes  of  the  various  meet- 
iugs,  there  are  many  interesting  chapters,  and  the 
pity  is  that  they  cannot  be  given  in  detail ;  as  we 
are  sure  the  most  of  us  are  lacking  in  the  knowl- 
edge of  that  which  has  gone  before. 

The  history  of  the  association  is  divided  into 
two  periods — organization  in  May,  1871,  and  re- 
organization in  July,   1890. 

At  the  first  meeting  and  organization  there 
were  eight  members  present,  with  Mr.  Chas.  E. 
Dohme  as  temporary  chairman ;  later  on  Mr.  W. 
S.  Thompson  was  elected  the  first  president.  The 
name  adopted  was  "The  Society  of  the  Alumni  of 
the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,"  the  object 
being  "to  bring  the  graduates  into  closer  fellow- 
ship, and  the  cultivation  of  a  more  enlarged 
knowledge  of  pharmacy  and  its  kindred  branches." 

The  society  as  thus  organized  continued  to  meet 
legularly  and  irregularly  until  August  23d,  187G, 
the  last  recorded  meeting.  During  this  time  the 
average  attendance  was  but  nine  members.  No 
wonder  a  distinct  tone  of  discouragement  per- 
vades the  minutes  of  these  meetings.  At  one 
meeting  a  motion  was  made  to  dissolve  the  soci- 
ety ;  this,  however,  was  voted  down. 

While  the  form  of  government  adopted  by  our 
fathers  was  much  the  same  as  now  exists,  yet  the 


character  of  the  meetings  seems  to  have  been  dif- 
ferent. In  the  early  days  they  gave  more  time 
and  attention  to  pharmaceutical  discussions,  and 
many  .  papers  of  interest  were  presented.  It  is 
mteresting  to  note  that  the  members  were  re- 
quired "to  perform  chemical  and  pharmaceutical 
manipulations  before  the  society."  A  committee 
on  social  features  did  not  exist,  and  a  banquet  was 
an  unknown  quantity. 

As  just  stated,  we  have  no  records  from  August 
33,  1876,  to  July  17,  1890,  when  a  reorganiza- 
tion of  the  society  occurred.  It  is  recorded  that 
Mr.  Louis  Dohme  presided,  he  being  the  presi- 
dent when  the  society  ceased  to  meet.  The  present 
constitution  was  adopted,  and  the  name  was 
changed  to  the  "Alumni  Association  of  the  Mary- 
land College  of  Pharmacy." 

Papers  were  presented  until  April  ,9,  1895,  after 
which  time  they  were  by  common  consent  discon- 
tinued. 

The  first  appearance  of  a  Publication  Committee 
was  the  one  authorized  at  the  meeting  of  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1894.  The  duty  of  this  committee  was 
"to  insert  in  two  Baltimore  papers  a  reading  ad- 
vertisement bearing  upon  the  interest  of  the  drug 
business,  with  a  view  of  enlightening  the  public 
as  to  its  specific  character  and  principle."  Certain- 
ly the  duty  of  the  committee  has  undergone  a 
change,  for  in  May,  1898,  it  was  instructed  to 
publish  an  Alumni  Journal,  said  publication  not 
to  appear  oftener  than  twice  a  year. 

The  various  secretaries  under  the  new  regime 
have  not  recorded  the  details  of  the  meetings  as 
did  those  of  the  older  days,  so  regarding  the  mat- 
ter of  attendance  we  can  only  find  that  this  was 
"good."  Just  how  many  that  might  be  we  are 
unable  to  state ;  but  for  the  past  few  years  the 
average  attendance  at  the  annual  meeting  and 
banquet  has  been  about  seventy-five.  In  the  com- 
parison of  nine  with  seventy-five  we  can  certainly 
congratulate  the  association  on  its  growth,  but, 
like  Oliver  Twist,  we  are  asking  for  more,  and 
hope  to  make  the  next  meeting  a  record-breaker. 

0 

OUR    ALUMNI    IN    NATIONAL    PHARMACY. 

The  creditable  part  taken  by  graduates  of  our 
Alma  Mater  in  the  broader  fields  of  pharmacy  is 
both  pleasing  and  encouraging.  In  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association,  especially,  mem- 
bers of  our  alumni  have  been  particularly  con- 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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spicuous  and  have  won  for  themselves  and  the 
school  they  represent  honorable  recognition. 

One  of  the  first  graduates  of  our  college,  the 
venerable  but  still  active  Alpheus  P.  Sharp  ('42), 
was  also  the  first  person  to  present  and  read  a 
regular  paper  before  the  American  Pharmaceuti 
cal  Association.  This  paper,  referring  to  the 
variations  in  strength  of  mineral  acids  and  alco- 
hol, was  re-read  by  the  author  at  the  golden  jubi- 
lee of  the  Association  in  1903,  and  is  as  pertinent 
today  as  it  was  when  first  read. 

Mr.  Sharp  has  contributed  several  other  articles 
to  the  proceedings  of  the  association,  viz  :  "Hypo- 
dermic Solution  of  Quinia,"  "Oil  of  Sassafras,'" 
'Preservation  of  Garlic."  He  served  upon  a  num- 
ber of  committees  but  always  declined  election  to 
office. 

The  late  Wm  Silver  Thompson  ('i2)  was 
elected  second  vice-president  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1860,  and  contrib- 
uted two  papers  to  the  association's  proceedings: 
"Oleates  and  Ointments  of  Oleates,"  and  "The 
Preservation  of  Ointments."  He  was  a  member 
of  the  committee  that  revised  the  Pharmacopoeia, 
in  1870. 

Dr.  J.  Faris  Moore  ('-±7),  although  long  since 
deceased,  is  well  remembered  by  many  of  our 
graduates  as  either  their  professor  of  pharmacy 
or  materia  medica,  he  having  successively  filled 
these  chairs.  In  1863,  he  was  elected  president 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
having  served  as  second  vice-president  the  previ- 
ous year.  In  1870,  he  acted  as  local  secretary  for 
the  meeting  at  Baltimore.  Besides  several  re- 
ports and  addresses  made  by  him,  an  article  on 
"Elixir  of  Ammonium  Valerianate"  may  be  found 
in  the  printed  proceedings  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Another  alumnus  who  has  been  justly  conspicu- 
ous in  national  pharmacy  is  Louis  Dohme  ('57). 
He  was  elected  second  vice-president  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1863, 
and  for  many  years  was  very  active  on  a  number 
of  the  more  important  committees.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Committee  on  Revision  of  the  U. 
£.  P.,  1870.-  "Arsenic  in  Phosphorus,"  "Dilute 
Phosphoric  Acid,"  "Liquor  Ferri  Nitratis,"  "Ob-' 
scrvations  on  Iron  Preparations,"  "Solution  of 
Tron  Phosphate,"  are  contributions  from  his  pen 


to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  pro- 
ceedings. 

Probably  the  alumnus  who  has  been  for  the 
longest  time  conspicuous  in  American  pharmacy 
is  John  F.  Hancock  ('60).  He  became  a  member 
of  the  American  Association  in  1863,  and  at  once 
became  active  both  in  office  and  as  a  contributor. 
Pie  was  elected  president  in  1873  and  has  con- 
tinued active  to  the  present.  He  is  now  chairman 
of  the  Historical  Section,  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  Procter  Memorial,  and  member  of 
the  delegation  to  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. Besides  appearing  at  the  end  of  his  able 
presidential  address,  his  name  may  be  seen  under 
the  following  captions;  "Cellar  and  Store-room," 
"Chlorodyne,"  "Dispensing  Department,"  "Pow- 
dered Blue  Mass,"  "Formulas  for  Elixirs,"  "Un- 
official Formulas,''  "The  Dispensing  Counter," 
"The  Wm.  Procter  Memorial  Fund." 

Charles  E.  Dohme  ('62),  was  elected  president 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in 
1898.  He  had  previously  served  as  local  secre- 
tary, first  and  second  vice-presidents  and  has 
served  several  terms  as  a  member  of  the  Council. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  last  Committee  on  Revi- 
sion of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and  is,  at  present, 
president  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  U.  S.  P. 

Before  he  was  elected  Permanent  Secretary, 
which  was  changed  to  General  Secretary,  the  of- 
fice he  has  held  since  1891,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr. 
('69),  served  as  third  vice-president  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association.  Although  not 
a  generous  contributor  to  the  proceedings,  two 
articles  only — "Alcohol  as  a  source  of  error  in 
Volumetric  Estimation  of  Alkaloids,"  "Pyrophos- 
phate of  Iron" — appearing  to  his  credit,  his  office 
is,  no  doubt,  the  most  important  one  in  American 
pharmacy,  and  his  good  editorial  work  is  plainly 
seen  in  the  proceedings.  He  is  well  known  all 
over  the  pharmaceutical  and  medical  world  as  the 
author  of  "A  Treatise  on  Pharmacy,"  and  as  one 
of  the  editors  of  the  National  Standard  Dispensa- 
tory. He  was  active  in  the  revision  of  the  present 
pharmacopoeia,  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Revision. 

During  the  last  seven  or  eight  years,  Henry  P. 
Hynson  ('77),  has  been  in  national  pharmaceuti- 
cal affairs.  He  served  as  local  secretary  at  the 
Baltimore  meeting  in  1898,  and  was  first  chairman 
ci  the  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dis- 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


pensing,  of  which  he  is  generally  considered  the 
'"Father." 

Besides  several  reports  as  chairman  of  various 
committees,  he  has  contributed:  "A  Practical 
Method  for  the  Dififerentiation  of  Coal-Tar  Pro- 
ducts," "Contributed  Pharmaceutical  Notes," 
"Laboratory  Possibilities,"  "Dispensing  Notes," 
"Department  Accounts,"  "Pharmaceutical  Legis- 
lation with  special  reference  to  the  Narcotic 
Laws,"  "Why  the  Doctorate  Degree  Should  be 
Settled  Upon  in  Pharmacy."  He  has  served  as  a 
member  of  the  present  Committee  on  National 
Formulary,  and  as  chairman  of  one  of  the  sub- 
committees. He  is  now  chairman  of  the  Section 
on  Commercial  Interests,  chairman  of  the  Delega- 
tion to  the  American  Medical  Association  and 
chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Organization 
of  Local  Branches  of  the  American  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  con- 
vention that  organized  the  National  Association 
of  Retail  Druggists  and  was  the  first  president 
of  that  body. 

Dr.  David  M.  R.  Culbreth  ('79),  is  most  con- 
spicuous in  National  Pharmacy  as  the  author  of 
"Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacology"  and  "Phar- 
maceutical Botany,"  and  as  a  general  contributor 
to  pharmaceutical  journals.  He  has  served  as  a 
member  of  several  important  committees  of  the 
American  Association. 

As  a  member  of  the  convention  that  organized 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  Louis  Schulze  ('84)  became 
known  all  over  the  country.  He  has  also  been 
conspicuous  in  the  meetings  of  the  Pure  Food 
and  Drug  Congress.  He  contributed  a  paper 
with  the  title  :"The  Commercial  Value  of  a  Phar- 
maceutical Education"  to  the  jubilee  meeting  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Probably  the  most  conspicuous  member  of  our 
alumni  in  national  pharmacy,  residing  outside  of 
the  State  of  Maryland,  is  Dr.  H.  R.  Slack  ('85), 
of  Georgia.  He  has  been  quite  active  in  national 
pharmaceutical  affairs,  and  has  contributed  sev- 
eral able  papers  to  the  proceedings  of  the  .Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association:  "Should  Gradu- 
ates in  Pharmacy  be  Compelled  to  Pass  the  Ex- 
amination of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  Before  Being 
Pvegistered  ?"  "Suggestion  and  Experiences  in 
Securing  Pharmacy  Legislation,"  "Reciprocal 
Registration,"  "Why  do  Pharmacists  Forsake 
Their  Profession  ?" 


One  of  the  younger  alumni  of  the  Department 
to  win  fame  outside  of  local  circles,  is  H.  A. 
Brown  Dunning  ('97).  He  is  at  present  secre- 
tary of  the  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and 
Dispensing,  of  which  he  was  associate  in  1903. 
He  has  contributed  "Aromatic  Waters,"  "Can 
Chemical  Analysis  be  Practiced  by  the  Retail 
Pharmacist  with  Profit?"  "Phosphorous  Resin,' 
and  "Solution  of  Iron  Peptonate  with  Manga- 
nese," to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, and,  as  a  writer  for  pharmaceutical  jour- 
nals, has  won  creditable  distinction. 

W.  J.  Lowry,  Joel  J.  Barnett  and  E.  Frank 
Kelly  are  younger  members  whose  writings  have 
been  lately  appearing  in  the  pharmaceutical  jour- 
nals. When  we  couple  the  names  of  all  those 
mentioned  with  those  who  entered  pharmacy  be- 
fore our  Alma  Mater  was  organized,  but  who  were 
active  in  its  affairs,  we  are  led  to  ask,  "Who  but 
these,  in  Baltimore  and  Maryland,  has  won 
national  distinction  ?" 


PERSONALS.      . 

John  H.  Bellerman,  class  of  '78,  died  recently 
in  Ohio. 

John  J.  McGinity,  '94,  is  still  in  the  "land  of 
the  living,"  and  not  at  the  bottom  of  the  sea,  as 
persistently  stated  in  lists  of  the  graduates. 

Dr.  H.  E.  Waterman,  '05,  is  now  "steering"  a 
drug  store  of  his  own  at  Houston,  Tex. 

Firey,  '05,  is  at  present  "analyzing  Hagers- 
town"  for  a  chemist's  shop  of  his  own. 

Jordan,  '05.  has  returned  to  the  "Sunny  South," 
where  he.  can  obtain  a  fresh  supply  of  that  tired 
feeling. 

Jimmy  Black,  '05,  continues  to  roll  pills  at  H. 
W.  &  Co.,  Baltimore  ,Md. 

F.  L  McCartney,  '03,  writes  from  Thomasville. 
Ga. :  "The  South  misses  her  sons  and  the  misses 
do,  too." 

Mr.  Charles  Webster,  class  of  '76,  died  very 
suddenly  November  28th,  1905. 

Harry  C.  King,  class  of  1904,  is  about  to  enter 
business  with  his  brother  at  Patterson  Park  ave- 
nue and  Jefferson  street.  We  understand  they  ex- 
pect to  annex  East  Baltimore  in  a  few  years. 
Wish  you  luck. 

'Downes,  from  what  we  can  understand,  is 
about  to  take  unto  himself  a  better  half — about 
time,  old  man. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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Through  a  misunderstanding,  the  "Committee 
of  Ten"  did  not  have  a  quorum  on  the  date  an- 
liounced  for  their  meeting  in  the  last  number  of 
Old  Maryland.  It  was  then  suggested  that  the 
committee  should  meet  the  following  Tuesday, 
January  33d,  at  the  capitol  in  Annapolis,  and  Dr. 
Hill,  of  the  House  of  Delegates  offered  the  use  of 
the  room  of  the  Committee  on  Corporations,  of 
which  he  is  chairman.  This  offer  was  accepted, 
and  at  the  time  appointed  delegates  were  present 
from  all  three  institutions.  There  was  a  free 
discussion  of  the  plan  alluded  to  in  our  last  issue, 
and  which  was  especially  expounded  and  advoca- 
ted by  Mr.  J.  Wirt  Randall,  of  the  sub-committee. 

We  are  not  at  liberty  to  speak  freely  upon  the 
subject,  but  we  may  say  that  the  discussion  was 
most  harmonious,  and  the  prospects  of  resultant 
good  are  bright. 

After  the  meeting,  the  Governor  kindly  showed 
the  members  of  the  committee  over  the  renovated 
building,  of  which  he  is  so  justly  proud,  and 
v/hich  is  such  a  credit  to  the  State. 

By  special  invitation,  the  committee  dined  at 
Dr.  Fell's,  and  thus  had  the  opportunity  of  par- 
t;iking  of  the  elegant  hospitality  of  the  president 
of  St.  John's,  and  his  charming  lady.  The  dinner 
was  succeeded  by  a  drill  of  the  St.  John's  cadets, 
which  was  protracted  for  the  committee's  benefit. 


Preceded  by  their  own  band  and  under  their  own 
officers,  the  battalion  executed  many  interesting 
and  difficult  movements  on  the  spacious  drill- 
ground  back  of  the  college  buildings.  The 
weather  was  superb,  and  the  Baltimore  contingent 
—  Professors  Winslow,  Coale  and  Cordell  —  re- 
turned to  the  city  after  a  most  delightful  and  we 

trust,  well-spent  day. 

0 

'^The  National  Legislative  Council  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association  met  in  Washington  city 
January  9-11.  Two  events  in  its  proceedings  of 
special  interest  to  Maryland  University  men  were 
the  recommendation  of  the  bill  introduced  into 
Congress  by  Senator  Elkins,  of  West  Virginia, 
for  the  relief  of  the  widow  of  the  late  Dr.  William 
A.  Hammond,  who  held  the  chair  of  anatomy  and 
physiology  in  the  University  in  1860-61,  and,  sec- 
ond, the  recommendation  to  the  Government  of 
recognition  of  the  services  of  Dr.  James  Carroll, 
rendered  in  the  investigation  of  yellow  fever.  It 
was  appropriate  that  the  resolutions  upon  the  lat- 
ter subject  should  emanate  from  a  fellow  alum- 
nus of  Dr.  Carroll— -Dr.  John  S.  Fulton  (1881). 
They  recall  the  circumstances  connected  with  the 
appointment  of  the  Cuban  Yellow  Fever  Com- 
mission in  1900,  and  the  memorable  service  ren- 
dered by  it.  More  especially  the  subjection  by 
Dr.  Carroll  of  himself  to  the  bite  of  an  infected 
mosquito,  and  the  incurring  by  him  thereby  of  the 
first  attack  of  the  disease  ever  produced  experi- 
mentally. In  the  last  resolution,  the  Council 
"commends  to  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  adequate  recognition  of  the  gallant  and 
meritorious  services  of  the  said  Dr.  James  Cai- 
roll,  the  only  surviving  member  in  the  Army  of 
the  United  States  of  the  said  Yellow  Fever  Com- 
mission." The  resolutions  were  unanimously 
adopted  by  a  standing  vote. 

Dr.  Carroll's  achievements  and  writings  place 
him  in  the  forefront  of  the  medical  profession. 
Especially  in  all  that  relates  to  yellow  fever  can 
he  speak  with  authority ;  he  is  probably  one  of  the 
greatest  living  authorities  on  that  disease.  Those 
who  read  his  address  in  the  present  number  of 
Old  Maryland  will  be  struck  with  his  thorough- 

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ness  and  his  calm  judicial  tone,  and  those  who  had 
the  good  fortune  to  hear  him  on  his  recent  visit 
must  have  been  impressed  with  his  thorough  sci- 
entific pose.  And  he  is  as  modest  as  he  is  meritori- 
ous. In  honoring  him  the  government  will  honor 
itself,  for  he  is  one  of  the  few  Americans  who  are 
entitled  to  rank  as  medical  heroes.  There  is  no 
return  that  the  government  can  make  to  such  a 
man  that  would  be  in  excess  of  his  deserts. 

o 

A  bill  has  been  introduced  in  both  branches  of 
the  Legislature  to  appropriate  $50,000  a  year  for 
two  years  to  the  University  Hospital.  It  is  stated 
that  the  money  will  be  used  for  an  addition  west- 
ward on  Lombard  street.  The  Faculty  of  Physic 
already  own  the  three  houses  adjoining  the  hospi- 
tal on  that  side.  The  bill,  which  was  introduced 
by  Senator  Young  (by  request)  and  Delegate 
Shipley,  was  referred  to  the  Finance  and  Ways 
and  Means  Committee,  respectively.  On  January 
31st  a  delegation  representing  the  hospital  and 
school  of  medicine  appeared  before  these  commit- 
tees in  advocacy  of  the  bill.  It  consisted  of  Profes- 
sors Chew,  Neale  and  Culbreth,  Drs.  Shipley, 
Owens  and  Norris,  and  Messrs.  Peter  and  Busick. 


EYES. 

Eyes  so  tender,  eyes  so  true. 
Eyes  of  every  cherished  hue, 
Laughing  eyes,  so  brightly  gleaming, 
Loving  eyes  so  gently  beaming, 

Eyes  so  heartless,  eyes  so  cold, 
Eyes  that  pierce  with  demon's  hold. 
Scornful  eyes  where  doubt  is  dwelling, 
Sinful  eyes  a  life's  tale  telling. 

Eyes  of  fervor,  eyes  of  prayer. 
Eyes  that  speak  cheer  everywhere, 
Truthful  eyes  that  know  no  wronging, 
Trustful  eyes  with  saintly  longing. 

Eyes  of  sorrow,  eyes  of  care, 
Eyes  beseeching  in  despair. 
Haunting  eyes  so  wildly  glaring. 
Dying  eyes  so  strangely  staring. 

— H.  L.  S.  (Class  1894). 


-     DEPARTMENT  OF  DENTISTRY. 

The  date  of  the  annual  commencement  exer- 
cises for  the  graduating  class  of  1906  has  been 
changed  from  May  24th  to  May  9th.  The  exer- 
cises    will    be    held     at    Albauarh's    Theater. — 


Owing  to  the  amount  of  work  and  lack  of  time 
in  which  to  do  this  work.  Prof.  J.  H.  Harris  has 
added  the  9-10  hour  on  Wednesday  morning  to 
his  course  of  lectures.  Dr.  I.  H.  Davis  will  occupy 
the  10-11  hour  Thursdays,  when  he  wishes  to 
meet  the  Dental  Students. — A  new  tabic 
graces  the  locker  room,  which  will  now 
be  called  the  library.  All  the  current  dental 
magazines  will  be  found  on  it  in  the  near  future ; 
the}'  will  be  for  the  use  of  this  room  only  and  can- 
not be  removed  from  it.  The  idea  was  laid  before 
our  Dean,  Prof.  F.  J.  S.  Gorgas,  who  thought  fa- 
vorably of  it,  and  it  now  rests  with  the  students 
to  push  it  through  and  make  a  success  of  it  by 
trying  to  keep  the  room  clean  and  conducting 
themselves  as  they  would  in  any  other  library.  We 
(the  senior  class)  must  be  generous-hearted 
tnough  to  think  that  this  isn't  for  us  alone,  or  for 
just  this  year,  but  for  years  to  come,  and  may  it 
some  day  be  said  that  the  University  of  Mary-. 
Land  has  the  finest  and  largest  dental  library  in 
the  United  States.  G.  W.  F. 


"    DEPARTMENT   OF   PHARMACY., 

J.  Edwin  Hengst,  '77,  was  recently  elected  vice- 
president  of  the  Northeastern  Dispensary. — 
Messrs.  Balmert  and  Buppert,  '06,  are  confined 
to  their  rooms  with  tonsilitis. — W.  G.  Harper, 
'06,  has  just  recovered  from  an  attack  of  la 
grippe. — A.  S.  Williams,  '06,  has  accepted  a  po- 
sition with  Robinson  &  Duck,  comer  Center  and 
Charles  streets. — J.  A.  Kenny  took  a  flying  trip 
to  Washington,  D.  C,  last  Thursday.  "We  won- 
der why." — The  editors  for  Terra  Maricr  from 
the  Pharmacy  Department  are  strenuously  work- 
ing on  material  which  has  been  secured,  and 
which  will  be  a  surprise  and  also  a  credit  to  our 
department.  "Come "on"  with  all  your  roasts  and 
grinds.  Let  us  make  our  department  the  A  No. 
1  in  the  Terra,  Maricc  of  1906. — Both  classes  are 
still  engaged  with  examinations  and  quizzes. — 
A.  E.  Kemp,  '05,  so  far  this  year  has  not  had 
a  chance  to  display  his  "detective  ability." 

B.  D.  B. 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


THE  LAW. 

In  the  profession   of  which  I  am  an  humble 
member  there  is  undoubtedly  more  of  the  stimu- 
lus which  comes  from  personal  collision  and  tri- 
itmph.    Its  contests  are  dramatic.    Its  excitements 
stir  the  blood.    Its  successes,  sometimes,  have  the 
glow  and  flush  of  victory  in  downright  strife.  It 
has  all  that  is  animating  and  ennobling  in   the 
grapple  of  mind  with  mind.  The  rivalry  of  skill, 
experience  and  courage  wrestling  with  courage, 
experience  and  skill.    But  the  triumph  dies  almost 
with  the  struggle,  and  the  reputation  of  the   lawyer 
who  has  led  his  bar  for  half  a  lifetime  is  as  tran- 
sitory, nearly,  as  the  echoes  of  his  voice.  He  con- 
tributes little  or  nothing  to  the  stock  of  human 
■knowledge.    He  has  given  himself  to  the  study 
and  application  of  a  science — if,  indeed,  it  be  a 
science — which  as  often  deals  with  artificial  prin- 
ciples and  dogmas  as  with  great,  abiding  truths. 
In  grasping  at  the  philosophy  of  jurisprudence,  he 
is  fettered,  even  in  this  day  and  generation,  b}- 
precedents  of  scholastic  absurdity  which  date  bade 
before  the  Wars  of  the  Roses,  and  by  statutes  the 
very  records  of  which  were  lost  before  the  Refor- 
jnation.    The  scientific  aim  and  effort  of  his  pro- 
fessional life  is  simply  to  show  that  "thus   it  is 
written."    The  legacy  which  he  is  able  to  leave 
behind  him  to  society  is,  therefore,  rarely  better, 
in  its  best  state,  than  a  tradition  of  high  faculties, 
fearlessly  and  honestly  dedicated  to  justice  and 
duty.  Even  the  triumphs  of  oratory — once  the  per- 
petual grace  and  honor  of  the  forum — can  now 
rarely  come  to  him.  The  pressure  of  business  and 
the  fashion  of  the  time  have  limited  discussion  in 
the  courts,  and  stripped  its  forms  almost  to  naked- 
ness. As,  in  the  British  Parliament,  the  orator  has 
made  way  for  the  debater,  so,  at  the  bar,  the  prac- 
tical statement  has  superseded  the  oratorical  dis- 
[jlay.    The,  glory  of  old  days  has  fled  from  us,  in 
ihis,  and  eloquence  has  gone — to  Congress. 

S.  T.  Wallis. 

o 

/ 
The  annual  meeting  of  the   Maryland  College 

of  Pharmacy  was  held  January  18th.  Messrs. 
John  F.  Hancock  and  Henry  A.  Elliott  were 
chosen  vice  presidents  and  Messrs.  J.  Edwin 
Hengst  and  Joseph  B.  Hall  were  chosen  member'^ 
of  the  board  of  examiners.  Addresses  were  deliv- 
ered by  Drs.  C.  Urban  Smith,  David  \L  R. 
Culbreth  and  Professor  Hynson.   Messrs.  Samue 


Mansfield,  Walter  Parkhurst,  John  A.  Davis, 
Mercer  Brown,  Joel  Barnett,  Louis  Schulze,  John 
Westcott,  Louis  Beck  and  Professor  Charles  Cas- 
pari  were  also  present.  In  the  absence  of  the  pres- 
ident, Mr.  Charles  E.  Dohme,  Mr.  Hancock  pre- 
sided. 


ATHLETICS. 

The  finances  of  the  University  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation are  said  to  be  in  the  .best  shape  for  years 
and  the  report  of  the  treasurer,  Mr.  Oliver  How- 
ard, is  very  gratifying  to  all  interested  in  athletics 
at  the  University.  The  football  team  last  summer 
was  self-supporting.  The  heavy  indebtedness 
that  has  hung  over  the  association  for  the  past  five 
jears  has  been  liquidated  and  the  treasurer  is  able 
to  report  a  balance  on  hand. 

The  basketball  team  is  preparing  for  its  north- 
ern trip,  in  which  it  will  play  some  of  the  big 
teams  of  the  country.  The  team  has  been  much 
handicapped  by  its  inability  to  secure  a  suitable 
hall  and  it  is  further  embarrassed  by  the  refusal 
of  the  Board  of  Governors  of  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity to  recognize  the  game  in  that  institution, 
which  cuts  it  off  from  the  much-needed  support 
anticipated  from  the  three  games  scheduled  with 
the  J.  H.  team.  Of  the  players  of  last  year  only 
Carnall  is  missing.  Three  games  have  been  played 
so  far.  The  first  was  with  the  Baltimore  Athletic 
Club's  team,  on  January  20th,  before  a  big  crowd, 
and  was  won  by  the  B.  A.  C.  by  a  score  of  18  to  6. 
The  LTniversity  players  were  Smith,  Moran, 
Blanck,  Hala  and  Garneau.  The  second  was 
played  at  College  Park  with  the  Maryland  Agri- 
cultural College  team  on  January  27th,  and  was 
won  by  the  LTniversity.  Score,  18  to  16.  The  Uni- 
versity players  were  the  same  as  above.  The  third 
game  was  played  in  Baltimore  with  the  Gettvs- 
burg  College  team  February  2.  Score,  42  to  27. 
W.  Thompson  is  captain  of  the  team  and  also  of 
the  football  team  of  1906. 


THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 
.      .      MODERN  PHARMACY     .      .      . 
COR.  BALTIMORE  AND  LIGHT  STREETS. 

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OLD    MARYLAND. 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  Athletic  Association 
will  be  held  February  13.  Mr.  W.  W.  Brent  is 
president.  New  officers  will  be  elected  and  the 
football  and  baseball  situation  will  be  thoroughly 
canvassed. 


MEDICINE. 


Of  the  laws  you  study  the  hand  of  man  writes 
none  and  alters  none.  Blindness  may  read  them 
rot,  or  foolishness  misread ;  but  immemorial  na- 
ture is  made  up  of  them,  and  while  it  lives  they 
cannot  perish  or  be  shorn  of  their  dominion.  A 
great  light  of  your  profession  and  of  literature- — 
the  author  of  Religio  Medici — speaks  to  us  of  Na- 
ture as  "that  universal  and  public  manuscript  that 
lies  expanded  unto  the  eyes  of  all."  How  few  of 
those  who  study  it  most  closely  can  translate  its 
mystic  language — ^how  often  the  wisest  may  be 
dazzled  by  its  illuminated  pages,  or  lost  in  the 
great  depths  of  its  abounding  lore — you  may  learn 
from  the  records  of  human  error,  which,  alas ! 
tell  the  completest  story  of  human  wisdom.  But 
you  have  the  consolation  of  knowing,  while  you 
strive  to  read,  that  truth  is  there  before  your  eyes, 
and  that  at  least  they  may  be  kindled  to  discern 
it.  The  humblest  patient  hand  may  cleanse  at  least 
some  little  portion  of  the  mighty  palimpsest  and 
feel  its  pulses  burn  with  joy  and  reverence  as  the 
live  word  comes  flashing  out  at  last.  If  you  are 
animated  by  the  love  of  science  and  your  kind, 
one  truth  thus  brought  to  light  is  in  itself  a  vic- 
tory and  crown.  If  you  are  yearning  in  your  souls 
lor  praise,  you  hear  its  voice  made  musical  by  grat- 
itude. If  vou  desire  to  be  remembered  when  your 
dust  is  as  that  of  the  Pharaohs,  you  have  written 
your  names  upon  a  tablet  as  imperishable  as  their 
pyramids.  Think  you  that  the  name  of  Harve}' 
will  die  while  men's  hearts  beat,  or  the  theology  of 
murdered  Servetus  live  as  long  as  his  explorations 
of  Nature  ?  No,  gentlemen ;  your  profession  has 
this  in  it,  that  its  progress  goes  step  by  step 
with  the  progress  of  humanity,  and  that  every 
truth  which  it  rears  up  by  the  wayside  shall  stand 
there  as  a  memorial  forever. — S.  T.  IVallis. 

Surgical  and  Hospital  Supplies        Sick  Room  Supplies 
Dental  Forceps  Microscopes  and  Accessories 

The  Chas.  Wilms  Surgical  Instrument  Co. 

300  N.  Howard  Street 


DEATHS. 

Mr.  Arthur  Stanley  Wilson,  of  the  sophomore 
class,  Medical,  died  at  the  residence  of  his  father, 
Rgt.  Rev.  Luther  B.Wilson,  in  this  city,  on  Thurs- 
day, Jan.  18th,  of  pulmonary  consumption,  after  a 
long  illness.  He  was  within  a  few  days  of  being 
24.  Mr.  Wilson  graduated  from  the  Central  High 
School  of  Washington.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity  and  of  the 
Methodist  Church.  Mr.  Wilson's  father. 
Bishop  L.  B.  Wilson  (1877).  his  paternal 
grandfather.  Dr.  Henry  M.  Wilson  (1850). 
and  his  maternal  grandfather.  Dr.  J.  H. 
Turner  (1847),  were  all  medical  graduates  of  this 
I'niversity. — William  Williams  Robertson,  M. 
D.  (1864),  at  Baltimore  of  apoplexy,  January  31, 
aged  60.— WilHam  Clemm  Poe,  M.  D.  (1865),  at 
l^jaltim.ore,  January  20,  aged  62.  He  was  a  brother 
of  Professor  John  P.  Poe.  He  was  president  of 
his  class.— Dr.  William  E.  Hodges  (1856),  at  El- 
licott  City,  January  17th,  aged  75.  He  had  prac- 
ticed at  Ellicott  City  over  40  years. 
o 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  had 
its  election  on  Saturday,  January  27th,  with  the 
following  result:  President,  John  E.  B.  Ziegler, 
Md. ;  first  vice-president,  Lawrence  Kolb,  Md. ; 
second  vice-president,  F.  D.  Wilson,  Va. ;  sec- 
retary, C.  F.  Strosnider,  N.  C. ;  corresponding 
secretary,  F.  G.  Cowherd,  Md. ;  treasurer,  H.  B. 
Ereyer,  R.  I.— Dr.  Benjamin  F.  Tefft,  Jr.  (1905), 
writes  that  he  is  doing  well  at  Anthony,  R.  I., 
and  that  he  eagerly  welcomes  Old  Maryland, 
v/hich  enables  him  to  keep  abreast  of  the  life  and 
doings  at  the  University. — Wanted,  catalogues  of 
the  School  of  Medicine  for  1847-48,  1851-52  and 
1859-60,  to  complete  set.— Dr.  John  C.  Hem- 
meter,  of  the  Faculty  of  Physic,  has  been 
elected  a  fellow  of  the  American  Associa- 
tion for  the  Advancement  of  Science. — The 
Miltenberger  books,  some  500  in  number,  have 
leached  the  Library. — Professor  Gichner's  course 
on  Hydrotherapy,  Balneology  and  Massage  will 
be  continued  to  the  close  of  the  session.  Every 
Thursday  at  10  A.  M.  in  Anatomical  Hall. — Pres- 
ident David  H.  Carroll's  saying  at  the  Merchants 
and  Manufacturers'  Association  banquet:  "Stag- 

dlark  $c  OInmpanij. 

THE   LINEN  STORE=^— 

5  W.  Lexington  Street,        -         -  BzJtimore. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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nation  is  death — we  must  go  ahead,"  should  prove 
suggestive  to  the  authorities  of  our    University. — 
President  Fell  states  that  the  alumni  of  St.  John's 
are  raising  subscriptions  towards  the  new  hbrary 
building  fund.  In  order  to  avail  of  the  $16,500  of- 
fered by  Mr.  Carnegie,  a  similar  amount  must  be 
laised  for  permanent  maintenance. — Dr.  B.  Mer- 
rill Hopkinson  (1885)  spoke  to  the  men  of  Grace 
Reformed  Church  on  January  23d  on  the  benefits 
to  be  derived  from  a  men's  organization  in  the 
church. — Dr.  Edward  E.  Gibbons   (1895)  read  a 
paper  before  the  Neurological  Section  of  the  M. 
&•  C.  E.,  December  13th,  on  the  ''Ocular  Symp- 
toms of  Tabes." — Cash  additions  to  Endowment 
Eund:    Erancis   T.   Redwood,   $10.00;   Mary   B. 
Redwood,  $10.00 ;  S.  Thomas  Day,  $2.00 ;  James 
Carroll,  $2.00;    A.   L.    Wilkinson,   $1.00.    Hon. 
Henry  Stockbridgc  subscribes  $10.00  a  year  "for 
two   or  three   years"   to   the  Charles   Erick   Re- 
search  Work.     In   sending  the   contributions   of 
himself  and  wife,  Mr.  Redwood  writes  :  "We  have 
the  most  sincere  wishes  for  the  University's  wel- 
fare and  prosperity." — Dr.  Carroll  writes:  "I  as- 
sure you  that  the  sincere  cordiality  with  which  I 
was  greeted  will  always  remain  a  pleasant  recol- 
lection with  me." — Lawrason  Riggs,  LL.B..,  was 
re-elected  vice-president  of  the  Interstate  National 
Guard  Association  at  Washington,  January  22d. 
— L.  McLane  Tiiifany,  M.D.  (1868),  has  gone  on 
0  shooting  and  fishing  trip  on  the  west  coast  of 
Florida. — Oregon  Milton  Dennis,  LL.B.,  has  re- 
moved his  office  to  the  Law  Building,  on  Court- 
land   street. — Dr.   E.   J.    Bernstein    writes    from 
Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  that  he  was  with  us  in  spirit 
at  our  meeting  on  January  25th. — The  students  of 
Johns  Hopkins  are  stirred  up,  like  our  law  stu- 
dents, ever  the  "honor"  system. — The  following 
were  made  chairmen  of  committees  in  the  House 
of  Delegates :  C.  J.  Bouchet,  Expiring  Laws ;  J. 
L.  V.  Murphy,  Insurance  and  Loan  Companies ; 
Lehmayer,  Judiciary ;  Heatwole,  Printing ;  Daw- 
kins,  Revaluation  and  Assessment  of  Property. — 
Hon.    John    P.    Poe    reported   to    the   House    of 
Delegates   January   16th,  the   completion   of  the 
code  of  1904  and  the  appendix  thereto,  which  was 
referred   to    the   Judiciary    Committee. — Dr.    H. 
O.     Reik     (1891)     took     active     part     in     the 

Menu,  Banquet  and  Dance  Cards.  Commencement  Invita- 
tions and  Programs.  Diplomas  Certificates.  Engrossintr,  U.  of 
M.  Stationery  for  Classes  and  Fraternities.  Letterlieads. 
Envelopes,  Cards,  etc..  for  Physicians.  Lawyers  and  Dentists, 

JAS.  H.  DOWNS,   STATIONER,   229  N.  Charles  St. 


proceedings  of  the  Southern  Branch  of  the  Ameri- 
can Laryngological,  Rhinological  and  Otologi- 
cal  Society  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  on  January  13th. — 
The  personal  estate  of  the  late  Judge  William  J. 
O'Brien,  of  the  Orphans'  Court,  was  appraised 
at  $13,960. — J.  Howard  Hughes,  '06,  died  at  Jer- 
sey City,  N.  J.,  on  February  6th,  from  the  acci- 
dental discharge  of  his  pistol. — I  have  always  val- 
ued the  message  of  the  life  above  the  message  of 
the  pen.     Osier. 

o 

The  General  Alumni  Association  met  in  annual 
session  on  January  25th,  Dr.  Thomas  A.  Ashby  in 
the  chair  in  the  absence  of  the  president.  Dr.  Wil- 
mer  Brinton.  Dr.  James  Carroll's  address  on  yel- 
low fever  in  Baltimore  was  the  principal  feature 
of  the  evening.  Oregon  Milton  Dennis,  LLB.,  of 
the  Baltimore  Cit>  Council,  and  Dr.  Eugene  F. 
Cordell  were  elected  president  and  secretary- 
treasurer,  respectively,  for  the  ensuing  year.  Ex- 
ecutive and  endowment  committees  of  twenty-five 
each,  representing  all  departments  of  the  Univer- 
sity, were  also  chosen.  A  collation  followed.  The 
liall  was  decorated  as  usual  with  the  LTniversitv 
colors  and  a  warm  reception  was  accorded  the 
distinguished  guest  of  the  evening. 

o 

The  fate  of  a  school  rests  not  on  its  endowments 
or  equipments ;  the  inherent,  vital  element,  which 
transcends  all  material  interests,  which  may  give 
tc  it  glory  and  renown  in  their  absence,  and  lack- 
mg  which  all  the  "pride,  pomp  and  circum- 
stance" are  vain — this  vitalizing  element  lies  in 
the  men  who  work  in  its  halls  and  in  the  ideals 
which  they  cherish  and  teach.     Osier. 


A  Manual  of  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacol- 
ogy, by  David  M.  R.  Culbreth,  Ph.G.,  M.D., 
Professor  of  Botany,  Materia  Medica  and  Phar- 
macognosy in  the  University  of  Maryland  Den- 
tal, Medical  and  Pharmaceutical  Schools.  Fourth 
Edition.  Lea  Bros.  &  Co.,  Philadelphia  and  New 
York,  1906. 

The  appearance  of  four  editions  of  this  stand- 
ard work  within  r.'ine  years  is  high  testimony  to 
Its  excellence  and  popularity.  The  author  has 
taken  advantage  of  the  recent  appearance  of  the 

SOIJVFNFPS  of  the  University  of  Maryland 

And  Other  Points  of  Interest. 

SONNENBURQ'S,  Baltimore  and  Greene  Sfs. 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


UNIVERSITY   OF    MARYLAIN^D.    BALTO.,  MD- 

BERNARD    CARTER,    liL.    D.,    Pkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  yenrs  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  58.  100th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1906,  and  continue  S  months. 

R.  DORSET  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

25th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building. 
E^or  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 

845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md; 


School  of  Law 


37th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary.  1063  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN  PRENTISS  POE,   LL.D.,  Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  G3d 
Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  10  Instructors. 
New  Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


eighth  revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  to  ar- 
range his  material  in  conformity  with  that  stand- 
ard. .Many  ilkistrations  have  been  added  (there 
are  48';  in  this  edition),  and  almost  every  subject 
has  been  rewritten  or  distinctly  modified,  so  that 
the  work  in  its  present  form  is  practically  a  new 
one.  It  bears  evidence  on  every  page  of  laborious 
care,  research  and  thoroughness,  c|ualities  which 
entitle  it  to  rank  among  the  best  text-books  on  the 
subject  of  which  it  treats. 


TO . 

On  reading  his  poem,  "The  Passing  Year," 
December  31st,  1901  (see  Old  Maryland,  De- 
cember, 1905,  p.  162). 

Poet  and   Friend,  who   hast  in   cadenced   words 

And  classic  measures  mourned  the  dying  year. 

Teaching  the  seriousness  of  daily  life — ■ 

I  thank  thee.     May  to  thee  the  seasons  bring 

The  guerdon  of  a  worthy  life  well  spent; 

And  as  their  chan.ges  fill  the  rounded  year. 

May  thy  heart  find  them  blended  into  one; 

Thy  Autumn's  fruitage  know  the  hope  of  Spring, 

The  plough  o'ertake  the  sickle,  and,  though  coid 

The  Winter's  blasts  may  blow,  still  warm  and  bright 

May  Summer  in  her  fulness  nourish  thee 

Until  God's  full-abiding  year  shall  dawn. 

— Richard  Henry  Thomas. 
Baltimore,  January  ist,  1902. 

O 

In  a  little  pamphlet  by  Professor  Heriry  P. 
Hynson,  reprinted  from  the  Johns  Hopkins 
Nurses'  Ahimnce  Magazine,  of  November,  some 
good  advice  and  cautions  are  given  to  nurses  with 
reference  to  their  purchasing  and  prescribing 
medicines  wiiich  thev  will  do  well  to  heed.    With 


wonderful  delicacy,  indicative  of  the  true  gentle- 
man dealing  with  those  who  are  entitled  to  be 
treated  as  ladies,  he  tells  them  they  are  not  com- 
petent to  prescribe  drugs,  much  less  so  than  phar- 
macists, who  are  denied  the  privilege  by  law,  by 
higher  practice  and  by  a  sense  of  right.  They 
should  not  attempt  to  purchase  potent  drugs,  be- 
cause it  greatly  einbarrasses  and  jeopardizes  the 
[.osition  of  those  from  whom  they  buy.  Certainly, 
no  one  outside  of  medicine  proper  should  know 
better  than  nurses  how  difficult  it  is  to  diagnose 
and  treat  diseases,  even  small  ailments,  yet  this 
Ihey  attempt  to  do  when  they  prescribe  or  recom- 
mend medicines.  And  who  knows  better  than  a 
nurse  the  nonsense  and  absurdity  of  lay  treat- 
ment— who  is  more  annoyed  by  it?  Your  patients, 
relatives  and  friends,  old  women  and  senile  men 
that  visit  them,  know  more  of  treatment  and  rem- 
edies than  the  ablest  physicians  ever  dreamed.  It  is 
amazing  to  realize  how  utterly  wanting  in  com- 
mon sense  the  average  human  being  is  when  the 
taking  of  medicine  is  concerned.  The  prescription 
of  the  family  doctor,  formulated  to  suit  a  special 
case  and  person,  is  passed  around  to  neighbors  and 
friends,  old  and  young,  far  and  wide.  Prominent 
business  men  will  take  advice  from  anyone  in  a 
drug  store.  It  seems  incredible  that  a  nurse,  an  in- 
telligent trained  nurse,  would  to  any  degree  take 
part  in  this  ;  that  they  do  only  proves  that  they  are 
human — that  they  are  amenable  to  the  common 
frailty  referred  to :  that  the_v  yield  too  readily  to  a 
desire  to  please.  These  are  timely  words  from 
Professor  Hvnson. 


(kyi^u^^^,, 


OLD    JIARYLAND 

Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  flaryland. 


Vol.  II.     No.  3. 


BALTIMORE.  MD.,  MARCH,  1906. 


Price,  10  Cents 


Baltimore,  Md.,  Feb.  13,  1906. 
To  the  Alumni  of  the  University  of  Maryland: 

At  a  meeting  of  the  General  Alumni  Associa- 
tion, held  on  January  2.5th,  1906,  I  was  honored 
by  election  as  president  of  the  Association.  One 
of  the  first  things  I  discovered  was  the  apparent 
lack  of  interest  of  a  large  number  of  gentlemen, 
v.-ho  have  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Maryland,  by  neglecting  to  enroll  themselves  as 
members  of  it.  Every  large  university  over  the 
entire  countrv  has  an  Alumni  Association,  sup- 
ported by  its  graduates,  a  number  having  built 
commodious  and  elegant  clubhouses,  and  in  this 
and  other  ways  they  have  kept  up  the  spirit,  in- 
terest and  welfare  of  their  alma  mater.  Why 
should  this  not  be  done  by  the  graduates  of  the 
University  of  Maryland  in  Baltimore?  It  cer- 
tainly cannot  be  by  reason  of  expense,  because 
the  dues  of  the  Association  are  but  one  dollar  a 
year ;  it  cannot  be  by  reason  of  waste  of  time,  be- 
cause we  have  but  three  meetings  a  year,  and  I 
cannot  believe  it  is  for  any  other  reason  than 
negligence.  Now,  fellow  alumni,  will  you  not 
aid  the  Association  by  sending  in  your  names  at 
once  for  membership  ?  The  next  meeting  will  be 
held  in  April,  and  we  want  to  make  it  the  very 
best  meeting  ever  held,  and  we  want  to  see  at 
least  two  hundred  new  members  come  in  at  this 
meeting.  We  hope  to  have  Governor  Warfield 
deliver  the  address  at  the  April  meeting. 
Very  sincerely  yours, 
Oregon  Milton  Dennis,  President. 


/    LOUIS  PASTEUR. 

By  Jose  L.  Hirsh,  M-.D. 

[Read  before  the  Library  and  Historical  Society. '\ 
Louis  Pasteur,  chemist,  physicist,  scientist, 
bacteriologist,  the  son  of  a  poor  tanner,  rose  to 
be  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  the  French 
republic.  Born  the  27'th  day  of  December,  1S22, 
during  the  73  vears  of  his  life  he  accomplished 
more  than  any  other  man  of  his  period.  He  be- 
gan his  education  in  the  village  school,  but  books 


and  study  had  little  attraction  for  him,  and  he 
preferred  to  follow  his  favorite  pastime  of  fishing 
and  hunting,  as  many  a  boy  has  done  before  and 
since.  He  had  quite  an  aptitude  for  drawing 
and  his  pastel  drawings  soon  formed  a  portrait 
gallery  of  friends,  some  dozens  of  which  are  still 
shown  by  the  inhabitants  of  Arbois  with  pride. 

Soon,  however,  he  aroused  from  his  lethargy, 
and  from  then  onward  Pasteur  may  be  said  to 
have  hardly  ever  paused,  in  the  pursuit  of  those 
iierculean  labors  which  his  genius  throughout  his 
life  supplied  in  such  rapid  succession  for  his  in- 
domitable energy  to  perform. 

The  college  of  Arbois,  having  at  this  time  no 
professor  of  philosophy,  Pasteur  left  for  Besan- 
con,  where,  at  the  end  of  the  academic  year,  he 
took  his  degree  of  bachelor  of  letters  and  was 
appointed  a  tutor  in  the  college,  at  the  age  of  19 
years.  The  fond  ambition  and  hope  of  his  father 
at  this  time  was  often  repeated :  "If  you  are 
only  able  to  become  a  professor  at  the  college  of 
Arbois  I  would  be  the  happiest  man  alive."  That 
Pasteur  succeeded  at  this  and  even  more  inight 
readily  have  been  expected  of  one  of  his  mental 
capacity.  His  love  for  chemistry  showed  itself 
early,  and,  with  Dumas  at  the  Sorbonne,  and 
Ballard  at  the  Ecole  Normale,  he  had  every  op- 
portunity to  gratify  his  passion  in  this  direction. 
As  a  student  Pasteur's  energy  and  enthusiasm 
were  boundless.  His  studies  on  tartaric  and 
racemic  acids  may  be  considered  pioneer,  for  in 
these  researches  he  became  the  father  of  one  of 
the  most  wonderful  departments  of  modern 
chemistry,  namely,  the  one  which  has  for  its  am^ 
bition  the  discovery  of  the  special  relation  of  the 
individual  atoms  in  the  molecule.  Thus  Pasteur's 
first  researches  possessed  in  themselves  purely 
theoretical  interest.  They  were,  however,  mas- 
terpieces of  thoroughness  and  exhibited  so  much 
experimental  skill  and  power  of  careful  observa- 
tion that  even  had  hfs  career  been  cut  short  at 
this  stage  there  would  be  no  hesitation  in  recog- 
nizing in  him  one  of  the  most  gifted  and  remark- 
able of  investigators. 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


In  1856  the  French  Royal  Society  conferred 
upon  him  the  Rumford  medal  in  recognition  of 
his  researches  on  the  polarization  of  light  with 
liemihedrism  of  crystals. 

.The  next  important  step  in  his  remarkable 
studies  was  the  researches  associated  with  the 
vitalistic  theory  of  fermentation,  and  especially 
those  associated  with  lactic  acid  fermentation. 
Vp  to  this  time,  in  the  world  of  chemistry,  as  in 
biology,  the  phenomena  of  fermentation  and  pu- 
trefaction were  inexplicable  so  long  as  the  nature 
of  the  ferments  was  not  understood.  Liebig 
strenuously  adhered  to  his  theory  that  fermenta- 
tion was  the  result  of  internal  molecular  move- 
ments which  a  body  in  the  course  of  decomposi- 
tion communicates  to  other  matter  whose  ele- 
ments are  connected  by  a  very  feeble  affinity. 
Pasteur  was  the  first  to  prove  that  fermentation 
is  an  ordinary  chemic  transformation  of  certain 
substances,  taking  place  as  the  result  of  the  ac- 
tion of  living  cells,  and  that  the  capacity  to  pro- 
duce it  resides  in  all  animal  and  vegetable  cells, 
though  in  a  varying  degree.  In  his  experiments 
with  lactic  acid  he  was  able  to  prove  conclusively 
that,  in  the  fermentation  resulting  in  the  souring 
nf  milk,  the  entire  process  was  due  to  rod-shaped 
bodies,  those  we  now  recognize  as  the  lactic  acid 
bacillus. 

Every  student  of  biology  is  familiar  with  the 
heated  arguments  concerning  spontaneous  gener- 
ation. Some  of  the  greatest  thinkers  and  ob- 
servers of  past  ages  have  had  some  very  definite 
views  on  this  subject.  Among  the  early  Greeks 
we  find  that  Anaximander  (610  B.  C.)  held  the 
theory  that  animals  were  formed  from  moisture. 
Aristotle  (38-!-  B.  C.)  is  not  so  general  in  his  view 
on  the  subject,  but  asserts  that  "somietimes  ani- 
mals are  formed  in  putrefying  soil,  sometimes  in 
plants,  and  sometimes  in  the  fluids  of  other  ani- 
mals." Vergil  is  more  specific,  that  bees  originate 
from  the  putrefying  carcass  of  a  young  bull.  Van 
Helmont  supplied  the  prescription  for  producing 
hv  spontaneous  generation  the  domestic  mouse. 
In  the  last  centnrv.  the  advocates  of  spontaneous 
generation   had   abandoned   their  ground   as    re- 


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gard's  such  tangible  forms  of  life  as  bees,  frogs 
and  mice,  and  had  restricted  their  views  to  those 
minutest  of  organisms  which  the  microscope  had 
rendered  visible. 

In  order  to  settle  this  dispute  and  bring  order 
out  of  chaos,  in  1860  the  French  Academy  gave 
as  a  subject  for  prize  competition:  "Experiments 
to    Throw    Light    on    Spontaneous    Generation." 
This  brought  forward  that  classical  paper,   "On 
the  Organized  Coipuscles  Existing  in  the  Atmos- 
phere," in  which  Pasteur  showed  that  many  of 
the  floating  particles  collected  from  the  atmos- 
phere of  his  laboratory  were  organized  bodies.  If 
these  were  planted  in  sterile  infusions,  abundant 
crops  of  micro-organisms  were  obtained.     By  the 
use  of  more  refined  methods,  he  repeated  the  ex- 
periments of  others  and  showed  clearly  that  the 
cause  which  communicated  life  to  his  infusions 
came  from  the  air,  but  was  not  evenly  distributed 
through  it.     A  few  years  later  he  showed  that 
the  organized  corpuscles  which  he  had  found  in 
the  air  were  the  spores  or  seeds  of  minute  plants, 
and  that  many  of  them  possessed  the  property  of 
withstanding  the  temperature  of  boiling  water — 
a  property  which  explained  the  peculiar  results 
of  many  previous  experimenters,  who  failed  to 
prevent  the  development  of  life  in  boiled  liquids 
inclosed  in  hermetically  sealed  flasks.    These  ex- 
periments had   a  finality  which   admitted   of  no 
further  dispute,  and  his  conclusions  have  been  ac- 
cepted by  a  whole  generation   of  scientific  men 
who  had   unhesitatingly   indorsed  the   statement 
made  by  him'  in  the  following  words :    "No,  there 
is  today  no  known  circumstance  which  permits 
us  to  affirm  that  microscopic  beings  have  come 
into  the  world  without  germs,   without  parents 
like  unto  themselves.     Those  who  have  held  that 
they  do  have  been  made  the  plaything  of  illusion, 
of  experiments  badlv  made,  tainted  with  errors, 
which  they  have  not  known  how  to  perceive,  or 
which  they  have  not  known  how  to  avoid." 

In  looking  backward  upon  this  period  of  Pas- 
teur's career,  one  is  disposed  to  regret  that  his 
great  powers  had  been  so  long  absorbed  in  this 
work  of  exterminating  a  mere  superstition  ;  but 

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PRINTERS,     ENGRAVERS,    STATIONERS 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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as  a  matter  of  fact,,  much  good  came  of  this  cru- 
sade in  a  number  of  ways.  Incidentally,  experi- 
ments, which  have  now  become  classical,  were 
made  on  the  distribution  of  micro-organisms  in 
our  surroundings,  such  as  air  and  water,  whilst 
healthy  urine  and  the  blood  af  normal  animals 
were  shown  to  be  free  from  microbes  and  capable 
of  being  preserved  without  alteration  for  an  in- 
definite period  of  time,  provided  they  were  col- 
lected under  suitable  precautions. 

We  may  now  turn  our  attention  to  a  series  of 
investigations  conducted  by  Pasteur,  which  will 
show  that  the  study  of  bacteriology  has  a  decided 
value  in  the  arts  and  manufactures  outside  of  the 
great  sum  of  knowledge  and  practical  application 
tc  the  science  of  medicine.  In  1862  we  hear 
Pasteur  delivering  an  address  to  the  vinegar  man- 
ufacturers of  Orleans,  an  address  which  has  since 
become  memorable  by  reason  of  the  important 
revelations  which  it  brought  before  the  industrial 
world  concerning  the  production  of  vinegar.  He 
showed  that  the  pellicle  formed  on  the  surface  of 
wine  is  due  to  the  presence  of  the  Mycoderma 
Aceti,  an  organism  whose  function  it  is  to  con- 
vey the  oxygen  of  the  air  to  the  liquor  in  the  vats. 
In  this  conclusion  he  was  antagonized  by  many 
prominent  'scientists  of  his  time,  but  as  usual  he 
was  finally  able  to  convince  the  most  skeptical. 

The  next  researches  were  likewise  along  a  line 
which  further  demonstrates  the  value  of  bacterio- 
logical studies  to  commercial  interests.  An  epi- 
demic of  terrible  proportions  was  ruining  the  in- 
dustry of  the  cultivation  of  silk  worm's.  The  help- 
lessness of  even  modern  civilization  in  stemming 
these  disasters  must  have  impressed  all  who  have 
witnessed  'such  industrial  epidemics  as  the  potato 
disease  or  the  rinder-pest,  which  are  the  nine- 
teenth century  counterparts  of  some  of  the 
plagues  of  Egypt.  The  silk  industry  had  pros- 
pered in  France  to  such  an  extent  as  to  reach,  in 
one  year  a  total  of  20,000,000  kilos  of  cocoons. 
The  name  of  the  "tree  of  gold"  given  to  the  mul- 
berry has  never  been  better  deserved.  Suddenly 
all  these  riches  fell  away.  "Eggs,  worms,  chrysa- 
lids,  moths,  the  disease  may  manifest  itself  in  all 
the  organs,"  wrote  Dumas,  in  his  report  to  the 
senate. 

Menu,  Banquet  and  Dance  Cards.  Commencement  Invita^ 
tions  and  ProKrams,  Diplomas,  Certificates,  Engrossing,  U.  of 
M.  Stationery  for  Classes  and  Fraternities.  Letterheads. 
Envelopes.  Cards,  etc.,  for  Physicians.  Lawyers  and  Dentists, 


"Whence  does  it  come?  How  contracted?" 
No  one  knew.  This  disease  was  called  pebrine. 
'  Pasteur  was  delegated  as  the  man  who  above  all 
others  was  most  capable  of  being  intrusted  with 
the  difficult  task  of  searching  out  the  hidden  mys- 
teries of  this  disastrous  silk  worm  disease.  The 
splendid  volumes  containing  his  researches  on 
silk  worm  disease  were  published  in  1870.  A  few 
abstracts  from  these  works  will  doubtless  prove  of 
interest.  The  outward  and  visible  signs  of  the 
disease  are  variously  exhibited ;  sometimes  at 
the  time  of  hatching  already  a  mass  of  eggs  prove 
sterile,  or  a  great  mortality  takes  place  during 
the  first  few  days  of  existence ;  sometimes  all 
goes  well  until  the  first  moult,  when  many  worms 
begin  to  eat  very  little  and  become  blackish  in 
appearance  and  a  number  die  ofl^.  Pasteur  has 
himself  vividly  described  this  tragedy  in  the  fol- 
lowing sentences :  "After  having  bestowed  his 
time  and  his  labor  on  his  dear  hetail,  dispensed 
his  leaves,  paid  his  work  people,  the  unfortunate 
breeder  gathers  nothing  but  putrefying  bodies. 
Formerly  the  period  of  collecting  the  cocoons  was 
a  season  of  fetes  and  rejoicings.  In  spite  of  the 
labors  of  the  last  days,  when  the  appetite  of  the 
worms  cannot  be  appeased  except  at  the  expense 
of  attention  which  knows  no  pause  either  day  or 
night,  J03'0U's  songs,  resound  throughout  the  coun- 
try; today  all  this  is  nothing  but  a  memory." 

The  history  of  this  investigation  reads  like  a 
romance.  Suffice  to  say,  that  after  many  investi- 
gations and  many  disappointments,  Pasteur 
eventually  was  enabled  to  show  that  this  disease 
was  of  a  two-fold  nature,  sometimes  due  alone 
to  the  pebrine  corpuscle  and  sometimes  associated 
with  another  disease,  la  flacherie,  due  to  a  definite 
micro-organism. 

Although  at  this  period  Pasteur  was  advanced 
in  years,  his  greatest  work  was  yet  to  come.  The 
tendencies  of  his  previous  researches  seem  to 
have  been  in  the  direction  of  the  interpretation  of 
the  phenomena  of  disease.  The  great  achievements 
of  Lister,  which  have  revolutionized  modern  sur- 
gery, owe  their  inception  to  the  principles  dem- 
onstrated by  Pasteur,  and  Lister  himself  in  a  let- 
ter ■  addressed  to  Pasteur  says :  "Truly,  there 
does  not  exist  in  the  entire  world  any  individual 

SOI  lypNlRS  ^^  ^^^  University  of  Maryland 

And  Other  Points  of  Interest. 


JAS.  H.  DOWNS,    STATIONER.    229  N,  Charles  St.  SONNENBURQ'S,  Baltimore  and  Greene  Sts. 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


to  whom  the  medical  sciences  owe  more  than  they 
do  to  you." 

His  investigations  as  to  the  causation  of  an- 
thrax were  as  brilhant  as  those  relating  to  silk- 
worm disease.  This  disease  was  one  dreaded  all 
over  the  world  and  which  in  France  alone  meant 
a  loss  of  twent}'  million  francs  3'early,  claiming 
its  victims  chiefly  among  the  cows  and  sheep.  Not 
only  did  Pasteur  detect  the  cause  of  the  malady 
in  the  rod-shaped  organisms  in  the  blood,  but  he 
early  recognized  the  importance  of  some  practi- 
cal measure  for  the  protective  vaccination  of  cat- 
tle against  the  disease.  He  found  that  the  inocu- 
lation of  attenuated  bacilli  into  cows  and  sheep, 
and  their  subsequent  reinoculation  with  mildly 
virulent  bacilli,  afforded  them  immunity  against 
highly  virulent  bacilli.  Pasteur  demonstrated  the 
value  of  this  method  in  1881,  at  Pouilly-le-fort, 
in  a  manner  so  convincing  to  the  entire  world 
that  it  was  immediately  put  into  practice  in 
France.  Chamberlain  has  shown  that  protective 
inoculation  by  Pasteur's  method  has  diminished 
the  death  rate  from  10%,  for  sheep,  and  5%,  for 
cattle,  to  about  0.94%,  for  sheep,  and  0.3-1-%,  for 
cattle,  so  that  the  utility  of  the  method  is  scarcely 
questionable. 

The  ne.xt  series  of  investigations,  and  possibly 
those  for  which  his  name  is  best  known  to  the 
laity,  were  even  mlore  beneficent  than  those  al- 
ready described,  for  it  is  here  that  we  first  find 
.  him  directing  his  energies  to  combat  the  disease 
in  man  himself.  He  turned  his  attention  to  rabies 
with  the  result  familiar  to  all.  While  many  have 
opposed  the  method  of  treatment  he  suggested, we 
cannot  but  feci  that  this  skepticism  and  opposition 
are  due  to  the  ignorance  of  the  principles  upon 
which  Pasteur  reasoned.  The  genius  of  Pasteur 
did  not  cease  with  the  production  of  immunity  in 
animals,  but  extended  to  the  kindred  subject  of 
therapy,  and  gave  us  a  preventive  to  the  develop- 
ment of  the  disease  in  man.  When  we  remem- 
ber that  the  first  application  of  the  method  to 
human  medicine  was  made  October  2G.  1885,  six 
years  before  we  began  to  understand  the  produc- 
tion and  use  of  antito.xins,  it  becomes  one  of  the 
most  remarkable  achievements  of  medicine. 

It  was  in  I880  that  Joseph  Meister  arrived  in 
Par's,    his    body    literally    covered    with    woimds 

German  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 
5.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


from  the  bites  of  a  rabid  dog.  He  was  the  first 
patient,  and  in  less  than  ten  years,  over  20,000 
persons  had  undergone  Pasteur's  anti-rabic  treat- 
ment at  the  Paris  institute,  and  today  many  simi- 
lar institutes  are  scattered  over  the  entire  civilized 
world. 

One  could  scarcely  consider  the  history  of  this 
savant  complete  without  some  reference  to  the 
institute  which  bears  his  name. 

It  was  on  the  lith  of  November,  1888,  that  the 
president  of  the  republic,  supported  by  great  offi- 
cers of  state,  representatives  of  foreign  govern- 
ments, and  the  leading  scientists  of  the  world, 
formally  opened  the  Institute  Pasteur.  The  insti- 
tute was  founded  not  alone  for  the  treatment  of 
rabies,  but  also  for  the  scientific  study  of  means  to 
compass  diseases  which  decimate  the  human  race 
— diphtheria,  typhoid  fever,  tuberculosis,  and 
how  much  it  has  accomplished  we  recognize  when 
we  recall  the  names  of  Roux,  Metchnikoff,  Beh- 
ring,  Yersin  and  other  lesser  but  deserving  lights. 

The  jubilee  of  Pasteur's  70th  birthday  was  cel- 
ebrated in  Paris  as  a  national  fete.  Among  those 
gathering  to  do  him  honor,  we  recognize  Lister, 
Koch,  Virchow  and  delegates  from  almost  every 
scientific  society  and  university  in  the  world. 

Few  men  have  received  greater  public  recogni- 
tion. A  member  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences  in 
18C2;  Honorary  Rector  of  the  University  of 
Bonn  in  1868 ;  Doctor  of  Civil  Laws  of  Oxford 
in  1883 :  Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of  Honor, 
Grand  Officer  and  other  decorations  were  de- 
servedly granted. 

On  the  28th  day  of  September,  1895,  a  paraly- 
tic stroke  cut  short  his  life.  He  was  accorded  a 
public  funeral  with  full  military  honors  and  his 
bodv  was  conveyed  to  the  magnificent  mausoleum 
m  the  Pasteur  Institute. 

o 

''  JOHN  WILLIAMSON  PALMER. 

The  death  of  Dr.  John  Williamson  Palmer,  a 
graduate  of  the  School  of  Medicine  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland,  of  the  class  of  18-1:6,  which 
occurred  in  Baltimore  on  February  36th,  is  one 
of  great  signficance  to  this  institution.  He  cher- 
ished deeply  his  connection  with  it  as  alumnus, 
and  its  degree  was  the  only  one  he  possessed,  so 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


that  his  allegiance  was  not  divided.  His  death 
was  due  to  old  age — he  would  have  been  81  on 
the  4th  of  April. 

Dr.  Palmer  was  a  native  of  Baltimore,  a  son 
of  Edward  Palmer,  a  merchant.  He  was  de- 
scended from  that  Oxford  scholar  and  antiquar- 
ian who  in  1624  designed  the  foundation  of  the 
iirst  college  of  arts  in  America  on  Palmer's  Is- 
land at  the  mouth  of  the  Susquehanna,  which  he 
had  purchased  for  the  purpose.  His  brother  was 
Dr.  James  Croxall  Palmer,  surgeon  general  of 
the  United  States  Navy,  and  also  a  University 
graduate,  class  of  1834. 

Dr.  Palmer  followed  his  profession  for  some 
years,  but  then  gave  it  up  for  a  life  devoted  to 
literature.  He  was  traveler,  editor,  prose  writer 
and  poet,  but  it  was  especially  in  the  last-named 
role  that  he  achieved  fame  and  success. 

Dr.  Palmer's  most  famous  poem  was  the  Con- 
federate war  song — "Stonewall  Jackson's  Way" 
— composed  on  the  day  of  the  battle  of  Sharps- 
burg,  September  17,  1862.  His  poems  were  pub- 
lished in  a  volume  in  1901,  entitled  "For  Char- 
lie's Sake  and  Other  Lyrics  and  Ballads."  It 
contains  sixteen  of  his  compositions.  He  retained 
his  poetic  inspiration  to  the  last,  having  written 
within  a  year  or  two  of  his  death  what  he  con- 
sidered his  best  verses — "Ned  Braddock." 

The  writer's  acquaintance  with  Dr.  Palmer  be- 
gan early  in  1903  and  his  e.xperience  as  a  Con- 
federate soldier  and  his  relations  to!  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland  were  at  once  passports  to  the 
poet's  friendship  and  esteem.  There  is  no  event 
upon  which  he  looks  back  with  more  pleasure 
than  this  association. 

It  was  as  a  lyric  poet  that  Dr.  Palmer  shines 
pre-emiinent  among  Americans.  His  style  was 
original  and  striking,  his  language  full  of  vigor, 
grace  and  pathos.  He  wielded  the  pen  of  a  mas- 
ter and  wonderful  were  the  word  pictures  that  a 
few  strokes  from  his  hand  could  create.  Our 
University  would  do  itself  honor  in  having  his 
bust  set  up  within  its  walls. 

Realizing  that  he  was  just  the  man  to  give  us 
a  stirring  University  ode  of  high  merit,  the  writer 
tried  to  persuade  him  to  write  one  three  years 
ago,  but  he  modestly  disclaimed  his  ability  for 
the  task,  saying  that  his  day  for  writing  poetry 
had  gone  by — a  statement  negatived  by  the  ap- 
pearance of  his  "Ned  Braddock"  shortly  after. 

The  following  letters  will,  we  are  sure,  prove 


of  interest  to  our  readers:  "Pardon  me  the  use 
of  the  pencil ;  my  hand  long  disabled  by  'writers' 
cramp"  refuses  to  manage  a  pen.  I  have  to  thank 
)-ou  cordially  for  enrolling  my  name  with  the 
members  of  your  Alumni  Association  of  the 
L'niversity  of  Maryland.  'The  successful  or- 
ganization" is  indeed  glad  tidings — not  the  less 
so  because  it  has  been  so  long  in  coming.  Count 
me  among,  those  to  whom  the  fine  old  school  is 
endeared  by  the  ties  of  association,  and  by  re- 
membrance of  pleasant  comrades  of  more  than 
fifty  years  agone ;  and  accept  for  yourself  and 
>our  colleagues  my  hearty  God  speed." 

"I  have  been  trying  to  excuse  myself  for  let- 
ting your  kind  letter  go  so  long  unanswered — for 
truly  I  did  not  wish  or  intend  to  keep  it  waiting. 
l!ut  I  have  been  unwell  for  a  fortnight,  and  much 
disturbed  and  interrupted  besides.  You  will  un- 
derstand when  I  tell  you  that  two  of  the  three 
houses  that  go  to  the  making  of  this  boarding 
place,  have  been  pulled  down  over  our  heads  as 
it  were,  and  even  these  walls,  that  are  spared  for 
a  time,  are  shoved  up  on  beams,  while  half  of  our 
household  stuff  has  gone  to  the  'storage  ware- 
house.' Heartily  am  I  glad  to  hear  of  your  happy 
outlook  for  a  reorganization,  and  the  dawn  of  a 
brighter  day  for  the  L'niversity.  Good  luck  to 
your  gathering  in  April !  May  your  'smoker'  be 
crowned  with  the  presence  of  the  'old  familiar 
faces" — as  many  as  are  left.  But  as  you  may  infer 
from  the  hint  of  'the  present  distress' — I  fear  that 
pleasure  is  not  to  be  for  me.  That  is  indeed  a 
kind  thought  of  yours,  to  give  the  reading  of  one 
or  two  of  my  poems  a  place  on  the  program.  If 
some  one  of  my  younger  brothers,  who  may  liap- 
pen  to  have  ait  effective  way  of  giving  voice  to 
siich  lines,  would  care  to  do  that  honor  to  my 
'Maryland  Battalion,'  or  'The  Fight  at  the  San 
Jacinto,'  or  'Oranje  Boven,'  it  would  be  a  pleasant 
incident  for  an  old  man  to  remember  gratefully. 
All  of  these  verses  can  be  found  correctly  given 
in  my  little  book,  'For  Charlie's  Sake ;  and  Other 
Lyrics  and  Ballads.'    Be  assured  that  I  shall  lose 

SUCCUS    STOMACHI 

Most  efficient  preparation  for  all  disorders  of  the  diges- 
tive organs.  Write  for  Sample. 

KLEIN    &    FOX, 

MANUFACTURING  CHEMISTS. 
BALTIMORE,  -  -  MARYLAND. 


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OLD     MARYLAND. 


no  time  in  looking  for  you  when  I  come  to  Balti- 
more." 

"Thanks  for  the  card  reminding  me  of  your 
first  alumni  'smoker."  I  foresee  for  you  a  happy 
gathering,  in  the  name  of  Auld  Lang  Syne.  Here 
and  there  some  graybeard  of  your  company  will 
recall  to  affectionate  remembrance  names  that  his 
generation  delighted  to  honor — Baker  and  Power 
and  Buckler,  Johnston  and  Donaldson.  Van  Bib- 
ber and  Frick  ;  and  you  will  seem  to  hear  a  strain 
from  the  dear  old  song  of  Thackeray,  'The  Ma- 


Tree  : 


Evenings  we  knew 
IlaiJiiy  as  this ; 
Faces  we  iuis.s, 
Pleasant  to  see. 
Kind  liearts  and  true, 
(Jentle  and  .iust 
I'eace  to  .\'Our  dust ! 
We  sing  round  tlie  tree. 


God  bless  you  all." 


JUDGE  J.  UPSHUR  DENNIS  ON  S.  TEACKLE 
WALLIS. 

Mr.  Wallis  was  such  a  many-sided  man — there 
are  so  many  directions  in  which  he  was  active 
aaid  in  which  he  excelled — as  lawyer,  orator,  both 
at  the  bar  and  on  the  hustings,  writer  of  both 
prose  and  poetry,  unequalled  wit,  humorist  and 
satirist,  after-dinner  speaker  and  withal  the  most 
delightful  and  entertaining  of  companions — that 
even  the  most  rigid  condensation  would  still  find 
the  limits  of  an  entire  afternoon  tod  narrow  for 
an  at-all  adequate  portrayal.  I  can  only  hope  'to 
speak  of  his  most  striking  characteristics,  regret- 
ting that  necessity  for  brevity  prevents  indulg- 
ence in  some  illustrative  anecdotes. 

He  was  a  striking  figure  wherever  he  appeared. 
Tall,  with  a  slight  scholarly  stoop,  strongly 
marked  features,  and  the  most  expressive  blue 
e\'es  I  have  ever  seen — seeming  now  to  dance 
with  smiles  and  again  to  darken  and  flash  with 
scorn — there  was  about  him  'a  high-bred,  intel- 
lectual and  polished  air,  that  stamped  him  on 
sight  as  the  cultivated  and  accomplished  gentle- 
man. 

He  was  a  consummate  master  of  the  English 
language,  and  no  English  classic  author  ever  sur- 
passed him  in  capacity  to  express  the  nicest 
shades  of  meaning,  or  in  light  and  delicate  touch. 
His  speech  was  enriched  by  accurate  reading  of 
the  best  authors  in  both  ancient  and  modern  lan- 
guages, and  was  freely  illuminated  by  apt  quota- 


tions or  apposite  allusions,  which  came  so  spon- 
taneously that  memory  seemed  never  to  have 
closed  the  door  of  her  treasure-house  to  him.  He 
spoke  rapidly  and  with  animation,  and  with  free 
and  graceful  gesture;  with  a  voice  that  adapted 
itself  to  the  whole  range  of  feeling,  from  the  . 
fiercest  invective  to  a  pathos  that  would  bring 
tears.  As  an  orator,  he  had  no  equal  at  the  bar, 
in  my  time  ;  I  doubt  if  he  ever  had  a  superior  in 
the  State. 

He  was  never  physically  strong,  and  in  his 
latter  years  sufifered  much  ill  health.  Li  fact,  so 
frequently  did  the  cases  in  which  he  was  engaged 
have  to  be  postponed  on  account  of  his  indisposi- 
tion, that  a  young  lawyer  who  had  been  a  victim 
once  or  twice  wittily  remarked  that  to  engage  Mr. 
Wallis  for  the  defendant  was,  equivalent  to  get- 
ting against  the  plaintiff  a  perpetual  injunction 
without  bond.  But  no  one  who  heard  him  when 
once  tlie  case  was  begun  would  ever  have  imag- 
ined how  he  was  suffering.  I  have  heard  him 
more  than  once  when  he  should  have  been  in  bed, 
make  an  argument  extending  two  hours  or  more, 
and  never  perceived  any  flagging  or  diminution 
in  his  power.  It  was  a  distinct  triumph  of  mind 
over  matter. 

He  was  both  wit  and  humorist,  and  also  full 
of  fun  and  a  most  graceful  fancy ;  and  of  irony, 
satire  and  invective  he  was  the  very  master.  Un- 
fortunately, I  think,  he  used  these  latter  weapons 
too  freely,  however  much  those  untouched  may 
have  been  amused  at  the  time ;  and  consequently 
many  rankling  wounds  were  often  left.  I  am  sure 
Mr.  Wallis,  himself,  privately  regretted  many 
poisoned  shafts  he  had  sent ;  for  when  the  ex- 
citement of  the  fight  was  over,  he  was  ever  one  of 
the  kindliest  of  gentlemen. 

I  wish  it  were  possible  for  me  to  give  some  an- 
ecdotes, illustrating  his  wit,  his  bright  sayings, 
his  repartee,  his  fun  ;  but  a  volume  would  not  in- 
clude them  all.  I  will  only  say,  and  I  say  it  de- 
liberately measuring  my  words,  that  I  never 
heard  him  make  a  speech  in  which  he  did  not  say 
something  worthy  to  be  perpetuated  in  any  book 
undertaking  to  give  the  very  best  collections  illus- 
trating the  wit  of  the  bar. 

THOMAS   &    THOMPSON 

MODERN   PHARMACY 

COR.    BALTIMOFIE    AND    LIGHT    STREETS 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail 

Quality  the  Best  Prices  the  Lowest 


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In  after-dinner  speaking  and  occasional  ad- 
dresses, he  created  a  new  art ;  but  it  is  too  small 
a  feature  for  me  to  dwell  upon  or  illustrate.  But 
let  me  say  that,  in  this  connection,  jNlr.  Wallis' 
career  was  not  wholly  rounded  out — he  never  had 
an  opportunity  to  deliver  an  address  at  a  New 
England  dinner.  How  it  could  ever  happen  that 
he  should  receive  an  invitation  to  make  such  an 
address  was  never  clear  to  me ;  but  I  always 
hoped  that,  in  some  way  or  other,  it  might  hap- 
pen. I  am  afraid  that  Mr.  Wallis  strained  the 
cords  of  Christian  charity  in  his  feelings  towards 
these  friends  of  ours  in  that  favored  section  of 
our  country:  at  least,  judging  from  many  talks 
with  him,  he  never  seemed  to  love  them  with  any 
passionate  devotion.  He  knew  how  they  were 
always  extolling  themselves  at  the  expense  of  the 
rest  of  the  world ;  and  in  their  own  high  estimate 
of  their  superior  excellences,  Mr.  Wallis  was  by 
no  means  a  sharer,  nor  disposed  to  be  quiescent 
under  the  impudent  assumption.  Whether  it 
was  due  to  his  bitter  personal  experience  at  Fort 
Warren,  or  was  congenital — an  inherited  virtue — 
I  do  not  undertake  to  decide ;  but  the  feeling  ex- 
isted, and  had  the  opportunity  ever  offer- 
ed Mr.  Wallis  would  have  furnijhed  the  rest 
of  the  country  a  treat  that  would  have  been 
long  remembered,  I  was  never  inclined  to  over 
severe  exercise,  or  to  physical  discomforts ;  but 
I  think  I  would  cheerfully  walk  forty  miles  bare- 
footed in  the  snow  to  hear  Mr.  Wallis  on  such 
an  occasion.  It  would  have  been  a  function  to 
which  he  would  have  attended  with  assiduity  and 
v.'hich  he  would  have  performed  con  aiiiorc. 

I  have  not  spoken  of  Mr.  Wallis  as  a  lawyer, 
for,  great  lawyer  as  he  undoubtedly  was — equally 
strong  before  court  or  jury  and  capable  of  hold- 
ing liis  own  in  any  forum — yet,  in  my  judgment, 
his  greatest  power  was  as  a  speaker  from  the 
hustings.  At  the  early  stages  of  a  campaign, 
when  opinions  were  still  in  the  formative  process, 
one  other  gentleman  we  all  know  could  by  his 
clear,  and  resistless  logic  and  extraordinary  gift 
of  analysis,  perhaps  gain  as  many  votes ;  but  in 
no  other  respect  did  any  one  approach  Mr.  Wallis  ; 
and  when  the  battle  was  on,  when  the  charge 
was  sounded,  then  verily  the  shout  of  a  king  was 
amongst  them,  and  there  was  no  laggard.  I 
am  old  enough  to  have  heard  Henry  Winter 
Davis,  besides  other  great  orators  of  a  later  date ; 
and  I  do  not  believe  that  as  a  political  speaker 


Mr.  Wallis  ever  had  a  superior — I  doubt  if  an 
equal  in  this  State.  Occasions  are  too  numerous 
to  mention ;  but,  for  example,  take  his  speech  at 
the  Masonic  Temple,  during  the  Heiskel  cam- 
paign for  Mayor ;  who  that  heard  can  ever  forget 
Its  effect?  Neither  before  nor  since  have  I 
seen  an  audience  so  completely  swayed,  at  the 
mere  will  of  the  orator,  along  the  whole  line  of 
emotion. 

When  he  died,  the  whole  community  seemed 
to  feel  a  distinct  sense  of  loss,  and  a  conscious- 
ness that  not  soon  would  another  arise  to  fill  the 
vacant  place.  From  the  press,  of  every  shade  of 
political  opinion,  and  from  every  section  of  the 
State,  poured  generous  tributes  of  admiration  and 
respect.  Who  that  attended  will  ever  forget  that 
great  Bar-meeting,  when  even  to  its  very  walls 
the  big  courtroom  was  packed  with  the  flower 
of  the  Baltimore  Bar ;  or  the  eloquent  and  noble 
eulogies  that  were  pronounced;  or  again,,  the 
long  train  that  mournfully  followed  as  the  body 
was  borne  to  its  last  resting  place?  All  those 
attest  that  the  community  recognized  that,  in 
the  death  of  Mr.  Wallis,  the  Baltimore  Bar  had 
lost  its  brightest  ornament,  the  city  of  Baltimore 
its  First  Citizen. 

"Such  honors  Ilion  to  her  heroes  paid. 
And  peaceful  sleeps  the  mighty  Hector's  shade." 
—Proc.  Md.  State  Bar  Asso.,  1905. 


The  16th  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  of 
.American  Medical  Colleges  will  be  held  in  Pitts- 
burg, on  Monday,  March  19th,  at  10  A.  M.  The 
deans  of  the  constituent  colleges  are  the  accred- 
ited representatives.  Dr.  Randolph  Winslow,  of 
our  medical  faculty,  is  a  niiember  of  the  Judicial 
Council.  Prominent  educators  and  officials  of 
state  e.xamining  boards  have  been  invited  to  at- 
tend and  among  the  subjects  that  will  be  dis- 
cussed are  the  evaluation  of  college  work,  the  fu- 
ture relation  of  the  Association  and  the  state  ex- 
amining boards,  how  the  Association  can  assist 
the  latter  and  uniformity  in  medical  education. 
The  Fort  Pitt  Hotel  (near  Union  Station)  has 
been  selected  as  headquarters  and  the  faculty  of 
Western  Pennsylvania  Medical  College  will  en- 
tertain the  delegates  on  the  evening  of  the  19th. 

Drovers   an5    flftccban(C6'   "Mational   JSanft    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  RENT 


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Matters  with  reference  to  our  centennial  have 
developed  most  satisfactorily  since  our  last  issue 
and  we  are  now  able  to  announce  that  the  ques- 
tion has  beea  decided  as  we  hoped  it  would  be. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  various  committees,  held  in 
Chemical  Hall  on  February  a  1st,  the  sentiment 
was  overwhelmingly  in  favor  of  a  University 
celebration.  The  Faculties  of  Medicine,  Den- 
tistry and  Pharmacy  seemed  unanimous  in  de- 
siring the  larger  celebration  and  the  opposition 
within  the  Board  of  Regents  had  been  limited  to 
a  very  small  minority  and  had  not  been  made  de- 
cisive by  any  definite  resolution  or  motion.  The 
representation  of  the  unanimous  desire  of  the 
alumni  of  all  departments,  as  voiced  in  the  peti- 
tion published  in  this  journal,  of  the  inability  of 
the  committees  to  serve  upon  any  other  sort  of 
celebration  by  the  terms  of  their  appointment  and 
of  the  universal  custom  prevailing  in  all  universi- 
ties to  claim  their  foundation  day  in  the  first 
opening  of  their  institutions  under  whatever  form 
this  might  be,  had  a  decisive  effect  upon  the 
meeting.  The  matter  was  therefore  referred  back 
to  the  Board  of  Regents  with  a  statement,  that  it 
was  the  sense  of  the  n-ieeting  that  the  celebration 
should  be  a  LTniversity  one.  This  wish  was  com- 
plied with  at  a  mieeting  of  the  Regents  held  on 


February  27th  when  after  a  full  discussion  the 
following  resolution  was  adopted : 

"Resolved  as  the  sense  of  the  Regents  that  in- 
asmuch as  the  School  of  Medicine  organized  in 
1807  was  the  foundation  of  the  LTniversity  by  the 
annexation  to  it  of  other  departments,  a  centen- 
nial celebration  of  the  University  may  properly 
be  held  during  the  year  1907."  The  Regents  have 
appointed  as  a  committee  to  represent  their  body 
the  following:  Dr.  John  C.  Hemmeter,  chair- 
man, Messrs.  W.  Calvin  Chesnut,  Edgar  H. 
Cans,  John  P.  Poe,  Drs.  R.  Dorsey  Coale,  Charles 
W.  Mitchell  and  David  M.  R.  Culbreth. 

This  action  of  the  Regents,  welcome  as  it  is, 
imposes  a  responsibility  upon  the  committees  and 
the  alumni  which  it  will  be  well  for  us  to  duly 
appreciate.  It  will  be  for  us  to  bear  the  burden 
of  this  celebration.  The  Regents,  it  must  be  re- 
membered, are  without  funds  or  paid  ofiiciai.s, 
and  the  help  we  can  expect  from  them  is  limited 
and  purely  of  a  moral  character.  Let  us  ihen  get 
together,  let  us  stir. up  among  ourselves  a  hearty 
and  generous  enthusiasm  and  let  us  provide  a 
ceremonial  adecpiate  to  the  great  occasion  and 
that  will  make  the  name  and  fame  of  Old  M.\iiY- 
r.ANL)  ring  throughout  the  land! 


The  Board  of  Editors  of  Tbrra  Mariae  are 
busy  with  the  preparations  for  issuing  the  vol- 
ume for  1906.  It  will  go  to  press  early  this  month 
and  they  expect  to  have  it  out  by  May  1st.  The 
Publishers  are  Williams  &  Wilkins  who  also  pub- 
lish the  Hopkins  annual.  The  volume  will  be 
about  the  size  of  that  of  last  year,  but  it  is  believed 
that  it  will  surpass  any  previous  effort  in  this 
line  and  that  every  student  and  alumnus  will  be 
]3roud  of  it.  While  the  actual  cost  of  producing 
it  is  $4.60,  it  will  be  sold  to  subscribers  for'  the 
small  amount  of  $3  per  volume.  The  senior  class 
stand  as  its 'sponsors,  yet  it  represents  this  Uni- 
versity and  every  Maryland  man  should  give  it 
his  unqualified  support.  The  Board  are  being- 
assisted  in  their  efforts  by  many  earnest  and 
enthusiastic  friends  in  New  York  and  other  cities. 
The  composition  of  the  Board  of  Editors  i^  as 
follows :      Editor-in-Chief,   William    F.   Fullings, 

WIESEL'S  OBSTETRIC  AND  RECTAL  CONES. 

ANESTHETIC.     ANTISEPTIC.     LUBRICANT, 


OniaiNATED    AND    MANUFACTURED 


JOHNilflffl, 


PHARMACEUTICAL   CHEMIST 

1114  Madison  Avenue,  Baltimore.  Md.,  U.  S.  A. 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


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Med.,  '06 ;  Business  Manager,  Chester  B.  Gifford, 
Dent.,  'OG ;  Assistants,  Walter  W.  Derr,  Law, 
'06 ;  J.  T.  England,  Law,  '06 ;  J.  K.  Gilder,  Dent., 
■06 ;  E.  H.  Thome,  Phar.,  '06 ;  F.  G.  Carpenter, 
Phar.,  '06:  E.  B.  Hutchens,  Dent,  '06;  J.  W. 
Symington,  Law,  '06;  Albert  H.  Carroll,  Med., 
'07 ;  R.  W.  Crawford,  Med.,  '06 ;  L.  M.  Brown- 
ing, Phar.,  '07,  and  H.  A.  Todd,  Med.,  '08. 


John  Slade  Ely,  M.D.,  Ph.B.,  M.A.,  died  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  on  February  7th,  1906. 
He  was  forty-six  years  old  and  had  been  Pro- 
fessor of  Theory  and  Practice  of  Medicine  in  the 
Medical  Department  of  Yale  University  since 
1897.  He  graduated  at  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  in  New  York  and  took  post-grad- 
uate studies  at  Yale,  Hanover,  Johns  Hopkins. 
Berlin,  Heidelberg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main  and 
Paris.  He  was  an  interne  at  Bellevue  Hospital, 
1886-87 ;  Assistant  and  Curator  of  the  Museum 
of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in 
New  York,  1889-97 ;  Assistant  Physician  to 
Roosevelt  Dispensary,  N.  Y.,  1889-93 ;  Professor 
of  Histology  and  Pathological  Anatomy  in  the 
Woman's  Medical  College  of  New  York, 
1890-98;  Editor  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  New 
York  Pathological  Society,  1894-96 ;  Attending 
Physician  to  the  New  Haven  Hospital  since  1897, 
etc,  etc.  Mourned  alike  by  his  fellow  physicians 
and  students  of  medicine.  Professor  Ely  will 
never  be  forgotten  by  those  who  had  the  honor  of 
listening  to  his  masterly  words. 

Louis  H.  Limauro,  '06. 


Dr.  Benjamin  F.  Tefft  (190."))  has  been  ap- 
pointed by  the  Governor  of  Rhode  Island  Medical 
Examiner  of  the  first  district  of  the  county  of 
Kent,  which  includes  the  towns  of  Coventry  and 
West  Greenwich,  to  succeed  Dr.  John  Winsor, 
who  died  a  few  days  since.  The  term  lasts  imtil 
January  31,  1908.  There  were  several  candidates 
for  the  position.  Dr.  Tefft  is  very  popular  in  his 
section  and  has  already  achieved  remarkable  suc- 
cess. 

/■  ^— 

In  our  issue  for  October,  1905,  we  spoke  of  the 

antiquity  of  our  LTniversity  and  promised  to  in- 
vestigate the  matter  further.  We  have  done  so 
and  are  now  able  to  construct  the  following  table 
from  statistics  given  in  the  Report  of  the  Com- 
missioner of  Education  for  1903,  Vol.  2,  supple- 


mented by  personal  communications  received 
from  the  various  institutions  in  answer  to  our  in- 
terrogatories. There  are  15  institutions  bearing 
the  title  of  university  in  the  Commissioner's  list 
which  antedate  the  founding  of  the  University 
of  Maryland  in  1807.  It  is  disappointing  and 
humiliating  that  our  University  has  no  place  in 
that  list  and  the  only  reason  that  we  know  for  the 
omission  is  that  we  have  no  department  of  arts 
and  sciences.  Even  that  does  not  seem  to  justify 
our  rejection. 

It  appears  from  the  list,  therefore,  that  seven 
of  these  universities  (allowing  the  claim  of  all) 
cutdate  ours  as  such,  our  claim  to  the  title  going 
back  to  1813.  We  thus  fully  establish  our  right 
to  be  considered  one  of  the  oldest  imwersities  in 
America.  It  may  be  noted  that  only  three  began 
as  universities,  the  rest  being  only  "colleges," 
"academies"  or  "schools."  The  figures  showing 
the  number  of  teachers  and  students  is  interest- 
ing and  we  may  compare  with  them  ours  which 
are  105  and  852  respectively,  showing  that  in 
these  respects  also  we  are  by  no  means  at  the  bot- 
tom of  the  list.  All  of  these  institutions  claim 
their  foundation  from  the  earlier  date  and  not 
from  that  when  the_\'  received  university  charter 
or  assumed  the  title  of  university.  This  is  as  it 
should  be.  It  would  be  absurd,  for  instance,  for 
Princeton  to  claim  1896  when  all  the  world 
knows  that  it  had  its  origin  in  17-16. 

The  following  was  received  from  President 
Eliot,  of  Harvard  LTniversity : 

"Dear  Sir: — 

"Your  inquiry  as  to  when  Harvard  College  be- 
came a  university  can  hardly  be  answered  unless 
somie  definition  of  the  words  'college"  and  'uni- 
versity' is  first  agreed  upon.  I  can  only  give  you 
the  following  facts :  Harvard  College  was  found- 
ed in  1636  'to  advance  learning  and  perpetuate 
it  to  posterity ;  dreading  to  leave  an  illiterate  min- 
istry to  the  churches  when  our  present  ministers 
shall  lie  in  the  dust.'  The  separation  of  the  Di- 
vinity School  from  the  College  was  very  gradual, 
its  Faculty  not  being  formally  organized  until 
1819.     The  organization  of  the  three  oldest  pro- 

THE  NATIONAL   EXCHANGE  BANK, 

Hopkins  Place.  German  &  Liberty  Sts. 

.  .  .  Ilnvites  13our  Bccount. 

Safe  Deposit  Boxes  for  rent. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued 


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fessional  departments  of  the  University,  under 
the  titles  Theological  School,  Medical  School,  and 
Law  School,  is  first  indicated  in  the  Catalogue 
for  1837-28. 

The  first  professorship  instituted  in  the  L'ni- 
versity  was  the  Hollis  Professorship  of  Divinity, 
established  in  1721. 

The  first  professorships  of  medicine  were  es- 
tablished in  the  years  1782  and  1783.  The  first 
degrees  in  medicine  were  conferred  in  1788. 

I  suppose  it  is  impossible  for  anyone  to  fix  a 
time  when  the  College  can  be  said  to  have  become 


the  University.  The  seeds  of  the  University  as 
a  seat  of  learning  were  undoubtedly  present  in 
the  humble  beginnings  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury. If,  however,  you  regard  the  establishment 
of  instruction  in  one  or  all  of  the  three  great 
branches  of  theology,  law,  and  medicine  as  an  es- 
sential characteristic  of  a  university,  yoti  must 
select  the  date  that  in  your  judgment  best  ac- 
cords with  that  definition." 

Verjr  truly  yours, 

Jerome  D.  Greene, 
Secretary  to  the  President." 


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1 

Yale 

New  Haven 

1101 

Collegiate 

School  of 

Connecticut 

Non 
Sectarian 

318 

2725 

1887 

1887 

2 

Georgetown 

Washington 

1791 

Georgetown 
Academy 

R.  C. 

160 

697 

1815 

3 

Georgia 

Athens 

1801 

University  of 
Georgia 

State 

29 

359 

1785 

4 

Harvard 

Cambridge 

1638 

Harvard 
College 

Non 
Sectarian 

557 

5136 

1780 

1780 

Although  the  word  "University"  oc- 
curs in  the  charter  of  1780,  President 
Eliot  is  unable  to  say  when  Harvard 
became  a  "University." 

5 

Princeton 

Princeton 

1747 

College  of 
New  Jersey 

Non 
Sectarian 

108 

1383 

1896 

None 

6 

Columbia 

New  York 

1754 

King's  College 

Non 
Sectarian 

133 

3671 

1896 

None 

Corporate  title  still  "Trustees  of 
Columbia  College  in  City  of  New 
York." 

7 

North 
Carolina 

Chapel  Hill 

1795 

University  of 
N.  C. 

State 

60 

698 

1789 

8 

Ohio 

Athens 

1809 

• 

College  of 
Liberal    Arts 

State 

39 

551 

.... 

1804 

9 

West  Pa. 

Allegheny 

1787 

Pittsb-irgh 
Academy 

Non 
Sectarian 

129 

914 

1819 

1819 

10 

Penn'a. 

Philada. 

1740 

Charity  School 

Non 
Sectarian 

281 

2578 

1791 

1791 

11 

Brown 

Providence 

1765 

Rhode  Island 
College 

Baptist 

79 

940 

1804 

1765 

It  is  called  "College  or  University," 
in  charter  of  1765. 

12 

Tennessee 

Knoxville 

1794 

Blount  College 

State 

120 

756 

1840 

1840 

13 

Nashville 

Nashville 

1785 

Davidson 
Academy 

Non 
Sectarian 

30 

768 

1826 

1826 

14 

-X- 

Burlington 

1800 

University  of 
Vermont 

State 

70 

566 

.... 

1791 

15 

Washington 
and  Lee 

Lexington 

1749 

Augusta 
Academy 

Non 
Sectarian 

32 

279 

1871 

1871 

*  Vermont  and  State  Agric.  College. 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


43 


DEPARTMENT  OF  PHARMACY. 

W.  Harold  McFall,  "07,  has  been  confined  to  the 
I'niversity  Hospital  for  the  past  three  weeks, 
having  undergone  a  serious  surgical  operation 
liiere.  His  rapid  recovery  is  hoped  for  b}-  all 
his  fellow  students. — Dr.  R.  C.  Todd,  '05,  was  in 
Baltimore  for  several  days,  having  been  called 
here  by  the  death  of  his  brother. — W.  G.  Harper, 
'OG,  has  been  elected  a  delegate  from  the  Iota 
Chapter,  Phi  Chi  Fraternity,  to  the  annual  Con- 
vention to  be  held  in  Chicago,  111.,  March  23, 
24  and  25,  1906.  B.  D.  B. 

o 

A  writer  in  the  Sun  opposes  the  establishment 
of  a  State  University  in  Maryland  on  grounds  that 
seem  to  us  hardly  tenable  or  consistent.  His 
objections  are  chiefly  that  it  would  tend  to 
cripple  the  Johns  Hopkins  University,  and  that 
it  would  impose  heavy  additional  taxes  upon  the 
community.  We  readily  join  him  in  his  high 
estimate  of  the  former — that  it  has  a  world-wide 
reputation  and  is  the  chief  glory  of  our  city.  At 
the  same  time  we  must  recollect  that  there  are 
other  great  universities,  and  the  fact  that  our  own 
looms  up  so  largely,  right  before  our  eyes,  must 
not  blind  us  to  their  merits  also,  of  which  we 
doubtless  know  much  less.  The  Hopkins  is  a 
small  institution  compared  with  many  others 
much  older  and  much  better  endowed. 

Particularly  must  we  avoid  underestimating 
the  great  State  universities  which  our  writer 
speaks  of  so  disparagingly  as  "degrading"  and  as 
"monstrosities."  He  is  evidently  not  familiar 
with  the  State  Universit)'  movement,  or  he  would 
not  use  such  language.  The  effort  to  provide 
higher  education  for  the  people  has  come  among 
us  to  stay.  Every  Southern  State  except  Mary- 
land now  has  its  State  University,  and  these  in- 
stitutions are  combining  the  best  elements  of  the 
German  and  English  schools  with  some  peculiarly 
indigenous.  The  great  Western  State  Universi- 
ties are  fast  pushing  the  older  private  universi- 
ties of  the  East,  and  it  is  a  cpiestion  whether 
I  hey  are  not  even  now  taking  the  leadership. 

Johns  Hopkins  University  is  a  small  institu- 
tion, even  for  so  small  a  State  as  Maryland.  It 
does  not  educate  the  masses.  It  is  a  private  cor- 
]joration  and  is  not,  nor  can  it  be,  affliated  with 
the  State.  It  is  better  adapted  for  post-graduate 
instruction ;  in  that  it  has  shone  in  the  past  and 
to  that  it  might  wiselv  limit  itself  in  the  future. 


W^e  thank  the  writer  for  his  flattering  mention 
of  our  hospital,  and  for  his  willingness  to  acknow- 
ledge— what  even  some  of  our  own  authorities 
do  not  acknowledge — that  there  is  a  University 
iii  "Southwest  Baltimore." 

Lastly,  we  note  that  the  writer,  while  protest- 
ting  against  "draining  the  tax-payers"  for  the 
support  of  a  people's  University,  is  yet  willing  to 
do  so  for  the  benefit  of  the  Hopkins,  which  has  no 
claim  upon  them  and  yields  them  no  direct  and 
obvious  return  such  as  the  other  would  do.  , 
o 

ATHLETICS. 

William  F.  FuUings,  '06,  has  been  elected  man- 
ager and  Robert  W.  Crawford,  '06,  captain  of  the 
baseball  team  and  about  30  candidates  are  apply- 
ing for  positions  on  it.  Among  these  are  R.  W. 
Crawford,  P.  B.  Smith,  Emory  Walters,  John 
]\Iudd,  Harry  Campbell,  Claude  A.  Diflenderfer, 
J.  King  Pearlstine,  Wm.  L.  Brent,  R.  G.  Hume, 
I.  D.  Chaney,  H.  G.  Thompson,  W.  B.  Casey, 
Morris  Bowie,  Samuel  J.  Price,  E.  R.  Phillips, 
Charles  Sheridan,  Henry  Howell,  G.  H.  Rich- 
ards, G.  P.  Morrison,  C.  A.  Burruss,  Joseph  Dev- 
lin, Carson  Fowler,  Nathaniel  Burrell,  George 
Steele,  E.  W.  White,  Harry  Daniels,  William 
Duncan.  A  game  is  pending  with  Johns  Hop- 
kins for  April  31,  and  a  Northern  trip  is  being 
arranged.  The  Sophomore  and  Freshmen  classes 
are  also  organizing  teams  and  will  play  their  an- 
nu::!  contest  in  April.  The  annual  election  of  of- 
ficers of  the  Athletic  Association  will  be  held 
about  March  loth.  The  present  officers  are: 
President,  Wm.  L.  Brent ;  Vice-Pres. :  Wm.  F. 
Fullings ;  Treasufer,  Oliver  A.  Howard  ;  Sect'y : 
Chester  B.  Gififord.  The  officers  of  the  football 
team  for  the  season  of  1906  are  Harry  L.  Thom- 
son, of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  captain;  Carson  D.  Fowler. 

;    Students  of  Medicine  and  Dentistry      :    ■: 

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OLD    MARYLAND. 


of  Prince  Fredericktown,  Md.,  manager.  The 
basket  ball  team  has  been  having  pcx>r  luck  this 
season,  being  defeated  by  the  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  February  9th  22  to  19,  and  by  the 
Gettysburg  College  in  a  return  game  at  Gettys- 
burg on  February  14th  IG  to  7.  Brace  up,  bovs, 
and  e'et  Hala  into  the  a;ame. 


MARRIED. 

Isaac  Howard  Davis,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Associate 
Professor  of  Operative  Dentistry,  in  the  School 
of  Dentistry,  University  of  Maryland,  to  Miss 
Eleanor  Beale  McParlin,  daughter  of  the  late 
Surgeon-General  Thomas  Andrew  McParlin 
(1847),  U.  S.  N.,  on  February  27th.  The  cere- 
mony was  performed  by  Rev.  F.  X.  Brady,  S.  J., 
in  the  Loyola  College  parlors.  After  the  cere- 
n;ony  they  left  for  an  extended  trip  in  the  South. 
—Dr.  William  Whitall  Requardt  (1896)  to  Miss 
Chesley  Fenton,  at  Baltimore,  February  10th. 
The  ceremonjf  took  place  in  the  Church  of  the 
Ascension  (P.  E.),  and  immediately  afterwards 
the  bridal  couple  left  on  a  trip  North. — Frantz 
Naylor,  Ph.G.  (1900),  Demonstrator  of  Dispens- 
ing and  President  of  the  Alumni  Association  of 
our  Department  of  Pharmacy,  to  Miss  Lillian 
Webb  Mayer,  at  St.  Peter's  Church,  Baltimore, 
P'ebruary  14th.    A  trip  of  ten  days  followed. 


^    DEATHS. 

Mr.  William  J.  H.  Waiters,  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Armstrong,  Cator  &  Co.,  and  a  gen- 
erous contributor  to  the  Endowment  Fund  of  this 
L'^ni versify,  died  in  Baltimore'  February  15th,  of 
pneumonia,  aged  71.  He  was  the  father  of  Mr. 
Benjamin  Courtney  Waiters,  a  senior  student  in 
the  School  of  Medicine. — Mr.  Cornelius  P. 
Dohme,  a  member  of  the  drug  manufacturing 
firm  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  died  in  Baltimore,  Feb- 
ruary 17th,  after  an  illness  of  three  months,  aged 
(i7  years.  He  was  a  native  of  Germany- and  came 
to  this  city  in,  1852.  He  had  charge  of  the  pill 
department  of  the  firm  until  recently. — Dr.  Law- 
rence G.  Mitchell  (1884)  near  Sharp's  Wharf, 
Richmond  county,  Va.,  February  28,  after  a 
three  weeks'  illness,  aged  44. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  class  of  1908,  University 
of  Maryland  School  of  Medicine,  held  on  Janu- 
ary 20th,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted : 


Whereas,  it  has  seemed  fit  to  the  Almighty 
Father  and  Creator  to  remove  from  our  midst 
our  late  worthy  and  esteemed  classmate^Arthur 
Stanley  Wilson,  and  whereas — the  intimate  rela- 
tions held  by  the  deceased  to  the  members  of  the 
Sophomore  Class  render  it  proper  that  we  should 
place  upon  record  our  high  regard  for  him  as  a 
student  and  his  merits  as  a  gentleman,  there- 
fore— 

Resolved,  I,  That  we  deplore  the  loss  of  Ar- 
thur Stanley  Wilson  with  deep  feelings  of  regret 
softened  only  by  the  confident  hope  that  his  spirit 
is  with  those  who  are  enjoying  perfect  happiness 
in  a  better  world. 

Resolved,  H,  That  during  a  part  of  two  ses- 
sions in  one  of  the  foremost  medical  schools  in 
this  country,  at  the  end  of  which  time  his  health 
had  so  completely  failed  that  he  was  compelled 
to  discontinue  the  study  of  his  most  noble  profes- 
sion, he  displayed  marked  ability,  proved  himself 
a  trusty  friend  and  genial  companion  and  left  an 
example  of  manly  activity  and  honor  which  it 
would  be  well  for  all  to  emulate. 

Resolved,  HI,  That  we  tender  to  his  family 
our  sincere  condolence  and  earnest  sympathy  in 
their  bereavement. 

Resolved,  IV,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions 
be  sent  to  the  parents  of  the  deceased  and  also 
published  in  the  next  issue  of  Old  Maryland. 
J.  L.  Anderson, 
W.  Dew, 
L.  A.  Riser, 
H.  V.  Todd, 

Committee. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  New  York  State  Club 
held  in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
rooms   on    February  13th   the   following  officers 

Open  all  Night 

WILLIAMSON  &  WATTS' 
PHARMACIES 


Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets 

Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and  Perfumery 


Faithful  Prescription  Work 


Cigars 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


45 


were  elected:  President:  A.  H.  Wright,  Med., 
'06,  N.  Y.  City. ;  Vice-Pres. :  C.  A.  Gifford,  Dent., 
'06,  Easton;  Sec'ty:  William  Blakeslee,  Dent., 
'09,  N.  Y.  City;  Treasurer:  R.  W.  Jackman, 
Dent.,  '09,  Lockport ;  Sergeant-at-Arms :  John 
Keeler,  Med.,  '06,  Hammondsville.  The  club, 
which  is  founded  for  social  purposes,  numbers 
now  19  members. 


"■'    ITEMS. 

Gen'l  Lawrason  Riggs,  L.L.B.,  was  elected 
president  of  the  Princeton  Alumni  Association 
of  Maryland,  at  its  annual  meeting  February  19, 
1906.— Dr.  S.  Thomas  Day  (1889),  of  Port  Nor- 
ris,  N.  J.,  in  forwarding  his  annual  contribution, 
wishes  us  great  success  in  our  "great  and  noble 
undertaking"  of  raising  a  Centennial  Endowment 
Fund. — Hon.  Timothy  O.  Heatwole,  of  our  Den- 
tal Faculty,  was  selected  by  his  fellow  delegates 
to  read  Washington's  Farewell  Address  before 
the  Legislature  at  Annapolis,  on  February  23. — 
A  reception  and  tea  was  given  by  the  members 
of  Eta  Chapter,  Phi  Sigma  Kappa  Fraternity  at 
their  chapter  house,  1101  Madison  avenue,  on 
February  23d. — Among  recent  appointments  of 
coroners  of  Baltimore,  we  note  with  pleasure  that 
of  Dr.  William  S.  Love,  of  the  class  of  1890.— 
John  E.  B.  Ziegler,  president,  and  C.  F.  Strosni- 
der,  secretary,  were  the  delegates  from  our  Llni- 
versity  to  the  meeting  of  Christian  Associations 
held  at  Nashville  February  38th.  C.  W.  Roberts, 
past  president,  also  attended. — The  Fourth  De- 
gree Assembly,  Baltimore  Council  Knights  of 
Columbus,  have  presented  Dr.  Anthony  H.  Math- 
ieu.,  Dent.  ('93),  of  Baltimore,  a  gold  emblem  of 
the  order  highly  enameled  and  set  with  a  diamond 
pendant  from  a  gold  chain,  for  services  rendered 
during  a  two  years'  tenure  of  office  of  grand 
knight  of  the  Baltimore  Council.  Dr.  M.  has 
been  re-elected  to  the  position. — The  appropria- 
tion of  the  University  of  Virginia  has  been  in- 
creased by  the  Va.  Legislature  from  $-50,000  to 
$75,000  per  annum. — Hon.  Henry  D.  Harlan, 
secretary  of  our  Law  Faculty,  has  been  re-elected 
president  and  Major  Richard  M.  Venable,  late 
of  the  same  faculty,  has  been  re-elected  vice-pres- 
ident of  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  trustees. — 
At  the  meeting  on  the  centennial  held  February 
31st,  Dr.  Hemmeter  presided  and  Dr.  Hopkinson 
was  made  secretary.  About  60  persons  were 
present  including  members  of  all  the  various  com- 


mittees and  other  alumni.  Drs.  Isaac  S.  Stone 
and  G.  R.  L.  Cole  were  present  as  representatives 
of  the  Washington  Alumni  Association. — Profes- 
sor James  H.  Harris,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  of  the  Den- 
tal Faculty,  has  been  ill  several  weeks  recently, 
but  is  again  at  work. — The  Latin  ode  of  the  Uni- 
versity "Alma  Parens  Jans  Annorum''  will  be 
sung  by  the  Germania  Maennerchor's  chorus,  with 
full  orchestra,  on  April  3d.  ■  Professor  Theodor 
Hemberger,  the  composer  and  the  director  of  the 
Mjennerchor,  has  promised  to  invite  us  to  be 
present.     The  music  is  said  to  be  verj'  fine. 


Dr.  N.  H.  D.  Cox  (1902),  of  Park  Heights,  who 
spent  three  years  in  Africa  as  missionary,  lectured 
o.n  "Missions  in  Africa"  on  March  1. — The  Mary- 
land Phannaceutical  Association  met  at  the  Eutaw 
House,  Baltimore,  on  February  37th  to  consider 
the  bills  before  the  Legislature  regulating  the 
sale  of  patent  and  proprietary  medicines  and  nar- 
cotic drugs,  and  sent  a  committee  to  express  its 
views  to  the  Legislators  the  following  day. — The 
class  of  1876,  medical,  held  its  30th  annual  din- 
ner at  the  Rennert  Hotel,  Baltimore,  on  March 
1st.  Among  those  present  were  Drs.  H.  D.  Fry, 
of  Washington,  D.  C,  Sam'l  Offutt,  of  Greens- 
boro, Pa.,  and  F.  H.  Gorsuch,  Geo.  H.  Hartman. 
Thomas  C.  Worthington,  A.  C.  Pole,  Wilmer 
Brinton,  Samuel  J.  Belt  and  H.  H.  Biedler,  of 
Baltimore.  Dr.  Biedler  is  the  active  spirit  in 
these  meetings. 


Linder  the  heading :  ''The  Bacteriological  Bx- 
aimnatioii  of  the  Blood  in  One  Hundred  Cases  of 
Typhoid  Fever,"  Professor  Jose  L.  Hirsh  read 
before  the  section  on  Clinical  Medicine  and  Sur- 
gery of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty  of 
Maryland,  on  March  3d,  a  resume  of  his  work 
done  in  the  Pathological  Laboratory  of  the  Uni- 
versity during  the  year  190-5,  under  the  Charles 
Frick  Research  Fund.  The  method  is  a  new  one 
and  offered  a  promising  field  for  such  investiga- 
tion. Professor  Hirsh  has  confirmed  its  practical 
value  in  tlie  diagnosis  of  the  disease,  especially 
in  its  early  and  obscure  stages.  This  careful  and 
laborious  study  of  Professor  Hirsh.  running  back 
two  years  and  a  half  and  requiring  so  much  ex- 
penditure of  time  and  effort,  reflects  great  credit 

NUNN     4,     CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS 

227   NORTH   HOWARD   STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OP  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Medical  Books— Students'  Supplies. 


46 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


upoiTi  its  author  and  upon  the  University  of  which 
he  is  a  worthy  member.  It  is  interesting  in  this 
connection  to  recall  that  it  was  Professor  Prick's 
examinations  of  the  blood — then  a  new  departure 
in  medicine — that  won  him  so  much  reputation. 
The  paper  will  be  published  in  full  in  the  Aincyi- 
can  Journal  of  the  Medical  Sciences. 


The  West  Va.  Club  of  the  University  recently 
sat  for  its  picture.  The  officers  and  members  are 
the  following:  Honorary  President:  Eugene  F. 
Cordell,  M.D. ;  President:  O.  Paul  Argabrite ; 
Vice-Pres.:  W.  B.  Skaggs ;  sec'ty:  C.  L.  Calla- 
way; Treas'r:  L.  W.  Hill;  K.  M.  Jarrell,  E.  P. 
Skaggs.  W.  L.  Burns,  C.  A.  Thomas,  R.  L. 
Speas,  J.  W.  McLaughlin,  D.  W.  Snuflfer,  C.  S. 
Coffman,  C.  C.  Peters,  W.  C.  Van  Meter,  D.  C. 
Pharr,  J.  M.  McElhattan,  E.  H.  Brannon. 


The  Warren  Triennial  Prize,  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital,  founded  by  the  late  Dr.  J.  Ma- 
son Warren,  in  memory  of  his  father,  will  be  open 
till  April  1907.  The  subject  for  competition  is 
"Some  Sptecial  Subject  in  Physiology,  Surgery  or 
Pathology."  The  amount  of  the  prize  is  $500 
and  the  arbitrators  are  the  physicians  and  sur- 
geons of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital. 
Anyone  can  compete  for  it.  A  high  value  will 
be  placed  on  original  work.  For  further  particu- 
lars apply  at  office  of  Old  Maryland. 


02  were  being  re-examined  on  branches  on  which 
they  had  previously  failed,  one  or  more  subjects 
only.  Of  the  2.5  participating  in  the  examination 
for  the  first  time  16  were  successful ;  of  the  31:  re- 
examined 1.5  were  successful,  while  of  the  3  sec- 
ond-year students  two  passed.  The  following 
show  details : 

Primary:  Johns  Hopkins,  89,  88,  87;  Univ. 
Md..  ()3,  63,  80,  G3,  85,  58,  80,  83,  83;  Univ. 
Penn.,  83,  64;  Howard  Univ.,  88,  82,  80;  Md. 
Med.,  65,  61,  84;  Bost.  P.  and  S.,  75;  George-- 
town  Univ.,  72 ;  Bait.  Med.,  93,  61 ;  Phila.  Wo- 
man's Med.,  84. 

Re -examination:  Md.  Med.,  6  passed,  11 
failed ;  Bait.  P.  and  S.,  1  passed ;  Bait.  Univ.,  1 
passed,  2  failed;  Univ.  Md.,  5  passed,  3  failed; 
Univ.  South,  1  failed;  Bait.  Med.,  1  passed,  1 
failed  ;  Geo.  Wash.  Univ.,  1  passed  ;  Christ's  Inst., 
1  failed. 

Second-year:  Univ.  Md.,  1  passed ;  Geo,  Wash. 
Univ.,  1  passed ;  Univ.  Penn.,  1  failed. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  there  were  18  Univer- 
sity of  Md.  men,,  of  whom  11  were  successful  and 
7  failed. 


Dr.  James  Carroll,  writing  February  13th,  after 
thanking  us  for  the  "kind  things"  said  of  him, 
adds :  "I  sincerely  hope  Maryland  will  adopt  her 
child  as  Nebraska  has  done.  I  learned  the  other 
day  from  the  Dean  of  the  University  of  Nebraska 
that  Omaha  Medical  College  has  now  become  part 
of  the  State  University.  That  is  the  only  rational 
way  to  secure  for  the  people  the  benefits  that  will 
result  from  a  higher  education  in  medicine  as  well 
as  the  other  sciences.  With  best  wishes  for  the 
L^niversity,  etc." 


The  results  of  the  examinations  held  in  Balti- 
more by  the  Board  of  Medical  Examiners  of 
Maryland  in  December  last  have  been  published 
and  furnish  much  food  for  reflection.  Of  the 
62  applicants,  33  were  successful  and  29  failed, 
the  failures  therefore  amounting  to  46.77  per 
cent.  This  represents  an  unusual  number  of  re- 
jections, particularly  if  we  recollect  that  34  of  the 


An  excellent  little  book  for  mothers  is 
that  entitled  "What  the  Baby  Needs"  by  Edith 
M.  Lamb.  It  is  not  a  medical  book,  but  deals  in 
practical,  common  sense  information  deduced 
from  an  experienced  woman's  experience,  upon 
such  subjects  as  clothing,  feeding,  the  bath,  the 
crib,  habits,  etc.  It  has  the  endorsement  of  Dr. 
Howard  A.  Kellv  and  is  sold  bv  Nunn  &  Co.  for 
$1. 


Biographic  Clinics,  III. — Dr.  George  W. 
Gould's  startling  views  upon  the  wide  influence 
of  eyestrain  upon  health  are  well  known  to  the 
medical  profession,  especially  that  portion  of  it 
concerned  in  the  diseases  of  the  organ  of  vision. 
The  volume  before  us  (P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co., 
Phila.,  1905)  continues  his  investigations  into  the 
subject.  Of  course  it  has  long  been  realized  that 
eyestrain  is  concerned  in  the  causation  of  head- 
ache, but  that  it  is  responsible  for  the  most  diverse 
and  remote  systemic  disorders,  not  alone  func- 
tional, but  organic  as  well,  is  an  addition  to  our 
knowledge  which  we  owe  to  the  "new  ophthal- 

ouR  motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 

CARBONATED    WATER    in    siphons  an  o  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

CHARLES  STREET  AND    MOUNT   ROYAL  AVENUE. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


47 


mology."  Thus  Dr.  Gould  claims  not  only  that 
such  neuroses  as  chorea,  aphonia,  stammering, 
cardiac  palpitation,  nocturnal  incontinence,  par- 
alysis, epilepsy,  etc.,  are  traceable  to  this  caujC, 
but  structural  afifections  also,  both  local  and  gen- 
eral, as  hemorrhage,  lateral  curvature  of  the 
spine,  etc.  Crime  may  be  traceable  to  it  and  the 
whole,  course  of  one's  life  may  be  changed  or 
blighted  by  the  inability  to  use  the  function  of 
vision,  with  ease  and  comfort.  These  books  of 
Dr.  Gould — who  is  an  author  of  distinction — 
may  be  read  with  pleasure  by  anyone,  and  we 
can  assure  our  non-medical  readers  that  his 
views  will  repay  perusal,  notwithstanding  the  fact 
that  the  Germans  pronounce  them  "American 
Humbug,"  and  the  English  almost  ignore  them. 


The  following  books  have  been  added  to  the 
Medical  Library  of  the  LIniversity  since  last  re- 
port: Report  Caroline  Brewer  Croft  Cancer 
Commission,  190.5 ;  Pharmacopoeia  of  U.  S.,  8th 
Dec.  Revision,  1905 ;  Lakeside  Hospital  Papers, 

1905  (W.  T.  Howard,  Jr.)  ;  Fractures  and  Dislo- 
cations, Stimson,  1899  (R.  Winslow)  ;  Abstract 
and  Atlas  of  12th  census  of  U.  S.,  190-3;  35th 
An.  Registration  Report  of  Michigan,  1905 ;  Cul- 
breth's  Mat.  Medica  and  Pharmacology,  4th  Ed., 

1906  (Author)  ;  Report  of  Tuberculosis  Com- 
mission of  Maryland ;  Surgical  Complications 
and  Sequels  of  Typhoid  Fever,  Keen,  1898  (Au- 
thor). Packages  of  pamphlets  have  been  re- 
ceived from  Drs.  W.  W.  Keen,  L.  McLane  Tif- 
fany and  W.  Royal  Stokes.  The  Librarian  de- 
sires to  return  his  thanks  for  these  and  other 
gifts  and  favors. 


THE  CHRISTMAS  CHILD. 

A  gracious  waiting  in  the  air. 

A  welcome  in  the  morning  star  : 
A  thrill  of  praise,  a  throb  of  prayer  ; 
A  strange  glad  coming  from  afar. 
A  happy  calling,  bell  to  bell ; 
A  merry  meeting,  flame  with  flame. 
"This  (lay  a  liabe  is  boim.    All's  well ! 

Peace  and  good  will !    All's  well !    Good-will !" 
— Then  Bunny  came. 


An  awful  waiting  in  the  heart ; 

A  jmrting  ken  in  watching  eyes  ; 
A  iiMug  of  jjrayer;  kind  tears,  that  start 

I'^rom  wells  of  winsome  memories. 
A  lonteonip  going,  far  ;ind  dark; 

That  look — "P.ye-I)ye:"     That  sigh — all  spent. 
Hark.  love,  their  wings!     Their  wliisper.  hark! 
"reaie  and  good-will.     By-bye! — His  will." 
— Then  Bunn.y  went. 

.\li.  homeless  home!     Ah.  barren  cot! 
W\.  iioor  dead  iiillow.  white  and  cold! 
.\11  dark,  where  his  small  spark  is  not; 
All  silent,  his  short  stor.v  told. 
Dnnd)  drum,  your  little  soldier's  slain  ; 

Dull  doll,  your  pretty  pla.vmate's  fled. 
How  keen  the  holl.y's  thorns  of  pain  ! 
"His  will  be  done!"    His  will — 'tis  done. 
— And  Bunny's  dead. 

— John  WUKamson  Palmer  (1846). 

o 


IN  MARTIAL  HANNER. 

"Who've  ye  got  there?" — only  a  dying  brother. 

Hurt  at  the  front  .iust  now. 
"Poor  lad !  he's  dead.     Somebody  tell  his  mother 

Where  he  was  killed  and  how." 

"Whom  have  you  there?" — \  crippled  courier.  Ma.ior ; 

vShot  by  mistake  we  hear. 
He  was   with  Stonewall. — "Cruel   work  they've  made 
here. 

(Jnick  with  him  to  the  rear  !" 

"A\'ell,   who  comes  next?" — Doctor,   speak   low,  speak 
low,  Sir! 
Don't  let  the  men  find  out. 
It's  Stoiieiroll ! — "God!" — The  Brigade  uuist  not  know. 
Sir, 
While  there's  a  Yank  about. 

Whom  have  we  here — shrouded  in  martial  manner, 

Crowned  with  a  victor's  charm? 
A  dumb,  dead  captain,  in  a  living  banner. 

Born  of  his  heart  and  arm. 

The  heart  whereon  his  cause  hung. — Mark  how  clingeth 

That,  banner  to  his  bier ! 
The    arm    wherewith    his   cause   struck. — Hark !    how 
ringeth 

His  trumpet  in  their  rear ! 

What  have  we  left?    Ills  fiery  inspiration. 

His  prayers  in  coimcil  met. 
Living,  he  laid  the  first  stones  of  a  nation. 

And  dead,  he  builds  it  yet. 

■rohii  Williamson  Palmer  (1846). 


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Dental  Forceps  Microscopes  and  Accessories 

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48 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


UNIV^RESIT Y   OF    MARYLAND.   BALTO..  MD. 


BERNARD    CARTER,    LL.    D..    Fkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  58.  100th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1906,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSET  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

25tb  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building, 
i^r  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 
845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 


37th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1.  1006.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary.  10C3  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN  PRENTISS  POE.  LL.D.,  Dean. 

HENRY  D.   HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  63d 
Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  10  Instructors. 
New   Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


'    CENTENNIAL  ENDOWMENT  FUND. 

In  view  of  the  condition  and  needs  of  the  Uni- 
versity and  the  favorable  opportunity  offered  by 
our  celebration  next  year,  the  readers  of  Old 
Maryland  must  expect  to  have  this  subject  ding- 
donged  into  their  ears  from  this  time  forth.  Not 
that  it  is  entirely  new  to  them  or  that  our  col- 
umns have  not  reverberated  with  it  during  the 
last  fifteen  months.  But  the  coming  celebration 
is  one  calculated  to  arouse  the  loyalty  and  enthu- 
siasm of  the  alumni  and  friends  of  the  Univer- 
sity and  their  minds  are  now  as  never  before  in 
that  plastic  and  receipient  state  when  impressions 
in  the  interest  of  the  University  may  be  more 
readily  made. 

It  is  of  course  generally  known  that  the  alumni 
have  begun  a  movement  designed  to  secure  a 
large  permanent  fund  for  the  general  purposes  of 
the  LTniversity.  A  modest  amount  has  been 
named  as  representing  the  ambition  of  the  pro- 
jectors, but  we  wish  to  say  once  for  all,  that 
"No  pent-up  LTtica  contracts  our  powers ;"  we 
v.-ill  take  all  we  can  get  and  no  man  shall  shame 
us  by  offering  a  larger  amount  than  becomes  our 
supposed  modesty.  Our  willingness  and  grati- 
tude will  prove  elastic  enough  to  meet  every 
energy. 

While  the  initiation  of  this  movement  came 
from  the  alumni  and  management  of  it  is  in 
their  hands^:  the  appeal  is  not  to  them  exclusively, 
but  to  all  who  are.  or  ought  to  be,  of  who  may 
be  persuaded  to  be,  friends  of  the  University ;  to 
alumni,  however,  first  because  the  cause  appeals 


to  them  most  deeply ;  but  also  to  all  Marylanders, 
resident  or  not,  who  cherish  a  pride  in  and  love 
for  their  native  State  and  its  institutions.  We 
want  to  impress  upon  the  people  of  Baltimore 
that  their  business  interests,  their  civic  impor- 
tance and  their  social  life  have  been  benefited  in 
a  high  degree  by  having  this  University  in  their 
midst.  We  want  the  wealthy  especially  to  feel 
that  the  best  investment  of  their  wealth  is  in 
institutions  like  this,  where  the  youth  of  the 
land  can  be  trained  to  be  useful  to  mankind.  He 
is  unworthy  of  it  who  does  not  regard  the  pos- 
session of  wealth  as  a  sacred  trust  held  only  for 
the  promotion  of  the  health  and  happiness  of  his 
fellow  men. 

A  systematic  presentation  to  our  citizens  of 
the  claims  and  needs  of  our  LTniversity  has  al- 
ready been  entered  upon  and  whilst  we  may  be 
a  prejudiced  judge,  it  seems  to  us  that  it  would 
be  conductive  to  peace  of  mind  to  turn  one's 
back  upon  this  deserving  cause. 

During  the  indisposition  of  Judge  Thomas  S. 
Baer,  of  the  Faculty  of  Law,  his  chair  is  being 
filled  by  Mr.  EH  Frank,  an  alumnus  of  the  Law 
School  of  the  class  of  1896.  ,  Mr.  Frank  is  at 
present  lecturing  very  acceptably  on  the  "Law 
of  Real  Property." 


Truth  is  a  germ  which  loves  the  deepi. — Byron. 


The  whole  essence  of  gentle  breeding  or  gentil- 
ity consists  in  the  wish  and  the  art  to  be  agreeable. 

— Holmes. 


=<v 


OLD    riARYLAND 

Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  Haryland. 


Vol.  II.     No.  4. 


BALTIMORE.  MD.,  APRIL,  1906. 


Price,  10  Cents 


Contributions  to  the  $ioo,ooo  Centennial 
Endowment  Fund:  Eugene  Kerr,  $25; 
George  W.  Gail,  Jr.,  $20;  W.  Plunkett  Stewart, 
$10;  Amelia  Aldridge,  $8;  Chesapeake  Shoe 
Company,  $5 ;  R.  L.  Mitchell,  $5 ;  Wm.  A.  Par- 
vis,  $5  ;  James  O.  Bates,  $5  ;  Wm.  C.  Page,  $25  ; 
Geo.  O.  Shivers,  $5 ;  W.  C.  Robinson  &  Son 
Co.,  $10;  C.  G.  Joyner,  $2;  K.  M.  Jarrell;  $1  ; 
Wilson,  Colston  &  Co.,  $25 ;  W.  Q.  Skilling,  $5  ; 
Robt.  W.  Smith,  $5;  J.  C.  Hemmeter,  $10; 
Richard  D.  Fisher,  $5.  We  are  glad  to  be  able 
to  announce  that  the  Senior  Classes  have 
started  a  contribution  to  be  entered  upon  the 
list  as  that  of  the  "Graduating  Classes  of 
1906." 

Again  we  call  attention  and  more  urgently 
than  ever  to  this  Endowment.  It  is  no  exag- 
geration to  say  that  the  salvation  of  our  Uni- 
versity depends  upon  it  and  that  it  furnishes  the 
test  for  the  loyalty  of  our  alumni,  whether  our 
expressions  of  interest.be  truly  from  the  heart 
or  mere  empty  words,  uttered  on  the  spur  of 
the  moment.  Although  the  amount  named  is 
not  large  as  endowments  are  in  these  days — 
it  will  demand  every  effort  on  our  part  to  se- 
cure it,  and  we  must  be  on  the  move  from  this 
time  on.  What  we  particularly  desire  is  that 
every  one  shall  seek  to  influence  at  least  one 
contribution  to  this  fund.  Each  has  his  influ- 
ence, even  the  student,  and  each  knows  some 
well-to-do  public-spirited  person  who  on  being 
approached  could  be  induced  to  give  to  it. 
Tell  him  of  this  old  University,  bearing — and 
bearing  so  worthily — the  name  of  the  State ; 
tell  him  of  its  great  needs ;  tell  him  of  its  dis- 
tinguished teachers  and  alumni ;  tell  him  of  the 
absolute  security  and  permanence  of  the  Fund. 
Communicate  freely  with  the  chairman  of  the 
Endowment  Committee,  who  is  also  editor  of 
Old  Maryland  and  '  who  is  always  glad  to 
receive  suggestions  or  to  co-operate  in  the 
promotion  of  this  Fund.  If  you  know  of  those 
who  could  be  approached  upon  this  subject, 
and   yet  have   not   the   time   or  inclination   to 


make  the  appeal  yourself,  he  will  undertake  it 
for  you.  Let  every  one  do  something  in  this 
glorious  work — alumni,  fraternities,  classes, 
alumni  associations,  faculties,  societies,  citi- 
zens and  business  houses. 


ANCIENT   NORTH    AMERICAN 
PEOPLES. 

By    Randolph    Winslow,    A.M.,    M.D. 
Read  Before  the  Library  and  Historical  Society. 

It  would  be  uncomplimentary  to  the  intel- 
ligence of  this  audience  to  presume  that  it  was 
not  acquainted  with  the  history  of  the  discov- 
ery of  America  and  of  the  settlement  and  de- 
velopment of  what  we  now  know  as  the  United 
States  of  America.  Every  school  boy  is  fa- 
miliar with  the  name  of  Christopher  Columbus, 
and  with  the  fact  that  he  discovered  the  West- 
ern Hemisphere  in  1492.  The  land  first  sighted 
by  him  being  a  small  island  in  the  West  Indies, 
probably  A'Vatling's  Island,  though  subse- 
quently he  visited  Cuba,  Hayti,  and  the  main- 
land of  South  America,  but  not  of  North  Amer- 
ica. The  first  historical  white  person  to  land 
upon  the  territory  of  what  is  now  the  United 
States,  was  Ponce  de  Leon,  who  disembarked 
upon  an  unknown  shore  on  Easter  Sunday, 
March  27,  1513,  and  to  this  new  land  he  gave 
the  name  Florida. 

These  facts  are  authentic  and  well  known, 
but  there  is  little  doubt  that  the  mainland  of 
North  America  had  been  visited  several  hun- 
dred years  previous  to  the  time  of  Columbus 
by  those  ad\enturous  rovers  of  the  sea,  the 
Norsemen,  and  whilst  no  records  are  extant 
which  can  be  accepted  as  authentic,  there  is 
strong  presumptive  evidence  of  the  correct- 
ness of  this  view.  Certain  is  it  that  Iceland 
was  discovered  and  settled  by  the  Norsemen 
during  the  latter  part  of  the  9th  century  and 
has  had  an  uninterrupted  history  for  more 
than  a  thousand  years.  From  Iceland  settlers 
reached  the  shores  of  Greenland  in   the    loth 


I8i 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


;/^,v: 


centurw.ljliid'er  Eric  the  Red,  and  it  is  not  only 
pfobal5t€7  T3Ut  almost  certain  tliat  expeditions 
were  made  to  the  mainland  of  America,  as 
far  as  New  England  and  possibly  New  York 
Bay. 

No  white  settlements  were  established,  how- 
ever, until  the  i6th  century,  when  colonies 
were  founded  by  the  Spanish  in  the  South  and 
the  English  in  the  North.  Whether  we  regard 
the  Northmen  or  the  Spaniards  as  the  histori- 
cal discoverers  of  America,  it  is  certain  that 
they  found  a  land  already  peopled  with  inhabi- 
tants of  a  peculiar  and  previously  unknown 
race.  As  the  Spanish  explorers  vainly  sup- 
posed themselves  to  have  reached  the  Indies, 
the  natives  were  called  Indians,  and  are  so  des- 
ignated at  the  present  time.  These  people 
were  and  are  copper,  or  cinnamon  colored, 
have  high  cheek  bones  and  straight  black  hair, 
and  form  an  entirely  distinct  ethnical  division 
of  the  human  race.  They  occupied  the  whole 
of  the  American  continent  from  far  north  to 
the  extreme  south.  The  languages  and  dialects 
of  these  people  did  not  appear  to  be  allied  with 
those-  of  any  of  the  nations  of  the  Eastern 
Hemisphere,  and  their  manners  and  customs 
were  alien  to  those  of  the  other  known  races. 
These  people  differed  somewhat  in  their  de- 
gree of  culture,  or  to  be  more  accurate,  in  their 
lack  of  culture,  as  some  of  the  tribes  were 
scarcely  emerging  from  savagery,  whilst  others 
were   approximating   civilization. 

The  manufacture  of  pottery  is  arbitrarily 
assumed  to  distinguish  the  state  of  savagery 
from  that  of  barbarism,  and  there  were  but 
few  of  the  American  tribes  that  did  not  possess 
the  ability  to  fashion  the  ruder  forms  of  pot- 
tery. The  erection  of  stone  or  brick  edifices 
and  the  use  of  metallic  instead  of  stone  imple- 
ments marks  the  middle  period  of  barbarism. 
In  Mexico,  Central  America  and  Peru  alone, 
were  races  found  who  even  attained  to  this  de- 
gree of  culture,  whilst  the  forging  of  iron  was 
unknown  on  the  American  continent. 

Who  were  these  barbarous  tribes  and 
whence  did  they  come?  This  is  a  difficult 
question  to  answer.  It  is  evident  that  they 
had  not  migrated  hither  within  any  approxi- 
mately recent  period,  from  beyond  the  seas. 
At  one  geologic  period  an  icecap  and  glaciers 
covered  the  upper  part  of  the  United  States 
even  as  far  south  as  our  own  State,  and  glacial 


deposits  are  found  in  various  sections.  In  a 
deep  cut  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  railroad 
at  Claymont,  Delaware,  in  July,  1887,  Mr.  H. 
T.  Cresson  found  an  unquestionable  palseo- 
lith  or  stone  implement,  buried  deeply  in  the 
glacial  drift,  which  is  supposed  to  present  an 
antiquity  of  not  less  than  150,000  years,  and 
which  would  justify  the  belief  that  this  coun- 
try was  peopled  at  least  that  long  ago ;  whilst 
other  scientists  believe  that  human  beings  ex- 
isted on  this  continent  at  a  much  more  remote 
period. 

Certain  is  it  that  the  Indians  or  natives  had 
been  on  American  soil  from  a  remote  antiquity, 
when  the  white  men  first  set  foot  upon  these 
shores.  They  do  not  bear  any  marked  re- 
semblance to  any  other  races,  nevertheless 
they  must  have  migrated  from  some  other  part 
of  the  world  and  from  environment  have 
gradually  acquired  the  peculiar  characteristics 
that  distinguish  them.  It  does  not  necessarily 
follow  that  they  crossed  the  seas,  as  it  is  prob- 
able that  the  mainland  of  Asia  and  Alaska 
was  continuous  at  one  time,  and  that  by  a  sink- 
ing of  the  land  Bering's  Sea  was  formed. 
They  may  then  have  crossed  on  dry  land, 
though  it  might  be  quite  possible  for  boats  to 
have  crossed  the  straits,  if  the  topography  was 
the  same  as  it  is  at  present.  The  Indians,  as 
found  at  the  Columbian  discovery,  may  not 
have  been  the  original  inhabitants,  but  there 
may  have  been  successive  migrations,  with 
the  extermination  of  the  older  races. 

At  the  present  time  in  the  extreme  north  are 
the  Eskimos  who  are  of  an.  entirely  different 
stock  and  are  apparently  the  remnants  of  a 
race  contemporaneous  with  the  cavemen  of 
Europe,  and  it  may  be  that  they  are  also  the 
descendants  of  people  who  lived  much  farther 
south  during  the  pleistocene  period,  and  who 
followed  the  recession  of  the  glaciers  and  ice 
cap  to  the  frozen  north.  Whilst  the  Eskimos 
are  still  living  in  a  condition'  analogous  to  that 
of  the  stone  age,  they  possess  in  common  with 
the  cavemen,  the  ability  to  depict  their  familiar 

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b^anes  in  sketches  of  some  artistic  meri-t,  and 
by  some  paleontologists  they  are  thought  to  be 
the  sole  survivors  of  the  race  of  men  who 
dwelt  in  the  Pleistocene  caves  of  western  Eu- 
rope. 

It  is,  however,  with  other  races  of  natives 
that  we  are  more  concerned  in  this  paper.  The 
greater  part  of  the  natives  of  North  America 
were  still  in  the  lower  stages  of  barbarism 
when  the  white  men  first  discovered  and  set- 
tled the  Western  Hemisphere.  They  possessed 
the  ability  to  fashion  the  ruder  forms  of  pottery, 
and  made  stone  tools  and  weapons,  in  many 
cases  artistically.  They  lived  usually  in  stock- 
aded villages,  the  dwellings  being  tents  of  skins 
or  bark  and  not  edifices  of  stone  or  bricks ; 
they  had  no  domestic  animals  except  the  dog 
and  consequently  could  not  cultivate  large 
areas  of  land  or  transport  large  quantities  of 
grain  or  other  food  materials  for  great  dis- 
tances. They  did,  however,  cultivate  maize, 
beans,  pumpkins,  squashes,  sunflowers  and  to- 
bacco in  a  very  inefficient  manner,  but  without 
ploughing  the  soil.  The  cultivation  of  these 
articles  was  usually  done  by  the  women.  Their 
chief  articles  of  food  were  obtained  in  the 
chase,  and  hunting,  fishing  and  fighting  were 
the  chief  occupations  of  the  men,  whilst  the 
women  planted  and  tilled  the  gardens.  They 
were  fierce  and  cruel  in  nature  and  delighted 
in  inflicting  suiTering  upon  those  captured  in 
foray  or  in  battle.  Of  course  there  were  some 
tribes  more  advanced  in  culture  than  others, 
but  as  a  whole  the  North  American  Indians 
were  as  described  above. 

The  population  was  sparse,  and  though  cer- 
tain tribes  extended  over  large  areas  of  country 
there  was  but  little  attempt  to  found  empires 
or  kingdoms,  or  to  establish_  stable  forms  of 
government.  In  the  northern  part  of  the 
United  States  certain  tribes  formed  a  confeder- 
acy known  as  the  Five  Nations,  and  subse- 
quentl}'  by  the  addition  of  the  Tuscaroras,  as 
the  Six  Nations,  which  extended  their  con- 
quests from  the  Hudson  to  the  Mississippi 
River,  but  they  did  not  establish  an  organized 
government  by  incorporating  other  tribes  into 
their  body  politic,  but  contented  themselves 
with  exterminating  as  many  as  possible  of 
those  who  were  of  alien  race. 

In  the  central  portion  of  the  United  States, 
especially  in  the  Mississippi   Valley,   are  still 


found  thousands  of  mounds,  raised  by  arti- 
ficial means,  some  of  them  evidently  the  sites 
of  temples  or  altars,  whilst  others  are  mani- 
festly fortifications,  besides  enclosures  of  odd 
shapes,  resembling  animals  and  serpents,  etc. 
It  is  evident  that  a  dense  population  occupied 
this  country  in  prehistoric  times  and  that  the 
people  were  much  farther  advanced  in  knowl- 
edge and  cultivation  than  the  ordinary  no- 
madic tribes  of  Indians  found  by  the  early 
colonists.  From  these  mounds  many  imple- 
ments and  weapons  of  stone  and  copper  have 
been  recovered,  so  that  we  have  some  idea  of 
the  degree  of  culture  of  these  people.  Some 
of  the  pottery  removed  from  these  mounds  is 
of  artistic  make,  and  their  copper  implements 
indicate  a  considerable  knowledge  of  metals. 
The  copper  for  these  tools  was  mined  in  Min- 
nesota, at  least  one  thousand  miles  away  and 
must  have  been  transported  largely  by  water, 
as  these  people  had  no  draught  animals.  If 
the  mound  builders  were  Indians,  they  were 
certainly  of  different  stock  from  the  nomads 
who  roamed  the  country  subsequently.  They 
were  a  more  settled,  as  well  as  a  more  popu- 
lous people,  possessed  a  much  higher  degree 
of  culture,  cultivated  the  soil  to  a  greater  ex- 
tent and  possessed  the  ability  to  lay  off  mathe- 
matical figures,  as  squares,  and  circles,  as  well 
as  to  erect  lofty  tumuli  for  sacrificial  or  other 
purposes.  The  mound  at  Cahokia,  Illinois,  is 
estimated  to  present  cubic  contents  equal  to 
one-quarter  of  that  of  the  great  pyramid  of 
Ghizeh,  and  there  are  many  others  of  great 
size.  The  purposes  to  which  many  of  these 
mounds  and  enclosures  were  put  can  only  be 
surmised  and  in  some  cases  cannot  even  be 
surmised.  It  must  have  required  a  large  num- 
ber of  laborers  for  many  years  to  erect  them. 
Some  of  the  arrow  heads,  hammers  and  axes 
were  made  from  stone  only  found  in  Mexico, 
from  whence  it  must  have  been  obtained. 

These  mound  builders  disappeared  as  mys- 
teriously as  they  came.  Whether  they  were 
exterminated  by  pestilence  or  driven  out  b> 
hostile  hordes,  or  migrated,  as  the  Mormons 
have  done  within  our  own  time,  to  more  fa- 
vorable or  pleasant  regions  is  at  present  un- 

Qerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

S.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

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known.  These  structures  are  thought  to  be 
of  great  antiquity  and  it  is  more  than  probable 
that  their  builders  from  some  cause  removed  to 
the  southwest,  and  that  they  may  have  been 
the  progenitors  of  those  races  who  still  dwell 
in  the  pueblos  of  New  Mexico  and  Arizona. 
At  the  present  time  there  are  still  found  there 
the  remnants  of  a  race  who  dwell  in  large  com- 
munal buildings  known  as  pueblos,  notably 
that  of  Zuni. 

(To   be   continued.) 
o 

REPORT  OF  DELEGATES  TO  THE 
STUDENTS'  VOLUNTEER  CON- 
VENTION AT  NASHVILLE. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  not  aware  of 
the  existence  of  the  "Students'  Volunteer 
Movement":  It  is  a  movement  the  object  of 
which  is  to  obtain  from  the  student  body  men 
of  higher  intellectuality  and  education  to  go 
out  into  foreign  fields  as  missionaries.  In 
fact  the  object  is  well  set  forth  in  the  motto 
adopted  by  the  movement,  namely,  "The  evan- 
■gelization  of  the  world  in  this  generation."  The 
movement  originated  in  the  summer  of  1886  at 
Mount  Hermon,  Mass.,  where  the  first  inter- 
national Christian  student  conference  ever  held 
was  in  session.  This  first  conference  was 
called  by  the  late  D.  L  Moody  with  the  pur- 
pose of  bringing  the  students  together,  that 
they  might  study  the  Bible  and  consider  the 
Christian  work  in  colleges.  At  this  meeting 
the  subject  of  "Foreign  Missions"  was  brought 
up  and  thoroughly  discussed.  It  was  met  by 
the  students  with  great  enthusiasm  and  the  im- 
pression left  by  this  discussion  can  well  be 
seen  in  the  fact,  that,  although  few  of  the  at- 
tending delegates  had  intended  to  become  mis- 
sionaries when  the  convention  began,  yet  be- 
fore its  adjournment  one  hundred  men  had  sig- 
nified their  intention  of  making  this  their  life's 
work.  Since  this  convention  one  has  been  held 
every  student  generation  or  ever}^  four  years. 

This  last  convention  was  by  far  the  most 
successful  ever  held.  It  surpassed  the  previous 
conventions. 

(i.)  Financially.  The  sum  asked  for,  to 
carr)'  on  the  missions,  was  twenty-five  thou- 
sand dollars.  The  amount  promised  was 
eighty-five  thousand  or  thereabouts.  (Cards 
were  distributed  on  which  each   delegate  sig- 


nified the  amount  he  would  promise  to  pay.) 
The  subscriptions  varied  from  $3,000  per  year 
for  four  years  to  one  dollar  per  year  for  the 
same  time. 

(2.)  The  number  of  delegates.  These  num- 
bered five  thousand,  surpassing  the  attendance 
to  the  last  convention  held  at  Toronto,  by 
2,400.  This  number  does  not  represent  all  that 
would  have  attended,  for  there  were  many 
more  applications,  but  all  that  the  residents  of 
Nashville  could  entertain. 

(3.)  The  amount  of  inspiration  received. 
1  his  was  tremenduous.  Chairman  J.  R.  Mott 
said :  "I  like  to  think  of  this  convention  as  a 
great  dynamo  which  is  being  impelled  by  the 
ceaseless  energy  of  Christ.  Would  that  here 
might  be  generated  and  released  energies  that 
may  fill  every  college  in  the  land  here  repre- 
sented, with  the  ceaseless  missionary  spirit." 
Great  energies  were  released  and  the  delegates 
were  extremely  enthusiastic.  The  speakers 
were  men  of  highest  intellectuality  and  one 
could  hardly  resist  their  overwhelming  argu- 
ments. Then  again,  think  of  five  thousand 
voices  raised  in  one  volume  of  praise  to  Al- 
mighty God.    What  could  be  more  inspiring? 

The  convention  lasted  over  a  period  of  five 
days,  beginning  at  3  P.  M.,  Wednesday,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  and  ending  at  10.30  P.  M.,  Sunday, 
March  4.  The  programme  for  Wednesday  was 
as  follows :  Calling  of  convention  to  order  by 
Chairman,  J-  R-  Mott,  followed  by  singing  of 
hymn.  Chairman  then  spoke  on  "The  Possi- 
bilties  of  the  Convention."  He  was  followed 
by  Robert  E.  Speer,  who  made  an  appeal  to 
the  students  to  enlist  in  the  missionary  ranks. 
Then  followed  silent  prayer,  benediction, 
hymn,  dismissal. 

.-     ;     Students  of  Medicine  and  Dentistry      :     : 

Will  find  much  .to  interest 
them  in  the  stock  of 

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The  sessions  always  opened  with  a  hymn, 
followed   by  speakers,  and   closed   with   silent' 
prayer,  benediction  and  hymn.     Hereafter  the 
speakers  and  their  subjects  will  be  given. 

Wednesday,  8  P.  M. :  Dr.  G.  Robson,  "The 
■Presentation  of  Christ  to  All  Mankind  the  Su- 
preme Business  of  the  Church ;""  J.  Campbeil 
White,  "The  Ownership  and  Lordship  of 
Christ."  , 

Thursday,  9.30  A.  M. ;  Reading  of  Report  of 
Executive  Committee,  by  Chairman  Wilhelm 
Gundert,  who  made  a  very  brief  address,  hav- 
ing begun  to  study  English  only  a  month  be- 
fore ;  G.  F.  Manley  informed  convention  of  work 
of  movement  in  British  Isles;  Miss  Una  Saun- 
ders, "Women  Students  and  What  They  Can 
Do  as  Missionaries;"  J.  V.  Helm,  "Conditions 
in  Japan." 

Thursday,  3  P.-  M. :  Sectional  Conferences. 
These  were  conferences  on  various  topics  held 
in  the  several  churches  in  the  city,  the  dele- 
gate attending  the  one  which  interested  him 
most.  They  were  held  every  afternoon  except 
Wednesday  and  Sunday. 

Thursday,  8  P.  M.:  Bishop  Gailor,  "The 
Only  Absolute  Religion;"  R.  E.  Speer,  "The 
Non-Christian  Religions  Inadequate  to  Meet 
the  Needs  of  Men."  Following  Mr.  Speer's 
address  subscriptions  were  taken. 

Friday,  9.30  A.  M. ;  Dr.  Herbert  Lankaster, 
"That  the  ?ilan  of  God  May  Be  Furnished 
Completely  Unto  Every  Good  Work;"  Rev. 
James  L.  Barton,  "Intellectual  Equipment  and 
Continual  Growth  Indispensable  to  the  Largest 
Success  in  Mission  Work;"  Rev.  Donald  Era- 
ser, "Prerequisites  for  Attractive  Presentation 
of  Jesus  Christ;"  Dr.  W  H.  Sheppard,  "Short 
Account  of  Experiences  on  the  Congo." 

Friday,  8  P.  M. :  Sir  Mortimer  Durand, 
"Observations  of  a  Layman  on  Missionary 
Work  in" the  East;"  General  Foster,  "The  Im- 
portance of  Christian  Diplomacy;"  Hon.  B. 
F.  Macfarland,  "The  Relation  of  the  Movement 
to  International  Comity  and  Universal  Peace;" 
J.  A.  Macdonald,  "What  Should  be  the  Rela- 
tion of  the  Secular  Press  to  the  Work  of  Chris- 
tian  Missions  in  Non-Christian  Lands?" 

Saturday,  9.30  A.  M.:  Hon.  A.  B.  Copen, 
"The  Latent  Resources  of  the  Layman ;"  Rev. 
T.  P.  Haggard,  "The  Educational  Value  of 
Missionary  Literature ;"  John  F.  Goucher, 
"The  Stragetic   Importance  of  the   Movement 


■*to  the  A\-orld's  Evangelization;"    J.  W.  Wood, 
jj"The    \'ital    Relation    of   Intercessory    Prayer 
to  the  Success  of  the  Foreign  Alission  Cam- 
paign ;"     B.  R.  Barker,  "Conditions  in  India." 

Saturday,  8  P.  M. :  The  committee  were  un- 
avoidably prevented  from  attending  this  ses- 
sion and  therefore  cannot  give  the  programme 
of    it. 

Sunday,  9.30  A.  M.:  Sermon  by  Benjamin 
Barker. 

Sunday,  3  P.  M.:  Meeting  for  men  at 
Rymen"s  Auditorium  ;  for  women  at  Presby- 
terian  Church. 

Sunda)-,  8  P.  M. :  Dr.  Karl  Fries  spoke  on 
the  subject  of  Prayer.  After  Dr.  Fries'  address 
the  volunteers  arose  and  individually  gave 
their  reasons  for  becoming  missionaries. 

On  or  about  April  15th,  1906,  there  will  be 

received  a  verbatim  account  of  the  Convention, 

which  will  be  placed  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  rooms, 

at  the  disposal  of  anyone  wishing  to  consult  it. 

J.  W.  RICKETTS, 

j.  E.  B.  ZIEGLER, 

Delegates. 


DOCTOR      ANDREW       WIESENTHAL'S 

ACCOUNT  OF  WORM  IN  FOWLS 

WITH  "GAPS." 

[The  following  account  of  Dr.  Wiesenthal's 
discovery,  with  the  above  heading,  is  copied 
from  the  London  "Medical  and  Physical  Jour- 
nal," Vol.  2,  No.  8,  October,  1799.  It  is  a  cylin- 
drical worm  and  is  known  technically  as  Syn- 
gamus  Trachealis.  and  the  disease  which  it 
produces — a  deadl_y  epizootic  in  fowls  and  tur- 
keys— is  known  as  syngamosis  or  verminous 
tracheo-bronchitis,  vulgarly  "the  gapes."  It 
was  seen  in  England  for  the  first  time  by  Mon- 

Open  all  Night 

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Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and   Perfumery 


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tagu,  in  1806-08,  and  did  not  figure  in  French 
publications  till  well  into  the  latter  half  of  the 
19th  century.  One  may  consult  on  the  subject 
L.  G.  Neumann,  Traite  des  Maladies  Parasi- 
taires,  translated  into  English  by  Fleming, 
London,  1892.  This  was  probably  the  first 
discovery  of  the  organism  producing  an  epi- 
demic or  infectious  disease  ever  made,  and  for 
that  reason  has  great  interest  for  Baltimoreans 
and  well  deserves  republication.  As  Dr.  Wies- 
enthal  died  December  2,  1798,  his  article  ap- 
peared after  his  death.  The  readers  of  Old 
Maryland  will  recall  the  extracts  published 
in  this  journal  some  months  ago  from  the  in- 
teresting correspondence  of  Dr.  Wiesenthal 
while  a  pupil  in  London  in  1786-89.] 
"To  the  Editors  of  the  Medical  and  Physical 
Journal. 
Gentlemen :  I  send  you  the  following  ex- 
tract of  a  letter  from  an  ingenious  physician, 
Dr.  A.  Wiesenthal,  Professor  of  Anatomy  at 
Baltimore,  in  North  America;  if  you  think  as 
I  do,  that  the  communication  is  curious  and 
interesting,  you  will  allow  it  a  place  in  your 
instructive  monthly  publication.  I  am  respect- 
fully, gentlemen,  your  most  obedient  and  hum- 
ble servant,  Andrew  Marshall.  Bartlet's 
Buildings,  Sept.    10,   1799." 

"Baltimore  in  Maryland, 

May  21,  1797. 

"There  is  a  disease  prevalent  among  the 
gallinaceous  poultry  in  this  country,  called  the 
gaps,  which  destroys  eight-tenths  of  our  fowls 
in  many  parts,  and  takes  place  in  the  greatest 
degree  among  the  young  turkeys  and  chickens 
bred  upon  old  established  farms.  I  know  not 
whether  the  same  kinds  of  fowls  in  England 
are  hable  to  it,  and  therefore  shall  take  the  lib- 
erty to  give  you  a  brief  account  of  it. 

"Chicks  and  poults,  in  a  few  days  after  they 
are  hatched,  are  found  frequently  to  open  their 
mouths  wide,  and  gasp  for  breath  at  the  same 
time  frequently  sneezing,  and  attempting  to 
swallow.  At  first  the  affection  is  slight,  but 
gradually  becomes  more  and  more  oppressive, 
until  it  ultimately  destroys.  Very  few  recover; 
they  languish,  grow  dispirited,  droop  and  die. 
It  is  generally  known,  that  these  symptoms 
are  occasioned  by  worms  in  the  trachea.  I 
have  seen  the  whole  of  it  completely  filled  with 
these  worms,  and  have  been  astonished  at  the 


animal's  being  capable  of  respiration  under 
such  circumstances.  The  annexed  cut  is  a  rep- 
resentation of  these  animalculje  of  the  natural 
figure,  and  magnified.  The  small  figure  rep- 
resents the  worms  of  their  natural  size,  found 
in  the  trachea  of  chickens  and  young  turkeys; 
the  large  figure,  the'  same  magnified.  They 
are  of  a  reddish  color,  and  at  first  view,  resem- 
ble the  human  lumbricus;  but  when  examined 
are  materialh'  difterent.  When  exposed  to  the 
microscope,  they  are  found  to  have  an  orifice 
or  mouth  at  one  end,  formed  for  suction ;  the 
other  end,  as  far  as  I  know,  imperforated. 
Through  the  integuments  is  seen  the  intestinal 
tube,  much  convoluted,  like  that  of  the  lum- 
bricus. 

"No  effectual  remedy  is  known  against  these 
most  destructive  animals.  I  have  indeed  seen 
them  drawn  out  of  the  trachea,  by  means  of  a 
feather  stripped  from  near  its  end,  which  is 
passed  into  the  larynx,  and  twisted  round  till 
it  engages  one  or  two  of  the  worms,  which  are 
extracted  with  it. 

ANDREW  WIESENTHAL." 


''    HISTORICAL  NOTES. 

The  question  of  endowment  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland  does  not  seem  to  have  dis- 
turbed the  slumbers  of  the  Regents  and 
Alumni  to  any  appreciable  degree  during  the 
last  century.  The  Board  of  Regents  never  had 
any  money,  although  nominally  the  property 
of  the  LIniversity  was  held  in  its  name.  AVhen 
the  Trustees  were  turned  out  and  the  institu- 
tion restored  to  the  original  corporation  in 
1839,  there  were  $18,000  in  the  treasury,  in- 
cluding $16,200  in  stocks  and  bonds  and  $1,800 
in-  cash,   which   had   accumulated    during   the 


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previous  thirteen  years,  wliile  the  institution 
was  a  State  University.  Tliis  fund  soon  dis- 
appeared in  current  and  building  expenses. 

Not  that  the  need  of  endowment  was  not 
felt — and  especialh"  in  connection  with  the 
most  active  department  of  the  University — the 
School  of  Medicine.  On  the  destruction  of 
Professor  Davidge's  Anatomical  Theatre  in 
December,  1807,  for  instance,  "a  committee 
was  appointed  to  canvass  the  city  for  funds  for 
the  erection  of  a  building."  And  we  read  of 
certain  amounts — small  in  the  aggregate — that 
were  received  from  friends  of  the  Faculty  of 
Physic  in  those  early  days  of  strain  and  stress. 
In  1829,  Mr.  George  Gray,  a  merchant  of  Balti- 
more, who  had  been  a  patient  in  the  Hospital, 
left  a  bequest  to  it  of  $5,000.  The  interest  of 
this  sum  was  applied  annually  to  the  current 
expenses  of  the  Hospital  until  1852,  when  the 
principal  was  used  in  the  erection  of  the  corner 
addition,  since  pulled  down.  On  April  15,  1840, 
it  was  "resolved,  on  motion  of  Dr.  Aikin,  that 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Hamner  and  David  Hofmann, 
Esq.,  be  constituted  a  special  committee  to 
solicit  aid  from  the  citizens  of  Baltimore  in 
behalf  of  the  University  of  Maryland."  There 
is  no  evidence  that  the  cornmittee  collected 
anything.  In  1886,  Dr.  Charles  M.  Hitchcock, 
an  alumnus  of  the  year  1835,  died  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, leaving  a  reversionary  bequest,  estimated 
at  the  time  at  $10,000  to  $100,000,  to  the  School 
of  Medicine.  In  November,  1900,  the  Regents 
compromised  with  the  daughter  of  the  testa- 
tor for  $3,750.  The  Crim  reversionary  bequest 
— left  by  the  widow  of  the  late  Dr.  Wm.  H. 
Crim  (who  died  in  1903) — was  also  left  to  the 
School  of  Medicine,  and  will  probably  amount 
to  $40,000  or  $45,000.  The  necessity  of  en- 
dowmeiit  was  urged  by  the  writer  in  the  Mary- 
land Medical  Journal  and  the  Transactions  of 
the  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty  in  1881, 
and  in  his  Historical  Sketch  of  the  University 
published  in  1891.  In  1893,  with  the  official 
sanction  of  the  Faculty  of  Physic,  and  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the 
School  of  Medicine,  a  charter  was  secured  for 
a  permanent  endowment  fund  for  the  School 
of  Medicine.     In   1897,  at  the  annual  meeting 

THE  NATIONAL    EXCHANGE  BANK, 

Hopkins  Place,  German  &.  Liberty  Sts. 

.  .  .  Ilnvites  l^our  Bccount. 

■  Safe  Deposit  Boxes  Rent.  Letters  of  Credit  Issued. 


of  the  same  Association,  Dr.  Randolph  Wins- 
low  made  the  first  contribution  to  this  fund — 
$10,  and  was  followed  by  Drs.  William  Lee, 
$50,  and  St.  Clair  Spruill,  $5.  The  following 
spring  a  circular  was  issued,  one  of  the  first  re- 
plies to  which  was  a  contribution  of  $250  from 
Dr.  William  Osier.  In  1903,  on  the  founding 
of  the  General  Alumni  Association,  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Endowment  Fund 
was  requested  to  extend  its  charter  to  em- 
brace the  University  and  an  act  was  secured 
from  the  Legislature  to  that  effect.  With  the 
advent  of  our  centennial  a  rare  opportunity 
seems  to  be  offered  for  pushing  this  movement 
and  every  effort  possible  will  be  made  to  that 
end  both  among  alumni  and  citizens.  Already 
subscriptions  to  the  amount  of  about  $8,000 
have  been  secured. 


:  o  :- 


In  restoring  the  possession  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland  to  the  Regents  in  April,  1839, 
the  Legislature  of  Maryland  required  them  to 
sign  the  following  certificate^  a  copy  of  which 
was  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  Treasurer  of 
the  State: 

"The  Regents  of  the  University  of  Maryland 
hereby  certify  to  the  Treasurer  of  Maryland 
that  the  property  and  estate  of  the  University 
of  Maryland  shall  never  be  disposed  of  or  con- 
verted to  any  other  use  than  that  of  Medical 
Science  or  the  Arts  and  Sciences  generally, 
without  the  consent  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  Maryland,  and  that  any  act,  deed,  or  convey- 
ance of  the  said  corporation  to  a  different  in- 
tent or  to  different  uses  shall  be  null  and  void, 
and  that  the  Legislature  may  then  take  posses- 
sion of  and  control  and  direct  the  said  prop- 
erty and  estate  for  the  purpose  of  promoting 
general  science.  In  testimony  whereof  the  Re- 
gents of  the  University  of  Maryland  have  caus. 
ed  their  corporate  seal  to  be  hereunto  affixed 
on  the  6th  day  of  April,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1839." 

:  o  : 

The  noiseless  foot  of  time  steals  swiftly  by. 
And  ere  we  dream  of  manhood  age  is  nigh. — 

— Juvenal. 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 
Modern  Pharmacy  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Ligh^  S^s. 

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PUBLISHED    MONTHLY. 

THE  OFFICIAL  ORGAN   OF  THE  GENERAL  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

ANI1  THE  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT 

OF  PHARMACY. 


EUGENE  F.  CORDELL,  M.  D.  Editor. 

ASSOCIATE  editors: 

Medicine:  Victor  C.  Carroll; 
Law:  A.  Taylor  Smith; 
Dentistry:  George  Walter  Frank; 
Pharmacy:  Benjamin  D.  Benfer. 


subscription   ?1,00   per    ANNUM. 


Copies    for   sale   at  Office   of   Old   Maryland,    in   Main 
University  Building,  12  to  2  P.  M.,  and  at  855  N.  Eutaw  St. 


The  present  time  is  opportune  for  the  found- 
ing of  alumni  associations  throughout  the 
country.  There  are  few  States  or  large  cities 
in  the  country  in  which  there  are  not  many  of 
the  graduates  of  the  University  of  Maryland 
to  be  found,  and  we  urge  that  they  get  together 
and  organize  so  as  to  have  representatives  at 
next  year's  Centennial.  The  General  Alumni 
Association  will  be  happy  to  extenc}  its  help  in 
this  direction,  and  the  Secretary  will  be  glad 
to  send  information  regarding  its  organization, 
or  lists  of  alumni  in  various  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. This  being  the  parent  or  home  society, 
the  new  societies  should  be  formed  and  looked 
upon  as  branches  of  it.  By  all  means  they 
should  be  Unk'ersity  societies  and  should  seek 
to  enlist  all  graduates  of  all  departments.  The 
day  has  gone  by  when  we  can  be  satisfied  with 
mere  medical  associations.  And  the  large  num- 
ber of  graduates  of  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy — now  our  excellent  department  of 
pharmacy — should  be  cordially  invited  to  join. 
They  have  now  been  adopted  into  our  ranks 

Drovers   anO   ^ecbanics'   IHational   JBanJ?    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  RENT 


and  they  welcome  vv^ith  pride  and  satisfaction 
their  new  associations. 

It  is  well  known  that  there  has  been  for 
some  years  such  a  branch  society  in  Washing- 
ton City  and  we  are  glad  to  learn  of  one  being 
contemplated  in  North  Carolina.  We  have  re- 
ceived a  letter  from  Dr.  J.  L.  Hanes,  of  Wins- 
ton, N.  C,  in  which  he  says :  "Yours  of  the 
19th  to  hand  and  you  have  no  idea  how  much  I 
appreciate  the  interest  you  take  in  the  organi- 
zation of  a  North  Carolina  alumni  association." 
Dr.  Charles  P.  Noble,  of  Philadelphia,  Surgeon- 
in-Chief  of  Kensington  Hospital  for  Women, 
writes:  "I  have  observed  the  notice  of  the  for- 
mation of  one  or  more  alumni  associations  in 
different  States.  I  shall  be  glad  to  interest  my- 
self in  the  formation  of  an  alumni  association 
for  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  or  the 
City  of  Philadelphia,  as  seems  best 
after  the  matter  is  once  launched.  If 
you  will  have  mailed  to  me  a  list  of  the 
graduates  in  Medicine,  Pharmacy  and  Dentist- 
ry, I  will  make  it  my  business  to  confer  with 
such  of  them  as  are  personally  known  to  me 
and  see  if  we  cannot  launch  a  branch  associ- 
ation. I  am  pleased  to  observe  the  activity  in 
connection  with  the  University  and  the  possi- 
bilty  of  a  union  between  the  present  Faculties 
and  St.  John's  College  and  perhaps  also  with 
the  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  of  which 
I  have  read.  So  far  as  I  am  personally  con- 
cerned, I  would  anticipate  greater  as  well  as 
better  results  if  the  present  status  of  the  Facul- 
ties of  Medicine  and  Law  were  altered  so  that 
the  L'niversity  was  not  a  private  corporation 
in  the  sense  of  being  practically  the  private 
property  of  the  Faculty." 

We  have  sent  Dr.  Noble  the  lists  asked  for 
and  we  will  be  glad  to  furnish  them  for  other 
States  or  Cities  where  they  may  be  desired. 

o 

GERMANIA  MAENNERCHOR  CONCERT 

A  grand  concert  ^vas  given  at  the  Hall  on 
Lombard  street,  near  the  University,  by  the 
Germania  Maennerchor,  on  the  evening  of 
..April  3rd,  which  was  of  peculiar  interest  to- 
l'niversity  of  Maryland  men,  since  it  included 
the  rendition  of  the  University  Ode  and  other 

OUR   motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 

CARBONATED    WATER    in    siphons  and  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

CHARLES   STREET  AND    MOUNT   ROYAL  AVENUE. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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music  of  like  nature,  as  indicated  by  the  title 
given  to  the  program:  "Vivat  Academia!" 
The  Regents,  Faculties,  members  of  the  Gen- 
eral Alumni  Association  and  a  few  others  were 
invited,  so  that,  as  contemplated,  the  occasion 
partook  somewhat  of  a  University  affair  and 
may  be  considered  as  the  initiative  function  of 
our  Centennial  Celebration.  The  music  was  all 
of  a  high  order  and  the  selection  and  grouping 
evinced  a  fine  taste  in  the  Director,  Professor 
Theodor  Hemberger,  who  has  by  his  skill, 
genius  and  perseverance  brought  his  orchestra 
and  chorus  to  the  highest  degree  of  perfection. 
The  music  of  the  Ode — composed  by  him — was 
magnificently  rendered  by  tenor  solo  ( Mr.  F. 
H.  Weber),  chorus  and  orchestra  and  formed  a 
fitting  climax  of  the  evening's  entertainment. 
.\'o  terms  of  praise  also  are  too  high  for  the 
singing  of  Miss  Hannah  Greenwood,  soprano, 
who  with  a  full,  rich  voice  filled  her  difficult 
role  \\  ith  the  utmost  truth,  tenderness  and 
expression.  Fortunate  are  they  who  have  the 
privilege  of  hearing  these  superb  concerts  and 
we  vi'ish  to  return  our  warmest  thanks  to  the 
President  and  members  of  the  Maennerchor 
for  the  great  pleasure  they  have  given" us  by 
their  invitation  and  for  the  honor  they  have 
shown  our  Universit}'  in  the  arrangement  of 
the  program,  which  was  as  follows; 

Brahms,  Johannes,  Akademische  Fest- 
Ouverture ;  Wagner,  Hans,  Elsula,  Chor  mit 
Quartett:  Bach,  Joh.  Seb.,  .Arie,  "Aus  Liebe 
will  mein  Heiland  Sterben;"  Massanet,  Jules, 
Arie,  "Pleurez !  pleurez  mes  yeux ;"  Smith, 
David  Stanley,  "'The  Dark ;  Hollander,  Victor, 
Fairy  Footsteps;  Chaminade.  C,  Saint  John's 
Eve,  Sopran-Solo,  frauenchore  mit  orchester ; 
Volbach,  Fritz,  "Alt  Heidelberg,  du  feine,"  fiir 
orchester;  Petschke,  H.  G.,  "Neuer  Friihling;" 
Jiingst,  Hugo,  "Spinn,  spinn  !"  Schvedisches 
Volkslied ;  Mozart.  \A'olfgang  A.,  "Wiegen- 
lied,"  Miinnerchore  a  Cappella;  Hemberger, 
Theo.,  L'niversity  Ode.  ".\lma  Parens,  jam  An- 
norum." 


Soon  the  sweet  spring  comes  dancing  forth. 
And  Nature  laughs  again. 

-  — Horace. 

SOUVENIRS  ^^  ^^^  University  of  Maryland 

And  Other  Points  of  Interest. 

SONNENBURQ'S,  Baltimore  and  Greene  Sts. 


MR.  HAMAN'S  TRIUMPH. 

We  feel  sure  that  we  are  not  overstepping 
tlie  bounds  of  authority  or  propriety  in  adding 
Lo  the  many  congratulations  which  Mr.  B. 
Howard  Haman  is  receiving  at  this  time  upon 
the  triumph  of  his  eft'orts  in  behalf  of  the  great 
oyster  industries  of  the  State,  those  of  our 
Association  and  University.  We  are  proud  to 
know  that  we  are  bound  to  him  by  the  ties  of 
alumnuship  and  can  therefore  claim  some  con- 
nection through  him  with  the  glorious  achieve- 
ment he  has  wrought.  It  is  indeed  a  great  day 
for  him,  for  his  perseverance,  his  courage,  his 
intelligence  and  the  singularly  unselfish  devo- 
tion to  the  cause  which  he  had  espoused  en- 
title him  to  rank  among  the  foremost  of  those 
citizens  who  have  adorned  our  city  and  State. 
The  great  services  he  has  rendered  deserve 
the  highest  honors  the  community  can  bestow 
and  will  prove  a  stimulus  and  source  of  emula- 
tion to  the  people  of  Maryland  for  all  time  to 
come.  Such  deeds  raise  the  standard  of  citizen- 
ship. 

The  "Sun"  pays  this  beautiful  tribute  to  our 
fellow  alumnus :  "To  Mr.  Haman  this  is  no 
ordinary  triumph.  He  began  the  agitation  for 
an  oyster-planting  law  more  than  fifteen  years 
ago  and  has  steadily  persevered  in  his  pur- 
pose. At  first  his  views  and  bill  were  treated 
with  derision.  Then  as  people  began  to  come 
to  his  support  his  motives  were  impugned  and 
later  derisi£)n  gave  place  to  violent  denunci- 
ation from  the  very  people  he  was  laboring  to 
serve.  In  all  the  history  of  Maryland  in  the 
last  century  it  is  not  likely  there  has  been  a 
finer  illustration  of  civic  virtue  and  public  spirii 
against  all  manner  of  discouragement  than  is 
afforded  by  Mr.  Haman's  contest  for  oyster 
planting.  In  this  hour  .of  his  triumph  no  man 
can  even  suggest  one  unworthy  motive.  He 
worked  for  the  good  of  his  people  and  his  name 
will  be  connected  with  what  will  prove  one  of 
the  most  beneficent  measures  that  was  ever 
written  upon  the  statute  book  of  this  State." 
o 

Since  the  decision  of  the  Regents  of  the  'v^ni- 
versity  granting  authority  to  hold  a  Llniver- 
sity   centennial,   the   committees   have    held    a 

NUNN     <&.    CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS 
227   NORTH   HOWARD  STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OF  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Medical  Books— .Students'  Supplies. 


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second  meeting  and  made  further  progress  in 
organization.  The  evening  was  inclement  and 
the  attendance  from  the  city  was  not  large. 
Drs.  G.  Wythe  Cook,  G.  R.  L.  Cole  and  \Vm. 
L.  Robins  were,  however,  present  from  \\'ash- 
ington.  There  was  a  free  discussion  and 
names  were  suggested  for  a  Finance  and  an 
Honorary  Committee,  the  latter  comprised  of 
eminent  persons  in  Baltimore  and  elsewhere. 
An  Executive  Committee  was  decided  upon, 
consisting  of  the  Regents'  Committee,  two 
representatives  from  each  department  of  the 
University  and  the  Chairmen  of  the  various 
sub-committees.  At  this  point — the  greater 
part  of  the  evening  having  been  consumed 
with  but  little  progress  made — it  became  evi- 
dent that  a  committee  on  organization  was  nec- 
essary to  prepare  and  submit  plans,  suggest 
names  and  personnel  of  committees,  etc.,  etc. 
The  Regents'  Committee  and  the  eight  repre- 
sentatives of  departments  above  mentioned 
were  appointed  such  organizing  committee,  to 
report  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  in  the  near  fu- 
ture. 

o 

ATHLETICS. 

Manager  Fowler  of  the  football  team  has 
closed  Thanksgiving  Day  with  our  old  rivals, 
the  Johns  Hopkins.  The  following  men  will 
be  lost  by  graduation:  Capt.  Blank  and  W. 
Brent,  end  men;  Baughman,  centre:  Garneau, 
guard ;  Stonestreet  and  Henderson,  tackles ; 
Mann,  halfback.  Dr.  Hala,  fullback,  will  also 
leave.  But  several  fine  players  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  North  Carolina  have  signified  their 
intention  of  coming  to  our  University  next 
year  and  will  doubtless  make  up  for  these 
losses. 

Although  a  late  start  has  been  made.  Man- 
ager Fullings  of  the  baseball  team  hopes  to  ar- 
range a  number  of  games  with  leading  teams 
in  this  section. 

The  basket-ball  team  disbanded  for  the  sea- 
son, after  winning  games  from  the  Gettysburg 
College  and  Maryland  Agricultural,  and  losing 
to  Gettysburg  College,  Baltimore  Athletic 
.  Club  and  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons. 
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The  necessit}'  of  hiring  halls  in  which  to  play 
has  been  a  heavy  drain  upon  its  treasury. 

At  the  indoor  track  and  field  meet  at  the 
Fifth  Regiment  Armory,  on  March  31st,  a 
relay  mile  race  was  run  between  our  Univer- 
sity and  Mount  St.  Joseph's  College  and  was 
won  by  us,  but  Matthews,  one  of  our  runners, 
being  protested,  the  medals  were  withheld. 
Time  3.51.  Winning  team,  Bayless,  Gilbert, 
Matthews  and  Chaney. 

o 

MARRIAGES. 

A.  Leo  Franklin,  M.D.  (1902),  Physician 
to  the  Allegany  Hospital,  Cumberland,  Md., 
to  Miss  Lelia  Weston  Jordan,  at  Charlestown, 
W.  Va.,  March  8,  1906.  Miss  J.  was  formerly 
of  Norfolk,  Va.  They  were  married  according 
to  R.  C.  ritual  and  left  on  a  trip  to  Washington 
and  Richmond. — Oswald  O.  Kafer,  M.D. 
(1905),  of  Newberne,  N.  C,  to  Miss  Lillian 
May  Taggart,  at  Baltimore,  March  7. 

o 

V     DEATHS. 

Nicholas  J.  Dorsey,  M.D.  (1847),  for  many 
years  a'  practitioner  of  Chicago,  at  Joliet,  111., 
March  11,  aged  84. — Robert  Evans  Bromwell, 
M.D.  (1850),  at  his  home  in  Cecil  county,  Md., 
March  21,  aged  79,  after  a  protracted  illness. 
He  was  born  on  the  farm  on  which  he  died 
and  was  the  son  of  William  Bromwell,  a  lum- 
ber merchant  of  Baltimore.  He  studied  medi- 
cine under  Dr.  Henry  B.  Broughton  (1822). — 
Benjamin  S.  Roseberry,  M.D.  (1874),  at  Gard- 
ner, New  Mexico,  March  28,  aged  52.  He  was 
1)orn  in  Kent  county,  Md.,  and  went  West  in 
t888  on  account  of  health. — Randall  Holden, 
M.D.  (1861),  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  Feb.  3,  aged 
86.  He  was  an  Assistant  Surgeon  in  the  C. 
vS.  A. — Henry  J.  Lamontagne,  a  student  of  the 
Class  of  1906,  at  Meriden,  Conn,  March  9. 

o 

V      ITEMS. 

The  closing  meeting  of  the  Library  and  His- 
torical Society  of  the  LTniversity  was  held  on 
Feb.  27,  when  papers  were  read  by  Professors 
Winslow  and  Mitchell. — The  following  figures 

Menu,  Banquet  and  Dance  Cards.  Commencement  Invita- 
tions and  Programs.  Diplomas  Certificates.  Engrossiiic,  U,  of 
M.  Stationery  for  Classes  and  Fraternities.  Letterheads. 
Envelopes,  Cards,  etc,  for  Phvsicians,  Lawvers  and  Dentists, 

JAS.  H.  DOWNS,  STATIONER.  229  N.  Charles  St. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


59 


represent  the  attendance  this  session  in  the 
various  departments  of  the  University :  Scliool 
of  Medicine,  340;  School  of  Law,  240;  School  of 
Dentistry,  160;  School  of  Pharmacy,  83;  Nur- 
ses' Training  School,  55 ;  total,  878. — Dr.  C. 
Urban  Smith  (1889)  has  sent  out  his  card 
as  specialist  in  gastroenterology.  He  has  an 
office  in  the  new  Professional  Building,  cor. 
Charles  and  Pleasant  streets. — The  Presidents 
of  the  medical  classes.  University,  for  1905-06 
are :  4th  year :  Victor  C.  Carroll,  Md. ;  3d  year  : 
O.  Paul  Argabrite,  W.  Va. ;  2d  year:  J.  L.  An- 
derson, S.  C. ;  1st  year:  James  D.  Woodward, 
V^a. — Dr.  William  Osier  writes  to  the  Editor 
from  Oxford:  "I  am  sure  the  scheme  of  con- 
solidation will  be  most  advantageous.  After 
a  hundred  years  of  good  work  for  the  city  and 
the  State,  the  people  should  come  forward  lib- 
erally and  put  the  old  school  on  a  firm  financial 
basis." — Dr.  J.  C.  Hemmeter  will  make  ad- 
dresses as  follows :  Medical  Association  of 
Greater  New  York,  April  9;  Ohio  State  Medi- 
cal Society,  Canton,  O.,  May  9  (this  is  the 
annual  oration);  Chicago,  May  12;  Am.  Gas- 
tro-Enterologic  Asso.,  June  4;  Am.  Medical 
.\sso.  at  Boston,  June  6.  He  will  sail  for 
Europe  from  New  York  on  June  7.  He  has 
been  made  one  of  the  American  patrons  of  the 
monument  to  be  erected  to  the  memory  of 
Michael  Servetus,  at  Vienne  (Isere).  The 
French  sculptor  Joseph  Bernard  is  now  en- 
gaged upon  this  monument. — A  joint  com- 
mencement of  the  Law,  Medical  and  Pharmacy 
Departments  of  the  University  of  Md.  will  be 
held  on  June  4th.  The  orator  has  not  been  se- 
lected at  this  writing. — We  learn  that  arrange- 
ments are  being  made  for  the  purchase  of  the 
four  buildings  on  the  N.  W.  corner  of  Greene 
and  Lombard  streets  by  the  LTniversity  as  soon 
as  the  title  is  made  good. — There  was  a  re- 
union of  the  Nashville  delegates  at  the  resi- 
dence of  Miss  Hoffman,  2131  Maryland  Ave., 
on  Saturday,  Mar.  31st.  Reminiscences  of  the 
convention  were  indulged  in,  with  music  and 
refreshments.  These  meetings  will  be  con- 
tinued monthly  till  the  end  of  the  session. — At 
the  meeting  of  Beta-Alpha  Chapter,  Nu  Sigma 
Nu  Fraternity,  held  on  Saturday  evening,  March 
24th,  the  following  members  of  the  Faculty  of 
Physic  and  students  were  initiated:  Profs. 
Woods,  Taylor,  Spruill,  Allen  ;  Messrs.  Gibson, 
'09,  Paramore,  '09.     A  supper  followed  at  the 


St.  James.  The  annual  banquet  will  be  held 
shortly. — Professors  Randolph  Winslow  and 
J.  M.  Flundley  will  spend  two  months  traveling 
in  Europe.  They  will  leave  Baltimore  early  in 
June. — The  National  Consular  Reform  Conven- 
tion, which  met  in  Washington  March  13,  elec- 
ted J.  Harry  Tregoe,  LL.B.  (05)  Treasurer. — 
B.  Merrill  Hopkinson,  M.D.  (1885),  read 
Tennyson's  poem,  "Enoch  Arden,"  giving  at 
the  same  time  the  vocal  music  composed  for 
it  by  Richard  Strauss,  at  the  Madison  Avenue 
Synagogue,  on  March  12th. — Dr.  S.  B.  Bond 
(1883),  Clin.  Professor  of  Genito-Urinary  Dis- 
eases in  the  University,  has  been  appointed 
Chief  Medical  Examiner  of  the  B.  &  O.  Rail- 
road and  as  such  will  have  charge  of  every- 
thing pertaining  to  its  medical  side.  Dr.  B. 
has  had  ample  experience  in  such  work,  having 
been  connected  for  ten  years  with  the  Penn'a. 
R.  R. — Gen.  Lawrason  Riggs,  LL.B.,  is  ex- 
pected back  from  Europe  early  this  month. — 
Both  Judges  J.  Upshur  Dennis  and  Thomas  S. 
Baer  of  the  Supreme  Bench  of  Baltimore  are 
slowly  improving,  but  there  is  no  prospect  of 
either  returning  to  duty  for  some  time  to 
come.  The  latter  is  still  confined  to  bed. — 
Oscar  E.  Ross,  Ph.G.  (1888),  druggist  and 
member  of  the  Water  Board,  died  on  April  5th 
from  disease  of  the  heart. — Professor  Charles 
W.  Mitchell  and  J.  C.  Hemmeter,  presided  at 
two  of  the  nine  "milk"  lectures  which  have 
been  delivered  weekly  at  McCoy  Hall  in  this, 
city.  Dr.  John  S.  Fulton  (1881)  spoke  at  the 
first  on  "The  Scope  and  Purpose  of  the  Inves- 
tigation."— The  patent  medicine  bill  ("Good- 
win bill")  before  the  Legislature  has  been 
defeated.  The  physicians  advocated  it,  the 
druggists  opposed  it. — Dr.  Richard  H.  Lewis 
(1871),  of  Raleigh,  N.  C,  has  been  elected 
President  of  the  Audubon  Society  of  North 
Carolina. — Dr.  Eugene  Kerr,  of  Baltimore, 
writes :  "I  assure  you  I  am  interested  in  all 
that  pertains  to  the  University  and  will  do 
what  I  can  to  advance  its  interests.  I  read  Old 
M.^RYLAND  with   pleasure    from   first   page   to 


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last."— Victor  Wilson,  LL.B.,  and  Dudley  G. 
Roe,  LL.B.,  both  of  the  class  of  1905,  were  ad- 
mitted members  of  the  Baltimore  Bar,  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Supreme  Bench  held  March  5. — 
Dr.  Wm.  A.  Parvis  (1905),  who  has  been  at 
Mt.  Jackson,  Va.,  for  some  months,  will  leave 
for  Denver,  Col.,  June  15,  to  seek  in  that  high 
altitude  restoration  of  his  health. 

The  attention  of  the  readers  of  Old  Mary- 
land is  called  to  our  advertisers,  with  the  hope 
that  they  will  deal  with  them  as  far  as  possi- 
ble, mentioning  at  the  same  time  this  journal. 
This  will  materially  help  us  and  indirectly  also 
the  University. — Dr.  Hiram  Woods  lectured 
recently  before  the  Davis  Medical  Society,  of 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  Phil.,  on  "Ophthal- 
mia Neonatorum." 

The  annual  conference  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  which  met  in  Baltimore 
last  week,  was  presided  over  by  Bishop  Luther 
B.  Wilson,  an  alumnus  of  the  Medical  School 
of  the  L'niversity  of  Marjdand,  class  of  1877. 
— Julius  H.  Wynian,  LL.B.,  has  been  elected 
President  of  the  Hebrew  Benevolent  Society, 
to  succeed  the  late  Joseph  Miller. — Thomas  C. 
Baldwin,  M.D.,  (1894),  formerly  of  White- 
hall, Balto.  Co.,  Md.,  has  been  re-elected 
Health  Officer  of  York.  Pa. 


CHI    ZETA    CHI    BANQUET. 

The  annual  banquet  of  the  Chi  Zeta  Chi  Fra- 
ternity of  Baltimore  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Al- 
tamont,  on  the 'evening  of  March  19.  An  excel- 
lent menu  was  served  and  the  occasion  was 
enlivened  by  an  orchestra.  Mr.  J.  Ainsley 
Griffin,  President  of  the  Executive  Council, 
acted  as  toastmaster,  and  the  following  gentle- 
men responded  to  toasts:  "The  William  Osier 
Chapter,"  Gustav  H.  Woltereck ;  "The  Louis 
McLane  TiiTany  Chapter,"  Alien  H.  Wright; 
"The  Edmund  Rhett  AValker  Chapter,"  F. 
Studley  Ford  :  "The  Flow  of  the  Soul,"  Louis 
C.  LaBarre ;  "The  Pin,"  Benjamin  H.  Frayser; 
"The.  Goat."  J.  Merton  Bunting;  "Lovely 
Woman,"  Edward  E.  Edwards ;  "The  Ideals  of 
the  Profession,"  Raymond  P.  Sullivan;  "Auld 
Lang  Syne,"  Bascomb  L.  Chipley ;  "The  Fu- 
ture," Cuthbert  L.  Hosmer. 

The  following  chapters  were  represented: 
Louis  McLane  Tiffany,  Univ.  Md. ;  Edmund 
Rhett  Walker,  Balto.  Med.  Col.;  Francis  Dela- 


field,  Col.  Phys.  and  Surg.,  N.  Y.;  J.  Marion 
Sims,  Polyclinic  Med.  Col.,  N.  Y. ;  William 
(.)sler,  Johns  Hop.  Univ. ;  Milton  Antony,  Univ. 
Ga. 

'Fhe  guests  of  honor  included,  Drs.  J.  A. 
Griffin,  Cal. ;  Ray  P.  Sullivan  and  W.  W.  Bat- 
tev,  N.  Y.;  \V.  L.  Masterson,  ^\'ash. 

The  following  University  of  Maryland  men 
were  in  attendance:  Bascomb  L.  Chipley,  S. 
C,  Allen  H.  Wright,  N,  Y.,  Jas.  T.  Taylor,  N. 
C,  Walter  F,  Soures,  Md.,  La  Fayette  Lake, 
Vt.,  J.  E.  B.  Ziegler,  Md.,  Louis  C.  LaBarre, 
P'a..  F.  G.  Cowherd,  Md.,  Eugene  Elgin,  Md., 
C.  L.  Hosmer,  N.  Y.,  Wm.  F.  Schwartz,  Md., 
John  W.  Keeler,  Jr.,  N.  Y.,  H.  U.  Todd,  Md., 
John  A.  Hayley,  N.  J.,  A..  L.  Fehsenfeld,  Md., 
A.  G.  Webster,  Md.,  E.  H.  Brannon,  W.  Va., 
Thos.  B.  Johnson,  Ind.,  R.  Birnie  Annan,  Md., 
AL  B.  Green,  Md.,  Allen  Graham,  Fla.,  E.  G. 
Altwater.  Md.,  W.^M.  Priest,  Md.,  G.  H.  Wolt- 
ereck, Md. 

Dr.  Rajanond  P.  Sullivan's  address  was  in 
part  as  follows : 

"Gentlemen:  Some  men  are  born  egotists; 
some  achieve  egotism  and  upon  some  egotism 
is  thrust.  In  the  name  of  simple  justice,  I  de- 
clare that  if  I  score  a  record  in  this  line  tonight, 
a  surprising  kindness  of  those  who  surround  ■ 
these  tables  is  entirely  to  blame.  You  enter- 
tain me  at  a  most  charming  l^anquet,  and  you 
make  me  happy  by  friendly  glances,  which 
vvill  be  forever  engraved  upon  the  tablets  of 
my  heart.  You  encourage  me  to  set  a  pace  for 
our  northern  brothers  in  X  Z  X. 

"The  science  of  medicine,  founded  by  Hippo- 
crates, in  the  little  Greek  island  of  Cos,  400 
rears  before  Christ,  is  now  over  2,300  years 
old.  Did  it  ever  occur  to  you  that  during  the 
last  half  century  there  has  been  done  for  the 
advancement  and  growth  of  medicine  more 
than  was  done  during  the  2,250  years  which 
preceded  them? 

"Like  the  great  Napoleon  who  designated  'a 
hundred  days  of  glory,'  so  may  the  votaries  of 
medicine,  in  surveying  the  results  of  th^  last 


This  Publication  from  the  Press  of 


NO.  1  E.  GERMAN  SlrREET^aSCTfMORE,  MO. 

PRINTERS,     ENGRAVERS,     STATIONERS 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


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half  century  designate  our  fifty  years  of  glory. 
l\.emember,  I  do  not  attempt  to  enumerate 
all  the  great  advances  in  our  noble  art,  but 
only  giving  as  example  a  few  which  have  made 
glorious  the  last  fifty  years.  But  you  may  ask 
why  all  this  under  such  a  title  or  subject  as- 
signed me.  Its  importance  is  self-evident.  One 
of  the  best  things  a  man  can  bring  into  the 
world  with  him  is  a  natural  humility  of  spirit. 
About  the  ne.xt  best  thing  he  can  bring — and 
they  usually  go  together — is  an  appreciative 
spirit — a  loving  anrl  susceptible  heart.  Such 
were  the  ideals  of  our  forefathers,  combined 
with  the  virtue  of  honesty — honesty  not  only 
to  themselves,  but  to  their  work.  Be  it  pur- 
pose, method  or  ambition  they  were  all  alive 
to  the  needs  of  the  profession.  And  so,  bro- 
thers in  X  Z  X,  I  would  implore  you  to  set 
high  your  ideals,  strive  to  live  up  to  them,  and 
even  though  success  comes  not  at  first,  remem- 
ber that  honest  work  and  true  loyalty  charac- 
terize the  foundation  of  all  success.  Remem- 
ber your  degree  in  medicine  clothes  you  in 
duty  of  honor — even  as  the  gown  does  on  the 
priest — and,  thanks  to  God,  the  degradation  is 
as  rare  in  one  as  in  the  other.  May  you  cherish 
the  memory  of  your  initiatory  vows,  and  then 
will  you  abound  in  the  high  ideals  of  good, 
moral  and  self-sacrificing  physicians.'' 

r^ook  ahead,  fraternal  brothers. 

The  highest  goal  is  now  in  sight ; 
So  let  our  hearts  keep  throbbing, 

AA'itli  a  sense  of  viotorions  delight. 

Naturally  we  would  linger 

Around  our  chapter  hall. 
But  duty  calls  in  medical  fields 

.\nd  we  must  oliey  the  call. 

From  evei'}'  part  of  the  country 

We  came  as  strangers  here, 
But  now,  as  we  separate. 

We  are  brothers  of  a   higher  sphi're. 

We  love  our  .\lnia  Plater 

As  only  a  student  can. 
But  the  Fraternal  love  of  a  brother 

Is  a  love  that  will  always  stand. 

Of  jo,\'  and  sorrow  we  have  had  our  sharp. 

But,  when  everything  looked  da'-k. 
When  we  entered  the  Chapter  room 

It  seemed  to  vanish  as  if  by  shock. 

Cau  we  forget  the  night  of  nights, 
When  we  were  summoned  for  In'tiation, 

While  amid  the  roar  and  din  of  battle 
Our  whole  life  seemed  a  new  creation? 


But  after  the  smoke  had  cleared  away 
And  the  \'oice  of  the  Deputy  Grand  was  hearil, 

.V  \ast  sea  seemed  to  stretch  beyond 
And  our  very  soul  within  was  stirred. 

Then,   fearful,   trembling,  and  e.xpe  'taut. 

We  heard  the  voice  of  the  Deputy  Grand, 
,Vnd  as  the  room  began  to  brighten 

He  assisted  us  to  stand. 

Witli  trembling  hand  we  signed  the  roll-book, 
ilarched  back  then  to  the  Eminent  (irand: 

.V  few  more  oaths  were  taken. 

There   was   made   one    more    Fraternity   man. 

Then  as  the  brothers  pressed  around 

And  grasped  the  new-made  brother's  hand. 

The  joy  and  gladuess  in  our  hearts 
Truly  'twas  surpassing  grand. 

But  now  as  the  days  roll  swiftly  by 
And  the  time  to  part  draws  near, 

That  wai-mth  in  our  hearts  springs  up  anew 
And   tills  us  all  with   cheer. 

Farewell.  Old  Tiffany  Chapter ! 

Jlay  thy  name  forever  shine. 
Y(ui  have  set  for  us  a  standard    ■ 

That  has  raised  us  heart  and  mind. 

No   matter  where  we  journey 

Through  all  the  coming  years, 
Thy  name  shall  be  a  talisman 

To  bring  joy  through  pain  and  tears. 


■Old  Tiffany. 


So  here's  a  toast  to  thee.  Dear 
"May  all  thy  sons  be  true. 

^Iny  ne'er  a  one  forsake  thee. 
As  sons  are  prone  to  do. 


'And  as  the  years  go  by,  Chi  Zeta  Chi, 

.-\nd  Fame  and  honors  seek  thee. 
Keep  ever  for  thy  standard 

Vast  numliers?     No.   but  'QUALITY.'" 

— -t,  TT.  Wripht,  'OR. 
.  .  o 


The  following  journals,  58  in  number,  are  now 
recei-\-ed  regularly  at  the  University  Library 
and  are  accessible  to  the  profession :  Journal 
Amer.  Med.  .\ssociation,  American  Medicine, 
N.  Y.  :\led.  Record,  Boston  Med,  and  Surg.  Jl., 
St,  I,ouis  Med,  Review,  Va,  Med,  Semi- 
?\Ionthly,  Mobile  Med.  and  Surg.  Jk.  Med.  Re- 
vie=^'  of  Reviews.  Charlotte  Med.  Journal,  Pa- 
cific ]\red.  Journal.    Cleveland    Med,     Tournal. 


Clarf?    &    Company 

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Med.  Bulletin,  Revista  Medica  y  Cirugia,  Post- 
Graduate,  Buffalo  Med.  Journal,  Atlanta  Jour- 
nal-Record of  Medicine,  Monthly  Cyclopae- 
dia of  Pract.  Medicine,  Denver  Med.  Times, 
Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  Bulletin,  Johns 
Hopkins  Univ.  Circulars,  Medical  World, 
Journal  Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  Diseases,  Med. 
Brief,  Boletin  de  la  Asoc.  de  Puerto  Rico, 
Providence  Med.  Journal,  Maryland  Med. 
Journal,  Carolina  Med.  Journal,  Brooklyn  Med. 
Journal,  Amer.  Jour,  of  Clinical  Medicine,  Med. 
Library  and  Histor.  Journal,  Druggists'  Cii-v 
cular,  Michigan  Month.  Bulletin  of  Vital  Sta- 
tistics, Month.  Report  Bd.  of  Health  Philippine 
Islands,  Bui.  N.  C.  Board  of  Health,  National 
Druggist,  Amer.  Druggist,  Meyer  Bros.  Drug- 
gist, Apothecary.  Merck's  Report,  Bui.  Phar- 
macy, Memphis  Med.  Monthly,  Trans.  R.  L 
Med.  Soc,  Hospital  Bulletin  (U.  M.),  Univ. 
Orist,  Old  Maryland,  Western  Med.  Review, 
Detroit  Med.  Journal,  Pub.  Mass.  Gen.  Hos- 
pital, Albany  Med.  Annals,  Kansas  City  Med. 
Index-Lancet,  Penn'a.  Med.  Journal,  Pharma- 
ceutical Era,  Piib.  Bureau  Govt.  Laboratories 
(Manila),  Bui.  Asso.  Am.  Med.  Colleges,  Bui. 
Am.  Acad.  Medicine,  Med.  Gleaner,  William 
and  Mary  Lit.  Magazine,  Georgia  Practician. 

o 

V     SCHOOL  OF  hAV7. 

The  following  are  the  officers  of  the  classes 
for  the  present  session : 

Senior  Class:  President,  A.  Taylor  Smith; 
Vice-Pres.,  Wm.  P.  Constable;  Secretary,  S. 
S.  Beck;  Treasurer.  W.  C.  Quiggle ;  Poet,  F. 
P.  Lee;  Historian,  Vernon  Bradley;  Prophet, 
C.  H.  Johnston:  Orator,  J.  H.  Baetjer;  Editor 
of  Year  Book,  W.  W.  Derr. 

Intermediate  Class:  President,  C.  M.  Leith; 
Vice-Pres.,  James  Clark ;  Secretary,  H.  C.  Wil- 
cox ;  Treasurer,  John  Hayden ;  Historian,  Lee 
Thompson;  Prophet,  Charles  Prince;  Poet, 
Austin  Lilly. 

Junior  Class:  President,  T.  S.  Pue ;  Vice- 
Pres.  R.  C.  Raj^craft;  Secretary,  J.  F.  Haugh ; 
Treasurer,  H.  B.  Bartlett ;  Historian,  S.  M. 
Bushman;  Poet,  C.  F.  Dineen ;  Prophet,  H.  E. 
Beachley.  A.  T.  S. 
o 

The  essential  factors  that  render  the  work  of 
a  public  health  board  a  success  are  enumerated 
and  discussed  by  .\lexander  C.  Abbott,  (1884), 


of  Philadelphia  {Journal  A.  M.  A.,  February 
17),  and  first  among  them  he  mentions  the  need 
of  the  co-operation  of  the  medical  profession. 
Only  by  the  assistance  of  the  local  practition- 
ers can  the  necessary  data  for  the  full  under- 
standing of  the  conditions  be  obtained.  Next 
he  mentions  the  need  of  discretionary  power  in- 
stead of  specific  inelastic  regulations  that  are 
not  always  adapted  to  the  emergencies  that 
must  be  suddenly  met  or  to  the  changing  needs 
of  the  times.  This  difficulty  was  formerly  ex- 
perienced in  Philadelphia,  but  has  been  met  by 
legislation  giving  greater  discretionary  power 
to  city  health  boards.  In  times  past  the  prob- 
lems of  health  boards  were  simpler,  but  now 
the  scope  of  their  work  is  constantly  being  en- 
larged to  include  not  merel_y  the  small  number 
of  conspicuously  epidemic  diseases  formerly 
considered,  but  also  all  the  disorders  that  are 
known  to  be  transferable  from  person  to  per- 
son, a  list  that  is  greatly  enlarged  by  modern 
research.  The  importance  of  notification  is 
emphasized  in  this  connection  and  reasons 
given  why  the  medical  profession  should 
heartily  co-operate  with  the  health  authorities 
in  this  matter.  The  need  of  the  enforcement 
of  vaccination  laws,  of  the  general  use  of  anti- 
toxin in  diphtheria,  of  disinfection  of  houses 
and  apartments  where  there  has  been  infectious 
disease  and  of  hospitals  for  such  cases  are  all 
duly  noted.  In  conclusion,  he  pleads  for  a 
campaign  for  the  creation  of  a  correct  public 
sentiment  in  regard  to  sanitary  matters,  which 
must  necessarily  be  one  of  education. 


The  election  of  officers,  L'niversity  Athletic 
.-Vssociation,  was  held  April  5th,  in  Anatomical 
Hall  and  resulted  as  follows:  President,  Harry 
L.  Thomson,  Dent. ;  Vice-President,  Albert  H. 
Carroll,  Med.;  Secretary,  C.  C.  Buck,  Med.; 
Treasurer,  R.  C.  Rose,  Law;  Manager  Basket- 
ball Team,  G.  P.  Morrison,  Med.;  Manager 
Track  Team,  B.  R.  Benson,  Jr.,  Med.;  Ex. 
Committee,  H.  P.  Plill,  Jr.,  Med.,  Chairman. 
Professors  John  P.  Poe  and  C.  W.  Mitchell, 
E.  G.  Lee,  Dent.,  Thomas  Dryden,  Law.  The 
report  of  Mr.  O.  A.  Howard,  Treasurer,  was 
very  favorable.' 

Wiesel's  Obstetric  and  Rectal  Cones  ^"""'SictSP'"**'' 

oniatNATCD    AND    MANUFACTURED    ONLY    BY 

11       U/ICCEl  PHARMACEUTICAL    CHEMIST 

II.    WltotL,     1101  Madison  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md.,  U.  S.  A. 


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I 


BOX  PARTY. 

The  Xi  Psi  Phi  Fraternity  of  the  Dental 
Dept.  gave  a  box  party  at  Ford's  Opera  House 
on  the  evening  of  Mar.  20th.  The  play,  "Ham 
Tree,"  was  enjoyed  by  all.  Several  of  the 
alumni  were  present,  thereby  adding  to  the 
pleasure  of  the  evening.  The  boxes  were  taste- 
fully decorated  in  Fraternity  and  Varsity  col- 
ors, the  entire  chorus  wearing  Fraternity 
streamers.  The  occasion  was  a  most  enjoyable 
one.  It  will  long  be  remembered  by  the  boys 
among  those  treasured  memories  of  "Dear  Old 
College  Days."  G.  W.  F. 


THE    GUERILLAS. 

"Awake  and  to  hoi-.se,  my  brothers ! 

For  the  dawn  is  glimmering  gray, 
And  harl< !  in  the  cradcling  brushw-ood 

There  are  feet  that  tread  this  way. 

"Who  Cometh?"     "A  friend!"     "Wliat  tidings? 

"Oh,  God !  I  siclieu  to  tell. 
For  the  earth  seems  earth  no  longer, 

And  its  sights  are  sights  of  Hell  I 

"There's  rapine  and  fire  and  slaughter, 
From  the  mountain  down  to  the  shore ; 

There's  blood  on  the  trampled  harvests — 
There's  blood  on  tlie  homestead  floor. 

"From  the  far  off  conquered  cities 
Comes  the  voice  of  a  stifled  wail ; 

And  the  shrieks  and  moans  of  the  houseless 
Ring  out,  like  a  dirge,  on  the  gale. 

"I've  seen  from  the  smoking  village 

Our  mothers  and  daughters  fly  ; 
I've  seen  where  the  little  cliildren 

Sank  down,  in  the  furrows,  to  die. 

"On  the  banks  of  the  battle-stained  river 

I  stood,  as  the  moonlight  shone. 
And  it  glai-ed  on  the  face  of  my  brother. 

As  the  sad  wave  swept  him  on. 

"'iVhere  my  home  was  glad,  are  ashes. 

And  horror  and  shame  had  been  there — 
For  I  found,  on  the  fallen  lintel. 

This  tress  of  my  wife's  torn  hair. 

"They"  are  turning  the  slave  upon  us, 
.^nd  with  more  than  the  fiend's  worst  art 

ITavp  uncovered  the  fires  of  the  savage 
That  slept  in  his  untaught  heart. 


"The  ties  to  our  hearths  that  bound  him, 
They  have  rent,  with  curses,  away, 

And  maddened  him,  with  their  madness. 
To  be  almost  as  brutal  as  they. 

"With  halter  and  torch  and  Bible, 
And  hymns  to  the  sound  of  the  drum, 

They  preach  the  Gospel  of  ilurder 

And  pray  for  Lust's  kingdom  to  come !"  . 

"To  saddle '.    To  saddle !     Jly  brothers  1 

Look  up  to  the  rising  sun. 
And  ask  of  the  God  who  shines  there. 

Whether  deeds  like  these  shall  be  done ! 

"Wherever  the  vandal  cometh. 

Press  home  to  his  heart  with  your  steel — 
And  when  at  his  bosom  you  cannot, 

Like  the  serpent,  go,  strike  at  his  heel ! 

"Through  thicket  and  wood  go  hunt  bim — 

Creep  up  to  his  camp-fire  side — 
And  let  ten  of  his  corpses  blacken 

Where  one  of  our  brothers  hath  died. 

"In  his  fainting,  foot-sore  marches, 
In  his  flight  from  the  stricken  fray. 

In  the  snare  of  the  lonely  ambush. 
The  debts  that  we  owe  him,  pay. 

"In  God's  hand,  alone,  is  judgment. 
But  He  strikes  with  the  hands  of  men, 

And  His  blight  would  wither  our  manhood, 
If  we  smote  not  the  smiter  again. 

"By  the  graves  where  our  fathers  slumber — 
By  the  shrines  where  our  mothers  prayed — 

By  our  homes  and  hopes  and  freedom — 
Let  every  man  swear,  on  his  blade, 

"That  he  will  not  sheathe  nor  stay  it, 

'Till  from  point  to  heft  it  glow. 
Witli  the  flush  of  Almighty  vengeance. 

In  the  blood  of  the  felon  foe  I'' 

They  swore — and  the  answering  sunlight 
Leapt  red  from  their  lifted  swords. 

And  the  hate  in  their  hearts  made  echo 
To  the  wrath  in  their  burning  words. 

There's  weeping  in  all  New  England, 

And  by  Schuyllvill's  banks  a  knell, 
Ar\d  the  widows  there,  and  the  orphans. 

How  the  oath  was  kept,  can  tell. 

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ANDREW  CARNEGIE'S  PLEA  FOR 
PEACE. 

On  the  17th  of  last  October,  Mr.  Andrew  Car- 
negie delivered  before  the  students  of  St.  An- 
drew's Universit}',  in  Scotland,  of  which  institu- 
tion he  is  Rector,  a  notable  address  entitled  "A 
I.^eague  of  Peace."  Doubtless  Mr.  Carnegie's 
great  wealth  and  the  humanitarianism  which  he 
has  displayed  in  its  disposition  add  authority  to 
all  he  savs,  but  even  without  these  personal  feat- 
ures, the  subject  is  one  which  so  closely  concerns 
human  progress  and  happiness,  that  it  should 
claim  our  deep  attention.  With  a  healthy  and 
cheerful  optimism  i\Ir.  Carnegie  declares  that  the 
world  is  much  better  than  it  was  in  the  days  of 
om-  forefathers,  and  still  continues  its  improve- 
ment. Polvgamy  and  slavery  have  been  abolished 
by  civilized  nations.  Dueling  no  longer  exists 
where  English  is  spoken.  The  right  of  private 
war  and  of  privateering  have  passed  away  a:ad 
many  other  beneficent  abolitions  have  been  made 
in  various  fields.  But  there  still  remains  the  foul- 
est blot  that  has  ever  disgraced  the  earth,  the 
killing  of  civilized  men  by  men  like  wild  beasts 
as  a  permissible  mode  of  settling  international 
disputes.  Yet  in  all  times,  as  he  proceeds  to 
show  by  ample  qtiotations  from  Homer  down, 
war  has  been  denounced  in  the  strongest  terms 
by  the  holiest,  wisest  and  best  men. 

He  proceeds  to  show  how  in  the  progress  up- 
ward from  savagery  much  has  been  done  to  miti- 
gate the  evils  of  warfare,  and  to  give  encourage- 
ment to  labor  for  its  abolition.    The  preeks  show- 


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ed,  their  high  civilization  by  the  adoption  of  the 
rules  of  the  Amphyctionic  Council,  B.  C.  300. 
In  the  17th  century  there  appeared  the  epoch 
making  work  of  Grotius,  the  father  of  modern  in- 
ternational law,  and  he  has  had  illustrious  suc- 
cessors in  America  as  well  as  Europe.  Interna- 
tional law  is  unique  in  that  it  has  no  material 
force  behind  it.  Private  individuals  have  created 
it  and  yet  the  nations  have  been  glad  to  accept  it. 
It  is  in  full  force  in  Great  Britain,  America  and 
other  countries,  and  shows  that  justice  and  mercy 
after  all  are  guiding  the  human  mind  and  destiny. 
The  most  important  recent  reforms  in  warfare 
are  the  Treaty  of  Paris  (1856),  that  of  Washing- 
ton (1871)  which  settled  the  Alabama  claims, 
and  the  Brussels  Declaration  of  1874.  Even  as 
late  as  the  time  of  Wellington  towns  taken  by 
storm  were  given  up  to  the  victorious  troops  to 
plunder,  and  no  quarter  was  granted.  That 
atrocity  was  put  an  end  to  by  the  Brussels  Decla- 
ration. To  summarize  what  has  been  gained  in 
onward  march  to  peace :  Non-combatants  are 
now  spared,  women  and  children  are  no  longer 
massacred,  quarter  is  given  and  prisoners  are  well 
cared  for.  Towns  are  not  given  over  to  pillage, 
private  property  on  land  is  exempt,  or,  if  taken, 
is  paid  or  receipted  for.  Poisoned  wells,  assassi- 
nation of  rulers  and  commanders  by  private  bar- 
gain and  deceptive  agreements,  are  infamies  of 
the  past.  On  the  sea,  privateering  has  been  abol- 
ished, neutral  rights  greatly  extended  and  prop- 
erty protected  and  the  right  of  search  narrowly 
restricted. 

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PEOPLES. 


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(Concluded.) 
These  pueblos  are  circular  or  square  structures, 
built  in  terraced  stories,  and  only  reached  from 
the  exterior  b}-  ladders,  and  consequently  easily 
defended  from  hostile  attacks.  They  are  of  suf- 
ficient size  to  shelter  several  thousand  people,  and 
indicate  that  the  former  inhabitants  feared  attack 
from  more  warlike  tribes  and  sought  to  protect 
themselves  as  well  as  possible.  At  the  time  of  the 
Spanish  invasion  there  were  many  such  pueblos, 
and  the  number  of  the  inhabitants  was  much 
greater  than  at  present ;  but  the  mode  of  life  of 
the  inhabitants  has  not  very  materially  changed. 
The  cliff  dwellers  were  people  who  built  their 
habitations  on  precipitous  heights,  in  order  to  es- 
cape attack  from  their  enemies.  Thev  may  have 
been  of  the  same  race  as  those  who  dwelt  in  the 


pueblos.  The  dwellers  in  the  pueblos  were  much 
farther  advanced  in  culture  than  the  ordinary  red 
Indians,  and  were  agriculturists,  cultivating  the 
soil  with  the  aid  of  irrigation.  Their  habitations 
were  built  of  adobe  brick,  or  of  stone  set  in  adobe 
mortar,  and  were  a  great  advance  over  the  wig- 
wams of  the  nomadic  tribes.  They  were  usually 
located  near  some  water  course  from  which  they 
could  obtain  water  for  domestic  and  agricultural 
purposes. 

When  the  Spaniards  under  Cortes  invaded 
^lexico  in  1519,  they  found  a  population  already 
far  advanced  towards  civilization,  but  in  many  re- 
spects still  in  the  depths  of  barbarism.  These 
people  were  numerous  and  whilst  consisting  of 
several  different  groups,  were  more  or  less  under 
the  control  of  the  Aztecs,  who  resided  in  what  is 
now  the  City  of  Mexico  and  around  Lake  Tez- 
cuco.  Doubtless  the  Spanish  chroniclers  over- 
estimated the  density  of  the  population,  and  the 
magnificence  of  the  cities,  but  it  is  evident  that 
there  must  have  been  a  comparatively  densely 
settled  country,  with  large  and  striking  cities  and 
buildings. 

The  historic  period  of  the  peoples  of  Mexico 
cannot  be  regarded  as  established  before  1.325,  at 
which  time  the  Aztecs  founded  the  City  of  Mex- 
ico in  the  marshes  near  Lake  Tezcuco,  and  called 
the  city  Tenochtillan.  Here  by  means  of  dikes 
and  causeways  they  constructed  firm  land,  sur- 
rounded by  water  and  impregnable  to  attack  from 
their  neighbors.  Huge  buildings  were  erected 
as  habitations  and  temples,  and  the  Aztecs  becom- 
ing more  numerous  and  powerful,  began  to  make 
war  upon  their  neighbors,  and  to  a  certain  extent 
established  a  confederacy  with  the  surrounding 
tribes,  extending  to  the  sea.  The  people  were 
very  superstitious  and  it  is  to  their  mistake  in 
supposing  the  white  people  to  be  gods,  to  a  very 
large  degree,  that  the  country  was  overrun  by  a 
handful  of  Europeans. 

In  1518  an  officer  of  Montezuma  saw  what  he 
supposed  to  be  towers  with  -wings  moving  here 
and  there  on  the  sea,  on  which  were  men  with 
white  faces  and  heav}-  beards  and  wearing  pecu- 


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liar  and  shining  garments.  The  officer  went  on 
board  one  of  these  towers  and  exchanged  gifts 
with  its  commander.  This  was  the  expedition 
of  Juan  de  Grijalva,  which  visited  the  coast  of 
Mexico,  but  did  not  attempt  the  conquest  of  the 
country.  The  natives  made  sketches  of  the  stran- 
gers and  their  ships,  on  maguay  paper,  with  com- 
ments in  hieroglyphics,  and  as  soon  as  the  ships 
had  departed  they  hastened  to  the  interior  and 
laid  their  observations  before  the  chief  council  at 
the  City  of  Mexico. 

The  natives  were,  therefore,  not  unprepared  for 
the  invasion  by  Cortes  the  next  year,  but  were  di- 
vided in  their  opinions  as  to  whether  the  intru- 
ders were  mortals  or  deities.  Cortes'  followers 
numbered  only  450  men,  many  of  them  clad  in 
mail,  armed  with  swords,  arquebuses,  and  half  a 
dozen  small  cannon,  with  1.5  horses,  and  not  only 
were  they  proof  against  the  arrows  and  lances  of 
the  natives,  but  the  horses  and  their  riders  caused 
the  utmost  consternation,  before  which  the  natives 
fled  in  terror.  The  Spaniards  encountered  many 
cities  and  towns  on  their  march  from  the  gulf  to 
the  City  of  Mexico,  which  to  their  eyes,  long  un- 
accustomed to  evidences  of  culture,  appeared 
splendid,  but  it  was  Tenochtillan  itself  that  caus- 
ed them  the  utmost  surprise  and  admiration. 

As  has  been  stated  this  city  was  built  on  land 
reclaimed  from  marshes,  and  surrounded  by  a 
lake,  and  was  approached  by  3  causeways  of  solid 
masonry  about  20  to  30  feet  in  width,  and  from 
4  to  5  miles  in  length,  with  drawbridges,  which 
could  be  raised  in  times  of  danger,  and  conse- 
quently rendered  hostile  approach  almost  impos- 
sible. The  city  was  intersected  with  canals  as 
well  as  paved  streets,  and  contained  many  com- 
munal houses  of  enormous  size.  The  houses  were 
flat-roofed,  with  parapets,  enclosing  large  court- 
yards, and  were  veritable  fortresses,  with  narrow 
loopholed  windows  and  doors.  The  population 
of  the  city  was  probably  about  60,000,  the  men 
wearing  cotton  cloaks  and  the  women  long  robes 
reaching  to  the  ground.  These  garments  were 
often  dyed  scarlet  and  richly  embroidered.  For 
cold  weather  feather  capes  and  furs  were  worn, 
and  ornaments  of  gold  and  silver  were  much 
used.  The  furniture  of  the  houses  was  limited  to 
stools  and  tables,  whilst  they  slept  on  mats  on  the 
floor.  Their  food  was  largely  turkey,  with  In- 
dian meal,  beans,  eggs,  and  not  infrequently  hu- 
man flesh.  Chocolate  flavored  with  vanilla  was 
much  used  as  a  beverage,  and  pulque  as  an  in- 


toxicant. Traffic  was  carried  on  in  market  places, 
where  food,  clothes,  ornaments,  pottery,  etc., 
were  sold,  the  medium  of  trade  being  quills  filled 
with  gold  dust  and  bits  of  copper  and  tin.  Pro- 
duce was  conveyed  to  the  city  chiefly  in  canoes, 
as  there  were  no  beasts  of  burden. 

Reference  has  already  been  made  to  certain 
tumuli  or  pyramids  in  various  parts  of  North 
America  which  were  evidently  sacrificial  in  char- 
acter, but  in  the  ancient  Tenochtillan  of  Mexico 
was  found  the  greatest  number  of  these  artificial 
mounds.  Here,  within  the  great  enclosure  of  the 
temple  were  about  20  of  these  truncated  pyramids, 
whilst  high  above  all  was  the  lofty  teocalli§,  de- 
voted to  the  terrible  god  of  war,  upon  the  summit 
of  which  were  sacrificed  thousands  of  human  be- 
ings each  year.  The  victims  were  usually  pris- 
oners captured  in  batttle,  whose  hearts  were  of- 
fered as  choice  viands  to  the  gods,  whilst  their 
bodies  were  eaten  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  towns. 

We  thus  see,  that  at  the  time  of  the  Spanish  in- 
vasion and  conquest,  the  Aztecs  and  other  allied 
tribes  whilst  presenting  many  of  the  characteris- 
tics of  civilization,  living  in  comfort  in  well-built 
houses,  cultivating  the  soil,  and  having  legislative 
an,d  judicial  systems  of  considerable  excellence, 
were  in  other  respects  living  in  the  most  degraded 
depths  of  barbarism,  and  were  not  only  the  sac- 
rificers  of  their  fellow-men,  but  cannibals  as  well. 
They  were,  however,  brave  and  heroic  people,  and 
after  becoming  convinced  of  their  error  in  regard- 
ing the  white  men  as  gods,  they  fought  them  with 
the  utmost  desperation  and  valor,  and  were  only 
overcome  by  the  superior  weapons  and  armor  of 
the  invaders. 

In  the  forests  of  Central  America  are  'still 
found  the  ruins  of  cities,  with  large  and  sculp- 
tured buildings,  covered  with  hieroglyphics,  which 
indicate  the  existence  of  a  people  also   far  ad- 


BOTH  PHONES  : 


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Importers      and      Dealers      in 

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vanced  towards  civilization,  but  whose  history  has 
to  a  large  extent  been  lost.  Some  progress  has 
been  made  in  deciphering  these  inscriptions,  imi 
doubtless  in  the  course  of  time  a  key  will  be  found 
by  means  of  which  these  storehouses  of  br^'crv 
may  be  unlocked,  but  at  present  the  seals  of  the 
books  are  unbroken. 

Yucatan  and  Central  America  were  inhabited 
by  the  race  of  the  Mayas,'  which  was  probably  al- 
lied to  that  of  Mexico,  but  was  even  farther  ad- 
vanced towards  civilization,  as  they  have  left 
not  only  hieroglyphic  inscriptions  on  the  massive 
stone  buildings,  the  ruins  of  which  still  excite 
wonder  and  admiration,  but  certain  manuscripts 
written  in  hieroglyphic  characters,  which  may 
eventually  be  deciphered. 

In  bringing  these  desultory  and  imperfect  re- 
marks to  a  close,  we  find  that  North  America  at 
the  time  of  the  Columbian  discovery  was  in'i.abit- 
ed  chiefly  by  a  sparse,  wild  nomadic  population, 
living  in  wigwams  of  skin  or  bark,  r.md  subsisting 
by  hunting,  fishing  and  to  a  limited  extent  by  ag- 
riculture. These  people  were  devoid  of  knowl- 
edge of  metals,  and  their  implements  of  war  and 
for  domestic  and  religious  use  were  of  stone  or 
clay.  They  did  not  own  land  or  assemble  m  cit- 
ies, but  roamed  from  place  to  place  as  their  ne- 
cessities or  pleasure  dictated.  In  the  southwest- 
ern part  of  what  is  now  the  United  States  and  in 
Mexico  and  Central  x\merica  dwelt  races  of  peo- 
ple who  may  have  been  descendants  of  the  wild 
Indians  at  an  early  period,  but  who  had  reached 
a  much  more  fixed  and  stable  position  in  the  scale 
of  development.  They  were  not  civilized  accord- 
ing to  our  conception  of  this  state,  but  they  were 
approaching  civilization,  and  if  their  development 
had  not  been  abruptly  cut  short  by  the  advent  of 
the  white  men  they  might  have  emerged  from 
barbarism  within  a  reasonable  period  of  time. 
They  built  and  lived  in  cities,  their  habitations 
were  constructed  of  adobe,  brick  or  stone,  and  in 
some  instances  were  ornamented  with  sculptures 
of  considerable  merit.  They  cultivated  the  soil  and 
were  more  pastoral  in  their  habits,  and  held  ba- 
zaars or  markets  for  the  sale  and  exchange  of 
products,  but  they  also  had  no  knowledge  of  the 
use  of  iron,  and  depended  on  copper  and  stone 
for  their  implements  and  weapons.  They  loved 
flowers  and  personal  adornment,  and  used  orna- 
ments of  gold  and  silver  and  feathers,  and  wore 
garments  of  cotton  cloth  dyed  in  brilliant  colors. 
They  had  no  beasts  of  burden  and  consequently 


could  not  convey  large  quantities  of  produce  or 
other  freight  for  long  distances.  They  were 
brave,  but  superstitious,  and  thought  the  Span- 
iards to  be  deities,  but  when  convinced  of  their 
mistake  fought  with  a  desperation  equal  to  that 
of  the  Jews  at  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem  by  the 
Romans.  They  were  idolaters,  worshipping  the 
sun  and  even  serpents  and  sacrificed  human  be- 
ings to  their  gods,  and  were  cannibals,  eating  the 
remains  of  those  who  were  sacrificed. 

We  thus  see  that  whilst  in  many  respects  the"\' 
were  in  a  much  higher  state  of  culture  than  the 
nomadic  Indians,  they  were  nevertheless  in  some 
respects  in  a  state  of  degraded  barbarism,  and 
whilst  their  Spanish  conquerors  were  not  mild 
and  gentle  masters,  the  overthrowing  of  their 
idols  and  the  planting  of  the  cross  upon  their  tem- 
ples and  places  of  worship,  and  the  introduction 
of  Christianity  ushered  in  a  new  and  brighter  era 
and  one  cannot  regret  the  destruction  of  the  old 
regime.  It  is,  however,  to  be  regrettted  that  more 
accurate  histories  and  records  of  these  interest- 
ing and  remarkable  people  were  not  preserved. 


1^  PLAN  OF  UNION. 


The  following  is  the  plan  of  union,  which  was 
ofifered  by  Hon.  J.  Wirt  Randall,  at  the  meeting 
of  the  Sub-Committee  held  at  Annapolis  last  Jan- 
uary, and  adopted  by  that  committee : 

Your  Sub-Committee  is  of  the  opinion,  that 
under  the  limitations  fixed  by  the  terms  of  its  ap- 
pointment, the  only  practicable  way  to  affiliate,  or 
ally,  or  organize  the  various  schools  and  institu- 
tions interested,  into  a  University,  is  through  the 
instrumentality  of  agreements  or  contracts,  to  be 
entered  into  by  them,  duly  authorized  by  their  re- 
spective governing  bodies.  As  to  the  title  of  such 
constituent    institutions,    when     so    allied,     their 

Open  all  Night 

WILLIAMSON  &  WATTS' 
PHARMACIES 


Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets 

Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and  Perfumery 


Faithful  Prescription  Work 


Cigars 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


present  corporate  titles  should  be  retained,  and 
following  these,  and  in  brackets  or  otherwise, 
should  be  the  particular  department  which  each 
is  to  fill  in  the  proposed  University  scheme.  Thus, 
for  example,  St.  John's  College  (Department  of 
Arts  and  Sciences  of  the  LTniversity  of  Mary- 
land), and  Maryland  Agricultural  College  (De- 
partment of  Technology  and  Agriculture  of  the 
University  of  Maryland). 

The  agreement  or  contract  between  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maryland  and  St.  John's  College,  for  ex- 
ample, would  state  that  St.  John's  shall  hereafter 
be  the  Department  of  Arts  and  Sciences  of  the 
University  of  Maryland  and  shall  be  entitled  so  to 
style  itself  in  brackets  or  otherwise  and  by 
amendment  of  its  charter  or  otherwise  as  its 
Board  of  Visitors  or  Governors  may  determine 

As  the  title  of  an  institution  is  that  first  usually 
dealt  with  in  its  charter  or  organization,  this  mat- 
ter is  thus  first  mentioned,  and  also  because  the 
preservation  of  the  existing  corporate  titles  and 
charters  of  the  institutions  concerned  was  deemed 
a  prerequisite  in  the  discussions  that  have  taken 
place  heretofore  in  your  full  comn^ittee,  as'  is  suf- 
ficiently plain  from  the  language  of  the  resolutions 
appointing  this  Sub-Committee.  The  mode  sug- 
gested seems  adequate  to  the  accomplishment  of 
this  purpose. 

Affiliation,  alliance  or  organization  into  a  Uni- 
versity by  contract  or  agreement  was  successfully 
effected  in  the  case  of  the  North-Western  Uni- 
versity, of  Illinois,  which  in  this  manner  combined 
into  a  University  with  the  previously  existing 
small  North-Western  University,  then  located  at 
Evanston,  Cook  County,  Illinois,  the  following  in- 
stitutions, by  separate  contracts  with  them,  re- 
spectively : 

1.  Evanston  College  for  Ladies,  located  at  Ev- 
anston, 111. 

2.  Chicago  Medical  College  of  the  City  of  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

3.  Union  College  of  Law,  Chicago,  111. 

4.  LTniversity  Dental  College,  Chicago,  111. 

5.  Chicago  Astronomical  Society,  Chicago,  111. 

6.  Illinois  College  of  Pharmacy,  Chicago,  111. 

7.  Woman's  Medical  College,  Chicago,  111. 

8.  North-Western  LTniversity. 

In  all  eight  previously  existing  separate  insti- 
tutions were  thus  combined  by  separate  contracts, 
executed  at  different  dates,  as  the  contracts,  print- 
ed copies  of  which  were  before  your  Sub-Com- 
mittee, show.     And  the  same  is  understood  to  be 


the  case  with  Tulane  University  and  other  Uni- 
versities in  this  country.  * 

One  of  the  chief  objects  in  view  in  thus  allying 
or  affiliating  our  institutions  is  to  have  the  curri- 
culum of  the  several  institutions  so  arranged, 
that  a  student  can  get  both  an  academic  degree  in 
one  of  them  and  a  professional  or  technical  or 
scientific  degree  in  another  of  them,  either  simul- 
taneously or  in  less  time"  than  is  now  required  for 
both  degrees.  This  is  deemed  by  your  Sub-Com- 
mittee, not  only  a  most  desirable  object  of  attain- 
ment, but  perfectly  practicable  through  such  an 
alliance  or  organization  as  is  now  proposed.  The 
details  of  it,  the  mode  in  which  the  courses  of 
study  should  be .  mapped  out  and  pursued,  your 
Sub-Committee  is  of  opinion  can  only  be  deter- 
mined through  the  instrumentality  of  a  Council 
or  Board  of  Regents  of  the  proposed  University, 
the  members  of  which  should  be  appointed  by  the 
respective  institutions  interested.  Your  Sub-Com- 
mittee, therefore,  recommend  the  adoption  of  the 
following  resolutions  by  the  body  to  which  it 
makes  this  report : 

Resolved,  That  we  recommend  to  the  various 
schools  now  constituting  the  University  of  Mary- 
land,'to  St.  John's  College  and  to  the  Maryland 
Agricultural  College,  that  these  institutions,  with- 
out sacrificing  their  present  individual  charters 
and  identity,  all)^  affiliate  and  organize  themselves 
into  a  University  of  which  they  shall  become  and 
be  constituted  parts,  to  be  styled  "The  LTniversity 
of  Maryland."  That  St.  John's  College,  Annapo- 
lis, by  contract  or  agreement  with  the  existing 
University  of  Maryland,  Baltimore,  be  authorized 
to  add  to  its  title,  in  brackets  or  otherwise,  and 
by  amendment  of  its  corporate  title  or  otherwise, 
the  words :  "Department  -of  Arts  and  Sciences 
of  the.  University  of  Maryland,"  and  that  the 
Maryland  Agricultural  College  be  similarly  au- 
thorized to  add  to  its  title  the  words,  "Department 
of  Technology  and  Agriculture  of  the  University 
of  Maryland." 

Resolved,  That  we  further  recommend  to  the 
said  institutions  that  a  Council  or  Board  of  Re- 
gents be  appointed  to  be  composed  of  two  repre- 

This  Publication  from  the  Press  of 


PRINTERS,     ENGRAVERS,     STATIONERS 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


69 


sentatives  from  each  of  said  Faculties  and  one 
from  the  Dental  and  one  from  the  Pharmaceutical 
Department,  which  Council  or  Board  shall  so  ar- 
range the  courses  of  study  to  be  pursued  by  stu- 
dents desiring  both  an  academic  degree  and  a  pro- 
fessional, or  technical  or  scientific  degree  from 
one  or  other  of  said  institutions,  that  the  studies 
pursued  at  one  of  said  institutions  and  the  exami- 
nations passed  therein  may  be  availed  of  in  an- 
other of  said  institutions,  so  as  to  shorten  as  far 
as  possible  the  length  of  time  required  to  take 
such  degrees.  ■ 

Respectfully  submitted. 
■  We  are  glad  to  learn  through  a  letter  from  Dr. 
Thomas  Fell,  of  St.  John's  College,  that  the  above 
report  was  approved  of  and  the  plan  suggested 
concurred  in,  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  that  in- 
stitution. He  adds:  "It  would,  therefore,  ap- 
pear that  we  have  made  a  long  stride  in  the  direc- 
tion of  affiliation."  We  have  not  heard  any  date 
set  for  the  meeting  of  the  Regents  of  this  Uni- 
versity to  take  action  upon  this  important  matter, 
but  the  prospects  of  favorable  action  by  them 
upon  it  are,  so  far  as  we  can  learn,  excellent.  It 
is  highly  desirable  that  it  should  be  put  into  opera- 
tion during  the  coming  session  ;  certainly  it  should 
be  adopted  in  time  for  announcement  at  the  Cen- 
tennial next  May. 


^  CENTENNIAL  COMMITTEES. 


At  a  meeting  held  on  April  23d,  the  Organizing 
Committee,  previously  appointed,  reported,  as  a 
result  of  which  the  following  sub-committees  were 
selected,  with  power  to  add  to  their  membership : 
ship : 

Committee  on  'Finance:  T.  A.  Ashby,  M.D., 
Chairman  and  General  Treasurer;  Wilmer  Brin- 
ton,  M.D.,  Wm.  C.  Page. 

Committee  on  Music:  B.  Merrill  HopkinsOn, 
M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Chairman  ;  J.  C.  Hemmeter,  M.D., 
LL.D.,  Theodor  Hemberger. 

Committee  on  Press  and  Publication:  Oregon 
Milton  Dennis,  LL.B.,  Chairman;  Eugene  F. 
Cordell,  M.D.,  Henry  P.  Hynson,  Ph.G. 

Comniittee  on  Reception:  ,T.  O.  Heatwole, 
M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Chairman;  D.  M.  R.  Culbreth, 
M.D.,  Ph.  G.,  J.  M.  Hundley,  M.D. 

Committee  on  Banqnet:  G.  Lane  Taneyhill, 
M.D.,  Chairman  ;  D.  M.  R.  Culbreth,  M.D.,  Ph.G., 
James  P.  Gorter,  LL.B. 

■Committee  on-  Orators:     W.    Calvin    Chesnut, 


LL.B.,  Chairman ;  S.  C.  Chew,  M.D.,  I.  H.  Davis, 
M.D.,  D.D.S. 

Committee  on  Program,  Printing  and  Bnter- 
tainment:  J.  L.  V.  Murphy,  LL.B.,  Chairman ; 
T.  O.  Heatwole,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  John  R.  Winslow, 
M.D. 

A  large  number  of  names  of  distinguished  citi- 
zens was  added  to  those  already  nominated  to 
constitute  the  Honorary  Committee,  and  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  was  given  power  in  its  discre- 
tion to  still  further  add  to  this  committee. 

The  following  motions  were  adopted : 

That  the  Executive  Committee  shall  have  gen- 
eral charge  of  all  matter  pertaining  to  the  Centen- 
nial and  that  all  sub-committees  shall  be  subject  to 
it ;  and  that,  in  case  other  departments  be  added 
to  the  Lhiiversity  prior  to  the  date  of  the  celebra- 
tion of  the  Centennial,  each  one  shall  be  entitled  to 
two  additional  representatives  on  the  Executive 
Committee ; 

That  an  Advisory  Committee  on  Honorary  De- 
grees and  Academic  Distinctions  be  created,  to 
consist  of  two  representatives  from  each  depart- 
ment of  the  University  and  two  from  the  General 
Alumni  Association ; 

That  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  University 
Hospital  be  requested  to  appoint  a  Committee  on 
Entertainment  of  Visiting  Ladies ; 

That  the  Executive  Committee  shall  submit  to 
this  body  in  October,  1906,  a  plan  of  all  the  cere- 
monies and  festivities  to  be  held  in  connection 
with  the  Centennial  Celebration  of  May,  1907. 

The  meeting  was  attended  by  about  twenty-five 
representatives  of  the  Regents,  Faculties  and 
Alumni  Associations,  including  Dr.  Charles  P. 
Noble,  of  Philadelphia. 

o . 

Are  we  approaching  the  profligacy  and  degen- 
eracy of  the  Romans  and  shall  we  experience  their 
same  dreadful  fate?  Listen  to  what  Horace  says 
of  his  countrymen : 

Ye  Romans,  ye  though  guiltless,  shall 
Dread  expiation  make  for  all 

The  laws  your  sires  have  broke, 
Till  }'e  repair  with  loving  pains 
The  gods'  dilapidated  fanes, 

Their  statues  grimed  with  smoke! 

Surgical  and  Hospital  Supplies  Sick  Room  Supplies 

Dental  Forceps       iVlicroscopes  and  Accessories 
THE  CHAS.  WILLMS  SURGICAL  INSTRUMENT  CO. 

300    NORTH    HOWARD    STREET 


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Ye  rule  the  world,  because  that  ye 
Confess   the  gods'   svipremacy; 

Hence  all  your  grandeur  grows! 
The  gods,  in  vengeance  for  neglect, 
Hesperia's  wretched  land   have  wreck'd 

Beneath  unnumber'd  woes. 

*****>):         +         +         +         * 

Our  times,  in  sin  prolific,  first 

The  marriage-bed  with  taint  have  cursed. 

And  family  and  home; 
This  is  the  fountain-head  of  all 
The  sorrows  and  the  ills  that  fall 

On  Romans  and  on  Rome. 

The  ripening  virgin  joys  to  learn 
In  the  Ionian  dances  to  turn 

And  bend   with   plastic   limb; 
Still  but  a  child,  with  evil  gleams 
Incestuous  love's  unhallow'd  dreams 

Before  her  fancy   swim. 

Straight  in  her  husband's  wassail  hours. 
She  seeks  more  youthful  paramours. 

And  little  recks,  on  whom 
She  may  her  lawless  joys  bestow 
By  stealth,  when  all  the  lainps  burn  low. 

And  darkness  shrouds  the  room. 

Yea,  she  will  on  a  summons  fly. 
Nor  is  her  spouse  unconscious  why. 

To  some  rich  broker's  arms, 
Or  some  sea-captain's  fresh  from  Spain, 
With  wealth  to  buy  her  shame,  and  again 

Her  mercenary  charms. 

They  did  not  spring  from  sires  like  these. 
The  noble  youth,  who  dyed  the  seas 

With  Carthaginian  gore. 
Who  great  Antiochus  o'ercame. 
And  Pyrrhus  and  the  dreaded  name 

Of  Hannibal  of  yore; 

The  manly  offspring,  learn'd  to  smite 
But  they  of  rustic  warriors  wight 

The  soil  with   Sabine  spade, 
And  faggots  they  had  cut  to  bear 
Home  from  the  forest,  whensoe'er 

An  austere  mother  bade; 

What  time  the  sun  began  to  change 

"The  shadows  through  the  mountain  range. 

And  took  the  yoke  away 
From  the  o'er-wearied  oxen,  and 
His  parting  car  proclaim'd  at  hand 

'The  kindliest  hour  of  day. 

How  time  doth  in  its   flight  abase 
Whate'er  it  finds!     Our  fathers'  race, 

Mote  deeply  versed  in  ill 
Than  were  their  sires,  hath  borne  us  yet 
More  wicked,  duly  to  beget 

A  race  more  vicious  still. 

—Horace,  Ode  III,  6  [Martin]. 


SCHOOL  OF  DENTISTRY. 


Professor  Ferdinand  J.  S.  Gorgas,  Dean  of  the 
School,  has  announced  the  following  as  the  gradu- 
ates for  1906: 


Herman  Roy  Allen,  Vt. ;  B.  Cecil  Burgess, 
Conn. ;  G.  Alvin  Burton,  Del. ;  Robert  H.  Banks, 
Va. ;  Warren  S.  P.  Conabs,  Del. ;  Daniel  C.  Col- 
vin.  Pa. ;  Clifton  S.  Coffman,  W.  Va. ;  Moses  C. 
Copelan,  Va. ;  Arthur  Amon  Dill,  Nova  Scotia ; 
Ernest  Garner  Douglas,  N.  Y. ;  James  B.  Early, 
Va. ;  Charles  Philip  Freischlag,  N.  Y. ;  George 
Walter  Frank,  Mass. ;  Peter  H.  A.  Flood,  N.  H. ; 
Eugene  S.  Green,  Jr.,  Va. ;  Chester  Brownell  Gif- 
ford,  N.  Y. ;  Peter  A.  Garneau,  Mass. ;  James 
Keirl  Gilder,  Jr.,  S.  C. ;  Raymond  L.  Hughes, 
Md. ;  George  Howard  Hiney,  Conn. ;  Ernest 
Beard  Hutchins,  Va. ;  Ivey  Lee  Hawes,  N.  C. ;  J. 
Milton  King,  Conn. ;  Frank  P.  Kehoe,  Ga. ;  Geo. 
Stephen  Leslie,  N.  Y. ;  Westley  Audrey  Long, 
Fla. ;  Walter  D.  Myers,  Va. ;  Thomas  Francis 
Mullen,  N.  H. ;  James  Raine  Meador,  N.  C. ;  Ed- 
win Clare  Neckerman,  Pa. ;  Daniel  Worth  Par- 
rott,  N.  C. ;  Abraham  Rothman,  Md. ;  Louis  A. 
Rothenberg,  N.  Y. ;  William  Robert  Ryder,  Ja- 
maica; Leroy  Sigler,  Md. ;  Henry  Strasser,  Md. ; 
Erastus  P.  Skaggs,  W.  Va. ;  John  Levis  Sanders, 
S.  C. ;  Leicester  P.  Samuel,  Jamaica ;  William  C. 
Van  Meter,  W.  Va. ;  Arthur  B.  Wheeler,  Md. ; 
George  Earl  Weeks,  N.  C— 42  in  all. 

The  University  Gold  Medal  was  awarded  to 
Mr.  Clifton  S.  Coffman,  of  W.  Va.  The  certifi- 
cate of  honorable  mention  for  the  highest  number 
of  votes  received  at  the  final  examination  was  won 
by  Mr.  Edwin  Clare  Neckerman,  of  Pa. 

The  commencement  exercises  will  be  held  at 
Albaugh's  Theatre  on  May  9,  when  the  graduates 
will  be  addressed  by  his  excellency  Governor  Ed- 
win Warfield.  The  diplomas  will  be  presented  by 
the  Provost  of  the  University,  Bernard  Carter, 
LL.D.  The  prizes  will  be  distributed  by  Profes- 
sor R.  Dorsey  Coale  and  the  class  address  will  be 
made  by  Mr.  Henry  Strasser,  of  Baltimore.  A 
banquet  will  follow  at  the  Hotel  Rennert. 

;     ;    Students  of  Medicine  and  Dentistry      :     : 

Will  find  much  to  interest 
them  in  the  stock  of 

HYNSON,   IVESTCOTT  &  CO 
Modern  Medical  Supplies 


Charles  and  Franl^lin  Sts. 


Bait, 


imore. 


Md. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


71 


Roll  of  Honor:  Students  of  the  Senior  Class 
grading  to  a  possible  joo:  Clifton  S.  Coffman,  E. 
Clare  Neckerman,  William  C.  Van  Meter,  G. 
Howard  Hiney,  Ernest  B.  Hutchens,  H.  Roy 
Allen,  Warren  S.  P.  Combs,  William  R.  Ryder, 
Henry  Strasser,  Lewis  H.  Rothenberg,  Daniel  W. 
Parrott,  Chester  B.  Gifford,  Leicester  D.  Samuel, 
George  W.  Frank,  LeRoy  Sigler,  J.  Lewis  San- 
ders, Thomas  F.  Mullen. 

The  prize  contest  will  be  held  at  the  College 
Building  on  May  8.  The  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Alumni  Association  will  be  held  on  the  same  day. 

G.  W.  F. 


-:  o 


'  SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Dohme  gave  a  de- 
lightful reception  on  the  evening  of  April  86  at 
their  home,  822  North  Carrollton  avenue,  to  the 
senior  and  junior  classes  of  the  Department  of 
Pharmacy,  University  of  Maryland.  The  re- 
ception is  an  annual  affair,  and  is  looked  forward 
to  with  great  pleasure.  The  class  numbers  about 
100,  and  all  were  present.  Besides  the  students, 
the  following  members  of  the  faculty  and  others 
were  present : 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Charles  Caspari,  Prof.  H. 
P.  Hynson,  Dr.  Daniel  Base,  Doctor  and  Mrs.  D. 
M.  R.  Culbreth,  Doctor  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  B.  Dun- 
ning, Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  F.  Naylor,  Mr.  E.  F.  Kel- 
ley,  Dr.  John  F.  Hancock,  Dr.  H.  A.  Elliott  and 
Dr.  J.  A.  Davis. 

A  number  of  interesting  recitations  were  given 
during  the  evening  by  Mr.  H.  Clinton  Merryman 
and  Mr.  Schon,  and  music  was  furnished.  At  the 
conclusion  of  the  entertainment  the  guests  partook 
of  a  luncheon. 

The  event  is  one  of  those  happy  occasions  which 
will  never  be  forgotten  by  the  students  of  the  de- 
partment. 

The  Iota  Chapter  of  Phi  Chi  Fraternity  cele- 
brated its  first  anniversary  March  28,  by  a  theatre 
party  and  a  banquet.  The  members  occupied 
boxes  at  Ford's  Grand  Opera  House,  witnessing 
"Her  Great  Match,"  with  Maxine  Elliott  in  the 
leading  role.  After  the  performances  the  banquet 
was  served  at  the  Hotel  Caswell.  Charles  Cas- 
pari, Jr.,  Phar.D.,  was  toastmaster.  The  following 
were  the  toasts  and  speakers : 

t"The  Faculty,"  Daniel  Base,  Ph.D. 
"The  Fraternity,"  Wm.  T.  Bodiford. 


"The  Mother  Chapter,"  Wm.  G.  Harper. 

"The  Class  of  1906,"  Samuel  M.  Goldman. 

"The  Alumni,"  Alfred  E.  Kemp. 

"The  Ladies,"  E.  F.  Kelly,  Phar.D. 

"Till  We  Meet  Again,"  M.  S.  Morrison. 

The  editors  of  Terra  Mariae,  class  of  1906,  as- 
sure us  of  a  fine  showing  in  the  volume  for  the 
year,  which  will  be  out  in  May.  The  book  is  now 
in  the  hands  of  the  printer.  A  great  deal  of  credit 
is  due  Messrs.  Thome  and  Carpenter  for  their  un- 
tiring efforts  in  behalf  of  this  department. 

Someone  wants  to  know  if  Moran,  '07,  can  tell 
the  difference  between  Roman  punch  and  choco- 
late ;  ask  the  man  ! 

One  of  our  professors  has  the  reputation  of 
"reminding  one  of  olden  days."  "Overheard ;" 
we  wonder  who  is  guilty. 

Ask  Goudelock  how  many  times  he  was  "hoped." 
"Nuff  sed." 

Has  Bodiford's  horse  come  in  yet?  Kindly  no- 
tify him  if  anything  is  known  concerning  the 
same. 

The  members  of  both  classes  are  now  busy  pre- 
paring for  their  finals,  which  will  be  held  in  May. 
The  Senior  Class  numbers  30,  and  will  hold  its 
commencement  in  common  with  the  Law  and 
Medical  Departments  on  June  4. 

E.  Reynolds  Thome,  '06,  spent  the  Easter  holi- 
day at  the  home  of  his  parents  in  Middletown, 
Pennsylvania. 

Frank  P.  Kelly,  '07,  was  called  to  his  home  in 
South  Carolina  by  the  death  of  his  father. 

Who  is  Pendennis?    Ask  Stephens,  '06. 

There  have  been  1,061  graduates  of  this  school 
to  date.  B.  D.  B. 


There  is  nothing  of  which  we  are  so  liberal 
as  advice. — We  are  never  made  so  ridiculous 
by  the  qualities  we  have  as  by  those  we  afifect 
to  have. — There  is  near  as  much  ability  re- 
quired to  know  how  to  profit  by  good  advice 
as  to  know  how  to  act  for  oneself. — Rouchefou- 
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We  have  received  the  following  letter  from  a 
prominent  alnmnns  of  this  University  residing  in 
Washington.  There  are  evidently  widespread 
misconceptions  regarding  the  University  existing 
in  the  minds  of  alumni  and  others,  which  are  mili- 
tating seriously  against  its  interests,  and  it  is  ex- 
ceedingly desirable  that  they  should  be  corrected. 
A  free  ventilation  of  the  subject  would  doubtless 
be  enlightening  and  profitable.  We  offer  the  pages 
of  Old  Maryland  for  that  purpose  and  hope  that 
the  "eight  or  ten"  gentlemen  mentioned  will  come 
promptly  to  the  front  with  their  "conditions :" 

"April  21,  1906. 
"My  Dear  Dr.  Cordell: 

"Your  letter  just  to  hand.  I  agree  with  you 
that  it  is  a  shame  vou  have  not  met  with  more  re- 
sponse in  your  praiseworthy  efforts  to  raise  a  sub- 
stantial Endowment  Fund  for  the  University. 
Some- month's  ago  I  talked  with  eight  or  ten  of 
the  alumni  on  the  subject  and  the  consensus  of 
opinion  was  that  existing  conditions  prevented 
success.     What  those  conditions  are  I  could  not 

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ascertain,  but  the  common  expression  was  that 
the  Faculty  'was  milking  the  cow.'  The  impres- 
sion I  obtained  was  that  personal  interests  super- 
ceded loyalty  to  the  Alma  Mater.  Now  I  feel  it 
my  duty  to  tell  you  this  because  if  there  is  any 
reason  existing  why  confidence  is  lacking  in  the 
proper  management,  it  may  and  will  defeat  all 
efforts.  You  are  familiar  with  the  situation  and 
I  hope  there  is  no  ground  for  these  criticisms. 

"Sincerely  yours." 

o • 

The  prediction  which  we  ventured  to  make  at 
the  time  of  President  Alderman's  appointment, 
that  the  University  of  Virginia  under  his  adminis- 
tration would  experience  a  great  stirring  up  and 
enter  upon  a  period  of  prosperity  the  like  of  which 
it  had  never  seen  before,  is  being  verified.  On 
Founder's  Day,  April  19,  he  was  able  to  announce 
that  $800,000  of  the  $1,000,000  endowment  fund 
which  he  is  raising  was  in  hand.  The  annual  in- 
come has  increased  from  $201,000  to  $300,000. 
An  enumeration  was  given  of  the  needs  already 
met  and  to  be  met  through  the  aid  thus  secured 
and  then  of  the  needs  still  to  be  supplied.  These 
lists  would  fill  a  column  of  this  journal,  and  we 
cannot  enumerate  them :  professorships,  lecture- 
ships, fellowships,  buildings,  book,  loan  and  press 
funds,  museum,  etc.,  but  what  Dr.  Alderman  has 
already  achieved  is  making  a  new  university  of 
the  staid  old  institution  at  Charlottesville,  and 
starting  it  upon  greater  and  more  varied  paths 
of  usefulness  and  effort.  Happy  the  university 
that  has  an  inspiring  leader,  such  a  masterful 
chief !  Would  that  we  had  one  like  him  for  Old 
Maryland. 

o 

It  is  gratifying  to  learn  of  the  prosperous  con- 
dition of  the  LTniversity  Hospital.  It  has  been 
more  crowded  recently  than  for  several  years.  It 
it  sometimes  taxed  five  or  six  per  cent,  over  its 
capacity — the  wards  being  filled  with  cots.  There 
has  not  been  an  average  of  a  vacant  room  a  day 
for  a  month  past.  The  hospital  has  a  capacity 
now  of  820  beds,  190  in  the  main  building  and  30 
in  the  annex  (lying-in  department). 
o 

The  mind  so  readily  believes  what  it  most 
ardently  desires. — Cazeau. 

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We  have  received  the  following  letter : 

Philadelphia^  April  14,  1906. 
Dear  Dr.  Cordell; 

In  accordance  with  your  request,  and  more  par- 
ticularly with  the  request  in  your  letter  of  March 
30th,  I  invited  all  the  graduates  of  the  University 
of  Maryland,  living  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia, 
whose  names  were  supplied  by  you,  to  meet  at 
my  office  last  evening,  and  a  temporary  organiza- 
tion was  made  of  a  Pennsylvania  Branch  of  the 
General  Alumni  Association  of  the  University  of 
Maryland.  Dr.  John  C.  C.  Beale  was  appointed 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  and  I  was  appointed 
President  of  the  temporary  organization.  We 
were  instructed  to  call  a  meeting  some  date  next 
month  to  be  fi.xed  upon,  at  which  meeting  all  the 
graduates  in  the  State  would  be  invited  to  effect  a 
permanent  organization  of  the  Branch.  Will  you 
not  send  a  list  of  the  graduates  in  law  who  live 
in  the  State,  so  that  they  can  be  invited  to  attend 
that  meeting,  because  if  the  organization  is  to  rep- 
resent the  general  alumni,  it  seems  to  me  that  an 
officer  should  be  taken  from  each  of  the  several 
faculties  ? 

Will  you  kindly  let  me  know  the  date  of  the 
Commencement  of  the  University  of  Maryland 
for  this  year,  and  also  the  date  of  the  meeting  of 
the  General  Alumni  Association ;  also  whether  or 
not  the  General  Alumni  Association  is  a  charter- 
ed institution  or  merely  a  voluntary  organization  ? 
If  any  credentials  are  needed  to  institute  a  Penn- 
sylvania Branch  of  the  General  Alumni  Associa- 
tion, will  you  kindly  supply  me  with  the  same  ? 
Would  it  be  agreeable  to  you  to  meet  with  us  at 
our  next  meeting  for  permanent  organization  ?  If 
so,  the  date  can  be  arranged  at  our  mutual  conve- 
nience. 

I  am  pleased  to  be  able  to  inform  you  that  the 
scheme  has  been  launched  and  I  trust  it  will  bear 
good  fruit.    With  kind  regards,  I  am, 
Very  truly  yours, 

Charles  P.  Noble. 

In  accordance  with  Dr.  Noble's  wishes,  written 
authority  has  been  sent  him  to  organize  a  branch 
of  the  General  Alumni  Association  in  Pennsylva- 
nia and  a  list  of  all  the  graduates  of  the  Univer- 
sity in  that  State  has  been  furnished.  Notices 
have  already  been  sent  to  all  of  these  and  a  meet- 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 
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ing  for  permanent  organization  has  been  appoint- 
ed for  Alay  17.  Upon  invitation  of  Dr.  Noble, 
Mr.  Oregon  Milton  Dennis,  President  of  the 
General  Alumni  Association,  Professor  John  C. 
Hemmeter,  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  and  the  Edi- 
tor of  Old  Maryland,  have  promised  to  attend. 
The  occasion  will  doubtless  be  one  of  great  in- 
terest to  all  who  shall  be  so  fortunate  as  to  be 
present,  and  we  hope  that  it  will  stir  up  our  fel- 
low-alumni in  many  other  States  to  found  similar 
general  branch  societies. 


An  interesting  episode  of  the  recent  meeting  of 
the  JMedical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty  of  Maryland 
was  the  presentation  of  an  oil  portrait  of  the  late 
Professor  Richard  iMcSherry,  to  the  Faculty,  by 
Professor  AlcSherry's  sons,  Dr.  H.  Clinton  i\Ic- 
Sherry  and  Mr,  Allen  AlcSherry,  of  the  Balti- 
more bar.  The  presentation  was  made  by  S.  K. 
Merrick,  M;D.  (1872),  and  the  gift  was  accepted 
by  S.  T.  Earle  (1870),  President  of  the  Faculty, 
and  it  is  an  interesting  circumstance  that  all  four 
of  the  participants  in  the  ceremony  were  gradu- 
ates of  the  University  and  the  three  medical  men 
had  been  pupils  of  Prof.  McSherry.  In  his  ad- 
dress Dr.  Merrick  said :  "Professor  McSherry 
belonged  to  a  type  which  has  been  aptly  styled 
'The  old  school  gentleman,*  for  the  present  gen- 
eration is  not  producing  them.  There  was  a 
nameless  something  which  gave  grace,  charm  and 
dignity  to  the  manner  of  this  type  of  man,  which 
requires  a  peculiar  environment  for  its  develop- 
ment, and  I  fear  that  environment  is  fast  disap- 
pearing. Let  us  hope  we  may  not  lose  entirely  the 
noble  sentiments  which  inspired  these  worthies 
even  if  we  are  not  able  to  imitate  their  graces  and 
charming  manners.  It  may  be  truthfully  said  of 
him  in  the  language  of  the  great  writer,  'His  life 
was  gentle  and  the  elements  so  mixed  in  him  that 
nature  might  stand  up  and  say  to  all  the  world — 
this  was  a  man!'"  The  picture  is  a  speaking 
likeness.  Dr.  McSherry  was  connected  with  the 
University  from  1SG2  to  188.5,  being  professor  of 
the  principles  and  practice  of  medicine  all  but  the 
first  two  years  of  that  period.  He  was  president 
of  the  Medical  and  Chirugical  Faculty  188.3-84. 
He  died  October  7.  1885,  being  in  his  68th  year. 

Wlesel's  Obstetric  and  Rectal  Cones  ^"^"'SiraSt'"'*''' 

oniQINATED    AMD    MANUFACTURCD    ONLY    OT 

inUM     U       U/I[Q[I  PHARMACEUTICAL    CHEMIST 

UUnn    in.    nitoCL,     noi  Madison  Avenne,  Baltimore,  Mi.U.  S.  A. 


74 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


The  Commencement  of  the  Training  School  for 
Nurses  of  the  University  Hospital  will  be  held  on 
Friday,  May  11,  at  i  P.  M.  The  diplomas  will 
be  conferred  by  R.  Dorsey  Coale,  Ph.D.,  Dean  of 
the  Faculty  of  Physic.  Prayer  will  be  offered  by 
Right  Rev.  Wm.  Paret,  D.D.,  and  the  address 
will  be  by  his  Excellency  the  Governor.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  thirteen  graduates :  Ethel  Palmer 
Clark,  Va.,  Sarah  A.  Macfarlane  Sanderson,  Can., 
Clara  Estelle  Query,  N.  C,  Sara  White  Cunning- 
ham, S.  C,  Katharine  K.  Landwehr,  Md.,  Nellie 
Hutchings  Carter,  Va.,  Annie  Elizabeth  Chap- 
man, Md.,  Mary  Carroll  Ellicott,  Md.,  Aeri  Mag- 
dalene Phillips,  Md.,  Leonore  Griffith  Doyle,  Md., 
Annie  Georgiana  Truitt,  Md.,  Miriam  Louise 
Jessop,  Md.,  Margaret  Eleanor  Lawrence,  S.  C. 
o 

Oregon  Milton  Dennis,  LL.B.,  of  the  Baltimore 
bar,  has  been  appointed  by  the  Governor  Game 
Warden  of  Maryland,  vice  Col.  John  W.  Avirett, 
resigned.  Mr.  Dennis  has  held  the  post  of  As- 
sistant Game  Warden  for  sometime  and  discharg- 
ed the  duties  of  Warden  owing  to  the  sickness  of 
the  incumbent. — According  to  the  News,  the  se- 
nior class  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  University  has 
adopted  the  honor  system,  in  vogue  at  some  of  the 
other  colleges  of  the  country.  Each  student  will 
be  required  to  append  to  his  examination  papers 
that  he  has  had  no  assistance  and  if  detected  vio- 
lating his  pledge  will  be  disciplined  by  his  fel- 
lows.— President  Thomas  Fell,  of  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, Annapolis,  sailed  with  his  family  from  New 
York  on  April  28th,  to  spend  four  months  in  Eu- 
rope. He  has  recently  recovered  from  a  severe 
attack  of  the  grip  and  this  leave  of  absence  has 
been  granted  him  by  the  Trustees  of  St.  John's 
'\n  order  to  recuperate. — We  note  the  following 
recent  appointments  to  office  of  alumni  of  ths 
University  of  Maryland  by  the  Governor;  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  Louis  Schulze,  Ph.G. ;  Ex- 
aminer of  Public  Accountants,  Clayton  C.  Hall, 
LL.B. — The  following  alumni  of  the  University 
were  elected  to  office  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the 
Medical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty  of  Maryland : 
Hiram  Woods,  M.D.,  President;  Wm.  T.  Wat- 
son, M.D.,  1st  Vice-President ;  Samuel  T.  Earle, 
Jr.,  M.D.,  Guy  Steele,  M.D.,  Members  of  Council ; 
J.  Whitridge  Williams,  M.D.,  J.  F.  Crouch,  M.D., 
Library  Committee ;  G.  Lane  Taneyhill,  M.D., 
Delegate  to  American  Medical  Association. — 
Dr.  Abraham  Jacobi,  of  New  York,  writes  of  his 
recent  visit  to  Baltimore:     "They,  that  is  all  of 


vou,  treated  me  exceedingly  well.  I  had  a  pleas- 
ant day  and  shall  always  remember  it  with  grati- 
fication."— The  commencement  exercises  of  St. 
John's  College  will  be  held  June  11  to  20,  inclu- 
sive, and  will  consist  of  oratorical  contests,  ser- 
mons, addresses,  meeting  of  alumni,  ball,  athletics, 
graduating  exercises.  The  baccalaureate  sermon 
will  be  preached  by  Rev.  Oliver  Huckel  and  the 
commencement  address  will  be  delivered  by  the 
Governor  on  June  20,  at  10.30  A.  M. — Prof.  Jos. 
C.  France,  of  the  School  of  Law,  has  been  elected 
general  counsel  of  the  United  Railways  and  Elec- 
tric Company  of  Baltimore,  a  position  just  cre- 
ated.—William  Hewson  Baltzell,  M.D.  (1889), 
who  has  been  abroad  for  twoyears,  is  now  in  Paris 
and.  will  not  return  to  Baltimore  this  year. — Fran- 
cis K.  Gary,  LL.B.,  of  the  Baltimore  Bar,  will  de- 
liver the  address  at  the  joint  annual  commence- 
ment of  the  Law,  Medical  and  Pharmacy  Depart- 
ments on  June  4. — Hon.  Henry  Stockbridge  was 
elected  a  Vice-President  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  at  Boston  on  May  1. — The 
Maryland  State  Board  of  Dental  Examiners  will 
meet  for  the  examination  of  candidates  at  the  Bal- 
timore Medical  College,  at  9  A.  M.,  May  14-15. 
Apply  to  F.  F.  Drew,  D.D.S.,  Secretary,  701  N. 
Howard  St. — Dr.  V.  W.  Brabham,  late  of  the 
staff  of  the  Lying-in  Department  of  the  University 
Hospital,  stopped  in  Baltimore  for  a  few  hours 
on  his  wedding  tour.  He  is  building  up  a  very 
nice  practice  at  Bamberg,  S.  C. — A  meeting  to 
perfect  the  Maryland  branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  in  the  Hall 
of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty  of  Mary- 
land, on  May  4,  John  F.  Hancock,  Phar.M., 
chairman.  Addresses  were  made  by  Mr.  Jos.  L. 
Lemberger,  President  of  the  A.  P.  A.;  Hiram 
Woods,  M.D.,  President  of  the  Med.  and  Chir. 
Faculty,  and  Samuel  T.  Earle,  M.D. — John  F. 
Hancock,  Phar.M.,  of  Baltimore,  is  Chairman  of 
a  Committee  of  the  Am.  Pharm.  Association  to 
raise  a  fund  for  the  erection  of  a  bronze  monument 
in  the  Smithsonian  grounds  at  Washingtton  City, 
commemorative  of  the  late  William  Procter,  Jr., 
"The  Father  of  American  Pharmacy." — Chi-Zeta- 
Chi,  L.  McLane  Tiffany  Chapter,  subscribes 
$10.00  to  the  Endowment  Fund  and  guarantees 
$25.00  for  1907.— The  State  Board  of  Law  Ex- 


Qerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

S.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


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75 


aminers  will  meet  in  the  Hall  of  the  School  of 
Law,  of  this  University,  on  June  6,  at  10  A.  M., 
for  the  examination  of  applicants  for  admission  to 
the  Ear.  jMessrs.  Benj.  A.  Richmond,  D.  G.  Mc- 
intosh and  A.  S.  Niles,  Examiners. — Dr.  Edgar 
Thrush  Duke  (1891),  is  President  of  the  Alle- 
gany County  Medical  Society. — Dr.  J.  H.  W.  G. 
Weedon  (1864),  of  Church  Hill,  is  the  delegate 
to  the  State  Society  from  the  Queen  Anne  County 
Medical  Association. — Drs.  Wirt  A.  Duvall 
(1888),  Chief  Surgeon,  J.  Clagett  Robertson 
(1.900),  J.  Dimmitt  Norris  (1878)  and  Harry 
Lee  Smith  (1891),  have  been  re-appointed  Police 
Surgeons  of  Baltimore. — Dr.  Nagib  Kenawy 
(1905)  writes  from  Cairo:  "I  have  been  ap- 
pointed a  Sanitary  Inspector  on  Plague  Work  by 
the  Eg\'ptian  government.  We  are  taking  the 
greatest  precautions  to  prevent  its  spread.  I  have 
seen  nine  cases  at  Alexandria.  I  will  probably 
be  sent  to  one  of  the  villages." — Dr.  Richard  H. 
Lewis  (1871),  of  Raleigh,  writes:  "I  am  filled 
with  admiration  at  your  enthusiasm  and  industry 
in  the  cause  of  the  Alumni  Association.  I  am 
afraid  that  I  am  not  as  youthful  as  you  are,  but 
you  understand  how  it  is  with  a  man  who  dictates 
his  letters  while  he  eats  his  lunch." 

Dr.  Wm.  T.  Councilman  has  been  elected 
President  of  the  Southern  Society  of  Boston. — 
There  have  been  1,176  graduates  in  the  School  of 
Law  of  this  L^niversity  and  1,206  in  the  School 
of  Dentistry. — The  Spring  meeting  of  the  Gen- 
eral Alumni  Association  will  be  held  in  the  lec- 
ture-room of  the  School  of  Law  on  [Monday,  May 
■>1,  at  8.30  P.  M.  The  address  will  be  by  A.  S. 
Niles,  LL.B.,  subject  "William  Pinkney." — A  let- 
ter from  Dr.  A.  J.  Crowell,  of  Charlotte,  just  re- 
ceived, says  the  North  Carolina  Association  will 
be  a  University  society,  and  asking  for  names  of 
all  alumni  in  the  State,  and  for  suggestions  as  to 
constitution  and  organization.  Dr.  Crowell  will 
go  abroad  June  1. 


Married:  James  R.  Bishop,  Jr.,  M.D.  (1904). 
of  Nanticoke,  Md.,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Pyle,  at 
Mt.  Vernon  M.  E.  Church,  Baltimore,  April  14. — 
Samuel  Claggett,  M.D.  (1898),  of  Frederick 
County,  to  Miss  Jeannette  B.  Chew,  in  Christ 
Church,  Baltimore,  April  18.  After  a  bridal  tour 
the  couple  will  live  at  "Oakland,"  near  Peters- 
ville,  Frederick  County,  Md. — Wm.  D.  Bumgar- 


ner,  D.D.S.  (190.3),  formerly  of  Pittsburg,  now 
residing  in  Baltimore,  at  Hotel  Kernan,  in  the 
latter  city  April  14,  to  Miss  Agnes  Parks,  of  Fair- 
mount,  Md.  A  wedding  breakfast  followed. — 
Dudley  George  Rqe,  LL.B.  (1905),  of  the  Balti- 
more bar,  to  Miss  Anna  Jan  Metcalfe,  of  Hay- 
market,  Va.,  April  17.  A  reception  at  "Oak- 
wood,"  the  home  of  the  bride,  followed  and  a  trip 
to  Boston.— V.  W.  Brabham,  M.D.  (1905),  to 
Miss  Gwendolyn  Risher,  at  Bamberg,  S.  C,  April 
16. 


Deaths:  Charles  Henry  Tilghman.  M.D. 
(1866),  at  Baltimore,  x'Vpril  25,  of  angina  pectoris. 
He  was  a  son  of  the  late  Captain  Richard  Lloyd 
Tilghman,  U.  S.  N.,  from  whom  he  inherited  an 
ample  fortune.  After  graduating  he  spent  a  year 
or  more  in  the  hospitals  of  London  and  Paris. 
He  was  in  the  service  of  the  Red  Cross  during 
the  Franco-Prussian  War,  returning  to  Maryland 
in  1871.  He  did  not  practice. — Frank  Donaldson, 
M.D.  (1883),  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  April  12, 
of  consumption,  aged  49.  He  was  a  son  of  the 
late  Professor  Francis  Donaldson,  of  this  Univer- 
sity, graduated  A.B.  at  Harvard,  1879,  and  serv- 
ed for  a  time  as  Assistant  Surgeon,  U.  S.  A. — 
Andrezv  Jackson  Smoot,  M.D.  (1852),  at  Society 
Hill.  Charles  County,  Md.,  April  11,  after  a  lin- 
gering illness  of  heart  disease.  He  was  born 
July  7,  1828,  and  was  educated  at  Charlotte  Hall 
Academy  and  Dickinson  College.  He  was  a 
pupil  in  the  private  office  of  Professor  N.  R. 
Smith.  His  father  was  Captain  John  Weems 
Smoot.  He  is  survived  by  three  children. — Louis 
Mackall,  M.D.  (1851),  at  Georgetown,  D.  C, 
April  19.  He  was  born  in  Prince  George  County, 
Md.,  April  10,  1831,  and  for  many  years  held  the 
chair  of  clinical  medicine  or  physiology  in  George- 
town LTniversity. — Oscar  E.  Ross,  Ph.G.  (1885), 
at  Baltimore,  April  5,  of  heart  disease,  aged  39. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  City  Water  Board.  His 
place  of  business  on  Baltimore  Street  was  burnt 
out  in  the  great  fire  when  he  contracted  rheuma- 
tism from  exposure. — William  Reindollar.  M.D. 
(1847),  at  Taneytown,  Md.,  April  29,  of  heart 
disease,  aged  85. 


Menu.  Banquet  and  Dance  Cards.  Commencement  Invita- 
tions and  Programs.  Diplomas.  Certificates.  Engrossing,  U.  of 
M.  Stationery  for  Classes  and  Fraternities.  Letterheads 
Envelopes.  Cards,  etc.,  for  Physicians.  Lawvers  and  Dentists 

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76 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


When  all  the  little  buds  peeped  out 
That  wondrous  dear  May  morning, 

Oh,  in  my  heart,  without  a  doubt. 
First  love  there  had  its  dawning. 

When  all  the  birds  sang  in  the  grove. 
In  May's  bright  month  returning, 

Oh,  then  to  her  I  told  my  love 
My   longing  and  my   yearning. 

— Heine. 


At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Montgomery 
County  Medical  Society,  held  at  Rockville,  April 
17,  Dr.  Edward  Anderson  (1875),  of  Rockville, 
was  chosen  President;  Dr.  James  E.  Deets  (1882), 
of  Clarksburg,  Vice-President,  and  Dr.  John  L. 
Lewis  (1888),  of  Bethesda,  Secretary-Treasurer. 
Dr.  Roger  Brooke  (1887),  of  Olney,  was  chosen 
delegate  to  the  State  Society,  with  Dr.  Deets  as 
alternate.  Dr.  Otis  M.  Linthicum  (1890),  of 
Rockville,  was  elected  one  of  the  two  censors. 
Three  of  the  four  papers  read  were  by  Maryland 
men,  viz.:  Drs.  A.  C.  Harrison  (1887),  Roger 
Brooke   (1887),  and  Vernon  H.  Dyson    (1894). 

o 

DISPENSARY    REPORT    UNIVERSITY 
HOSPITAL. 


April  1st,  '05,  to  April  1st,  '06. 

Department.         Neiv  Cases.  Old  Cases.  Total 

1.  Surgical 1,312  i,962  6,274 

2.  Medical 1,109  4,206  5,315 

3.  Genito-Urinary....      929  2,859  3,788 

4.  Nervous 363  2,160  2,523 

5.  Women 757  1,306  2,063 

6.  Stomach 409  1,388  1,797 

7.  Skin 525  1,153  1,678 

8.  Throat  and  Nose...     607  1,069  1,676 

9.  Eve  and  Ear 623  970  1,593 

10.  Children 529  792  1,321 

Grand  total 7,163       20,865       28,028 

John  Houff,  M.D., 
Dispensary  Physician. 

o 

ANDREW    CARNEGIE'S    PLEA    FOR 
PEACE. 


(Concluded.) 

But  still  there  is  the  failure  to  hold  human 
life  sacred,  and  one  exception  to  improve- 
ment has  found  favor  since  the  last  century,  viz., 
that  a  formal  declaration  of  war  is  not  indispen- 


sable. It  is  no  longer  held  to  be  contrary  to  the 
rules  of  war  for  a  Power  to  surprise  and  de- 
stroy while  yet  in  friendly  confereiace  with  its 
adversary,  endeavoring  to  effect  a  peaceful  Settle- 
ment. 

The  first  proposal  for  international  arbitra- 
tion as  a  substitute  for  war  was  made  by  Emeric 
Cruce,  of  Paris,  in  1590.  The  Hague  Conference 
in  1898  was  the  first  ever  called  to  discuss  the 
means  of  establishing  peace  without  reference  to 
any  particular  war  and  realized  Cruce's  ideal.  All 
countries  represented  promptly  ratified  the  treaty 
and  public  sentiment  everywhere  recognized  the 
Court's  authority.  A  number  of  disputes  have 
been  already  settled  Vjy  it,  and  there  is  no  longer 
any  excuse  for  war.  It  is  the  greatest  advance 
man  has  ever  made  by  one  act. 

Arbitration  is  rapidly  spreading.  Its  benefits, 
first  foreseen ,  and  proven  in  modern  times  by 
Washington,  Franklin,  Hamilton,  Jay  and  Gren- 
ville,  once  appreciated,  there  is  no  backward  step. 
It  leaves  no  bitterness,  no  seeds  of  future  strug- 
gles, and  makes  the  parties  better  friends  than  be- 
fore. It  checks  the  drain  of  life  and  the  fearful 
cost  which  already  threatens  to  exhaust  the  na- 
tions of  Europe. 

The  simplest  of  all  modes  for  the  abolition  of 
war  would  be  the  co-operation  of  the  leading  na- 
tions of  the  world  in  a  League  of  Peace.  Five 
nations  could  banish  war. 

There  is  much  more  in  this  admirable  address 
that  claims  deep  thought.  But  we  can  only  refer 
in  conclusion  to  the  suggestion  that  leagues  of 
peace  be  formed  everywhere.  Let  the  citizen  de- 
mand that  international  differences  be  referred  to 
arbitration.  Peace  should  be  above  party.  All 
other  issues  should  be  laid  aside  until  that  is  pro- 
vided for.  Refusal  to  arbitrate  makes  war  even 
for  a  good  cause  unholy ;  an  offer  to  arbitrate 
lends  dignit}'  and  importance  to  a  poor  one. 
Should  all  efforts  fail,  and  one's  country,  reject- 
ing the  appeal  to  judicial  arbitration,  plunge  into 
war,  one's  duty  does  not  then  end.  Calmly  reso- 
lute in  adherence  to  one's  convictions,  stating 
them  when  called  upon,  though  never  violently 
intruding  them,  one  awaits  the  result,  which  can- 
not fail  to  prove  that  those  who  stood  for  peace- 
ful arbitration  chose  the  right  path  and  have  been 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


wise  counsellors  of  their  country.  It  is  a  melan- 
choly fact  that  nations  looking  back  have  usually 
to  confess  that  their  wars  have  been  blunders, 
which  means  they  have  been  crimes.  [The  ad- 
dress in  full  can  be  read  at  the  University 
Library.] 

o 

1^ 

WILLIAM  KILTY,  PHYSICIAN,  JURIST. 


From  the  Proceedings  of  the  Maryland  Bar 
Association,  igoj,  we  take  the  following  account 
of  this  distinguished  Marylander,  who  united  in 
himself  with  great  honor  the  two  professions  of 
law  and  medicine — a  very  unusual  combination, 
by  the  way.  It  is  from  a  paper  on  "The  High 
Court  of  Chancery  and  the  Chancellors  of  Mary- 
land," by  William  L.  Marbury,  LL.B.,  of  the 
Baltimore  Bar,  and  an  alumnus  of  the  University 
of  Maryland. 

He  was  born  in  1757  [accordingtoNiles'  Reg- 
ister, Vol.  XXI,  in  1758,  and  in  London.  The 
same  authority  says  he  was  educated  at  St. 
Omar's  College  in  France] .  He  studied  medicine 
with  Edward  Johnson,  of  Annapolis,  and  in 
April,  1778,  proceeded  to  Wilmington,  Del., 
where  he  received  the  appointment  of  Surgeon's 
mate  in  the  Fifth  Maryland  Regiment  (Scharf 
and  Saffell  say  Fourth  Maryland).  He  continued 
to  discharge  the  duties  of  his  position  until  the 
resignation  of  Michael  Wallace,  the  surgeon  of 
the  regiment,  when  he  was  promoted  in  April, 
1780,  to  fill  the  vacancy.  He  continued  to  act  as 
surgeon  until  he  was  made  prisoner  at  the  battle 
of  Camden.  In  the  Spring  of  1781,  he  returned 
to  Annapolis,  where  he  remained  until  the  close 
of  the  war,  owing  to  his  failure  to  obtain  an  ex- 
change. He  then  studied  law.  In  1798  he  was 
authorized  by  act  of  Legislature  to  compile  the 
statutes  of  the  State,  and  in  compliance  with  this, 
he  published  (in  1800)  the  two  volumes  known 
as  "Kilty's  Laws."  He  settled  in  Washington 
(in  the  same  year),  and  in  the  following  year  was 
appointed  (by  President  Adams)  Chief  Judge 
for  the  Circuit  Court  for  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia. He  returned  to  Maryland  and  was  appointed 
bv  the  Governor  Chancellor  of  this  State  in  1806 
(succeeding  Chancellor  Alexander  Contee  Han- 
son. He  was  an  original  member  of  the  Society 
of  .the  Cincinnati.) 

Kilty's  most  important  work  was  his  report  on 
the  British  Statutes  in  force  in  Maryland.     This 


work  had  been  to  discourage  the  extension  of 
these  statutes,  in  a  different  nature,  first  on  ac- 
count of  a  partisan  struggle  in  colonial  times, 
which  forms  a  very  interesting  branch  of  our  ju- 
dicial history — second,  the  ideas  of  public  econ- 
omy entertained  by  the  early  Legislatures  of  the 
State.  As  to  the  first,  I  will  give  an  extract  from 
Mr.  Alexander's  preface  to  his  British  Statutes, 
which  is  interesting:  -  "It  is  well  known  that-  the 
question  of  the  application  of  the  English  Stat- 
utes to  the  Province  was  continually  agitated  be- 
tween the  proprietors  and  their  adherents,  and, 
what  was  termed,  the  Country  party;  the  views 
of  the  former,  as  observed  by  Kilty  (Int.  to  Rep., 
p.  6)  'having  been  to  discourage  the  extension  of 
these  Statutes,  in  order  that  their  power  of  as- 
senting to  laws  might  become  more  important, 
and  the  Country  party  being  unwilling  that  such 
Statutes  should  be  particularly  enumerated,  so 
as  to  limit  the  courts  in  their  power  of  judging 
of  the  consistency  of  them  with  the  good  of  the 
people,  a  power  which  was  essential  to  the  proper 
discharge  of  their  duties,  and  which  had  been  ex- 
pressly given  by  several  acts  of  Assembh'.'  My 
purpose  was  to  have  given  an  account  of  the  va- 
rious disputes  between  these  two  parties  on  this 
subject ;  but  my  book  has  already  gone  beyond 
the  limits  originally  assigned  to  it,  and  perhaps  I 
am  mistaken  in  the  amount  of  interest  which  such 
an  account  would  excite." 

The  economical  reason  was  very  simple  which 
actuated  the  Legislatures  under  the  Constitution 
— merely  the  cost  of  publication ;  and  for  nearly 
a  century  this  vastly  important  part  of  our  law 
was  onl\'  known  by  the  skeleton  report  of 
Kilty,  -which  was  the  best  compromise  that  the 
progressive  element  of  tJie  profession  could  ef- 
fect.' It  was  mainly  due  to  the  efforts  of  Chan- 
cellor Bland  in  the  Legislature,  that  even  this 
much  was  gained.  While  a  member  of  the  Legis- 
lature in  1809,  he  had  the  resolution  passed  ask- 
ing the  Chancellor  and  Judges  of  the  Court  of 
Appeals  for  a  report  upon  the  Statutes.  Kilty 
took  the  matter  in  hand.  '''  *  *  The  work,  so  far  as 
the  Legislature  would  allow  it,  was  thoroughly 
done  and  has  since  received  high  commendation 
from  the  Court  of  Appeals  and  the  profession  gen- 
erally.    In  Dashiel  vs.  Attorney-General,  5  PI.  & 

Drovers   and   /Fftecbanlcs'   IRatlonal   asans    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  RENT 


78 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


J.,  403,  the  Court  said  that  "The  book  was  com- 
piled, printed  and  distributed  under  the  sanction 
of  the  State  for  the  use  of  its  ofificers,  and  is  a 
safe  guide  in  exploring  an  otherwise  very  dubious 
path."  Observations  of  a  like  sort  are  to  be  found 
in  other  cases. 

In  1818,  under  authority  of  the  Legislature, 
he  published  with  Harris  &  Watkins  a  continua- 
tion of  Kilty's  Laws. 

Kilty  died  at  Annapolis,  October  10,  1821. 
(Mr.  Allan  McSherry,  his  great-great  nephew, 
of  the  Baltimore  Bar,  has  a  portrait  of  him,  from 
the  Revolutionary  period.  A  memorial  meeting 
was  held  by  the  Baltimore  County  Court,  and  the 
District  of  Columbia  Court  adjourned  out  of  re- 
spect to  the  deceased,  and  its  members  resolved 
to  wear  crape  for  a  month.  Addressing  the  lat- 
ter, Colonel  Ashton  spoke  of  the  deceased  as  a 
citizen  and  officer  of  distinguished  talents  and 
eminent  virtues  and  usefulness). 

Kilty  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  quiet,  un- 
assuming life,  and  his  greatest  interest  was,  no 
doubt,  in  his  judicial  and  professional  work;  at 
the  same  time  he  was  a  very  patriotic  man  and 
took  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  State  and 
country.  {Miles'  Register  characterizes  him  as 
"honest,  upright,  enlightened,  the  only  person 
who  knew  the  Constitution  of  the  State.")  In 
the  trouble  preceding  the  War  of  1812,  he  seems 
to  have  been  active  in  demanding  redress  from 
England  and  in  calling  on  the  people  to  support 
the  President  in  his  policies  of  defense.  With 
John  Johnson,  his  successor  in  office  of  Chancel- 
lor, he  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  to  draft 
resolutions  at  a  meeting  held  at  Annapolis  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1809,  for  the  purpose  of  expressing  ap- 
proval .  of  the  course  of  the  President  toward 
Great  Britain  and  France. 

Of  Kilty  as  a  judge,  I  cannot  say  anything  of 
particular  interest.  His  opinions,  the  few  we 
have,  are  uniformly  excellent,  showing  ample 
learning,  ability  and  industry.  As  Chancellor, 
he  gave  universal  satisfaction.  His  opinions  were 
generally  very  concise,  not  laden  with  citations 
of  authorities  like  Bland's,  but  showing  close  fa- 
miliarity with  English  equity  jurisprudence.  I 
might  cite  Hogson  vs.  Payson  and  Lorman,  3  H. 
&  J.,  p.  339,  as  a  fair  example. 

o 

This  life's  most  urgent  lesson — self-re- 
straint.— S.  Weir  Mitchell. 


Fuscus,  the  man  of  life  upright  and  pure, 
Needeth  nor  javelin,  nor  bow  of  Moor, 
Nor  arrows  tipp'd  with  venom  deadly  sure, 
Loading  his  quiver; 

Whether  o'er  Afric's  burning  sands  he  rides. 
Or  frosty  Caucasus'  bleak  mountain-sides. 
Or  wanders  lonely,  where  Hydaspes  glides, 
That  storied  river. 

For  as  I  stray'd  along  the  Sabine  wood. 
Singing  my  Lalage  in  careless  mood, 
Lo,  all  at  once  a  wolf  before  me  stood, 
Then  turn'd  and  fled ; 

Creature  so  huge  did  warlike  Daunia  ne'er 
Engender  in  her  forests'  wildest  lair. 
Not  Juba's  land,  parch'd  nurse  of  lions,  e'er 
Such  monster  bred. 

Place   me,    where    no   life-laden    summer    breeze 
Freshens  the  meads,  or  murmurs  'mongst  the 

trees. 
Where   clouds   oppress,   and   withering  tempests 

freeze 
From  shore  to  shore. 

Place  me  beneath  the  sunbeams'  fiercest  glare. 
On  arid  sands,  no  dwelling  anywhere. 
Still  Lalage's  sweet  smile,  sweet  voice  e'en  there 
I  will  adore. 

— Horace,  Ode  I,  22   [Martin]. 

o 

'RECOLLECTIONS     OF     SLAVE     DAYS 
AND  WAR  TIMES. 


By   the   Editor 


Read  before  (he  Library  and  Historical  Society. 

A  Virginia  household  in  the  old  days — days 
that  will  soon  have  passed  forever  from  the  mem- 
ory of  living  men — consisted  of  "Old  Master," 
"Old  Mistis,"  the  young  masters  and  mistresses, 
a  maiden  aunt  or  two,  the  poor  relation  or  depend- 
ent and  the  slaves. 

At  the  head  of  this  establishment,  which  from 
its  size  and  the  number  and  character  of  those 
composing  it,  was  often  known  far  and  wide,  was 

"sOI  I VFNf  i?S  of  ^he  University  of  Maryland 

And  Other  Points  of  Interest. 

50NNENBURQ'S,  Baltimore  and  Greene  Sts. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


79 


"Ole  Master,''  who  therefore  claims  our  first  no- 
tice. His  authorit}-  was  great  and  undisputed 
and  upon  him  rested  the  care  and  responsibihty  of 
many  Hves.  He  was  treated  witii  the  highest 
deference  and  it  was  seldom  that  he  was  not  wor- 
thy of  it.  A  large  circle  of  relations  (all  Vir- 
ginians are  related)  looked  up  to  Uncle  or  Cou- 
sin John  as  one  of  the  heads  of  the  family,  and 
he  was  bound  to  be  at  least  a  Major  or  a  Colonel. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  dignity  and  refinement, 
laying  great  stress  upon  good  mannet-s  and  think- 
ing that  no  country  or  people  were  quite  equal  to 
Virginia  and  the  \'irginians.  He  possessed  a 
high  degree  of  intelligence  and  good  education 
and  was  especially  well-posted  regarding  political 
aft'airs.  If  a  person  of  considerable  wealth  and 
some  ambition,  he  was  certain  to  be  sent  by  his 
neighbors  to  represent  them  in  the  Legislature, 
the  State  Conventions  or  Congress.  I  have  be- 
fore me  a  picture  of  one  of  these  gentlemen  of 
8.5  }-ears  ago  in  the  costume  he  wore  when  su- 
perintending the  operations  of  his  farm.  He  has 
on  a  light  colored  felt  hat,  a  sky-blue  "swallow- 
tail" coat  with  brass  buttons  and  boots,  and  car- 
ries a  long,  stout  cane. 

The  mistress  was  a  worth}-  companion  of  the 
master.  She  would  have  graced  any  society,  and 
it  is  no  wonder  that  the  Mrginians  were  such 
men  with  such  mothers.  Her  time  was  largely 
taken  up  with  the  cares  of  her  household — always 
large  and  often  augmented  b\-  numerous  guests. 
She  superintended  in  person  the  training  of  the 
servants,  and  one  could  always  see  about  the 
house  one  or  more  young  negro  girls  or  boys 
learning  to  sew  or  knit,  to  polish  the  silver, 
sharpen  the  knives,  etc.  She  was  never  seen  dur- 
ing morning  hours  without  her  key-basket,  a 
small  black  basinet  lined  with  red  morocco.  The 
Virginia  matron  paid  great  attention  to  religious 
observances.  Family  prayers  were  held  every 
morning  before  breakfast  and  every  evening  after 
tea.  All  the  house  servants — even  the  cook — 
were  expected  to  be  present  on  these  occasions, 
occupying  seats  or  standing  in  a  respectful  atti- 
tude near  the  door.  Religious  instruction  was 
given  to  the  slaves  also  on  Sundays  by  one  of  the 
^-oung  mistresses.  Although  (from  prudential 
motives)  it  was  forbidden  to  do  so,  many  of  them 
were  taught  by  their  young  mistresses  to  read 
and  write.  These  homes  were  always  open  to  the 
clergy  and  the  parish  priest  received  his  chief, 
sometimes  his  entire  support,  from  one  of  them. 


The  young  masters  and  mistresses,  who  made 
so  large  a  part  of  the  life  and  gaiety  of  the  home 
— among  whom  we  would  be  apt  to  find  a  Mass 
Tom,  a  Mass  Dick,  a  Mass  Bob,  a  Mass  Henry  or 
a  Mass  William,  and  Miss  Mary,  Miss  Jane,  Miss 
Maria,  Miss  Betsy,  JN'Iiss  Polly  or  Miss  Kitty — 
had  the  best  advantages  of  education.  Tutors 
and  governesses  were  common.  The  older  chil- 
dren were  sent  off  to  finish  their  education  at  Wil- 
liam and  Mary,  the  University  of  Virginia, 
Harvard,  Princeton  or  Yale,  or  at  some  fashion- 
able ladies'  seminary.  Benjamin  Hallowell,  a 
Quaker,  had  a  high  school  in  Alexandria  which 
attracted  many  youths  in  the  northeastern  section 
of  the  State.  Of  the  males,  one  at  least  would  se- 
lect a  profession  and  go  to  the  city  to  seek  his' 
fortune.  The  army  and  navy  were  popular  and 
almost  every  leading  family  had  a  representa- 
tive or  two  in  those  branches  of  the  service.  But 
naturalh-  the  mode  of  life  to  which  they  had  been 
trained  possessed  the  greatest  attraction  and  sev- 
eral of  the  sons  usually  continued  to  reside  upon 
the  paternal  estate,  which  was  large  enough  to 
bear  division  and  still  furnish  quite  respectable 
possessions.  Sometimes  the  third  generation  was 
represented  in  these  capacious  establishments  or 
in  appendages  of  them  situated  at  convenient  dis- 
tances from  them. 

The  maiden — sometimes  widowed — aunt,  to 
whom  I  have  referred  as  being  almost  a  constant 
member  of  the  household,  was  by'  no  means  al- 
wa}'s  a  dependent  member ;  she  usually  had  her 
own  estate  or  independent  means  of  support.  She 
was  the  receptacle  and  dispenser  of  the  genealogi- 
cal lore  of  the  family,  and  could  tell  you  the  pedi- 
gree of  almost  every  family  of  note  in  the  State. 

Not  infrequently  there  was  also  one  or  more 
individuals,  male  or  female  perhaps  a  distantly- 
connected  poor  relation,  who  had  been  permitted 
or  invited  to  make  his  home  in  the  hospitable 
family,  rendering  in  return  some  slight  and  often 
inadequate  service — in  attention  to.  the  farm  or 
housekeeping.  This  individual  had  all  the  pride 
of  his  patrons  and  would  have  repelled  as  an  in- 
sult the  idea  of  his  being  a  menial.  There  were 
no  white  servants  in  those  days  and  the  distinction 
between  the  whites  and  blacks — even  the  lowest 
of  the  former — was  sharply  drawn.     There  were 

oun   motto:  "the  best  is   none  "^oo  good.- 
CARBONATED    WATER     in   sipkons  and  tan  ks 
STREET'S     PHARMACY, 
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white  people — "poor  white  trash" — as  the  ne- 
groes called  them,  who  hved  in  out-of  the-way 
places,  supporting  themselves  by  raising  chickens, 
selling  berries  and  cultivating  small  strips  of 
land.  These  people  were  on  more  or  less  inti- 
mate terms  with  the  slaves,  but  it  was  beneath 
their  dignity  to  take  places  as  servants  and  thus 
lower  themselves  as  they  regarded  it  to  the  level 
of  the  negroes.  The  abundance  of  the  latter  ren- 
dered this  unnecessary.  From  this  class  the  vil- 
lages were  chiefly  recruited.  From  it  came  the 
overseers,  who  had  charge  of  the  farm  hands  and 
superintended  the  farming  operations  under  the 
master's  direction.  These  overseers  were  severe 
taskmasters  and  much  of  the  cruelty  to  the  slaves 
which  has  been  so  much  written  about  is  trace- 
able to  them.  Not  all  masters,  however,  had  over- 
seers ;  some  preferred  to  direct  their  farming  op- 
erations themselves  with  the  assistance  of  one  of 
the  most  intelligent  of  the  slaves,  who  was  called 
the  foreman. 

Btit  the  thing  which  constituted  the  distinguish- 
ing feature  of  these  homes — that  which  made 
them  at  a  glance  so  different  from  farms  in  the 
North,  was  the  black  element — the  slaves.  First 
and  foremost  of  these  was  the  "mammy,"  the 
companion,  nurse  and  attendant  of  the  mistress — 
the  head  of  the  household  servants.  I  doubt  not 
many  who  hear  me  can  recall  this  dear  old  crea- 
ture with  her  silver  spectacles,  her  grey  hair  con- 
cealed beneath  the  folds  of  her  variegated  ban- 
dana, and  her  spotless  white  apron  covering  her 
homemadel  linsey  dress.  Talk  of  innocence,  sin- 
cerity and  religion  "pinx  and  undefiled,"  where 
could  you  find  those  qualities  and  every  other 
that  make  a  perfect  character  in  such  richness  and 


abundance?  "Unless  ye  become  as  little  children 
ye  cannot  enter  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  Her 
heart  was  as  pure  as  that  of  the  little  child,  her 
faith  that  of  the  martyr.  She  would  have  suffered 
all  things  for  those  she  loved.  The  love  of  moth- 
er for  her  children  was  not  more  intense  or  last- 
ing than  hers  for  her  young  masters  and  mis- 
tresses. To  live  and  die  for  them  was  her  only 
wish — her  mission.  She  had  nursed  them  all  from 
Miss  Mar}',  the  eldest,  to  Miss  Kitty,  the  young- 
est ;  indeed,  she  had  performed  the  same  service 
for  some  of  their  uncles  and  aunts,  and  quite 
likely  the  care  of  Miss  Mary's  first  born  will  de- 
volve upon  her,  for  that  young  lady  is  almost  sure 
to  come  back  home  from  Oakenbrow,  the  river 
plantation,  which  she  received  as  a  marriage 
dower,  to  spend  some  weeks  near  her  mother. 
And  the  young  people  loved  "Mammy"  almost 
— they  could  not  love  her  quite — as  much  as  she 
loved  them  and  next  to  their  ovwi  mother.  How 
could  they  help  it!  How  gently  she  handled 
them  when  helpless  infants  and  kept  them  away 
from  the  draughty  windows  and  doors  of  the  old 
house,  how  she  sought  out  the  offending  pins  and 
seemed  ever  to  have  an  eye  over  her  young 
charges !  How  she  shielded  them  when  older 
from  merited  punishment  and  begged  "old  Mistis" 
to  let  them  off  "jes  dat  one  time."  When  hungry 
they  went  to  her  for  food  and  when  in  pain  and 
trouble  they  sought  her  help  and  sympathy.  Her 
training  and  associations  had  taught  her  without 
the  need  of  Lord  Chesterfield  what  the  manners 
of  a  young  lady  and  gentleman  should  be,  and  her 
advice  on  deportment  was  almost  sure  to  be  cor- 
rect. 

{To  he  continued.) 


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{Continued.) 

She  was  second  only  in  domestic  authority 
and  was  a  model  for  the  young  misses  whom  she 
trained.  '  She  felt  the  importance  and  dignity  of 
her  station  and  tried  to  impress  the  other  serv- 
ants with  an  idea  of  her  superior  knowledge  by 
'the  use,  or  rather  misuse,  of  long  words  which 
she  often  employed  with  such  absurd  inappropri- 
ateness  as  to  become  ridiculous  in  the  extreme. 

When  "Mammy"  became  too  old  for  active 
service  her  time  had  come  to  receive  back  some 
of  the  care  she  had  lavished  upon  others.  Her 
cosy  cabin  was  provided  with  every  comfort.  The 
members  of  the  family  vied  with  each  other  in 
their  attentions  and  came  daily  to  see  that  her 
wants  were  supplied  and  her  old  age  made  happy 
by  their  ministrations  and  at  her  funeral  many  an 
eye  was  moist  "with  honest  tears''  and  many  a 
flower  was  strewn  upon  her  grave  in  the  serv- 
ants' burying  ground  at  the  edge  of  the  wood  in 
the  field  just  beyond  the  orchard. 

Next  in  importance  came  the  famous  old  fam- 
ily cook,  who  had  filled  that  office  for  forty  years 
and  had  trained  scores  of  young  cooks  to  be  hired 
out  to  neighboring  families.  The  kitchen  was  a 
square  stone  structure  to  the  side  and  rear  of  the 
mansion  and  connected  with  it  by  a  covered  way. 
What  luscious  viands  were  prepared  in  that  great 
old-fashioned  fireplace,  with  its  blazing  logs  of 
wood  and  iron  pot  hanging  suspended  over  the 
flames. 

Then  came  Uncle  Sam,  the  trusted  coachman, 
who  was  often  freed  for  his  faithful  service.  The 
following  entry  in  a  will  of  1787 — lying  before 
me  as  I  write — was  common  in  slave  days:  "Item 
— It  is  my  will  and  desire  immediately  after  my 
decease  that  my  old  coachman,  by  the  name  of 
Frank,  be  set  at  liberty."     And  there  were  Uncle 


Joe  the  gardener,  and  sometimes  Uncle  Sanders 
the  butler,  and  Uncles  Jesse,  Peter  and  Adam, 
and  Aunts  Rachel,  Letty  and  Arena,  and  many  of 
a  younger  generation  and  a  host  of  children, 
amounting  in  all  often  to  several  hundred  souls. 

Happy  was  the  life  of  the  slaves  when  they  had 
kind  and  humane  masters  which  was  generally 
the  case.  They  lived  in  quarters — log  cabins 
arranged  in  a  single  row  or  in  a  double  row  fac- 
ing each  other  and  situated  at  some  distance 
in  the  rear  of  the  mansion,  usually  near  a 
spring.  They  were  allowed  here  to  cultivate 
a  garden,  to  raise  their  own  hogs  and  chickens, 
which  they  sold  for  their  own  profit.  Every 
year  the  master  gave  them  a  certain  amount 
of  money — varying  according  to  their  be- 
havior and  usefulness  during  the  preceding 
twelve  months.  From  these  sources  some  of 
the  more  intelligent  of  them  saved  consider- 
able amounts  and  often  purchased  their  free- 
dom or  that  of  wife  or  child. 

Harvest  and  Christmas  were  the  great  festi- 
vals of  the  year  with  them.  Then  there  was 
an  extra  allowance  of  food  (middling,  cabbage, 
cornmeal,  molasses,  etc.),  and  there  was  feast- 
ing and  dancing — jigs,  hoedowns,  shuffles,  etc. 
— and  merrymaking  in  the  quarters.  Uncle 
Jerry — the  fiddler — was  in  requisition  and  the 
single  and  double  and  ground  shuffle  and  reel 
were  danced  by  moonlight  or  the  light  of  log 
fires. 

The  slaves  were  wcll-clad.  The-  men  wore 
a  drab-colored  cloth,  the  women  a  strong 
woolen  material  called  linsey.  All  the  women 
knew  how  to  knit  and  you  could  scarcely  enter 
a  cabin  that  you  did  not  find  some  aged  female 
thus  employed.  The  spinning  wheel  was  also 
constantl)'-  in  use — I  ha^'e  seen  it  often  in  my 
younger  days. 

The  slaves  had  the  personal  care  of  their 
owners  who  looked  after  their  food  and  cloth- 
ing, who  nursed  them  tenderly  in  sickness, 
employing-  the  very  best  medical  attendance 
for   them    and    requiring   but    light   service   of 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


them  in  return.  Most  of  them  were  ignorant 
and  helpless ;  some  of  the  older  of  them  may 
have  been  born  in  Africa — I  have  seen  persons 
who  knew  these  emigrant  ancestors.  The  story 
of  one  of  these  particularly  impressed  me — 
Uncle  Adam,  a  dried-up  and  mummy-like  old 
man,  whose  g.ge  nobody  knew,  who  used  to  sit 
cross-legged  and  eat  Iiis  food  savage  fashion 
and  talk  constantl}'  of  one  of  my  ancestors  of 
two  hundred  years  ago,  whom  he  called  "Mass 
Yorkshire  Dick." 

I  am  no  apologist  for  slavery.  It  was  an  evil 
and  an  incubus  upon  Virginia,  which  retarded 
her  progress  immensely.  It  made  the  whites 
idle  and  thriftless  and  its  maintenance  con- 
sumed their  means.  But  from  the  standpoint 
of  the  slave  it  was  the  greatest  blessing,  be- 
cause it  brought  him  in  contact  with  civiliza- 
tion and  placed  him  under  the  guidance  and 
control  of  a  superior  race.  That  he  is  today 
a  citizen  of  a  free  country — one  of  the  foremost 
on  the  globe — he  owes  to  slavery.  He  could 
never  have  come  here  except  as  a  slave  and 
no  evils  of  slavery — exaggerate  them  as  you 
will — can  compare  with  the  evils  of  the  savage 
and  hopeless  life  to  which  he  was  destined  in 
the  jungles  of  Africa. 

The  Virginia  home  was  the  seat  of  much 
hospitality.  Visiting  was  frequent  and  visits 
were  not  brief  and  formal.  They  often  lasted 
weeks  and  months.  It  was  astonishing  what 
a  quantity  of  people  could  be  crowded  into 
those  houses.  They  lived  well  and  there  was 
an  abundance  of  everything  good.  A  decan- 
ter of  liquor  always  stood  upon  the  sideboard 
and  it  was  frequently  resorted  to  by  the  gentle- 
men, especially  when  neighbors  called  in,  and 
before  dinner  and  after  dinner,  when  the  ladies 
had  retired.  All  gentlemen  in  those  days 
were  expected  to  drink. 

Traveling  was  accomplished  under  difficul- 
ties. The  roads  were  hilly  and  rough,  and 
were  cut  up  by  deep  ruts  and  puddles  of 
water  of  uncertain  depth.  It  was  not  an  un- 
common thing  for  the  carriage  to  become 
"stalled"  or  fastened  in  the  mud  so  that  the 
horses  could  not  extricate  it.  Often  under 
these  circumstances  it  had  to  be  prized  out 
with  fence  rails.  It  was  customary  to  get 
out  and  walk  up  the  hills,  so  as  to  relieve  the 
horses  as  much  as  possible.     A  journey  of  a 


few  miles  thus  became  a  serious  matter,  often 
requiring  quite  elaborate  preparations  and 
hours  for  its  accomplishment.  Fortunately  it 
was  not  necessary  to  repeat  them  very  often 
as  visits  were  so  protracted — time  not  being 
an  important  element  in  the  life  of  the  Vir- 
ginian then.  The  carriages,  or  "coaches"  as  they 
were  called,  were  heavy,  lumbering  affairs, 
with  high  front  seats  and  large  wheels,  enough 
for  the  horses  to  pull  even  without  their  occu- 
pants. They  were  often  antiquated — repre- 
senting a  splendor  that  had  existed  in  a  pre- 
vious generation,  and  thus  often  broke  down. 
The  memory  of  one  of  these  Virginia  homes  is 
particularly  dear  to  me  because  it  was  the  seat 
of  some  of  the  happiest  days  of  my  childhood 
and  of  my  life.  It  was  a  two-story  stone  struc- 
ture— T-shaped,  with  main  and  back  buildings. 
A  long  porch  supported  by  columns  reaching 
to  the  roof,  extended  along  the  front.  The 
rooms  on  the  first  floor  opened  into  a  spacious 
hall.  The  walls  were  thick,  and  the  deep  re- 
cesses of  the  windows  were  converted  into 
seats  after  the  manner  of  houses  built  75-100 
years  ago.  All  the  rooms  had  open  fire-places 
with  wood  fires.  There  were  no  mattings,  but 
in  summer  the  floors  were  bare  and  were  rub- 
bed with  coarse  brooms  until  they  shone  like 
mirrors  and  were  almost  as  slippery  as  ice. 
A  large  lawn  filled  with  grand  old  English 
oaks  stretched  ofif  in  three  directions.  To  the 
rear  of  the  mansion  were  a  school  house, 
kitchen,  ice-house,  meat-house,  etc.  The  gar- 
den adjoined  the  lawn  on  the  left  and  the 
orchard  in  the  opposite  direction.  There  were 
no  planted  trees,  no  shrubbery,  no  vines,  no 
flowers  in  the  lawn,  which  gave  a  certain  state- 
liness  and   simplicity  to  the  place  far  prefer- 


BOTH  PHONES  : 


John  TurnbuII,  Jr,^  &  Co* 


Importers      and      Dealers      in 

FINE  CARPETS, 
FURNITURE  AND 
UPHOLSTERY  FABRICS 


Howard    and     Franklin 
BALTIMORE,  MD.= 


Streets 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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able — to  my  taste — to  the  finest  artificial  or- 
naments. A  brook  coursed  thro'  the  field  next 
the  garden,  and  a  large  spring  gushed  in  many 
streamlets  from  the  rock  at  the  bottom  of  the 
hill  in  the  rear  of  the  house,  forming  a  pool 
of  the  coldest  water.  The  farm  consisted  of 
several  hundred  acres  of  the  best  wheat  and 
woodland. 

There  was  nothing  peculiar  about  my 
childish  sports  at  "Wheatland,"  except  that 
they  were  more  solitary  than  is  usual  with 
boys  of  my  age.  For  old  master  and  mistress 
— in  the  days  of  which  I  write — had  long  been 
laid  under  the  sod  up  in  the  orchard,  the  young 
masters  and  mistresses  had  grown  up,  married 
and  gone  away  and  Mass  George,  by  virtue  of 
seniority,  had  come  into  possession  of  the  pa- 
ternal estate,  at  least  of  the  old  house  and  a 
large  part  of  its  best  acres.  Mass  George  had 
never  married  and  had  now  reached  an  age 
when  it  was  unlikely  he  would  ever  give  up 
his  bachelor  life  for  the  pleasures  or  cares  of 
matrimon)-.  My  uncle — for  that  was  my  rela- 
tionship to  the  master  of  "Wheatland,"  was 
absent  much  of  the  time  attending  to  the  af- 
fairs of  his  farm  and  I  idled  away  my  time — it 
was  chiefly  my  summer  holidays  I  spent  there 
— at  my  will.  I  loved  to  wander  thro'  the 
great  woods  listening  to  the  wind  gently  rust- 
ling the  leaves  in  the  tall  trees  or  sweeping 
thro'  the  branches  with  a  roar  akin  to  that  of 
ocean.  I  delighted,  recumbent  beneath 
some  ancient  oak,  to  gaze  upward  thro'  the 
foliage  .at  the  deep  blue  sky  overhead.  The 
smell  of  hay  and  clover,  the  sight  of  waving 
wheat,  the  glimpse  of  distant  mountain,  the 
sound  of  the  "babbling"  brook,  the  scent  of 
fresh  morning  air,  the  solitude  and  quiet  of 
nature,  all  offered  their  charms  to  me  and  I 
cared  not  for  human  companionship  when  I 
could  consort  with  such  comrades  as  these. 

My  uncle  was  a  typical  Virginia  gentleman. 
I  have  never  seen  anyone  who  so  impressed 
me  with  his  perfect  gentility.  He  had  blue 
eyes,  a  ruddy  comple.xion  and  "sandy"  hair 
and  heard,  and  was  of  medium  height  and 
figure,  with  erect  carriage  and  an  open  manlj' 
bearing.  He  was  a  kind  and  indulgent  master, 
fond  of  horses,  of  birds  and  squirrels.  His 
horse  would  come  at  his  call  and  follow  him 
about  the  farm.    The  birds  and  squirrels  would 


come  down  from  the  trees  to  sit  upon  his 
shoulder  and  take  from  his  hand  the  nuts  and 
corn  bread,  that  were  always  kept  for  them  in 
a  basket  in  the  hall.  He  did  not  allow  his  pets 
to  be  disturbed  and  \Vhen  I  wished  to  indulge 
in  the  sport  of  shooting,!  had  to  resort  to  re- 
mote parts  of  the  farm  and  say  as  little  about  it 
as  possible.  He  dressed  with  great  simplicity 
but  scrupulous  neatness,  making  much  use  of 
homespun  material.  I-Ie  was  fond  of  enter- 
taining his  friends  at  dinner.  Whiskey  and 
wine  were  always  dispensed  when  visitors 
came.  Once  he  gave  a  grand  entertainment  in 
honor  of  a  young  female  relative ;  all  the  belles 
and  beaux  of  the  neighborhood  were  invited 
and  the  old  halls  resounded  with  the  unaccus- 
tomed sounds  of  music  and  the  dance.  He 
made  no  profession  of  religion  but  never 
spoke  irreverently  of  it  and  I  am  sure  so  good 
a  man  must  have  had  a  religion.  The  methodi- 
cal habits  which  he  had  acquired  at  West 
Point  and  in  the  arni}^  were  carried  into  the 
management  of  his  farm  and  his  books  were 
kept  with  great  care.  Financ'ially,  his  afifai':s 
were  not  over-prosperous  and  it  required  econ- 
omy and  careful  administration  of  his  re- 
sources to  meet  his  obligations.  Some  said 
this  was  due  to  his  indulgence  to  his  slaves, 
who  were  rather  a  loss  than  a  profit  to  him. 
Fortunately  he  purchased  real  estate  in  Chi- 
cago which  enhanced  so  rapidly  in  value  that 
in  a  few  years  he  became  a  wealthy  man. 
{To   be   Continued). 

:  o: 

The  student  of  physical  science  needs  the 
human  interest  of  classical  study  to  save  his 
life  from  an  austere  and  merciless  quest  of  fact 
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OLD     MARYLAND. 


J     ADDRESS  AT  THE  FOUNDING  OF  THE 
PENNSYLVANIA  BRANCH  ALUMNI 
ASSOCIATION,  MAY  17. 


By   Oregon   Milton   Dennis,   LL.B.,   President 
of  the  General  Alumni  Association. 

There  are  two  things  that  a  man  should 
cling  to  and  be  more  proud  of  than  any  other 
things  in  life,  and  these  are  his  mother  and  his 
alma  mater :  the  former  who  gives  him  birth 
and  nurtures  and  clings  to  him  through  all 
the  vicissitudes  of  life  until  he  arrives  at  an 
age  where  he  can  love,  cherish  and  be  her 
comfort  and  stay ;  and  the  latter  which  gives 
him  a  new  birth  and  fits  him  for  life's  work. 
I  take  it  that  this  is  the  reason  for  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Alumni  Associations ;  and  is  cer- 
tainly a  reason  why  men  who  begin  this  life 
through  the  bestowal  of  the  parchment  which 
gives  them  degrees,  should  cling  together  for 
mutual  support  and  co-operation.  I  congratu- 
late you  on  your  rneeting  to  this  end  tonight ; 
that  we  may  get  in  closer  touch  as  the  de- 
scendants, professionally,  of  our  common 
mother,  the  University  of  Maryland.  The 
time  has  come,  however,  when  men  should  pay 
a  little  less  attention  to  their  ancestry  and  be 
more  loyal  to  their  descendants.  This  is  what 
the  University  of  Maryland  purposes  through 
its  Alumni  Associations.  While  we  honor  and 
will  ever  rejoice  in  having  a  University  of 
Maryland  as  our  common  parent,  at  the  same 
time  in  addition  to  the  companionship  which 
necessarily  follows  through  the  formation  of 
the  Alumni  Associations,  it  behooves  us  now 
to  aid  our  foster  parent  in  making  it  a  school 
of  greater  opportunit}'  and  more  widespread 
in  its  influence.  Where  there  are  two  or  more 
alumni  of  the  University  of  Maryland  they 
should  get  together — wherever  they  may  be. 
All  over  this  broad  land  of  ours  there  are  men 
who  have  come  from  the  University  in  the 
foremost  ranks  of  professional  life. 

As  graduates  of  that  University,  we  should 
feel  proud.  'Go  where  you  will,  you  will  find 
eminent  men  in  all  the  professions  and  fore- 
most in  the  arena  of  professional  life.  Those 
who  liave  gone  out  from  the  University  of 
Maryland  need  offer  no  apolog}'  for  the  great 
strides  they  are  making  to  any  school,  college 
or  university  in  this  broad  land.     They  usually 


go  out  with  the  true  spirit  of  "getting  there, 
and  the  environment,  together  with  the  hig 
standard  of  the  University,  must,  and  dot 
make  of  them,  men  who  have  made  and  wi 
make  their  mark  in  the  race  for  profession; 
prominence  and  get-there-ism ;  in  politics,  la-v 
medicine,  dentistry,  pharmacy  and  politic; 
economy ;  men  who  are  bound  to  achieve  sui 
cess. 

Be  my  pride  as  great  as  it  may  be  for  m 
,  .A.lma  Mater,  this  is  not  the  purpose  of  my  n 
marks  tonight.  I  am  proud  of  my  own  clas 
which,  by  the  waj',  was  one  of  the  smalle; 
graduated  from  the  law  department,  there  b' 
ing  only  twenty-two  graduates ;  but  that  cla: 
has  given  a  mayor,  a  State  senator,  one  of  tl 
greatest  lawyers  of  the  West,  a  police  magi 
trate,  a  member  of  the  City  Council,  sever 
State  officers  by  appointment,  and  has  ev« 
had  one  disbarred  for  unprofessional  conduc 
and  another  now  serving  a  term  in  the  pen 
tentiary  for  forgery.  Was  that  not  a  gre; 
class  ? 

But  let  me  quote  from  Governor  Warfield 
address  to  the  Dental  graduates  last  week.  E 
says :  "The  University  of  Maryland  is  the  equ 
of  any  institution  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  ar 
I  urge  the  young  men  who  are  about  to  enti 
upon  their  careers  to  be  true  to  their  aln 
mater." 

That  is  the  keynote  for  us.     It  is  why  w 
are   here   tonight.     I   want  you   not  to  forg- 
your  Alma  Mater,  but  to  band  together  and  \ 
true  to  it.     We  owe  it  to  the  University.     M' 
owe  it  to  ourselves.    We  ought  to  have  a  Un 
versit}'  club  in  ever}'    State    where    there    ai 
sufficient      graduates     from      the    Universit 
We  are  going  to  form  one  in  Baltimore.     \A 
should  have  a  home  in  various  cities  where  o) 
graduates  reside    that    might    always    have 
latch    string    out    for    the    visiting    alumni 
Every  University  and  college  have    them 
over  this  country.       On    one    street    in    Ne 
York    there  is  a    Harvard    and  a    Yale  and 
Princeton    club.     Why   should   they   not  ha 

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I  University  of  Maryland  club?  I  hope  that 
he  result  of  the  formation  of  this  Association 
lere  tonight  will  be  but  the  beginning,  and 
hat  Associations  will  be  formed  wherever 
Maryland  graduates  reside. 

The  Governor  in  his  address  also  says  this : 
;That  the  graduates  whose  homes  are  in  other 
states  should  not  forget  the  State  of  Mary- 
and  and  should  be  loyal  to  the  University  of 
Uaryiand." 

This  brings  me  to  the  point,  but  I  will  touch 

iglitly  upon  it,  as  the  old-war-horse,  defender 

nd  the  standby  of  this  whole  movement.  Dr. 

ordell,  will   go   more  fully  into  it.  -    I   mean 

is,  we   want    a    State    University,   and   this 

ssociation  and  others  to  be  formed    in    the 

arious   cities    can    aid    us.     We    have   got    to 

ave  it,  we  will  and  must  have  it.     The  spirit 

the  citizenship  of  Baltimore  which  brought 

at   city  out  of  chaos  and  disaster  from   the 

alamity  of  February,  1904,  is  the  same  spirit 

hich  will  demand  and  have  a  State  Univer- 

ty  of  which  we  should  be  proud.     Next  year 

'e  will  celebrate  the  looth  anniversary  of  the 

irth  of  the  University.     I  hope  and  trust  by 

lat  time,  that  not  only  will  the  large  endow- 

ent  ftmd  which  Dr.  Cordell  is  trying  so  hard 

raise  "will  be  an  accomplished  fact,  but  that 

e  committees  from    the  various    schools   in 

aryland  will    be    ready    to    announce  an  ar- 

ngement  for  the  State  University. 

[Mr.  Dennis  then  detailed  the  arrangements 

ade  for  the  celebration  of  the  Centennial,  as 

r   as   they  have    been    determined    upon — as 

ready  published  in  "Old  Maryland."] 

o ■ 

The  Eleventh  Stated  Meeting  of  the  General 
lumni  Association  was  held  in  the  Lecture 
oom  of  the  School  of  Law,  Lombard  and 
reene  Sts.,  on  the  evening  of  May  21st,  Ore- 
in  Milton  Dennis,  LL.B.,  President,  in  the 
lair.  The  Hall  was  decorated,  as  usual,  with 
University  colors,  and  a  light  collation 
as  served.  A.  S.  Niles,  LL.B. ,  read  a 
emoir  of  William  Pinkney,  the  great  Mary- 
mi  lawyer,  who  was  at  one  time  connected 
th  the  Faculty  of  Law  of  the  LTniversity, 
ul  was  also  Attorney-General  of  the  United 
ates  and  Minister  to  England.  A  vote  of 
anks  was  tendered  to  Mr.  Niles  and  his 
])er   will   be   published   later   in   Old   Mary- 


L.\ND.  J.  Harry  Tregoe,  LL.B.,  addressed  the 
Society  very  earnestly  in  behalf  of  the  Endow- 
ment Fund  of  the  University.  Nathan  Wins- 
low,  M.D.,  read  a  paper  advocating  the  found- 
ing of  a  LTniversity  of  Maryland  Club.  The 
proposal  was  received  with  enthusiasm  and  ,it 
was  considered  feasible  and  highly  desirable. 
The  following  committee  was  appointed  to 
consider  and  report  upon  it  at  the  next  meet- 
ing: Nathan  Winslow,  M.D.,  Chairman, 
].\.  V.  Murphy,  LL.B.,  C.  J.  Grieves,  D.D.S., 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Phar.D.,  and  O.  P.  Pen- 
ning, M.D.  Hon.  Henry  Stockbridge  and 
Hiram  Woods,  M.D.,  were  nominated  and 
elected  as  th-e  Society's  representatives 
on  the  Centennial  Commjittee  to  nomi- 
nate candidates  for  honorary  degrees. 
The  President  announced  the  successful 
foundation  of  a  branch  Alumni  Association 
in  Pennsylvania  on  May  17. 

A  Committee  of  three  from  each  department 
was  appointed  on   increase  of  membership. 

Dr.  Eugene  F.  Cordell  then  presented  in  the 
names  of  the  French  Ambassador,  M.  Jusser- 
and  and  of  M.  de  Nolhac,  Superintendent  of 
the  Museum  at  Versailles,  and  with  a  brief 
biographical  sketch,  a  handsome  photogravure 
of  the  Marcjuis  de  LaFayette,  who  received 
the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  in  the 
L'niversity  in  October,  1824.  The  following 
■  is  the  Ambassador's  letter  of  transmittal : 

Ambassade  de  France 

A  Washington,  May  9,  '06. 
Dear  Sir: — 

■^    I   had  not  forgotten  your  desire  to  possess 
for    the    General    Alumni    Association    of    the 
University  of  Maryland  a  portrait  of  LaFay- 
ette. 
/^     I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  now  fulfill  the  wish 
'(^i^^ou  kindly  expressed   in  this   respect.     Having 
i»applied    to    M.     de    Nolhac,     the    well-known 
Savant  and    the    Superintendent    of  the  Ver- 
sailles Museum,    he    has    sent    m|e    to  be  pre- 
sented to  your  Association  a  colored   engrav- 
ing  representing   LaFayette. 

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OLD    MARYLAND. 


The  engraving  is  a  reproduction  of  a  con- 
temporary portrait  painted  by  Le  Paon,  the 
property  of  M.  de  Nolhac,  himself.  You  will 
receive  at  the  same  time  as  this  letter  or 
shortly  after,  the  present  of  M.  de  Nolhac, 
which  I  am  mailing  to  you. 

Sincerely  yours, 

JUSSERAND. 

The  engraving  represents  Lafayette  as  a 
slender  and  youthful  officer,  dressed  in  French 
uniform  standing  by  the  side  of  his  horse 
which  is  held  by  a  negro  groom  in  a  fantastic 
brown  livery.  In  the  distance  are  seen  mount- 
ed and  helmetted  hussars. 

The  motion  to  confer  the  degree  was  made 
in  the  Board  of  Regents  by  Professor  Gran- 
ville Sharp  Pattison  and  the  ceremony  took 
place  in  Anatomical  Hall  on  October  9,  1824, 
at  ID  A.  M.  The  building  was  in  gala  attire, 
the  floor  and  lobbies  being  covered  with  rich 
brussels  carpet  and  the  seats  being  fitted  with 
cushions  of  crimson  morean. 

The  hour  was  arranged  with  a  committee, 
consisting  of  representatives  of  the  several 
departments,  which  waited  upon  the  Marquis 
at  the  Exchange  Hotel,  where  he  stopped 
while  in  Baltimore.  The  Hon.  C.  H.  Hanson, 
of  the  Faculty  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  the 
spokesman  of  the  committee,  addressed  the 
Marcjuis  in  the  following  words: 

"General: — Your  visit  to  America  affords  to 
all  nations  a  new  and  wonderful  spectacle. 
After  the  lapse  of  forty  years — a  mere  span  in 
the  annals  of  the  world — behold  an  entire  peo- 
ple— not  in  the  inception  of  a  theory,  but  in 
the  fullest  practical  enjoyment  of  the  blessings 
of  free  government — at  a  moment  too  whilst 
the  rest  of  the  world  unite  only  in  one  senti- 
ment— that  of  endeavoring  to  shape  their  insti- 
tutions, moral  and  political,  upon  the  model  of 
America — the  sons  of  these  LTnited  States, 
prosperous  and  unanimous,  contend  to  be  only 
most  distinguished  for  their  gratitude  to  a 
surviving  chieftain  of  their  glorious  Revolu- 
tion, to  the  bosom  friend  of  Washington,  the 
preeminent  man  of  any  age  or  any  country,  and 
to  the  renowned  coadjutor  of  the  august  foun- 
ders of  this  Republic.  The  eye  of  all  ages, 
classes  and  conditions,  from  the  gallant  youth 
to  the  aged  patriot,  look  towards  you  their 
affectionate  and  respectful  welcome. 


"But  it  is  with  peculiar  fitness,  that,  as  lib- 
erty is  the  parent  of  science  and  law,  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland  should  hail  you  as  an  illus- 
trious Sire,  should  solicit  a  visit  to  the  Insti- 
tution, and  whilst  it  presents  for  your  accept- 
ance its  highest  diploma,  confer  upon  itself  an 
honor,  by  attempting  to  honor  you,  and  I  am 
commanded,  sir,  in  conjunction  with  Professor 
Davidge,  to  recjuest  that  you  will  appoint  a 
time  most  convenient  to  yourself  for  your  re- 
ception. 

"The  General  replied  that  he  would  appoint 
a  time  agreeable  to  the  Professors  of  the  Insti- 
tution, for  his  visit,  and  would,  in  the  bosom  of 
the  University,  express  his  affectionate  and 
respectful   thanks." 

On  his  arrival  at  the  University  he  was 
received  by  the  Committee  at  the  gate  and 
escorted  to  the  Hall,  where  the  Provost,  Re- 
gents and  a  distinguished'company  of  ladies  and 
gentlemen  awaited  him.  As  he  entered  the 
w  hole  assembly  arose  and  he  was  escorted  to 
a  seat  on  the  east  of  the  central  area,  the  Pro- 
vost and  Regents  facing  him  on  the  opposite 
side.  He  bowed  gracefully  in  response  to  the 
warm  greeting.  He  was  accompanied  by  his 
son — George  Washington  LaFayette,  by  Col. 
John  Eager  Howard,  General  Smith,  and  Col. 
Bentalou,  all  distinguished  Revolutionary 
comrades.  After  a  short  pause,  during  which 
there  was  perfect  silence,  the  Provost  and 
audience  arose,  and  the  former  addressed  the 
Marquis,  as  follows : 

"While  our  fellow  citizens  of  every  descrip- 
tion and  in  every  quarter  are  hailing,  with  ele- 
vation and  delight,  your  return  to  this  country, 
we.  Sir,  beg  leave  to  manifest  our  participation 
in  the  same  sentiments  and  in  the  same  feel- 
ings.    When  you  first  embarked  in  the  cause 

.•     :     Students  of  Medicine  and  Dentistry      :     : 

Will  find  much  to  interest 
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OLD    MARYLAND. 


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of  America  the  sacrifices  you  made  were  of 
no  common  character ;  the  undertaking  was 
vast  in  itself  and  surrounded  by  formidable 
difiiculties.  To  the  ardor  of  ingenuous  youth, 
the  dangers  of  the  sea  and  the  hardships  of 
war  presented  little  that  was  appealing.  But 
the  world  at  that  time  knew  no  instance  of  an 
extensive  country  continuing  long  free  under 
a  republican  government.  Even  sage  philoso- 
phers and  profound  statesmen  had  predicted 
that  this  was  impossible.  You,  Sir,  can  now 
tell  them  that  the  country,  whose  indepen- 
dence you  hazarded  everything  to  secure,  the 
fabric  whose  liberty  you  helped  to  con- 
struct, is  a  great  and  flourishing  republic. 
You  can  say  that  in  little  more  than  forty 
years  splendid  and  wealthy  cities  have  risen 
on  the  sea-coast,  that  the  commerce  of  this 
country  has  extended  all  over  the  world,  that 
vast  tracts  of  land  that  were  then  in  posses- 
sion of  the  wild  beasts  of  the  forest,  with  here 
and  there  a  small  Indian  village,  are  covered 
with  a  dense  population  of  civilized  men,  that 
numerous  institutions  have  been  founded  and 
are  still  founding  for  the  cultivation  of  the  arts 
and  sciences,  and  that  over  this  country  reli- 
gion sheds  her  genial  influence;  and  to  this 
you  may  add  that  the  government  possesses 
the  principles  of  duration  and  the  people  the 
privileges  of  liberty. 

"When  you  passed  through  this  place  about 
forty  years  ago,  the  few  who  have  not  de- 
scended to  the  grave  will  recollect  that  your 
soldiers,  brave  as  they  were,  were  not  in  a 
condition  to  inspire  confidence  or  hope.  Their 
privations  excited  the  charity  of  the  female 
heart.  And  yet  with  those  troops  you  kept  in 
check  an  experienced  general  with  a  veteran 
army,  and  at  last,  while  you  stood  at  the  right 
hand  of  the  great  Washington,  that  general 
yielded  up  his  sword  and  acknowledged  him- 
self concjuered.  Not  long  after  freedom  de- 
scended upon  this  land  and  she  has  continued 
to  preside  over  it  ever  since. 

"While  your  visit  to  this  country  was  thus 
auspicious  and  eventful,  we  cannot  but  view 
your  second  as  full  of  interest  and  usefulness. 
It  will  revive  sentiments  which  the  hand  of 
time  may  have  obscured,  it  will  fi.x  the  princi- 
ples of  those  heroes  and  statesmen,  with  whom 
you  acted,  in  the  minds  of  their  children  and 


children's  children ;  and  when  the  news  shall 
pass  through  every  part  of  the  land,  that  you 
visited  the  tomb  of  the  father  of  this  country, 
the  memory  of  the  exploits  which,  in  connec- 
tion with  him  you  achieved,  will  be  brightened 
beyond  the  power  of  historic  narration  and  a 
new  epoch  of  liberty  will  commence. 

"The  University  of  Maryland,  we  view.  Sir, 
as  a  scion  sprung  from  that  stock,  which  your 
hand  assisted  in  planting.  And  in  the  fullness 
of  our  gratitude,  we  beg  you  to  accept  the 
highest  expression  of  regard  she  has  it  in  her 
power  to  bestow.  At  a  late  meeting  of  the 
Regents,  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws  was  conferred  upon  you,  in  testimony  of 
which  I  have  the  honor  to  hand  you  this  di- 
ploma."' 

The  Provost  then  presented  to  the  General 
the  diploma  which  was  written  on  parchment 
in  the  most  elegant  style  of  penmanship  by 
Mr.  F.  G.  Foster  and  was  accompanied  with  a 
handsome  silver  box  to  enclose  it.  On  receiv- 
ing it  the  General  expressed  to  the  Provost 
in  the  most  feeling  manner  his  grateful  sense 
of  this  honorable  proof  of  respect  and  attach- 
ment from  a  body  so  highly  dignified  and 
justly    respected. 

The  ceremony  being  completed,  the  General 
was  introduced  to  the  Professors  and  Regents, 
and  viewed  the  several  rooms  and  valuable 
chemical,  galvanic  and  other  apparatus  belong- 
ing to  the  Institution.  He  particularly  ex- 
amined the  immense  galvanic  apparatus  in- 
vented by  the  Professor  of  Chemistr}^  and  ex- 
pressed himself  much  pleased  with  the  chemi- 
cal apparatus  belonging  to  the  Institution.  He 
likewise  visited  the,  museum  and  seemed 
highly  gratified  with  the  number  and  beauty 
of  the  anatomical  preparations.  He  took  leave 
of  the  members  of  the  University  under  the 
portico  and  drove  off  amid  the  cheers  of  the 
assembled  citizens  to  visit  the  widow  of  the 
late  Dr.  McHenry. 

[This  account  is  taken  chiefly  from  iViles 
Register,  October  i6th  and  23rd,  1824.] 


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Chapter,  $io.oo;  John  B.  Adt,  $5.00;  W.  E. 
Houseman.  $25.00;  John  K.  Shaw,  Jr.,  $10.00; 
O.  B.  Coblentz,  $1.00:  Geo.  W.  Frank,  $5.00; 
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ments from  a  number  of  annual  subscribers. 
o 

Learning  of  an  impression  prevailing  among 
the  students  of  the  School  of  Law,  that  the 
P'aculty  of  that  School  were  opposed .  to  the 
University  Endowment  Fund,  the  Editor 
wrote  to  Judge  Harlan,  Secretary  of  the  School 
of  Law,  upon  the  subject.  The  following  re- 
ply was  received  : 

Clarl?    &    Company 

THE   LINEN  STORE= 


5   W.  Lexington  Street, 


Baltin 


"Office  of  the  Law   School  of  the  University 

of  Maryland. 

Baltimore,    Md.,    May    13,    1906. 
"My  dear  Doctor: — 

I  have  your  favor  of  May  13th  and  will  en- 
deavor on  Monday,  when  I  meet  the  Senior 
Class  at  four  o'clock,  to  set  the  matter  of  the 
attitude  of  the  Law  Faculty  towards  the  En- 
dowment Fund  straight.  I  cannot  understand 
how  any  such  notion  as  chat  reported  by  Mr. 
A.  Taylor  Smith  could  have  originated. 
Very  truly  yours, 

HENRY  D.   HARLAN, 

Dictated.                            '  per  P." 
o 

The  Secretary  of  the  General  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation has  had  some  correspondence  with 
alumni  in  Charlotte  interested  in  the  forming 
of  a  North  Carolina  Alumni  Association  there. 
In  view  of  the  difficulty  of  getting  the  dental 
and  pharmacy  graduates  together  at  the  meet- 
ing of  the  State  Medical  Association,  it  was 
thought  by  Dr.  Crowell,  Mr.  Walter  Scott  and 
others,  who  consulted  upon  the  matter,  to  be 
best  to  allow  the  alumni  to  form  separate  or- 
ganizations and  later  to  join  in  an  organization 
should  it  be  deemed  expedient.  But  Professor 
Hynson  and  Dr.  Cordell  both  wrote  to  those 
interested  not  to  think  of  taking  such  action 
at  this  critical  period  of  our  career  when  the 
hearts  of  all  alumni  are  warming  towards  the 
old  University  and  the  Centennial  bringing  us 
so  close  together.  It  will  be  very  difficult 
when  once  separate  organizations  have  been 
founded  to  bring  them  together  and  get  them 
to  give  up  their  separate  associations.  Better 
start  even  with  a  small  sprinkling  of  dentists 
and  pharmacists  and  trust  to  the  future  to  add 
to  the  number.  We  should  never  forget  that 
we  are  University  men  and  endeavor  to  culti- 
vate in  every  way  a  true  University  spirit. 
o 

.\t  the  presentation  of  two  bronze  tablets 
containing  the  names  of  500  alumni  of  the 
Universit}'  of  Virginia  who  were  killed  in  the 
Confederate  service  during  the  Civil  War, 
President  Alderman  used  the.  following  beauti- 
ful language : 

NUNN     A.    CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS) 

227  NORTH  HOWARD  STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OF  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Medical  Books— Students'  Supplies. 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


"No  more  precious  gift  has  ever  come  to 
the  University  of  Virginia.  The  tears  quickly 
mount  to  the  eye  at  the  thought  of  these  gal- 
lant young  spirits  passing  from  this  heaven  of 
youth  and  opportunity  to  the  ways  of  suffer- 
ing and  death,  but  these  tears  are  wiped  away 
by  the  revelation  of  God"s  goodness  in  thus 
leading  them  to  the  mountain  tops  of  honor 
and  glorious  service.  For  let  it  be  remem- 
bered by  the  endless  procession  of  youth  who 
shall  gaze  with  awe  upon  these  names,  that 
in  life  they  knew  and  were  ruled  by  the  highest 
emotions,  and  in  death  they  teach  the  highest 
lesson,  the  very  root  matter  of' all  our  wisdom 
— the  lesson  of  duty  and  service.  And  their 
pupils  are,  those  who,  like  unto  themselves 
are  "the  roses  and  the  fair  expectancy  of  the 
State.'" 

o 

The  idea  has  long  prevailed  in  the  schools 
that  Greek  is  a  dead  language.  This  is  an 
error,  for  the  present  Greek  of  the  educated 
classes  does  not  differ  materially  from  the 
ancient  classical  Greek.  To  Achilles  Rose  we 
owe  our  appreciation  of  the  fact  that  the  im- 
mortal language  of  Homer,  of  Sophocles  and 
Plato  is  still  spoken  in  the  land  of  Hellas  in  all 
its  purity  and  beauty  and  guarded  with  watch- 
ful jealousy  from  contamination  by  foreign 
elements. 


The  issuance  of  the  Maryland  Historical 
Magazine,  by  the  A'laryland  Historical  Society, 
marks  an  era  in  the  department  of  our  local 
annals.  The  Society  is  to  be  congratulated 
upon  taking  this  step  and  placing  our  State 
upon  the  same  footing  as  our  neighbors  in 
regard  to  historical  research.  Hitherto  what- 
ever has  been  done  among  us  in  this  line  has 
had  to  go  out  of  the  State,  or  else  to  be  pub- 
lished in  our  own  ephemeral  periodicals.  The 
establishment  of  a  journal  devoted  to  the 
special  purpose  of  publishing  contributions  to 
historical  subjects — especially  as  it  bears  the 
sanction  of  the  powerful  Maryland  Historical 
Society — will  greatly  promote  the  interest  and 
activity  in  this  line  of  research.  It  is  much  to 
be  preferred   to  individual  initiation   and   con- 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 
Modem  Pharmacy  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Light  Sit. 

ManufactLirine:  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Ouality  the  Best  Prices  the  Lowest 


trol. 

It  has  long  surprised  us  that  Maryland 
should  have  been  without  its  own  historical 
publication,  so  rich  and  comparatively  unculti- 
\-ated  a  field  of  research  has  it  offered.  The 
archives  of  the  Mar3land  Historical  Society 
are  stored  with  an  abundance  of  valuable  ma- 
terial awaiting  puljlication. 

The  number  under  review  contains  matter 
of  great  interest,  especially  the  articles  on  "The 
Defences  of  Baltimore,"  by  Gen.  Craighill,  and 
on  "Baltimore  County"  and  "Ton'ii."  by  the 
late  Judge  Ritchie  of  the  Law  Faculty  of  this 
L'niversity,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Leakin.  Those  en- 
titled "The  Tuesday  Club  of  Annapolis"  and 
"A  Pirate  in  the  Chesapeake  Bay,"  also  add 
greatly  to  the  interest  of  the  number.  Chris- 
topher Johnston,  M.D.,  (1880),  contributes  an 
article  on  "The  Brooke  Family."  The  journal 
is  handsomiely  printed.  It  is  to  appear 
quarterly  and  tlie  first  number  of  97  pages 
bears  date  March,  1906.  It  is  under  the  edi- 
torial management  of  Professor  William  Hand 
Browne,  M.D.,  an  alumnus  of  this  University 
of  the  year  1850. 

o 

"^Deaths:  Basil  B.  Craziford,  M.D.  (1851), 
at  Laytonsville,  Md.,  May  4,  aged  y^,. — Julius 
A.  Johnson.  ^I.D.  (1871),  at  Easton,  Md.,  May 
9,  aged  56.  Lie  was  President  of  the  Talbot 
Co.  Medical  Association. — Hoivard  /?.  Weber, 
M.D.  (1886),  at  the  Illinois  Southern  Hospital 
for  the  insane,  Anna,  111.,  April  26. — John 
Monroe  J-^azvson.  M.D.  (1892),  at  Columbia,  S. 
C,  of  pneumonia.  May  i,  aged  35. — Louis  F. 
Nelson,  M.D.  (1849),  at  Moberly,  Mo.,  May  20, 
aged  79.  He  was  a  son  of  the  late  Judge 
Madison  Nelson  of  Frederick  City,  Md.,  where 
he  once  resided. 


Married:  Ejnar  Hansen.  M.D.  (1904),  to 
Miss  Sara  Francis  Jenner,  in  New  York  City, 
May  23.  They  have  sailed  for  Denmark,  Dr. 
Hansen's  native  country,  where  they  will 
spend  some  weeks.  Dr.  H.  was  an  interne  in 
L'niyersity  Hospital  1904-05. — Horace  M. 
Davis.  D.D.S.  (1905),  to  Miss  Lucy  S.  Dod- 
son,  daughter  of  R.  A.  Dodson,    Hon.    M.  D. 

Wlesel's  Obstetric  and  Rectal  Cones  Anaesthetic  Antiseptic. 


Lubricant 


OniOINATCD    AND    MANUFACTUKCO     ONLY    BT 


JOHN  I  mm. 


PHARMACEUTICAL   CHEMIST 
1101  Madison  Avenue,  Baltimore.  Md.,  U.  S.  A. 


90 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


(1859),  at  St.  Michael's,  Aid.,  Ma_y  16.  A 
wedding  trip  to  the  groom's  former  home  in 
Montgomery  Co.,  Md.,  followed.  Dr.  D. 
settled  for  practice  at  St.  Michael's  a  year  ago. 
Albert  S.  GUI,  LL.B.,  to  Miss  Blanche  Grape, 
April  28th,  at  Baltimore.  They  made  a  tour 
to  the  North. 


COMMENCEMENT      OF      SCHOOL      OF 
DENTISTRY. 


The  following  report  of  the  address  of  Gov- 
ernor Edwin  Warfield  to  the  Dental  gradu- 
ates, on  May  9,  is  taken  from  the  Baltimore 
Sun: 

Governor  Warfield  was  accorded  an  enthusi- 
astic reception  and  made  an  admirable  speech. 
After  paying  a  high  tribute  to  the  University 
of  Maryland  as  the  equal  of  any  institution  of 
its  kind  in  the  world  the  Governor  urged  upon 
the  young  men  about  to  enter  upon  their 
careers  to  be  true  to  the  traditions  of  their 
Alma  Mater.  He  spoke  of  the  importance  to 
mankind  of  the  profession  of  dentistry  and  of 
the  wonderful  progress  made  by  that  profes- 
sion in  the  last  half  century.  It  is  essential,  he 
said,  that  a  dentist  should,  above  everything 
else,  be  a  gentleman  in  the  truest  sense  of  the 
word.  Neatness,  dignity  and  cleanliness  were 
also  as  necessary  to  success  in  the  practice  of 
dentistry  as  are  skill  and  training.  The  Gov- 
ernor said  that  he  believed  and  hoped  that  the 
young  men  before  him  would  be  successful. 
They  should  not,  he  thought,  confine  their 
lives  entirely  to  their  offices,  but  should  take 
an  interest,  and  an  active  interest,  in  public 
affiairs.  They  should  have  their  convictions 
and  the  grit  to  stand  by  them  and  fight  for 
them  if  need  be. 

He  likewise  advised  young  dentists  to 
marry,  and  said  it  was  a  rare  thing  to  find  a 
bachelor  who  succeeded  in  any  profession. 
Every  man,  he  said,  is  aided  in  his  career  by 
a  good  woman. 

The  Governor  further  asked  the  graduates 
whose  homes  are  in  other  States  not  to  forget 
the  State  of  Maryland.  He  wanted  them  to  re- 
member this  State  and  to  come  back  to  it ; 
to  be  loyal  to  the  University  of  Maryland,  and 
make  the  most  of  the  knowledge  gained  by 
their  studies   in  that  institution.     He  compli- 


mented the  ladies  present  and  made  a  hit  by 
confessing  his  partiality  to  addressing  the 
graduates  of  female  schools. 

The  winners  of  prizes,  in  addition  to  those 
reported  in  May  issue,  were  : 

Professor  Harris'  Gold  Medal  (for  best  non- 
cohesive  gold  filling  .at  the  prize  contest)  — 
Henry  Strasser  ;  honorable  mention,  William 

C.  Van  Meter  and  Le  Roy  Sigler. 
Professor  Gorgas'  Gold  Medal  (for  best  co- 
hesive gold  filling) — I.  Levin  Sanders;  honor- 
able mention,  Leicester  D.  Samuel  and  Walter 

D.  Myers. 

Professor  Davis'  Gold  Medal  (for  best  com- 
bination gold  filling.) — Chester  B.  Gififord  ; 
honorable  mention,  Clifton  S.  Cofi'man  and 
Daniel  W.   Parrott. 

Gold  Medal  for  Best  Senior  Class  Crown- 
work — Henry  Strasser;  honorable  mention, 
Clifton  S.  Coftman. 

Gold  Medal  for  Best  Senior  Class  Bridge- 
work — Clifton  S.  Cofi^man ;  honorable  mention, 
Henr}'  Strasser. 

Gold  Medal  for  Best  Partial  Set  of  Teeth  on 
Metal — Walter  D.  Myers ;  honorable  mention, 
Louis   H.   Rothenberg. 

Junior  Class  Prizes :  Charles  R.  Deely  Gold 
Medal — Robert  L.  Speas ;  honorable  mention, 
[ulius  E.  Heronemus. 

Professor  Uhler  Gold  Medal  (for  best  com- 
bination set  of  teeth)^ — Wilbert  B.  Smith ;  hon- 
'irable  mention,  Julius  E.  Pleronemus. 

Freshman  Class  Prizes :  Luther  D.  Benton 
Gold  Medal  (for  best  vulcanite  set  of  teeth) — 
Charles  L.  Callaway;  honorable  mention, 
Harry  J.  Noonan  and  Miss  Lucinda  M. 
l^)ankard. 

Gold  Medal  for  Best  Crown  and  Bridge 
Work — Charles  L.  Callawa}^ ;  extra  honorary 
niention,  F.  Archer  Garland. 

The  Alumni  Association  held  its  business 
meeting  on  May  9th,  when  the  following  offi- 
cers were  elected :  C.  J.  Grieves,  D.D.S.,  Presi- 
dent;  R.  L.  Simpson,  D.D.S.,  George  L.  Wil- 
cox, D.D.S.,  Ferd.  Groshans,  D.D.S.,  Vice- 
Presidents;  L.  W^  Farinholt,  D.D.S.,  Secre- 
tary-Treastirer.  The  reports  showed  that 
there  were  181  names  on  the  roll  of  member- 

Qerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 
S.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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ship.  Receipts,  $394;  balance  on  hand  $27.40. 
Papers  were  read  by  Dr.  D.  E.  Duff,  on  "In- 
lays and  Bridges,"  and  by  Dr.  Ferd.  Groshans, 
on  "Bromide  of  Ethyl."  Dr.  George  H. 
Steuart  related  several  cases,  and  there  was  a 
general  discussion  of  these  subjects  by  Drs. 
Wilcox,  Simpson,  Spahn,  ]\Iatthews,  Heat- 
wole.  Grieves,  Davis  and  others. 

The  Prize  Contest  by  the  graduates  took 
place  on  the  morning  of  the  8th,  and  in  the 
afternoon  there  were  clinics  by  the  following: 
John  Abercrombie,  ]\I.D.,  "Alouth  Lesions;" 
Geo.  L.  Deichmann,  D.D.S.,  "Davis  Crown;" 
Geo.  H.  Steuart,  :M.D.,  D.D.S.,  "Effect  of 
Pregnancy  on  Dental  Structures ;"  R.  L.  Simp- 
sou,  D.D.S.,  "Abutments  in  Bridgework ;" 
Geo.  L.  ^\'ilcox,  D.D.S.,  "Orthodontia,  etc. ;" 
C.  A.  Spahn.  D.D.S.,  "A  Few  Points  in  Gold 
Work;"  Herbert  F.  Gorgas,  D.D.S.,  "Hood's 
Gold;"  Howard  Eastman,  D.D.S.,  "Skull  at 
Six  Months  Showing  Temporary  and  Per- 
manent Teeth ;"  Eldridge  Baskin.  D.D.S., 
"Porcelain  Inlay;"  C.  V.  Matthews,  "Kelene 
Administration;"  Ferd.  Groshans,  "Bromide 
of  Ethyl  Administration ;"  Julian  Gartell, 
D.D.S.,    "Pyorrhoea'.' 

The  banquet  was  held  at  the  Eutaw  House 
the  same  e\'ening.  Dr.  I.  H.  Davis  being  the 
Toastmaster. 

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ITEMS. 


S.  Groome  Fisher,  M.D.  (1890),  of  Port  De- 
posit, has  been  elected  President  of  the  Cecil 
Co.,  Md.,  Medical  Society. — Jos.  R.  Owens, 
M.D.  (1859),  has  been  elected  Mayor  of  Hy- 
attsville,Md.— Edward  R.Trippe.M.D.  (1862), 
of  Easton,  has  been  appointed  Health  Commis- 
sioner of  Talbot  County,  Md. — The  following 
have  been  elected  officers  of  the  Maryland 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy:  President:  Wm.  C. 
Powell,  Ph.G.,  Snow  Hill;  Secretary:  Ephraim 
Bacon,  Ph.G.,  Roland  Park;  Treasurer:  John 
.A..  Davis,  Ph.G.,  Baltimore. — The  following- 
passed  successful  examinations  in  Pharmacy 
before  the  Md.  State  Board  April  5 :  Plianna- 
cists:  E.  Grace  Lotz,  '06;  Wm.  Stichel,  '06;  S. 
A.  Pentz,  "06;  T.  F.  A.  Stevens,  06;  Geo.  P. 
Hetz,  '06;  B.  D.  Benfer,  '06;  S.  B.  Downes, 
'06;  A.  S.  Williams.  '06;  Assistant  Pharma- 
cists:   J.  C.  Eby,  "06;  N.  E.  Shakespeare,  '06; 


F.  C.  lialmert,  '06;  D.  C.  Pharr,  '06;  M.  R. 
Garland,  '06;  F.  ().  Barrett,  '05;  M.  X.  Bup- 
])ert,  '06. — J.  Whitridge  Williams,  ]\I.D. 
(1888),  has  Ijeen  appointed  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  of  City  Charities. — Dr. 
E.  Reid  Russell,  of  Charlotte,  N.  C,  leaves  for 
Vienna  June  1st,  and  will  be  gone  untd  the 
end  of  August. — The  following  candidates  of 
the  class  of  1906,  have  successfully  passed  the 
State  Board  of  Dental  Examiners  of  Mary- 
land: Henry  Strasser,  LeRoy  Sigler,  both  of 
Aid..  C.  B.  Gifford,  X.  Y.,  B.  C.  Burgess,  Conn., 
E.  IS.  Ilutchins,  Va. — Cambridge  University, 
England,  has  decided  in  favor  of  Greek,  as 
necessary  to  a  degree,  by  a  three-fourths  vote. 
— Dr.  Charles  P.  Noble  has  written  for  an  as- 
sistant at  Kensington  Hospital,  Philadelphia, 
from  among  our  graduates. — Dr.  Henry  M. 
\A'ilson  sailed  from  Xew  York  j\lay^2d  for  Wei- 
mar, Germany,  where  his  daughter,  who  is  the 
wife  of  Professor  J.  P.  Hatfield,  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  is  reported  to  be  critically  ill. 
— The  Board  of  Medical  Examiners  of  Mary- 
land will  hold  examinations  June  20-23,  ^t 
Lehmann's  Hall,  Baltimore.  Applications  will 
not  be  received  after  June  9. — Dr.  E.  Miller 
Reid  ( 1864)  has  resigned  the  chair  of  Diseases 
of  the  Xervous  System,  Throat  and  Chest,  in 
Baltimore  University,  which  he  has  held  for 
about  20  years. — B.  Merrill  Hopkinson,  M.D., 
D.D.S.,  has  removed  his  office  to  the  Profes- 
sional Building,  330  X".  Charles  St.,  Baltimore. 
— Professor  Ashby  and  Dr.  A.  M.  Shipley, 
Superintendent  of  the  University  Hospital,  at- 
tended the  meeting  of  the  North  Carolina 
Medical  Association  at  Charlotte,  May  28-29, 
and  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  X'.  C. 
Branch  Association. — The  X^ational  Standard 
Dispensatory  unquestionably  presents  the  best 
work  of  its  kind  that  has  been  published,  com- 
bining fully  the  accuracy  and  thoroughness  of 
the  best  German  works  with  American  com- 
pleteness. /.  H.  H.  BuUetin.—Dr.  Arthur  M. 
Sliipley  goes  abroad  in  August  and  will  spend 
several  months  in  study  in  Vienna. — .\.  S. 
Niles,  LL.B.,  of  the  law  firm  of  Xiles  &  W' olff, 
has  been  elected  by  the  Court  of  Appeals  a 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Law  Examiners 

Menu  Banquet  and  Dance  Cards.  Commencement  Invita- 
tions and  Prosrams.  Diplomas  Certificates,  En^rossins;,  U.  of 
M.  Stationery  for  Classes  and  Fraternities.  Letterheads 
fc-nvelopes.  Cards,  etc,  for  Physicians,  Lawyers  and  Dentists 

JAS.  H.  DOWNS,   STATIONER,   229  N.  Charles  St. 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


of  Maryland,  to  succeed  John  N.  Steele, 
LL.B.,  removed  to  New  York  City.  Mr. 
Niles  is  Dean  of  the  Baltimore  Law  School. — 
State  Game  Warden,  Oregon  Milton  Dennis, 
has  just  returned  from  a  cruise  "'of  education" 
in  Maryland  waters,  on  the  State  boat,  "May 
Brown."— Messrs.  W.  G.  Smith,  E.  M.  Wil- 
liams and  R.  L.  Carlton,  of  the  Senior  Medical 
class,  were  compelled  to  leave  Baltimore  be- 
fore the  commencement  in  order  to  take  the 
N.  C.  State  Board  Examination.  The  last  will 
be  married  June  6.  The  Senior  class  extend 
their  best  wishes  to  him  for  a  long,  happy 
and  prosperous  future. — Professor  John  C. 
Hemmeter  has  been  elected  an  Honorary 
Member  of  the  Royal  Imperial  Society  of  Aus- 
trian Physicians. — The  year-book  will  be  out 
commencement  week. — A  local  branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was 
formed  in  Baltimore  May  4  with  the  following 
officers  :  President :  John  F.  Hancock,  Phar.M. ; 
Vice-President:  Charles  H.  Ware,  Ph.G. ;  Sec- 
retary-Treasurer: E.  F.  Kelly,  Phar.  D. — 
Frantz  Naylor,  Ph.G.,  of  the  firm  of  Downes 
&  Na3dor,  Druggists,  has  sold  out  his  inter- 
est in  that  firm  and  will  remove  in  a  few  days 
to  Cambridge,  Md.,  where  he  will  continue  the 
business  of  retail  druggist.  Mr.  N.  is  Pres- 
ident of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  De- 
partment of  Pharmacy. — Dr.  O.  A.  Howard, 
'06,  has  been  appointed  Resident  Physician  to 
the  King's  Daughters'  Hospital,  at  Ports- 
mouth, Va.,  with  52  beds. — Dr.  Louis  Dohme 
has  bought  a  large  strip  of  land  on  the  water 
front  and  will  erect  a  large  building  on  it  for 
business   purposes. 


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SCHOOL     OF    PHARMACY. 


The  graduates  of  this  school  are : 
Frank  C.  Balmert,  Ohio,  Benjamin  D. 
Benfer,  Pa.,  W.  Trueheart  Bodiford,  Fla., 
Merker  N.  Buppert,  Md.,  Anna  F.  Clancy,  Pa., 
Wm.  Devan,  Md.,  S.  Bradford  Downes,  Md., 
Wm.  G.  Harper,  S.  C,  Malcolm  J.  Goudelock, 
S.  C,  George  P.  Hetz,  Md.,  E.  Grace  Lotz, 
Md.,  M.  Stuart  Morrison,  N.  C,  Wm.  V.  Par- 
ramore,  Ga.,  Jesse  J.  Peeler,  Tenn.,  Dabney  C. 
Pharr,  W.  Va.,  Stanley  A.  Pentz,  Md.,  Chas. 
Rossberg,  Jr.,   Md.,   Hayden  A.   Shepherd,   N. 


C,  Thos.  F.  A.  Stevens,  Md.,  Wm.  K.  Stichel, 
Md.,  E.  Reynolds  Thome,  Pa.,  Alfred  S.  Wil- 
liams, Md.,  Lytle  N.  Patrick,  S.  C. 

The  Honor  List  includes:  ist  General  Col- 
lege Prize,  Miss  E.  Grace  Lotz,  2nd  General 
College  Prize,  E.  Reynolds  Thome,  3rd  Gen- 
eral College  Prize,  Frank  C.  Balmert,  fVacti- 
cal  Pharmacy  Prize,  Alfred  S.  Williams,  Si- 
mon Practical  Chemistry  Prize,  Wm.  V.  Parra- 
more.  Alumni  Prize  in  Vegetable  Histology, 
Wm.  G.  Harper.  Honorable  Mention,  Names 
given  in  Order  of  Merit,  William  V.  Parra- 
more,  Alfred  S.  Williams,  Benjamin  D.  Ben- 
fer, S.  Bradford  Downes,  W.  Trueheart  Bodi- 
ford. 

Junior  Class  College  Prize,  for  General  Ex- 
cellence :     Joseph  W.  Jones. 

The  annual  meetng  of  the  Alumni  Associ- 
ation will  be  held  June  ist,  at  8.30  P.M.,  at  the 
Hotel  Stafford.  There  will  be  an  election  of 
officers  and  a  banquet.  There  will  be  no  set 
toasts,  but  there  will  be  responses  by  repre- 
sentatives of  the  other  departments  of  the  Uni- 
versity and  several  prominent  physicians  and 
pharmacists. 


SCHOOL    OF    LAW. 


Graduates:  Harry  Norman  liaetjer,  Solo- 
mon Scott  Beck,  Vernon  Simpson  Bradley, 
Clarence  Miles  Charest,  Charles  Melville 
Clark,  Frederick  Campbell  Colston,  William 
Pepper  Constable,  Robert  Treat  Crane,  Wal- 
ter Weddigen  Derr,  Joseph  Towsend  Eng- 
land, Thomas  White  Hall,  Henry  Mentzel 
Henrix,  Charles  Harold  Johnston,  Philip  Fran- 
cis Lee,  James  Preston  Wickham  McNeal, 
John  Thomas  Norris,  Jr.,  James  Morfit  Mul- 
len, Theodore  August  Pool,  Edmund  Blanch- 
ard  Quiggle,  Algernon  Taylor  Smith,  Wilton 
Snowden,  Jr.,  Edward  August  Strauf?,  Wil- 
liam Stuart  Symington,  Jr.,  George  Winship 
Taylor,  Thomas  Steele  Trail,  Wilson  Blaine 
W'elsh,  Luther  Martin  Reynolds  Willis, 
Charles  Mervyn  Young. 

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Honorable  Mention :  Edmund  B.  Quiggle, 
Walter  W.  Derr.  The  grade  prize  of  $ioo 
goes  to  two  men,  A.  Taylor  Smith,  President 
of  the  class  and  James  M.  Mullen,  who  each 
obtained  a  general  average  of  97.45.  The 
thesis  prize  will  be  announced  at  the  Com- 
miencement.  The  Graduating  Class  Banquet 
will  be  held  June  7th,  at  the  Hotel  Rennert  at 
8.30  P.  M. 


y  SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 


The  graduates  are  : —    - 

Gaius  Williams  Billups,  Va.,  William  Ben- 
jamin Borden,  N.  C.  Edward  Lingan  Bowlus, 
Md.,  Earle  Holt  Brannon,  W.  Va.,  Christopher 
Brenner,  O.,  Wm.  Landon  Brent,  Va.,  Alan 
Goodwin  Brooks,  Md.,  Lay  Gordon  Burroughs, 
Md.,  Charles  Overton  Burruss,  Va.,  William 
Dick  Campbell,  Md.,  Harry  Arthur  Cantwell, 
Md.,  Romulus  Lee  Carlton,  N.  C,  Victor  Cal- 
vert Carroll,  Md.,  William  Bradford  Casey, 
Conn.,  Irving  Drury  Chaney,  Md.,  T.  Morris 
Chaney,  Jr.,  Md.,  Bascomb  Lanier  Chipley, 
S.  C,  Arthur  Blake  Clarke,  Can.,  Earle 
Somerville  Coster,  Md.,  Robert  Williams 
Crawford,  Va.,  Ralph  Erastus  Dees,  N.  C, 
Rigdon  Osmond  Dees,  N.  C,  Joseph  Angelo 
Devlin,  N.  Y.,  Matthew  Clement  Freilinger, 
Md.,  J.  Sterling  Geatty,  Md.,  Julian  Paul  Har- 
rell,  Ga.,  William  Lee  Hart,  S.  C,  John 
Frederick  H^awkins,  Jr.,  Md.,  Robinette  Burns 
Hayes,  N.  C,  Newton  W.  Plershner,  Md., 
James  Chisolm  Hill,  S.  C,  James  Herbert 
Hope,  Md.,  Oliver  Arnold  Howard.  Can., 
Richard  Caldwell  Hume,  Va.,  Jose  Miguel  In- 
fante, Cuba,  Oliver  Victor  James.  Del.,  K3'le 
McCue  Jarrell,  W.  Va.,  Charles  Leitner  Jen- 
nings, S.  C,  Leo  Karlinsky,  Md.,  John  Wil- 
liam Keeler,  Jr.,  N.  Y.,  Louis  A.  Kelly,  Can., 
John  Knox,  Jr.,  N.  C,  Leonce  J.  Kosnuinsky, 
Ark.,  LaFayette  Lake,  N.  Y.,  Fay  Frederick 
Larrabee.  Me.,  Louis  Limauro,  Conn.,  Samuel 
Howard  Lynch,  Del.,  jose]3h  McElhattan,  W. 
Va...  Peter  McLean,  N.  C.  Lou  Murray  Mitch- 
ell, Pa.,  William  \\'ade  Olive,  N.  C,  Louis  M. 
Pastor,  N.  J..  Kivy  T.  Pcarlstine,  S.  C,  Calvin 
Cyrus  Peters,  W.  Va.,  Eugene  Florencio 
Raphel,  Md.,  Manney  Murdoch  Rice,  S.  C, 
Henrv    B.    Robbins,    N.    J.,     Charles    A\'esley 


Roberts,  Ga.,  Ernest  Harrison  Rowe,  Md., 
Joseph  Williami  Scannell,  Me.,  Edwin  Lau- 
rence Scott,  Fla.,  J.  G.  Fowble  Smith,  Md. 
John  William  Smith,  N.  C,  Paul  B.  H.  Smith, 
O.,  Dempsey  William  Snuffer,  W.  Va., 
Alejandro  Ruiz  Soler,  Porto  Rico,  Wal- 
ter Franklin  Sowers,  Md.,  Clarence  Win- 
field  Stansfield,  Pa.,  W.  Watfers  Stone- 
street,  Md.,  Eugene  Michael  Sullivan,  Mass., 
Mohamed  Tawfik,  Egypt,  Bernard  O.  Thomas, 
Md.,  Jorge  L.  del  Toro,  Porto  Rico,  Arnold 
Dwight  Tuttle,  S.  D.,  Caley  Geoffrey  Up- 
church,  N.  C,  Elijah  W.  White,  Md.,  John 
Watkins  Williams,  N.  C,  Fitz  Randolph 
Winslow,  Md.,  Allen  Plenry  AVright,  N.  Y., 
Ahmed  Hussein  Zaki,  Egypt,  Henry  Blank, 
N.  ]..  Thomas  Duncan,  Jr.,  N.  C,  Thomas  B. 
Johnson,  Ind. 

P'irst  Honor,  Unk'crsity  Medal,  R.  B.  Hayes, 
N.  C,  (97.64)  ;  Certificates  of  Honor:  W.  W. 
Olive,  X.  C,  O.  V.  James,  Del.,  '  C.  L. 
Jennings,  S  C,  J.  McElhattan,  W.  Va., 
Leo  Karlinsky,  Md.,  W.  D.  Campbell,  Md., 
C.  W.  Roberts,  Ga.,  N.  W.  Hershner,  Md., 
S.  H.  Lynch,  Del. 

The  Alumni  Association  held  its  annual 
meeting  and  banquet  at  the  Eutaw  House 
June  I.  The  oration  was  delivered  by  Pro- 
fessor Randolph  Winslow,  M.D.  (1873), 
his  subject  being:  "The  University  in  1871  and 
1906."  Among  those  who  responded  to  toasts 
were:  Jose  L.  Hirsh,  M.D.,  Arthur  L.  Shujiev, 
M.D.,    Charles    Caspari,    Phar.D. 


UNIVERSITIES. 


BY    EUGENE   F.    CORDELL,    M.D. 

[Read  before  the  Aliiumi  Association  School  of 
Medicine.] 
For  some  time  past  I  have  been  deeply  in- 
terested in  the  subject  of  Universities.  The 
name,  as  you  may  know,  was  in  use  by  the  Ro- 
mans in  classical  times,  in  fact,  by  Cicero  him- 
self. It  then  simply  meant  the  "whole"  of  any- 
thing: later  it  was  applied  to  a  society  of  an\' 
sort,  and  finally  in  the  middle  ages  was  limited 
to  a  society  of  scholars — the  words  "magistro- 

ouR  motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 
CARBONATED    WATER     in   siphons  and  tanks 
STREET'S     PHARMACY. 
CHARLES  STREET   AND    MOUNT    ROYAL  AVENUE. 


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rum  et  discipulorum,"  being  at  first  added  to  it. 
This  last  use  was  coincident  with  the  founda- 
tion of  tlie  first  universities  in  the  12th  century. 
Of  course,  from  the  remotest  periods  of  time 
there  were  institutions  for  instruction  in 
knowledg-e,  botli  general  and  technical.  There 
was,  for  instance,  the  Hippocratic  school,  on 
the  Island  of  Cos,  off  the  coast  of  Asia  Minor, 
and  an  ancient  and  gigantic  plane  tree  in  the 
public  scfuare  of  the  town  there  is  still  pointed 
out,  under  which  tradition  alleges  that  Hip- 
pocrates delivered  his  lectures.  Plato  taught 
his  pupils  in  the  groves  of  the  Akademia  in  the 
vicinity  of  Athens,  and  his  school  of  philosophy 
was  the  forerunner  of  many  similar  ones  down 
to  the  time  of  Cicero.  The  most  celebrated  of 
the  educational  institutions  of  antiquity,  how- 
ever, and  that  whicli  realized  most  closely  the 
modern  university,  was  that  at  Alexandria. 

In  the  division  of  the  vast  empire  acquiret! 
by  Alexander  the  Great,  Egypt  fell  to  the 
Ptolemys.  These  monarchs  were  persons  of 
very  great  literary  taste  as  well  as  ambition, 
and  they  gathered  together  in  their  great  com- 
mercial emporium  learned  men  and  literature 
from  all  parts  of  the  world,  but  especially 
Greece.  The  chief  centres  of  learning  were  the 
MusKum,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  city,  and 
the  Serapeum,  in  the  western  part,  the  first 
founded  by  Ptolemy  Philadelphus,  the  second 
by  Ptolem}'  Soter.  These  institutions  were 
magnificently  endowed  and  contained  an  im- 
mense library  of  700,000  rolls  of  papyrus,  be- 
sides anatomical,  zoological  and  botanical  prep- 
arations and  mechanical  apparatus,  all  freely 
open  to  teachers  and  students.  The  practical 
sciences  were  held  in  high  esteem,  as  physics, 
mathematics,  astronomj',  botany,  zoology, 
pharmacolog3^  medicine,  mechanics,  architec- 
ture, shipbuilding  and  trade.  As  physicians,  we 
are  particularly  interested  in  this  school,  be- 
cause it  was  the  first  in  which  human  anatomy 
was  taught,  the  prejudices  of  both  Greeks  and 
Egyptians  forbidding  it.  To  such  a  degree  was 
the  ardor  for  the  acquisition  of  knowledge  car- 
ried, that  even  human  vivisection  was  prac- 
ticed, condennied  criminals  being  turned  over 
to  the  physicians  that  they  might  trace  out  in 
them  the  seat  of  disease  and  the  soul. 

The  great  advantages  thus  procured  gave  Al- 
exandria an  acknowledged  superiority  oyer  all 


other  cities  for  instruction,  especially  in  the 
natural  sciences.  Students  came  from  the  Far 
East  and  from  all  parts  of  the  Roman  Empire 
to  study  at  its  famous  University,  which  thus 
assumed  an  international  character.  "It  is  a 
sufficient  recommendation,"  wrote  the  Roman 
historian  Ammianus  Marcellinus,"for  any  med- 
ical man  to  be  able  to  say  that  he  was  educated 
at  Alexandria."  Teachers  and  scholars  re- 
sided in  or  near  the  institution,  the  former  re- 
ceiving large  salaries  and  free  residence,  and 
the  latter  having  access  to  many  free  scholar- 
ships. Clinics  for  out-patients  were  held  at  the 
Musjeum.  There  were  many  distinguished  men 
connected  with  the  institution,  as  Herophilus 
and  Erasistratus,  anatomists;  Theocritus,  Bion, 
Moschus,  Callimachus,  Apollonius  Rhodius 
and  Aratus,  poets ;  Euclid,  geometrician ;  Aris- 
tophanes and  Aristarchus,  grammarians,  lexi- 
cographers and  critics  and  editors  of  the  clas- 
sics. 

A  little  later  Eumenes  II  founded  a  rival 
school  at  Pergamus,  in  Mysia,  which  contained 
an  academy  of  fine  arts  and  a  library  of  200,000 
rolls  of  parchment.  The  discovery  of  this  sub- 
stance at  this  time  contributed  greatly  to  the 
success  of  this  undertaking. 

During  the  period  of  Arabian  literary  su- 
premacy (about  A.  D.  600  to  1200),  schools 
modeled  after  the  Alexandrian,  were  founded 
by  the  Caliphs  and  attached  to  the  mosques. 
The  most  renowned  was  that  of  Bagdad,  which 
had  6,000  students  and  teachers.  It  is  said  that 
the  Caliph  Harun  al  Raschid  (a  name  familiar 
to  us  from  the  Arabian  Nights)  gave  to  the 
ten  or  more  universities  of  his  realm  the  munifi- 
cent grant  of  $58,000,000,  a  vast  sum  for  those 
times.  When  the  Arabs  occupied  Spain  they 
founded  there  also  several  universities,  which 
achieved  great  fame  and  attracted  students ' 
even  from  Christian  countries.  That  at  Cor- 
dova in  the  loth  century  possessed  a  library  of 
250,000  volumes.  However,  there  was  little 
productive  research  in  these  schools,  the  whole 
Arab  civilization  bearing  the  stamp  of  foreign, 
especially  Greek,  origin.  Medicine  was  nomi- 
nally taught  as  a  separate  branch,  but  was  al- 

jsQI  lypNIP*^  ^^  ^^^  University  of  Maryland 

And  Other  Points  of  Interest. 

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ways  secondary  to  theology,  philosophy, 
mathematics,  physics,  astronomy  and  astrol- 
ogy. Practical  anatomy  was  entirely  excluded 
and  midwifery  and  gynecology  were  forbidden 
to  men.  Operative  surgery  was  despised  and 
permitted  only  to  the  lithotomists  and  similar 
persons,  and  e\'en  they  were  rarely  allowed  to 
use  the  knife.  Such  a  necessar)^  operation  as 
extraction  of  the  teeth  was  avoided.  On  the 
other  hand,  chemistry,  pharmacy,  materia  med- 
ica  and  the  history  of  medicine  were  well  culti- 
vated. Their  text-books  in  medicine  were  Hip- 
pocrates, Galen,  "Oribasius,  Dioscorides,  Aetius 
and  Paulus  Aegineta,  all  Greek  authors.  The 
reading  and  explanation  of  these  with  dialectics 
constituted  the  chief  instruction  in  medicine. 
Clinical  instruction  was  also  imparted  and 
Rhazes  wrote :  '"Reading  does  not  make  the 
physician,  but  a  critical  judgment  and  the  ap- 
plication of  known  truths  to  special  cases." 

In  Europe  during  the  same  period  instruc- 
tion o£  every  kind  was  limited  to  the  monas- 
teries and  cathedrals.  It  was  of  a  very  ele- 
mentary order  and  was  limited  to  those  things 
which  were  regarded  as  necessary  to  the  edu- 
cation and  functions  of  the  priests  and  monks. 
These  were  the  days  of  the  subtleties  of  scholas- 
ticism, when  such  subjects  were  discussed  as 
to  whether  the  bowels  moved  in  Paradise  and 
how  many  angels  could  comfortably  dance 
upon  the  point  of  a  needle,  etc.  (Baas).  Out- 
side the  circles  of  the  clergy  men  were  buried 
in  a  dense  ignorance.  The  monks  were  the  phy- 
sicians, but  were  not  allowed  to  practice  sur- 
gery :  their  medicine  was  of  a  very  primitive 
character. 

The  forerunner  of  the  modern  university, 
"the  bridge  that  spanned  the  great  dark  gap  be 
tween  the  ancients  and  moderns,"  was  the  fa- 
mous School  of  Salernum,  in  the  province  of 
Naples,  Italy.  Here  sat  Arabian.  Christian 
and  Jew  side  by  side,  working  in  har- 
mony for  mutual  progress.  Its  site  was  that 
of  a  Roman  health  resort,  and  it  doubtless  met 
the  recpiirements  of  the  ancient  writer  \\lio 
demands  for  a  university  first  "a  good  and 
pleasant  site  where  there  is  a  wholesome  and 
temperate  constitution  of  air.  composed  with 
waters,  springs  or  wells,  woods  and  pleasant 
fields."*      A    Collegium    Hippocraticum    arose 


Quoted  in  Oilman's  "University  Problems."  1898. 


here  in  the  9th  century,  and  the  city  became 
thence  known  as  the  "Civitas  Hippocratica." 
This  school  attained  its  highest  reputation  in 
the  I2th  century  and  gradually  declined  from 
the  13th.  but  did  not  cease  to  exist  until  the 
i8th  century.  The  distinctive  feature  of  Saler- 
num was  that  it  was  never  under  the  control 
of  the  monks.  The  regular  course  lasted  seven 
years  and  could  not  be  completed  before  the 
2ist  year.  For  graduation  the  reciuirements 
were  a  satisfactory  examination  in  the  Hip- 
pocratic,  Galenic  and  Arabian  writings,  legiti- 
mate birth,  a  promise  to  teach  correctly  in 
accordance  with  the  received  doctrines,  to  ad- 
minister Jio  poison  and  to  treat  the  poor  gra- 
tuitously. The  title  of  Magister  or  Doctor,  in- 
troduced in  the  12th  century,  was  solemnly  be- 
stowed at  graduation,  with  a  ring,  a  kiss,  a 
wreath  of  laurel,  and  a  benediction,  and 
thenceforth  the  recipient  could  teach  and  prac- 
tice wherever  he  wished. 

In  its  early  and  formative  stage,  as  exenijpli- 
fied  b}'  the  School  of  Salernum,  the  University 
was  simply' a  scholastic  guild,  a  voluntary  com- 
bination or  society  of  teachers  and  scholars 
and  .  analogous  to  the  trades  guilds  which 
sprang  up  in  the  great  centres  of  Europe,  in  the 
13th  and  14th  centruies.  Many  of  the  students 
were  from  foreign  countries  and  in  the  organi- 
zation protection  of  these  from  the  e.xtorsion 
of  the  townspeople  and  other  annoyances  of 
mediaeval  times  incident  to  alien-  residence  was 
held  in  view.  As  has  been  seen,  Salernum  had 
but  the  one  Faculty — that  of  medicine. 

The  next  attempt  realized  more  fully  the  idea 
of  a  union  of  the  several  faculties.  It  seems  to 
be  a  remarkable  fact  that  the  institution  at 
Salernum  should  have  had  no  rival  or  imitator 
for  nearly  300  vears.  The  human  mind  seem- 
ed to  be  in  a  state  of  lethargy  and  satisfied  with 
its  ignorance.  It  was  not  until  about  11 19  that 
in  obedience  to  a  pressing  need  for  such  in- 
struction which  the  old  monastic  and  cathedral, 
schools  could  not  supply,  lectures  on  civil  law- 
were  begun  at  Bologna.  Ver_\-  naturally  as  this 
project  infringed  upon  the  functions  of  the  re- 
ligious teachers  and  to  some  extent  also  involv- 

5)rovers   anO    /IBecbanicB'    IRational   3Banft    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
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UNIS^ERSITY   OF    MARYLAND.   BALTO.,  MD. 

BERNARD    CARTER,    LL.    D.,    Pkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  58.  100th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1906,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSET  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

25th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building. 
P''or  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 

845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 


37th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  1063  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN  PRENTISS  POE,  LL.D.,  Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,  LL.D.,  Secretary. 


Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  63d 
Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  10  Instructors. 
New  Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


ed  the  claims  of  the  Holy  See,  it  was  regarded 
by  them  with  distrust  and  alarm.  But  the  ne- 
cessity of  some  adequate  centre  in  which  not 
only  the  civil  but  the  canon  law  also  should 
be  taught  and  authoritatively  interpreted  was 
so  obvious  that  crowds  flocked  to  the  Italian 
city  and  all  opposition  vanished-  with  success. 
In  the  year  1200  the  number  of  students 
amounted  to  10,000,  the  majority  being  for- 
eigners. About  this  time  were  fornned  the  fac- 
ulties of  Medicine  and  Philosophy  or  the  Arts, 
thus  constituting  for  the  first  time  the  full}- 
equipped  university.  A  report  made  to  the 
Pope,  Urban  V,  in  the  year  1371,  shows  that 
the  Faculties  then  included  12  professors  of 
Civil  Law,  6  of  Canon  Law,  3  of  medicine,  3  of 
practical  medicine,  i  of  surgery,  2  of  logic,  i 
each  of  astrology,  rhetoric  and  notarial  prac- 
tice. The  professors  of  Theology,  who  as 
members  of  the  religious  orders,  received  no 
remuneration,  are  not  mentioned. 

The  University  of  Paris  owed  its  origin  in 
the  I2th  century  to  the  instruction  in  logic  and 
dialectics  given  there  by  Abelard  and  other  fa- 
mous teachers  of  the  Cathedral.  The  Bache- 
lor's and  Master's  Degrees  were  given ;  the  lat- 
ter with  formal  ceremonies,  the  magisterial  cap 
or  "beretta"  being  placed  upon  the  candidate's 
head  bvhis  late  instructor  in  imitation  of  the 
old  Roman  ceremony  of  manumission  and  an 
inaugural  address  being  delivered  by  him. 
About  1 160  the  University  came  formally  into 
existence. 

Broad   differences  both  of  organization  and 


conception  existed  between  the  two  institu- 
tions at  Bologna  and  Paris.  In  the  former  the 
design  was  purely  professional — to  prepare  the 
student  for  a  definite  and  practical  career  in 
life  :  in  the  latter  it  was  sought  to  provide  a 
general  mental  training  and  to  attract  the 
learner  to  studies  which  were  speculative  rath- 
er than  practical.  It  is  well  to  recognize  the 
immense  influence  and  reputation  which  Paris 
obtained  from  following  the  less  mercenary 
career.  Its  decisions  carried  the  weight  of  a 
court  of  final  appeal  and  the  Popes  found  it  to 
their  interest  to  keep  on  good  terms  with  it. 
It  became  the  model  for  most  of  the  universi- 
ties of  Central  Europe  and  England.  It  is  a 
fact,  however,  that  the  importance  of  these  es- 
tablishments was  not  recognized  at  first  and 
the  earliest  of  the  Italian  universities  came  into 
existence  without  charter  from  either  Pope  or 
Einperor.  During  the  13th  century  and  later 
these  institutions  multiplied  rapidly,  those  best 
known  in  Italy  being  Padua,  1222  (where  Har- 
vey was  later  trained)  ;  Naples,  1224;  Perugia, 
1266;  Rome,  1303;  Pisa,  1343;  Florence, 
1349,  and  Pavia,  1361.  Most  of  them  had  facul- 
ties of  jurisprudence,  arts  and  medicine,  and  a 
tew  a  fourth  faculty,  of  theology. 

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PROFESSIONAL  MEN  AND  PUBLIC  EN- 
TERPRISE. 


An  address  delivered  by  Francis  K.  Carey,  at 
the  Annual  Commencement  of  the  Schools  of  Law, 
Medicine  and  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of 
Maryland,  June  4th,  1906. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Faculty,  Members  of  the  Gradu- 
ating Classes  and  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

Men  who  have  taken  a  professional  training  in 
addition  to  a  college  education  usually  have  been 
at  least  twice  the  victims  of  commencement  ora- 
tory. If  paternal  duty  has  compelled  their  attend- 
ance at  occasions  of  this  character  to  celebrate 
the  entrance  of  their  sons  into  professional 
careers,  they  have  one  or  more  additional  reasons 
for  deploring  the  judgment  of  the  man  who  first 
conceived  the  idea  that  it  was  justifiable  to  in- 
crease the  confusion  and  anxiety  with  which  every 
thoughtful  young  man  begins  the  struggle  for  his 
livelihood  by  compelling  him  to  listen  for  a  period 
of  time,  often  unduly  extended;  to  those  ponder- 
ous and  disquieting  moral  platitudes  which  seem 
to  have  become  necessarily  associated  with  the 
conventional    commencement  address. 

When,  therefore,  I  fully  realized  that  in  an  un- 
guarded moment  I  had  yielded  to  the  allurements 
of  the  distinguished  dean  of  the  law  faculty,  and, 
with  a  high  sense  of  the  very  great  compliment 
paid  me,  had  agreed  to  do  my  best  to  say  some- 
tliing  which  would  reasonably  comport  with  the 
dignity  and  importance  of  this  occasion,  my  first 
feeling  was  one  of  remorse  for  my  criticisms  of 
other  well-meaning  persons  who  had  made  simi- 
lar attempts  on  similar  occasions,  followed  by 
the  determination  to  make  my  interruption  of  the 
important  exercises  as  brief  as  possible,  and  to 
select  a  subject  related  to  the  professional  ex- 
perience of  the  lawyer,  about  which  I  might  pos- 
sibly be  able  to  say  something  which  would  be 
of  practical  use  to  the  members  of  the  graduating 
classes,    and   which    I   might   hope   would   have 


some  faint  interest  for  their  suffering  friends 
and  the  members  of  their  respective  families, 
who,  I  assume,  constitute  the  principal  part  of 
this  audience. 

I.  In  announcing  as  my  subject  the  relations 
of  professional  men  to  the  progress  and  enter- 
prise of  a  great  commercial  community,  I  hasten 
to  make  it  clear  that  I  would  regret  it  very  much 
indeed  if  anything  I  say  in  regard  to  the  busi- 
ness side  of  professional  life  could  be  inter- 
preted in  any  way  against  the  priceless  traditions 
of  the  two  great  professions  of  law  and  medicine. 
The  finest  note  which  is  struck  upon  an  occasion 
of  this  character  is  the  appeal  which  the  older 
lawyer  or  physician  usually  makes  to  the  gradu- 
ate in  law  and  medical  schools  to  subordinate 
financial  reward  to  the  honorable  duties  and  dig- 
nities, which  even  the  mad  struggle  for  money 
and  fame,  in  the  beginning  of  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury, has  not  yet  been  able  to  separate  from  the 
ideals  of  the  two  professions — ideals  which  are 
fortunately  treasured  as  well  by  the  general  pub- 
lic as  by  the  members  of  the  professions  them- 
selves. 

Nor  will  it  be  assumed,  because  I  elect  to  dwell 
upon  the  business  side  of  professional  life, 
that  I  am  for  a  moment  making  light  of  those 
members  of  the  two  professions  whose  lot  in  life 
has  dictated  to  them  the  faithful,  but  wholly  in- 
conspicuous, performance  of  their  duties.  The 
country  doctor  who  makes  himself  a  benediction 
to  an  entire  comnumity,  with  a  fine  disregard  of 
the  payment  of  his  fees,  and  with  a  complete  ef- 
facement  of  his  personal  ambitions,  and  the  faith- 
ful family  lawyer  who  follows  the  fortunes  of 
his  clients,  literally,  from  the  cradle  to  the  grave, 
and  afterwards,  with  much  greater  interest  than 
he  does  his  own  private  affairs,  ought  alwavs  to 
find  the  first  place  in  the  affectionate  approval  of 
the  public,  and  ought  always  to  be  shining  stars 
in  the  crown  of  professional  endeavor ; — but  thev 
do  not  happen  to  be  my  subject  this  evening. 

II.  While  the  overloaded  telegraph  wires 
were  still  bringing  the  terrible  first  news  of  the 
San   Francisco  tragedy  to  a  shocked  and  svm- 


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pathetic  public,  some  spirited  person  telegraphed 
to  the  mayor  of  the  stricken  cit)'  the  reminder 
that  a  great  city  was  not  made  out  of  stone 
walls  and  steel  beams,  but  was  the  expression 
of  the  men  who  made  up  its  citizenship,  and  that 
the  men  of  San  Francisco  at  least  remained. 

Two  years  is  not  long  enough  to  efface  from 
the  memory  of  this  audience  the  experience  of 
the  first  few  days  and  nights  which  followed  our 
own  great  fire,  and  it  seems  to  me  that  we  will 
not  be  guilty  of  too  great  self-approval  if  we 
claim  that  the  conduct  of  the  people  of  Baltimore, 
in  the  face  of  what  then  seemed  an  almost  irretriev- 
able disaster,  can  be  filed  as  an  exhibit  in  support  of 
the  truth  of  this  San  Francisco  telegram.  But 
I  refer  to  the  matter,  in  introducing  my  subject, 
not  for  any  purpose  of  glorifying  our  people  for 
their  courage  and  spirit,  but  because  it  so  hap- 
pens that,  as  a  result  of  this  courage  and  spirit, 
business  conditions  have  arisen  which  make  the 
city  of  Baltimore  a  very  different  city  from  that 
into  which  graduatmg  lawyers  and  doctors  were 
ushered  when  some  of  the  rest  of  us  received 
our  professional  diplomas ;  and  I  am,  therefore, 
taking  the  liberty  of  reminding  the  members  of 
the  graduating  classes  who  begin  their  profes- 
sional careers  tonight  that  they  will  have  not 
only  the  greater  opportunities,  but  the  greater 
responsibilities  which  citizenship  of  a  great  in- 
dustrial commtimity  places  at  their  doors. 

It  may  be  taken  as  true  that  a  busy  and  pros- 
perous cit\-  has  no  use  for  an  inefficient  man, 
whether  he  be  merchant,  lawyer,  physician  or 
pharmacist.  A  village  community,  or  a  munici- 
pality inhabited  by  villagers,  goocl-naturedly 
overlooks  inefficiency,  partly  because  it  has  ample 
time  to  waste  in  doing  things  over  twice  which 
ought  to  be  done  well  the  first  time,  and  partly 
because  the  interests  involved  are  not  so  im- 
portant as  to  make  the  results  of  inefficiency  any 
great  tragedy ;  but  the  city  of  Baltimore  in  its 
present  mood  has,. I  believe,  no  time  to  trifle  with 
inefficient  men. 

Efficiency  is  a  noun  which  eludes  definition, 
if,  indeed,  it  is  really  capable  of  definition.  The 
Century  Dictionary  attempts  tllre  definition  as 
follows : 

"Acting  01-  able  to  act  with  due  effect.  Adequate  In 
performance.  Bringing  to  bear  tbe  requisite  laiowl- 
edge,  skill  and  industry.    CapaWe.    Competent." 

We  can  get  fairly  near  the  subject  by  a  pro- 
cess  of   exclusion.      Industry   will   not   of   itself 


make  an  efficient  man,  nor  will  ambition,  nor 
virtue,  nor  accuracy  alone.  Some  of  the  most' 
industrious  and  accurate  men  I  have  ever  met  have 
been  hopelessly  inefficient.  Courage  will  not 
make  efficiency,  although  no  man  without  it  ever 
was  efficient  Enthusiasm  will  not  make  efii- 
ciency,  although  it  is  a  mighty  factor  in  it.  The 
efficient  man  starts  right,  keeps  right — and  gets 
there!  The  inefficient  man  may  start  right  and 
may  apparently  keep  right,  but  for  some  reason — 
often  an  almost  unaccountable  one — lie  only  gets 
part  zi'ay.  The  definite  thing  to  be  accomplished 
is  never  accomplished.  Most  often  it  is  the  very 
little  thing  which  apparently  remains  undone,  but 
that  part  of  the  community  which  looks  to  the  in- 
efficient man  for  performance  faces  the  unac- 
complished fact  with  Browning's  lament — 

'"Ob,  the  little  more  and  how  much  it  is ; 
Oh,  tbe  little  less  and  what  worlds  away !" 

The  able  editor  of  the  Manufacturers'  Record, 
in  sounding  the  note  of  courage  and  progress  dur- 
ing the  first  few  months  which  followed  the  Bal- 
timore fire,  congratulated  our  commimity  upon 
the  fact  that  the  fire  had  not  only  burnt  up  a  lot 
of  worthless  and  antiquated  buildings  in  the  pro- 
cess of  burning  up  a  great  many  fine  ones  (fully 
insured),  but  that  it  had  in  some  way  burnt 
up  that  particular  class  of  people  who  are  a  stand- 
ing curse  to  any  community,  whose  habits  of  life 
and  thought  are  built  upon  the  practice,  when 
two  evils  are  presented  to  them,  of  choosing  them 
both!  He  might  have  extended  his  congratula- 
tions further,  because  it  can  no  longer  be  ques- 
tioned that  since  the  fire  the  half-way  man,  the 
quitter,  the  self-satisfied  villager  and  the  com- 
mercial "paper  sport"  no  longer  "cut  the  ice'' 
in  this  community  which  the}'  did  before  it.  The 
bugle  call  of  the  fire  was  not  "taps,"  but  the 
"reveille."  It  was  not  '  lights  out,"  but  "wake 
up."  The  roaring  flames,  the  falling  walls,  the 
clanging  bells  all  cried  "Awake  !  Awake !"  to  our 
people.  Arid  what  an  awakening  it  has  been ! 
The  song  of  Baltimore's  triumph  over  her  mis- 
fortunes, which  the  same  optimist  and  philosopher 
declared  were  not  blessings  in  disguise,  but  bless- 
ings without  disguise,  is  still  sung  on  our  streets : 

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"  'Tis  the  coward  who  quits  to  misfortune ; 
'Tls  the  liuave  who  changes  each  day  ; 
'Tis  the  fool  who  wins  half  the  battle, 
Then  throws  all  his  ciiances  away. 

"The  time  to  succeed  is  when  others, 
Discouraged,  show  traces  of  tire  ; 
The  battle  is  fought  in  the  homestretch. 
And  won — 'twixt  the  flag  and  the  wire." 

,  in.     I  know  of  no  better  way  of  ilhistrating 
the  relation  which  the  professional  man  has  today  . 
to  commercial  enterprise  in  a  city  like  Baltimore 
than  b)'  briefly  outlining  the  demands  which  are 
now  made  upon  the  corporation  lawyer. 

Before  the  fire — we  date  everything  in  that  way 
now,  as  the  South  used  to  date  everything  before 
the  war — it  had  almost  become  a  by-word  in  this 
community  that  corporate  manufacturing  enter- 
prises in  Baltimore  were  doomed  to  failure.  Every 
apprQach  to  capital  for  the  purpose  of  establishing 
a  new  manufacturing  plant  was  met  by  pointing 
the  finger  to  the  crumbling  walls  of  this  or  that 
manufacturing  establishment  which  had  been 
started  with  great  local  enthusiasm  and  had 
traveled  a  rapid  road  to  ruin ;  and  in  twenty-five 
years  of  practice  I  must  in  frankness  say  that  I 
have  myself  been  recjuired  to  attend  the  funeral 
services  of  more  than  one  local  manufacturing 
enterprise. 

But  let  me  try  to  describe  in  a  few  words  what 
has  heretofore  been  too  often  the  method  adopted 
for  planning  such  manufacturing  enterprises  in 
Baltimore,  for  the  purpose  of  arguing  that  every 
enterprise  which  has  met  its  death  in  this  com- 
munity has  had  the  seeds  of  death  implanted  in 
it  at  the  time  of  its  birth,  and  for  the  further  pur- 
pose of  arguing  that  every  great  local  enterprise 
which  has  been  begun  by  efficient  and  experienced 
people  under  the  guidance  of  efficient  corporation 
law3'ers  has  met,  as  it  will  always  meet  every- 
where, with  success. 

A  corporate  enterprise  which  has  its  first 
foundations  laid  only  in  civic  virtue  and  public 
enthusiasm,  or  in  the  ambitions  of  a  promoter 
looking  for  commissions,  or  of  an  engineer  out  of 
a  job  looking  for  employment,  or  a  well-to-do 
father  seeking  to  use  the  driving  force  of  capi- 
tal to  secure  an  office  for  an  inefficient  or  even  an 
eijficient  son  or  son-in-law,  makes  a  bad  start,  al- 
though I  do  not  mean  for  one  moment  to  speak 
too  ligthly  of  these  elements  of  enterprise.  If 
in  an  eagerness  to  get  a  manufacturing  plant 
imder  way,  the  start  is  made  before  all  of  the 


necessary  capital  is  obtained,  or  if  the  capital 
aimed  at  foolishly  fails  to  provide  operating  re- 
sources, and  if,  when  the  wheels  begin  to  turn, 
part  of  the  construction  cost  is  represented  by 
bank  discounts,  and  in  place  of  operating  capital 
the  directors  face  the  disheartening  frown  of 
a  floating  debt,  it  simply  means  that  the  seeds 
of  death  have  .begun  to  sprout.  If,  unwisely,  the 
men  who  likve  been  reasonably  successful  in 
their  own  affairs,  only  becatise  they  have  been 
trained  from  boyhood  in  them,  suddenly  conceive 
the  startling  notion  that  they  are  able,  after  mid- 
dle life,  to  conduct  some  other  kind  of  business, 
requiring  long  training  and  practical  instinct  to 
make  a  success  of  it,  it  can  be  no  matter  of  great 
surprise  if  they  become  the  victims  of  ciuite  honest 
but  half-trained  and  thoroughly  inefficient  people, 
and  under  their  advice  resort  to  dangerous  ex- 
periments which  inevitably  mean,  in  untrained 
hands,  a  heavy  loss,  often  so  severe  as  to  make  it 
impossible  to  return  to  conventional  methods. 

We  all  know  the  history  of  such  corporations. 
Heavy  experimental  losses  during  the  first  year 
or  two  of  operation,  which  have  been  blithely 
relied  upon  to  produce  such  profits  as  to  make  up 
for  the  want  of  operating  capital,  and  perhaps 
even  to  pay  the  balance  of  the  construction  money, 
result  in  a  funereal  meeting  of  the  stockholders, 
who  are  asked  to  throw  good  money  after  bad  in 
the  shape  of  subscriptions  to  a  bonded  debt  or 
to  a  preferred  stock.  It  is  quite  impossible  to 
exaggerate  the  feelings  of  the  stockholder  who 
has  this  proposition  put  up  to  him.  The  spirit 
of  failure,  leading  up  generally  to  a  resort  to 
foolish  economics  in  the  manufacturing  depart- 
ment, and  extravagant  interest  payments  for 
badly-needed  cash,  eats  the  heart  out  of  the  whole 
enterprise,  and  is  reflected  in  an  increase  in  the 
manufacturing  cost  which  makes  profit  impos- 
sible. A  few  years  of  stumbling  progress  end  in 
a  receivership,  which  sends  the  plant  to  the  auction 
block,  or  else  in  a  reorganization,  which  too  often 
extinguishes  the  ambitions  of  the  smaller  stock- 
holders. 

Now,  I  venture  the  statement  that  in  a  large 
proportion  of  those  cases  where  corporations  have 
been  badly  organized  and  imprudently  capitalized 
and  managed  to  their  early  grave,  the  lawyer  who 

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'~L^.'fias''p,re!side^!at-''their  birth  and  perhaps  officiated 
irt^theif  funeral  has  been  largely  to  blame.  At 
least  it  may  be  confidently  asserted  that  a  lawyer 
who  adds  a  business  training  to  his  knowledge 
of  the  law ;  who  can  read  intelligently  a  double- 
entry  balance  sheet,  and  can  pass  upon  the  legal 
questions  presented  to  him  by  his  clients  with  a 
proper  sense  of  their  commercial  as  well  as  their 
legal  proportions,  has  always  the  opportunity,  if 
he  has  the  wisdom,  to  provide  against  most  of 
the  deadly  follies  which  pave  the  way  to  tribula- 
tion for  so  many  business  ventures. 

In  larger  matters,  which  fall  particularly  to  the 
lot  of  the  corporation  lawyer — the  merger  of  great 
industrial  plants,  the  consolidation  or  lease  of 
great  public-service  corporations,  the  reorganiza- 
tion of  companies  whose  owners  have  misjudged 
their  earning  capacity — there  is  no  possible  place 
for  the  lawyer  who  cannot  read  an  auditor's 
report ;  follow,  and,  if  necessary,  guide  an  ex- 
pert accountant,  and  give  an  opinion  upon  the 
most  technical  question  of  constitutional  law,  re- 
lating, for  example,  to  the  rights  of  minority 
stockholders,  with  a  direct  reference  to  the  busi- 
ness hazard,  to  which  the  wise  and  safe  settle- 
ment of  such  legal  questions  is  inevitably  related. 

In  the  every-day  practice  of  the  modern  lawyer 
the  absence  of  business  knowledge  makes  him  a 
dangerous  member  of  society.  The  lawyer  who 
precipitately  files  a  bill  for  a  receiver  or  a  peti- 
tion in  bankruptcy  at  the  solicitation  of  a  client 
who  has  worked  himself  up  to  a  condition  of 
hysteria  over  imaginary  or  exaggerated  business 
troubles,  and  who  has  probably  passed  half  a 
dozen  sleepless  nights  before  he  has,  in  despair, 
determined  to  end  his  worries  by  a  needless  act 
of  business  suicide,  is  guilty  of  an  act  of  down- 
right brurtality ;  and  yet  such  precipitation  is 
more  often  than  not  born  of  sheer  ignorance  and 
of  inability  to  read  from  his  client's  books  the 
fact  that  his  business  is  far  from  being  insolvent, 
and  that  it  needs,  not  the  axe  of  the  executioner, 
but  only  a  cool  head  and  a  little  steadying  con- 
structive work  to  hold  off  pressing  claims  and 
enable  its  earning  power  to  pull  it  back  to  pros- 
perity." 

Two  cases  have  recently  come  under  my  notice 
— I  think  it  is  likely  that  every  lawyer  in  this  audi- 
ence can  recall  as  many — where  a  cool-headed 
lawyer  has  refused  to  yield  to  the  actual  pleadings 
of  the  heads  of  business  houses  to  throw  them 
into  liquidation,  a  proceeding  which  would  have 


meant  ten  cents  on  the  dollar  to  creditors  and  a 
substantial  fee  to  the  lawyer.  Both  of  the  busi- 
ness houses  in  ciuestion  are  today  in  a  prosperous 
condition  and  doing  a  profitable  business. 

This  is  the  day  for  the  lawyer  who  builds  up, 
and  not  for  the  lawyer  who  pulls  down,  and 
public  and  professional  opinion  alike  frown  upon 
the  race  of  diligence  in  fifing  bills  for  receivers 
when  a  temporar}'  embarrassment  sends  a  note 
to  protest  or  requires  delay  in  the  payment  of  an 
overdue  account.  I  do  not  m,ean  foolishly  to 
forget  that  circumstances  do  arise — sometimes 
due  to  dishonorable  conduct  on  the  part  of  part- 
ners or  corporation  officers,  sometimes  due  to 
reckless  mismanagement,  the  effect  of  which  is 
to  create  hopeless  business  conditions — when  the 
doors  of  the  bankrupt  court  ought  to  be  swung 
open  in  the  interest  of  justice  to  protect  creditors, 
or  when  the  only  hope  of  creditors  lies  in  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  receiver  and  the  issuance  of  a  writ 
of  injunction;  but  I  claim  that  t'ne  trained  busi- 
ness lawyer  is  more  and  more  making  these  con- 
ditions the  exception  rather  than  the  rule.  T 
know  it  to  be  a  fact  that  more  than  one  great  in- 
dustry in  this  city  is  within  its  grave  because 
of  the  ignorance  or  avarice  of  the  lawyer  who  too 
readily  filed  the  bill  for  its  receivership,  silenced 
its  machinery,  disbanded  its  labor  organization 
and  sent  its  splendid  plant  to  the  scrap  heap.  I 
appeal  to  the  members  of  this  graduating  class 
of  lawyers  to  make  it  their  ambition  to  earn  their 
livelihood  out  of  the  prosperity  rather  than  the 
misfortunes  of  the  business  community. 

With  what  pleasure  or  satisfaction  can  the  law- 
yer spend-  or  save  his  miserable  receiver's  com- 
missions if  they  represent  the  blood  money  of 
commercial  disaster  to  which  his  services  ha'\'e 
either  by  choice  or  ignorance  or  neglect  contribu- 
ted? Will  he  ever  pass  the  deserted  factory, 
which  once  hummed  with  busy  machinery,  .with- 
out a  feeling  of  shame,  and  will  not  the  chatter- 
ing ghosts  which  haunt  its  ruins  step^  always  on 
his  heels?  Will  he  think  without  remorse  of  the 
laborers  and  clerks  thrown  out  of  employment,  or 
of  the  dead  loss  of  wealth  to  the  community,  or 
of  the  specific  addition  to  the  resistances  of  life 
he  has  helped  to  make? 

And  what  is  the  other  side  ?    Suppose  his  train- 

ouR  motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 

CARBONATED    WATER    in   siphons  an  d  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

CHARLES  STREET  AND    MOUNT   ROYAL  AVENUE. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


101 


ing,  his  ability  and  his  courage  have  combined 
to  keep  up  the  pressure  report  of  the  steam  gauge, 
and  the  great  flywheel  of  the  Coriiss  engine  con- 
tinues to  revolve  because  he  has  advised  and  pro- 
cured the  doing  of  that  one  essential,  efficient 
thing  which  arrests  the  gathering  storm.  It  may 
be  the  funding  of  a  pressing  floating  debt ;  it  may 
be  the  readjustment  of  too  heavy  fixed  charges; 
it  may  be  the  change  of  the  general  manager ;  it 
may  be  the  increase  of  the  capacity  of  the  plant ; 
it  may  be,  it  most  often  is,  the  aid  of  a  little  fresh 
capital  to  meet  the  losses  of  inexperience  or  nor- 
mal demands  for  money  that  bad  organization 
had  failed  to  provide.  But  if,  whatever  the  neces- 
sities of  the  occasion,  the  lawyer  bravely  and 
wisely  rises  to  them,  and,  as  a  result,  ruin  is 
averted,  what  a  real  victory  he  has  .won !  Do  you 
think,  under  such  circumstances,  a  lawyer  who 
has  the  primary  sporting  instincts  of  the  Anglo- 
Sa.xon  thinks  more  of  his  fee  or  of  his  victory, 
although  if  you  want  the  practical  side  of  the  mat- 
ter dwelt  on,  the  lawyer  who  creates  or  saves 
wealth  well  earns,  and  is  thankfully  paid  double 
the  fee  of  the  wrecking  lawyer  who  destroys  it. 

IV.  I  am  fully  aware  of  the  fact  that  I  have 
seemed  to  talk  chiefly  to  our  graduating  attorneys, 
but  the  members  of  the  other  graduating  classes 
must  also  face  the  fact  that  they  are  entering 
upon  their  careers  in  a  wide-awake  industrial  com- 
munity which  is  at  least  making  nioney  enough  to 
pay  such  reasonable  or  unreasonable  fees  as  they 
may  find  opportunity  to  charge. 

The  twentieth-century  physician  has  a  new- 
form  of  disease  to  diagnose  in  the  so-called 
nervous  breakdown  of  the  modern  business  man 
under  the  tremendous  strain  of  his  strenuous 
and  complicated  life.  If  a  lawyer  may  offer  a 
physician  a  modest  suggestion  on  this  point.  I 
advise  that  the' physician  should  look  far  in  other 
directions  before  he  accepts  the  patient's  statement 
that  he  is  broken  down  from  overwork.  Hard 
work  alone  has  broken  down  but  few  men.  Hard 
work  combined  with  worry — on  the  wrong  side 
of  a  stock  market,  for  example,  which  he  neglects 
his  legitimate  business  to  trifle  with — will  knock 
out  the  strongest  man.  Give  your  patient  a  chance 
to  digest  his  food  and  see  that  he  gets  a  reasonable 
amount  of  sleep,  and  you'  can  depend  upon  it  that 
the  hardest  kind  of  work  will  not  break  him 
down;  and  it  may  be  also  worth  while  to  re- 
member that  hard  work  and  vintage  champagnes, 
or  hard  work  and  middle-life  dissipation,  built  on 


sudden  prosperity,  very  often  tell  a  true  story  to 
the  physician  of  the  collapse  of  so  many  of  our 
captains  of  industry. 

I  must  in  fairness  say  that  those  physicians  who 
best  fulfill  their  professional  duties  busy  them- 
selves but  little  about  industrial  enterprises,  but 
efficiency  in  the  conduct  of  his  own  business  af- 
fairs can  do  the  physician  no  harm.  Up  to  within 
the  last  few  years  the  doctor  and  the  lawyer  have 
shared  the  reputation  of  being  the  easiest  game 
for  the  promoter  of  wild  and  impossible  business 
schemes.  The  business  training  which  is  being 
forced  upon  the  lawyer  has  been  taking  him 
steadily  out  of  that  class,  and  unless  the  physician 
wishes  to  occupy  the  unenviable  position  alone 
he  may  well  spare  a  little  time  to  train -himself  in 
business  matters. 

The  lightning  strikes  in  strange  places  these 
busy  days,  and  the  laboratory  training  of  the  phy- 
sician or  the  pharmacist,  if  he  has  his  share  of 
imagination,  may  suddenly  call  him  to  duties 
which  he  but  little  expected  to  perform.  But  if 
that  fact  proves  that  business  training  never  comes 
amiss,  it  is  far  from  proving  that  the  patrons  of 
a  pharmacy  or  the  patients  of  a  doctor  will  pur- 
chase the  compounds  of  the  former  or  receive 
the  advice  of  the  latter  with  the  same  confidence  if 
the  pharmacist  or  doctor  distracts  his  attention 
from  his  duties  to  dream  coinmercial  dreams  or 
plan  street-railway  combinations. 

And  this  brings  me  to  the  utterance  of  a 
serious  word  of  warning.  If  it  be  true  that 
the  world  is  intolerant  of  inefficient  men,  it 
is  equally  true  that  it  has  but  little  use  for  half- 
trained  professional  mien  who  try  to  be 
"jacks  of  all  trades"  and  end  up  by  being 
masters  of  none ;  and,  turning  back  again  to  the 
profession  of  the  law  for  my  illustration,  I  beg  you 
to  believe  that  no  more  fatal  mistake  can  be  made 
by  the  young  lawyer  than  to  assume  that  a  thor- 
ough foundation  in  the  knowledge  of  legal  prin- 
ciples is  less  necessary  to  the  successful  lawyer 
than  it  was  before  the  days  of  stenographers  and 
typewriters  and  alphabetized  legal  encyclopedias. 
The  exact  reverse  is  true.  Any  one  of  our  appel- 
late judges  will  tell  you  that  in  these  days,  when 
the  appellate  courts  of  nearly  fifty  States  are  filling 
volumes   with   decisions   almost   faster  than   bar 

H)rovers   an&   ^ccbanlcs'   IRational   :ffianft    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  KENT 


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OLD     MARYLAND. 


libraries  can  find  shelf  room  for  them,  and  when 
the  pressure  of  appeals  almost  forbids  extended 
oral  arguments,  the  appellate  judges  look  anxi- 
ously for  the  argument  of  the  lawyer  who  is 
well  enough  versed  in  the  principles  of  law  to 
present  his  knowledge  in  the  caSe  under  argument 
without  the  hopeless  confusion  of  judicial  au- 
thority. I  recently  tried,  and  I  am  sorry  to  say 
lost,  an  important  case  in  a  court  of  another  State. 
One  of  the  lawyers  who  opposed  me  happened 
to  be  the  recognized  leader  of  the  State  bar  and 
perhaps  the  best-known  corporation  lawyer  in  the 
LTnited  States,  and  his  associate  was  the  attorney- 
general  of  the  same  State.  Both  of  them  made 
elaborate  oral  argunients,  and  neither  of  them 
quoted  a  single  case  or  read  from  a  single  law 
book. 

Moreover,  the  strenuous  life  of  the  modern  law- 
yer in  active  practice,  while  it  almost  forbids  any 
prolonged  study,  makes  a  fierce  and  insistent  de- 
mand upon  him  for  exact  knowledge  in  all  the 
branches  of  law,  and  most  often  the  demand  comes 
when  he  has  about  as  much  opportunity  to  read 
law  books  as  the  general  has  to  study  military  tac- 
tics while  his  cavalry  is  charging.  Every  line 
of  a  well-written  law  book  which  the  young  law- 
yer will  read  while  he  has  leisure  to  read  it,  every 
hour  he  can  find  to  add  to  his  understanding  of 
difficult  questions  of  constitutional,  commercial 
and  real-estate  law  will  make  priceless  possessions 
for  him  when  he  faces  the  trained  and  wide-awake 
lawyer  with  whom  he  may  hope  to  measure 
swords.  The  demand  for  sound  legal  training 
will  come  when  it  is  too  late  to  look  into  books, 
and  great  interests  which  his  client  has  intrusted 
to  himi  may  escape  destruction  because  of  his 
happy  remembrance  of  some  cardinal  legal  prin- 
ciple which  some  industrious  hour  had  written 
upon  the  tablets  of  his  mind.  I  know  it  to  be  a 
fact  that  the  half-trained  lawyer  is  more  apt  to 
meet  his  Waterloo  today  than  he  was  in  earlier 
days,  when  he  could  retire  to  the  privacy  of  his 
dusty  office  and  take  time  to  supply  the  de- 
ficiencies which  his  neglect  of  earlier  opportuni- 
ties had  occasioned. 

V.  But  whatever  a  man's  profession  may  be 
or  however  closely  he  may  feel  it  his  duty  to  con- 
fine himself  to  it,  he  has  never  the  right  to  forget 
that  he  owes  certain  duties  of  a  cooperative  char- 
acter to  the  community  in  which  he  lives,  and  he 
cannot  fail  in  the  performance  of  those  duties 
without  putting  in  peril  his  own  success. 


This  is  the  day  of  co-operation.  It  was  never 
so  true  as  now  that  men  succeed  or  fail  together 
rather  than  as  individuals,  and  generosity  in 
lending  your  own  opportunities  and  tact  and 
ability  in  borrowing  the  opportunities  of  other 
people,  are  distinctly  among  the  elements  of  per- 
sonal progress.  A  community  can  move 
mountains  if  its  members  act  together,  while  if 
they  pull  apart  their  very  numbers  constitute 
a  source  of  weakness.  The  extraordinary  emer- 
gencies of  our  great  fire  taught  our  people  a  les- 
son in  co-operation  which  they  will  be  slow  to  for- 
get. We  have  learned  to  our  infinite  satisfaction 
that  no  community  can  be  a  great  one  unless  each 
member  of  it  rejoices  almost  as  much  in  the 
prosperity  of  his  neighbors  as  in  his  own. 

It  is  into  such  a  community,  in  which  it  is  an 
actual  pleasure  to  live  and  work,  that  the  members 
of  these  graduating  classes  step  tonight.  It  will 
do  no  harm  if  that  step  is  taken  with  a  little  excess 
of  enthusiasm  and  a  somewhat  sentimental  view 
of  life's  possibilities  and  relations.  No  man  with 
even  a  small  share  of  business  knowledge  or  ex- 
perience will  say  that  there  is  no  sentiment  in  busi- 
ness, because  a  man  without  sentiment  is  a  man 
without  imagination,  and  a  man  without  imagi- 
nation is  doomed  to  small  things,  mentally,  mor- 
ally and  commercially.  Let  no  man  fool  you  into 
believing  that  the  road  to  success  lies  in  the  direc- 
tion of  doing  what  is  called  "sticking  to  your  own 
business"  to  the  exclusion  of  all  other  interests. 
Be  generous  with  your  time,  your  sympathy  and 
your  interest  in  any  matters,  public  or  private, 
where  your  time,  sympathy  and  interest  will  tell. 
That  does  not  mean  that  you  must  scatter  what 
brains  you  possess  over  too  much  territory.  The 
greenhorn  who  tries  to  kill  a  quail  by  shooting 
into  the  whole  covey  can  teach  you  better  than 
that,  but  open  your  mind  and  your  heart  wide 
to  vour  fellow-men,  and  I  prophesy  that  you  will 
get  back  more  than  you  give  out. 

If  you  have  not  yet  caught  and  understood  the 
spirit  which  is  making  Baltimore  a  great  com- 
mercial city  and  turning  a  village  community  into 
a  metropolitan  one,  you  had  better  leave  it.  There 
are  still  prophets  of  evil  and  apostles  of  despair 
who,  unfortunately,  were  outside  of  the  "burnt 
district"  and  escaped  with  their  worse  than  use- 
less lives.    Turn  your  backs  on  them.    There  are 

Qerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

S.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sis. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


103 


still  people  who  will  tell  you  that  this  or  that  en- 
terprise is  too  big  for  Baltimore.  Believe  me, 
the  truth  is  not  in  them.  I  say  again  that  no  well 
conceived,  wisely  planned  and  prudently  man- 
aged business  enterprise,  large  or  small,  has  ever 
failed  to  succeed  in  Baltimore,  nor  is  it  any 
answer  to  point  to  failure,  where  enthusiasm 
without  money,  or  money  without  ability,  or  nioney 
and  ability  without  knowledge  and  training  have 
paved  an  easy  roadway  to  misfortune.  The 
population  opportunities  of  a  city  of  over  half  a 
million  people  are  enormous,  and  Baltimore's  op- 
portunities are  in  many  ways  undeveloped.  Save 
your  money  for  railroad  tickets  (borrow  it  if 
necessary)  and  travel  to  other  wideawake  towns 
less  fortunately  situated  and  with  smaller  popula- 
tions ;  take  a  cattle-ship  and  visit  European 
towns,  and  you  will  come  back  with  a  fuller  reali- 
zation of  this  fact. 

This,  then,  is  the  message  which  I  have  tried 
to  carry  to  the  members  of  these  graduating 
classes  tonight,  and  it  is  the  message  of  the  city 
of  Baltimore  to  all  of  her  people.  Our  city  needs 
and  will  warmly  welcome  and  reward,  as  every 
worth-while  community  at  all  times  needs,  wel- 
comes and  rewards,  honorable,  brave,  well-trained 
and  efficient  men,  but  the  price  you  must  pay  for 
her  good  will  is  to  keep'  step  to  the  music  of  her 
progress  and  fight  under  the  banners  of  hope  and 
confidence  which  she  has  flung  boldly  to  the 
breeze,  and  which  the  spirit  of  her  people  has 
nailed  tightly  to  her  flagstaffs. 


t/  o 

SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  annual  business  meeting  and  banquet  of 
Alumni  of  The  School  of  Pharmac}'  (Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy ) ,  L'niversity  of  Maryland, 
was  held  at  the  Hotel  Stafford,  Baltimore,  on  the 
evening  of  June  1st,  190(5,  with  President  Franz 
Naylor  in  the  chair. 

At  the  business  meeting  the  constitution  was 
changed  as  to  the  executive  committee  and  its 
personnel,  as  follows: 

The  President  of  the  Association  to  be  chair- 
man of  the  executive  committee. 

The  members  of  the  executive  committee  to  be 
elected  as  follows : 

Two  members  to  be  elected  June  1st,  190G,  to 
serve  one  year ;  two  members  to  be  elected  June 
1st,  1906,  to  serve  two  years ;  thereafter  two 
members  to  be  elected  each  year  to  serve  two 
years. 


The  following  officers  were  elected  to  serve  for 
the  ensuing  year : 

President,  J.  J.  Barnett ;  1st  Vice-President, 
J.  B.  Hall :  2nd  Vice-President,  B.  D.  Benfer, 
Secretary,  J.  C.  Wolf ;  Treasurer,  J.  W.  Westcott. 

Executive  Committee:  E.  F.  Kelly,  W.  J. 
Lowry,  Jr.,  1  year;  C.  C.  Neal,  H.  A.  B.  Dun- 
ning, 2  years. 

The  meeting  wa_s  adjourned  to  the  banquet  hall 
where  the  following  menu  was  served : 

[Left  to  the  imagination. — o.  m.] 

After  coffee  and  cigars.  President  Naylor,  with 
a  neat  little  speech,  called  on  J.  Emory  Bond  to 
act  as  toastmaster. 

As  there  were  no  set  toasts,  and  as  the  speakers 
of  the  evening  had  been  given  the  latitude  they 
desired,  we  had  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  set  of 
after-dinner  talks  in  our  history.  The  bright 
particular  speech  of  the  evening  was  made  by 
Dr.  J.  F.  H.  Gorsuch,  an  alumnus  of  the  medical 
department  and  a  practical  common  sense  country 
physician,  in  general  appearance  as  well  as  in  his 
delivery  suggesting  Secretary  of  War  Taft. 

Professor  Culbreth  responded,  and  in  his  turn 
grew  reminiscent,  telling  us  of  the  time  of  the 
first  banquets,  which  were  not  held  at  the  Belve- 
dere or  the  Stafford,  but  at  Kelly's.  Judging  from 
his  glowing  account  no  doubt  the  banquets  at.  the 
former  places  were  much  more  dignified,  but  the 
boys  must  have  had  a  jolly  good  time  at  the  lat- 
ter. 

Mr.  Wm.  C.  Smith,  an  alumnus  of  the  School 
of  Law,  re-echoed  some  of  Dr.  Gorsuch's  senti- 
ments, and  incidentally  enlightened  us  on  some  of 
the  inside  history  of  "Did  Der  Doo  or  didn't  Der 
Dog  ?''  and  after  he  had  finished  we  all  felt  sure 
that  Der  Doo  didn't. 

Professor  Hynson  introduced  Mr.  B.  D.  Benfer, 
the  president  of  the  graduating  class,  and  after 
Mr.  Benfer's  talk  Mr.  Naylor  gave  us  some  good 
parting  advice  and  called  on  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly, 
whom  he  hailed  as  a  future  president  of  the 
Association. 

After  Dr.  Kelly's  remarks  we  finally  adjourned 
till  the  banquet  of  1907.        pi/,n.  J.  Lozwy,  Jr. 

Buena   Vista  Springs  Hotel 


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REPORT  OF  THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  A. 
M.  A.  ON  MEDICAL  EDUCATION. 


This  report — ^published  in  the  Journal  of  the 
American  Medical  Associatioti,  for  June  16, — 
is  worthy  of  our  serious  consideration  and  solici- 
tude. The  figures  showing  tlie  standing  of-  tlie 
medical  schools  as  determined  by  the  examina- 
tions of  the  various  State  boards  speak  with  an 
authority  which  no  other  presentation  of  the  sub- 
ject could,  and  cannot  fail  to  prove  stimulating 
and  corrective.  The  division  of  the  schools  into 
three  classes  according  as  the  failures  have  been 
not  over  10,  between  10  and  20,  and  over  20  per 
cent,  is  a  natural  %yay  of  dealing  with  the  ques- 
tion, but  it  is  rather  humiliating  to  be  told  that 
"there  are  five  specially  rotten  spots  which  are 
responsible  for  most  of  the  bad  medical  instruc- 
tion," and  to  learn  that  Maryland  is  one  of  these 

SUCCUS    STOMACHI 

Most  efficient  preparation  for  all  disorders  of  the  diges- 
tiye  organs.  Write  for  Sample. 

KLEIN    &    FOX, 

MANUFACTURING  CHEMISTS. 
BALTIMORE,         ....  MARYLAND 


spots — Maryland,  from  which  came  the  first  call 
to  the  schools  of  the  country  to  raise  their  stand- 
ards. And  we  can  take  very  little  comfort  from 
the  fact  that  we  are  not  quite  as  bad  as  the  other 
four — Illinois,  Kentucky,  Missouri  and  Tennes- 
see. 

There  is  no  longer  possibility  of  concealment 
in  these  matters.  The  limelight  of  publicity  is 
turned  upon  us  and  we  cannot  at  this  da}'  any 
longer  retort,  what  are  you  going  to  do  about 
it  ?  It  seems  to  us  a  frank  acknowledgment  and 
a  firm  determination  to  correct  whatever  needs 
correction  is  the  best  and  onl}'  way  to  meet  the 
question.  What  else  can  we  think  of  when  we 
find  that  "7, .035  students  from  all  colleges  were 
examined  before  State  Boards  with  an  averarge 
percentage  of  failures  of  19.3,"  and  then  find  that 
our  own  failures  amounted  to  SS.T  ? 

It  is  a  significant  feature  of  the  report  that 
the  Committee  speak  of  further  advance  in  edur 
cational  requirements — the  nationalization  of  the 
standard  recommended — as  depending  upon  the 
State  licensing  boards  and  the  State  medical  so- 
cieties. Why  not  the  American  Medical  College 
Association  also? 

This  is  the  question  of  the  hour :  Can  a  Medi- 
cal College  which  values  its  reputation — above 
all  can  a  University — afford  to  send  up  men  bear- 
ing its  diplomas  who  are  certain  to  fail  before 
the  State"  Boards  ? 

To  us  who  are  never  free  from  the  thought — 
How  can  we  best  promote  the  welfare  of  our  be- 
loved University? — this  report  brings  to  mind 
more  forcibly  than  ever  the  necessity  of  endow- 
ment. We  may  not  be  able  nozv  to  convince  our 
authorities  and  alumni  to  our  views  upon  the 
subject,  but  the  future  will  justify  us  in  our  state- 
ment that  endowment  is  a  vital  necessity.  Some 
feel  this  we  are  sure  and  to  this  small  minority 
of  the  faithful  we  would  urge  action.  Fellow 
alumni,  let  us  not  sit  supinely  by  whilst  our  Uni- 
versity is  going  slowly  but  surely  to  its  doom ! 
Let  us  build  up  a  great  endowment  that  it  may 
take  its  place  and  keep  its  place  among  the  select 
whom  all  men  approve  and  respect. 

HOTEL     BR.ADDOCK. 

BRADDOCK  HEIGHTS,  MD. 

Second  season— Tune  I  tn  October  1.  Twenty  minutes  by 
trolley  from  Frederick.  On  .Catoctin  Mountain;  altitude. 
1.200  feet.  Every  room  an  outside  one— single  or  en  suite. 
Unsurpassed  scenery,  cool  mountain  breezes:  purest  moun- 
tain spring  water ;  no  mosquitoes;  no  malaria;  plenty  attrac- 
tions.   Postoffice  and  long  distance  phones  in  the  house. 

P.  E.  LONG,  Proprietor, 

City  Hotel,  Frederick,  Md. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


105 


BACTERIOLOGY    OF    THE    BLOOD    IN 
TYPHOID  FEVER. 


the  first  to  make  scientific  analyses  of  the  blood  in 
disease.  The  medical  reader  will,  of  course,  wish 
to  read  the  article  in  full ;  for  the  non-medical 
one  we  have  endeavored  to  present  in  the  simplest 
and  least  technical  language  and  with  the  great- 
est brevity,  an  account  of  this  initial  research,  in 
order  that  he  may  perceive  how  fruitful  such  a 
Fund  is  and  the  necessity  for  its  existence  and 
further  increase. 

o 

DR.  LOUIS  A.  WEIGEL. 


This  is  the  title  of  the  research  work  conduc- 
ted, as  will  be  remembered,  in  the  pathological 
laboratory  of  the  L^niversity  under  a  grant  made 
by  the  Trustees  of  the  Charle's  Frick  Research 
Fund  in  190.5.  The  work  has  just  been  published 
in  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Associ- 
ation of  June  2.3,  1906,  and  gives  the  results  of 
the  study  of  the  blood  with  reference  to  the  pres- 
ence and  significance  of  the  bacillus  typhosus,  the 
rod-shaped  organism  which  produces  typhoid 
fever.  One  hundred  cases  from  the  wards  of  the 
University  Hospital  were  investigated  jointly  by 
Professor  Hirsh,  who  holds  the  chair  of  Patho- 
logy in  the  University,  and  Drs.  Quillen  and 
Levy,  who  are  connected  with  the  hospital. 

The  blood  was  obtained  from  the  arm  first 
thoroughly  cleansed  and  compressed  with  a  band- 
age near  the  shoulder  to  make  the  veins  swell  out. 
A  syringe,  such  as  is  used  in  injecting  morphia, 
was  employed  to  withdraw  the  blood,  which  was 
then  put  in  flasks  containing  bouillon  and  these 
were  allowed  to  incubate  in  heating  chambers  or 
"thermostats."  The  identity  of  the  bacillus  was 
determined  by  "cultures"  of  it  and  by  its  peculiar 
clumping  when  brought  in  contact  with  the 
watery  part  of  the  blood  of  a  person  with  typhoid 
fever  which  has  been  found  to  be  its  antidote. 

In  this  way  the  bacillus  was  found  in  the  cir- 
culating blood  of  78  and  absent  in  that  of  32  of 
these  undoubted  cases  of  typhoid  fever.  And  it 
was  most  often  found  in  the  second  week.  The 
earliest  was  on  the  1th  day,  the  latest  was  on  the 
28th_;  it  was  found  in  all  four  "relapses,"'  or 
reinvasions  of  the  blood  by  the  organism. 

But  the  interesting  point  is  that  it  is  found  in 
75  per  cent,  of  cases  within  the  first  week,  when 
the  symptoms  that  we  can  rely  upon  have  not  yet . 
developed  and  the  nature  of  the  case  is  therefore 
obscure.  A  valuable  table  accompanies  the  paper 
and  copious  references  to  recent  literature  bearing 
upon  it. 

It  will  be  with  great  pleasure,  we  feel  sure,  that 
our  alumni  contemplate  the  first  fruits  of  this 
Fund  that  commemorates  similar  investigations 
by  that  peerless  physician,  Charles  Frick — one  of 

Menu.  Banquet  and  Dance  Card?.  Commencement  Invita- 
tions and  Proe:i'ams.  Diplomas  Certificates.  Engrossing.  U.  of 
M.  Stationery  for  Classes  and  Fraternities.  Letterheads 
Envelopes.  Cards,  etc..  for  Plivsicians,  Law\ers  and  IDentists 

JAS.  H.  DOWNS,     STATIONER,     229  N.  Charles  St.  5   W.  Lexington  Street, 


We  were  very  much  shocked  to  learn  of  the 
death  of  this  distinguished  alumnus  of  the  Uni- 
versity— one  of  the  pioneers  in  investigations  of 
the  .i--ray.  For  it  will  be  remembered  that  in 
the  number  of  this  journal  for  September  last,  he 
assured  us  of  his  complete  recovery  and  resump- 
tion of  professional  duties  and  of  his  anticipation 
of  making  a  visit  to  his  old  friends  in  Baltimore. 
Since  that  letter  it  seems  he  has  had  a  relapse  of 
the  malignant  disease  which  had  already  cost  him 
the  loss  of  both-  hands. 

Dr.  Weigel  had  achieved  high  distinction  in 
his  profession  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
Professor  of  Orthopaedic  Surgery  in  the  L"ni- 
versity  of  Buffalo  and  President  of  the  Roches- 
ter Academy  of  Medicine.  As  a  martyr  to  the 
cause  of  science  he  deserves  our  affectionate  re- 
membrance and  admiration  ;  as  a  fellow-alumnus 
he  deserves  that  we  should  cherish  his  memorj' 
and  example  and  feel  proud  of  his  career  and 
achievements.  The  honor  which  such  men  ob- 
tain is  reflected  back  upon  their  Alma  Mater. 
o 

We  are  glad  to  learn  that,  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Regents  held  on  June  26,  at  4  P.  M.. 
at  the  office  of  Hon.  John  Prentiss  Poe,  the  plan 
of  union  with  St.  John's  College,  as  outlined  in 
the  report  of  the  Committee  published  in  the 
May  number  of  this  journal,  was  adopted,  and  a 
Committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  the  au- 
thorities of  St.  John's  with  reference  to  the  con- 
tract to  be  drawn  up.  Thus,  sooner  than  we  ex- 
pected, this  important  step  in  the  advancement 
of  the  University  has  been  taken.  The  indication 
of  a  mutual  desire  for  union  between  the  two 
institutions  is  a  most  hopeful  sign.    We  trust  that 

C  I  a  r  1^    &    (T  0  in  p  a  n  ^ 

THE   LINEN  STORE^^= 


Baltimore. 


106 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


this  action  is  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  in  our 
history,  when,  having  attained  full  University 
proportions,  we  shall  go  on  and  on,  strengthening 
and  adding  and  developing,  our  influences  and 
resources,  until  we  realize  the  highest  destiny  of 
a  State  University  and  great  centre  of  learning. 
And  in  this  endeavor  we  invoke  the  efTort  and 
aid  of  all  our  friends  and  alumni.  Let  each  one 
henceforth  feel  it  to  be  his  duty  to  work  for  the 
old  Alma  Mater,  making  her  interest,  her  welfare, 
her  reputation — as  they  really  are — his  own ! 

o 

Centeninial  Endowment  Fund  Subscrip- 
tions: B.  Merrill  Hopkinson,  $25.00;  Wm.  G. 
Baker,  $20.00  ;  Robert  A.  Fisher,  $5.00  ;  Bertha 
A.  Frank,  $25.00 ;  J.  P.  Harrell,  Mohamed  Taw- 
fik,  Theodore  A.  Pool,  each  $1.00,  and  several 
annual  payments  for  1906  of  subscriptions  already 
reported. 

o 

Professor  Henry  P.  Hynson,  Chairman  of  the 
Delegation  from  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  to  the  Section  on  Pharmacology, 
and  Therapeutics  of  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation, speaks  thus  of  the  action  of  the  latter 
at  the  late  Boston  meeting  as  it  related  to  his  own 
profession : 

It  heartily  encouraged  all  movements  directed 
toward  the  elevation  of  pharmiacy  to  an  honorable 
place  among  the  learned  professions  and  ex- 
pressed the  warmest  sympathy  for  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  efforts  it 
has  made,  with  this  end  in  view, — 

Was  opposed  to  general  dispensing  by  phy- 
sicians and  to  promiscuous  counter  prescribing 
by  pharmacists, — 

Condemned  secret  proprietaries  and  falsely  ex- 
ploited specialties.  The  trade-marking  of  the 
names  of  products  was  also  condemned  but  the 
proprietary  rights  in  brands  and  in  patents  on 
products  and  processes  were  upheld, — 

Pharmaceutical  manufacturers  were  regarded 
as  pharmacists  and  those  of  them  who  prosti- 
tute the  facilities  of  their  plants  to  the  manufac- 
ture of-  vile  and  fraudulent  nostrums  were  pro- 
nounced unworthy  of  the  confidence  of  the  medi- 
cal profession, — 

Strongly  advised  the  more  extended  use  of 
Pharmacopceial  and  National  Formulary  products 
and  heartily  commended  the  proposition  to  estab- 
lish a  National  Board  of  Health  with  representa- 
tion in  the  President's  Cabinet. 


REMARKS  OF  J.  HARRY  TREGOE,  LL.B., 
ON    ENDOWMENT,    MAY   21,    1906.    .  . 


It  is  only  a  reasonable  foresight  that  large  and 
important  universities  should  be  safeguarded 
against  future  and  unexpected  contingencies 
through  the  providing  of  endowment  funds  suf- 
ficient in  extent  to  guarantee  the  income  neces- 
sary to  carry  on  the  university  work  with  the  least 
possible  inconvenience  and  disturbance. 

This  is  a  present-day  movement  and  our  no- 
table universities  are  in  the  broadest  way  the  sub- 
jects of  such  protection  and  caution.  In  our 
own  city  and  State  we  have  had  several  instances 
of  this  generous  protection  and  benevolent  atti- 
tude to  some  of  our  loved  institutions  and  it 
would  seem  that  even  the  deepest  conservatism 
melts  away  before  appeals  for  those  institutions 
that  stand  for  the  training  of  our  young  men  and 
women  and  are  beyond  c|uestion  the  nurseries  of 
the  nation  and  upon  which  its  best  hopes  are 
predicated.  It  is,  therefore,  no  departure  from  the 
usual  line  or  the  course  of  wisdom  that  an  effort 
should  have  been  inaugurated  for  the  creation  of 
an  endowment  fund  for  the  LTniversity  of  Mary- 
land of  not  less  than  one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

This  University  has  won  a  splendid  distinction 
in  its  four  branches  and  the  professional  life  of 
our  State  and  other  States  is  indebted  to  it  for 
some  of  its  most  substantial  and  splendid  ma- 
terial. We  could  not  contemplate  any  interrup- 
tion to  the  work  of  this  University  through  un- 
expected or  unprovided-for  emergencies  without 
some  little  alarm  and  an  apprehension  of  a  loss 
that  would  inevitably  occur.  It  is,  therefore, 
strange  that  the  progress  in  creating  this  endow- 
ment fund  has  moved  so  slowly  and  that- so  few 
men  connected  with  the  official  life  of  the  Univer- 
■  sity  and  attached  to  it  through  the  sentiment  of 
the  Alma  Mater  should  manifest  an  interest 
in  its  completion.  But  one-fifteenth  (1-15)  of  the 
desired  amount  has  so  far  been -secured  and  it 
will  be  a  very  grateful  and  pleasing  result,  indeed, 
were  the  accomplishment  of  the  fund  reached  by 
the  period  of  the  centenary  occasion  of  the  LTni- 
versity in  1907. 

If  the  proper  movement  is  made,  receiving  the 

NUNN     &    CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERY 

227   NORTH   HOWARD   STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OF  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Medical  Books— Students'  Supplies. 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


107 


hearty  co-operation  and  aggressive  support  of 
those  who  should  be  interested,  there  is  no  reason 
why  the  fund  should  not  be  completed  within  the 
year,  and  such  an  outlook  should  be  an  inspira- 
tion to  service  upon  the  part  of  those  who  have 
spent  their  days  of  preparation  within  the  walls 
of  this  L^niversity. 

"Do  it  now"  should  be  the  slogan  for  a  spon- 
taneous outburst  of  enthusiastic  avi^akening  to 
the  very  reasonable  necessity  for  the  creation  of 
such    a    fund    and    the    need    of    completing    it 

speedilv. 

o 

^REPORT  OF  LIBRARY  OF  SCHOOL  OF 

MEDICINE  TO  JUNE  1,  1906. 

Total  number  of  books 6,280 

Number  added  during  year.  .  . .' 1,080 

Total  catalogued  to  date.  .'. 5,626 

Pictures    added .5 

Pamphlets    added 200 

Registered    members , 120 

Books  borrowed 88 

Books  consulted    (about) 800 

Journals  regularly  received 46 

Total  number  of  pamphlets 4,200 

Receipts    $89.17 

Balance  in  hand 37.13 

Libran,^  hours 12  to  2  P.  M. 

The  additions  were :  Miltenberger  Collection, 
949  ;  Dr.  Craighill,  .59  ;  Med.  and  Chir.  Faculty. 
27;  Dr.  Caspari,  17;  Dr.  Chisolm,  4;  Depart- 
ment of  State  of  Michigan,  2  ;  Census  Bureau,  2  ; 
Surg.  Gen.  Office,  Dr.  R.  Winslow,  Dr.  J.  R. 
Winslow,  Bellevue  Hospital,  Dr.  Gould,  Caroline 
Brewer  Croft  Cancer  Commission,  Committee 
U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  Dr.  Wm.  T.  Howard,  Jr., 
Dr.  Culbreth,  Dr.  W.  W.  Keen,  Mrs.  Dr.  Powell, 
Mass.  Hosp.,  Col.  Physns.,  each  1.  The  pictures 
were  the  gifts  of  the  West  Va.  Club,  Peter  Camp- 
bell, LL.B.,  and  the  Genl.  Alumni  Association. 
Presents  of  pamphlets  and  journals  were  also 
received  from  Drs.  Caspari,  Keen,  Kelly,  Stokes, 
Jacobi  and  others. 

o 

Marriages:  Cooper  R.  Drezvry.  M.D.  (1902), 
to  Miss  Mary  Tasker  James,  at  Catonsville,  Md., 
June  2.— John  Aldridgc  Gibson,  M.D.  (1901), 
of  Leesburg,  Va.,  to  Miss  Frances  Louise  Perry, 
at  the  country  home  of  the  bride's  father  (Judge 
Wm.  H.  Perry),  Bechelbonn,  Lunenburg  Co., 
A''a..  June  2.— Joseph  W.  Holland,  M.D.  (1896), 
to  Miss  Pearl  Huntington  Robins,  at  Baltimore. 


June  20.  After  a  trip  through  the  North  they 
will  spend  the  summer  at  Deer  Park,  Md.,  where 
the  groom  has  received  the  appointment  of  Resi- 
dent Physician. — Albert  G.  Singezvald,  M.D. 
(1902),  of  Baltimore,  to  Miss  Jennie'  Morrison, 
at  Lynchburg,  Va.,  June  20.—/.  S.  Maloy,  M.D. 
(1904),  of  Shinnston,  W.  Va.,  to  Miss 
Rhoda  Lowe,  at  Clarksburg,  W.  Va.,  April 
25.~Lcitns  M.  Eastman,  M.D.  (1893),  son 
of  the  late  Lewis  M.  Eastman  (1859),  to 
Miss  Mamie  C.  Miller,  at  Baltimore,  June 
19.  They  immediately  left  for  an  ex- 
tended trip  North. — Philip  Lee  Trovers, 
M.D.  (1902),  of  Easton,  Md.,  to  Miss  Maud 
Emily  MacHale,  of  the  same  place,  at  Ocean  City, 
Md.,  June  16.— L.  B.  Henkel,  Jr.,  M.D.  (1903), 
of  Annapolis,-  to  Miss  Etta  Hamlin  Rayle,  at 
La  Plata,  Charles  Co.,  Md.,  June  6. — Lezvis  Mor- 
ris. M.D.  (1890),  Surg.  U.  S.  N.,  to  Miss  Mary 
Gibbs  Murphy,  at  New  York,  May  12, — R.  L. 
Carlton,  M.D.  (1906),  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Dearing 
Lancaster,  at  Oak  Ridge,  N.  C,  June  2. — Geo. 
Carroll  Lockzvood,  M.D.  (1903),  to  Miss  Louise 
Cummings  Wright,  at  Rosemont,  Howard  Park, 
Md.,  June  12.— /ay  Ralph  Shook,  M.D.  (1899), 
U.  S.  A.,  to  Miss  Helen  Slade,  at  DesMoines, 
Iowa,  May  23. — William  B.  McClanahan,  M.D. 
(1902),  to  Miss  Susie  Cecilia  McGuinness,  at 
Baltimore,  Nov.  26,  1905  (just  announced). 
— John  Leiper  IVinslozi',  LL.B.,  son  of  Professor 
R.  Winslow,  to  Miss  Anna  S.  Tonge,  at  Bain- 
bridge,  Georgia,  June  27. 

Deaths:  Abraham  IVcinshcnkcr,  ^h.G. 
(1904),  at  Baltimore,  June  2,  aged  23. — Thomas 
Sargent  Latimer.  M.D.  (1861),  a  distinguished 
alumnus  of  this  University,  an  ex-Sui"geon  of  the 
Confederate  States  Army,  Professor  of  Medicine 
in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  of 
Baltimore,  Professor  of  Anatomy  and  Physiology 
in  the  Baltimore  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  and 
President  of  the  Lunacy  Commission  of  Mar}-- 
land,  at  Baltimore,  May  16,  of  Bright's  Disease, 
in  his  67th  year.— Lo//u  ^.  Weigel.  M.D.  (1875), 
an  acknowledged  authority  on  the  Rontgen  Rays, 
Professor  of  Orthopjedic  Surgery  in  Niagara 
University,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  who  had  been  affected 
with  malignant  disease  supposed  to  be  due  to 
the  constant  use  of  the  .r-rays  which  caused  the 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 

Modem  Pharmacy  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Light  Sis. 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Quality  the  Best  Prices  the  Lowest 


108 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


loss  of  both  of  his  hands  in  1904  after  repeated 
operations,  at  his  home  in  Rochester,  from  re- 
currence of  the  disease,  May  31,  aged  52. — Daniel 
L.  Brinton,,  LL.B.  (1S81),  in  Baltimore,  May  28, 
aged  48.  He  was  one  of  the  first  graduates  of 
the  Johns  Hopkins  L'niversity.  For  five  years 
he  was  a  lecturer  on  Medical  Jurisprudence  in 
the  Baltimore  Medical  College.  From  1898  to 
1906  he  was  a  referee  in  bankruptcy.  Mr.  B.  was 
a  brother  of  Dr.  Wilmer  Brinton  (1876). — 
William  L.  Keller,  Ph.G.,  at  Baltimore,  June  27. 
—Howard  H.  Hopkins,  M.D.  (1869),  at  New 
Market,  Frederick  Co.,  Md.,  June  26,  aged  58, 
of  consumption. 

o 

TERRA  MARI.ffi,  1906. 


This  publication,  the  tenth  annual  volume  pub- 
lished b}^  the  students  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land and  the  second  under  the  present  title — both 
in  execution  and  contents  comes  up  to  the  required 
standard.  It  comprises  342  pages,  large  8vo. 
and  is  handsomely  bound  in  roycroft  style,  in 
wine-colored  ooze  sheep,  lined  with  white  silk. 
The  dedication  is  to  Professor  Randolph  Winslow 
with  a  worthily  bestowed  tribute'  to  his  patient 
and  earnest  efiforts  as  a  teacher  and  his  devo- 
tion to  the  interests  of  the  University. 

A  perusal  of  contents  shows  that  the  features  of 
previous  volumds  has  been  preserved.  Judge 
Stockbridge  in  an  introduction  entitled  "Our 
Alma  Mater,"  argues  in  favor  of  preserving  one's 
enthusiasm,  which  means  preserving  one's  youth. 

Wit  scintillates  throughout  in  a  veritable  feast 
of  reason  and  flow  of  soul. 

Fullings,   Editor-in-Chief,   is  thus   introduced : 

"Greatness  we  have  here  quite  beyond  belief. 
For  this  chap  is  the  Editor-in-chief ; 
His  name,  if  his  boolv's  good,  won't  be  forgotten, 
So  let  him  have  tne  eggs,  if  it  is  rotten." 

And  Hayes,  medical  medalist — 

"This  is  the  man  with  l;:nowledge  endowed, 
So  much  that  his  friends  have  even  allowed 
He  will  end  the  year  by  leading  the  class, 
Let  us  drink  to  his  health,  yes,  empty  the  glass !" 

Of  Pearlstine — 

"  'Pearlie'  had  a  little  girl, 
He  thought  she  was  divine. 
He  gave  to  her  a  little  watch, 
To  pass  away  his  time." 


In  the  Senior  med.  "statistics"  we  are  told  that 
the  favorite  stud)-  is  women,  99  per  cent. ;  his- 
tory of  miedicine,  1  per  cent. 

Law  is  introduced  with  "The  Lawyer:" 

"He  has  a  profound  and  learned  air. 
But  wills  and  fees  are  his  care ; 

In  money  he  trusts, 

Till  his  clients  he  busts, 
And  one  hundred  per  cent,  is  his  share." 

The  Law  Library  is  depicted  as — 

"A  library  quaint 
Where  the  librarian  ain't." 

Of  Dental  seniors  the  following  compliments 
are  recorded :  "Seems  to  possess  but  one  idea,  and 
that  the  wrong  one;"  "a  gentle  ass  whose  bray 
if  often  heard;"  "he  aims  at  nothing  and  hits  his 
mark ;"  "eternal  smiles  his  emptiness  betrays," 
etc. 

The  Pharmacy  men  show  their  reverence  for 
the  veteran  Professor  Simon  with  the  verse: 

"Through  all  he  still  retained 
His  manly  sense  and  energy  of  mind, 
Virtuous  and  wise  he  was,  but  not  severe, 
He  still  remembers  that  he  once  was  young." 

The  Pharmacy  seniors,  are  ingeniously  ar- 
ranged after  the  divisions  of  the  vegetable  king- 
dom, with  sub-diivsions,  definitions,  etc.  Miss 
E.  Grace  Lotz,  who  took  the  first  prize  is  classi- 
fied under  the  "natural  order" — "Rosaceae"  and 
thus  described  :  "Delights  in  teasing  a  poor,  help- 
less, unsophisticated  professor,  and  works  over- 
time to  accomplish  some  inside  information — 
back  lid  ot  watch.  An  electrically  instantaneous 
mathematician  and  chemist  and  reviser  of  the 
V.  S.  P.,  with  Baconian  criticisms,  logic  and 
illustrations  (see  announcement  elsewhere.)  A 
shadow  of  her  chum  Clancy.  Where  you  see  one 
you  see  the  other.  'A  rose  without  thorns.'  " 
{To  he  contimied.) 
o '■ 

For  ah !    while  Virtue  lives,  we  hunt  her  down, 
And  only  learn  to  prize 

Her  worth,  when  she  has  passed  forever  from 
our  eyes,  — Horace. 

^01 1 VFNIP^  of  ^lie  University  of  Maryland 

And  Other  Points  of  Interest. 

SONNENBURQ*S,  Baltimore  and  Greene  Sts. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


109 


The  following  tribute  to  Hon.  William  Pink- 
ney  Whyte,  an  honorary  LL.D.  of  this  Univer- 
sity, recently  appeared  in  the  Baltimore  Sun: 
He  will  be  a  splendid  accession  to  the  Senate,  to 
whose  deliberations  he  will  bring  the  mature  wis- 
dom of  a  diversified  and  invaluable  experience ; 
vast  learning  in  every  branch  of  public  law ;  a 
thorough  acquaintance  with  the  business  interests 
of  the  country ;  the  power  of  a  great  parlia- 
mentary orator ;  the  prestige  of  his  high  reputa- 
tion and  the  impressive  influence  of  a  lofty  and 
unblemished  character.  On  the  irriportant  meas- 
ures and  policies  now  before  the  Senate — the 
Railroad  Rate  bill,  the  subsidy  schemes,  the  great 
packers'  investigation,  the  Panama  Canal  matter, 
our  South  American  relations,  the  revision  of  the 
tariff — his  counsel  and  aid  will  be  of  the  greatest 
value. 

o 

Baltimore,  except  that  it  has  not  such  palaces 
as  Paris  can  boast  of,  nor  churches  like  St.  Paul's 
in  London,  nor  is  quite  so  picturesque  as  Rouen 
nor  so  grand  in  itself  or  in  situation,  is  the  most 
beautiful  town  I  have  ever  seen.  It  has  no  bad 
streets :  but  all  the  liveliness,  with  scarcely  any 
of  the  dirt  of  a  seaport.  It  contains  GO, 000 
inhabitants.  I  lodged  at  the  Fountain  Inn,  y\'here 
at  the  time  Mr.  Monroe,  the  President,  has  taken 
up  his  abode.  Fordham,  Travels,  1817.  [F.  was  a 
highly  intelligent  and  judicious  Englishman  who 
settled    in   the   West.] 


The  address  on  "Professional  .Men  and  Public 
Enterprise,"  made  by  Mr.  Francis  K.  Carey  at 
the  annual  commencement  of  the  Schools  of  Law. 
Medicine  and  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of 
Maryland,.  June  4,  has  been  printed  in  pamphlet 
form.  Its, sound  and  public-spirited  advice  to  the 
graduates  to  take  a  large  share  in  the  construction 
work  of  the  community  and  its  clear  and  vigor- 
ous diction  make  it  one  of  the  most  notable  of  the 
addresses  to  students  this  commencement  sea- 
son.— Sun. 

0 

There  are  many  cases  in  life  where  to  convince 
even  of  error  is  a  breech  of  the  charity  we  owe 
to  one  another. — Sir  Henry  Holland. 


Dr.  Louis  M  Allen  has  been  commissioned  as 
Asistant  Surgeon  of  the  Naval  Brigade,  with  the 
rank  of  ensign,  vice  Dr.  J.  Frederick  z\dams. — 
Dr.  Somerset  R.  Waters  has  retired,  Chief  Clerk 
of  the  State  Tax  Office  at  Annapolis  since  1878, 
retired  from  that  office  July  1. 


NOTES   ON   THE   COMMENCEMENT. 


The  thesis  prize  of  $100  in  the  School  of  Law, 
the  decision  of  which  was  not  announced  till  the 
evening  of  commencement,  was  won  by  F.  Camp- 
bell Colston,  of  Baltimore.  His  subject  was, 
"Contracts  between  Corporations  Having  Direc- 
tors in  Common."  Honorable  mention  was  made 
of  the  theses  of  A.  Taylor  Smith,  Walter  W.  Derr 
and  George  Winship  Taylor. — Of  10.5  candidates 
for  the  degree  in  the  Medical  Department,  83 
passed  the  finals  ;  of  4.5  dental  seniors,  42  passed ; 
of  the  law  class,  15  of  43  were  plucked,  while  of 
the  30  pharmacy  candidates,  24  were  successful. 
-^Others  who  responded  to  toasts  at  the  Medical 
Alumni  banquet — besides  those  previously  named 
— were  Drs.  B.  Merrill  Hopkinson,  L.  E.  Neale, 
William  H.  Pearce  and  Victor  C.  Can-oil,  the  last 
being  the  President  of  the  Graduating  Class. — 
The  medical  classes  of  1871  and  1903  held  re- 
unions at  the  New  Howard  House,  Baltimore,  on 
June  1  and  4,  respectively. — The  following  were 
elected  as  officers  of  the  Medical  Alumni  Associ- 
ciation  for  1906-07:  Pres.,  S.  C.  Chew;  Vice- 
Pres.,  E.  F.  Cordell,  N.  L.  Dashiell,  M.  G.  Por- 
ter ;  Rec.  Secty.,  C.  E.  Sadtler ;  Assistant,  John 
A.  Zepp :  Cor.  Secty.,  Geo.  H.  Hocking;  Treas., 
G.  Lane  Taneyhill;  Ex.  Com.,  B.  M.  Hopkinson. 
S.  B.  Bond,  S.  T.  Earle,  Jos.  Blum,  John  Houff. 
— At  the  banquet  of  the  Graduating  Class  of  the 

Open  all  Night 

WILLIAMSON  &  WATTS' 
PHARMACIES 


Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets 

Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and  Perfumery 


Thrice   noble   is   the  man   who   of  himself   is 
king. — Fletcher. 


Faithful  Prescription  Work 


Cigars 


110 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


School  of  Law,  held  at  Joyce's  Hotel,  Baltimore, 
June  7,  9  P.  M.,  toasts  were  responded  to  as 
follows:  Class  of  ipod,  A.  Taylor  Smith ;  Our 
Future,  Wilton  Snowden,  Jr. ;  The  Ladies,  J. 
M.  Mullen;  The  Morning  After,  W.  P.  Con- 
stable ;  Days  at  The  University,  W.  W.  Derr. 
A  good  time  was  had,  with  songs,  etc.  The  old 
officers  hold  over  till  fall. 


You  find  in  Maryland  a  group  of  five 
colleges  with  21  per  cent.,  69.2  per  cent., 
26.2  per  cent.,  22.7  per  cent  and  39.5  per 
cent,  of  failures.  In  the  lowest  class  (3) 
we  find  38  schools  with  a  percentage  of 
failures  of  more  than  20  per  cent.  The  principal 
cause  for  this  bad  work  is  found  in  the  existence 
of  medical  schools  which  are  conducted  for  profit. 
At  our  last  conference  we  called  attention  to  the 
fact  that  the  time  had  arrived  when  a  medical 
school  could  not  be  properly  conducted  from  the 
fees  of  students  and  pay  a  profit  to  its  faculty 
as  a  business  investment.  If  we  are  to  raise  the 
standard  of  medical  education  in  this  country  to 
a  point  where  it  ranks  with  the  other  great  coun- 
tries of  the  world  the  medical  school  for  profit 
must  cease  to  exist. — Report  of  Council  of  A.  M. 
A.  on  Medical  Education. 

o 

The  Lake  Mohonk  Conference  on  Interna- 
tional Arbitration,  which  met  last  month,  adop- 
ted resolutions  urging  the  following  measures: 
1.  A  plan  by  which  The  Hague  Conference  may, 
become  a  permanent  and  recognized  congress  of 
the  nations  with  advisory  power ;  2.  A  general 
arbitration  treaty  for  the  acceptance  of  all  na- 
tions ;  3.  A  plan  for  the  restriction  of  armaments, 
and,  if  possible,  for  the  reduction  by  concurrent 
international  action.  Chief  Justice  Brewer  said 
the  United  States  could  stop  armament  with 
safety  and  set  the  example  to  other  nations. 
■ o 

The  next  advance  in  medical  education  in  this 
country  must  be  the  addition  of  a  year  between 
the  high  school  course  and  the  present  four-year 
course  in  the  medical  school,  this  year  to  be  de- 
voted to  chemistry,  physics  and  biology.  When 
this  is  secured  our  standards  will  be  equal  to 
those  of  Great  Britain  and  other  European  na- 
tions. That  this  desirable  advance  is  not  far  oft' 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  a  resolution  embodying 
this  provision  has  just  been  unanimously  adopted 
bv    the    National    Confederation    of    Examining 


Boards  at  their  meeting  in  Boston.  It  is  probable 
that  during  the  year  a  number  of  State  Licensing 
Boards  will  agree  to  this  recommendation.  If, 
in  addition  to  this,  the  thirty  or  forty  medical 
schools  which  are  doing  the  best  work  publicly 
announce  that  all  students  admitted  after  1910 
must  possess  these  scientific  requirements,  this 
advance  will  be  assured. — Rep.  of  Council  of  A. 
M.  A.  on  Medical  Education. 


The  following  graduates  of  the  School  of  Law 
passed  the  State  Bar  Examinations  held  at  this 
L'niversity  June  6  and  7 :  Class  of  1906 — Messrs. 
Solomon  S.  Beck,  Vernon  S.  Bradley,  Frederick 
C.  Colston,  William  P.  Constable,  Thomas  W. 
Hall,  Charles  H.  Johnston,  Philip  F.  Lee,  Theo- 
dore A.  Pool,  A.  Taylor  Smith,  Wilton  Snowden, 
Jr.,  Edward  A.  StraufT,  George  W.  Taylor, 
Thomas  S.  Trail,  Luther  M.  Willis.  Class  of 
1905— Alfred  V.  Wall— At  the  21th  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association 
held  at  Braddock  Heights  June  19-21,  the  follow- 
ing officers  were  elected :  Pres.,  J.  E.  Hengst, 
Baltimore:  Vice-Pres.,  A.  L.  Pearre,  Frederick, 
Alfred  Tafourville,  Balto.,  J.  S.  Keating,  Centre- 
ville;  Treas.,  G.  C.  Wizotski,  Smithburg;  Secty., 
O.  C.  Smiith,  Balto. :  Ex.  Com.,  E.  F.  Kelly,  D. 
R.  Millard,  R.  E.  Lee  Williamson,  all  of  Balto. 
— Professor  William  H.  Welch  will  deliver  an 
address  at  tfie  meeting  of  the  Library  and  His- 
torical Society  of  the  University  next  October. — 
Hon.  Henry  Stockbridge,  of  the  Supreme  Bench 
of  Baltimore,  has  been  elected  a  Regent  of  the 
University  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the 
retirement  from  the  Faculty  of  Law  of  Judge 
Charles  E.  Phelps. — S.  LeRoy  Robinson,  Ph.G. 
(1891),  and  Joseph  T.  Robinson,  Ph.G.  (1901), 
have  gone  abroad  and  will  make  an  extensive 
tour  of  Europe  during  the  next  three  months. — 

;     ;     Students  of  Medicine  and  Dentistry      :     : 

Will  find  viuch   to   interest 
them   in  the  stock  of.'.... 

HYNSON,   IVESTCOTT  &  CO 
Modern  Medical  Supplies 


Charles  and  Franklin  Sts. 


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OLD     MARYLAND. 


Ill 


Dr.  Charles  Caspar!,  Jr.,  and  Mr.  H.  P.Hynson, 
attended  the  meetmg  of  the  American  Medical 
Association    at    Boston,    as    delegates    from    the 
American       Pharmaceutical      Association. — The 
Penna.   Branch   of  the   General   Alumni   Associ- 
ation was  successfully  launched  May  17.    Charles 
P.  Noble  M.D.,  was  elected  President,  and  J.  J. 
C.   Beale,   D.D.S.,    Secretary-Treasurer,   and  the 
Society    was    handsomely    entertained    by    Dr. 
Noble.    Mr.  O.  M.  Dennis,  President,  and  Dr.  E. 
F.   Cordell,    Secretary-Treasurer   of  the   General 
Society,  made  addresses. — Dr.  Arthur  M.  Shipley 
will  write  several  letters  to  Old  Maryland  dur- 
ing his  stay  abroad  this  summer. — Wm.  K.  Rob- 
inson, M.D.  (1893),  of  Goldfield,  Esmeralda  Co., 
Nevada,  recently  visited  his  home  at  Sharon,  Har- 
ford    Co.,     Md.— Wm.     S.     McPherson,     M.D. 
(1818),  has  been  appointed  a  Justice  of  the  Peace 
in    Frederick    Co.,    Md. — The    following   alumni 
have  become  members  of  the  General  Alumni  As- 
sociation since  the  list  was  published  in  October : 
Medical:    M.   R.   Bruin,  V.  L.   Norwood,   C.  L. 
Jennings,  W.  Brent,  Thomas  B.  Hall,  Edward  T. 
Owens,  J.  P.  Harrell.  C.  W.  Stansfield,  J.  D.  F. 
Smith,  W.  D.  Campbell,  Josephus  A.  Wright,  R. 
R.    Norris,   J.    B.    McCreary,   N.    M.    Owensby ; 
Lazv:     Williamj  E.    Bonn,   Rodgers   O.    Knight, 
Jacob  Stoll  New,  W.  B.  Smith,  Wm.  C.  Thomas, 
James   W.   Bowers,   Jr.;     Pharmacy:     Wm.    P. 
Thompson,  George  A.  Thompson,  James  Carlton 
Wolf,  Charles  Augustine  Wolf,  Michal  Francis 
Wolf,    S.    LeRoy    Robinson;     Dental:      J.    F. 
Koerner. — Professor  John  R.  Winslow  was  elec- 
ted a  fellow  of  the  American  Laryngological  As- 
sociation at  its  annual  meeting  at  Niagara  Falls, 
..lay  31. — Dr.  Nagib  Kenawy  has  been  assigned 
to  duty  by  the  Sanitary  Department  of  Egypt  as 
physician    to    the    Insane    Asylum   at    Abbasieh, 
Cairo,  in  which  there  are  812  beds. — Drs.  E.  B. 
Guillen    (1901:),    Francis    W.    Janney     (1905). 
Romulus  L.  Carlton   (1906),  and  John  W.  Wil- 
liams    (190G),    successfully    passed    the    North 
Carolina  State  Board  Examinations  held  May  23- 
26 ;      of    131    applicants,    86    passed. — The    at- 
tendance in  the  various  departments  of  the  LTni- 
versity  the  past  session  was :    Medical,  339  ;  Law, 
251 ;    Dental,  156  ;    Pharmacy,  81 :    Nurses,  55  ; 
Total,   885.— T.   Morris   Chancy,    M.D.    (1906), 
has  been  appointed  Superintendent  of  the  South 
Baltimore  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat  Hospital 
with  20  beds.     Wm.  H.  Brent,  M.D.,  and  E.  L. 
Brannon,  M.D.  (both  '06),  have  been  made  resi- 


dent physicians  at  Bayview  Asylum. — Charles  A. 
Wells,   M.D.    (1862),  Ex-Mayor  of  Hyattsville, 
Md.,  was  presented  with  a  handsome  silver  punch 
bowl  on  May  30,  by  his  friends. — Dr.  A.  C.  Har- 
rison   (1887)  has  been  appointed  Surgeon  of  the 
Northern  Central  and  Philadelphia,  Baltimore  & 
Washington  Railroads,  in  succession  to  the  late 
Dr.  T.   S.  Latimer   (1861). — The  Governor  has 
appointed  H.  jM.  Benzinger,  LL.B.,  of  Baltimore 
Co.,  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Aids  and 
Charities. — A  granite  monument  to  cost  $1,500 
is  being  erected  over  the  grave  of  Dr.  Grafton 
M.   Bosley    (1817),   in   Prospect  Hill   Cemetery, 
Baltimore    Co.,     Md. — Dr.    Jacob   H.    Hartman 
(1869),  of  Baltimore,  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Council  of  the  American  Laryngological  So- 
ciety at  Niagara  Falls,  June  2. — The  Committee 
on  "University  Club,"  mentioned  in  our  last,  are 
testing  the   sentiment   of   the   alumni   upon   that 
project.     It  is  thought  that  if  200  names  can  be 
sectired  it  can  be  safely  launched  in  the  fall. — It 
is  understood  that  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the' 
N.  C.  Medical  Association  at  Charlotte,  a  Branch 
Alumni  Association  was  organized  by  some  30 
alumni,  but  we  have  not  heard   further  details. 
—Dr.  R.  R.  Norris   (1901),  has  been  appointed 
Medical   Superintendent  of   Bayview   Asylum. — 
Benjamin  T.  Winchester,  M.D.   (1875),  has  re- 
turned to  his  home  at  Windsor  Mills,  in  Baltimore 
Co..  after  a  long  sojourn  in  Europe. — The  Dis- 
trict   of   Columbia    Branch    Alumni    Association 
held  its  annual  meeting  and  bancjuet  in  Washing- 
ton City  June  7,  and  had  an  enjoyable  evening. 
Three  members  were  lost  by  resignation,  but- the 
loss  was  made  up  by  new  members.    The  officers 
for  1906-07  are:    Pres.,  O.  M.  Muncaster.  M.D. ; 
Vice-Pres.,  Wm.  L.  Robins,  M.D.,  and  Wm.  N. 
Souter,    M.D. ;      Sec.-Treas.,   W.    M.    Simpkins, 
D.D.S, ;  Cor.  Sec,  W.  P.  Malone,  M.D.— At  the 
meeting  of   Superintendents  of  Insane  Asylums 
in  Boston,  June  12,  Jos.  C.  Clark,  M.D.,  Supt.  of 
Springfield  Hospital,  read  a  paper  on  European 
Hospitals   for   the   Insane,   the   fruits   of   a   visit 
to  Europe  last  summer. — ^We  note  the  successful 
passing  of  the  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Medical 
Examiners  by  two  alumni  of  this  University  of 
1895  and  1905,  with  the  respective  marks,  87  and 
82.8. — Professor  Randolph  Winslow  entertained 


Wiesel's  Obstetric  and  Rectal  Cones  ^"^"^'SniSP"*'' 


ORiai  NATCD   An  o 


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Mu>|rnr|  PHARMACEUTICAL    CHEMIST 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


XJNIV^ERSITY   OF    MARYLAND,   BALTO.,  MD. 

BERNARD    CARTER,    TJL,.    D.,    Pkovosx. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  gradecl  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  58.  100th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1906,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSEY  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

25th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  27  Instructors.  New  Building. 
For  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

P.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 
845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 


37th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  Faculty 
of  11.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  1003  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN  PRENTISS  POE,  LL.D.,  Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,   LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy).  63(i 
Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906.  10  Instructors. 
New   Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPAKI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


the  members  of  the  North  Carolina  Society,  of 
which  he  is  President,  at  his  home  in  Baltimore 
June.  22.  Professors  Winslow  and  Huntley  left 
for  Europe  on  June  27. — Dr.  John  A.  Tompkins 
is  the  Resident  Physician  at  the  Warm  Springs 
this  summer. — Drs.  Henry  M.  Fitzhugh,  C.  W. 
Larned  and  H.  Lee  Smith  have  been  appointed 
assistants  in  the  Johns  Hopkins  Medical  Faculty, 
and  Drs.  M.  L.  Price  and  A.  G.  Rytina,  Assist- 
ants in  the  Phipps  Tuberculosis  Dispensary. 
—George  W.  Mitchell,  M.D.  (1896),  has  gone 
to  Europe  for  the  summer. — Drs.  Charles  L.  Jen- 
nings ('06),  and  Newton  W.  Hirshner  ('06), 
have  been  appointed  to  the  resident  staff  of  St. 
Joseph's  Hospital,  Baltimore. — Dr.  Sydenham  R. 
Clarke  ("05)  of  the  same  staff,  has  entered  upon 
private  practice  in  Baltimore. — Dr.  Frederick  D. 
Chappelier  (1905),  Asst.  Surg.  U.  S.  N.,  is  sta- 
tioned at  the  Naval  Hospital  in  Washington,  D. 
C— Dr.  Norman  M.  Heggie  (1902),  has  re- 
moved from  Orlando,  Florida,  to  Jacksonville, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  practice  in  partnership 
with  Dr.  C.  Drew. — Dr.  Thomas  L.  Richardson, 
Health  Warden  of  the  12th  Ward,  who  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy, 
now  the  Department  of  Pharmacy,  U.  M.,  has 
been  appointed  Assistant  Health  Commissioner  in 
charge  of  the  Quarantine  Station,  to  succeed  the 
late  Dr.  Heiskell. — Of  the  law  graduates  of 
1906,  W.  W.  Derr  will  take  a  position  with  the 
legal  department  of  the  American  Bonding  Co., 
Sept.  1st:  A.  Taylor  Smith  will  practice. in 
Cumberland ;  S.  S.  Beck  in  Chestertown ;  W. 
P.  Constable  goes  into  the  firm  of  Yellott  &  Sym- 
ington, of  which  W.  S.  Sj'mington  is  a  member. 


—J.  Carlisle  Wilmer,  LL.B.,  of  LaPlata,  Charles 
Co.,  Md.,  has  been  appointed  U.  S.  Appraiser  at 
Baltimore,  by  the  President. — Through  an  over- 
sight in  the  report  of  the  presentation  of  the  por- 
trait of  Marquis  de  la  Fayette,  no  notice  was 
made  of  the  eloquent  speech  of  acceptance 
delivered  by  Mr.  James  E.  Carr,  Jr.,  at  the 
request  of  the  President  of  the  General 
Alumni  Association.  As  it  was  purely  extem- 
poraneous it  cannot  be  reproduced,  as  we  would 
like  it  to  be. — The  following  changes  have  been 
made  in  the  Faculty  of  Dentistry:  Professor 
Charles  W.  Mitchell  withdraws  and  Therapeutics 
is  added  to  the  Chair  of  Materia  Medica,  held 
by  Professor  David  M.  R.  Culbreth  :  Professor 
Clarence  J.  Grieves  withdraws  and  Timothy  O. 
Heatwole,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  becomes  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Crown  and  Bridge  Work  and  Ortho- 
dontia. Dr.  Grieves,  it  is  understood,  has  accep- 
ted a  Chair  of  Comparative  Anatomy  and  Dental 
Histology  in  the  Baltimore  College  of  Dental 
Surgery.— Edward  A.  Strauff,  LL.B.  ("06),  and 
Edgar  A.  Vey,  a  student  in  the  Law  School,  will 
leave  July  4  for  an  extensive  tour  of  Europe. — 
Professor  William  Simon  has  returned  from 
Colorado,  where  he  went  to  inspect  mines. — Pro- 
fessor Caspari  will  leave  July  17  to  spend  two 
weeks  at  Saco  Bay,  on  the  coast  of  Maine. 

This  Publication  from  the  Press  of 


NO.  1  E.  GEF?MAN 

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ORE,  MD.. 

STATIONERS 


OLD  riARYLAND 

Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  the  University  of  Haryland. 


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RESPONSE     TO     THE     TOAST— "THE 
FACULTY  OF  PHYSIC" 

Made  at  the  Banquet  of  the  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation of  The  School  of  Medicine. 


By  Jose  L.  Hirsh,  'SI.  D.,  Professor  of 
Pathology. 


.Mr.  Cliairinaii  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Alumni  As- 

soc'iation : 

In  one  more  year  the  University  of  2\Iaryland 
will  have  completed  a  century's  work.  During 
these  years  it  has  numbered  among  its  faculties 
and  graduates  many  distinguished  and  honored 
men — Crawford.  Frick,  Godman,  Roby,  Power, 
Davidge,  Pattison :  and  in  more  recent  days 
Christopher,  Johnston.  Chisolm,  Miles,  Alilten- 
berger  and  others  have  lent  their  efforts  in  its 
upbuilding.  We  have  behind  us  a  history  of 
which  any  institution  might  be  proud.  We  are 
one  of  the  oldest  medical  schools  in  this  country. 
We  number  among  our  alumni  men  who  have 
been  the  foremost  in  their  respective  communities. 
We  have  had  in  our  faculty  men  who  have  been 
the  recognized  authorities  in  their  fields  of  work. 
We  have  behind  us  a  glorious  past,  and  with 
your  assistance  there  is  no  reason  why  we  should 
not  look  forward  to  a  glorious  future. 

Dr.  Winslow,  in  his  address,  has  called  your 
attention  to  changes  in  the  medical  department 
of  the  University  in  the  last  35  years.  At  the 
risk  of  boring  you  by  repetition.  I  do  not  hestitate 
to  call  your  attention  again  to  certain  facts  con- 
nected therewith.  Those  of  us  who  have  been 
associated  with  the  University  for  the  past  ten 
years  or  more  are,  of  course,  in  the  best  position 
to  recognize  and  appreciate  these  changes.  Those 
of  %ou  who  have  severed  your  connection  with 
it.  even  at  a  recent  date,  we  invite  to  return  to 
your  .Mma  Mater  and  be  convinced 

Whether  the  conscience  of  the  professors  at 
last  awoke,  or  whether  the  change,  as  is  more 


likely,  was  onl\'  part  of  that  larger  movement  to- 
wards greater  things,  in  the  midst  of  which  we 
are  today,  need  not  here  be  discussed. 

The  improvement  has  been  in  three  directions : 
first,  in  demanding  of  the  student  a  better  gen- 
eral education :  second,  in  lengthening  the  pe- 
riod of  professional  study ;  and,  finally,  in  sub- 
stituting laboratories  and  the  hospital  for  the 
lecture  room.  With  the  first  change  I  presume 
all  of  }'ou  are  familiar.  As  we  are  members  of 
the  Association  of  American  Medical  Colleges, 
we  have  accepted  the  entrance  requirements  set 
b}-  it.  W^e  recognize  the  fact  that  even  a  higher 
standard  than  this  might  be  desirable,  but  that 
it  is  rather  impracticable  for  unendowed  institu- 
tions at  the  present  time.  One  of  the  students 
has  remarked,  "while  it  is  rather  easy  to  get  in,  it 
is  hell  to  get  out." 

In  lengthening  the  period  of  professional  study, 
we  have  been  enabled  to  give  considerabl_\-  more 
time  to  the  practical  branches  and  to  add  to  the 
curriculum  many  subjects  which  formerly  could 
be  acquired  only  by  post-graduate  work. 

The  lectures  have  been  replaced  largely  by  pro- 
longed, practical  courses.  The  student  not  only 
hears  of  abdominal  surgery,  but  in  the  laboratory 
he  does  an  appendectomy :  he  not  only  reads  of 
t\phoid  fever,  but  in  the  wards  he  feels  the  en- 
larged spleen ;  he  not  only  maps  out  the  enlarged 
heart,  but  at  autopsy  he  is  enabled  to  see  its  re- 
lationship to  a  contracted  kidney.  Instead  of  a 
single  laboratory  devoted  to  anatomy,  there  are 
now  laboratories  of  physiological  chemistry, 
pathology,  bacteriology,  histolog}',  embryologv 
and  clinical  microscopy.  Apart  from  the  more 
attractive  mode  of  presentation,  and  the  more 
useful  character  of  the  knowledge  obtained  in 
this  wav,  the  student  gets  a  mental  training  of 
incalculable  value  and  perhaps  catches  some 
measure  of  the  scientific  spirit.  The  main  point 
is  that  he  no  longer  gets  merely  theoretical  knowl- 
edge acquired  at  second  hand,  but  a  first  hand 
knowledge  of  the  things  themselves. 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


I  would  like  to  refer  to  changes  in  the  depart- 
ment of  pathology  which  have  been  instituted 
within  the  past  few  years.  Less  than  eight  years 
ago  there  were  two  men  devoting  a  part  of  their 
time  to  instruction  in  this  important  branch  of 
medicine ;  less  than  twenty-five  microscopes  were 
at  their  disposal  and  a  laboratory  with  accommo- 
dations for  a  very  few.  Today  twelve  men,  in- 
stead of  two,  are  assisting  in  this  instruction ;  the 
microscopes  have  increased  fourfold  and  a  labora- 
tory as  large  and  as  well  equipped  as  any  in  the 
city  is  at  our  disposal.  Other  departments  show 
a  similar  progress. 

You  will  then  grant  that  the  present  faculty 
have  done  much  to  advance  the  standing  of  the 
institution :  that  much  has  been  left  undone  none 
recognize  better  than  they  themselves.  Unfortu- 
nately, the  institution  has  no  endowment,  and 
money  is  as  essential  to  the'  successful  conduct  of 
a  school  as  any  other  enterprise.  There  may  be 
other  changes  which  might  be  desirable,  and  be- 
fore the  next  reunion  important  ones  may  be  ef- 
fected. 

Now,  gentlemen  of  the  Alumni  Association, 
what  have  you  done  for  the  University?  Have 
you  always  lent  your  best  efforts  to  its  welfare? 
Have  you  always  spoken  in  kindly  terms  of  your 
Alma  Mater?  Have  you  strayed  away  from  the 
institution  that  gave  you  professional  birth? 

Occasionally  there  crops  out  some  sentiment 
of  ill  will,  a  grievance,  in  some  cases  possibly  real, 
in  many  cases  imaginary.  If  real,  try  to  forget 
it ;  if  imaginary,  it  can  readily  be  explained  away. 

I  would  especially  call  your  attention  to  the 
commendable  efforts  of  Dr.  Cordell  in  raising  an 
endowment  fund.  By  the  time  of  the  Centennial 
exercises  we  ought  to  be  able  to  secure  a  snug 
sum.  Let  us  all  pull  together  and  make  the  com- 
ing anniversary  a  memorable  period  in  the 
School's  history,  so  that  in  after  years  we  may 
look  back  upon  it,  not  only  as  an  important 
chronological  event,  but  as  a  time  when  the  bonds 
between  the  alumni  and  the  LTniversity  which 
bears  the  name  of  the  State  were  forged  closer 
than  ever. 

Gentlemen  of  the  graduating  class,  let  me  ad- 
dress my  concluding  remarks  to  you.  for  after 
all  vou  are  the  guests  at  this  banquet.  To  us  this 
is  a  mere  passing  event ;  to  you  it  is  an  epoch.  If 
anyone  of  vou  has  ever  attended  a  reunion  of 
this  Association,  you  doubtless  expect  to  hear 
me  say  what  I  have  heard  many  who  have  re- 


sponded to  this  toast  say,  "that  the  present  gradu- 
ating ,class  is  the  best  class  that  has  ever  gradu- 
ated from  the  University  of  Mar3'land."  It  may 
be  true  of  you  as  of  all  the  rest,  but  I  do  wish 
to  say  that  if  it  is  not  the  best  class,  it  is  not  be- 
cause you  have  not  been  offered  the  opportunity 
to  become  so.  During  the  four  years  that  you 
have  attended  the  University  of  Maryland  many 
important  changes  have  been  made  in  it,  and 
the  faculty  may  justly  claim  that  you  have  had 
every  chance  to  lay  the  foundation  for  a  thorough 
medical  education  and  for  becoming  competent 
physicians.  If  I  may  be  permitted  to  refer  to 
departments  outside  of  my  own,  I  feel  assured 
that  your  instruction  in  surgery  has  fitted  you  to 
undertake  all  minor  surgical  work  and  perhaps 
some  of  you  major  work,  although  I  believe 
that  your  instructors  in  surgery  and  gynecology 
will  agree  with  me  that  further  hospital  experi- 
ence, or  supervision  under  a  competent  surgeon, 
is  advisable  before  you  undertake  the  latter 
class  of  operations.  In  medicine  you  have  not 
only  listened  to  classical  didactic  lectures,  but, 
through  your  dispensary  and  ward  work,  you  have 
been  enabled  to  come  in  actual  contact  with  pa- 
tients and  disease,  a  privilege  which  but  few  of 
us  enjoyed  not  so  many  years  ago. 

■  You  have  been  instructed  in  the  use  of  drugs  ■ 
and  other  methods  of  combating  disease  and  re- 
lieving distress.  Your  obstetrical  work  will  en- 
able you  to  begin  with  an  experience  which,  a 
dozen  years  ago,  a  physician  would  not  acc^uire 
until  after  many  years  of  active  practice.  Nor 
has  the  so-called  scientific  side  of  your  education 
been  neglected.  You  have  had  the  opportunity 
to  study  the  normal  functions  and  structure  of 
the  body  in  your  chemical  and  anatomical  labora- 
tories, and  the  deviations  therefrom  at  the  au- 
topsy table  and  in  pathological  laboratory,  which 
I  hope  has  given  you  an  insight  as  to  the  relation- 
ship of  disturbed  function  to  altered  nutrition. 
You  have  made  use  of  the  instruments  of  preci- 
sion in  the  art  of  diagnosis,  the  stethoscope,  the 
liEeemoglobinometer,  the  hjemacytometer  and  the 
miscroscope.  How  few  of  us,  even  of  those 
graduated  as  recently  as  myself,  knew  the  value 
of  all  of  them.  The  various  specialties  have  been 
taught  you,  and  doubtless  many  of  you  will  find 


OUR  motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 

CARBONATED    WATER    in   sipkons  an  d  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

CHARLES  STREET  AND    MOUNT    ROYAL  AVENUE. 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


115 


your  life  work  confined  to  one  of  these  alluring 
and  less  arduous  fields. 

There  are  many  things  which  j-ou  have  learned 
which  )'ou  will  doubtless  forget — which  you  can 
afford  to  forget.  Do  you  not  recall  how  readily 
\ou  could  solve  some  of  those  problems  in  higher 
mathematics  in  your  college  days  ?  Can  you  as 
readily  do  so  now  ?  Nevertheless,  those  problems 
trained  your  mind  to  think — to  become  syste- 
matic. We  all  forget  the  unsightly  scaffolding 
that  surrounded  the  now  completed  magnificent 
building :  but  how  impossible  to  erect  the  building 
without  it. 

Your  harvest  is  all  garnered.  Henceforth  you 
are  to  be  sowers  as  well  as  reapers,  and  your  field 
is  the  world. 

Remember,  gentlemen,  the  progress  of  knowl- 
edge outruns  the  textbooks  in  which  you  have 
studied  these  branche's.  Science  is  a  great  trav- 
eler and  wears  out  her  shoes  pretty  fast.  "Chem- 
istry, for  instance,"  says  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes, 
"is  apt  to  spoil  on  one's  hands."  The  elements  of 
toda)'  are  the  ions  of  tomorrow.  The  theories  of 
immunity,  which  you  labored  so  hard  to  under- 
stand, may  be  recognized  as  erroneous  before 
you  have  had  the  chance  to  see  their  practical  ap- 
plication. The  principles  of  infant  feeding,  which 
have  giveli  you  so  much  anxiety,  may  be  revolu- 
tionized before  the  next  edition  of  Holt. 

I  would,  therefore,  .advise  you  to  read  current 
medical  literature,  and  take  a  few  good  medical 
journals  and  digest  thehi  well.  You  will  never 
have  outgrown  the  possibility  of  new  acquisi- 
tions, for  nature  is  endless  in  her  variety.  No 
class  of  men  need  to  call  to  mind  more  often  the 
wise  comment  of  Plato — that  education  is  a  life- 
long business. 

Be  sure  to  join  your  State  Medical  Society,  and 
through  it  the  American  Medical  Association. 
To  those  of  you  who  remain  in  the  city.  I  would 
especially  urge  you  to  soon  affiliate  yourselves 
with  the  L^niversity  ]\Iedical  Society.  By  attending 
society  meetings  you  are  enabled  to  keep  up  to 
date,  to  have  your  mind  refreshed  and  to  enjoy 
the  social  companionship  of  your  fellows.  If  you 
have  anything  of  interest  to  present  to  your  so- 
ciety— a  rare  case,  an  instructive  specimen  or  ex- 
perimental work — do  not  let  your  modesty,  or 
more  often  apathy,  hold  you  back.  Again,  recall 
that  union  is  strengfth ;  we  physicians  have  too 
long  overlooked  it,  and  in  consequence- have  often 


-been  unable  to  prevent  pernicious  or  to  demand 
favorable  legislation. 

And  now,  fellow  students,  on  behalf  of  the 
faculty  of  the  University  of  Maryland  and  this 
Association,  .1  -wish  you  Godspeed.  The  road  to 
success  is  a  difficult  path  and  hard  to  travel ;  it  is 
beset  with  many  temptations.  Many  an  honest 
fellow  has  dropped  by  the  wayside,  weary  and 
worn  out  by  the  struggle.  If  any  one  of  you  were 
to  ask  me  if  it  is  probable  that  you  are  to  be- 
come great  and  renowned  physicians,  leaders  in 
the  profession,  creators  of  thought,  I  would  un- 
hesitatingly answer  "no ;"  for.  that  is  a  goal  re- 
served for  the  chosen  few.  But  remember,  gen- 
tlemen, that  each  and  every  one  of  you  can  and 
ought  to  become  honorable  members  of  an  honor- 
able profession. 

:  o: 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  MARYLAND  IN 

1871   AND  IN    1906. 

This  was  the  title  of  an  interesting  address  de- 
livered at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni  As- 
sociation, of  the  School  of  Medicine,  June  1,  by 
Randolph  Winslow,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Surgery. 
He  began  by  speaking  of  his  connection  with  the 
University,  in  some  capacity,  for  almost  thirty- 
five  years,  and  sketched  briefly  the  salient  points 
in  the  history  of  the  institution.  In  1871,  when 
he  entered  as  a  student,  the  Medical  School  con- 
tained only  114  students,  the  reorganized  Law 
School  was  in  its  second  year  and  the  School  of 
Arts  and  Sciences,  which  had  become  the  private 
enterprise  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Dalrymple,  was  deca- 
dent. The  Faculty  of  Divinity,  never  active,  had 
still  a  representative  on  the  Board  of  Regents  in 
the  person  of  Rev.  Dr.  Hamner.  It  was  a  period 
of  depression.  The  people  had  been  impover- 
ished by  the  war  and  education  was  at  a  low 
ebb,  and  these  conditions  were  sensibly  felt  at  the 
Universit}-.  There  was  absolutely  no  co-opera- 
tion between  its  various  departments,  each  of 
which  worked  out  its  own  salvation  or  extinction 
in  its  own  way.  The  state  had  made  no  financial 
provision  for  its  maintenance,  and  it  had  to  eke 

Surgical  and  Hospital  Supplies  Sick  Room  Supplies 

Dental  Forceps       Microscopes  and  Accessories 
THE  CHAS.  WILLMS  SURGICAL  INSTRUMENT  CO. 

300    NORTH    HOWARD    STREET 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


out  an  existence  as  best  it  could.     At  the  date 
specified  its  affairs  were  at  a  low  ebb. 

A  high  wall  surrounded  the  grounds.  The 
classic-looking  Medical  building  presented  a  di- 
lapidated appearance  for  want  of  paint.  In  the 
rear  stood  Practice  Hall,  a  two-story  building, 
with  a  lecture  room  below  and  an  uncomfortable 
museum  room  above.  The  splendid  museum, 
originally  collected  by  Allan  Burns,  and  contain- 
ing many  beautiful  and  valuable  preparations, 
had  been  allowed  to  go  to  ruin  for  lack  of  care. 
The  main  lecture  halls  contained  uncomfortable 
benches,  with  broad-railed  backs,  upon  which, 
safe  from  the  puddles  of  tobacco  juice,  the  stu- 
dents perched  like  flocks  of  crows  on  the  branches 
of  a  tree.  The  dissecting  room  occupied  the  front 
of  the  main  building,  and  in  warm  weather  filled 
it  with  unpleasant  odors.  The  hospital  was  a 
plain,  three-story  and  basement  structure,  very 
much  smaller  than  at  present. 

The  Faculty  of  that  period  was  able  and  dis- 
tinguished, although  changes  were  desirable. 
Professor  Aikin,  in  chemistry,  had  grown  old 
and  deaf,  and  was  probably  not  up  to  date ;  the 
students  heard  and  profited  but  little  by  his  ef- 
forts. Professor  Miltenberger  was  at  the  height 
of  his  usefulness  and  popularity,  and  though 
usually  late  to  lectures,  was  an  able  and  instruc- 
tive didactic  teacher.  There  was  no  lying-in  hos- 
pital, and  most  students  entered  upon  practice 
without  having  seen  a  case  of  labor.  Professor 
McSherry  read  his  lectures  in  practice,  and,  whilst, 
carefully  prepared  and  expressed  in  chaste  and 
elegant  language,  they  were  not  very  entertain- 
ing. Professor  Christopher  Johnston  gave  no 
systematic  instruction  in  surgery,  and  avoided 
lecturing  when  possible.  What  the  speaker  knew 
of  surgery  he  had  learned  since  he  sat  on  the 
benches  as  a  medical  student.  Professor  Samuel 
C.  Chew  was  then,  as  now,  an  able,  erudite  and 
conscientious  teacher.  Professor  Donaldson  was 
not  lacid  or  instructive  in  physiology.  Professor 
Howard  was  a  forcible  and  impressive  didactic 
lecturer,  and  one  of  the  most  instructive  clinical 
teachers  the  speaker  had  ever  seen.  Professor 
Chisolm  was  the  most  distinguished  member  of 
the  Faculty,  neat  and  attractive  in  appearance,  of 
terse  and  incisive  speech,  the  best  teacher  ■  the 
speaker  had  ever  listened  to ;  even  to  this  day  his 
words  stick  to  the  memory.  Professor  Miles, 
while  a  beautiful  speaker  and  possessing  wide 
and   exact  knowledge   of   anatomy   and   nervous 


disease,  was — the  speaker  was  inclined  to  think — 
more  eloquent  than  instructive,  and  in  the  pleas- 
ure of  listening  to  his  graceful  and  pleasing  lan- 
guage one  sometimes  forgot  the  subject  matter 
he  was  striving  to  impress  upon  the  mind.  There 
was  but  one  laboratory — that  of  practical  anat- 
omy— under  the  charge  of  Dr.  Tiffany,  and  stu- 
dents were  required  to  dissect  only  one  session, 
and  their  work  was  usually  poor.  The  course 
embraced  two  sessions  of  five  months  each,  the 
same  lectures  being  repeated  each  year.  Exami- 
nations were  oral  and  held  only  at  the  end  of  the 
second  year,  and  usually  at  the  private  offices  of 
the  professors  and  at  night.  The  examinations 
were,  however,  by  no  means  perfunctory  occa- 
sions, and  a  reasonably  good  idea  of  the  pro- 
ficiency of  the  student  was  obtained  by  them.  Of 
the  52  candidates  for  examination  in  1873,  6  were 
rejected. 

Since  1873  the  following  are  principal  events, 
as  enumerated :  1874,  Greene  Street  wing  of  hos- 
pital built  with  State  appropriation.  1882,  Dental 
Department  established.  1887,  Lying-in  Hospi- 
tal founded.  1890,  Training  School  for  Nurses 
established  and  Nurses'  Dormitory  erected.  1892, 
course  lengthened  to  three  sessions.  1893,  Prac- 
tice Hall  rebuilt  and  converted  into  commodious 
laboratories ;  its  immediate  destruction  by  fire 
necessitated  its  second  rebuilding  at  a  cost  of 
$10,000  extra.  1895,  course  lengthened  to  four 
years.  1896,  new  University  Hospital  erected 
by  the  Faculty  of  Physic  at  a  large  cost.  1903, 
new  Dental  and  Laboratory  building  erected. 
Same  year,  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  added 
as  the  Department  of  Pharmacy.  At  various 
times  additional  property  has  been  purchased,  so 
that  now  the  University  owns  all  four  corners 
on  Greene  and  Lombard  Streets,  including  the 
church  on  the  southeast  comer,  »four  buildings  on 
the  northwest  corner,  three  buildings  west  of 
the  main  hospital  and  the  building  occupied  by 
the  Lying-in  Hospital.  Soon  there  will  be  erected 
a  large  addition  to  the  hospital  on  the  west  and 
a  large  dormitory  building  for  the  use  of  students. 

The  address  concluded  with  the  following  com- 
parisons and  reflections : 

"In  1906  there  were  about  60  instructors  in  the 
medical  school :  in  1871  there  were  ten.     In  1873 

Drovers   anO   /IBecbanics'   matlonal   JSanft    :    : 

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there  were  114  medical  students;  in  1906,  339. 
In  18?1  there  were  no  laboratories  except  the 
dissecting  room;  in  190G  there  are  two  large 
buildings  devoted  to  laboratories ;  in  1871  no 
cases  of  labor ;  during  the  past  year  about  900 
cases  have  been  seen  by  members  of  the  gradu- 
ating class,  an  average  of  25  cases  each.  In  1871 
the  course  of  instruction  was  of  two  sessions  of 
five  months  each ;  in  1906  it  requires  four  ses- 
sions of  eight  months  each  before  one  is  eligible 
for  graduation.  In  1871  tlie  instruction  was  al- 
most entirely  didactic  by  lectures ;  in  1906  the 
most  important  part  of  the  instruction  is  clinical 
and  demonstrative. 

"In  a  recent  communication  published  in  Old 
Maryland  the  writer  states  the  disinclination  of 
some  of  the  alumni  to  help  the  medical  school 
because  the  Faculty  was  'milking  the  cow/  and 
the  writer  adds :  "The  impression  I  obtained  was 
that  personal  interests  superseded  loyalty  to  the 
Alma  Mater.'  There  are  none  so  blind  as  those 
who  will  not  see.  'Having  eyes,  see  ye  not;  hav- 
ing ears,  hear  ye  not.'  Since  1893,  a  period  of 
13  years,  this  Faculty  has  expended  and  obligated 
itself  in  the  purchase  of  property,  and  the  erec- 
tion and  reconstruction  of  buildings,  etc.,  to  the 
extent  of  about  $270,000,  or  more  than  $20,000 
a  year.  This  does  not  include  current  running 
expenses,  the  purchase  of  apparatus  and  supplies, 
or  ordinary  repairs.  The  medical  faculty  has 
done  its  duty ;  it  has  not  'milked  the  cow,'  but 
has  expended  the  greater  part  of  its  income  in 
nourishing  the  School. 

"On  the  threshold  of  the  Centennial  year  I 
seem  to  be  set  as  a  watchman  to  declare  unto 
you  what  I  see,  and  the  cry  cometh,  'Watchman, 
what  of  the  night?  Watchman,  what  of  the 
night?"  The  watchman  saith,  'The  morning 
cometh.'  I  verily  believe  that  the  morning  com- 
eth, that  the  dawn  is  already  visible  in  the  east. 
The  various  schools  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land are  in  a  higher  degree  of  efficiency  and 
prosperity  than  ever  before,  but  there  are  gaps 
to  be  filled.  The  Faculty  of  Arts  and  Sciences, 
never  a  healthy  offspring,  died  an  untimely, 
death.  Within  a  year  it  is  probable  that  St. 
John's  College,  at  Annapolis,  will  by  adoption 
take  the  place  of  the  defunct  department,  and 
it  is  possible  that  other  institutions  may  also  be, 
assimilated.  The  Baltimore  Medical  College  has 
already  appointed  a"  committee  to  confer  with  a 
similar  committee  from  the  Faculty  of  Physic  to 


formulate  terms  for  the  consolidation  of  that  in- 
stitution with  the  University,  a  union  which,  it 
is  believed,-  will  greatly  advance  the  interests  of 
the  schools  and  of  medical  education.  Old  things 
ai^e  passing  away  ;  the  future  is  bright  with  prom- 
ise. There  is  much  to  be  done ;  it  will  not  be  ac- 
complished by  carping  criticism,  but  by  earnest 
work,  sympathetic  encouragement  and  united  ef- 
fort." 


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CONTRACTS      BETWEEN     CORPORA- 
TIONS HAVING  DIRECTORS 
IN    COMMON. 


(Prize  Thesis,  University  of  Maryland,  1906.) 


By  Frederick  C.  Colston,  LL.  B.,  '06. 


{Abstracted  for  Old  Maryland  by  John   Henry 
Skeen.LL.B.) 


Mr.  Colston  prefaces  his  investigation  of  this 
interesting  subject  by  a  few  remarks  on  the  na- 
ture of  the  corporate  conception  and  its  com- 
paratively recent  application  to  modern  business 
enterprises,  speaking  of  its  marvelous  develop- 
ment in  this  field  and  its  large  present-day  im- 
portance. These  are  matters  of  more  or  less 
common  knowledge,  but  the  tracing  of  the  de- 
velopment of  the  law  governing  such  contracts 
from  a  time  when,  roughly  speaking,  no  such 
contracts  could  be  made,  up  to  the  present,  when 
they  are  entered  into  every  day,  is  a  task  of 
great  interest,  requiring  more  painstaking  re- 
search than  one  would  imagine  from  casually 
reading  the  outcome  of  it.  Such  is  the  an- 
nounced plan  of  this  paper,  and  it  has  been 
clearly  and  well  fulfilled. 

The  indisputable  fact  that  this  is  a  day  of  "al- 
most promiscuous  incorporation"  is  assigned  as 
the  reason  why  many  n^en  serve  as  directors  in 
common  of  many  corporations :  we  think  con- 
federation of  interests  and  the  elimination  of 
competition,  together  with  a  desire  for  the  names 
of  prominent  or  efficient  men,  or  representatives 
of  special  interests  in  the  directorates  of  various 
corporations,  are  other  and  perhaps  more  efifec- 

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tive  causes,  but  be  that  as  it  jnay,  our  eminent 
financiers  are  concerned  in  guiding  the  fortunes 
of  so  many  corporations  that  their  responsibili- 
ties would  assuredly  turn  them  gray  if  they  both- 
ered very  much  about  it,  and  they  would  do 
nothing  but  continually  attend  board  meetings 
all  their  days.  Further,  in  the  exigencies  of  busi- 
ness, these  corporations  must  often  have  occa- 
sion to  contract  together.  The  question  then 
arises,  What  is  the  status  of  these  engagements 
before  the  law  ?  And  how  has  the  law  come  to 
be  what  it  is  today  in  this  respect?  . 

The  plan  of  the  thesis  is  to  trace  the  develop- 
ment of  the  theory  of  the  law  respecting  these 
contracts ;  first  at  law,  and  then  with  a  particular 
discussion  of  the  attitude  of  the  equity  courts  to- 
ward them,  since  the  matter  is  naturally  one  be- 
longing to  that  jurisdiction.  The  cases  appear 
to  be  taken  up  in  chronological  order.  This, 
while  not  the  most  systematic  framework  pas- 
sible to  be  devised,  is  perhaps  the  best  adapted 
to  exhibiting  the  law  in  its  various  stages  of  de- 
velopment, which  is  the  object  the  author  has  in 
view. 

It  is  pointed  out  at  first  that  such  contracts 
are  not  affected  by  the  doctrine  that,  the  directors 
being  the  agents  of  their  respective  corporations, 
cannot  legally  contract  as  representing  both  par- 
ties in  the  same  transaction  at  the  same  time ;  be- 
cause in  the  theory  of  the  common  law  the  cor- 
porations themselves,  and  not  their  directors  or 
agents,  are  the  real  parties  to  the  contract.  The 
contracts,  therefore,  are  valid,  so  far  as  they 
might  be  affected  by  the^  law  of  agency.  Two 
cases  are  cited,  one  of  North  Carolina  and  one 
of  Illinois,  following  the  English  view  that  such 
contracts  are  valid  at  common  law. 

The  thesis  then  proceeds  to  the  discussion  of 
the  doctrine  as  expounded  by  the  courts  of  equity, 
remarking  that  they  regard  it  in  a  broader,  more 
elastic  and  liberal  manner  as  distinguished  from 
the  courts  of  common  law. 

The  difficulties  which  such  contracts  first  en- 
countered in  the  courts  arose  out  of  a  logical  ex- 
tension of,  or  rather  reasoning  based  on,  the  famous 
and  troublesome  "trust  fund  doctrine"  first  enun- 
ciated by  Justice  Story  in  Wood  v.  Dimimer,  3 
Mason  (U.  S.  Circuit)  Rep.,  p.  308.  "According 
to  this  theory,  the  capital  stock  of  a  corporation 
was  a  trust  fund  for  the  payment  of  the  debts  of 
the  corporation.  And  the  directors  occupied  the 
position  of  trustees  as  to  this  fund,"  the  ground 


of  invalidity  being  that  a  fiduciary  cannot  con- 
tract for  his  own  benefit  with  respect  to  the  fund 
of  which  he  is  trustee.  A,  B  and  C  are  among 
the  directors  of  Corporation  One ;  they  are  also 
of  the  directorate  of  Corporation  Two.  Corpora- 
tion One  contracts  to  buy  a  tract  of  land  frorn 
Corporation  Two.  While  sitting  as  directors  of 
Corporation  One,  A,  B  and  C  are  considered  as 
trustees  with  regard  to  its  interest ;  it  is  their 
duty  to  it  to  negotiate  the  lowest  possible  price 
for  the  tract ;  as  representatives  of  Corporation 
Two,  the  vendor,  it  is  just  as  clearly  to  the  in- 
terest of  these  identical  men  to  secure  a  high 
price  for  what  Corporation  Two  has  to  sell.  This 
is  an  example  of  the  transactions  constantly  aris- 
ing in  which  the  duty  and  interest  of  the 
same  directors  serving  contracting  corporations 
squarely  conflict.    This,  then,  is  the  rule : 

■'Thus  we  find  that  when  such  contracts  first 
began  to  come  before  the  courts  the  judges,  fol- 
lowing this  line  of  reasoning,  came  to  the  inevit- 
able conclusion  that  the  cestui  que  trust;  in  other 
words,  the  corporation,  could  avoid  such  con- 
tracts at  will,  regardless  of  whether  they  were  fair 
or  unfair." 

This  was  the  general  rule  for  what  may  be 
called  the  first  period  of  the  law  on  this  subject, 
while  some  courts,  as  in  the  case  of  O'Connor 
Mining  and  Manufacturing  Company  v.  Coosa 
Furnace  Company,  95  Ala.,  614,  went  to  the  ex- 
tent of  holding  that  even  a  minority  stockholder 
had  the  absolute  right  to  avoid  such  contracts,  al- 
though the  general  rule  as  to  minority  stockhold- 
ers and  creditors  was  even  then  that  they  could 
avoid  such  contracts  only  for  fraud. 

As  may  well  be  imagined,  the  development  of 
the  corporate  idea  and  business  necessities  com- 
pelled the  modification  of  this  strict  rule,  which 
might  preclude  the  most  important  corporations 
in  a  great  city  from  dealing  with  each  other 
merely  because  they  might  have,  and  very  likely 
would  have,  a  director  or  two  in  common. 

The  Maryland  Court  of  Appeals  was  among 
the  first  to  formulate  what  Mr.  Colston  calls  the 
modern  doctrine,  by  the  case  of  Booth  v.  Robin- 
son, 55  Md.,  419,  opinion  by  Alvey,  J.  He  thus 
traces  the  development  from  the  original  posi- 
tion  of   the   courts,   as    set   forth   above,   to   the 

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tions and  Programs.  Diplomas.  Certificates,  Engrossing:.  U.  of 
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advanced    position    of    Booth    v.    Robinson    and 
similar  cases. 

(a)  The  directors  are  trustees,  and  all  con- 
tracts between  corporations  having  directors  in 
common  are  voidable  absolutely,  at  the  option 
of  a  stockholder,  or  by  a  creditor  on  a  showing 
of  fraud.  Metropolitan  Elv.  R.  R.  Co.  v.  Man- 
hattan El  R.  R.  Co.,  11  Daly,  373. 

(b)  Such  contracts  are  not  valid,  but  it  is  a 
question  whether  they  are  always  voidable  at  the 
election  of  the  stockholder,  or  whether  they  may 
be  sustained  on  an  affirmative  showing  of  fair- 
ness and  good  faith.  The  presumption  is  still 
against  the  contract ;  the  burden  of  proof  of  fair- 
ness is  on  the  corporation.  German  Nafl  Bank 
V.  First  Nat' I  Bank,  75  N.  W.,  531  {Neb.). 

(c)  While  such  contracts  should  be  subjected 
to  rigid  scrutiny,  the  fact  that  there  are  directors 
in  common  affords  no  presumption  against  the 
legality  and  fairness  of  the  transaction.  The 
burden  of  proof  is  on  those  impeaching  the  con- 
tract, and  there  must  be  "distinct  charges  of  mis- 
conduct, fully  supported  by  proof."  In  this  case 
a  minority  of  directors  were  common  to  both 
boards.    Booth  v.  Robinson,  55  Md.,  419. 

(d)  Booth  V.  Robinson  was  upheld  in  Cannon 
V.  Brush  Electric  Co.,  91  Md.,  446,  a  case  in 
which  a  majority  of  directors  was  common  to 
both  boards. 

Thus  it  is  seen  that  the  later  cases  mark  the 
complete  abandonment  by  the  courts,  so  far  as 
this  particular  phase  of  the  law  is  concerned,  of 
the  "trust  fund"  theory,  and  a  complete  change 
of  front  from  the  position  originally  held. 

The  variations  from  the  general  rule  occurring 
in  the  jurisprudence  of  some  of  the  states  are 
next  taken  up,  and  if  there  is  nothing  surprising 
in  the  fact  that  the  law  of  New  Hampshire,  as 
enunciated  in  a  case  decided  in  1883,  ,is  in  a  back- 
ward condition,  it  is  almost  amazing  to  learn 
that  New  Jersey,  in  most  respects  enterprising 
beyond  her  sister  states  in  corporation  matters, 
is  no  further  advanced  than  New  Hampshire,  the 
case  cited  holding  that  such  contracts  are  pre- 
sumed fraudulent  until  shown  to  be  fair  by  af- 
firmative proof. 

Returning  to  the  further  consideration  of  the 
general  rule,  it  is  stated  that  courts  of  equity  fur- 
ther require  that  the  party  aggrieved  must  show 
that  he  has  made  every  effort  to  secure  redress 
through  the  corporation  itself  before  applying  to 
the  court ;  and,  further,  that  the  fact  that  a  re- 


ceiver of  one  corporation  brings  the  suit  instead 
of  a  stockholder  or  creditor  does  not  affect  the 
general  rule.  A  consideration  of  the  Federal 
cases  shows  that  they  declare  the  same  rule  as 
the  most  advanced  of  the  state  courts. 

The  English  doctrine  was  at  first  the  same  as 
the  early  American,  but  has  been  altered  in  im- 
portant respects  by  legislation  disqualifying  di- 
rectors from  voting  on  any  contract  in  which  they 
are  interested,  and  requiring  such  contract  to  be 
ratified  by  a  majority  of  the  stockholders  before 
it  has  any  validity.  And  in  a  case  arising  after 
the  passage  hereof,  in  which  its  provisions  were 
not  complied  with,  the  contract  in  question  was 
held  invalid.  There  has  been  later  English  legis- 
lation in  8  and  9  Victoria,  ch.  16,  which  has 
made  the  law  in  this  respect  more  strict,  the  sub- 
stance of  it  being  that  no  one  holding  an  office 
of  trust  or  profit  under  the  company,  or  inter- 
ested in  any  contract  with  it,  shall  be  a  director, 
and  no  director  shall  be  interested  in  any  con- 
tract with  the  corporation. 

The  legislation  in  the  United  States  as  a  whole 
closely  resembles  the  British  statutes.  Laws  of 
this  nature  are  stated  to  have  been  passed  in 
West  Virginia,  Mississippi,  Pennsylvania  and 
Connecticut. . 

In  closing,  it  is  pointed  out  that  the  contracts 
under  discussion,  even  when' voidable,  for  what- 
ever reason,  may  nevertheless  generally  be  rati- 
fied by  a  majority  of  the  stockholders ;  the  ob- 
jectors' rights  may  also  be  lost  or  impaired  by 
unreasonable  delay  In  enforcing  them — laches. 
The  remedy  for  the  harm  supposed  to  be  wrought 
by  such  contracts  is  almost  invariably  sought  by 
a  bill  in  equity  asking  appropriate  relief,  whether 
by  injunction  or  otherwise. 

The  paper  as  a  whole  seems  an  admirable  one, 
and  the  number,  range  and  variety  of  the  au- 
thorities cited  or  quoted  indicate  that  the  work 
has  been  thoroughly  done.  Mr.  Colston  is  to  be 
congratulated  upon  his  success  in  competition 
with  the  large  number  of  other  theses  submitted, 
many  of  them  doubtless  very  able,  and  particu- 
larly to  be  congratulated  because  to  write  the 
best  thesis  is  a  more  certain  test  of  all-around 
knowledge  and  ability  than  to  attain  the  highest 
averages. 


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alumni,  but  I  believe  that  in  the  minds  of  many 
of  them  there  are  seeds  of  a  warm  attachment 
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tor, we  are  doing  the  right  thing,  and  every  dollar 

Qerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

5.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


we  can  add  to  the  Endowment  will  help  on  the 
purpose  we  have  so  much  at  heart.  "Whatever 
thy  hand  findeth  to  do,  do  it  with  thy  might." 
This  is  the  duty,  the  opportunity,  at  hand  for 
us.  Let  us  lay  hold  of  it — let  us  stick  to  it  and 
pursue  it  with  our  might. 

I  will  write  to as  you  suggest.     I  never 

lose  an  opportunity  to  appeal  to  any  one  who 
might  aid  us.  Nor  do  I  despise  any  amount. 
Someone  said  of who  offered  me  five  dol- 
lars— "I  should  have  thrown  it  .in  his  face!"  Of 
course  I  prefer  large  subscriptions,  but  I  welcome 
the  small  ones  also — on  the  principle  that  "many 
a  mickle  makes  a  muckle."  Better  small  ad- 
ditions than  none  at  all.  Even  the  small  ones 
show  a  certain  interest,  and  there  is  always  the 
possibihty  that  the  donors  may  add  to  their  gifts 
in  the  future.  Whereas,  if  I  were  to  refuse,  I 
should  not  only  lose  the  small  gift,  but  also  make 
an  enemy  and  never  get  anything. 

It  is  a  significant  fact  that  of  the  $800,000 
which  President  Alderman  collected  during  his 
first  year  at  the  University  of  Virginia  for  that  in- 
stitution, but  four  per  cent,  came  from  its  alumni; 
so  that  we  are  not  the  only  institution  which  has 
cause  to  complain  of  the  lack  of  generosity  of  its 
alumni. 

But  how  shall  we  get  at  the  purses  of  the  lay- 
men? Writing  has  been  tried  faithfully,  and 
seems  almost  labor  thrown  away.  Who  will  vol- 
unteer to  call  upon  them  persoiiallyf  What  re- 
gent, what  professor,  what  alumnus?  We  await 
a  rush  of  volunteers. 

;  o: 


In  view  of  our  approaching  Centennial,  we 
may  profitably  take  a  lesson  from  the  alumni  of 
the  University  of  Buffalo.  At  the  commence- 
ment of  that  University  on  June  1  the  meeting 
of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Medical  De- 
partment lasted  four  days.  This  period  was  oc- 
cupied with  daily  clinics  at  the  several  hospitals, 
luncheons,  smokers  in  the  evenings,  business 
meetings,  addresses  and  music  Note  that  this 
was  an  ordinary  commencement  and  not  a  cen- 
tcnnial.  and  that  all  these  proceedings  and  fes- 
tivities belonged  to  the  Medical  De[>artmcnt  only; 
the  other  departments  had  their  celebrations  also. 
We  cannot  but  contrast  the  above  with  a  state- 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 
Modem  Pharmacy  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Light  Sis. 

Manufacturing  Wliolesale  and  Retail 
Quality  tlie  Best  Prices  tlie  Lowest 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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ment  of  one  of  the  prominent  members  of  this 
University  that  we  would  probably  find  it  diffi- 
cult to  extend  our  Centennial  programme  beyond 
two  days. 

By  the  way,  what  are  the  Centennial  Coniit- 
tees  doing?  They  have  now  been  in  existence 
for  several  months,  but  we  have  not  heard  of  any 
activity  on  their  part  as  yet.  It  is  particularly 
interesting  to  learn  whether  the  Cominittees  on 
Press  and  Finances  have  taken  any  steps  to- 
wards advertising  the  event  or  collecting  funds 
for  its  proper  observance.  It  is  by  no  means  too 
soon  to  be  attending  to  these  things.  There  is 
much  to  be  done  in  the  way  of  preparation  by 
these  and  other  committees,  and  our  alumni  are 
scattered  all  over  the  world.  We  should  have 
every  man  here  in  May,  1907,  whom  we  can  get 
to  come. 

The  Medical  Graduating  Class  of  the  above  in- 
stitution set  us  another  laudable  example  on  the 
same  occasion  by  presenting  to  the  University 
Extension  Fund  a  purse  of  ftve  hundred  dollars, 
which  we  cannot  but  agree  was  "a  highly  gen- 
erous exhibition  of  loyalty"  on  their  part  to  their 
Alma  Mater. 

:  o  : 

The  death  of  Judge  Thomas  S.  Baer,  of  the 
Supreme  Bench  of  Baltimore  and  of  the  Fac- 
ulty of  Law  of  this  institution,  on  July  18, 
from  malignant  disease  of  the  upper  jaw,  re- 
moves from  the  Bar  of  Maryland  a  lawyer  of 
acknowledged  ability,  particularly  in  matters 
of  real  estate  and  equity,  and  an  accomplished, 
dignified  and  conscientious  jurist.  He  was  the 
son  of  Rev.  John  Baer,  of  the  M.  E.  Church, 
and  was  born  in  Baltimore  March  16,  1843. 
At  the  age  of  16  he  graduated  at  the  City  Col- 
lege, gaining  the  first  prize — the  Peabody 
medal.  He  then  spent  several  years  in  teach- 
ing, after  which  he  entered  the  office  of  Mr. 
William  S.  Watters,  for  the  study  of  law.  At 
the  age  of  20  he  was  admitted  to  the  Baltimore 
Bar,  where  he  showed  remarkable  ability,  and 
was  recognized  as  an  authority  on  certain  sub- 
jects. For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  School  Board  and  he  served  a  term  in  the 
Legislature.  He  also  served  as  auditor  and 
master  of  the  Court  of  Equity.  In  1898-99  he 
was  President  of  the  Bar  Association  of  Balti- 
more City.  Upon  the  death  of  Judge  Albert 
Ritchie  in  1903  he  was  elected  to  fill  the  va- 


cancy. "In  the  dispatch  of  business,  m  the 
promptness  and  accuracy  of  his  rulings  and  in 
his  calm,  firm  and  dignified  demeanor,"  says 
Judge  Dobler,  "he  commanded  the  respect  of 
all  who  came  in  contact  with  him."  He  was  a 
genial  companion  and  possessed  a  large  fund 
of  humor.  He  was  fond  of  traveling  and  fish- 
ing and  for  several  years  spent  his  summers  in 
Canada.  For  twelve  years  he  held  the  Chair 
of  "The  Law  of  Real  and  Leasehold  Estates, 
Trade  Marks  and  Copyrights,"  in  this  Uni- 
versity. 

:  o  : 

The  appointment  of  Alfred  S.  Niles,  of  the 
Baltimore  Bar,  b)^  the  Governor  of  Maryland 
as  the  successor  of  Judge  Thomas  S.  Baer, 
upon  the  Supreme  Bench  of  Baltimore,  is  a 
most  judicious  one,  and  meets  with  general 
approval  among  all  disinterested  citizens.  It 
is  at  the  same  time  an  honor  to  this  Univer- 
sity, of  which  he  is  an' alumnus.  He  is  a  na- 
tive of  Pennsylvania,  the  son  of  Rev.  Henry 
Niles,  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  is  forty- 
six  years  old.  He  graduated  at  Princeton  Col- 
lege in  1879  and  received  his  LL.B.  here  in 
1881.  From  1901  to  1906,  he  held  a  chair  and 
the  deanship  in  the  Baltimore  Law  School,  re- 
signing in  the  latter  year  to  accept  from  the 
Court  of  Appeals  ■  an  appointment  upon  the 
State  Board  of  Law  Examiners.  He  is  con- 
sidered exceptional!}^  well  versed  in  the  law, 
possesses  great  industry  and  capacity  for  work, 
a  clear  and  unbiassed  judgment,  and  the  high- 
est personal  courage.  He  is  an  independent  in 
politics.  Flis  appointment  will  contribute  to 
the  high  standard  of  the  Bench  of  Baltimore. 
Members  of  the  General  Alumni  Association 
will  recall  the  splendid  tribute  to  William 
Pinkney  read  by  him  before  that  Association  in 
October  last.  Judge  Niles  is  at  present  travel- 
ing with  his  famil}^  in  Scotland. 


-:  o :  ■ 


The  day  is  short,  and  work  is  great, — the 
reward  is  also  great,  and  the  Master  presses. 
It  is  not  incumbent  on  thee  to  complete  the 
work,  but  thou  nuist  not  therefore  cease  from 
it. — The  Talmud. 

Wlesel's  Obstetric  and  Rectal  Cones  *"^''*''&caSP"""' 


MATED    AN  D    I 


lANUFACTURCO     ONLY    BY 


JOHN  «.  WIESEL, 


PHARMACEUTICAL   CHEMIST 
1101  Madison  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md.,  U.  S.  A. 


122 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


RESPONSE  IN  PART  TO  THE  TOAST— 
"THE  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION  OF  THE 
SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE"— AT  THE 
BANQUET  HELD  JUNE  i,  1906. 


By  B.  Merrill  Hopkinson,  M.  D. 


Mr.  Toastmastcr  and  Fellow  Alumni: 

I  regret  exceedingl}'  that,  owing  to  the  late 
day  upon  which  I  received  my  notification  that 
I  was  to  respond  to  this  toast  and  my  frequent 
absence  from  the  city  during  the  month  of  May, 
I  have  been  unable  to  prepare  a  suitable  reply. 
I  am  glad,  however,  that  I  have  the  opportunity 
of  saying  a  few  words  to  you  upon  this  subject. 
In  the  first  place,  I  cannot,  for  the  life  of  me,  un- 
derstand why  it  is  that  so  few  out  of  the  many 
thousands  of  our  graduates  become  members  of 
this  Association.  The  present  class  numbers  83, 
of  which  number  14  have  become  members. 
When  I  graduated  the  majority  of  my  class  con- 
nected themselves  with  the  Association  quite 
as  a  matter  of  course.  And  that  seems  to  me  to 
be  the  natural  thing  for  all  graduates  to  do.  The 
Treasurer  tells  me  he  has  about  240  names  upon 
his  list,  and  that  of  this  number  230  have  paid 
dues  for  the  current  year.  What  a  ridiculous 
showing  when  there  are  literally  thousands  of 
men  in  full  practice  who  should  be  members. 
You  know  it  is  a  true  statement  that  if  we  take 
stock  in  a  project  we  will  take  interest  in  that 
project.  And  this  holds  good  in  the  present 
case ;  for,  if  we  will  invest  the  paltry  sum  of  one 
dollar  annually  in  this  Association,  we  will  feel 
that  there  is  a  tie  binding  us  to  our  Alma  Mater 
for  all  time  wherever  we  may  be. 

I  have  sought  in  vain  for  an  adequate  reason 
for  this  apparent  indifference  and  lack  of  college 
spirit  upon  the  part  of  our  graduates.  Dr.  Wins- 
low  has  clearly  demonstrated  to  you  in  his  splen- 
did address,  delivered  but  a  few  moments  ago, 
that  the  Faculty,  for  years,  has  done  more,  mvcli 
mure,  than  its  duty  by  our  dear  old  School  and 
has  iiot  been  "milking  the  cow."  Could  it  not  be 
truly  said  that  the  men  who  have  become  alumni, 
who  have  gone  out  from  the  famous  old  School, 
with  its  mark  of  approval  and  Godspeed,  have 
but  "milked  the  cow"  and  then  cast  her  off  with 
subsequent  neglect  and  even  scorn?  Let  us  all 
do  what  in  us  lies  to  build  up  the  Association 
and  in  so  doing  to  strengthen  the  old  University 
which  a:ave  us  birth. 


You  have  all  heard  what  Dr.  Cordell  has  told 
us  about  the  Endowment  Fund  and  the  hopes  of 
the  Committee  regarding  that  necessary  comple- 
ment to  the  successful  conduct  of  a  University 
of  the  present  day.  May  we  not  constitute  our- 
selves a  Committee  of  the  Whole  to  push  this 
Fund  to  the  $100,000  mark?  Let  every  one  do 
what  he  can  and  subscribe  his  name  upon  the 
roll  of  honor  with  those  who  have  already  be- 
come contributors.  I  am  proud  that  my  name 
is  already  there,  and  I  pledge  myself  to  give  an- 
nually for  five  years  the  amount  I  have  already 
contributed.     Will  you  not  all  do  the  same? 


-;  o : 


SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 


The  vacancies  in  the  Faculty  have  been  filled 
by  the  appointment  of  E.  Frank  Kelly,  Phar.D., 
as  Associate  Professor  of  Pharmacy  to  succeed 
Associate  Professor  Charles  Schmidt,  Ph.  G., 
deceased,  and  of  James  W.  Westcott,  Ph.G.,  as 
Associate  Professor  of  Materia  Medica,  and 
Charles  H.  Ware,  Ph.G.,  as  Associate  Professor 
of  Botany  to  succeed  Associate  Professor  John 
P.  Piquett,  Ph.G.,  deceased,  whose  chair  has  been 
divided.  The  Demonstratorship  of  Pharmacy, 
vacant  by  the  promotion  of  Dr.  Kelly,  has  not 
yet  been  filled. 

Other  changes  that  will  come  into  effect  with 
the  session  of  1906-07  are  a  slight  increase  in 
the  length  of  the  session — five  days ;  the  Senior 
course  in  Botany  has  been  abolished  and  in- 
struction in  that  subject  is  limited  to  the  first 
half  of  the  Junior  year;  the  Junior  course  in 
Materia  Medica  has  been  shortened  from  three- 
fourths  to  one-half  the  session ;  instead  of  the 
three  college  prizes,  a  gold  medal  will  be  awarded 
to  the  candidate  for  graduation  standing  highest 
in  final  examinations,  and  instead  of  honorable 
mention  of  the  five  students  standing  next 
highest,  certificates  of  honor  will  be  granted  to 
the  three  students  so  standing.    , 

But  the  most  important  change  is  that  relating 
to  the  "Requirements  for  Matriculation."  Begin- 
ning with  next  session,  the  applicant  must 
present,  1,  a  diploma  of  an  academy,  college  or 
high  school,  based  upon  not  less  than  four  years 

Clark    S.    Company 

THE   LINEN  STORE 


5  W.  Lexington  Street, 


Balbmo 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


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instruction,  or,  2,  a  certificate  of  a  State  Depart- 
ment of  Education  or  legally  authorized  State 
Examining  Board,  covering  certain  specified 
subjects,  or,  3,  a  certificate  of  one  year's  suc- 
cessful work  in  an  approved  high  school,  or  its 
equivalent.  The  word  '"equivalent,"  here  used, 
is  defined  at  length,  showing  that  it  is  not  a 
meaningless  term,  but  includes  a  definite  amount 
of  instruction,  in  at  least  one  language,  arith- 
metic, algebra  and  various  other  subjects  enu- 
merated, the  candidate's  acquirements  being 
gauged  by  "points" — a  point  signifying  a  weekly 
period  of  not  less  than  -15  minutes  during  a 
scholastic  year  of  36  weeks  or  two  weekly  periods 
of  18  weeks.  Four  "points"  for  instance  are 
required  to  meet  the  language  item.  In  the 
absence  of  the  certificate,  the  applicant  must 
stand  an  examination  in  the  branches  enu- 
merated, to  the  extent  of  securing  the  20  points. 
The  valuation  of  credentials,  other  than  diplomas 
and  certificates,  and  the  examination  of  appli- 
cants, have  been  placed  in  the  hands  of  Dr. 
Edward  Deichmann,  Principal  of  the  Gymnasium 
School,  Baltimore.  A  comparison  of  these  con- 
ditions with  the  very  crude  and  indefinite  ones 
hitherto  prevailing,  shows  that  a  real  and  im- 
portant advance  has  been  made  in  this  matter  of 
preliminary  training,  which  in  not  many  years 
will  lead,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  to  the  requirement 
of  an  academic  degree. 

We  are  gratified  to  learn  that  Old  M.\ry- 
LAND  has  been  made  the  official  organ  of  the 
School  as  well  as  the  Alumni  Association,  and 
hope  that  this  example  may  be  followed  by  the 
other  schools  and  also  by  the  Board  of  Regents. 
It  will  be  the  constant  endeavor  to  make  it 
worthy  of  such  recognition.  B.  D.  B. 

:  o  : 

SCHOOL  OF  DENTISTRY. 


Beside  the  changes  in  the  Faculty  already  an- 
nounced, Clyde  V.  Matthews,  D.D.S.,  has  been 
made  Demonstrator  of  Anjesthesia,  and  C.  Ham- 
mett  Rogers,  D.D.S.,  G.  O.  Hildebrand,  D.D.S., 
Ernest  L.  Davis,  D.D.S.,  Edmund  Kahn,  D.D.S., 

Buena  Vista  Springs  Hotel 

ON    WESTERN     MARYLAND    R.     R. 

SEASON  OPKNS  JUNE  21 

Under  new  management.    Special  attention  to  Cuisine 

Information  as  to  rates,  etc.,  can  be  had  by  applying  to  tlie 

Manager.  EDWARD  DAVIS, 

at  Hotel  Rennert. 

JAMES  P.  *.  OCONOR,  Su^T.  3  COTTAGES  FOR  RENT. 


E.  Jerome  Jenkins,  D.D.S.,  Henry  F.  Wood, 
D.D.S.,  Wilbert  Price,  D.D.S.,  and  James  S. 
Cahill,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  have  been  appointed  As- 
sistant Dental  Demonstrators. 

The  tuition  fees  have  been  raised  from  $100  to 
$150,  but  this  only  applies  to  those  who  enter 
upon  study  next  session. 

We  are  glad  to  note  the  mention  made  in  the 
Catalogue  for  1906-07  of  the  Endowment  Fund, 
showing  that  the  value  of  the  importance  of 
the  movement  to  provide  due  and  permanent 
financial  support  for  the  University  is  being  ap- 
preciated here  as  well  as  in  the  other  departments. 

We  are  glad  to  learn  that  Old  Maryland  will 
probably  be  adopted  as  the  official  organ  of  the 
Dental  Alumni  Association.  G.  W.  F. 


SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 


Judge  Charles  E.  Phelps  has  retired  from  the 
Chair  of  Equity,  after  holding  it  with  great  use- 
fulness and  distinction  for  twenty-two  years.  His 
withdrawal  was  anticipated,  as  his  son,  John 
Phelps.  LL.B.,  had  lectured  in  his  place  during 
last  session.  His  loss  is  deeply  felt  by  his  col- 
leagues. The  vacancy  will  be  filled  before  next 
session,  and  lectures  upon  the  Principles  of 
Equit}-  Jurisprudence  and  Equity  Procedure  will 
be  delivered  as  usual  to  the  Senior  Class. 

The  accessions  to  the  Faculty  are  John  C. 
Rose,  LL.B.,  Laiited  States  Attorney  for  Mary- 
land, and  Herbert  T.  Tifl:'any,  LL.B.,  both  alumni 
of  this  School.  The  former  will  lecture  to  the 
Senior  Class  on  The  Jurisdiction  and  Procedure 
of  the  Federal  Courts,  Admiralty  and  Bank- 
ruptcy :  the  latter  will  lecture  to  the  Junior  Class 
on  Real  Property  and  Leasehold  Estates.  Legal 
Ethics  has  been  assigned  to  the  Chair  of  General 
Jurisprudence,  Professor  John  J.  Donaldson. 
Eli  Frank,  LL.B.,  who  so  acceptably  filled  Judge 
Baer's  chair  when  that  gentleman  became  ill  last 
summer,  will  lecture  upon  the  Title  to  Real  Prop- 
erty and  Conveyancing. 

An  advance  has  been  made  in  Preliminary  Edu- 
cation,  and   students  entering  as   candidates   for 

SUCCUS    STOMACHI 

Most  efficient  preparation  for  all  disorders  of  the  diges- 
tive organs.  Write  for  Sample. 

KLEIN    &    FOX, 

MANUFACTURING  CHEMISTS. 
BALTIMORE,         ....  MARYLAND 


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OLD     MARYLAND. 


the  degree  will  be  required  hereafter  to  show 
evidence  of  having  completed  a  High  School 
course  of  study  or  its  equivalent.  The  latter  may 
be  determined  by  the  Faculty  upon  certificates 
issued  under  public  authority  or  by  the  authori- 
ties of  an  institution  of  advanced  learning.  The 
Faculty  will  consider  that  students  who  have  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  A.B.  from  any  reputable 
college  or  university,  or  certificate  of  graduation 
from  any  of  the  normal  or  high  schools  of  the 
State  of  Maryland,  or  other  reputable  institution 
of  a  similar  character,  ar^  properly  qualified.  In 
the  absence  of  such  degrees  or  certificates,  can- 
didates must  pass  an  examination  upon  the  fol- 
lowing subjects: 

1.  English — Spelling,  Grammai',  Composition 
and  Literature. 

2.  History — United  States  and  English. 

3.  Arithmetic. 

-i.  Science — Political  Economy  and  Physics  or 
Geography. 

.5.  Latin  or  French  ;  at  least  two  years'  work. 

This  preliminary  examination  may  be  taken  in 
any  September  before  graduation.  It  is  con- 
ducted by  members  of  tlie  Faculty.  The  date  of 
the  next  examination  is  September  24  and  2.5. 

A.  T.  S. 


■:  o: 


Francis  King  Carey,  LL.B.,  is  at  Monterey, 
Md.,  for  the  summer. — Walter  D.  Myers,  D.D.S., 
of  Winchester,  Va. ;  H.  F.  Wood,  D.D.S.,  of 
Roanoke,  Va. ;  E.  B.  Hutchens,  D.D.S.,  of  Green- 
ville, Va.,  graduates  of  this  University,  have  suc- 
cessfully passed  the  State  Dental  Board  of  Vir- 
ginia:  and  E.  C.  Neckerman,  D.D.S.,  of  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.,  has  passed  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Board. — Andrew  H  Mettee,  LL.B.,  Librarian 
of  the  Bar  Library  of  Baltimore,  was  one  of  the 
prime  movers  in  founding  the  American  As- 
sociation of  Law  Librarians  at  Narragansett  Pier 
July  4.  He  was  elected  Vice-President,  member 
of  the  Executive  Committee  and  the  Committee 
on  Exchanges  (Clearing  House).  The  next 
meeting  will  be  held  at  Asheville,  N.  C. — The 
report  of  the  Maternite  Hospital  for  the*  year 
ending  June  1,  1906,  shows  that  68.5  cases  of  con- 
finement were  treated,  271  in  the  wards  and  414 
in  the  out-patient  department.  The  members  of 
the  graduating  class  attended  on  an  average  25 
cases  each. — Dr.  James  Carroll,  of  the  Army 
Medical  Museum,  Washington,  D.  C,  delivered 


the  commencement  address  at  the  annual  com- 
mencement of  the  University  of  Nebraska,  at 
Omaha,  Neb.  His  subject  was  "The  Microscope 
in  Medicine." — A  reception  was  given  Dr.  Wil- 
liam K.  Stichel,  a  graduate  of  the  Department  of 
Pharmacy  (1906),  at  his  home  in  this  city  re- 
cently in  commemoration  of  his  21st  anniversary. 
Many  friends  attended,  and  Dr.  S.  received  many 
beautiful  presents. — Vernon  F.  Kelly,  M.  D. 
(1904),  has  been  appointed  by  the  Health  Com- 
missioner as  Health  Warden  of  Baltimore,  to 
succeed  the  late  Dr.  Denard  S.  Williams.  Dr. 
K.  was  endorsed  by  the  Hampden  and  Wood- 
berry  Improvement  Association. — Dr.  C.  G.  W. 
Macgill  is  at  Narragansett  Pier. — ^John  C.  Rose, 
LL.B.,  has  been  reappointed  United  States  Dis- 
trict Attorney  of  Maryland  by  President  Roose- 
velt.— The  residence  of  the  late  Professor  George 
W.  Miltenberger,  in  Baltimore,  a  brownstone 
structure,  corner  Eutaw  and  Monument  Streets, 
was  sold  for  $15,000  on  July  9. — Ernest  Harrison 
Rowe,  M.D.  ("06),  will  go  to  Portland,  Ore.,  to 
practice  in  October. — John  Ridgely  Carter,  LL.B., 
First  Secretary  of  the  American  Embassy  in  Lon- 
don, and  Mrs.  Carter  gave  a  luncheon  to  Hon. 
and  Mrs.  William  J.  Bryan  on  July  13.  Mr. 
Carter  is  a  son  of  Provost  Bernard  Carter,  of 
this  University. — By  a  recent  announcement  we 
learn  that  James  Homer  Wright,  Sc.D.,  M.D. 
(1892),  the  author  of  the  S.  D.  Gross  prize  essay 
on  Actinomycosis,  has  been  appointed  to  a  posi- 
tion in  the  Faculty  of  the  Harvard  University 
Medical  School. — Man's  best  poem :  The  epic 
of  a  life  full  of  human  spirit.  Osier. — B.  How- 
ard Haman,  LL.B.,  is  at  Big  Gooseberry  Island, 
N..  S.,  for  the  summer. — Professor  Hemmeter 
delivered  a  clinic  and  several  addresses  in  Berlin. 
He  has  purchased  charts  and  plaster  models  for 
his   course  in   Physiolog}'.     Professor  and   Mrs. 

.•     :    Students  of  Medicine  and  Dentistry      :     : 

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Hemmeter  were  the  guests  on  June  21  of  Dr. 
Julius  Pagel,  Professor  of  the  History  of  Medi- 
cine in  the  University  of  Berlin. — W.  Guy  Town- 
send,  M.D.  (1888),  has  been  appointed  Health 
Warden  of  the  12th  Ward,  to  succeed  Dr.  Thos. 
L.  Richardson,  promoted  to  be  Quarantine  Phy- 
sician.—Dr.  Ridgely  B.  Warfield  (1884)  sailed 
for  Europe  July  3.  He  will  spend  the  summer 
abroad. — Bernard  C.  Steiner,  LL.B.,  Librarian 
of  the  Enoch  Pratt  Library,  was  elected  President 
of  the  American  Library  Association  at  Narra- 
gansett  Pier,  R.  L,  July  -k— Dr.  B.  Merrill  Hop- 
kinson  is  summering  at  Prout's  Neck,  Me. — The 
following  graduates  of  the  School  of  Medicine 
of  the  University  of  Maryland  passed  success- 
fully the  June  examinations  of  the  Maryland 
State  Board  of  Examiners  in  June  last:  1905, 
Willard  J.  Riddick ;  1906,  Gains  W.  Billups,  Ed- 
ward L.  Bowlus,  William  L.  Brent,  Lay  G.  Bur- 
roughs, Charles  O.  Burruss,  William  D.  Camp- 
bell, Harry  A.  Cantwell,  Victor  C.  Carroll  Ar- 
thur B.  Clarke,  Earle  S.  Coster,  Robert  W.  Craw- 
ford, Ralph  E.  Dees,  Rigdon  O.  Dees,  Thomas 
Duncan,  Jr.,  Matthew  C.  Freilinger,  John  S. 
Geatty,  John  F.  Hawkins,  Jr.,  Robinette  ^  B. 
Hayes,  Newton  W.  Hershner,  James  H.  Hope, 
Oliver  A.  Howard,  Oliver  V.  James,  Charles  L. 
Jennings,  Leo  Karlinsky,  Samuel  H.  Lynch,  Wil- 
liam W.  Olive,  Louis  M.  Pastor,  Charles  W. 
Roberts,  Walter  F.  Sowers,  Eugene  M.  Sullivan, 
Bernard  O.  Thomas,  Elijah  W.  White,  Fitz  R. 
Winslow.  There  were  77  who  passed  and  ob- 
tained the  license.  One  of  the  candidates  says 
the  examination  was  not  as  difficult  as  that  given 
in  this  University. — Dr.  Shipley  will  sail  for 
Europe  August  11. — Dr.  L.  M'.  Allen  is  spend- 
ing two  weeks  in  the  Adirondacks. — Dr.  J.  H. 
Hartman  is  making  a  trip  through  Canada. — 
Dr.  Charles  Bagley  (1901)  has  been  appointed 
Superintendent  of  the  Hebrew  Hospital,  Balti- 
more.— Dr.  D.  A.  Medders  (1900)  has  removed 
to  Omaha,  Neb.— Dr.  W.  A.  Parvis  (1905)  has 
located  at  Denver,  Col. 


:  o: 


In  "A  Day  in  Salerno,"  Dr.  C.  J.  Aldrich 
(Cleveland  Medical  Journal,  May  1906)  tells  us 
something  of  the  present  condition  of  that  little 
Italian  town,  situated  some  forty  miles  from  Na- 
ples, which  became  famous  as  the  seat  of  the 
earliest  of  the  mediaeval  universities — "the  bridge 
that    spanned  the  dark  abyss  of  medisevalism" — 


about  which  the  spell  still  lingers.  All  trace  of 
the  ancient  institution,  so  famous  in  its  day,  has 
disappeared.  There  is  not  a  single  book  or  manu- 
script of  its  ancient  libraries,  not  a  stone  of  its 
hospital  to  commemorate  its  glorious  past.  Of 
its  academy  there  is  not  a  trace.  From  where  its 
narrow  and  uninteresting  streets  wind  among  the 
asphodel  covered  hills  down  to  where  their  feet 
are  bathed  in  the  liquid  blue  of  the  Mediterranean, 
there  is  not  a  stone  or  tablet  to  tell  that  here  the 
great  school  of  Salernum  flourished  for  cen- 
turies. Fitting  is  it  then  that  these  heights  should 
be  crowned  with  the  flower  of  death,  the  same 
whose  fragrance  was  wafted  to  blind  Homer 
from  the  "Meadows  of  the  Dead." 


-:  o:  ■ 


From  John  Melish's  Travels  Through  the 
United  States  of  America,  London,  1818:  Ar- 
rived in  Baltimore  October  2  and  lodged  at 
Evans'  Tavern.  Is  astonished  to  find  80  well- 
dressed  men  sitting  down  to  breakfast.  Balti- 
more the  great  thoroughfare  between  North  and 
South — immense  number  of  people  visiting  it  on 
business  or  pleasure.  Bryden's  Tavern  as  much 
frequented  as  Evans'.  Market  house  well  sup- 
plied and  handsomely  fitted  up.  On  the  way  to 
the  coffee  house  sees  through  a  window  a  very 
handsome  lady — the  wife  of  Jerome  Bonaparte — 
and  her  child.  Coffee  house  small,  but  commodi- 
ous, and  well  supplied  with  newspapers  from 
every  part  of  the  United  States.  Library  con- 
tains a  very  excellent  collection  of  books  and 
under  good  management ;  annual  subscription  $1. 
Whole  city  exhibits  a  very  handsome  appear- 
ance ;  countr)'  around  abounds  with  villas,  gar- 
dens and  well-cultivated  fields.  Saw  three- 
masted  schooner  launched ;  a  great -many  of  these 
vessels  built  here,  and  they  are  reckoned  the 
fastest  sailing  vessels  in  the  United  States. 
Houses  mostlv  of  brick ;  many  are  elegant. 
There  are  13  churches,  three  market  houses, 
three  banks,  observatory,  etc.  Maryland  ranks 
fourth  in  foreign  trade  in  the  Union,  and  a  very 
great  portion  of  it  centers  in  Baltimore — chiefly 

HOTEL     BR.ADDOCK. 

BRADDOCK  HEIGHTS,  MD. 

Second  season— June  1  to  October  1.  Twenty  minutes  by 
trollev  from  Frederick.  On  Catoctin  Mountain;  altitude. 
1,200  feet.  Every  room  an  outside  one— single  or  en  suite. 
Unsurpassed  scenery;  cool  mountain  breezes;  piu'est  moun- 
tain spring  water ;  no  mosquitoes;  no  malaria;  plenty  attrac- 
tions.    Postoffice  and  longdistance  phones  in  the  house. 

P.  E.  LONO,  Proprietor. 

City  Hotel,  Frederick,  Md. 


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flour  from  Pennsylvania.  Chief  imports  from 
Britain,  with  which  an  immense  back  country  is 
supplied,  Baltimore  being  the  nearest  port. 
Streets  clean.  Is  highly  pleased  with  the  com- 
mercial importance  of  the  city. 

:  o: 


In  the  retirement  of  Judge  Charles  Edward 
Phelps  from  the  Faculty  of  Law  of  this  Uni- 
versity, we  have  lost  one  who  has  been  consid- 
ered by  many  as  the  head  and  front  of  the  Su- 
preme Bench  of  Baltimore,  especially  in  criminal 
law  and  equity.  He  was  born  at  Guilford,  Vt., 
May  1,  1833,  his  father  being  Hon.  John  Phelps, 
a  lawyer  of  reputation  in  that  State,  and  his 
mother  a  successful  educator  and  authoress  of 
popular  text  books.  When  he  was  eight  years 
old,  his  mother  came  to  Maryland  to  assume 
charge  of  the  Patapsco  Institute,  at  Ellicott  City, 
and  thus  he  spent  four  years  at  St.  Timothy's 
Hall,  at  Catonsville,  Md.  He  later  attended 
Princeton  College,  and  received  there  the  bacca- 
laureate degree  at  the  early  age  of  19.  He  pur- 
sued legal  study  the  following  year  at  Harvard 
University,  and  after  traveling  abroad  settled  for 
practice  in  Baltimore  in  1856.  He  became  a 
Major  in  the  Maryland  Guard  and  was  elected 
to  the  City  Council  by  the  Reform  party  in  1860. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  he  was  a  strong  ad- 
vocate of  the  Union  side.  In  August,  1863,  he 
was  made  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Seventh 
Maryland  Regiment,  and  in  November,  1863,  be- 
came its  Colonel.  At  the  Battle  of  the  Wilder- 
ness he  had  a  horse  shot  under  him,  and  at 
Spottsylvania  Court  House  he  was  severely 
wounded  while  leading  his  Division  and  captured. 
For  gallant  conduct  on  this  occasion  he  was  brev- 
etted  Brigadier  General  and  received  the  Con- 
gressional Medal.  He  was  recaptured  after  a  day's 
stay  in  Confederate  hands,  but  did  not  perform 
further  service  in  the  field.  Honorably  dis- 
charged in  1864  on  account  of  his  wound,  he 
was  elected  to  Congress,  serving  two  terms,  then 
declining  further  election.  He  opposed  radical 
measures  of  reconstruction  and  the  Fifteenth 
Amendment.  He  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Su- 
preme Bench  of  Baltimore  on  the  Independent 
ticket  in  1882,  and  was  re-elected  without  opposi- 
tion in  1807,  his  term  being  extended  upon  his 
reaching  the  age  limit  in  1903  at  the  request  of 
the    Baltimore   Bar.     He   became    Professor   of 


Juridical  Equity  and  Legal  Ethics  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland  in  1884. 

As  an  officer  Judge  Phelps  was  an  inspiring 
commander  of  troops,  cool  and  brave  in  action 
and  a  thorough  disciplinarian.  As  a  lawyer, 
teacher  and  jud'ge  he  is  characterized  by  thor- 
oughness, cogency,  a  calm  judicial  style  and 
strict  impartiality. 

:  o  : 

Marriages :  Charles  Joshua  Keller,  M.D. 
(1898),  to  Miss  May  Theodora  Gernand,  at  Bal- 
timore, July  14,  1906.  They  spent  their  honey- 
moon at  Atlantic  City. — 'J.  Howard  Iglehart, 
M.D.  (1903),  of  Baltimore,  to  Miss  Nancy  Kin- 
nirey,  of  Sweet  Chalybeate  Springs,  Va.,  at  Bal- 
timore, on  July  18.  Their  wedding  trip  was  to 
the  mountains.  —  George  Martin  Diedeman, 
LL.B.  (1905),  of  Baltimore,  to  Miss  Catherine 
Patterson,  of  Govanstown,  Md.,  at  Baltimore, 
July  28.  Mr.  D.  is  a  notary  public  in  the  office 
of  Isaac  Lobe  Straus,  LL.B. 

:o: 

Deaths :  Dr.  William  H.  Beck,  a  graduate  of 
the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Balti- 
more Medical  College  (1906),  was  drowned  in 
the  Severn  River,  at  Annapolis,  July  5.  He  was 
employed  in  the  drug  store  of  George  W.  Otto, 
Eager  and  Washington  Streets.  He  was  23  years 
old  and  had  just  taken  the  State  Board  Medical 
Examination. — Denard  S.  Williams,  M.  D. 
(1865),  at  Baltimore,  July  13,  of  uraemic  con- 
vulsions. He  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and 
had  practiced  in  this  city  since  1874. — ^William 
H.  Wolfe,  M.D.  (1886),  at  Martinsburg,  W. 
Va.,  suddenly  June  14,  1906. 

:  o: 

If  we  consent  in  the  things,  contend  not  about 
the  words. — Galen. 

Open  all  Night 

WILLIAMSON  &  WATTS' 
PHARMACIES 


i 


Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets 

Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and  Perfumery 


Faithful  Prescription  Work 


Cigar 


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TERRA    MARIAE,     1906. 

[Continued.] 

An  examination  of  the  antecedents  of  the 
classes  shows  that,  of  the  108  medical  se- 
niors, 55  were  "college"  men;  and  of  the 
41  law  seniors,  23  had  such  training.  The 
''Baltimore  City  College,"  from  which  10  hail,  is 
not  considered  a  college  in  this  classification,  as 
it  does  not  give  degrees.  The  facts  with  regard 
to  college  training  are  not  given  in  the  case  of 
the  dental  and  pharmacy  seniors. 

The  usual  thrusts  at  fellow  students  and  pro- 
fessors are  indulged  in,  although  in  the  latter 
case  they  are  not  as  sharp  as  usual.  Good  taste 
and  prudence,  of  course,  require  that  all  personal 
feeling  and  rancor  should  be  excluded ;  presum- 
ing that  this  principle  has  been  adopted,  we  must 
not  take  seriously  what  follows.  Yet  the  kindly 
allusions  to  Hayes — besides  that  already  men- 
tioned— as  ''a  man  of  honor,  of  noble  and  gen- 
erous nature" — must  be  regarded  as  sincere  tri- 
butes of  esteem  to  the  medalist  by  his  fellow 
Aesculapians. 

The  sturdy  old  Athletic  Treasurer  Howard  is 
described  as 

"Stiff  in  opinions  and  always  wrong, 
Does  everything  by  starts  and  nothing  long." 

Of  Lynch— 

"He  wears  the  marks  of  many  months  well  spent, 
Of  virtue,  both  well  tried  and  wise  experience." 
Of  Billups,  a  "house  man" — 

"Just  fresh,  from  the  woods  fat  Billups  came. 
Although  from  the  jungle  he  is  almost  tame; 
He  is  little  and  stumpy  and  measly  and  small. 
And  gifted  with  no  sense  or  reason  at  all." 

Of  Hutchins,  Dental — "A  very,  quiet  chap 
quite  bashful  'midst  the  ladies,"  it  is  predicted — 
"We  think  he  is  so  very  good,  he'll  never  get  to 
Hades." 

Professor  Hirsh  comes  in  for  a  good  deal  of 
jollying ;  the  inference  is  that  somebody  has  been 
flunked  in  pathology. 

"Randolph  Winslow's  Monologues,  Recitations 
and  Joke  Book"  is  advertised  for  sale. 

The  Medical  Faculty's  "Beauty  Show"  is  de- 
picted in  semi-nude,  antique  style,  at  page  340. 

Professor  Poe's  habit  of  alliteration  ("Peter 
Plaintiff,''  "Learned  Lawyer,"  etc.)  is  hit  off  in 
some  good  verses  by  A.  J.  L.,  entitled  "Poe-etic 


Friends,"  the  first  of  which  is : 

Perhaps  you  wonder  whence  they  sprung. 
Or  if  they  are  a  foreign  tongue, 

These  names  alliter-a-tive, 

Or  whether  they  are  native; 
I'll  tell  you :  if  you  want  to  know, 
Just  ask  our  Mr.  Poe." 

Here  is  a  good  one  on  Professor  Base  : 

Prof  B.  (in  chemistry)  :  Mr.  Alexander,  ex- 
plain. 

Alexander:    Can't,    Professor. 

Prof.  B::    Mr.  Kenny,  explain. 

Kenny:     Can't,  Professor. 

Prof.  B.:    Miss  Lotz,  explain. 

Lotz':    Can't,  Professor. 

Prof.  B.:    Can  the  class  explain? 

Class  in  unison:    No.' 

Prof.  B.:  Then  I  will  look  it  up  and  explain 
at  the  next  hour. 

Mr.  T.  A.  Apple,  Dental,  had  the  following  ex- 
perience : 

Prof.  Cnlbreth:  What  would  you  give  in  phos- 
phorous poisoning? 

Apple:    Don't  know.  Doctor. 

Prof.  C.:  You  may  have  had  them  for  break- 
fast. 

Apple:    Oh  !  fried  eggs. 

Here  is  one  on  Judge  Stockbridge: 

"But  when  Judge  Stockbridge  takes  the  stand 

To  talk  on  testamentary. 
Old  Morpheus  retires  his  band,  " 
Nor  fears  to  tackle  single  hand 

The  sleep-distracted  gentry." 

.  Assistant  Lecturer  John  Phelps  is  represented 
as  "filling"  his  father's  chair.  He  is  dressed  in 
child's  clothes,  his  feet  shod  in  sandals  and  barely 
projecting  beyond  the  edge  of  the  seat,  while  his 
hand  has  hold  of  the  handle  of  a  little  toy  wagon 
in  which  is  a  copy  of  "Phelps  on  Equity." 

A  merited  tribute  is  rendered  to  the  memory  of 
Professors  Piquett  and  Schmidt,  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Pharmacy,  p.  192. 

The  lawyers  have  done  some  good  writing  in 
their  section. 

The  medical  men  have  the  advantage  of  hav- 
ing the  nurses  in  the  hospital  to  draw  inspiration 
from,  and  the  nurses  must  feel  highh-  gratified 
at  the  homage  paid  them,  although  in  rather  un- 
couth language  at  times. 

NUNN     &.     CO.,    BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS) 

22T  NORTH  HOWARD  STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OF  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Medical  Books— Students'  Supplies. 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


UIsriVERSITY   OF    MARYLAND,   BALTO.,  MD. 


BERNARD    CARTER.    LL.     D..     Pkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  58.  100th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
1,  1906,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSET  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

25th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1006,  and  con- 
tinues 7  months.  33  Instructors.  New  Building. 
B^or  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 
845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 

38th  Annual  Session  begins  Sept.  24, 1906.  Faculty 
of  13.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  1063  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN   PRENTISS  POE,   LL.D.,   Dean. 

HENRY  D.  HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Phaimacy).  63rd 
Annual  Session  begins  Sept.  24,  1906.  11  Instructors. 
New   Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean,    , 

Baltimore,  Md. 


One  of  the  "Historians"  expresses  the  loyalty 
of  his  class  in  these  words:  "Now  the  time  has 
come  for  us  to  leave  the  Old  University,  and  it 
is  with  heartfelt  feeling  that  we  say  good-bye. 
Many  of  us  may  never  return ;  we  can  never  all 
gather  together  again.  The  friendship  and  love 
for  our  Alma  Mater  formed  while  here 
will  never  be  forgotten.  We  owe  her  a  debt  that 
will  be  hard  to  repay,  and  if  in  the  future  we  can 
add  a  little  to  her  renown  we  will  be  glad  to  do 
so.  With  courage  and  high  ideals  we  are  start- 
ing out  into  the  world.  We  halA'e  a  standard,  and 
that  must  be  upheld.  Whatever  happens,  let  us 
hope  that  we  will  not  be  found  wanting,  and  that 
our  duty  will  be  performed  conscientiously  and 
thoroughly."  Such  sentiments  show  a  healthy 
morale  and  argue  happily  for  the  University's 
future. 

The  following  verse  from  ''An  Old  Graduate's 
Toast,"  p.  313,  breathes  a  spirit  no  less  admirable : 

"For  what  of  inward  strength  and  joy 

Life's  guerdon  holds  today — ■ 
The  soul's  true  gold  without  alloy — 

The  praise  is  thine  alway; 
And  whether  wealth  her  bounty  shower, 
Or  fame  her  wealth  deny 
With  laurels  twined — 
In  hearts  enshrined 
Our  love  shall  never  die !" 

The  Editorial  Board,  to  whom  the  credit  of 
the  book  is  due,  consists  of  William  F.  Fullings, 
Editor-in-Chief;  R.  W.  Crawford,  J.  K.  Gilder, 
E.  B.  Hutchens,  A.  H.  Can-oil,  H.  U.  Todd,  W. 
W.  Derr,  E.  Reynolds  Thome,  F.  D.  Carpenter, 


W.  Stuart  Symington,  J.  T.  England,  Associate 
Editors;  C.  B.  Gififord,  Business  Manager. 

That  the  burden  of  the  Editor-in-Chief  was 
sore  seems  to  be  indicated  by  the  lament,  p.  39 : 

"For  Editorial  fame  he  once  did  soar. 
But,  like  Poe's  'Raven,'  'Nevermore.'  " 
:  o  : 

Of  Chief  Justice  Roger  B.  Taney,  who  succeed- 
ed Chief  Justice  John  Marshall  and  who  was 
Provost  of  this  University  from  1826  to  1839, 
Justice  David  J.  Brewer  said,  that  the  prediction 
which  was  made  at  the  time  of  his  appointment 
that  he  would  interpret  the  Constitution  along 
lines  different  from  those  of  Marshall  had  not  been 
verified,  and  quoted  the  Dred  Scott  and  other 
decisions  to  show  that  his  views  were  strictly 
in  line  with  the  doctrines  of  his  distinguished 
predecesser.  "Taney  was  abused  and  misrep- 
resented and  on  account  of  the  war,  his  career 
as  a  jurist  was  temporarily  obscured.  But  now 
he  is  everywhere  recognized  as  a  worthy  suc- 
cesssor  of  the  great  Marshall,  and  his  decisions 
will  stand  as  lasting  monuments  in  the  history 
of  American  jurisprudence.  During  the  period 
before  the  war,  the  Supreme  Court  gradually 
established  the  stability  and  permanence  of  the 
Government  by  its  interpretations." 

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TO    THE    ALUMNI    OF    THE    UNIVER- 
SITY   OF    MARYLAND. 


The  approach  of  our  Centennial  has  set  us, 
Fellow  Alumni !  tO'  thinking  upon  the  future 
of  our  beloved  Alma  Mater,  and  I  do  not  deny 
*-.hat  the  subject  is  one  calculated  to  excite  our 
acepest  anxiety.  We  seem  to  have  been  bound 
in  the  past,  hand  and  foot,  by  a  spirit  of  most 
unaccountable  apathy,  so  that  while  others 
all  around  us  have  been  alert,  straining  every 
nerve  to  keep  up  in  the  race,  we  have  practi- 
cally stood  still ;  and  to  stand  still  as  yoti  know 
in  this  age  is  to  retrograde.  There  are,  un- 
fortunately, some  reasons  for  this  apathy,  but 
there  are  none  which  are  not  capable  of  cor- 
rection if  the  Regents  and  alumni  were 
thoroughly  aroused  to  a  sense  of  duty  and  to 
a  realization  of  the  necessity  of  action.  And 
just  here  I  would  like  to  remind  vou  that  we 
have  a  duty  in  these  premises  as  well  as  the 
Regents  and  other  authorities,  and  it  is  no  ex- 
cuse for  us  to  neglect  our  duty  if  or  because 
'they  neglect  theirs.  It  is  too  much  the  fashion, 
my  brothers,  is  it  not,  to  find  excuse  and  to 
take  consolation  in  the  derelictions  of  others, 
forgetting  our  own  accountability  to  our  con- 
sciences and  our  God? 

It  is  easy  to  say  what  we  want,  but  a  great 
and  radical  change  would  be  required  to  give 
it  to  us  in  its  entirety,  and  such  a  change  de- 
mands a  great  and  radical  reformer,  who  has 
not  yet  appeared.  Although  I  am  not  able  to 
be  the  herald  of  great  news  like  this,  yet  I 
think  there  is  ample  evidence  at  hand  that  a 
decided  change  has  lately  come  over  the  spirit 
of  our  dreams  and  that  a  justly  founded  hope 
of  better  days  to  come  has  sprung  up  in  our 
bosoms.  I  would  premise  that  the  University 
can  never  achieve  success  by  having  merely  a 
great  medical  school,  a  great  law  school,  a 
great  school  of  dentistry,  a  great  schoof  of 
pharmacy,  a  great  hospital,  or  even  a  great  and 
celebrated  department  of  arts  and  sciences.     It 


is  only  as  a  University  that  we  can  expect 
a  distinct  and  lasting  success,  and  the  sooner 
its  Regents  and  alumni  recognize  that  fact, 
the  better  for  it  and  them.  With  this  point 
of  view  I  call  your  attention  to  the  following 
circumstances  as  justifying  the  hopes  I  have 
expressed ; 

1.  The  organization  of  the  alumni.  In 
January,  1903,  we  organized  in  Baltimore  a 
General  Alumni  Association  which  is  now  in 
the  fourth  year  of  a  successful  career  with  200 
members.  This  was  the  first  attempt  ever 
made  to  unite  the  alumni  of  all  departments 
into  one  organization.  We  already  have 
branches  of  this  Association  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  Pennsylvania  and  North  Carolina; 
our  South  Carolina  brothers  contemplate  a 
fourth  this  fall ;  Dr.  L.  D.  Gorgas  has  a  fifth 
in  contemplation  in  Chicago,  whilst  others 
have  been  discussed  for  New  York,  New  Eng- 
land, Georgia,  West  Virginia,  Virginia,  Ohio 
and  New  Jersey.  Nothing  that  I  know  of  is 
capable  of  accomplishing  so  much  as  a  senti- 
ment and  influence  set  in  operation  through 
such  organizations  of  the  many  thousands  of 
alumni  scattered  over  the  land. 

2.  The  great  Centennial  of  1907.  This  will 
bring  all  our  forces  together,  it  will  stir  up  our 
enthusiasm,  it  will  draw  the  eyes  of  the  nation 
upon  us,  its  echoes  will  reverberate  far  and 
wide,  it  will  call  attention  to  our  needs.  More 
than  this  it  will  increase  our  self-respect  and 
just  pride  to  know  that  we  possess  such  ele- 
ments of  strength  and  such  a  reputable  stand- 
ing. Already  the  agitation  of  the  subject  has 
brought  to  our  knowledge  the  fact  that  our 
University  is  among  the  very  oldest  chartered 
Universities  in  America. 

3.  Endowment.  It  is,  I  imagine,  superfluous 
to  cite  any  arguments  to  you  upon  the  neces- 
sity of  University  Endowment.  Such  a  thing 
as  a  University  without  an  endowment  is  ab- 
surd and  impossible.  It  is  therefore  with  the 
liveliest  pleasure  that  I  call  your  attention  to 


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the  fact  that  we  hai'e  such  a  Fund  and  that  we 
have  in  hand  several  thousand  dollars  towards 
the  $100,000  which  we  hope  to  raise  by  the 
Centennial  next  May.  I  would  call  your 
attention  particularly  to  the  provisions  we 
have. made  for  the  security  and  permanence  of 
this  Fund,  viz:  it  is  protected  by  a  special 
charter  of  the  Legislature  of  Maryland;  it  is 
in  the  hands  of  an  independent,  self-perpetuat- 
ing board  of  our  own  alumni  and  the  principal 
of  it  is  forever  inviolable  by  the  terms  of  the 
trust.  What  more  could  we  wish  in  relation 
to  such  a  Fund?  What  excuse  can  there  pos- 
sibly be  for  not  contributing  to  it?  I  urge 
you,  my  brothers,  to  become  patrons  of  this 
Fund,  and  to  make  it  your  peculiar  care.  We 
will  be  most  appreciative  of  ^your  co-operation 
in  securing  contributions  to  it. 

1.  Union  with  other  Maryland  Institutions. 
You  know  of  course  that  we  have  at  this  time 
no  department  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  That  is 
a  most  serious  and  damaging  defect  in  our 
organization.  For  that  department  is  the 
groundwork  of  every  university.  It  is  the 
feeder  from  which  supplies  of  students  go  up 
to  the  professional  schools.  Its  absence  there- 
fore takes  away  from  the  completeness  of  our 
institution  and  to  the  want  of  it  we  owe  the 
fact  that  we  have  not  been  recognized  as  a 
University  by  sister  institutions  or  by  the 
United  States  Government  in  its  publications 
on  education.  Our  own  need,  as  well  as  the 
needs  of  St.  John's  College,  at  Annapolis,  and 
the  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  suggested 
to  us  the  idea  of  approaching  those  institutions 
with  reference  to  a  union  of  the  three  and  per- 
haps others  into  a  great  State  University.  At 
first  the  difficulties  in  the  way  of  union  seemed 
insurmountable,  as  none  of  the  three  was  will- 
ing to  make  any  change  in  its  charter.  In  this 
dilemma,  Hon.  J.  Wirt  Randall,  of  St.  John's, 
happily  conceived  the  idea  of  a  union  by  legal 
contract  only.  This  plan,  it  seems,  has  been 
adopted,  and  with  alleged  success  in  more  than 
one  instance.  It  was  accordingly  submitted 
for  consideration  by  a  joint  committee  from 
the  boards  of  the  three  institutions  and  it  was 
recommended  by  them  for  adoption.  I  am  glad 
to  be  able  to  report  that  it  has  been  accepted 
already  by  St.  John's,  and  by  the  Regents  of 
this  University.  If  this  plan  succeeds  as  it 
promises,  it  will  open  to  us  a  prospect  of    a 


vvide  field  of  activity  and  usefulness.  It  will 
give  us  the  standing  which  we  have  so  long 
lacked.  It  will  enable  us  to  shorten  the  curricu- 
lum and  to  offer  other  mutual  advantages 
to  students  of  the  several  schools.  It  will  em- 
phasize the  University  side  of  our  life  which 
has  been  so  long  in  abeyance.  The  Maryland 
Agricultural  and  St.  John's  are  already  State 
institutions,  partaking  liberally  of  the  patron- 
age and  influence  of  the  State,  and  union  with 
them  will  give  us  a  sort  of  recognition  in  the 
same  direction,  and  no  doubt  a  share  of  the 
public  patronage.  There  are  those,  fellow 
alumni,  and  I  confess  myself  among  the  num- 
ber, who  think  that  the  interests  of  our  Uni- 
versity demand  that  we  should  become  affil- 
iated with  the  State,  a  part  of  the  State  edu- 
cational system,  its  complement  and  finality: 
The  Johns  Hopkins  cannot  fill  this  role,  it  can 
never  become  a  State  University.  JVe  can, 
and  there  are  advantages  in  it  for  us  that  must 
be  obvious  to  you.  It  would  start  this  Uni- 
versity upon  a  new  career,  it  would  give  us 
a  standing  with  the  great  State  Universities  of 
the  West  and  South,  which  are  monopolizing 
higher  education  in  those  quarters  and  are  fast 
pushing  the  private  universities  of  the  North 
to  the  wall.  Governor  A'Varfield  is  an  ardent 
advocate  of  this  State  University  idea  and  there 
is  a  strong  sentiment  in  favor  of  it  in  Mary- 
land, in  the  public  schools  and  throughout  the 
counties  especially.  So  that  we  hope  ulti- 
mately to  see  it  consummated.  We  cannot  ac- 
complish it  all  at  once,  but  we  would  fain  be- 
lieve that  the  union  of  the  colleges  in  the  man- 
ner described  will  be  a  step  in  that  direction. 
Perhaps  we  must  content  ourselves  to  go  slow, 
taking  heart  in  the  reflection  that  we  are  really 
"going"  and  not  standing  still. 

Gentlemen,  in  my  dreams  I  sometimes  fancy 
I  can  see  through  the  veil  of  coming  years — 
through  the  mists  that  envelop  the  future — 
two  proud  groups  of  structures,  twin  sisters 
of  education  in  the  great  Monumental  City  of 
the  next  centur}'.  Each  is  bearing  its  part  in 
training  the  youth  of  Maryland  in  the  paths 
of  learning — there  is  a  generous  emulation  in 
the  glorious  work.     Each  has  its  collection  of 

Clarl?    S.    Compani? 

THE   LINEN  STORE 


5   W.  Lexington  Street, 


Baltin 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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great  buildings,  its  vast  laboratories,  its 
libraries,  its  world-renowned  teachers,  its 
courses  in  language,  in  science,  in  philosophy 
and  in  the  professions.  And  I  look  again  and 
see  over  the  great  doorway  of  the  younger  of 
the  two — "Johns  Hopkins  University" — and 
over  the  great  doorway  of  the  elder — "Univer- 
sity of  Maryland."  Shall  it  only  be  a  dream, 
fellow  alumni?  Let  us  make  it  for  our  part  a 
reality ! 

o 

A  STUDY  OF  EDGAR  A.  POE. 


BY    HENRY    E.    SHEPHERD,    LL.D. 


It  is  the  aim  of  the  present  paper  to  discuss 
the  literar)'-  genius  of  Edgar  A.  Poe  principally 
from  the  standpoint  of  his  creations  in  the 
sphere  of  poetry.  Biography  or  the  story  of 
his  life  does  not  fall  within  the  limitations 
which  we  have  imposed  upon  ourselves ;  the 
same  is  true  of  his  achievements  in  romance 
or  fiction,  a,nd  the  work  that  he  accomplished 
in  the  field  of  literary  ci-iticism.  Any  of  these 
might  well  exhaust  the  possibilities  of  an  essay 
or  a  monograph  such  as  we  contemplate;  his 
prose  stories  may  be  regarded  as  the  inspira- 
tion of  a  new  epoch  in  the  evolution  of  modern 
fiction.  No  nineteenth  century  master  was  a 
more  powerful  germinal  force  in  this  regard, 
and  the  outcome  of  his  inspiration  may  be 
easily  traced  in  the  development  of  an  entire 
phase  of  fiction  in  the  literature  of  contempo- 
rary France.  More  than  that,  his  critical  judg- 
ments, uttered  at  a  time  when  American  litera- 
ture was  merely  in  its  period  of  dawn,  when  no 
pronounced  characteristic  except  crudeness 
and  deference  to  the  standards  of  the  mother 
country  had  appeared,  save  in  the  creations  of 
Hawthorne  and  Poe  himself,  have  been,  in 
nearly  every  instance,  justified  by  the  result. 
The  critic  rose  to  the  height  of  prophecy,  and 
that,  too,  when  all  was  dark,  scarcely  even  a 
day-star  having  appeared. 

It  is  by  his  achievements  in  poetry  that  the 
fame  of  F'oe  securely  abides.  What  he  has  ac- 
complished in  the  ranges  of  romance  and  of 
criticism,  would  in  themselves  suffice  to  assure 
his  renown,  had  he  never  written  a  line  in  verse. 
Still  his  supremacy,  his  mysterious  sway  over 
the  heart  of  the  world,  a  swa}^  which  broadens 
with  the  increasing  years,  must  be  sought  and 


found  principally  in  the  dozen  short  poems 
which  he  has  contributed  to  the  wealth  .of  our 
language.  If  we  exclude  from  our  considera- 
tion Poe's  work  in  the  sphere  of  fiction  and 
criticism,  the  several  volumes  of  stories  and 
reviews,  there  is  perJiaps  not  an  example  in  the 
history  of  modern  literature  of)  a  reputation . 
V.  hich  has  girdled  the '  earth,  resting  upon  a 
few  poems  containing  in  all.  some  hundreds  of 
lines. 

Here  and  there  in  the  records  of  literature, 
men  have  leaped  to  fame  by  virtue  of  a  single 
creation.  Even  in  our  own  land,  such  phenom- 
enal feats  have  been  seen,  as  in  the  case  of 
Wilde's  Summer  Rose  or.  The  Captive's  La- 
ment. The  outcome  of  Gray's  work  in  poetry 
was  exceedingly  narrow  in  range,  and  despite 
its  unsurpassed  artistic  grace,  it  did  not  ad- 
dress itself  to  the  universal  mind :  its  appeal 
is  to  the  insular  spirit,  the  catholic  note  is  not 
heard. 

At  the  pole  of  contrast  stands  the  art  of  Poe 
in  verse.  Its  scope  has  no  seeming  limi- 
tation, for  all  phases  of  culture,  all  types  of  in- 
tellect, and  all  forms  of  national  life,  have 
fallen  under  the  wand  of  the  magician.  The 
stolid  English  mind  is  quickened  and  illumined 
by  its  radiance,  the  pure  aesthetic  spirit  of  the 
romance  genius  responds  rapidly  to  its  charm, 
and  renderings  of  Poe  into  the  tongue  of  Paris, 
which  have  transfused  the  inspiration,  as  well 
as  the  metrical  ideal,  have  attested  the  far- 
reaching  fascination  of  the  American  artist. 
It  is  not  an  arbitrary  suggestion  that  the 
genesis  of  the  contemporary  school  of  Sym- 
bolists, may  be  traced  to  the  rhythmical  power 
and  the  mastery  of  word  mystery  revealed  in 
the  Raven,  Ulalume,  Annabel  Lee,  and  Lenore. 

It  is  in  his  own  country  that  to  this  day,  Poe 
has  never  met  with  appreciation  adequate  to 
his  rare  and  versatile  excellence.  This  lack  of 
fine  discernment  is  not  characteristic  of  the 
material  American  world  alone,  with  its 
prosaic  ideals,  and  its  aspirations  of  the  earth 
earthy.  In  our  centres  of  culture,  in  collegiate 
and  university  circles,  where  some  touch  of 
literary  flavor  is  supposed  to  linger,  or  at  least 
to  enjoy  peaceful  toleration,  the  same  lack  of 

Wiesel's  Obstetric  and  Rectal  Cones  ^"^"^LibHcaSP''"'' 

ORiaiNATED    AND    MASUFACTURCD     ONLY    BV 

i       W/ICQCI  PHARMACEUTICAL    CHEMIST. 

H.    IIIlolL,     1101  Madison  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md..  U.  S.  A 


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critical  judgment  with  regard  to  the  foremost 
Hght  oi  our  poetical  literature  is  none  the  less 
apparent.  Let  us  endeavor  to  analyze  the 
causes,  to  trace  to  its  origin  this  strange  in- 
difference to  the  most  unique  manifestation  of 
poetical  power  that  has  been  revealed  during 
that  phase  of  our  national  life  which  has 
passed  into  the  dark  backward  and  abysm  of 
time. 

The  sources  of  our  failure  to  rise  to  the 
height  of  our  sovereign  master  in  verse  are 
varied  and  complex.  First  of  all,  is  the  strange 
and  surpassing  originality  of  aim  and  ideal 
which  marks  every  creation  of  our  poet. 
Humanity  is  in  the  last  analysis,  ever  a  para- 
dox and  a  contradiction.  Despite  our  vaunted 
love  of  novel  sensations  and  untried  ex- 
periences in  the  ranges  of  life  or  the  sphere  of 
art,  the  normal  American  mind  is  prone  to  re- 
sent the  introduction  of  every  feature  which 
fails  to  appeal  to  its  own  crude  empiricism 
and  does  not  address  itself  to  its  un- 
cultured and  provincial  range  of  imagina- 
tion. In  the  spirit  of  Poe  as  unfolded  in  his 
verse,  there  is  scarcely  a  flavor  in  form  or 
sentiment  of  the  elements,  sympathies,  asso- 
ciations, environments,  that  may  be  cate- 
gorized as  x\merican,  and  by  consequence  go 
directly  home  to  the  heart-  and  apprehension 
of  the  normal  citizen  of  the  still  rising  oc- 
cidental republic.  There  is  hardly  a  figure  or, 
an  illustration  in  his  poetry  that  can  be  de- 
scribed as  distinctively  American-^as  New 
England,  Western,  Southern.  So  far  as  this 
feature  is  involved,  the  major  part  of  it  might 
have  been  conceived  and  Avrought  into  form 
as  effectively  in  Rome  or  Athens,  as  in  Balti- 
more or  Boston.  No  shadow  of  aught  that  is 
native  or  local  falls  upon  his  page. 

Our  pioneers  in  American  literary  develop- 
ment are  the  creatures  of  English  tradition, 
or  the  reflection  of  indigenous  characteristics 
whether  portrayed  from  the  view-point  of  sen- 
timent, or  the  ranges  of  physical  and  national 
surroundings.  All  is  contemplated  from  the 
sphere  in  which  the  writer  moves,  or  from  that 
ancestral  English  sphere  in  which  the  life  and 
genius  of  his  predecessors  was  moulded  and 
fashioned.  A\'ashington  Irving,  our  first 
American  man  of  letters,  with  all  his  fadeless 
grace  and  charm  of  style  is  an  American  Addi- 
son, the  outcome   of  the  Augustan  or  Queen 


Anne's  age,  his  characters  themselves  having 
their  prototypes  in  Addisonian  models.  Ex- 
cept for  the  austere  reign  of  New  England 
Puritanism,  it  is  difficult  to  conceive  how  the 
rare  and  subtle  power  of  Flawthorne  would 
have  found  'field  or  scope  for  its  exercise ;  there 
would  have  been  neither  The  Scarlet  Letter, 
nor  The  House  of  The  Seven  Gables.  The 
note  of  his  inspiration,  wonderful  as  it  is,  de- 
rives from  historical  influences  that  are  local 
or  ancestral  in  their  origin.  And  of  Cooper, 
Bryant,  Whittier,  Longfellow,  the  creative  im- 
pulse must  be  sought  principally  in  origins 
that  descend  from  ancestral  times,  aboriginal, 
colonial,  American,  or  eVen  sectional,  as  is 
characteristic  of  the  period  antedating  and  in- 
cluding the  epoch  of  our  national  conflict, 
1861-6.5. 

That  Poe's  sectional  sympathies  were  strong 
and  pronounced  is  evident  to  any  one  who  will 
note  the  spirit  of  his  literary  reviews.  Had  he 
lived  to  a  time  contemporary  with  our  own, 
he  would  have  been  put  in  the  catalogue  of 
devoted  or  intense  Southerners,  and  would 
doubtless  have  ranked  as  an  ardent  champion 
of  the  Poe  Amendment.  Yet  in  the  entire  range 
of  his  creation  in  verse,  there  is  hardly  a  line 
that  is  suggestive  of  local  association,  Ameri- 
can environment,  the  influence  of  native 
ideals,  whether  in  the  sphere  of  artistic  form, 
or  in  the  purer  ranges  of  spiritual  life.  His 
style  "is  all  unborrowed  and  his  own." 

Contemporary  criticism  has  been  prone  to 
exaggerate  or  at  least  to  over-estimate  the  in- 
debtedness of  Poe  to  the  school  of  which  Keats 
and  especially  Coleridge,  are  the  most  emi- 
nent representatives.  They  seek  the  source 
of  his  inspiratioii  in  Christabel  and  The 
Ancient    Mariner,    in    Kubla    Khan    and    the 

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Lamia.  Some  have  gone  so  far  as  to  call  him 
"the  child  of  Coleridge,"  and  to  accord  him 
only  a  sort  of  inherited  or  derivative  artistic 
greatness ;  his  glory  is  merely  secondary  or 
reflected.  Yet  if  there  be  one  characteristic 
that  pre-eminently  marks  his  verse,  it  is  abso- 
lute and  invincible  originality,  in  conception 
as  well  as  execution.  There  is  no  logical  or 
rational  proof  that  he  drew  a  single  note  of 
inspiration  from  the  so-called  "school  of 
wonder,"  from  the  morbid  romances  of  Charles 
Brockden  Browne  in  America,  or  from  the 
ghastly  stories  of  Horace  Walpole  and  Mrs. 
Radclifife  in  England.  There  is  nothing  in  his 
poetry  to  suggest  that  he  had  been  at  any  time 
an  assiduous  student  of  the  mystic  strain 
which  dominates  the  verse  of  Coleridge.  The 
analogies  and  coincidences,  in  so  far  as  they 
exist,  are  characteristic  of  the  school ;  they  are 
not  a  demonstration  of  specfic  influence  ex- 
erted by  one  upon  the  other. 

There  is  perhaps  but  a  single  line  in  all  the 
poetry  of  Poe  which  is  the  outcome  of  direct 
imitation.  This  occurs  in  the  Raven  ;  the  work 
which  suggests  the  imitation  is  Lady  Gerald- 
ine's  Courtship,  from  the  hand  of  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Barrett,  afterwards  Mrs.  Browning,  and 
in  no  sense  allied  to  the  school  of  Keats  and 
Coleridge. 

There  is  no  evidence  drawn  from  the  crea- 
tions of  Poe  in  verse  that  he  had  ever  been  a 
diligent  student  of  other  masters,  even  in 
his  own  language.  If  we  did  not  derive  the 
knowledge  from  his  reviews  and  his  lecture 
on  the  Poetic  Principle,  there  is  scarcely  a 
line  to  indicate  it  in  any  of  his  most  elaborate 
conceptions  in  verse.  It  is  this  surpassing 
originality  of  metrical  combination,  as  well  as 
the  weird  and  supernal  character  of  his 
themes,  which  assigns,  him  his  attitude  of 
uniqueness  and  aloofness  in  our  literary 
record. 

The  prosaic  American  mind,  engrossed  in 
the  culture  and  the  cjuest  of  the  things  which 
perish  with  the  using,  does  not  discern  its 
own  image,  its  cherished  ideals,  in  the  mystical 
note,  the  incomparable  rhythm  that  takes 
captive  the  artistic  mind  in  Lenore,  The 
Haunted  Palace,  or  rises  to  an  ecstacy  in  the 
skylark  tone  which  prevails  in  Annabel  Lee. 
There  is  no  touch  of  common-place  associa- 
tion  which    addresses    itself    to    the    typical 


American  absorbed  in  the  empirical  processes 
and  ambitions  of  our  common  work-a-day 
world. 

Bryant,  Longfellow  and  Whittier  could 
stimulate  the  normal  mind,  for  the  New  Eng- 
lander  discerned  his  own  image  in  the  portrait- 
ures of  character,  or  recognized  his  ancestral 
features  in  the  delineations  of  long-gone 
heroes  of  the  Puritan  era,  the  martyrs  of  the 
Acadian  epoch  idealized  in  Evangeline,  or  the 
consecrated  souls,  as  they  seemed  to  his  ap- 
prehension, who  had  made  war  upon  the  insti- 
tution of  domestic  slavery.  The  scenery  was 
marred  by  local  coloring,  for  the  New  England 
masters,  especially  of  the  earlier  day,  had 
rarely  passed  be3'ond  native  limits  and  the 
characteristic  features  of  lands  remote  'from 
their  own,  had  not  been  grasped  by  their  shap- 
ing spirit  of  imagination. 

Then  too,  the  didactic  note,  the  moral  im- 
port, the  homily  in  verse,  so  strong  in  Eno-Hsh 
poetry  from  earliest  times,  was  ever  manifest 
in  the  representatives  of  our  first  American 
school,  reinforced  and  accentuated  by  the 
transmitted  influence  of  a  once  dominant  Puri- 
tanism. 

When  our  romantic  genius  burst  into  H.ght 
with  the  advent  of  Cooper,  the  same  tendency 
asserts  its  power,  and  the  American  savage  is 
idealized  in  the  efl^orts  of  our  dawning  fiction. 
Not  3'et  had  our  native  literary  spirit  passed 
the  barriers  that  mark  the  ranges  of  the  great 
untravelled  world  which  lies  beyond. 

Edgar  A.  Poe  was  born  in  January,  1S09, 
the  natal  year  of  Tennyson.  Darwin,  and  Glad- 
stone. His  career  as  a  poet  may  be  said  fairly 
to  have  begun  with  his  volume  of  183 L  con- 
taining several  former  poems  which  had 
undergone  a  process  of  revision,  as  well  as 
some  that  saw  the  light  f6r  the  first  time,  these 
latter  including  the  finely  touched  lyric  to 
Helen ;  and  Israfel  with  its  possible  element  of 
self-revelation  or  autobiography  in  verse.  The 
critical  student  of  literary  coincidences  will 
note  that  his  first  poetical  venture,  issued 
under  the  pseudonymous  name,  "A  Boston- 
ian,"  appeared  in  182?^  that  is  in  the  same  year 

NUNN     &.    CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS 

227  NORTH  HOWARD  STREET. 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


with  "Poems  by  Two  Brothers,"  the  early 
creations  of  Alfred  and  Charles  Tennyson. 

It  is  difficult  to  appreciate  in  the  retrospect 
of  three-fourths  of  a  century  what  must  have 
been  the  impression  produced  by  the  strange, 
weird  note  of  the  newly  risen  poet  as  it  fell 
upon  the  ear  of  our  fresh,  virile  and  uncul- 
tured America.  The  "unformed  Occident"  was 
then  in  large  measure  absorbed  in  a  grapple 
against  primeval  nature,  in  breasting  the 
blows  of  material  circumstance ;  its  aims  were 
earthy,  its  aspirations  and  ideals  rarely  soared 
beyond  the  height  of  the  common-place  and 
the  prosaic.  Its  art  was  imitative  or  de- 
rivative ;  its  literature  the  reproduction  of  an- 
cestral types,  or  the  production  in  modified 
forms  of  inherited  tendencies.  At  this  date, 
1827-31,  little  had  appeared,  whatever  its  in- 
trinsic excellence,  or  stylistic  grace,  that  can 
be  fairly  described  as  distinctive,  original,  the 
presage  of  an  ampler  day  in  a  purely  American 
sphere. 

To  a  discerning  student  of  literary  evolu- 
tion, if  one  existed  in  that  period  of  dawn,  it 
must  have  seemed  as  Foe's  earlier  editions 
were  ushered  into  the  world,  that  a  star  had 
fallen  from  the  heavens  of  song.  As  the  tiny 
volume  .  containing  To  Helen  and  Israfel, 
burst  into  the  almost  stagnant  sea  of  our 
poetr}^  one  who  had  been  a  watcher  of  the 
skies,  must  have  felt  the  strange  ecstatic  thrill 
of  him  who  after  years  of  painful  waiting,  sees 
a  new  planet  "swim  into  his  ken."  Yet  there 
iS'  nothing  to  indicate  that  the  novel  note, 
never  until  that  time  heard  in  our  native 
poetry  and  never  reappearing  save  in  echoes, 
like  the  ghosts  of  long-gone  melodies,  broke 
in  upon  the  complacent  tranquillity  of  that 
early  intellectual  day. 

Throughout  the  range  of  the  English  speak- 
ing world,  the  creative  impulse  in  poetry  had 
fallen  to  the  lowest  point  of  depression  at  the 
time  of  Poe's  advent  into  the  arena  with  his 
first  clear  call  to  fame  and  his  first  pronounced 
challenge  to  fortune.  Coleridge  had  long  since 
abandoned  verse  for  metaphj'sics ;  Words- 
worth had  ceased  to  produce  except  in  fitful 
and  desultory  fashion ;  Keats  and  Shelley  were 
resting  in  their  Roman '  graves  ;  Browning  was 
a  lad  in  his  teens ;  Tennyson  and  Poe  made 
their  first  ventures  almost  simultaneously. 
"The  idle  singers  of  an  empty  day"  held  un- 


disputed mastery  in  this  sphere  of  literary 
creation. 

With  the  oii-coming  of  Tennyson  in  Eng- 
land and  Poe  in  our  own  land,  poetry  began 
to  cast  ofl^  the  state  of  atrophy  in  which  it  had 
lain  for  nearly  a  decade.  Each  moved  along 
paths  different  from  the  other,  yet  each  was 
the  herald  of  a  new  order  to  which  the  old 
v/as  to  yield  place. 

It  is  a  suggestive  fact  in  the  history 
of  criticism  in  America,  that  the  first  complete 
and  uncpialified  recognition  of  Tennyson's 
primacy  among  contemporary  English  poets 
proceeded  from  Poe,  and  was  announced  in 
his  Lecture  on  The  Poetic  Principle,  delivered 
soon  after  the  appearance  of  The  Princess  in 
18-17.  "The  critic  clearness  of  an  eye  that  saw 
through  all  the  Muse's  walk,"  pierced  the  veil 
of  allegory  and  re\'ealed  the  master.  Scholiasts 
and  commentators  were  entangled  in  webs  as 
subtle  as  those  which  enveloped  the  Lady  of 
Shallot.  In  iVIemoriam  was  yet  to  appear,  but 
our  artist  anticipated  the  coming  judgment, 
and  declared  Tennyson  to  be  "the  noblest 
poet  that  had  ever  lived." 

Never,  perhaps  in  its  varied  seasons  from 
the  advent  of  Chaucer  to  the  fading  of  the 
great  lights  that  illumined  the  later  Georgian 
da)r,  had  our  poetry  fallen  to  a  lower  plane 
than  it  occupied  at  the  time  that  Tennyson  and 
Poe  rose  almost  simultaneously  into  the  fore- 
ground. The  significance  of  Tennyson's  ap- 
pearance with  clear  indication  of  his  future, 
was  noted  at  the  period  by  critics  who  could 
discern  the  signs  of  the  broadening  day.  Slow- 
1}',  but  with  resistless  advance  he  moved  to 
the  fore-front  of  the  poetic  line,  until  Locksley 
Hall,  Ulysses,  and  the  Mort  D'Arthur,  forever 
assured    his    supremacy,    18-42.       Thence     till 

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"the  crossing  of  the  bar"  all  the  charms  of  all 
the  Muses  found  their  rarest  flower  in  the 
rich  Virgilian  measure,  the  chosen  coin  of 
fancy,  the  golden  phrase  that  flashed  with  in- 
creasing radiance  from  lips  that  seemed  touch- 
ed by  living  flame  from  the  altar  of  the  Muses. 

No  such  auspicious  and  congenial  fortune 
rested  upon  Poe.  Adverse  fate  pursued  him 
to  the  lowly  grave  in  Westminster  church- 
yard, where  he  lay  until  the  little  mound  of 
earth  had  almost  faded  from  sight,  and 
blended  with  the  indiscriminate  dust. 

That  his  infirmities  were  neither  few  nor 
small,  the  most  sympathetic  biographer  must 
in  candor  concede.  We  do  not  wish  even  to 
extenuate,  while  we  set  down  naught  in 
malice.  Still,  even  when  the  case  is  most 
strongly  urged  against  him,  his  enemies  them- 
selves being  judges,  his  moral  level,  to  say  the 
least,  is  not  below  the  plane  on  which  are  ar- 
rayed such  lights  of  our  poetic  heavens  as 
Marlowe,  Greene,  Burns,  Byron,  and  Shelley. 
Yet  to  the  greater  number  of  these,  the  world 
pays  unabating  homage,  forgetting  or  palliat- 
ing their  shame,  while  the  mere  suggestion  of 
Poe,  to  the  normal  mind  cast  in  prosaic  mould, 
rouses  an  image  of  despair,  a  shadow  of  de- 
pravity and  shame,  that  almost  effaces  the 
brilliance  of  his  unique  achievement  in  the 
sphere  of  poetry.  To  our  apprehension,  the 
aggregated  sins  of  Poe's  short  life  would  not 
approach  in  moral  debasement  the  crowning 
infamy  of  Shelley  in  the  abandonment  of 
Harriet  Westbrook,  nor  the  attitude  of 
Charles  Dickens  toward  the  faithful  and  un- 
offending wife  whom  he  repudiated  when  fame 
and  fortune  had  lavished  their  bounties  upon 
him.  We  may  pass  over  George  Eliot,  Wag- 
ner and  Goethe  with  the  charity  of  silence, 
but  to  a  certain  type  of  mind,  the  mention  of  , 
Poe's  name  suggests  nothing  in  the  form  of 
definite  impression  save  a  record  of  depravity 
and  a  life  whose  setting  was  the  climax  of  its 
shame.  Let  us  repeat  that  we  have  no  desire 
to  extenuate  his  faults  or  even  to  palliate  such 
infirmities  as  had  their  origin  largely  in  ad- 
verse environments,  in  congenital  tendencies, 
in  poverty  and  destitution.  It  is  to  be  regretted 
that  the  American  mode  of  estimating 
character  rarely  differentiates  the  man  from 
the  artist,  human  frailty  from  the  inspiration 
that  is  born  of  God.     Fortunate  is  it  for  the 


fame  of  even  Dante  and  Shakespeare  that  so 
faint  traces  survive  of  their  inner  life. 

It  was  a  great  day  in  the  world's  literature 
when  young  Poe  brought  his  slender  volumes 
to  the  light  in  1827  and  1831.  The  sages  did  not 
acclaim  him,  the  oracles  were  dumb.  We  say 
"world's  literature"  advisedly,  for  a  new  planet 
had  swum  into  our  ken,  and  its  brilliancy  was 
not  shaded  by  local  or  national  circumscrip- 
tions, by  bounds  of  language  or  obscuring  pas- 
sions of  nationality  or  race.  There  was  a 
strange  weird  note  marking  these  new  utter- 
ances, an  echo  of  worlds  not  realized  by  our 
prosaic  experiences,  a  supernal  touch,  a  sug- 
gestion of  purest  fantasy. 

Here  and  there,  some  traces  of  individual 
or  personal  reminiscence  pass  over  the  magic 
mirror  which  reflects  the  light  of  spheres  re- 
mote from  our  own.  Notably  is  this  character- 
istic of  Israfel,  and  Ulalume,  in  years  when  the 
end  was  nigh;  but  the  creations  of  our  artist 
are  the  outcome  of  his  own  shaping  spirit, 
without  prototypes  in  human  experience,  or 
even  suggestions  in  the  sphere  of  human  con- 
sciousness. 

Not  that  Poe  was  devoid  of  natural  affection 
or  incapable  of  genuine  friendship.  Though 
the  range  of  his  sympathies  was  narrow,  his 
temperament  marked  by  reserve  and  even  by 
an  isolation  which  is  a  characteristic  of  the 
artistic  nature,  there  was  a  chosen  circle  on 
whom  he  lavished  his  love — his  child-wife, 
Virginia  Clemm,  and  her  mother.  Whatever 
may  be  said  in  regard  to  the  limitations  of  his 
'heart,  he  stands  in  the  sanctity  of  his  inner 
home  life  as  an  enviable  contrast  to  more  than 
one  of  the  great  world  names  in  the  records 
even  of  our  own  literature. 

When  all  these  concessions  are  granted,  and 
every  reasonable  qualification  is  added,  the 
marvellous  weirdness  and  aloofness  of  Poe's 
achievements  in  verse  appeal  to  us  more 
powerfully  than  ever.  Despite  the  witchery 
of  Christabel  and  the  Ancient  Mariner,  the 
dreamy  melody  of  Kubla  Khan,  there  is  noth- 
ing to  demonstrate  that  Poe  was  a  devotee  of 
Coleridge  or  even  an  assiduous  student  of  his 
art.'  The  same  is  true  of  poetry  in  nearly  all 
the  languages  with  which  our  hero  can  be 
credited  with  a  critical  acquaintance. 
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The  first  step  to  be  taken  in  the  further  de- 
velopment of  the  University  is  the  union  with 
St.  John's  College,  at  Annapolis,  which  was 
agreed  upon  last  spring  by  the  authorities  of 
both  institutions.  We  presume  that  will  be 
taken  up  early  after  the  resumption  of  scholas- 
tic work. 

While  this  arrangement  must  be  regarded  as 
somewhat  tentative  with  us,  it  is  not  an  untried 
experiment,  elsewhere,  and  is  said  to  have 
worked  with  more  or  less  satisfaction  in  other 
Universities,  as  Tulane,  at  New  Orleans,  and 
Northwestern,  in  Chicago.  A  mere  legal  union 
is  not,  of  course,  a  very  close  or  effective  one, 
and  it  does  not  promise  that  sort  of  organiza- 
tion and  administration  which  is  needed  in  the 
conduct  of  this  University.  But  as  the  only 
thing  in  sight  at  this  time,  we  may  welcome  it 
as  capable  of  supplying  some  of  our  deficien- 
cies and  possibly  giving-us  University  standing 
by  providing  the  missing  department  of  Arts 
and  Sciences.  Both  institutions  were  abso- 
lutely opposed  to  a  change  of  their  charters  at 
this  time  and  this  expedient,  suggested  by  Mr. 
J.  Wirt  Randall,  of  Annapolis,  was  apparently 
the  only  one  by  which  their  interests  could  be 
united  and  the  mutual  advantages,  certain  to 


arise  from  such  a  union,  be  secured.  We  hope 
that  it  will  prove  the  stepping-stone  to  a  closer 
organic  union  and  at  no  distant  day  to  a  reali- 
zation of  our  aspirations  of  a  State  University. 
The  benefits  that  St.  John's  has  reaped  from 
an  official  connection  with  the  State  will  no 
doubt  be  shared  by  us  thru  the  contemplated 
association  with  it. 


Are  Trustees  essential  to  the  life  and  pros- 
perity of  this  University?  Several  of  the  Re- 
gents appear  to  be  of  this  opinion  and  it  is 
singular  with  what  unanimity  the  alumni  of 
all  departments  urge  it.  Again  and  again  the 
proposal  to  raise  an  endowment  and  to  do  other 
things  looking  to  the  promotion  of  University 
life  has  been  met  with  the  statement :  We 
must  have  Trustees  first !  We  can  only  reply : 
Yes,  they  are  sadly  needed  to  render  our  Uni- 
versity organization  effective  and  vigorous ; 
but  it  seems  the  authorities  are  not  ready  for 
the  change  yet,  and  we  cannot  wait  any  longer 
to  set  about  the  work  of  University  upbuilding. 
Let  us  do  what  we  can  under  the  present  order 
of  things.  Our  efforts,  our  example,  our  en- 
thusiasm will  not  be  in  vain,  and  let  us  hope 
that  we  may  be  able  to  create  a  sentiment  that 
will  lead  in  time  to  reorganization  upon  a  bet- 
ter and  more  modern  basis.  We  may  cheer 
ourselves  with  the  thought  that  every- proper 
and  unselfish  effort  on  our  part  will  be  watch- 
ed and  its  influence  be  felt  and  that  subscrip- 
tions to  endowment  are  the  most  convincing 
arguments  we  can  adduce  for  the  changes  that 
we  regard  as  necessary.  As  one  of  the  Regents 
said :  If  we  could  secure  a  large  endowment, 
we  would  be  willing  to  do  these  things.  We 
seem  to  be  in  the  predicament  where  we  can- 
not make  a  change  that  seems  necessary  to  our 
welfare  because  we  lack  means,  and  we  cannot 
secure  these  means  because  we  do  not  make 
this  change.  It  is  our  honest  opinion  that  if  an 
active  and  efficient  President  were  placed  at 
the  head  of  this  University,  he  would  within  a 
year  or  two — like  Alderman,  of  the  University 
of  Virginia — pay  back  to  it  many  times  the 
amount  of  his  salary,  and  we  believe  this  would 
be  the  case  even  if  the  charter  remained  as  it  is. 


OUR  motto:     the  best  is  none  too  good." 

CARBONATED    WATER    fN  siphons  and  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

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OLD  MARYLAND. 


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RESPONSE  TO  TOAST,  "OUR  ALMA 
MATER,"  AT  ALUMNI  BANQUET, 
SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE,  JUNE  1,  1906. 

By  Arthur  M.  Shipley,  M.D. 


It  is  not  so  much  of  the  past  of  the  Univer- 
sity that  I  wish  to  speak — altho  that  is  glo- 
rious enough — nor  yet  of  the  present,  but  rath- 
er of  the  future.  The  present  times  are  always 
being  contrasted  with  the  past  and  in  the  com- 
parison the  present  always  suffers.  This  is  easy 
of  explanation.  The  clash  and  fury  of  old  bat- 
tles sound  mellow  thru  the  ages  and  the  blood 
and  dirt  and  stain  have  faded  in  the  "long  sun- 
light of  tradition."  In  our  disappointment  of 
things  as  they  are,  we  are  prone  to  hark  back 
to  the  past  or  to  look  forward  with  renewed 
hope  to  the  future.  So  that  we  of  this  Univer- 
sity are  far  too  prone  to  rest  on  our  oars,  to 
speak  with  well-deserved  pride  of  our  history, 
and  to  glory  in  our  traditions.  This  is  not  to 
be  condemned,  provided  at  the  same  time  we 
continue  our  efforts  in  regard  to  the  future. 

This  is  an  age  of  boundless  change.  On 
every  side  old  institutions  are  falling.  There  is 
little  feeling  of  respect  in  the  mind  of  the  aver- 
age American  for  things  that  are  venerable, 
but  he  is  restlessly,  nervously,  reaching  out 
for  things  that  are  new  and  often  eager  to  dis- 
card old  things,  even  tho  they  be  good. 

The  University  of  Maryland  is  heir  to  a 
priceless  heritage.  One  hundred  years  of 
American  life  give  momentum  to  her  activity. 
With  graduates  in  every  quarter  of  the  globe, 
and  friends  thruout  this  country,  she  has  in 
herself  the  possibilities  of  a  brilliant  future, 
and  her  future  whether  for  weal  or  woe  lies 
with  us. 

What  are  we  going  to  do?  Are  we  going 
to  give  up  without  an  effort  the  garnered  store- 
house of  a  century,  or  are  we  going  to  take 
new  courage  and  here  resolve  that  this  old 
University,  with  her  long  line  of  illustrious 
teachers,  shall  have  an  era  of  new  life  and  new 
usefulness  in  this  new  time? 

Alma  Mater!  What  a  place  it  holds  in  the 
heart  of  the  race,  and  with  reason  enough.  For 
it  is    during  his    undergraduate   years   that   a 

Menu.  Banquet  and  Dance  Cards.  Commencement  Invita- 
tions and  Programs,  Diplomas.  Certificates.  Engrossiiiir.  U.  of 
M.  Stationery  for  Classes  and  Fraternities.  Letterheads 
Envelopes.  Cards,  etc..  for  Physicians.  Lawyers  and  Dentists 

JAS.  H.  DOWNS,  STATIONER,  229  N.  Charles  St. 


man's  life  more  nearly  approaches  the  ideal 
than  at  any  other  time  in  his  career.  And  altho 
the  dream  we  dreamed  when  we  were  young 
may  never  be  realized,  we  are  none  the  worse  be- 
cause we  have  been  dreamers  of  dreams  and 
seers  of  visions.  The  late  Carl  Schurz  said  : 
"Ideals  are  like  stars.  You  may  not  succeed 
in  touching  them  with  your  hands,  but  like  the 
seafaring  man  on  the  desert  of  waters  you 
choose  them  for  your  guides,  and  following 
them  you  reach  your  destiny." 

How  many  men  today  yearn  toward  the 
sunny  da)'^s  of  their  college  life ;  those  days 
without  care,  without  burden  of  great  respon- 
sibility, with  life  all  ahead  for  their  making ! 
The  shadows  of  the  later  years  have  not  yet 
darkened  their  paths ;  we  are  still  young — ■ 
young  in  hope,  young  in  spirit,  young  in  cour- 
age. The  beautiful  youth !  And  it  is  here  in 
the  heyday  of  life  that — "hands  of  invisible 
spirits  touch  the  keys  of  the  mysterious  in- 
strument the  soul  and  play  the  prelude  of  our 
fate." 

Alma  Mater!  What  is  it?  What  do  we 
mean  by  it?  Why  is  it  that  the  memory  of 
college  days  is  so  dear  to  us  ?  When  the  years 
have  wrought  their  work,  when  we  have  learn- 
ed the  bitterness  of  failure,  when  our  idols  are 
all  shattered,  our  hopes  unfulfilled,  our 
dreams  unrealized,  when  the  present  holds 
nothing  of  comfort  and  the  future  nothing  of 
promise,  then  it  is  that  we  turn  our  faces  back- 
ward and  live  over  again-the  days  of  our  youth. 
Alma  Mater!  Not  the  building,  not  the 
grounds,  but  the  personality  of  our  teachers, 
the  spirit  of  the  place,  the  spirit  of  youth  and 
hope  and  courage,  the  spirit  of  days  spent  with 
congenial  comrades — with  a  common  interest 
before  there  enters  into  life  the  fierceness  of 
the  fight  with  its  jealousy,,  its  hypocrisy  and 
guile. 

Let  us  make  the  most  of  it  before  it  is  too 
late,  for  we  will  never  pass  this  way  again. 

It  is  what  the  University  of  Maryland  stands 
for  that  should  make  us  glad  and  enthusiastic. 
Not  that  it  is  turning  out  men  who  are  scien- 
tists in  the  narrow  meaning  of  the  word,  but 
men  who  are  going  into  all  the  places  of  the 

Qerman  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City, 

3.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Sts. 

Interest  paid  on  deposits. 


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world  to  do  the  work  that  in  the  long  run  is 
what  Dr.  Osier  has  said  is  the  happiest  and 
most  useful  lot  given  to  man — to  become  vig- 
orous, whole-souled,  intelligent,  general  prac- 
titioners. 

We  of  late  years  have  been  remiss  in  our 
duty  to  ourselves  and  our  school.  We  have  al- 
lowed disparaging  things  to  be  said  about  our- 
selves without  refutation,  and  at  times  we  have 
said  these  things  ourselves.  Shame  on  us ! 
The  man  who  attacks  his  family  attacks  him- 
self, and  by  acquiescing  in  unkind  things  said 
about  us,  we  are  lowering  our  grade  of  train- 
ing and  our  own  self-esteem,  without  which 
all  labor  and  all  striving  is  but  a  disappoint- 
ment in  the  end. 

It  is  often  said  that  a  school  is  made  by  the 
brilliancy  of  its  teachers  or  the  amount  of  its 
endowment,  but  a  much  more  important  mat- 
ter is  its  alumni.  Let  us  stand  shoulder  to 
shoulder,  with  ranks  unbroken,  facing  the 
world,  a  strong,  united,  LTniversity  body ! 


The  following  correspondence  explains  it- 
self: 

Baltimore,  April  21,  1906. 

Hon.  John  P.  PoE: 

My  Dear  Sir — A  grateful  sense  of  obligation 
to  the  profession,  by  whose  influence  I  have 
been  for  many  years  maintained  in  judicial  po- 
sition, has  brought  me  to  the  reluctant  con- 
clusion that  the  time  has  at  last  come  when  I 
should  devote  my  remaining  energies  exclu- 
sively to  the  duties  of  that  position. 

I  therefore  feel  constrained  to  request  of  you 
the  favor  to  submit  to  the  Faculty,  at  such  time 
as  in  your  discretion  maj'  seem  proper,  this, 
my  resignation  of  the  office  of  Professor  in  the 
Law  School  of  the  University  of  Maryland  and 
to  take  effect  at  the  close  of  this  next  com- 
mencement. 

It  is  with  sincere  and  deep  regret  that  I 
have  thus  felt  obliged  to  terminate  my  rela- 
tions, which  have  been  so  uniformly  agreeable, 
both  officially  and  personally. 

Kindly  convey  to  each  member  of  the  Fac- 
ulty the  assurance  of  the  same  esteem  and  af- 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 

Modern  Pharmacy  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Light  Sts. 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Quality  the  Best  Prices  the  Lowest 


fectionate  regard  with  which  I  have  now  the 
honor  to  subscribe  myself, 

Your  colleague  and  friend  of  half  a  century, 
Charles  E.  Phelps. 

Baltimore,  April  27,  1906. 
Hon  Charles  E.  Phelps: 

De.ar  Judge  Phelps — Although  not  entirely 
unprepared  for  the  final  notice  of  your  purpose 
to  give  up  your  position  as  one  of  our  Faculty, 
still  your  letter  of  resignation  put  an  end  to  the 
hope  which  I  had  held  on  to  that  you  might  see 
your  way  clear  -to  remain  with  us  a  little  lon- 
ger. 

It  did  seem  to  me  that  with  the  work  of  this 
session  done,  you  might  keep  your  place  for  at 
least  another  year. 

We  appreciate,  however,  the  force  of  the 
reason  you  give  for  seeking  relief  from  the 
labor  of  your  chair  at  the  University  and  do 
not  feel  that  we  ought  to  urge  you  to  continue 
to  bear  the  burden. 

As  requested  by  you,  I  laid  your  letter  of  res- 
ignation before  the  Faculty  at  our  last  meet- 
ing. It  was  received  with  the  deepest  regret. 
We  are  all  most  reluctant  to  let  you  go. 

Our  association  has  been  so  long  and  so  de- 
lightful, your  work  has  been  so  instructive 
and  so  valuable,  your  counsels  have  been  so 
wise  and  so  prudent  that  we  would  all  keep 
you  with  us  if  we  could. 

The  terms  of  your  letter,  however,  left  us 
no  alternative  but  to  yield  to  your  decision  to 
retire,  and  feeling  that  you  have  most  worthily 
won  your  right  to  devote  yourself  hereafter  ex- 
clusively to  the  labors  of  the  distinguished  ju- 
dicial position  which  yoti  have  filled  for  more 
than  twenty-three  years,  with  such  conspicu- 
ous ability  and  success,  we  are  constrained  to 
accept  your  resignation  as  a  member  of  our 
Faculty.  In  sending  you  this  message  I  beg 
you  to  believe  that  you  take  with  you  the 
whole  heart  of  all  of  us,  and  for  myself  and  my 
colleagues  we  wish  you  every  blessing  that 
comes  from  the  full  and  faithful  performance 
of  your  high  duties  with  faculties  unimpaired 
and  health  cojnpletely  restored. 

Faithfully  and  cordially  your  friend, 

John  Prentiss  Poe,  Dean. 

2)rovers   anO   /Idccbanlce'   IRational   JBanh    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  RENT 


OLD     MARYLAND. 


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The  only  changes  noted  in  this  department 
of  the  University  at  the  begiitning  of  the  ses- 
sion of  1906-'07 — the  100th  by  the  way— are  in 
the  personel  'of  the  teaching  and  hospital 
staffs. ,  Associate.  Professor  Milton  R.  \A'alter 
having  gone  to  Chicago  to  reside,  his  place  has 
been  taken  by  Dr.  M.  H.  Mayhew,  who  be- 
comes Demonstrator  of  Histology  and  Embr)'- 
ology.  The  following  become  Instructors : 
Surgery,  Drs.  Compton  Riely  and  Nathan 
Winslow;  Osteology,  Dr.  J.  Dawson  Reeder ; 
"Gynecology,  Dr.  H.  W.  Brent;  Clinical  Sur- 
gery, Dr.  M.  J.  Cromwell.  The  following  be- 
come assistants  :  Pathology  and  Bacteriology, 
Dr.  R.  C.  Metzel;  Histology  and  Embryology, 
Drs.  G.  S.  M.  Kieffer  and  Leo  Karlinsky.  Drs. 
A.  B.  Lennan  and  J.  F.  Hawkins  become  As- 
sistant Demonstrators  of  Anatomy. 

On  the  Dispensary  Staff,  the  following  have 
been  appointed  Chiefs  of  Clinic :  Gynecology, 
Dr.  H.  W.  Brent;  Throat  and  Nose,  Dr.  H."  C. 
Davis  ;  and  the  following  Assistants  :  Practice 
of  Medicine,  Dr.  R.  C.  Metzel;  Surgery,  Dr.  J". 
Fred.  Adams;  Throat  and  Nose,  Dr.  J.  F.  Wil- 
kins ;  Nervous  Diseases,  Drs.  J.  F.  O'Mara  and 
J.  F.  Hawkins. 

At  Bayview  Hospital  Drs.  M.  J.  Cromwell 
and  Nathan  Winslow  have  succeeded  Drs. 
Frank  Martin  and  St.  Clair  Spruill  on  the  Sur- 
gical Staff,  Dr.  Lee  Cohen  has  taken  Dr.  E.  J. 
Bernstein's  place  as  Ophthalmologist  and  Dr. 
H.  C.  Davis  occupies  the  vacancy  in  Laryn- 
gology caused  by  the  departure  of  Dr.  M.  R. 
Walter.  Drs.  R.  R.  Norris,  E.  F.  Raphel  and 
J.  S.  Geatty  are  Resident  Physicians. 

The  new  names  on  the  Resident  Staff  of 
Lhiiversity  Hospital  are  Drs.  R.  B.  Playes,  C. 
W.  Roberts,  W.  W.  Olive,  E.  W.  White,  F. 
W.  Winslow,  R.  W.  Crawford.  V.  C.  C. 


That  cause  is  wholly  to  be  suspected  for  scarce- 
ly good  and  profitable,  which  its  author  contends 
for  with  brawling  and  fierceness ;  but  truth  can 
want  no  patron. — Epistle  Dedicatory  to  Ho/rvey 
on  Gi-'neratioii,  1653. 

Our  duty  is  not  to  see  what  lies  dimly  at  a  dis- 
tance, but  to  do  what  lies  clearly  at  hand. — 
Carlylc. 


We  learn  from  the  chairrhan  of  the  commit- 
tee of  the  General  Alumni  Association,  Dr. 
Nathan  Winslow,  that  about  forty  names  have 
been  secured  for  the  proposed  University  of 
Maryland  Club.  Two  hundred  names  are  re* 
quired  at  $10.00  each  before  organization  can 
be  thought  of. — In  the  summary  of  the  853 
students  of  the  University  who  attended  last 
session,  the  figures  show  a  falling  ofT  in  the 
Dental  Department,  but  an  increase  in  the  Law 
and  Pharmacy  Departments ;  the  Medical 
Department  was  stationary. — Professor  FI em- 
meter,  writing  from  Carlsbad  under  date,  July 
22(1,  says:  "Carlsbad  is  the  greatest  clinic  .for 
diseases  of  the  digestive  organs  and  metabol- 
I  have  yet  visited.  There  are  60,000  visitors 
here  and  most  of  them  sufferers  of  these  types. 
Thank  you  very  much  for  Old  Maryland  ;  its 
familiar  lines  provoked  the  tenderest  senti- 
ments.— John  B.  Brawner,  M.  D.,  of  Emmits- 
burg,  hopes  the  Centennial  will  be.  a  success 
and  if  possible  will  attend  it. — Dr.  B.  Merrill 
Hopkinson  realized  $80  from  his  10th  annual 
August  conceirt  for  the  Children's  Fresh  Air 
Fund  of  Baltimore,  at  Front's  Neck,  Maine. — 
Dr.  Melchoir  G.  Cockey,  of  Fort  Riley,  Kan- 
sas, returned  to  Cockeysville,  Md.,  and  spent 
three  weeks  here  after  an  absence  from  Mary- 
land of  twenty-seven  years.  The  occasion  of 
his  visit  was  the  illness  and  death  of  his 
mother. — J.  Harry  Tregoe,  LL.B.  (1905),  re- 
tired from  the  presidency  of  the  Travelers  and 
Merchants'  Association  Sept.  4.  He  has  held 
the  office  two  years  and  withdraws  that  he  may 
devote  more  time  to  the  Maryland  Prisoners' 
Aid  Association,  to  which  he  was  elected  some 
months  ago. — ^The  home  of  Professor  L.  Ernest 
Neale,  in  Baltimore, ,  Ayas  recently  robbed  and 
the  University  Gold  Medal  which  he  received 
at  his  graduation  in  1881  was  stolen. — Dr.  J. 
Ridgeley  Andr.e,  aged  83,  was  severely  injured 
Aug.  21,  by  being  thrown  from  his  carriage. 
No  bones  were  broken,  however,  and  he  is 
slowly  recovering. — Passed  Assistant  Surgeon 
Percy  S.  Rossiter,   U.   S.  N.    (Class  of  1895), 

Surgical  and  Hospital  Supplies  Sick  Room  Supplies 

Dental  Forceps       Microscopes  and  Accessories 
THE  CHAS.  WrLLMS  SURGICAL  INSTRUMENT  CO. 

300    NORTH    HOWARD    STREET 


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will  read  a  paper  on  leprosy  at  the  semi-an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Medical  and  Chirurgical 
Faculty  at  Annapolis  the  last  of  this  month. — 
Assistant  Surgeon  Benjamin  H.  Dorsey,  U.  S. 
N.  (Class  of  1901),  has  been  visiting  his  home 
at  Ellicott  City.— Dr.  Henry  Whittle  (1903), 
is  taking  a  three-year  post-graduate  laboratory 
and  clinical  course  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hos- 
pital. During  the  summer  he  held  a  position 
on  the  staff  of  the  Wilson  Sanitarium,  as  As- 
sistant Resident.  He  writes:  "I  have  read 
with  much  interest  the  articles  in  the  papers  in 
reference  to  the  work  of  the  University,  partic- 
ularly on  its  University  side.  I  sincerely  hope 
the  Centennial  will  be  a  success  and  also  the 
other  good  works  recently  put  on  foot  for  the 
advancement  and  betterment  of  'Old  Mary- 
land.' "—Dr.  Arthur  B.  Clarke  (1906)  has  been 
spending  a  month  at  his  home  in  Canada. — The 
late  Dr.  Samuel  L.  Frank  left  an  estate  valued 
at  $250,000.— The  late  Judge  Thomas  S.  Baer's 
estate  was  appraised  at  $17,927. — G.  E.  Truitt, 
Dental  ('07),  writes  from  Guadalajara,  Mexico, 
.  that  there  are  five  University  Maryland  men  in 
that  city  and  that  they  are  deeply  interested 
in  the  Centennial. — Judge  Alfred  Niles  has  ac- 
cepted a  re-election  as  Dean  of  the  Baltimore 
Law  School,  which  will  necessitate  his  retire- 
ment from  the  Board  of  Law  Examiners. — 
Four  of  the  six  principal  officers  of  the  North 
Carolina  State  Medical  Association  for  the  cur- 
rent year  are  alumni  of  this  University,  viz.: 
Dr.  C.  M.  Strong,  Charlotte,  1st  Vice-Presi- 
dent; Dr.  J.  E.  McLaughlin,  Statesville,  2d 
Vice-President;  Dr.  W.  F.  Hargrove,  Kinston, 
3d  Vice-President ;  Dr.  H.  M.  Tucker,  Raleigh, 
Treasurer.  Dr.  McLaughlin  is  also  Vice- 
President  of  the  Statesville  Training  School 
for  Nurses.  —  We  are  informed  that  E. 
Sleppy,  D.D.S.  (1887),  of  Pittsburg,  de- 
sires information  of  the  Centennial  and 
proposes  to  bring  about  100  men  to  it. — 
Dr.  Howard  E.  Ashbury  (1903)  has  removed 
his  office  and  x-ray  equipment  to  the  Walbert, 
Charles  street  and  Lafayette  avenue. — A  recep- 
tion and  banquet  will  be  given  Judge  Alfred 
S.  Niles  at  Walbrook,  September  25,  on  his  re- 
turn from  Europe. — Of  the  candidates  for  Ad- 
ditional Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Balti- 
more threeare  graduates  of  this  University,  viz.: 
Albert  S.  J.  Owens,  LL.B.  (1883),  WilHam  A. 
Wheatley,  LL.B.  (1899),  and  Thomas  Ireland 


Elliott,  LL.B.  (1878).— In  the  3d  Congress- 
ional district  Harry-  B.  Wolf,  LL.B.  (1901), 
and  W.  W.  Parker,  LL.B.  (1899)  will  enter  the 
primaries  as  contestants  for  the  nomination. — 
Harry  Adler,  M.D.,  has  been  elected  to  succeed 
the  late  Dr.  S.  L.  Frank,  as  President  of  the 
Plebrew  Hospital  and  Asylum.  The  new  hos- 
pital to  be  erected  in  memory  of  Dr.  Frank 
thru  a  gift  of  $75,000  made  for  that  purpose  by 
Mrs.  Frank  will  be  105x90  feet  and  four  stones 
high.  It  will  be  the  principal  hospital  and  the 
present  building  will  be  used  as  the  Home  for 
Incurables. — At  the  recent  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  Profes- 
sor Hynson,  of  this  LIniversity,  urged  that  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  (Phar.  D.),  now 
conferred  by  this  LTniversity  to  graduates  in 
that  department,  should  be  conferred  by  the 
other  colleges  of  pharmacy  thruout  the  coun- 
try. Professor  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  was  re- 
elected Secretary  and  Charles  E.  Dohme, 
Ph.G.,  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  Council. 
H.  A.  B.  Dunning,  Ph.G.,  Associate  Professor 
of  Chemistry  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy, 
of  this  Universily,  was  elected  Chairman  of 
the  Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dis- 
pensing.— Professor  J.  Holmes  Smith  has  re- 
moved his  residence  from  Preston  street  to 
2205  St.  Paul  Street.— Olin  Bryan,  LL.B. 
(1887),  has  retired  from  the  presidency  of  the 
United  Surety  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  which  he  or- 
ganized about  two  years  ago. — J.  Kemp  Bart- 
lett,  LL.B.,  writes:  "Your  active  interest  m  the 
upbuilding  of  our  Association"  [he  refers  to 
the  General  Alumni  Association]  "is  very 
much  appreciated." — Professor  Gorgas,  of  the 
School  of  Dentistry,  will  contribute  an  article 
on  the  extraction  of  teeth  to  a  Text-Book  of 
Operative  Dentistry,  which  will  be  edited  by 
Dr.  C.  N.  Johnson,  of  Blackwater,  Can.,  and 
published  by  Blackiston,  Son  &  Co.  Various 
articles  will  be  contributed  by  distinguished 
dentists. — The  Iride.x  Catalogue,  2d  issue,  con- 
tains a  list  of  106  articles  on  gynecological  sub- 
jects contributed  by  our  fellow-ahimnus.  Dr. 
Charles  P.  Noble,  of  Philadelphia. — Mr.  Ber- 
nard Carter,  Provost  of  this  University,  sailed 
with  his  two  sons,  Mr.  Bernard  M.  Carter  and 

SOI  I VFNIPS  Q^  ^^^  University  of  Maryland 

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Rev.  George  Calvert  Carter,  of  Washington, 
for  England  July  31,  where  he  is  visiting  his 
son,  Mr.  John  Ridgely  Carter,  1st  Secretary  of 
the  American  Embassy  in  London. — The 
Maryland  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  hold  its  ex- 
amination at  Heptasoph  Hall,  Balto.,  Oct.  4,  9 
A.  M.,  E.  Bacon,  Ph.G.,  Secty.,  402  Roland 
Ave. — Dr.  John  Turner  sailed  for  Liverpool 
.Sept.  8  and  will  return  on  the  31st. — Edwin  T. 
Dickerson  is  suffering  from  typhoid  fever  at 
his  home,  Dickerson,  Md. — Fred'k  C.  Colston, 
LL.B.,  who  has  been  playing  in  the  tennis  tour- 
naments in  the  North,  has  returned  home. — 
The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  has 
3,000  members,  an  increase  of  over  300  during 
the  year. 

:  o  : 

Marriages:  Chester  F.  Johnston,  LL.B. 
Ci'JOi  ),  of  Pittsburg,  to  Miss  Louise  Chamber- 
lain Stahn,  of  Baltimore,  at  Pulaski,  Va.,  Aug. 
3.  Mrs.  J.  is  a  graduate  of  the  Woman's  Col- 
lege of  Baltimore  and  was  teaching  music  at 
Dublin  Institute,  Va.,  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage. 


Deaths :  Contract  Surgeon  Calvin  De  Ford 
Snyder  (1898)  was  killed  at  Julita,  Island  of 
Leyte.  Philippine  Islands,  in  an  engagement 
v.'ith  a  force  of  Pulajanes,  August  9.  Pie  was 
born  in  Baltimore  and  was  28  years  old.  He 
spent  the  early  years  of  his  professional  life 
in  Bay  View  and  Phiiversity  Hospitals. — John 
AV.  Farmer,  M.D.  (1868),  was  killed  at  Rad- 
ford, Va.,  August  25,  by  a  load  of  lumber  fall- 
ing upon  him. — Albert  E.  Thompson,  Ph.G. 
( 1873),  of  the  well-known  drug  firm  of  Thomas 
and  Thompson,  died  in  Baltimore  August  25, 
after  a  long  illness  from  Bright's  disease.  He 
was  born  on  the  York  Road,  Baltimore  county, 
Dec.  (i,  184S,  and  had  been  in  business  with 
Mr.  Thomas  since  1874.— James  Willard,  M. 
D.  (1843),  at  Lovettsville,  Va.,  July  30,  aged 
about  90.— Samuel  Leon  Frank,  M.  D.  (1862), 
died  suddenly  of  heart  disease  at  Chattalonee 
Springs,  near  Baltimore,  .August  3,  aged  64. 
lie  studied  the  specialty  of  eye  and  ear  diseases 
abroad  and  practiced  it  with  great  success  in 
Baltimore  until  1882,  when  he  retired  and  de- 

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terests. At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  pres- 
ident of  the  Hebrew  Plospital  and  Association. 

o • 

MORNING. 

The  fading  stars  reluctantly  withdrew 

Their  keen  regard,  and  dark  the  coppice  grew; 

.\  fleecy  paleness  overspread  the  moon, 

And  orient  airs  began  their  whispers  soon, 

And  far  the  tall  oracular  pines  above, 

Passed  something  like  the  first  faint  smile  of  love ; 

And  something  seem'd  to  whisper  down  from  heaven, 

.Awake,  my  sweetest  minstrel  of  the  seven ! 

Ye  happy  tenants  of  the  wood  and  lawn, 

Arise,  my  loves,  and  drink  the  joys  of  dawn! 

Long,  misty  lines,  of  dim,  uncertain  hue 

Reach'd  forth,  divergent,  underneath  the  blue, 

Suffused  the  stars,  and,  sloping  down  the  West, 

Set  rose  and  ruby  in  the  lunar  crest: 

Earth  lean'd  to  meet  the  coming  Deity, 

And  mountains  hurried  from  the  West  to  see. 

The  orient  lines  are  misty  now  no  more ; 

The  golden  reins  are  flashing  at  the  door; 

The  gate  unfolds, — Time's  ancient  songs  begin; 

The  King  of  glory  and  of  day  comes  in. 

— Joseph  Salyavds. 
O 

We  have  been  allowed  to  peruse  some  inter- 
estingcorrespondence  relating  to  therecent  itin- 
erary of  Professors  Randolph  Winslow  and  J. 
Mason  Hundley,  from  which  it  appears  that 
they  had  a  fine  time  and  received  many  favors' 
from  our  European  colleagues.  The  voyage  from 
Baltimore  to  Bremerhaven  on  the  steamer 
Rhein  occupied  twelve  days.  At  Hamburg  they 
saw  Kiimmel,  the  chief  surgeon  of  Eppendorfer 
Hospital,  operate  for  appendicitis.  At  Berlin  ■ 
Iloffa  invited  them  to  his  private  hospital  and 
treated  thein  most  cordially.  He  also  took  them 
in  his  automobile  to  his  public  clinic,  where  he 
performed  several  operations.  They  also  met 
Professors  Diihrssen,  Von  Bergmann  and 
Bumm,  and  saw  them  operate.  While  the  last 
was  operating  (laparotomy)  he  was  sent  for 
to  see  the  crown  princess. 

At  Leipsig  they  received  courtesies  from  Pro- 
fessor Trendelenburg  and  took  tea  with  his 
family  ;  they  were  much  pleased  with  their  visit 
to  this  city.    T.  operates  at  8  A.  M. 

At  Carlsbad  they  met  Professors  Hemmeter 
and  Woods  and  put  up  at  the  Bristol  Hotel. 
But  as  they  could  only  get  a  very  small  room 
for  one  night  they  left  next  day  for  Vienna, 
altho  much  pleased  with  Carlsbad.  At  Vienna, 
the  gynecologist  Wertheim  was  very  attentive 

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to  them,  and  they  had  a  most  agreeable  recep- 
tion from  Professor  Adolph  Lorenz^ — who-  op- 
erated on  some  httle  patients  in  Anatomical 
Hall  of  this  University  before  an  immense  au- 
dience three  years  ago.  It  was  vacation  time 
and  Lorenz  did  not  come  to  town  often ;  in 
fact,  they  met  him  just  as  he  was  about  to  go 
on  a  trip  in  his  automobile  touring  car.  How- 
ever, he  took  them  out  in  the  afternoon  to  his 
magnificent  villa,  giving  them  a  delightful  au- 
tomobile ride  of  twenty-five  miles  or  more. 
Mrs.  L.  is  a  very  pleasant  lady,  about  forty-two 
years  old,  plump  and  rosy-cheeked  and  of  very 
attractive  and  cordial  manners.  The  villa  is 
situated  on  the  side  of  a  mountain  overlooking 
a  beautiful  valley  filled  with  villages  and  inter- 
sected by  the  Danube  River.  The  Professor 
bought  the  place  twenty-two  years  ago  when  it 
was  a  peasant's  cottage  and  by  successive  al- 
terations and  additions  has  made  of  it  a  palace. 
Everything  about  it  is  handsome:  hardwood 
floors,  beautiful  furniture,  splendid  mural  and 
framed  pictures,  grand  stairway  and  in  the  new 
part  of  the  house,  recently  added,  a  great  wide 
hall  with  a  highly  ornamented  balcony  running 
around  it  upon  which  the  second  story  rooms 
open.  There  are  two  dining  rooms,  elegant 
guest  chambers  with  bath  and  toilet  rooms  for 
each,  porticos,  balconies,  etc.,  and  the  grounds 
are  spacious  and  laid  out  with  fruit  trees  and 
flowers.  They  spent  the  night  at  this  elegant 
and  hospitable  mansion  and  Lorenz-  said  he  had 
been  expecting  them  for  some  time  and  was 
sorry  they  had  not  come  sooner  as  -he  could 
then  have  taken  them  around.  However,  he 
did  all  for  their  entertainment  in  a  plain  and 
simple  and  most  acceptable  way.  Professor 
Winslow  also  met  in  Vienna  his  former  teacher, 
Dr.  Erlach. 

At  Miinich  they  met  Dr.  Humrichouse,  of 
Hagerstown.  At  Innsbruck  and  Ziirich  they 
visited  the  hospitals.  At  Berne  they  had  the 
good  fortune  to  see  the  younger  Kocher  op- 
erate on  two  cases  of  goitre  -  and  Professor 
Winslow  bought  some  instruments  for  the  op- 
eration. 

Their  stay  in  Paris  was  cut  short  as  neither 
of  them  knew  French  and  they  were  glad  to 
reach  London  on  August  16,  having  taken  in 
the  palaces  and  galleries  and  other  sights  of 
the  continent.-  It  was  dull  in  the  .cities,  the 
theatres  and  other  places,  of,  amusement  being 


closed,  while  the  summer  resorts  were  crowded 
and  it  was  difficult  to  get  accommodations  -at 
the  hotels;-  In  London  they  felt  more  at  home 
and  set  -to  work  to-  see  the  many  objects  of  in- 
terest, to  visit  the  hospitals,  etc.  The  promi- 
nent medical  men  were  all  away  on  their  vaca- 
tions and  this  lessened  the  medical  interest  of 
their  stay  in  the  British  metropolis.  On  Sept. 
5  they  took  the  steamer  Friesland,  of  the 
American  line,  for  Philadelphia  and  e.xpect  to 
arrive  -home  about  the  loth,  after  an  absence 
of  eighty  days. 

■     -:o: 

Dr.  J.  W.  C.  Ely,  on  the  occasion  of  the  cele- 
bration of  the  60tli  anniversary  of  his  entrance 
into  the  profession  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  said  that 
medical  students  were  required  at  the  time  he 
entered  Harvard  University  Medical  School,  in 
1813,  to  have  the  equivalent  of  a  high  school 
training  and  to  have  studied  at  least  two  yeairs 
in  a  physician's  office'  The  medical  course  em- 
braced two  sessions  of  four  months  each,  the 
lectures  being  essentially  the  same  from  year  to 
year.  For  graduation  the  candidate  had  to  pre- 
sent a  thesis  in  his  own  handwriting  and  to  pass 
an  examination  by  all  six  professors.  But  little 
physiology  was  taught.  An  old  leather-covered 
manikin,  leather  baby"  and  short  forceps  supplied 
the  place  of  clinical  obstetrics.  All  the  instruc- 
tion was  didactic,  although  the  class  went  once 
a  week  en  masse  to  see  a  few  patients  at  the 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital  and  Saturday 
mornings  saw  a  few  operations.  None  but  the 
internes  had  any  chance  to  learn  clinical  medi- 
cine as  it  is  taught  today  in  the  better  schools. 
The  Medical  School  was  located  in  a  little  alley 
back  of  a  block  of  tenement  houses  occupied  by 
commercial  men  from  Cape  Cod.  It  was  a  dark, 
dingy  place,  fit  only  for  stables.  The  first  capital 
case  he  saw — in  part  only,  for  he  was  overcome 
by  the  agony  of  the  patient  and  prudently  retired 
before  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  be  carried 
out — was  ligation  of  the  axillary  artery,  by  Dr. 
John  C.  Warren,  in  a  case  of  dislocated  shoulder, 
which  had  been  reduced  by  the  boot  heel  in  the 

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axilla.  In  1846  the  physicians'  fees  were  50  to 
75  cents  a  visit;  midwifery  cases  $5  to  $10,  the 
very  rich  paying  $15  or  even  more  in  rare  in- 
stances.   Office  advice  was  25  cents. 


Sketches  of  America  by  H.  B.  Fearon,  }d.  Ed. 
i8ig.  Visits  Baltimore  1818,  and  resides  here 
some  time.  A  commercial  cit.v  of  great  impor- 
tance, rising  with  a  rapidity  almost  unparal- 
leled. Bears  testimony  to  the  hospitality, 
enterprise  ■  and  bravery  of  the  people.  By 
superior  activitj'  have  supplanted  Philadelphia 
in  part  of  the  Western  country  trade.  Speaks 
of  their  gallant  and  successful  defense  against 
the  British.  Dancing  and  music  the  prevailing 
amusements.  The  ladies  dress  gaily  and  ex- 
pensively, Seventy  years  before  the  city  con- 
sisted of  ten  houses;  now  there  are  60,000  in- 
habitants. ■  There  are  steamboat  lines  to  Nor- 
folk and  New  York.  There  are  many  excel- 
lent buildings,  and  several  of  the  churches 
display  first-rate  talent,  as  the  Unitarian 
Church  building.  In  politics,  Baltimore  is 
anti-Federal  or  democratic,  the  only  American 
seaport  city  of  this  faith. 


Baron  Larrey,  in  his  Memoirs  of  Military 
Surgery,  translated  by  Professor  Richard  Will- 
:nott  Hall,  with  notes,  two  volumes,  Baltimore, 
1811,  speaks  of  the  constant  presence  of  the 
larvae  of  flies  from  the  hatching  of  the  eggs  of 
these  insects  in  the  wounds  of  the  soldiers  dur- 
ing Napoleon's  campaign  in  Egypt  in  1799.  The 
heat  of  the  climate  and'  the  inevitable  use  of  cot- 
ton dressings  promoted  their  incubation.  The 
presence  of  the  insects  appeared  to  accelerate 
suppuration,  but  caused  a  disagreeable  pruritus 
and  necessitated  dressing  three  or  four  times  a 
day.  They  are  produced  in  a  few  hours  and 
increase  with  such  rapidity  that  in  a  single  night 
they  grow  to  the  size  of  a  small  quill.  It  is 
necessary  to  use  lotions  of  a  strong  decoction  of 
rue,  with  a  small  portion  of  sage,  to  destroy 
them,  but  they  are  soon  reproduced,  as  there  are 
no  means  of  preventing  access  of  flies  or  of  de- 
stroying the  eggs.  Larrey  adds  in  a  footnote : 
Although  these  insects  were  troublesome,  they 
expedited  the  healing  of  the  wounds  bj'  shorten- 
ing the  work  of  nature  and  causing  the  sloughs 
to  fall  off. 


Dr.  J.  F.  Zacharias,  of  Cumberland,  Md.  (Med. 
Annals  of  Maryland),  used  maggots  during  the 
Civil  War  in  hospital  gangrene  with  eminent  sat- 
isfaction. In  a  single  day  they  would  dean  a 
wound  much  better  than  any  agents  at  the  com- 
mand of  the  Confederate  surgeons,  and  he  was 
sure  he  had  saved  many  lives,  escaped  septi- 
cemia and  hastened  recovery  by  their  use. 
:  o: 

In  his  presidential  address  at  the  Boston  meet- 
ing, Dr.  W.  J.  Mayo  congratulated  the  American 
?iledical  Association  on  its  growth  and  prosperity 
and  on  the  regained  unity  of  the  profession  in 
New  York,  and  points  out  that  these  are  only 
the  beginnings  of  the  task  before  it.  With  its 
more  perfected  organization  the  profession  m-ust 
educate  the  public  to  appreciate  the  broad  human- 
itarianism  of  modern  medicine,  and  this  can  best 
be  done,  as  Dr.  McCormack  has  shown,  through 
the  local  medical  society.  The  good  work  of  en- 
lightenment of  the  public  conscience  as  to  the 
advertising  frauds  must  be  kept  up  and  needed 
sanitary  legislation  secured.  A  higher  general 
standard  of  medical  requirements  and  better  su- 
pervision of  professional  schools  is  demanded. 
No  one,  whatever  he  may  profess,  should  be 
permitted   to  practice   medicine   without   having 

o 

proved  that  he  possesses  a  knowledge  of  the 
fundamental  principles  of  medical  science,  and 
this  should  be  a  universal  requirement.  There 
should  also  be  an  agreement,  Dr.  Mayo  states, 
between  the  licensing  boards  of  the  different 
States  as  to  the  minimum  of  requirements,  so  as 
to  secure  more  uniform  examinations  and  reci- 
procity. The  evils  of  lodge  practice,  hospital  and 
dispensary  abuses  and  the  relations  of  the  pro- 
fession to  corporations,  insurance  companies,  etc., 
are  also  referred  to;  the  money  standard  of  suc- 
cess and  the  commission  evil  are  deplored.  The 
relation  of  the  physician  to  the  pharmacist,  he 
states,  is  not  so  satisfactory  as  is  desirable,  and 
mutual  concessions  may  be  needed  for  the  benefit 
of  both  and  in  the  interest  also  of  the  public.  In 
conclusion.  Dr.  Mayo  speaks  of  the  necessity  of 
constant  studious  habits  to  a  physician,  and  of 


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tides  on  the  subject  and  also  the  issuance  of 
stringent  orders  to  enforce  the  laws.  He  be- 
lieves that  much  can  be  done  in  other  cities  by 
ophthalmologists  in  the  same  way,  and  that  in 
due  season  we  may  be  able  to  educate  the  public 
and  to  accustom  it  to  quiet  and  sensible  celebra- 
tions of  the  holidays. 

— :  o: 

Fleet  on  the  tempest  blown. 

Far   from   the   mountain  dell. 
Rose  in  their  cloudy  cone,  ' 

Elfin  and  spell ; 
Woo'd  by  the  spirit  tone. 

Trembling  and  chill, 
Wandered  a  maiden  lone. 

On  the  bleak  hill: 

Mau-in-waun-du-me-nung, 
Trembling   and   chill 

Low  in  the  moory  dale, 

Green  mossy  waters  flow. 
Under  the  drowsy  gale. 

Moaning  and  slow ; 
There  in  her  snowy  veil. 

Bleeding  and  bound. 
Lay  the  sweet  damsel  pale. 

On  the  cold  ground. 

Mau-in-waun-du-me-nung, 
On  the  cold  ground. 

Sad  o'er  her  sunken  head. 
Waved  the  low  linden  spray; 
■'^  ,       ^     Wither'd  leaves,  sear  and  red, 
Fell  where  she  lay, 
^old  on  her  icy  bed, 
Silent  and  lorn 
[.ies  the  lost  maiden  dead! 
I  Why  was  she  born  ? 

Mau-in-waun-du-me-nung, 
Why  was  she  born? 

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A  STUDY  OF  EDGAR  A.  POE. 


By  Henry  5-  Shepherd,  LL.D. 


[Continued  from  Page  131.] 
The  nature  of  Foe's  life,  desultory,  migratory, 
as  it  was  after  the  close  of  his  brief  University 
career,  rendered  concentrated  study  of  classics  or 
science  an  intellectual  impossibility.  Most  of  his 
literary  scholarship  must  have  been  acquired  by 
the  time  that  he  withdrew  from  the  University 
of  Virginia,  and  he  was  at  that  date  not  more 
than  nineteen  years  of  age.  What  he  acquired  in 
maturer  years  was  the  result  of  absorption  or  as- 
similation, rather  than  the  outcome  of  consistent 
or  assiduous  devotion  to  the  masters  of  any  liter- 
ature, ancient  or  modern.  Apart  from  the  evi- 
dence drawn  from  the  simple  story  of  his  early 
life,  the  work  of  Poe  in  verse  conveys  the  strong- 
est and  most  convincing  proof  of  the  phenomenal 
isolation  in  which  he  stood  with  reference  to  his 
predecessors  or  contemporaries  in  the  field  of 
poetry.  Take  for  illustration  any  one  of  Poe's 
typical  poems,  analyze  its  structure,  explore  its 
metrical  form,  scrutinize  in  detail  its  diction 
and  vocabulary.  What  trace  reveals  itself  of 
contemporary  or  predecessor  in  any  language, 
ancient  or  modern?  A  single  line  probably  sug- 
gested by  a  familiar  passage  in  one  of  Mrs. 
Browning's  works,  is  the  total  expression  of  his 
indebtedness  to  the  masters  of  his  own  tongue. 
Who  has  discovered  an  impression  derived  with 
certainty  from  Shakespeare  in  the  dozen  distinctive 
poems  upon  which  Poe's  fame  abides  ?  We  might 
infer  from  internal  proof,  based  upon  minute 
investigation  of  style  as  well  as  mode  of  presenta- 
tion and  choice  of  theme,  that  Poe  had  never  read 
minutely  a  single  one  of  the  sovereigns  of  poesy 
in  his  own  language.  If  this  broad  assumption  be 
challenged,  what  concrete  evidence  can  be  intro- 
duced to  invalidate  its  truth?     It 


that  with  all  the  accusations  which  malice,  envy, 
or  unmasked  charlatanism  hurled  at  the  head  of 
Poe  the  charge  of  plagiarism  or  even  imitation 
has  hardly  ever  been  alleged.  Whenever  at- 
tempted, the  innate  absurdity  it  involved  has 
simply  recoiled  upon  the  head  of  his  assailants. 
There  is  a  point  at  which  even  malignity  appeals 
to  the  sense  of  humor  alone,  and  this  climax  was 
attained  very  speedily  when  our  poet  was  charged 
even  with  seeming  or  plausible  imitation.  None 
of  all  the  far-renowned  kings  of  song  could  ap- 
ply with  more  of  truth  and  intensity,  though  in 
a  sense  far  remote,  the  words  of  Shakespeare's 
cynical  and  saturnine  Richard,  "I  am  myself 
alone."  His  analogy  to  Coleridge,  his  descent 
artistically  from  the  "rapt  one  of  the  godlike 
forehead,"  to  which  supreme  importance  has  been 
attached  by  a  school  of  critics,  is  nothing  more  in 
the  last  and  most  far-reaching  estimate  than  the 
comprehensive  resemblance  that  prevails  between 
artists  associated  with  a  class  or  school,  and 
dominated  by  a  unity  or  community  of  ideals. 
There  is  not  a  touch  of  likeness  between  the 
Raven  of  Poe  and  that  of  Coleridge.  Nor  is 
there  any  more  reason  to  conclude  that  Poe  was 
a  devotee  of  his  English  predecessor  from  whom 
he  is  supposed  to  have  sprung,  than  to  assume 
that  he  was  a  child  of  Keats,  or  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  John  Milton.  For  Poe  was  never*  an 
intense  or  even  a  systematic  student  of  poetry, 
history  or  science.  His  grapple  with  his  evil  star, 
his  ceaseless  breasting  of  the  blows  of  circum- 
stance, after  he  had  attained  to  manhood,  would 
have  rendered  assiduous  study  almost  an  impos- 
sibility even  had  his  tastes  inclined  him  to  its 
pursuit.  He  died  at  forty,  before  he  had  reached 
the  full  maturity  of  his  power,  and  for  twenty 
years  life  had  been  an  unresting  conflict  with 
malignant  untoward  fate.  No  such  phenomenon 
of  originality  has  ever  arisen  in  modern  litera- 
ture, perhaps  not  in  the  literature  of  the  world, 


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since  the  stillness  of  our  planet  was  broken  by 
the  first  notes  of  the  matin  poets.  The  isolation 
in  which  he  stood,  the  weirdness  of  his  themes 
and  the  strange  witchery  of  his  measures,  in- 
spired a  sense  of  awe,  a  morbid  fascination, 
rather  than  genuine  and  responsive  appreciation, 
in  our  crude  and  uncultured  American  heart. 
Nothing  addresses  itself  to  our  secular  material- 
ized life  with  such  charm  as  the  note  of  the  com- 
monplace, the  appeal  to  our  own  daily  routine 
and  empirical  conceptions,  whether  through  the 
medium  of  verse  or  the  other  harmony  of  prose. 
This  trait  of  our  incipient  national  life  still  as- 
serts its  presence,  and  maintains  its  sway.  Ami- 
able mediocrity  is  still  our  artistic  ideal ;  as  a 
logical  result,  Longfellow  and  Whittier  are 
blazoned  in  our  Halls  of  Fame,  while  Poe  still 
abides  without  the  gates.  In  the  contemplation  of 
those  who  control  the  fate  of  our  rising  Pan- 
theon and  are  arbiters  of  human  renown,  "Fame 
is  a  plant  that  grows  on  mortal  soil." 

From  its  earliest  stages,  certainly  since  it  at- 
tained its  highest  point,  the  art  of  Poe  has  receiv- 
ed a  fine  and  critical  appreciation  in  European 
lands,  never  accorded  to  it  in  our  own  country. 
The  subtly  touched  literary  instinct  of  the  oldworld 
discerned  the  new  light  which  had  reached  its 
shores  from  the  still  crude  and  undiscerning 
land  that  formed  the  Occident.  Since  the 
time  of  this  initial  contact,  the  bright- 
ness of  his  glory  has  advanced  from 
decade  to  decade,  until  it  encircles  the  globe, 
and  all  peoples  and  tongues,  even  those  most 
remote,  see  its  reflection  even  if  it  be  through 
the  obscuring  veil,  the  darkened  medium  of  trans- 
lation or  reproduction.  The  poles  of  European 
culture,  Italy  and  Denmark,  the  land  of  Dante 
and  the  home  of  Hamlet,  have  shared  in  the 
ch»rm  of  his  stories  and  the  mystic  music  that 
reigns  in  his  verse.  We  are  not  prepared  to 
estimate  adequately  his  power  in  the  development 
of  the  French  school  of  Symbolists.  There  is 
no  reasonable  doubt  that  it  far  exceeds  any  ap- 
preciation of  its  influence  which  the  processes 
of  criticism  have  thus  far  revealed.  It  will  be 
discerned  in  the  retrospect  far  more  acutely  and 
subtly  than  in  the  analyses  of  contemporary  re- 
search, or  by  the  methods  of  those  who  seek  to 
unfold  the  mystery  of  literary  origins. 

We  have  already  dwelt  in  some  detail  upon  the 
unique  originality  of  conception  as  well  as  exe- 


cution, that  asserts  itself  in  every  phase  of  his 
poetical  work.  It  cannot  be  too  strongly  accentu- 
ated, for  it  has  perhaps  no  parallel  in  the  forms 
and  types  through  which  the  poetic  spirit  of 
modern  ages,  at  least  in  our  mother-speech,  has 
manifested  its  power.  Assuredly  all  his  pre- 
decessors, of  whatever  school,  derive  in  a 
measure  from  prototypes,  gather  inspiration  or 
borrow  their  poetical  vesture  from  some  ascer- 
tainable source.  Myth,  legend,  romance,  tradi- 
tion, ethical  philosophy,  local  coloring,  physical 
environment,  national  history,  will  lay  bare  the 
springs  of  nearly  all  the  poetry  which  has  found 
utterance  in  English  speech,  from  the  time  of 
Chaucer  to  the  coming  of  Tennyson.  Nearly 
every  one  of  Shakespeare's  plots  can  be  traced  to 
a  definite  source,  ancient  or  modern.  In  many 
notable  passages  he  has  simply  transformed  the 
vigorous  prose  of  North's  Plutarch  into  the 
masterful  blank  verse  of  Julius  Csesar  and 
Antony  and  Cleopatra.  The  Arthurian  legends 
have  been  to  Tennyson  a  fruitful  and  expanding 
source  of  inspiration,  as  they  proved  to  Spenser 
in  Elizabethan  days,  when  the  "blameless  king" 
with  his  goodly  fellowship  of  knights  bloomed 
into  that  ideal  and  saintly  chivalry  which  is  mir- 
rored in  the  Faery  Queen.  Examples  and  illus- 
trations might  be  multiplied  almost  to  infinity, 
and  with  the  same  unvarying  result. 

Yet  no  analysis,  however  subtle,  no  research, 
however  far-reaching,  or  comparative  its  method, 
has  laid  its  hand  upon  a  single  source  or  germ 
in  myth,  legend,  fable,  or  in  personal  experience, 
out  of  which  by  the  exercise  of  artistic  elabora- 
tion, there  might  have  sprung  into  life  the 
Raven  or  Annabel  Lee,  Lenore  or  The 
Haunted  Palace.  Even  had  there  been  proto- 
types in  the  literature  of  our  tongue  or  in  any 
other,  Poe  was  not  a  student  of  comparative 

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literature,  or  a  diligent  investigator  into  the 
history  of  his  own  language.  Parallels,  analo- 
gies, illustrations,  such  as  he  not  unfrequently 
introduces  into  his  romances,  are  marked  by 
an  air  of  artificiality  and  unreality  which 
rarely  fails  to  indicate  that  they  were  not  the 
outcome  of  that  spontaneous  suggestion  which 
springs  from  an  affluent  scholarship,  but  were 
rather  improvised  for  the  occasion  and 
gathered  not  from  an  original  acquaintance 
with  the  source  whence  they  were  drawn. 

The  classical  attainment  of  Poe  as  exhibited 
in  his  stories  is  not  unlike  that  of  Shakespeare 
in  his  dramas.  For  the  Elizabethan  master 
derived  much  of  his  seeming  knowledge  of 
the  classic  world  through  the  medium  of  Lily's 
Latin  Grammar,  the  recognized  school  manual 
of  the  sixteenth  century.  Poe's  mode  of  life 
vi^as  fatal  to  the  acquisition  of  minute  and 
critical  knowledge  in  any  sphere,  classical  or 
scientific.  "To  scorn  delights  and  live  labor- 
ious days"  was  not  the  ideal  he  had  set  before 
his  imagination.  The  fact  that  during  his 
twenty  years  of  active  productivity  he  accom- 
plished results  so  far-reaching  and  versatile  in 
their  nature,  and  crowned  in  his  poetry  at  least 
by  a  consummate  and  flawless  grace  of  aim 
and  execution,  is  among  the  marvels  of 
literary  history.  It  was  longer,  as  estimated 
in  mere  years,  than  the  little  day  vouchsafed 
to  Keats,  almost  identical  in  the  measure  of 
time  with  Timrod  and  Lanier.  Yet  Poe's 
range  of  achievement  embraced  pure  poetry, 
fiction,  and  criticism.  In  two  of  these  spheres 
he  won  a  renown  that  broadens  with  the  ad- 
vancing decades.  He  has  created  a  school  in 
romance  lands,  he  has  called  into  life  a  phase 
of  poetry  almost  without  prototype  in  our 
literary  evolution ;  and  in  the  province  of 
criticism,  nearly  every  one  of  his  estimates  or 
his  prophecies  has  been  verified  by  the  riper 
judgment  and  the  rich  results  of  time,  the 
greatest  of  all  arbiters,  as  well  as  the  greatest 
of  innovators. 

It  would  present  a  stimulating  field  for 
literary  research,  if  an  investigation  were  set 
on  foot  to  determine  how  far  the  impress  of 
Poe's  art  has  affected  the  spirit  of  his  country- 
men. Is  there  any  perceptible  trace  of  his 
power  as  revealed  in  his  poetry  abiding  in  our 
national  life  and  character?      Bryant,    Long- 


fellow, Whittier,  all  reflect  the  dominant  ten- 
dencies of  our  '  American  temperament  and 
genius,  as  embodied  in  creed,  party,  local  en- 
vironment, sectional  affinities,  geographical 
conditions,  material  aspirations,  domestic 
ideals.  The  same  is  true  of  Henry  Timrod  in 
his  portrayal  of  the  genius  of  the  South  from 
every  point  of  view,  whether  in  the  ranges  of 
climatic  charm,  exuberance  of  natural  beauty, 
or  the  moral  fervor  incarnate  in  patriotism 
and  wrought  into  flame  by  the  passion  of  pre- 
vailing war.  The  note  of  the  Raven  and  the 
ethereal  tone  of  Annabel  Lee  have  passed  into 
the  deepest  consciousness  of  our  race  and 
country,  they  are  household  words  in  our  daily 
utterance,  familiar  almost  to  the  lips  of  in- 
fanc_v.  Still,  their  appeal  is  for  the  most  part , 
to  our  sense  of  melody,  it  is  the  rhythmic 
beauty  which  takes  captive  the  ear.  The 
weird  and  supernal  suggestion  that  lies  back 
of  the  harmony  is  lost  upon  our  dull  and  un- 
responsive spirits,  not  because  they  are  inat- 
tentive, but  because  the  muddy  vesture  of 
sensuous  environment  is  impenetrable  to  the 
finer  light  which  lies  within  the  melody.  In 
other  words  our  American  ideals  find  no 
reflection  or  sympathy.  His  cast  of  mind  in 
the  artistic  sphere  is  alien  to  every  distinctive 
feature  of  our  prevailing  life,  it  appeals  to  none 
of  the  controlling  forces  of  time,  place,  asso- 
ciation, the  acquisition  of  material  wealth,  the 
quest  of  the  earthly  and  the  sensuous.  His 
heroines  moved  in  worlds  not  realized,  out  of 
sense,  out  of  time.  It  has  been  intimated  by 
an  eminent  critic  that  they  had  their  proto- 
types in  Southern  women — hence  their  resist- 
less grace  and  witchery — but  the  region  in 
which  they  passed  their  dreamy  day  was  de- 
fined by  no  geographical  limitation,  nor  ascer- 
tained by  bounds  of  time  and  space.  These 
airy  nothings  of  the  poet's  fantasy  have  been 
personalized  by  names,  but  the  local  habitation 
exists  not  even  as  a  vision  of  Utopia.  Traits 
of  common  loveliness  with  their  earthly  sisters 
of  the  South  were  revealed  in  their  creation 
as  they  sprang  from  the  shaping  spirit  of  the 
author's  imagination,  but  thetr  homes  lay  by 
"sounding  seas,"  in  climes  untouched  by  the 

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genius  of  exploration,  the  quest  of  the  scien- 
tific spirit,  by  "dim  lakes  of  Auber,"  or  by 
mysterious  tarns  like  to  that  which  closed 
over  the  fated  House  of  Usher,  symbolic  of 
ruin  and  desolation,  by  some  interpreted  as 
an  undesigned  allegory  of  the  author's  own 
life. 

There  is  little  in  the  art  of  Poe  that  appeals 
to  the  normal  American  mind  except  the  mor- 
bid vein  which  fascinates  even  as  it  repels, 
and  binds  the  reader  by  a  strange  and  resist- 
less sorcery.  This  is  a  trait  which  marks  our 
humanity  in  all  ages :  in  the  creations  of  Poe 
it  is  invested  with  a  grace  and  subtlety  such 
as  our  own  language  has  never  surpassed  and 
the  literature  of  the  world  has  rarely  equalled. 
The  charm  of  the  morbid  and  the  witchery  of 
sound  address  themselves  even  to  the  uncul- 
tured intelligence,  and  in  so  far,  Poe  may  be 
said  to  have  received  appreciation  at  the  hands 
of  his  own  countrymen.  Beyond  this  rigid 
limitation,  he  is  to  the  typical  American  a 
mystery  whose  heart  has  never  been  plucked 
out — a  book  with  seven  seals  like  that  describ- 
ed in  the  apocalyptic  vision.  It  is  the  failure  to 
divine  the  sources  and  springs  of  his  art  which 
has  been  the  fruitful  spring  of  the  aberrations 
and  anamolies  that  have  marked,  above  all, 
the  critics  of  New  England  in  their  approaches 
to  our  poet.  In  the  entire  company  of  literary 
lights  that  New  England  has  given  to  the 
world,  Hawthorne  alone  was  capable  in  the 
sphere  of  romance  of  attaining  the  heights  to 
which  Poe  soared  in  his  loftier  creations,  and 
the  critical  prescience  of  Poe  revealed  itself 
in  his  prophecy  of  the  glory  that  was  in  re- 
serve for  the  author  of  The  Scarlet  Letter 
and  the  House  of  the  Seven  Gables  at  a  time 
when  his  fame  was  obscured  by  adverse  and 
undiscerning  judgments.  Poe  alone  pierced 
the  obscuring  veil,  and  saw  the  end  from  the 
beginning. 

Especially  notable  among  the  results  of  our 
author's  power  to  stimulate  and  inspire 
creative  energy  in  lands  beyond  the  sea  is  the 
influence  of  The  Raven  in  leading  to  the  pro- 
duction of  the  Blessed  Damozel — that  miracle 
of  ethereal  grace  contributed  to  the  wealth  of 
our  language  by  the  master  of  the  Pre-Ra- 
phaelite School,  the  late  Dante  Gabriel  Rosetti. 
However  strongly   the   poem   may   have   been 


affected  by  Dantean  touches  or  Dantean 
echoes,  it  was  a  direct  outcome  of  The. Raven 
as  we  learn  from  Rossetti  himself.  The 
scheme  is  a  converse  presentation  of  the 
central  thought  pervading  The  Raven.  In  the 
one — The  Raven — the  plot  revolves  around 
the  ceaseless  longing  of  the  lover  on  earth  for 
reunion  with  the  loved  one  in  the  heavens — 
his  "Lost  Lenore."  In  The  Blessed  Damozel, 
this  conception,  this  mode  of  view  is  inverted, 
and  the  loved  one  in  the  heavens  yearns,  for 
the  coming  of  her  lover  on  the  earth.  There 
is  not  perhaps  in  all  literature  an  example  in 
which  specific  inspiration  proceeds  more  di- 
rectly from  one  masterful  artist  to  another 
than  is  illustrated  in  the  genesis  of  The 
Blessed  Damozel  from  its  suggestion  in  The 
Raven. 

We  are  inclined  to  believe  that  there  is  in 
reserve — hidden  it  may  be  behind  a  cloud  of 
ages,  an  immense  future,  for  the  poetry  of  Poe 
in  his  own  land,  and  among  his  own  country- 
men. His  immortality  is  long  since  assured 
among  alien  races  and  in  literatures  whose 
origins  strike  into  the  heart  of  civilizations 
springing  from  the  fadeless  dominion  wrought 
by  the  still  vitalizing  genius  of  the  Roman 
world.  "O  that  we  appreciated  Poe  as  do  the 
French,"  observes  one  of  his  latest  eulogists. 
With  us  his  star  has  risen  shorn  of  his  beams ; 
it  is  only  the  twilight  dawn,  the  crepuscular  ' 
glimmering  that  is  the  harbinger  of  the  com- 
ing sun.  That  it  will  broaden  into  boundless, 
day  with  the  increasing  of  the  ages,  no  rational 
student  of  literary  evolution  can  question  for  a 
moment.  The  seal  of  immortality  is  set  upon 
his  poetry,  it  has  held  time  at  bay,  it  has  sur- 
vived the  malevolence  of  envy,  the  scorn  of 
pedants  and  charlatans,  and  has  moved  resist- 
lessly  toward  that  "eternity  of  fame"  vvhich 
Spenser  invoked  for  his  own  supreme  creation 
in  the  "spacious  times  of  great  Elizabeth." 
When  sensuous  ideals,  all-ranging,  material- 
ism, and  idolatrous  worship  of  the  things  that 
perish  with  the  using,  have  vanished  from  our 
American  life,  there  will  arise  among  us  a '  M 
finely  touched  and  discerning  appreciation  of 
the  most  unique  figure  in  our  literary  record, 

NUNN     &    CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERS... 
227  NORTH  HOWARD  STREET. 
COMPLETE  LINE  OP  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY.  ' 

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who  having  no  prototype,  exemplar,  or  inspirer 
in  his  own  tongue,  or  in  languages  remote 
from  his  mother  speech,  by  the  resistless 
power  of  his  creative  faculty,  blended  with  the 
flawless  grace  of  the  antique  world,  wrought 
his  own  models,  evolved  his  own  art,  took 
■captive  the  culture  oracles  of  Romance  lands, 
until  in  the  end  his  renown,  by  a  process  of 
reversion,  touched  our  own  shores,  and  his 
countrymen  awoke  to  the  consciousness  that 
a  peerless  master  had  lived  and  moved  and 
died  among  them,  whose  mystic  gifts  they  had 
never  divined  until  the  echo  of  his  glory  was 
wafted  to  our  native  bounds  when  it  had  en- 
girdled the  ancient  homes  of  the  Muses  in  the 
regions'  that  lie  beyond  the  silver  seas. 

No  attempt  has  been  made,  so  far  as  we  are 
avvare,  to  trace  in  accordance  with  the  methods 
of  modern  research  the  influence  of  Poe  upon 
contemporary  or  succeeding  artists  in  his  own 
sphere.  That  he  himself  derived  scarcely  a 
trace  of  inspiration  or  even  a  suggestion  of 
form,  from  his  predecessors  in  the  ancient  or 
the  modern  world,  we  trust  has  been  amply 
demonstrated.  The  strongly  wrought  back- 
ground of  original  power  is  almost  without 
parallel  in  literary  record.  Sovereign  masters 
revealed  their  prototypes,  and  at  times  lay  bare 
the  subtle  mechanism  of  their  craft ;  but  every 
endeavor  to  unfold  the  springs  of  our  poet's 
skill,  to  fix  definitely  the  origin  or  suggestion 
of  a  single  theme,  has  resulted  in  dismal  fail- 
ure, and  recoiled  in  derision  upon  the  head  of 
the  would-be  resolver  of  mysteries.  From  the 
other  point  of  view,  that  is  the  quickening 
p0;ver  exerted  by  Poe  upon  those  who  came 
after  him  in  our  poetical  evolution,  the  out- 
look is  far  more  promising,  and  the  outcome 
is  far  richer  in  character. 

From  Poe  to  Rossetti  the  mystic  music  has 
been  wafted  across  seas,  until  the  strain  of 
the  master  has  gone  out  into  all  the  earth,  his 
voice  to  the  end  of  the  world.  It  was  the 
proud  but  not  arrogant  boast  of  Dante,  that 
for  him  words  revealed  an  undreamed  deep 
of  meaning,  a  brilliance  of  thought  that  they 
never  unfolded  save  to  those  who  had  pene- 
trated the'  veil,  and  looked  on  speech  not  as 
through  a  glass  darkly,  but  eye  to  eye  as  on 
an  open  book.  So  in  the  sphere  of  their  power 
a:s    the'  medium  of  a  weird    melody    such  as 


never  fell  on  English-speaking  ears,  it  was  the 
high  function  of  Poe  in  the  expansion  of  his 
art  to  evolve  their  latent  and  unsuspected  rich- 
ness, to  untwist  "all  the  strings  that  tie  the 
hidden  soul  of  harmony,"  to  dissolve  us  into 
ecstacies  and  bring  into  our  souls  the  very 
echo  of  the  unseen  and  the  invisible.  His 
achievement  in  this  regard  alone,  is  one  of 
the  marvels  of  literary  history.  Never  in  the 
annals  of  verse,  have  such  effects  been  accom- 
plished in  so  narrow  a  range.  A  dozen  poems, 
numbering  in  all  a  few  hundred  lines,  have 
taken  captive  the  heart  of  the  world,  have 
brought  to  light  novel  and  undiscerned  vocal 
resources  that  had  lain  latent  from  the  artist 
eye  for  centuries,  and  have  conveyed  the 
strong  wave  of  melody  as  an  inspiration  across 
the  seas  to  ancestral  lands,  in  which  during  the 
centuries  no  suggestion  or  prelude  of  its  power 
had  been  manifested  in  the  unimaginable 
touches  of  time,  in  the  visions  of  seers,  in  the 
reveries  of  that  brooding  spirit,  so  often  the 
herald  of  a  dawning  day  in  the  pure  ranges 
of  creative  power. 

A  minute  research  in  the  vocabulary  of  Poe, 
as  embodied  in  his  poems,  ofl^ers  a  rare  field 
to  the  student  who  approaches  literary  evolu- 
tion from  an  historical  or  philological  point 
of  view.  There  is  in  his  verse  no  such  renas- 
cence of  words  as  marks  the  work  of  Tenny- 
son in  all  its  phases,  for  Poe  was  never  a 
student  of  language  from  the  standpoint  of 
the  school  which  strove  to  revive  the  long- 
gone  vocables  of  the  olden  masters.  Yet  he 
was  by  no  means  devoid  of  inventive  power 
in  the  shaping  of  vocabulary,  atid  it  is  clear 
that  his  far-off  ghoul-haunted  lands  are  as 
purely  the  product  of  his  imagination  as  that 
Utopia  and  Laputa  were  fashioned  by  the 
fantasies  of  Swift  and  Sir  Thomas  Moore. 
The  range  of  his  words  is  narrow,  their  form 
and  import  for  the  most  part  simple,  their 
selection  is  determined  especially  by  reference 
to  their  effect  in  that  world  of  melody  in 
whose  courts  he  stood  as  sovereign  oracle. 
All  artists  in  verse  have  their  peculiar  predi- 

RESINOL  OINTMENT 

and   RESINOL   SOAP 

Are  Genuine  Comforts  to  Physician  and  Patient  Alike. 
SEND  FOR  S.iMPLES  AND  TRY  THEM. 


RESINOL  CHEMICAL  COMPANY, 


Baltimore,  Md. 


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lections  and  affinities :  it  would  constitute  a 
most  stimulating  study  to  trace  in  detail  the 
mystery  of  the  word  as  it  unfolds  itself  in  Poe 
-^the  secret  spring  that  impelled  him  to  a  cer- 
tain term — the  subtle  instinct  that  repelled  him 
from  the  choice  of  another.  In  a  master  of 
symphony,  such  determinations  are  not  the 
outcome  of  caprice  or  the  result  of  arbitrary 
selection.  All  is  founded  in  law,  even  though 
its  subtlety  evade  our  scrunity  or  bury  its 
mode  of  procedure  in  the  deeps  which  lie  be- 
low our  consciousness. 

[To  be  Continued.] 

:  o  : ■ 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Bar  of  Baltimore,  as- 
sembled September  17,  at  the  instance  of  the 
Supreme  Bench,  to  take  appropriate  action  on 
the  death  of  the  Hon.  Thomas   S.   Baer,   late 

_ Associate  Judge,  the  following  minute  was 
adopted  and  entered  upon  the  records  of  the 
Supreme  Bench.  Appropriate  eulogies  of  the 
deceased  were  made  by  the  members  of  the 
Committee  and  by  Chief  Justice  Henry  D. 
Harlan. 

"In  the  death  of  Judge  Thomas  S.  Baer  the 
profession  of  the  law  in  this  city  has  lost  one 
of  its  most  distinguished  members.  He  was  a 
man  of  strong  and  acute  intellect,  with  a 
natural  taste  and  aptitude  for  the  investigation 
of  legal  questions,  and  these  natural  gifts  had 
been  cultivated  and  improved  by  diligent  and 
assiduous  study.  His  professional  acquire- 
ments had  been  exercised  not  only  in  the 
regular  practice  of  the  law,  but  also  since  1893 
in  the  professorship  of  the  law  of  real  estate 
in  the  Law  School  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land, and  since  1891  in  the  office  of  Master  in 
Chancery  for  the  Circuit  Courts  of  this  city. 
He  had  a  clear  and  vigorous  style  as  a  writer, 
and  his  temper,  always  bland  and  equable,  was 
no  more  than  the  expression  of  his  generous 
and  kindly  nature. 

These  gifts  and  graces,  with  his  ripe  ex- 
perience, had  long  marked  him,  in  the  eyes  of 
those  who  knew  him  best,  as  a  man  of  rare  fit- 
ness for  the  office  of  Judge.     Upon  the  death 

■  of  the  lamented  Judge  Ritchie,  in  1903,  the 
view  of  his  friends^ was  shared  by  a  large 
number  of  the  members  of  the  bar.  At  their 
invitation  he  became  the  Democratic  candi- 
date for  the  vacant  place  on   the   Bench   and 


was  elected  in  November,  1903.  The  time  dur- 
ing which  he  filled  this  high  office  was  com- 
paratively brief,  yet  long  enough  to  give  clear 
proof  of  his  eminent  qualities  for  the  place. 
He  was  patient  and  courteous,  ready  to  hear 
and  quick  to  discern.  He  approached  the 
decision  of  the  questions  submitted  to  him 
with  a  disposition  and  purpose  to  be  just  and 
fair,  and  with  a  mind  unclouded  by  prejudice, 
unwarped  by  pride  of  opinion,  and  furnished 
with  learning  abundant,  yet  so  well  ordered  as 
not  to  embarrass  or  confuse  his  judgment. 

While  thus  placed,  in  the  fullness  of  his 
mental  faculties,  in  a  position  which  was 
thoroughly  congenial  to  him  and  in  which  he 
was  rendering  most  valuable  services  to  the 
public,  he  was  stricken  with  a  mortal  disease, 
and  on  July  18,  1906,  after  months  of  patient 
suffering,  death  brought  him  release  from  his 
burden  of  pain. 

In  this  tribute  frdm  his  professional  breth- 
ren it  will  not  be  out  of  place  to  refer  to  the 
service  which  Judge  Baer  has  rendered  to  the 
State  and  city  in  other  capacities.  As  a  Dele- 
gate in  the  General  Assembly,  as  a  Commis- 
sioner for  two  terms  of  service  in  the  Public 
Schools  of  this  city,  as  a  member  of  various 
organizations  formed  for  the  purpose  of  better- 
ing civic  conditions,  his  efficient  aid  could 
always  be  counted  on  to  further  what  was 
righteous  and  of  good  report. 

Above  all,  he  furnished  throughout  his  life 
an  example  of  probity,  integrity  and  purity, 
and  in  all  things  proved  himself  a  sincere  and 
modest  gentleman. 

Wm.  S.  Bryan,  Jr., 
Charles  J.  Bonaparte, 
W.  L.  Marbury, 
Joseph  C.  France, 
Joseph  Packard, 
Wm.  P.  Lyons." 


Reading  is  intended  as  a  help  to  the  mind ; 
but  the  mind  may  be  enfeebled  by  having  too 
much  help. — The  Elder  Chew. 

SUCCUS    STOMACHI 

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KLEIN    &    FOX, 

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The  interest  which  France  took  in  the 
American  Revolution  seemed  to  stimulate 
young  pharmacists  to  risk  their  fortunes  on 
our  soil.  From  among  these  and  the  Acadian 
exiles  Baltimore  was  furnished  with  several 
reputable  apothecaries.  In  1791,  many  persons 
fleeing  from  the  massacre  of  Santo  Domingo 
took  refuge  in  our  city,  thus  swelling  its  popu- 
lation to  about  fifteen  thousand.  Among  these 
came  one  progressive  pharmacist  of  rare  abil- 
ity and  knowledge,  in  the  person  of  Monsieur 
Edme  Ducatel.  This  man  can  well  be  said  to 
be  the  father  of  higher  pharmacy  in  this  city. 
His  store  was  located  at  No.  26  W.  Baltimore 
St.,  north  side,  third  door  west  of  Harrison  St. 
Here  was  conducted,  until  the  early  thirties, 
one  of  the  largest,  and  by  far  the  most  scien- 
tific retail  drug  houses  that  Baltimore  had  ever 
known.  From  his  store  and  under  his  tutelage 
came  into  the  business  such  worthy  lights  as 
J.  M.  Laroque,  Elias  Durand,  John  Milhau, 
George  W.  Andrews  and  Thomas  G.  Macken- 
zie. These,  in  turn,  soon  established  stores  on 
their  own  account,  so  that  by  1840  we  could 
boast  of  a  line  of  earnest  and  bright  workers, 
all  having  the  one  object  in  view — to  elevate 
and  develope  the  possibilities  of  our  vocation. 
— Semi-Centennial  Catalogue,  Md.  Col.  Phar- 
macy. 

o 

Marriages  :  Frank  Eugene  Hammond,  D.D.S. 
(1899),  of  Freeport,  L.  I.,  to  Isabella  Aveline 
Franchi,  M.D.,  of  New  York  City.  The  mar- 
riage took  place  Dec.  27,  1897,  when  both  were 
students  in  Baltimore,  but  has  just  been  an- 
nounced.— Fuller  Nance,  Phar.D.  (1904),  now 
of  Baltimore,  but  formerly  of  Monroe,  N.  C,  to 
Miss  Frances  L.  Potts,  at  Baltimore,  Sept.  25. 
Dr.  N.  has  a  drug  store  at  712  N.  Howard  St.— 
James  B.  Sebastian,  D.D.S.  (1902),  of  Balti- 
more, to  Mrs.  Carrie  Alderson,  at  Ellicott  City, 
Sept.  23.  Dr.  S.  is  a  native  of  Wilmington, 
Del.,  and  has  an  office  at  323  N.  Howard  St., 
Baltimore.  His  bride  is  from  Front  Royal, 
Va. — Christopher  Brenner,  M.D.  (1906),  of  Ga- 
hanna,  O.,  to  Miss  Lilly  Morton,  of  the  same 
place,  Sept.  27.  He  will  practice  in  Kansas  in 
partnership  with  Dr.  Orus  Barker. 
o 

Deaths:  William  T.  Skinner,  M.D.  (1870), 
of  Glasgow,  Delaware,  was  killed  Sept.  29,  by 
his  horse  taking  fright  and  running  away  near 


that  place.  He  was  55  years  old.  His  skull 
was  fractured.  His  daughter  also  received  a 
concussion  of  the  brain,  from  which  she  died  a 
few  hours  later. — Edgar  A.  Brooke,  M.D. 
(1887),  at  Bonner,  Mont.,  Sept.  3,  of  heart  dis- 
ease.—P/K7i>  Skinner  Wales,  M.D.  (1856),  at 
Paris,  of  cancer  of  the  intestines,  Sept.  15.  He 
entered  the  Navy  the  year  of  graduation  and 
held  the  position  of  Surgeon-General  from  1879 
to  1884.  He  was  retired  in  1896.  His  remains 
will  be  brought  to  Annapolis  for  interment.  He 
was  the  author  of  a  standard  work  on  Surgi- 
cal Instruments  and  A-p-pWdinces.— Thomas  H. 
Helsby,  M.D.  (1859),  at  Baltimore,  Sept.  26, 
aged  71.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served  as 
Surgeon  in  the  5th  Corps,  and  for  30  years 
thereafter  practiced  at  Williamsport,  Md.,  then 
removing  to  Baltimore.  For  two  years,  1866- 
68,  he  held  the  Chair  of  Chemistry  in  the  Mary- 
land College  of  Pharmacy. 

o 

The  following  report  has  been  received  of  Re- 
cent Additions  to  the  Lazv  Library  of  the  Univer- 
sity : 

Text  Books:  (1)  Page  on  Contracts  ;  (2)  Suth- 
erland Stat.  Const.;  (3)  1st  volume  Greenleaf  on 
Evidence;  (4)  Code,  1904,  two  volumes;  (5) 
Brandt,  Suretyship. 

United  States  'Reports.     Volume  197. 

Maryland  Reports.  Volumes  42,  45,  58,  97,  99, 
100. 

American  and  English  Enc.  of  Law,  2nd  Edi- 
tion.   Volume  32.    Also,  Supplement,  Vol.  2. 

American  State  Reports.  Volumes  103,  104, 
105,  106. 

Lazvyers'  Reports  Annotated.  Book  62  (dupli- 
cate). Books  67,  68,  69,  70.  L.  R.  A.  Cases  as 
Authorities,  Volumes  3  and  4.  L.  R.  A.,  Book  2, 
New  Series. 

Cyclopedia  of  Law  and  Procedure. — ■  "Cyc." 
Volumes  17,  18,  19,  20,  21.  "Cyc,"  2nd  Edition, 
Vol.  1.  1906  Annotations  to  "Cyc,"  annotating 
volumes  1  to  19. 

Other  volumes  of  Maryland  Reports,  etc.,  have 
been  contributed  to  the  library.  The  above  list  of 
books  added  during  the  past  year  is  somewhat  in- 
complete, but  is  about  as  near  as  can  be  given. 

OUR     motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 

CARBONATED    WATER    in  siphons  and  tanks 

STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 

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The  School  of  Medicine  opened  October  1 
with  a  lecture  on  surgery  to  3d  year  students 
by  Dr.  Nathan  Winslow.  The  Dean,  ,  Pro- 
fessor Coale,  also  made  some  remarks  to  the 
students.  The  Course  on  the  History  of 
Medicine  began  Saturday,  October  6,  and  will 
continue  weekly  at  9  A.  M.  thru  the  session. 

Professor  Gorgas,  Dean,  addressed  the 
dental  students  on  October  1. 

The  Course  in  the  Law  School  began  Sep- 
tember 24.  In  his  introductory  to  the  seniors 
on  the  Law  of  Evidence,  the  Dean,  Professor 
John  P.  Poe,  referred  feelingly  to  the  lamented 
and  pathetic  death  after  months  of  hopeless 
suffering  of  Professor  Baer.  In  glowing 
words  he  spoke  of  the  excellence  of  Judge 
B.'s  work,  his  conspicuous  merits  as  lawyer, 
instructor  and  jurist,  the  beauty  and  attrac- 
tiveness of  his  life  and  character  and  the  pro- 
found sorrow  of  the  faculty  and  bar  in  losing 
his  services  and  companionship.  The  ex- 
amination of  matriculants  was  conducted  on 
September  24  and  85,  by  Professors  Harlan, 
Stockbridge  and  E.  A.  Poe. 

In  all  departments  the  prospect  is  that  the 
attendance  will  be  unusually  large. 


There  are  obvious  reasons  why  athletics  has 
never  flourished  at  this  University.  How 
could  it  be  expected  to  do  so  in  isolated  pro- 
fessional schools  such  as  ours  have  been,  and 
under  circumstances  so  calculated  to  repress 
university  spirit?  The  professional  student 
has  gotten  beyond  the  stage  of  enthusiasm 
and  has  settled  down  to  the  serious  things  of 
life.  His  future  is  determined  and  he  is  look- 
ing forward  to  early  entrance  upon  a  definite 
career.  His  time  and  attention  are  in  constant 
demand  by  the  duties  of  his  environment. 

Yet  in  view  of  the  potent  effect  of  success- 
ful athletic  achievement,  it  does  seem  to  be 
a  pity  that  our  University — now  that  it  is  ris- 
ing out  of  its  long  slumber  to  a  realization  of 
its  duties  and  opportunities — should  not  be 
represented  in  this  field  Of  scholastic  activity. 
And  among  nearly  nine  hundred  students  it 
would  seem  that  some  should  be  found  to 
take  it  up  and  make  a  creditable  showing  in 
it.  We  hope,  therefore,  that  the  unusual  ef- 
forts made  this  year  by  those  who  have  the 
matter  in  charge  will  find  a  due  response  and 
that  Mr.  T.  Marshall  West  and  his  associates 
may  meet  with  a  gratifying  surprise  in  their 
gloomy  expectations. 

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The  Neale  Publishing  Company,  Broadway, 
5th  avenue  and  23d  street.  New  York,  and  No. 
431  Eleventh  street,  Washington,  has  just 
issued  a  Life  of  Robert  Edward  Lee  that  will 
doubtless  take  high  rank  among  biographies 
of  the  great  Southern  chieftain.  The  author 
is  Professor  Henry  E.  Shepherd,  whose  schol- 
arly article  on  Poe  is  now  appearing  in 
this  journal.  He  knew  and  served  under 
General  Lee  and  has  had  access  to  much  new 
material  and  many  illustrations  never  before 
published.  He  is  an  accomplished  scholar  and 
experienced  author  and  peculiarly  fitted  to 
write  such  a  work.  "It  is  my  distinctive  pur- 
pose," he  says,  "to  exhibit  the  life  of  our  hero 
in  those  critical  and  all-pervading  relations 
which  constitute  the  abiding  test  of  true  great- 
ness :  Lee  as  parent,  husband.  Christian,  gen- 
tleman, Lee  in  the  hour  of  disaster,  Lee  in  the 
=;anctit3r  of  his  home,  consecrating  his  energies 

German  Savings  Bank  of  Baltimore  City 

S.  W.  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Eutavf  Sts. 
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to  the  restoration  of  a  prostrate  and  desolate 
South."     Price,  $2.00;  postage,  17  cents. 

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We  have  received  the  following  from  Hon. 
William  H.  Adkins,  of  Easton,  Md.,  who  was 
recently  appointed  by  the  Governor  to  fill  the 
place  upon  the  bench  of  the  Second  circuit 
made  vacant  by  the  death  of  Judge  Martin. 
Judge  Adkins  read  law  in  the  office  of  Mr. 
Arthur  W.  Machen  and  practiced  in  Balti- 
more for  two  years.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Johns  Hopkins  University  and  took  his 
LL.  B.  in  this  University  in  1883.  He  is  44 
years  old  and  is  the  son  of  the  late  Dr.  L  L. 
Adkins,  of  Easton. 

September  36,  1906. 
Dr.  Eugene  F.  Cordell,  Sec.  and  Treas.  Gen. 
Alumni  Association,  University  of  Mary- 
land: 
My  Dear  Doctor — Please  accept  my  thanks 
for  your  very  kind  letter  of  congratulation  writ- 
ten on  behalf  of  the  Alumni  Association  and 
for  your  own  good  wishes  for  my  success.  With 
kind  regards,  I  am,  Very  truly  yours, 

W.  H.  Adkins. 


The  following  letter,  now  in  the  archives  of 
the  Baltimore  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  is  of 
such  historical  interest  and  has  such  an  im- 
portant bearing  upon  the  question  of  early 
Dental  Teaching  in  Baltimore  that  we  publish  it 
in  full.  We  are  indebted  to  Dr.  M.  W.  Foster, 
Dean  of  the  Baltimore  College  of  Dental  Sur- 
gery, for  the  privilege  of  doing  so.  The  writer 
of  the  letter  was  Professor  of  Anatomy  in  this 
University  (Trustees  Faculty),  1837-39. 

London,  Sept.  29th,  1874. 
Wm.  H.  Dwinelle,  M.D.: 

Dear  Sir — You  ask  me  to  write  what  I  said 
to  you  some  time  since  about  the  where,  when 
and  how,  and  on  whose  motion,  systematic  in- 
struction in  Dental  Surgery  originated. 

Pressing  engagements  at  this  moment  allow 
me  to  say  but  briefly,  that  in  the  summer  of 
1839,  in  the  city  of  Baltimore  where  I  was  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery 
and  in  teaching  anatomy,  Dr.  Chapin  A.  Harris, 
a  practicing  dentist  in  the  same  city,  called  on 
me  and  asked  my  co-operation  in  an  attempt 
he  proposed  to  make  to  lift  Dentistry  from  its 
condition  of  a  merely  mechanical  pursuit  often 


[this  word  is  interlined  in  pencil. — Bd.\  of  de- 
structive rather  than  preservative  tendencies, 
and  give  to  it  higher  claims  to  rank  as  a  legiti- 
mate branch  of  conservative  surgery. 

Some  years  before  that  time  Dr.  H.  H.  Hay- 
den,  also  of  Baltimore,  had  delivered  to  a  few 
medical  students  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land some  lectures  on  Dental  Physiology  and 
Pathology.  I  was  one  of  his  class  and  found 
the  lectures  very  speculative  and  unsatisfac- 
tory. Certain  it  is  that  those  engaged  in  tooth- 
pulling,  filing  and  filling,  which  then  seemed 
the  sole  business  of  the  crafty  took  no  interest 
in  Dr.  Hayden's  attempt  to  enlighten  them. 
Nevertheless,  he  is  entitled  to  credit  for  an  ef- 
fort, however  unsuccessful,  to  give  dentistry 
better  claims  to  public  confidence. 

Dr.  Harris'  scheme  was  altogether  more  com- 
prehensive, better  fitted  to  draw  to  it  the  atten- 
tion of  those  engaged  in  the  practice  of  dentis- 
try, and  had  a  great  advantage  in  being  pro- 
posed and  pushed  by  a  man  of  deep  conviction 
of  duty,  and  of  extraordinary  enterprise,  indus- 
try and  self-sacrificing  character.  It  contem- 
plated the  obtaining  a  legislative  grant  of  char- 
ter to  teach  and  confer  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Dental  Surgery. 

At  the  December  session  of  1839-40  of  the 
Legislature  of  the  State  of  Maryland,  that  en- 
lightened body,  through  the  personal  solicita- 
tion of  Dr.  Harris  and  myself,  passed  an  act  of 
incorporation  Of  the  Baltimore  College  of  Den- 
tal Surgery,  with  the  Faculty  here  named,  viz. : 
H.  H.  Hayden,  M.D.,  Prof,  of  Physiology  and 
Pathology ;  H.  W.  Baxley,  M.D.,  Prof,  of  Anat- 
omy; C.  A.  Harris,  M.D.,  Prof,  of  the  Theory 
and  Practice  of  Dentistry,  and  Thos.  E.  Bond, 
M.D.,  Prof,  of  Therapeutics.  It  is  a  pleasing 
record  for  the  medical  profession  to  look  back 
upon  and  see  that  all  engaged  in  this  movement 
were  graduates  ,in  medicine  and  had  drunk  of 
the  streams  of  progressive,  science  from  her 
fountains. 

The  practical  inauguration  of  the  new  college 
presented  a  difficulty  well  known  in  America, 
where  professors  often  outranked  students.  At 
length  five  legitimate  students  of  dentistry 
were  found  to  covet  the  honor  of  the  new  title, 

SOI  IVFNIPS  of  ^he  University  of  Maryland 

And  Other  Points  of  Interest. 

SONNENBURQ'S,  Baltimore  and  Greene  Sts. 


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OLD  MARYLAND. 


D.D.S.,  and  the  first  course  of  instruction  was 
given  in  tlie  winter  of  1840-41.  The  didactic  lec- 
tures were  deHvered  in  a  small  room  publicly 
situated,  but  the  teaching  of  practical  anatomy 
demanded  privacy,  and  other  prudential  consid- 
erations also  suggested  the  use  for  that  purpose 
of  a  secluded  stable-loft.  It  was  not  the  first 
time  the  modest  place  of  a  manger  became  the 
scene  of  an  event  leading  to  infinite  results. 
And  looking  to  the  vast  achievements  in  den- 
tal science  following  the  stable-loft  beginning, 
the  statement  of  the  fact  may  encourage  others 
in  their  day  of  small  things  hereafter. 

Participating  in  the  early  efforts  under  dif- 
ficulties giving  practical  shape  to  Dr.  Harris' 
.  suggestions,  I  have  been  astonished  at  the  mar- 
velous results  which,  in  one-third  of  a  century, 
have  flown  from  them.  An  invahd  tourist  'n 
foreign  lands  where  I  have  gone,  I  have  found 
American  dental  anatomy,  physiology  and  pa- 
thology, therapeutics,  operative  and  mechanical 
appliances,  supplanting  the  ignorant  notions 
and  destructiveness  of  olden  usages,  which 
have  long  clung  even  to  European  civilization. 

And  American  dentists  themselves  are  wel- 
comed and  cherished  as  the  originators  and 
bearers  of  coveted  blessings.  By  their  influ- 
ence dental  associations,  institutions  and  in- 
vestigations, have  had  birth  abroad  and  ere 
long,  especially  in  Great  Britain,  Americans 
may  expect  to  find  rivals  enter-  the  lists  with 
them  in  all  that  relates  to  this  department  of 
knowledge.  Let  me  add  my  opinion  that  un- 
less American  dentists  check  the  tendency  to 
deterioration  now  apparent  in  collegiate  educa- 
tion and  raise  the  standard  of  preparatory  and 
final  qualification,  as  tested  by  thorough  and  im- 
partial examinations,  England  will  probably  soon 

John  Turnbull,  Jr.,  &  Co. 

« 

IMPORTERS  AND  DEALERS  IN 


and  justly  claim  first  rank  in  dental  honors ;  she 
is  trimming  sails  evidently  to  that  end. 

But  whatever  issue  may  come  in  that  direc- 
tion, it  is  certain  that  Doctor  Chapin  A.  Harris, 
of  America,  originated  the  measures  which 
have  brought  to  us  all  a  great  boon.'  And  it  has 
often  surprised  me,  when  witnessing  and  re- 
flecting on  its  wide  application  to  the  wants  of 
mankind,  that  his  countrymen,  especially  those 
who  through  it  are  coining  wealth  over  the 
wide  earth,  should  have  neglected  to  manifest 
their  appreciation  of  his  merits  and  their  grati- 
tude for  his  great  services. 

Very  truly  yours, 

H.  Willis  Baxley. 


We  have  received  from  Professor  Daniel 
Base,  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy,  a 
pamphlet  of  30  pages,  containing  the  results  of 
experiments  carried  on  in  the  Division  of 
Pharmacology,  Hygienic  Laboratory,  U.  S. 
Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service, 
to  determine  the  exact  amount  of  formaldehyde 
gas  entering  a  room  from  the  charging  appa- 
ratus in  Formaldehyde  Disinfection.  A  care- 
ful and  creditable  piece  of  work,  but  too  tech- 
nical for  detailed  notice  in  Old  Maryland. 
o 

The  annual  reception  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of 
the  University  of  Maryland  was  held  at  the 
Central  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building  on  Friday,  Oct.  5, 
'06.  There  were  present  of  the  Faculty  of 
Physic  Professors  Chew  and  Woods.  Mr. 
Morris,  Secty  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  also  attended 
and  about  twenty-five  students  of  this  Univer- 
sity. It  is  very  deplorable  that  more  interest  is 
not  taken  in  these  meetings,  which  are  gotten 
up  in  the  kindliest  spirit  for  the  benefit  and  en- 
tertainment of  students. 

Open  all  Night 

WILLIAMSON  &  WATTS' 
PHARMACIES 


Baltimore  and  Eutaw  Streets 

Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 

BOTH  'PHONES  BALTIMORE,  MD.      Faithful  Prescription  Work 


Drugs,  Fancy  Goods  and  Perfumery 


Cigars 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


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The  Editor  hopes  that  it  may  not  be  un- 
seemly to  call  the  attention  of  the  alumni  to 
the  claims  upon  them  of  Old  Maryland.  We 
presume  it  is  known  to  all  that  while  it  has  to 
a  certain  extent  the  sanction  and  support  of 
some  departments  of  the  University,  it  cannot 
claim  as  yet  to  be  tlje  oiificial  organ  of  the  lat- 
ter. It  is  npt  recognized  so  far  by  the  corpo- 
rate authorities  of  the  University — the  Regents 
— and,  of  course,  receives  no  support  from 
them,  since  they  are  entirely  without  funds — 
all  the  revenues  from,  students'  fees  going  to 
the  several  Faculties.  The  expenses  of  the  pub- 
lication must  therefore  be  met  out  of  sub- 
scriptions and  advertisements,  and  if  these 
should  fall  short,  they  must  come  from  the  Edi- 
tor's pocket.  In  the  two  years  since  the  jour- 
nal "first  saw  the  light,"  I  have  endeavored  to 
present  to  my  fellow-alumni  a  monthly  literary 
newspaper,  creditable  to  the  institution  and  ac- 
ceptable to  them.  If  I  have  realized  my  desires 
in  any  degree,  it  ought  to  be  welcome  to  them, 
and  they  ought  to  be  willing  to  contribute  the 
small  amount  asked  for  subscription.  As  the 
only  publication  appearing,  or  which  has  ever 
appeared,  in  the  interest  of  the  University,  and 
as  showing  its  life,  its  activity  and  prospects, 
and  the  hopes,  the  aspirations  and  efiforts  of  its 
friends,  it  ought  to  meet  with  a  better  recep- 
tion and  a  wider  welcome  than  are  indicated  in 
its  scanty  subscription  list. 

:  o: 

The  Centennial  Endowment  Fund  is  creeping 
on.  It  ought  to  go  faster.  The  alumni  should 
not  ignore  it  as  they  do.  The  occasion  ought 
to  appeal  to  them  without  the  necessity  of  a 
call,  a  circular  or  letter.  Are  there  not  among 
our  alumni  interest  and  loyalty  enough  to  in- 
duce them  to  make  some  contribution  to  this 
urgently  needed  Fund,  even  if  it  requires  on 
their  part  some  serious  sacrifice?  There  is 
verbal  cordiality  enough,  but  no  adequate  per- 
formance. This  is  the  occasion  of  our  Univer- 
sity life  when  we  can  and  should  exert  our- 
selves, not  only  to  do  our  part,  but  to  see  that 
the  community  also  does  its  part.  Let  us  lay 
aside  for  once  the  "oughts"  that  so  readily 
rise  to  our  tongues  when  we  discuss  the  affairs 
of  the  University,  and  do  the  practical  thing 
— the  duty  shall  I  not  say — that  is  before  us. 
I  feel  assured  that  with  the  acquirement  of  a 
liberal  endowment,  there  will  be  no  necessity 


for  these  "oughts,"  for  we  shall  put  into  the 
hands  of  our  authorities  the  levers  that  will  en- 
able them  to  lift  away  from  their  shoulders  the 
burdens  and  the  difficulties,  and  to  make  the 
changes,  so  necessary  to  our  due  development 
and  welfare. 

Of  one  thing,  Fellow  Alumni !  I  am  assured : 
that  any  gift  you  may  now  make  or  secure  to 
this  Fund,  will  ever  after  be  to  you  a  source  of 
the  keenest  satisfaction  and  delight.  Obey 
therefore  at  once  the  generous  impulse  that  I 
know  rises  up  in  the  minds  of  so  many  loyal 
alumni  as  they  read  these  lines. 

The  additions  to  the  Fund  since  last  issue  of 
this  journal  are :  Maurice  Gregg,  $^5.00 ;  A. 
Brager  (2d  annual),  R.  W.  Baer,  Walter 
Knipp,  David  M.  Newbold,  Jr.,  each  $10.00; 
Stuart  S.  Janney,  W.  J.  O'Brien,  A.  S.  Golds- 
borough,  Jesse  N.  Bowen,  Alfred  J.  Shriver, 
L.  Singer  &  Son,  C.  Morris  Howard,  Morris  A. 
Soper,  each  $5.00. 


The  medical  library  continues  to  grow  and 
new  shelving  has  been  called  for  for  the  large 
additions.  Gifts  have  been  received  from  Drs. 
Sadtler  and  Gorter.  Mrs.  Dr.  Powell  has  made 
another  gift  of  instruments  and  books.  Nearly 
the  whole  of  the  Miltenberger  collection — 
about  1,000  volumes — has  been  catalogued  and 
shelved.  A  large  number  of  duplicates  in  good 
condition  are  offered  for  sale  at  merely  nomi- 
nal prices.  Among  recent  additions  of  inter- 
est are  the  Catalogue  of  the  William  Hunter 
Museum,  Glasgow,  1900,  2  vols.,  presented  by 
Mr.  J.  H.  Teacher,  of  Glasgow,  thru  Professor 
VVinslow;  Milligan's  Celsus,  Edinburg,  1831; 
James  Jackson's  Letters  to  a  Young  Physician, 
Boston,  1855;  a  rare  work'on  Diseases  of  the 
Eye,  published  in  Baltimore  in  1856  by  F.  A. 
Moschzisker;  Index  Catalogue  Surgeon  Gen- 
eral's Office,  2d  Series,  Vol.  XI,  1906;  Terra 
Mariae,  1905 ;  Dress  and  Habits  of  England, 
Strutt,  Lond.,  1799,  4to.,  handsomely  illus- 
trated ;  Trans.  Col.  Physicians,  Phila.,  for  1905 ; 
Scharf's  Chronicles  of  Baltimore,  1874,  and 
many  of  the  New  Sydenham  Society's  Publica- 
tions, bound  volumes  of  the  Lancet  and  other 
journals. 

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OLD    MARYLAND. 


I'll  weave  a  wreath  of  bright  hues  three, 

For  the  brow  of  my  charming  youth, 
And  say,  You  must  wear  it,  my  Love,  for  me. 

This  garland  of  love  and  truth. 
For  as  its  beauty  and  perfume 

Are  shed  for  you  alone. 
Your  true  Lorraine  and  her  youthful  bloom, 

While  they  last  shall  be  your  own, 
My   Love — 

While  they  last  shall  be  your  own. 

But  as  its  sweets,  so  fragrant  now. 

Must  soon  be  sighed  away. 
Its  leaves  upon  your  happy  brow 

Soon  wither  and  decay. 
These  charms  you  love  must  wither,  too. 

This  heart  lie  cold  and  lone ; 
But  you  will  know.  Oh !  deep  and  true. 

They  once  were  all  your  own, 
My   Love — 

They  once  were  all  your  own, 
• 
Not  I  to  Roman,  golden  shrine 

My  orisons  can  pay; 
Your  God,  your  worship,  shall  be  mine. 

Through  loving  night  and  day; 
When  you  shall  seek,  at  dewy  morn. 

Some  holy  spot  alone, 
Lorraine  shall  still  your  side  adorn. 

Your  praj^er  shall  be  her  own. 
My   Love — 

Your  prayer  shall  be  her  own. 

I  knew  a  prayer  my  mother  taught 

My  infant  lips  to  say, 
Sweet  words  my  dawning  memory  caught 

Are  warm  and  fresh  today ; 
And  when  she  pass'd  I  pray'd  it  o'er. 

Aye,  oft  in  tears  alone — 
This  prayer  and  yours  are  two  no  more, 

They  both  are  all  your  own. 
My  Love — 

They  both  are  all  your  own. 

I'll  be  a  Houri,  fond  and  fair. 

In  Tooba  grove  with  you, 
A  Peri  of  the  lucid  air. 

Less  beautiful  than  true; 
And  when  you  muse,  or  wish,  or  sigh. 

Will  bring  this  fragrant  zone, 
A  faithful  bliss,  forever  nigh, 
A  life  which  is  your  own. 

My   Love — 
A  life  which  is  your  own. 

— Joseph  Salyards. 
-. — :  o: 

According  to  the  Summary  of  Results  of  the 
June  Maryland  Medical  Examinations,  150  per- 
sons came  before  the  Board.  Many  of  these 
were  second-year  students  and  many  who  took 
final  examinations  did  not  complete  them.  In 
96  the  final  averages  are  given,  and  of  these  77 
passed  and  19  failed.  Of  the  39  U.  of  M.  men 
whose  averages  arc  given,  34  passed  and  5 
failed;  one  man,  1906,  got  94.  Those  who  fail 
are  eligible  to  re-examination  after  six  months. 

YOU  CAN  GET  THE 

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We  note  an  error  in  No.  89 :  th6  average  should 
be  91  and  not  80.  We  have  not  examined  for 
other  errors.  •   ;. 


Francis  K.  Carey,  LL.B.,  has  just  returned 
from  a  trip  thru  Colorado  with  a  party. — John 
Ridgeley  Carter,  LL.B.  (1887),  son  of  the  Pro- 
vost of  this  University  and  first  Secretary  of 
the  American  Legation  in  London,  has  been 
granted  a  long  leave  of  absence,  part  of  which 
he  will  spend  in  Washington  City. — 39  drug- 
gists took  the  examination  before  the  State" 
Board  of  Pharmacy  of  Md.,  on  Oct.  4.  The  re- 
sults will  be  announced  shortly. — Judge  Alfred 
S.  Niles  was  sworn  in  as  a  member  of  the  Su- 
preme Bench  of  Baltimore  City  Sept.  18,  and 
was  assigned  to  the  Circuit  Court  for  the  re- 
mainder of  the  year. — The  classmates  of  Mr. 
William  A.  Wheatley  (1899),  Democratic 
nominee  for  judge,  have  organized  for  his  sup- 
port with  Myer  Rosenbush,  President ;  R.  Ben- 
nett Darnall,  V.-P. ;  Wm.  S.-  Levy,  Treas.,  and 
James  R.  Brewer,  Jr.,  Secretary,  and  an  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  to  devise  plans. — :C.  Urban 
Smith,  M.D.  (1889),  has  been  elected  Chair- 
man of  the  Section  on  Clinical  Medicine  and 
Surgery,  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty  of 
Maryland,  for  the  ensuing  year. — Mr.  Bernard 
Carter  returned  from  his  European  trip  on  Oc- 
tober 3.  He  was  gone  about  two  months,  most 
of  the  time  being  spent  at  Carlsbad,  and  was 
much  benefited  by  it. — Gen'l  Lawrason  Riggs 
was  elected  President  of  the  Maryland  School 
for  Boys,  formerly  the  Flouse  of  Refuge,  in 
place  of  Mr.  Joshua  Levering,  resigned.  Mr. 
Wm.  G.  Baker,  Jr.,  was  elected  Vice-President. 
Both  are  alumni  of  this  University. — John- 
Hinkley,  LL.B.,  has  been  appointed  a  member 
of  the  State  Board  of  Law  Examiners  in  place 
of  Judge  Niles. — John  E.  Semmes,  LL.B.,. has 
returned  from  a  trip  to  France  and  Switzer- 
land.—Harry  B..  Wolf,  LL.B.  ■  (1901),  just 
nominated  for  Congress,  although  just  36,  is 
one  of  the  best  known  criminal  lawyers  in  Bal- 
timore. He  is  entirely  a  self-made  man. — J. 
Harry  Tregoe,  LL.B.,  has  been  presented  by 
members  of  the  Travelers  and  Merchants'  As- 

©rovers   and   /Iftccbanlcs'   IRational   JBanft    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  RENT 


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sociation,  of  whieh  until  recently  he  was  Presi- 
dent, with  a  bronze  statue  representing  Victory 
and  Labor.  It  represents  Victory  about  to 
place  a  wreath  of  laurel  upon  the  head  of  La- 
bor. On  the  base  is  the  inscription  "Glory  to 
Labor/'  and  below  this  are  the  words  "J.  Harry 
Tregoe,  from  friends  in  the  T.  &.  M.  Associa- 
tion, Baltimore,  September  4,  1906."  The  gift 
is  designed  as  a  memorial  of  the  services  ren- 
dered by. the  recipient  to  the  Association.^-The 
Baltimore  University  has  been  reorganized, 
and  the  following  XJ.  of  M.  men  appear  in  its 
Board  of  Trustees :  Dr.  E-ugene  Van  Ness, 
President;  Dr.  Wm.  R.  Eareckson,  V.-P. ;  Dr. 
Theo.  Cooke,  Jr.,  Secty.,  Dr.  Theo.  Cooke,  Sr., 
member.  In  the  Faculty  we  find  T.  Cooke,  Jr., 
R.  B.  Norment,  H.  Burton  Stevenson,  G.  H. 
Everhart,  A.  L.  Levy,  Geo.  A.  Finch,  Jos.  Ayd, 
R.  L.  Campbell  and  perhaps  others  of  our 
alumni.  The  new  auspices  seem  to  be  promis- 
ing and  the  Trustees  will  seek  readmission  at 
once  to  the  Association  of  American  Medical 
Colleges.— The  late  Louis  A.  Weigel,  M.D. 
(1875),  bequeathed  his  medical  library  to  the 
Reynolds  Library,  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. — The 
lecture  hall  of  the  School  of  Law  underwent  a 
kalsomining  process  during  the  holidays,  which 
relieves  it  of  the  sombre  aspect  it  presented 
last  winter. — Philemon  H.  Tuck,  LL.B.,  spent 
the  summer  near  Fronville,  Europe,  at  the 
villa  of  his  brother,  Hon.  Somerville  V.  Tuck, 
of  the  Mixed  Tribunals  of  Egypt. — Judge  Al- 
fred S.  Niles  was  honored  with  a  banquet  by 
his  neighbors  at  AValbrook,  Baltimore,  Sept. 
2.5.  About  12.3  persons  took  part  and  the  ban- 
quet was  served  at  Mount  Holly  Inn.  The 
Governor  was  present  and  spoke. — The  new 
coach  of  the  University  Football  Team  is  Mr. 
T.  Marshall  A\'est.  He  was  at  Syracuse  Uni- 
versity last  year  and  held  there  the  position  of 
1st  assistant  coach.  He  is  in  the  Junior  Class 
Medical.  —  Arthur  Bascom  Croom,  M.D. 
(1905),  has  settled  for  practice  at  Maxton,  N. 
C.  He  visited  the  University  last  week. — 
Messrs.  H.  E.  Beachley  and  George  L.  Epplei 
have  been  appointed  Librarians  of  the  Law 
Library. — Professor  W.  Calvin  Chesnut,  Direc- 
tor of  the  Moot  Court,  is  delivering  a  series  of 

KNIGHTON  &,  CALDWELL 

....Ibatters.... 

S.  W,  Cor.  EUTAW  AND  SARATOGA  STS.  BALTIMORE 


lectures  on  Friday  evenings  to  the  Law  seniors 
on  the  preparation  of  moot  court  cases  for  ar- 
gument, and  on  the  use  of  law  books  and  prepa- 
ration of  briefs  generally. 


:  o:- 


Mr.  Theodore  A.  Pool  (LL.B.,  1906),  the  ef- 
ficient and  genial  Secretary  of  Judge  Harlan,  has 
prepared  a  number  of  volumes  of  reports  of  lec- 
tures of  members  of  the  Faculty  of  Law  for  the 
convenience  of  the  students  of  that  department. 
They  are  reproduced  by  the  mimeograph  and  Mr. 
Pool  has  added  many  notes  and  references  which 
add  materially  to  their  value.  They  are  very 
neatly  and  carefully  gotten  up  and  having  an  ex 
cathedra  authority,  as  they  do,  must  commend 
themselves  in  strongest  terms  to  the  clientele  for 
whose  use  they  are  designed. 


RECOLLECTIONS     OF    SLAVE     DAYS 
AND    WAR    TIMES. 

By  Eugene  F.  Cordell,  M.D. 

(Continued  from  page  83.) 

Now  who  would  have  supposed  that  this  quiet 
country  home  was  to  have  its  tragedy  and  that 
this  good  master — without  an  enemy  in  the  world 
and  who  would  doubtless  have  freed  his  slaves  at 
his  death — was  to  be  its  victim.  Yet  such  was  the 
case. 

One  morning  in  the  month  of  October,  1859 — 
a  horseman  dashed  up  to  the  door — his  horse  cov- 
ered with  foam,  for  he  had  ridden  hard — called 
for  my  uncle — who  had  not  yet  risen,  and  in  a 
ver}'  excited  manner  reported  that  the  neighbor- 
ing village  was  in  the  hands  of  a  large  body  of 
insurgents  who  had  seized  it  the  night  before  and 
declared  their  intention  of  freeing  the  negroes; 
that  they  had  taken  possession  of  the  public  build- 
ings and  barricaded  themselves  in  them ;  that  they 
had  been  joined  by  many  negroes  and  had  made 
prisoner  of  Col.  Washington,  my  uncle's  school- 
mate and  friend.  Without  waiting  for  break- 
fast, my  uncle  called  for  his  horse,  took  his  gun 
and  sta'rted  off  in  the  direction  of  the  scene  of  the 
disturbance.  As  he  rode  along  he  met  the  alarm- 
ed inhabitants  eagerly  inquiring  for  further  news. 
The  first  village  through  which  he  passed  was 
astir  and  armed  men  were  gathering  on  the 
streets.  The  most  exaggerated  rumors  were  afloat 
regarding  the  number  of    the    conspirators  and 


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their  accomplices,  who  were  said  to  be  marching 
to  their  aid  from  the  north.  These  deterred  him 
not  and  without  waiting  for  assistance  he  pro- 
ceeded on  his  way  tmdaunted.  On  reaching  the 
suburbs  of  the  town  where  the  insurgents  were 
he  was  told  of  the  danger  of  going  further.  He 
heeded  not  the  caution.  I  can  only  suppose  that 
he  felt  the  necessity  of  immediate  action  to  save 
his  friend,  and  thought  that  the  insvirgents  would 
cower  before  a  bold  and  resolute  advance.  Alas ! 
he  erred ;  he  did  not  know  the  character  of  the 
men  with  whom  he  was  dealing.  Ha  rode  on 
down  the  steep  street.  The  wheels  of  the  busy 
town  had  ceased  running  and  the  railroad  tracks 
had  been  torn  up.  An  ominous  silence  reigned ; 
eyes  were  watching  him  from  the  "fort" — the 
rifle  was  leveled  for  his  destruction.  Nearer  he 
draws  to  his  death.  When  half  way  down  the 
hill  the  marksman  takes  aim — a  sudden  peal  is 
heard  and  a  minnie  ball  comes  crashing  thru  his 
breast.  He  drops  his  gun  and  falls  upon  his 
horse's  neck.  The  faithful  animal  stands  still 
while  a  man  runs  out  from  a  house  nearby  and, 
supporting  my  uncle  with  one  hand,  leads  the 
animal  with  the  other  to  a  place  of  shelter.  He 
was  taken  down  and  laid  upon  the  floor  of  a  base- 
ment room.  He  was  pale  and  speechless,  but  still 
breathed.  There  was  a  bullet  hole  thru  his  left 
breast  just  over  the  heart  from  which  the  blood 
trickled  down  over  his  buiT-colofed  vest.  My 
father  was  summoned,  but  arrived  too  late — he 
had  just  breathed  his  last.  The  body  was  taken 
back  to  the  village  thru  which  he  had  just  ridden 
in  manly  vigor  bent  on  his  mission  of  self-sacri- 
fice and  patriotism  and  was  placed  in  the  family 
vault.  A  few  weeks  later  it  was  consigned  to  the 
tomb  with  martial  honors,  being  followed  by  the 
Governor  of  the  State  and  1,500  State  militia.  A 
little  later  the  insurgents — among  them  the  con- 
victed murderer  of  my  uncle — expiated  their 
crime  upon  the  gallows,  while  L  a  schoolboy, 
stood  with  the  home-guard  at  the  gate.  With 
my  uncle's  death — like  many  another  old  Vir- 
ginia homestead — Wheatland  passed  out  of  the 
family  into  Northern  and  alien  hands,  and  I  have 
never  visited  it  since. 

This  "raid,"  as  it  was  called,  no  doubt  fanned 
the  flames  of  discord  between  the  angry  sections 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 

Modem  Pharmacy  Cor.  Ballimore  and  Light  Sis. 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Quality  the  Best  Prices  the  Lowest 


of  the  country,  which  had  been  so  long  ready  to 
burst  forth,  and  grim  war  came  on  apace. 

The  beginning  and  ending  of  all  great  epochs 
have  a  special  interest,  and  this  applies  with  par- 
ticular force  to  the  inception  of  the  great  Civil 
War.  I  was  at  school  near  Alexandria  when  the 
rumors  of  approaching  war  reached  me.  They 
stirred  up  a  martial  spirit  in  our  quiet  little  com- 
munity, a  meeting  was  called  on  the  bandy  field 
and  a  military  company  was  formed  for  practice 
in  drill  and  the  manual  of  arms.  Two  of  us  had 
had  some  experience  in  tactics  in  a  company  of 
"cadets"  that  had  been  formed  at  Charlestown 
and  had  been  commanded  by  Col.  Lawson  Botts, 
a  lawyer  of  the  town.  These  were  my  lifelong 
schoolmate  Ben  White  and  myself,  and  we  were 
thoroughly .  acquainted  with  Scott's  Drill,  which 
was  then  in  use  in  the  anny.  Ben  was  of  a  social, 
generous,  impulsive  nature  and  was  a  great  favor- 
ite with  the  boys.  He  was  accordingly  chosen 
captain  and  I  lieutenant.  We  entered  at  once  upon 
morning  and  evening  drill.  Stretched  out  in  sin- 
gle rank  we  made  quite  a  fine  display  on  the  play- 
ground, filing,  marking  time  and  double-quick- 
ing over  the  field. 

Our  usual  games  and  amusements  were  now 
discontinued  and  our  studies  were  neglected,  our 
sole  thought  being  to  prepare  ourselves  for  the 
service  that  we  felt  would  be  soon  required  of 
us.  The  want  of  uniforms  did  not  lessen  our 
enthusiasm  and  we  supplied  the  lack  of  muskets 
with  wooden  guns  which  we  procured  from  a 
neighboring  carpenter.  Our  ardor  was  stimu- 
lated by  the  occasional  sight  of  a  Confederate 
soldier,  and  by  an  occasional  visit  to  the  barracks 
in  Alexandria.  Once  we  were  visited  by  an  ex- 
student  who,  unable  to  restrain  his  impetuosity, 
had  run  away  from  school  and  joined  the  Alex- 
andria riflemen.  Having  obtained  a  sanction  for 
his  course  from  home,  he  presented  himself  to 
our  astonished  and  admiring  gaze  in  all  the  glory 
of  the  pretty  dark-green  uniform  of  the  "Rifles." 
He  was  a  tall,  dark-complexioned,- gaunt  and  un- 
gainly youth,  with  a  broad  pronunciation  and  long 
black  hair.  On  account  of  these  peculiarities  we 
had  nicknamed  him  "Old  H-yar."  It  was  won- 
derful what  a  transformation  enlistment  had  pro- 
duced in  him.    In  place  of  the  diffident,  stammer- 

Clark    &    Company 

THE   LINEN  STORE=^— 


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ing  fellow,  with  eyes  downcast — laboring  so  hard 
and  yet  with  so  little  success  over  books  and 
exercises,  we  now  beheld  a  smart  soldier 
without  superfluous  locks.  Of  course  he 
was  the  hero  of  the  hour.  And  how  we 
envied  him !  For  while  we  were  only  play- 
soldiers,  he  was  a  real  soldier,  with  a  real  gun, 
and  stood  guard  and  lived  in  a  barracks  and 
would  soon  be  in  a  battle!  Well,  "Old  H-yar" 
went  with  his  company  into  battle,  and  into  an- 
other and  another  and  somewhere — I  know  not 
where — but  I  know  the  fact — his  brave  young 
life  blood  was  poured  out  and  like  many  another 
High  School  boy — he  gave  up  his  life  for  the 
cause  he  loved  so  well ! 

As  time  wore  on  the  excitement  increased  and 
rumors  reached  us  that  Gen'l  Scott  was  about  to 
occupy  Alexandria.  The  boys  became  inpatient 
and  first  one,  then  another,  got  permission  to  re- 
turn home.  My  father  wrote  to  me  to  remain  as 
long  as  the  Rector  thought  proper.  Our  Captain 
was  one  of  the  first  to  go.  He  was  much  excited 
when  he  bade  us  good-bye  and  reproached  me 
with  want  of  patriotism  because  I  would  not  dis- 
obey my  father  and  accompany  him.  A  few  days 
later  I  received  a  letter  from  him.  He  was  at 
Harper's  Ferry  and  had  joined  Captain  Botts' 
Company  of  the  2nd  Reg't  of  the  Stonewall  Bri- 
gade. He  said  his  command  was  expecting  orders 
to  march  to  Washington.  Ben  was  a  brave  soldier 
and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville. 
His  name  appears  with  59  others — "Old  H-yar's" 
is  there — on  a  marble  tablet  on  the  north  wall  of 
the  High  School  Chapel  erected  in  1879,  in  mem- 
ory of  those  boys  who  fell  in  battle  during  the 
war.  It  bears  the  appropriate  motto  [suggested 
by  Professor  Gildersleeve]  :  "Qui  bene  pro  patria 
cum  patriaque  jaccut." 

Towards  the  end  of  May  those  of  us  who  re- 
mained were  dismissed  by  the  Rector,  who  feared 
that  if  we  remained  longer  we  might  be  cut  ofif 
from  our  homes.  I  had  to  return  by  way  of  Lees- 
burg,  the  usual  route  through  Maryland  being 
closed. 

On  reaching  my  home  in  the  Valley  of  Vir- 
ginia, I  found  everything  in  a  state  of  stir  and 


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excitement.  The  town  was  noted  during  the  war 
for  its  devotion  to  the  Southern  cause  and  there 
was  practically  but  one  sentiment  among  the  peo- 
ple. Already  almost  every  man  and  boy  between 
18  and  45  had  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service, 
many  in  the  Stonewall  Brigade,  others  in  the  12th 
Va.  Cavalry.  A  young  man  who  in  those  days  did 
not  join  the  army  risked  his  reputation,  he  be- 
came the  subject  of  constant  and  unfavorable 
comment,  he  was  pointed  out  on  the  street  and 
was  even  liable  to  insult  by  his  companions.  The 
girls  would  scarcely  associate  with  him  and  he  be- 
came almost  a  social  outcast.  The  mothers  imi- 
tated the  example  of  the  Roman  matrons  in  dedi- 
cating their  sons  to  their  country's  service  and 
the  ardor  of  the  youth  was  intensified  by  frequent 
allusion  to  classical  models.  I  must  add  that  few  - 
needed,  such  artificial  stimuli ;  most  of  the  young 
men  and  even  boys  were  only  too  eager  to  be  mus- 
tered into  service  and  to  bear  arms.  For  all  Vir- 
ginia was  aroused  and  her  warm  and  generous 
heart  beat  in  sympathy  with  her  sister  States  of 
the  South.  Though  slow  to  take  the  decisive  step 
and  hoping  long  for  some  peaceful  settlement  of 
the  difficulties,  she  did  not  hesitate,  when  it  came 
to  a  decision  between  the  North  and  South,  but 
cast  her  fortune  in  with  the  latter  and  bore  the 
brunt  of  the  war  which  they  had  brought  on,  not 
she,  and  which  her  judgment  had  opposed. 

I  expected  to  follow  the  example  of  my  school- 
mate— the  H.  S.  Captain,  and  join  the  same  com- 
pany he  had  joined.  I  was  much  surprised  and 
disheartened  to  find  my  father  unalterably  op- 
posed to  this  step.  He  urged  my  youth  and  de- 
fective s'ght.  I  recognized  neither  objection  as 
valid  and  determined  to  disobey  him  and  act  for 
myself.  My  mother  knew  of  and  approved  of 
this  determination.  Leaving  a  formal  letter  upon 
his  desk,  in  which  I  gave  my  views  of  the  duty 
of  patriotic  citizens,  and  especially  those  of  ten- 
der years,  I  started  off  on  foot  for  Bolivar 
Heights,  near  Harpers  Ferry,  where  the  Stone- 
wall Brigade  was  then  encamped.  A  walk  of 
two  and  a  half  hours  brought  me  to  the  camp, 
where  I  found  to  my  dismay  that  my  father  had 
been  there  and  forbidden  the  captain  to  muster 

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me  into  his  company.  He  had  found  my  letter 
shortly  after  my  departure  and  taking  the  next 
train  had  passed  me  on  the  road.  Nothing  re- 
mained for  me  but  to  submit ;  so  after  a  good  cry 
— to  myself,  of  course — I,  marched  crestfallen 
home.  I  cannot  doubt  that  had  not  my  father 
thwarted  my  purpose  on  this  occasion,  my  body 
would  long  since  have  moldered  into  dust  on 
some  of  the  battlefields  of  Virginia,  where  the 
remains  of  so  many  of  the  Botts  Greys  now  re- 
pose— for  the  laurels  of  the  Stonewall  Brigade 
^yere  nurtured  on  soil  freely  watered  with  blood. 
My  first  service  was  with  the  Wise  Legion,  in 
Kanawha  Valley.  The  way  in  which  I  came  to 
go  there  was  as  follows :  After  my  failure  to 
enter  the  army  at  Harpers  Ferry,  I  remained  a 
few  days  at  home.  During  this  time  I  joined  the 
home  guard,  which  consisted  of  the  minister  and 
■some  other  non-combatants,  chiefly  young  boys 
and  old  men.  Our  quarters  were  in  the  Court 
House,  whence  we  proceeded  on  our  nightly 
rounds  thru  the  streets  and  suburbs  looking  out 
for  strange  contrabands  and  midnight  prowlers. 
We  heard  the  barking  of  dogs  and  other  noises 
of  various  kinds,  but  never  made  a  capture  of 
man  or  beast  and  never  had  an  adventure  worth 
recording.     It  was  unreasonable  to  expect  that 

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I  should  submit  to  this  employment  long.  Ac- 
cordingly, I  obtained  my  father's  consent  to  enter 
the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  which  was  then 
receiving  what  were  known  as  "temporary  ca- 
dets." While  occupied  in  learning  the  drill  there, 
an  urgent  demand  came  from  Genl.  Wise  for  drill 
masters  in  the  Kanawha  Valley.  Induced  by 
the  representations  of  the  General's  nephew — an 
oiificer  of  the  corps  of  cadets — at  present  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  public  schools  of  Baltimore 
— I  responded.  On  the  5th  of  July,  after  having 
been  three  weeks  at  the  Institute,  I  took  the  stage 
for  Staunton.  Thence  partly  by  rail,  partly  by 
stage,  I  reached  Charleston  on  the  10th.  At  the 
earliest  opportunity  I  called  upon  the  General, 
who  received  me  most  cordially  and  accepted  my 
services. 

Genl.  Wise  was  a  man  of  small,  wiry  figure,  a 
large  mouth  and  pleasant,  though  homely  features 
— lit  up  by  the  brightest  eyes.  He  possessed  a 
fiery  "Southern"  temper,  and  even  in  his  mildest 
moods  might  be  on  the  verge  of  an  explosion. 
He  was  very  profane  and  lavished  oaths  right 
and  left.  It  was  asserted  that  when  in  a  passion 
he  would  often  depose  his  subordinates,  and  on 
returning  to  reason  restore  them  to  office. 

[To  be  Continued.] 

o 

The  pupil  should  believe ;  when  he  has  been 
taught  sufSciently  he  should  then  exercise  his 
ov.n  judgment. — Bacon. 


Self-reliance  which  has  grown  from  self-dis- 
trust and  mastered  it. — S.  Teackle  WaUis. 


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A  STUDY  OF  EDGAR  A.  POE. 


By  Henry  E.  Shepherd,  A.M.,  LL.D. 
\Concluded.\ 

In  the  choice  of  his  verse  forms,  Pee  has 
shown  the  same  supremacy  over  language, 
which  has  marked  the  choice  and  disposition 
of  his  vocabulary.  Who  of  all  our  wielders  of 
stately  measures  has  so  grasped  the  secret  of 
the  trochee,  the  symbol  of  intensest  passion, 
of  energy  aflame  with  life?  Not  even  Tenny- 
son in  Locksley  Hall,  nor  Mrs.  Browning  in 
Lady  Geraldine's  Courtship.  It  is  the  blend- 
ing of  the  trochee  with  the  ancient  alliterative 
element  which  constitutes  the  resistless  mu- 
sical charm  of  The  Raven.  The  requisite  fe- 
licity of  phrase  by  which  through  the  medium 
of  sound  effects,  skilfully  adjusted,  a  drama  is 
made  to  evolve  itself  until  it  attains  a  consum- 
mate climax,  is  perhaps  without  a  parallel  in 
literature.  For  in  the  last  analysis.  The  Raven 
is  seen  to  be  a  moral  effect  most  tragical  in 
its  character,  which  is  produced  by  a  series  of 
phonetic  impressions,  advancing  by  sys- 
tematic process  from  point  to  point,  and  gain- 
ing in  intensity  at  each  step,  until  the  crown- 
ing stage  of  the  development  is  upon  us  as  a 
foreseen  issue,  a  logical  result,  and  that  not 
by  violent  rending  of  the  continuity,  but  by  a 
series  of  approaches,  deftly  arranged,  subtly 
unfolded,  and  finely  touched,  to  the  inevitable 
event. 

In  the  use  of  the  alliteration,  that  character- 
istic feature  of  our  olden  English  poetry,  Poe 
has  never  been  excelled  by  any  modern  master 
of  our  verse.  Its  effects  as  illustrated  in  The 
Raven,  Annabel  Lee,  The  Haunted  Palace,  are 
almost  unique.  For  with  Poe  the  mystery  of 
the  word  goes  far  beyond  the  sphere  of  mere 
physical  sensation  or  musical  delight.    The  im- 


pression passes  above  the  region  of  the  sensu- 
ous into  the  ranges  of  purest  fantasy.  Not 
vocal  harmony,  not  assonance  of  sound  alone, 
but  a  spiritual  import,  an  ethereal  touch,  a 
deep  and  pervading  symbolism  are  immanent  in 
the  word.  The  germ,  if  not  the  inspiration  of 
the  school  of  symbolists,  is  potential  in  the 
harmonies  of  our  artist. 

There  is  hardly  a  rational  doubt  that  we 
are  only  upon  the  threshold  of  investigation 
with  reference  to  the  mystery  of  human  speech, 
and  its  affinities  with  the  inward  deeps  of  our 
spiritual  life.  Poe  saw  more  profoundly  into 
the  secrets  of  the  abyss  than  any  of  those  who 
had  gone  before  him :  he  gave  the  note  of  glory 
to  Rossetti,  and  with  the  unfolding  of  the  ages, 
his  inspiration  in  the  golden  world  of  harmony 
alone  will  take  the  whole  field  of  poetry  as  its 
province.  Vast  are  the  possibilities  that  lie 
implicit  in  the  art  of  Poe.  Strangest  of  all  its 
characteristics,  perhaps,  is  the  rigid  isolation 
in  which  it  stands  with  regard  to  his  predeces- 
sors, as  well  as  those  whose  creative  period  is 
contemporary  with  his  own.  We  have  labored 
earnestly  to  show  that  no  specific  obligation 
can  be  traced  to  any  of  these^only  fleeting 
glimpses  here  and  there  recall  the  memory  of 
Miss  Barrett — but  apart  from  these  none  of 
all  those  who  had  their  day  on  earth  before 
him  or  whose  work  was  synchronous  with  his 
own,  have  left  a  visible  mark  upon  the  image 
mirror  that  reflects  the  fadeless  image  of  The 
Raven,  Lenore,  or  Annabel  Lee. 

It  would  prove  a  fascinating  quest  in  the  do- 
main of  psychology  as  applied  to  the  interpre- 
tation of  literature,  to  seek  after  the  origins  of 
Poe's  method — to  pluck  out  the  heart  of  his 
mystery,  to  determine  whence  came  this  phe- 
nomenon of  literary  history.  There  is,  per- 
haps, but  one  solution — it  was  the  gift  of  God 


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in  the  form  of  an  immediate  revealing  power. 
That  it  could  not  have  been  the  outcome  of  in- 
heritance or  acquisition  is  clear  from  every 
point  of  view,  antecedent  as  well  as  historic.  It 
was  not  heredity,  for  there  was  neither 
prototype  nor  predecessor  to  convey  the  gift 
or  transmit  the  succession.  It  was  not  attain- 
ed by  painful  diligence  and  assiduous  culture, 
as  the  entire  spirit  of  his  art  both  in  verse  and 
in  fiction,  was  not  merely  potential  in  his  mind, 
but  assuming  objective  character,  while  Poe 
was  a  lad  of  seventeen  and  a  student  at  the 
University  of  Virginia.  The  creatures  of  his 
own  dream  world,  the  phantasmagoria  of  his 
weird  and  shaping  genius,  were  crudely 
wrought  with  a  heated  poker  upon  the  walls  of 
his  chamber,  or  upon  the  mantelpiece  over  his 
grate,  as  he  surrendered  himself  to  reveries 
and  visions  during  the  winter  evenings  in  his 
student  room  on  the  East  Range  of  the  Uni- 
versity. In  his  pensive  solitude  brooding  over 
the  fading  fire,  he  saw  "each  separate  dying 
ember,"'  as  it  "wrought  its  ghost  upon  the 
floor,"'  and  the  long  procession  of  shadows, 
fays,  ghouls,  it  may  be,  all  emerged  from  the 
ghostly  radiance  of  the  flickering  light.  For 
Poe's  isolation,  his  rigid  reserve  even  in  his 
day  of  youth,  was  symbolical  or  prophetic  of 
that  strange  and  impenetrable  aloofness  which 
still  shrouds  with  its  resistless  charm  the  char- 
acter and  the  creations  of  his  literary  art. 

The  boy  of  eighteen  had  fashioned  his 
method  ere  his  academic  sojourn  had  passed 
over.  That  which  came  after  was  a  develop- 
ment along  the  line  to  which  his  student  days 
had  significantly  pointed.  From  his  LTniver- 
sity  associations  and  the  scholastic  training  he 
received,  he  drew  neither  inspiration  nor  even 
the  milder  incentive  of  encouragement  and 
sympathy.  American  universities,  with  a  s'ngle 
notable  exception,  ,have  been  in  no  sense  cen- 
tres of  literar}^  culture.  It  is  hardly  an  over- 
wrought conclusion  that  not  one  American 
man  of  letters  can  trace  the  creative  or  the  ar- 
tistic impulse  to  the  methods  or  the  stimulat- 
ing power  of  his  Alma  Mater.  Assuredly  our 
hero  received  nothing,  gained  nothing,  carried 
not   away   from   his   University   career,   a    dis- 

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cernible  impulse,  a  single  note  of  inspiration. 
Infinitely  more  has  he  contributed  to  the  re- 
nown of  the  institution  over  which  the  bril- 
liancy of  his  fame  is  cast  as  it  is  reflected  from 
remote  lands  and  alien  togues  that  know  not 
even  the  name  of  Thomas  Jefferson's  founda- 
tion, save  in  so  far  as  it  is  linked  with  the 
early  days  and  dawning  promise  of  Edgar  A. 
Poe. 

There  are  strong  touches  of  local  color  and 
local  reminiscence  in  the  romance  of  Poe,  nota- 
bly in  the  story  of  The  Gold  Bug,  but  with  a 
single  exception,  there  is  nothing  in  the  ver- 
satile range  of  his  creation  that  can  be  distinct- 
ly traced  to  the  influence  of  his  life  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia.  We  are  inclined  to  regret 
that  he  failed  to  leave  on  record  his  impressions 
of  his  residence,  for  he  saw  and  knew  the  in- 
stitution during  its  earliest  stages.  No  one  can 
question  that  it  would  have  proved  suggestive 
and  inspiring  reading  to  the  historian  of  edu- 
cational evolution  in  times  more  nearly  con- 
temporary with  our  own  era.  We  should  have 
been  delighted  to  explore  it  in  connection  with 
similar  comments  from  the  brains  of  such  mas- 
ters as  Bacon,  Gibbon,  Goethe,  Wordsworth, 
Tennyson.  Most  of  these  expressed  an  unre- 
served contempt  for  the  University  life  of  their 
times,  its  aims,  modes,  ideals.  Some  of  their 
delineations  have  won  rank  among  the  world 
classics.  Poe  might  have  achieved  new  laurels 
in  this  unpathed  field,  for  the  outlook  was  un- 
questionably stimulating,  and  the  harvest  more 
than  plenteous.  We  cannot  fail  to  deplore  that 
the  most  brilliant  genius  who  ever  crossed  the 
threshold  of  the  University  of  Virginia  has  left 
us  no  distinct  or  even  tangible  impression  of 
his  life  within  its  walls. 

Fifty  years  after  his  death  the  University 
erected  a  monument  to  his  memory — October 
7th,  1899.  He  may  be  justly  characterized  as 
the  only  one  of  all  her  sons  whose  fame  in 
pure  literature  has  passed  beyond  national 
'limitations,  and  taken  the  whole  world  of  cul- 
ture as  its  province. 

To  that  school  of  critics  who  emphasize  the 
so-called  "race  mind"  as  the  supreme  power 
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sential  and  abiding  characteristics  of  nations 
and  peoples,  Poe  must  present  himself  in  his 
intellectual  aspect  as  a  perpetual  problem,  if 
not  an  insoluble  enigma.  For  none  of  all  the 
traits  of  the  race  from  which  he  sprang  are 
dominant  in  his  art,  save  as  occasional  mani- 
festations, here  and  there  a  flash  that  suggests 
a  relationship  to  the  great  heart  of  humanity, 
a  touch  of  nature,  whether  in  the  highest  .or 
lowest  sense,  which  makes  the  whole  world 
kin.  Yet  as  seen  in  his  distinctive  and  most 
impressive  forms,  he  dwells  apart  like  a  star. 
The  race  mind  does  not  seem  to  embrace  him 
in  any  of  its  categories,  in  so  far  as  he  is  re- 
vealed to  us  through  the  medium  of  literature 
— assuredly  not  the  native  or  English  speaking 
type. 

If  this  broad  statement  seem  obnoxious  to 
criticism  who  will  rise  up  in  judgment  to  con- 
fute it,  by  indicating  or  foreshadowing  the 
model,  the  prototype  of  a  single  one  of  his  char- 
acteristic creations?  The  school  of  wonder, 
the  type  of  Mrs.  Radcliffe  and  Horace  Wal- 
pole,  is  not  a  novelty  in  literary  evolution, 
neither  is  the  weird  and  supernal  note  which 
confronts  us  in  The  Ancient  Mariner,  Kubla 
Khan,  Christobel.  Yet  the  critical  process 
which  tracks  suggestion  to  her  inmost  cell  can- 
not bring  into  the  light  of  day  a  single  well 
defined  trace  or  touch  that  has  passed  from 
these  master  achievements  of  the  world  of 
fantasy  and  been  assimilated  into  the  art  of 
Edgar  A.  Poe.  Between  the  Raven  of  Coler- 
idge and  that  of  Poe,  not  even  hallucination 
itself  has  been  able  to  establish  a  palpable  re- 
sem.blance  in  form  or  in  conception.  Where  is 
the  forecast  of  Lenore,  of  the  poem  to  Annie, 
of  L'lalume,  or  The  Haunted  Palace?  The 
germinal  power  in  ever\r  instance  seems  imma- 
nent in  the  mind  of  the  poet,  whose  finely 
touched  spirit  of  sound,  seizing  upon  some  sin- 
gle word,  discerns  within  it  some  undreamed 
note,  some  mute  allegory  or  symbol  which  for 
ages  no  human  ear  had  suspected,  and  no  mor- 
tal lyre  had  struck  into  harmony. 

It  was  Dante  who  made  words  say  for  him 
more  than  the_v  had  ever  said  for  others:  to 
him  they  surrendered  the  mystery  of  their 
inner  life.  To  Poe  in  the  most  eminent  degree 
this  same  surpassing  gift  had  been  vouchsafed. 
From  this  darling  of  the  Muses,  more  than  all, 


the  chosen  coin  of  fancy  flashed  forth  not  in 
golden  phrases  only,  but  in  familiar  tones,  cur- 
rent utterances,  household  words,  whose  in- 
ward deeps  no  man  had  laid  bare,  whose  latent 
harmonies  no  human  ear  had  divined.  Upon 
the  lowly  foundation  of  a  well  worn  vocable, 
or  a  name  wrought  by  the  mere  caprice  of 
sound,  rose  those  miracles  of  harmony  whose 
music  has  engirdled  the  whole  round  world, 
fascinating  the  cultured  instinct  of  alien  races, 
diverse  tongues,  systems  and  civilizations  at 
the  pole  of  contrast  to  our  own.  The  school 
of  symbolists  may  readily  recognize  in  his  art 
the  prelude  to  their  own  philosophy.  It  is  all 
there  potentially — every  vital  element,  every 
characteristic  force.  They  have  reared  their 
superstructure  upon  Poe's  foundation :  from 
him  come  the  suggestion,  the  impulse,  the 
achieved  result.  From  him  have  flowed  streams 
of  inspiration  diverse  in  character,  resistless 
in  effect.  Framers  of  romance,  originators  of 
the  detective  stor_y,  pre-Raphaelites  with  their 
dreamy  grace,  symbolists  with  their  struggle 
to  lay  bare  the  mystery  of  the  word — all  these 
types  and  schools  are  the  heirs  of  his  genius, 
and  in  no  slight  degree  the  outcome  of  his  art. 
He  gave  royally,  and  all  that  have  come  after 
him  in  whom  the  instinct  of  idealism  has  form- 
ed a  determining  impulse,  have  entered  into 
his  labors.  Yet  to  this  day  critical  endeavor 
has  been  hopelessly  baffled  in  its  attempts  to 
discern  one  single  touch  of  higher  inspiration 
or  determining  impulse  that  even  the  sceptred 
sovereigns  of  melody  have  impressed  upon  the 
genius  and  art  of  Edgar  A.  Poe. 

The  charge  of  immorality  as  reflected  in  his 
writings  has  never  been  alleged  against  our 
author,  even  by  his  enemies  in  their  most  ran- 
corous assaults  upon  his  fame.  There  is  not 
a  line  in  his  poetry  which  is  in  antagonism 
with  any  recognized  or  conventional  teaching 
of  morality.  No  question  of  creed  or  dogma  is 
in  the  slightest  measure  involved,  for  no  such 
issue  ever  fell  within  the  scope  or  province  of 
the  poet's  art.  Poe  was  in  no  sense  didactic  in 
aim  or  in  ideal.  Moral  issues  were  apart  from 
his  purpose.  The  world  of  pure  fantasy  was 
his  range,  not  the  sphere  of  empirical  associa- 

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tion,  of  domesticity,  of  home  and  fireside. 
Wordsworth,  Longfellow,  Bryant,  Whittier 
were  his  antitheses  in  the  scheme  of  poetry. 
He  stood  alone,  he  dwelt  apart.  The  routine 
world  of  familiar  experience  was  not  that  in 
which  his  spirit  had  its  walk.  To  him  the  sen- 
suous and  the  visible  revealed  no  charm,  and 
afforded  no  inspiration.  Unpathed  waters,  un- 
dreamed shores,  mystic  symbols,  lonely  meres, 
the  land  of  shadow,  women  of  surpassing  grace, 
but  with  hardly  an  earthly  prototype,  regions 
out  of  space,  out  of  time,  word  music  as  rich 
as  the  melody  of  the  spheres,  areas  and  tracts 
unrevealed  by  exploration,  and  unrecognized 
in  the  contemplation  of  geographers, — such 
were  the  weird  and  supernal  elements  that 
blended  in  the  witchery  of  his  verse.  Yet  in 
all  these  shapings  of  the  spirit  of  fantasy 
there  is  no  suggestion  of  impurity — not  a  trace 
of  immorality.  The  creatures  of  the  dream 
world  seem  to  move  outside  the  sphere  of  con- 
ventional modes  and  recognized  ideals  drawn 
from  the  realms  of  sensuous  experience.  Their 
standards  are  not  those  that  prevail  in  our  own 
life — for  they  are  not  beings  with  passions,  as- 
pirations or  dominant  motives  similar  to  ours. 
Poe  is  simply  j«n-moral  in  his  conception  and 
presentation  of  character.  There  is  i;o  didactic 
purpose,  no  moral  lesson,  inculcated  in  his 
poetry.  Such  an  aim  was  altogether  out  of 
harmony  with  his  theory  of  art.  His  adherence 
to  his  own  point  of  view  is  surely  not  adequate 
ground  for  a  charge  or  even  a  suspicion  of 
immorality.  With  equal  justice  the  charge 
might  be  urged  against  Coleridge,  Keats  or 
Rossetti.  The  reigning  note  of  Poe's  verse  is 
a  perpetual  protest  against  the  dominant  ma- 
terialism of  our  modern,  and  above  all,  our 
American  life. 

A  strange,  a  unique  phenomenon,  that  in  the 
dawn  of  a  crude  and  untempered  civilization, 
struggling  against  physical  environments, 
scarcely  advanced  beyond  the  primeval  state, 
with  hardly  a  recognized  masterpiece  in  either 
verse  or  prose,  there  should  rise,  without  pre- 
lude or  premonition,  into  the  stillness  of  our 
occidental  heaven,  a  strain  the  most  mystic  in 
aim,  and  most  ethereal  in  melody  that  had  ever 

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tions and  Programs.  Diplomas.  Certificates.  Engrossing;  U  of 
M.  Stationery  for  Classes  and  Fraternities.  Letter  Heads. 
Envelopes.  Cards,  etc.,  for  Physicians.  Lawyers  and  Dentists. 

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fallen  upon   English   ears   in   all  the   complex 
story  of  our  literary  development. 

When  we  reflect  upon  the  conditions,  social, 
material,  intellectual,  under  which  Poe's 
achievements  in  verse  were  wrought  into  the 
sovereign  grace  of  form  and  harmony  that  re- 
veals its  charm  at  every  stage,  he  becomes  not 
merely  the  marvel  of  our  literary  history,  but 
the  marvel  of  all  time.  If  our  view  should  seem 
touched  by  the  spirit  of  an  overwrought  and 
undiscerning  rhetoric,  who  is  prepared  to  pro- 
pose a  parallel  or  suggest  a  prototype?  With- 
out communion,  fellowship,  sympathy,  with- 
out a  being  in  the  American  universe  who  en- 
tered into  the  genius  of  his  art  or  was  capable 
of  critical  appreciation  as  it  assumed  objective 
character,  he  shaped  into  forms  of  imperishable 
beauty  the  denizens  of  his  dreamlands,  the 
airy  nothings  of  his  own  fantasy.  Pure  cre- 
ative faculty  marks  the  lowliest  of  his  concep- 
tions. Their  grace  fascinates,  their  witchery 
enthralls  imagination,  but  there  is  lacking  the 
appeal  to  life  or  to  history:  the  earthly  mould 
and  vesture  are  not  seen,  they  are  not  of  like 
passions  with  ourselves,  nor  has  art  portrayed 
them,  romance  revealed  them,  nor  the  records 
of  the  ages  suggested  their  parallels.  If  ever 
in  the  annals  of  poesy,  imagination  bodied  forth 
the  forms  of  things  unknown,  if  ever  the 
Shakespearean  ideal  was  translated  into  ex- 
perience, and  presented  in  concrete  types,  the 
result  must  be  sought  and  realized  in  the  crea- 
tions of  Poe  as  exhibited  in  his  verse.  More 
richl}'  developed  than  any  modern  or  contem- 
porary master,  Poe  "had  in  him  those  brave  , 
translunary  things  that  the  first  poets  had."  J 
So  far  as  national  temperament  or  racial  char- 
acteristics can  be  discerned  in  the  creations  of 
our  author,  his  sympathies  and  affinities  are 
with  the  romance  family  in  the  sphere  of  prose, 
as  well  as  poetry.  Scarcely  a  trace  of  English 
or  American  genius  asserts  its  presence  in  his 
art.  As  a  logical  result,  the  culture  forces  of 
the  romance  intellect  have  assimilated  him 
most  thoroughly,  absorbed  him  most  heartily, 
and  received  from  him  an  impelling  power 
that  has  led  to  the  evolution  of  novel  types  in 
the  field  of  fiction,  and  in  the  sphere  of  poetry. 

OUR     motto:  "the  best  is  none  too  good." 
CARBONATED    WATER     in   siphons  an  d  tanks 
STREETT'S     PHARMACY, 
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No  American  writer,  perhaps  not  all  Ameri- 
can writers  combined,  have  proved  so  marked 
an  influence  in  guiding  and  stimulating  the 
literary  currents  of  the  European  world  as  Ed- 
gar A.  Poe.  He  alone  of  our  earlier  masters 
never  imitated  or  reproduced  the  traditional  or 
hereditary  types;  and  with  him  the  stream  of 
tendency  as  manifested  in  literary  imitation  or 
adaptation,  changed  its  line  of  movement  and 
set  from  America  to  the  elder  lands  across  the 
sea.  With  the  amplest  concession  to  special 
influences  imparted  by  individual  writers,  it 
may  be  safely  assumed  that  no  American  au- 
thor of  any  period,  save  Poe,  has  essentially 
affected  the  spirit  and  character  of  an  entire 
school  of  European  literary  development.  In 
this  regard  his  place  is  unique  in  our  literary 
story.  The  taunting  query  of  the  great  humor- 
ist, "Who  reads  an  American  book?"  passed 
forever  into  stillness  as  the  loftier  creations 
of  Poe  in  fiction  and  in  verse  crossed  the  At- 
lantic and  became  not  only  a  source  of  delight 
to  the  European  world,  but  a  fruitful  spring 
from  which  flowed  inspiration  and  productivity 
in  rare  and  abundant  measure. 

To  the  American  mind  satiated  by  the  domi- 
nance of  material  and  sensuous  ideals,  the  po- 
etry of  Poe  should  prove  a  salutary  and  puri- 
fying influence,  an  antidote  to  the  superincum- 
bent weight  of  gross  and  fading  elements 
which  obstruct,  if  they  do  not  crush,  the 
growth  of  that  ethereal  temper  fostered  and 
developed  only  in  the  realms  of  spiritual  power 
and  spiritual  culture.  The  burden  of  didactic 
poetry  sits  like  an  obsession  upon  our  contem- 
porary literature ;  we  are  borne  to  the  earth 
by  the  pressure  of  moralizing  in  song,  incul- 
cating ethical  lessons  in  verse.  There  is  a 
sense  of  charm  in  breaking"  the  bonds  of  phy- 
sical environment,  even  for  a  season,  and  pass- 
ing into  mystic  spheres,  haunted  palaces,  lone- 
ly tarns,  dim  lakes,  sounding  seas,  moving  as 
it  were  into  the  very  empyrean  and  hearing 
the  roll  of  the  wizard  music.  There  is  a  resist- 
less fascination  in  this  aloofness  for  a  moment 
from  our  crass  and  prosaic  day  on  earth,  this 
sojourn  in  a  realm  evolved  by  fantasy,  out  of 
sense,  out  of  time,  where  even  melodies  blend 
in  accord  with  Runic  rhythm,  fays  and  sprites  are 
our  contemporaries,  ethereal  maidens  our  co- 
mates  and  ministrants. 


Yet  Poe's  mode  of  approach  to  themes  that 
are  romantic  or  in  the  golden  world  of  fiction, 
did  not  lie  exclusively  in  the  sphere  of  the  sym- 
bolists. That  he  has  anticipated  their  charac- 
teristic methods  of  procedure  is  clear  to  one 
who  will  compare  critically  the  results  attained 
by  each.  Poe,  however,  is  more  than  a  sym- 
])olist,  and  in  several  of  his  notable  achieve- 
ments in  fiction  may  claim  to  rank  with  the 
most  advanced  types  of  the  school  of  natural- 
ism. Take,  for  example,  The  Story  of  The 
Gold  Bug,  The  Purloined  Letter,  The  Tell- 
Tale  Heart.  In  rigor  of  scientific  demonstra- 
tion, in  laying  bare  every  spring  of  action, 
these  have  rarely  been  surpassed  in  the  his- 
tory of  literature.  From  these  types  we  come 
to  such  creations  of  fantasy  as  Shadow,  The 
Masque  of  The  Red  Death,  or  The  Haunted 
Palace,  and  all  the  mechanism  of  symbolism 
is  set  before  us.  If  the  two  schools,  one  of 
which  is  a  reaction  against  the  other,  do  not 
trace  their  final  origin  to  Poe,  both  were  re- 
vealed in  his  art,  all  their  essential  elements 
are  clearly  unfolded,  perhaps  nothing  lacking 
but  elaboration  and  expansion  to  their  com- 
plete perfection. 

Such  versatility  of  genius,  as  well  as  such 
power  to  kindle  and  stimulate  to  rich  results 
the  artistic  development  of  lands  beyond  the 
seas,  has  no  parallel  in  the  record  of  our  own 
country,  and  is  rarely  paralleled  in  the  story 
of  the  world's  literature.  For  Poe  it  secures 
an  abiding  place  such  as  no  American  has  ever 
attained  or  even  remotely  approached.  Rarely 
has  the  American  intellect  impressed,  itself 
upon  the  old  world  culture  even  in  the  range 
of  pure  scholarship :  examples  are  isolated  and 
marked  by  long  and  dreary  intervals  of  bar- 
ren and  ungenial  space — dreary  deserts 
where  no  water  is.  Yet  in  the  very  rising  of 
our  crude  western  civilization,  when  our  liter- 
ature was  in  the  main  a  reflection  of  ances- 
tral models,  an  assertion  of  heredity,  there 
sprang  into  life  in  prose  and  in  verse  a  novel 
force,  a  strange  mystic  type,  which  from  the 

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first  ignored  all  precedent,  set  tradition  at 
bay,  and  moved  in  a  sphere  not  only  unre- 
vealed,  but  impenetrable  to  all  save  his  own 
magic  art.  His  very  weirdness  repelled  and 
at  the  same  time  fascinated  the  sensuous  mind 
of  his  countrymen,  not  then  developed  beyond 
that  stage  of  empiricism  which  marks  an  age 
confronting  purely  material  forces,  to  which 
the  highest  heaven  of  invention  has  not  reveal- 
ed its  muse  of  fire. 

Yet  the  "thoughts  of  men  are  widened  with 
the  process  of  the  suns,"  and  the  forlorn  and 
desolate  poet  whose  day  on  earth  was  an  un- 
resting struggle  against  fate,  as  well  as  his 
own  infirmities,  has  become  a  literary  power 
of  the  first  magnitude,  his  light  is  gone  out  into 
all  the  earth  and  his  words  unto  the  end  of  the 
world. 

Without  precedent  or  prototype,  without 
guide  or  ruler,  he  seemed  to  set  at  naught  all 
the  normal  processes  of  literary  evolution  and 
leaped  to  light  as  by  a  special  act  or  exercise 
of  creative  power.  In  the  records  of  our  lan- 
guage and  its  achievements  there  is  none  but 
himself  who  can  be  regarded  as  his  parallel. 
That  there  have  been  greater  masters  none  can 
deny,  men  whose  range  was  broader,  whose 
aim  and  ideal  were  marked  by  a  catholicity  of 
creative  gift  which  was  not  vouchsafed  to 
our  hero.  Everyone  of  these  was  set  in  a  more 
auspicious  environment,  and  was  untouched 
by  those  moral  infirmities  which  dominated 
our  poet.  Such  were  Shakespeare,  Milton, 
Spenser,  Tennyson,  Browning.  The  New  Eng- 
land brotherhood,  Longfellow,  Lowell, 
Holmes,  were  lapped  in  comparative  affluence 
from  their  early  days.  In  their  year  there  was 
no  winter  and  in  their  song  no  touch  of  sor- 
row save  for  the  sins  of  others,  and  the  griev- 
ous wrongs  as  it  seemed  to  their  moral  eye 
which  those  sins  had  inflicted  upon  the  help- 
less and  the  oppressed.  In  times  of  national 
conflict,  in  seasons  of  crisis  when  the  land  cried 
out  in  the  agony  of  struggle,  they  scented  the 
battle  afar  oS :  the  thunder  of  the  captains 
and  the  shouting  fell  not  even  as  distant 
echoes,  like  horns  of  Elfland  faintly  blowing 
upon  their  "coigns  of  vantage,"  in  the  aloofness 
of  cultured  and  sequestered  Cambridge.  Poe 
was  in  the  forefront  of  the  conflict  with  fate 
from   first   to   last :   Timrod   and   Lanier   faced 


not  the  edge  of  battle  alone,  but  the  spectre 
of  famine,  the  desolation  of  home,  the  relent- 
ness  onroad  of  immitagable  disease. 

Such  is  the  picture,  not  overwrought  or  gild- 
ed by  rosy  rhetoric,  but  the  simple  unvarnished 
story.  In  calm  and  critical  view  of  all  the  con- 
ditions, moral,  material,  intellectual,  that  enter 
into  his  life  record,  is  not  the  result  unmatch- 
ed in  the  history  of  literature?  If  not,  show 
us  his  peer  and  his  parallel. 

:  o  : 

Washington,  D.  C,  Nov.  5,  1906. 
To  My  Fellow  Alumni : — 

It  seems  to  me  as  if  our  Alumni  are  rather 
backward  about  coming  forward,  so  with  the 
kind  permission  of  the  Editor  and  your  indul- 
gence, I  shall  make  a  few  general  remarks, 
but  will  speak  from  the  viewpoint  of  a  pri- 
vate in  the  ranks. 

Our  Alumni  are  woefully  lacking  in  a 
get-together  spirit,  seldom  meeting  to  ex- 
change views  looking  to  the  general  welfare 
of  our  venerable  University.  All  of  us  seem 
to  be  resting  on  our  oars  and  watching  the 
good  ship  "Maryland"  drifting  and  battling 
upon  the  sea  of  inactivity. 

If  you  ask  most  of  the  Alumni  to  assist  to 
remedy  the  conditions,  they  answer,  that  they 
are  satisfied  with  the  past  career  of  the  Uni- 
versity, and  are  proud  of  its  record.  That  is 
well  enough  as  far  as  it  goes,  but  we  are  deal- 
ing now  with  the  present  and  future  of  our  in- 
stitution. 

In  late  years  we  have  witnessed  the  estab- 
lishment of  various  medical  and  scientific 
schools  in  the  state ;  not  that  there  was  a  press- 
ing need  of  them,  but  simply  because  we  were 
inactive  and  were  not  progressive. 

W^e  Alumni  have  not  rendered  the  financial 
and  moral  support  that  was  necessary  to  pro- 
mote a  steady  growth,  whereas,  we  should 
have  contributed  our  efirorts  to  rnake  the  school 
a  state  affair,  rather  than  local. 

I  have  often  heard  our  graduates  say,  "Oh ! 
let  the  Faculties  lead,  and  we  will  follow." 
Granted  that  the  various  Faculties  have  not  in 
the    past    lent    their    aid,  'Or    encouraged    the 

Wiesel's  Obstetric  and  Rectal  Cones  Anaesthetic  Antiseptic, 


Lubricant. 


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mirnri  PHARMACEUTICAL    CHEMIST. 

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forming  of  associations :  yet  they  have  impart- 
ed to  us  a  something,  that  no  man  can  take 
from  us,  viz.,  a  means  of  livelihood  and  an 
honor  to  the  various  communities  in  which 
we  may  reside,  so  that  to-day,  our  graduates 
rank  with  the  best  in  their  various  locations. 

I  well  remember  the  efforts  and  earnestness 
that  the  late  Professor  Miles  expended  in  our 
behalf,  when  towards  the  close  of  his  career, 
he  was  compelled  to  sit  while  engaged  in  lec- 
turing. Could  anyone  desire  more  devotion 
to  duty  or  could  anyone  desire  more  devotion 
to  an  institution,  and  her  classes,  than  were 
exhibited  by  this  beloved  man?  Upon  one  oc- 
casion he  was  lecturing  on  digestion,  and  re- 
marked, "Gentlemen,  I  tell  you  these  things 
a  hundred  times,  and  j'ou  forget  them  a  thou- 
sand times." 

We  could  go  on  and  enumerate  other  strik- 
ing examples  from  among  the  other  members 
of  the  Faculty,  and  yet  we  Alumni  go  out  into 
the  world,  forgetting  that  we  can  contribute 
our  share  towards  sustaining  the  elevating  in- 
fluences that  the  University  confers  upon  the 
community,  through  the  efforts  of  her  teachers. 

I  ask  have  we  done  our  duty?  It  seems  to 
me  we  have  not,  but  are  content  to  criticise 
the  Faculties,  and  almost  accuse  them,  particu- 
larly the  Medical  Faculty,  of  lining  their  pock- 
ets. Nothing  could  be  further  from  the  truth, 
and  we  have  only  to  look  around  us,  and  note 
the  improvements  going  on,  improvements 
that  are  calculated  to  be  far-reaching  in  their 
effects ;  among  which  I  mention,  the  purchase 
of  adjacent  property,  the  erection  of  the  Dental 
Building  and  Pharmaceutical  Department,  to- 
gether with  the  Medical  Laboratories,  the  ad- 
dition to  the  Hospitals  and  the  proposed  Stu- 
dents' Dormitory.  All  of  these  cost  money, 
so  we  can  truthfully  say,  that  the  Faculty  are 
not  waxing  fat,  but  are  alive  to  the  conditions 
and  needs  that  exist. 

Another  matter  which  I  deem  worthy  of 
mention  is  the  animosity  and  unfriendliness 
in  certain  grades  to  the  gentlemen  composing 
the  Faculty.  Certain  Alumni,  for  some  trivial 
or  assumed  wrong,  have  withheld  the  support 
that  was  due  their  Alma  Mater.  Some  of  us 
may  have  personal  grievances  against  our 
former  teachers,  but  are  we  justified  in  making 
the  school  suffer  on  that  account?     Cannot  we 


eliminate  them  and  think  of  the  mother  that 
gave  us  birth? 

Li  a  way  it  pains  me  to  read  in  the  papers 
of  the  reunions  held  by  the  various  alumni  of 
nearly  every  school,  and  how  the  members 
pledge  themselves  to  endow  various  chairs  in 
their  Alma  Mater.  It  grieves  me  because  we 
though  numbering  thousands  are  sitting  still 
and  seeing  other  institutions  forging  ahead. 
Again  it  is  saddening  to  think,  that  although 
nearly  a  century  old,  we  cannot  boast  of  these 
associations,  but  are  content  upon  graduating 
to  leave  the  old  school  behind  and  satisfy  our- 
selves by  living  apart  and  missing  the  joys  and 
pleasures  that  a  University  life  confers. 

I  read  with  most  regret,  that  the  editor  was 
compelled  to  make  a  personal  appeal  to  sup- 
port Old  Maryland.  Shame  on  us  if  we  let 
the  publication  die  for  the  paltry  subscription 
price  or  from  indifference  on  our  part.  Let 
us  remember  that  the  life  of  a  University  de- 
pends in  a  measure  upon  its  worthy  paper,  to 
keep  alive  and  cherish  our  student  days,  and  to 
chronicle  the  present  events. 

Gentlemen,  there  is  a  great  duty  before  us, 
which  commenced  upon  graduation  night,  and 
is  more  active  now  than  ever.  I  refer  to  the 
coming  Centennial,  which  takes  place  next 
year.  Cannot  we  contribute  our  share  towards 
making  this  a  success,  unparalleled  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  School  ? 

How  can  we  do  it?  By  forming  in  the  va- 
rious states,  in  which  we  live.  Alumni  Asso- 
ciations, holding  meetings,  and  descending 
upon  the  City  of  Baltimore  in  number  sufficient 
to  honor  the  grand  old  Institution  within  her 
borders.  Let  us  not  waste  time,  but  start  at 
once  to  organize,  and  send  word  to  the  pro- 
moters, that  such  and  silch  a  state  or  city  will 
send  its  quota  to  renew  old  college  days,  and 
who  want  to  be  young  again  by  participating 
in  the  unbounded  hospitality  that  will  be 
shown  us. 

Gentlemen,  let  us  forget  any  differences  we 
may  have,  and  stand  as  a  unit  to  pay  tribute  to 
the  University  of  Maryland. 
Respectfully, 
A.  W.  Valentine  (1904,  Med.). 

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PUBLISHED    MONTHLY. 

THE  OFFICIAL  ORGAN   OF  THE  SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY,   OF    THE 

GENERAL    ALUMNI    ASSOCIATION    AND    OF    THE    ALUMNI 

ASSOCIATION  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  PHARMACY. 

EUGENE  F.  CORDELL,  M.  D.  Editor. 

ASSOCIATE  editors: 

Medicine:     R.  Cecil  Franklin. 
Law  :     George  L.  Eppler. 
Dentistry  :    R.  Orman  Apple. 
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Athletics:    Carson  D.  Fowler, 


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The  second  annual  service  for  Physicians, 
Medical  Students  and  Nurses  was  held  at  Grace 
P.  E.  Church,  corner  Park  Ave.  and  Monument 
St.,  Baltimore,  on  Sunday  afternoon,  Novem- 
ber 4th.  The  solemn  and  impressive  ritual, 
the  beautiful  choral  music  and  the  eloquent 
and  stirring  sermon  must  have  delighted  the 
hearts  and  minds  of  all  who  were  so  fortunate 
as  to  be  present ;  that  certainly  was  the  im- 
pression produced  upon  the  writer.  Deeply  to 
be  regretted  is  it  that  so  few  members  of  the 
medical  profession  were  present  and  especially 
of  the  leaders  of  the  profession.  There  is,  as 
is  well  known,  an  impression  abroad  that  doc- 
tors are  in  general  irreligious.  So  much  more 
reason  is  there,  therefore,  that  upon  such  for- 
mal occasions  as  this,  we  should  manifest  by 
our  presence  and  deep  reverence,  that  we  are 
not  indifferent  to  religion. 

The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rt.  Rev. 
Leighton  Coleman,  S.T.D.,  Bishop  of  Dela- 
ware, who  chose  for  his  text :  "What !  Know 
ye  not  that  your  body  is  the  temple  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  which  is  in  you,  which  ye  have  of 
God,  and  ye  are  not  your  own?  For  ye  are 
bought  with  a  price :  therefore  glorify  God  in 


your  body  and  in  your  spirit  which  are  God's.'' 
It  was  designed  to  impress  upon  the  audience 
the  sacredness  of  the  human  body  as  the  im- 
age of  God  and  the  abiding  place  of  the  holy 
spirit,  and  the  dignity  of  service  devoted  to  its 
restoration  when  disfigured  or  diseased.'  The 
Bishop  has  a  magnificent  voice,  a  deliberate 
and  distinct  utterance  and  speaks  without 
notes,  while  his  large  and  well-shaped  head,  his 
great  white  beard  and  his  massive  proportions 
give  deep  effect  to  his  well-chosen  words. 

This  service  was  begun  at  Grace  Church 
last  year  and  will  be  continued  annually 
hereafter.  It  is,  we  believe,  the  only  one  of 
the  sort  ever  undertaken  in  this  country,  al- 
though there  has  been  such  a  service  at  St. 
Paul's  in  London  for  some  years.  Our  medical 
readers  should  not  fail  to  attend  it  when  it 
comes  around  again. 

We  have  received  the  following  note  from 
the  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Rev.  Dr.  Powell : 
My  Dear  Dr.  Cordell:  ' 

The  Bishop  of  Delaware  joins  me  in  grate- 
ful thanks  for  the  copies  of  Old  Maryland  you 
so^kindly  left  for  us  at  the  Rectory. 

A  stenographer  took  the  Bishop's  sermon 
this  afternoon,  and  we  will  both  be  delighted 
to  have  an  abstract  of  it  appear  in  your  publi- 
cation.    When  ready  I  will  submit  it  to  you. 

Faithfully  yours, 
Nov.  4th.  Arthur  Chilton  Powell. 


o: 


The  plan  of  the  Centennial,  in  its  main  features 
and  outlines  at  least,  is  now  before  us,  and  we 
know  the  task  for  which  we  have  to  prepare.  It  is 
eminently  fitting  that  the  exercises  should  be  ac- 
companied by  a  religious  service,  and  we  are  for- 
tunate in  having  within  our  circles  a  distinguished 
Bishop  upon  whom  we  can  call  to  conduct  this 
service — Rt.  Rev.  Luther  B.  Wilson,  of  the  M.  E. 
Church,  an  alumnus  of  the  School  of  Medicine. 

It  is  eminently  proper  also  that  the  students 
should  take  part  in  the  ceremonies,  and  we  are 
glad  to  see  that  a  day  is  allotted  to  them.  Each 
department  should  have  its  student  representative, 
and  we  learn  that  the  medical  students  have  al- 
ready appointed  such  a  representative — Mr.  Ar- 

THOMAS  &  THOMPSON 
Modem  Pharmacy  Cor.  Baltimore  and  Light  Sis. 

Manufacturing  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Quality  the  Best  Prices  the  Lowest 


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thur  E.  Landers.  Would  it  not  be  well  to  have 
these  student  representatives  meet  with  the  Joint 
Centennial  Committee?  It  would  promote  co- 
operation and  a  mutual  feeling  of  confidence  and 
good  will,  which  could  not  but  prove  helpful  and 
stimulating. 

We  are  glad  to  hear  that  already  the  alumni 
are  making  preparations  for  class  celebrations, 
and  we  hope  that  man)-  pleasant  reunions  are  in 
store  for  us  all. 

It  is  quite  evident  that  there  is  a  vast  deal  of 
work  to  be  done  and  we  need  to  employ  our  time 
to  good  profit.  Our  chairmen  of  committees 
should  all  bestir  themselves.  We  are  glad  they 
will  be  required  to  make  reports  at  the  monthly 
meetings ;  it  will  tend  to  make  them  feel  their  re- 
sponsibility more.  The  low  estimate  of  expenses 
made  by  the  Finance  Committee  is  disquieting. 
A  good  round  sum — several,  perhaps  as  much  as 
ten  thousand  dollars — will  be  needed  to  conduct 
matters  satisfactorily.  From  all  quarters  of  the 
world  we  hear  of  alumni  who  are  preparing  for 
this  home-coming :  they  are  expecting  to  be  re- 
ceived by  us  with  hospitality  and  we  should  pre- 
pare to  extend  them  a  generous  hospitality.  Let 
a  general  collection  be  taken  up.  In  this  connec- 
tion we  are  glad  to  learn  that  the  Faculty  of  Phy- 
sic has  appropriated  $1,000,  and  the  Dean  of  the 
School  of  Pharmacy  has  assured  us  that  his  Fac- 
ulty is  ready  to  appropriate  the  amount  required 
of  it.  The  Adjunct  Medical  Faculty  has  also 
contributed  most  generously — some  $900  already 
in  hand.  Three  members  of  the  Adjunct  Faculty 
gave  $100  each  and  all,  even  the  youngest,  sub- 
scribed most  generously. 

As  has  been  'said,  we  ought  to  extend  the  ut- 
most hospitality  to  our  guests  on  this  rare  occa- 
sion, and  therefore  we  welcome  the  suggestion 
of  Dr.  N.  Winslow,  that  the  city  alumni  be  asked 
to  receive  and  entertain  them  in  their  homes.  Let 
a  Committee  on  Hospitality  be  appointed  to  carrv 
out  this  excellent  idea. 

In  conclusion,  there  is  one  thing  we  wish  to 
say,  and  to  say  most  earnestly :  Success  depends 
on  union  and  harmony,  on  mutual  co-operation  and 
support.  The  Chairman  of  the  Joint  Committee 
represents  in  this  movement  the  head  of  the  LTni- 
versity.     He  is  enthusiastically  devoting  himself 

Sfil  IVPNIPS  of  the  University  of  Maryland 

And  Other  Points  of  Interest. 

SONNENBURQ'S,  Baltimore  and  Greene  Sts. 


to  making  it  a  success.    We  hardly  appreciate  the 
time,  efi:ort  and  even  means  he  is  giving  to  it. 
Let  us  then  recognize  his  authority  in  all  things, 
and  let  us  aid  him  in  every  possible  way. 
:  o: 

The  election  last  week  of  two  of  our  alumni  to 
high  public  offices  demands  notice  and  shows  the 
influence  that  University  men  are  exerting  in  thij 
city.  Thomas  Ireland  Elliott,  LL.B.,  1879,  be- 
came a  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Balti- 
more and  Harry  B.  Wolf,  LL.B.,  was  chosen  to 
represent  the  Third  Congressional  District  in 
Congress.  Judge  Elliott  is  a  Republican  and  is 
50  years  old.  He  graduated  at  Princeton  in  1876. 
His  most  conspicuous  public  office  was  that  of 
City  Solicitor  of  Baltimore  under  Mayor  Hooper, 
from  1896  to  1898.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
New  Charter  Commission  and  counsel  to  the 
Councilmanic  Investigating  Committee  in  1894- 
95.  Mr.  Wolf  is  36  and  began  life  as  a  newsboy. 
He  has  won  his  way  up  by  personal  merit  and 
energy.  He  is  a  Democrat  and  the  first  in  ten 
years  to  represent  his  district.  Both  will  make 
useful  and  efficient  officers. 

:  o: 

The  University  ]'.  M.  C.  A.  has  had  to  vacate 
the  church  opposite  the  College  building,  but  has 
succeeded  in  renting  parlors  at  60-t  Lombard  St., 
opposite  the  Hospital.  They  have  been  fitted  up 
for  service  and  readers.  The  Bible  classes  will 
also  be  held  there.  Mr.  Ziegler  has  resigned  the 
Presidency  and  has  been  succeeded  by  Mr.  Law- 
rence Kolb,  Jun.  Med.  The  other  officers  are: 
Chas.  F.  Strosnider,  Secty..  Soph.  Med.;  Howard 

B.  Bryer,  Treas.,  Sen.  Med. ;  Frank  G.  Cowherd, 
Cor.  Sec.j  Jun.  Med.  The  chairmen  of  commit- 
tees are:  Bible  Study  and  Religious  Meetings, 
F.  D.  Wilson ;  New  Students  and  Membership, 

C.  F.  Strosnider ;  Missionary,  F.  G.  Cowherd ; 
Literary,  L.  Kolb.  Members  are  earnestly  de- 
sired. Every  student  who  is  z  professing  Chris- 
tian should  join  this  Society. 

:  o: 

The  Bndozvment  Fund  has  made  little  prog- 
ress since  last  issue.  John  E.  Semmes,  A.  S.  J. 
Owens,  E.  G.  Miller,  Jr.,  each  $10.00 ;  John  Hin- 
■richs,  William  H.  Lucas,  each  $5.00,  are  all  the 
new  subscriptions  we  have  to  report.     The  fol- 

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OF   BALTIMORE, 
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OLD  MARYLAND. 


lowing  cash  annual  paj-ments  on  previous  sub- 
scriptions have  been  received:  J.  M.  Hundley, 
$25.00;  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Baltzell,  L.  Greif  &  Brc, 
each  $10.00  ;  J.  N.  Morris,  $5.00  ;  Jos.  W.  Hering, 
$3.00;  C.  B.  Henkel,  $2.00.  We  have  renewed 
the  suggestion  to  the  members  of  the  Graduating 
Classes  of  1907  to  contribute  $1  each  towards  a 
subscription  to  be  entered  in  their  name.  We 
are  glad  to  learn  that  the  suggestion  has  been 
adopted.  The  Chairman  of  the  Endowment 
Committee  will  be  glad  to  receive  subscriptions 
intended  for  this  Fund  at  the  Medical  Library, 
between  12  and  2  o'clock  daily.  Mr.  Theo.  A. 
Schaefer,  Sen.  Med.,  has  already  started  the  ball 
rolling.  It  will  be  a  nice  thing  for  the  Centennial 
Classes  to  show  their  zeal  and  interest  in  their 
Alma  Mater  by  contributing  to  this  Fund,  which 
will  do  them  much  credit.  We  are  informed  that 
the  Jun.  Med.  Class  has  resolved  to  subscribe  a 
like  amount.       .  ^ . 

The  spectacle  of  the  friends  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  engaged — and  be- 
yond doubt — successfully  engaged  in  raising 
$500,000  within  thirty  days !  is  riveting  the  atten- 
tion of  this  entire  community.  A  splendid 
cause !  A  magnificent  achievement !  The  re- 
sults show  how  much  money  there  is  lying  around 
more  or  less  loose  in  Baltimore.  We  can  no 
longer  after  .this  boast  as  so  many  do  of  the  pov- 
erty of  our  city. 

It  is  gratifying  to  know  that  University  of 
Maryland  men  are  doing  a  large  share  of  the  col- 
lecting, and  the  names  of  Messrs.  W.  G.  Baker, 
Jr.,  J.  Harry  Tregoe,  E.  G.  Gibson,  B.  C.  Steiner 
and  Oregon  M.  Dennis,  all  alumni  of  our  Law 
School,  are  conspicuous  in  the  daily  reports  of 
progress. 

It  is  most  natural  that  the  suggestion  should 
arise  if  the  Christian  Association  can  raise 
$500,000,  why  cannot  an  old  University  on  the 
eve  of  its  Centennial  secure  the  paltry  sum  of 
$100,000  ?  It  is  simply  because  we  have  not  the 
heart  for  this  work  that  the  others  have,  and  do 
not  realize  the  necessity  for  it  as  we  should. 
Who  can  doubt  that,  if  we  could  start  up  and 
down  the  streets  of  this  city  100  men  of  the  char- 
acter of  those  who  are  working  for  the  Associa- 

B)rover6   anO   /lliecbanics'   IRatlonal   3Banft    :    : 

DO  A  BANKING  BUSINESS 
AND  HAVE  SAFE  DEPOSIT  BOXES  FOR  RENT 


tion  we  would  secure  our  small  fund  in  the  same 
period  of  time?  Can  we  not  do  it?  Can  we  not 
inaugurate  the  work  in  January  or  February, 
when  our  business  men  shall  have  entered  uf>on 
a  new  year  and  wound  up  the  accounts  of  1906? 


His  Excellency,  the  Governor,  has  appointed 
Monday,  Nov.  19,  at  3  P.  M.,  for  the  meeting  of 
the  committee  on  the  union  of  St.  John's  College 
and  this  University.  The  meeting  will  be  held  at 
his  office  in  the  Fidelity  Building.  The  task  be- 
fore the  committee  is  to  draw  up  a  form  of  con- 
tract to  be  submitted  to  the  governing  bodies  of 
the  two  institutions  for  approval.  As  the  latter 
have  already  formally  expressed  their  sanction  of 
such  union,  and  as  the  expediency  and  the  desire 
for  the  union  are  so  well  assured,  it  would  seem 
that  the  arrangement  is  certain  of  accomplish- 
ment. We  are  much  indebted  to  the  Governor 
for  the  hearty  interest  he  has  taken  in  the  matter 
since  it  was  first  suggested,  and  also  to  Mr.  J. 
Wirt  Randall,  who  has  led  in  the  discussions  and 
in  the  devising  of  the  only  plan  of  consolidation 
which  seems  feasible  at  this  time.  Dr.  Fell,  Dr. 
Winslow,  and  the  other  members  of  the  commit- 
tee also  deserve  credit  for  their  ready  concur- 
rence in  the  proposed  action. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  Agricultural  Col-  . 
lege  is  not  yet  prepared  to  follow  the  example  of 
St.  John's.  We  hope  that  the  benefits  accruing 
to  the  above  institutions  from  union  may  lead  its 
Trustees  to  look  more  favorably  upon  it.  We  do 
not  forget  that  when  the  committee  met  at 
Annapolis  last  winter,  the  representative  of  the 
Agricultural  College,  Dr.  Hill,  of  Prince  George 
Co.,  was  at  first  opposed  to  it,  but  when  it  was 
explained  to  him,  expressed  himself  as  heartily  in 
favor  of  it.  And  we  cannot  but  think  that  the 
other  Trustees,  when  better  informed,  will  ex- 
perience the  same  change  of  opinion.  It  cannot 
be  a  matter  of  indifference  to  the  authorities  of  the 
Agricultural  College  to  become  part  of  what  is  j 
likely  in  the  end  to  develop  into  a  great  State  '^ 
University,  and  to  share  the  benefits  of  the  influ- 
ences which  are  likely  to  flow  to  them  from  the 
other  members  of  such  a  union.  The  Agricul- 
tural College,  however  good,  must  always  be  but 
a  small  factor  in  the  great  educational  system  of 
this  country  as  long  as  it  remains  as  it  is  now  en- 
tirely isolated. 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


171 


At  last  some  of  the  good  things  seem  to  be 
coming  our  way.  On  the  19th  of  last  October, 
Mr.  Joshua  G.  Harvey,  the  President  of  the  West- 
ern National  Bank  of  this  city,  died,  leaving  an 
estate  the  exact  value  of  which  is  as  yet  uncertain, 
but  is  estimated  at  from  $.500,000  to  $1,000,000. 
Except  for  a  few  trifling  bequests  to  relatives — 
amounting  to  some  $33,000,  the  entire  estate  is 
left  in  trust  to  the  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Com- 
pany, the  net  income  to  be  paid  to  Mr.  Harvey's 
son  during  life.  Upon  the  death  of  this  gentle- 
man, the  sole  heir  of  the  testator,  the  residue  is  to 
be  equally  divided  between  the  Hospital  of  this 
University,  that  for  Consumptives  of  Maryland 
and  the  Union  Protestant  Infirmary,  all  situated 
in  this  city.  The  bequests  to  the  corporations 
named  are  absolute,  and  the  legacy  is  absolutely 
in  the  discretion  of  their  managers  or  trustees. 
The  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company  is  also 
named  as  executor. 

No  such  fortune  as  this  has  ever  struck  this  in- 
stitution, and  we  are  justly  the  subjects  of  the 
deepest  congratulation.  Although  not  available 
for  several — possibly  mam'  years — we  can  look 
forward  with  the  most  reasonable  certainty  to  its 
fruition. 

There  is  perhaps  no  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity which  needs  such  aid  as  much  as  the  hospital. 
It  has  never  been  entirely  self-supporting  and  fre- 
quentl}'  in  its  history  the  debts  accumulating  in 
conducting  it  have  been  serious  sources  of  embar- 
rassment and  even  of  danger.  The  interest  from 
the  share  of  the  bequest  to  come  to  us,  even  at  a 
low  interest,  will  be  amply  sufficient  to  meet  any 
deficiency  in  income  that  may  occur. 

It  is  perhaps  too  soon  to  be  discussing  the  dis- 
position of  this  fund— $200,000  to  $300,000— but 
we  earnestly  hope  that  those  in  charge  of  our  Hos- 
pital   will    see    their    way    to   placing   the    entire 

John  TurnbuII,  Jr.,  &  Co. 

IMPORTERS  AND  DEALERS  IN 


fpels,  M 


Howard  and  Franklin  Streets 


amount  in  the  form  of  a  permanent  endowment. 
Amply  provided,  as  they  have  been  by  the -recent 
Legislature  with  the  means  for  any  necessary  ad- 
ditions or  alterations  to  the  present  buildings, 
they  will  not,  at  least  for  many  years,  need  to 
spend  anything  more  in  that  direction.  The  his- 
tory of  the  Grey  legacy,  the  only  other  bequest 
ever  made  to  the  Hospital,  should  teach  us  the 
lesson — that  money  expended  in  buildings  or  cur- 
rent expenses  cannot  be  looked  upon  as  endow- 
ment, and  soon  becomes  lost  in  the  changes 
wrought  by  time. 

:  o: 

The  following  note  from  Mr.  Carter,  a  distin- 
guished alumnus  of  this  University  and  B*irst  Sec- 
retary of  the  American  Legation  in  London,  who 
is  now  vsiting  America,  will  explain  itself.  We 
had  hoped  to  have  him  speak  at  the  University 
upon  some  subject.  There  are  many  things  .of 
great  interest — derived  from  his  long  experience 
in  the  great  English  metropolis — that  it  would 
have  interested  our  University  circles  to  hear. 
Tuxedo  Park,  NewYork, 
Dear  Dr.  Cordell:  November  1,  1906. 

I  beg  to  thank  you  for  your  very  kind  letter, 
which  touched  me  very  much. 

I  should  very  much  like  to  avail  myself  of  your 
flattering  proposal  to  speak  upon  one  of  the  sub- 
jects mentioned  in  your  letter.  Unfortunately, 
my  visit  to  America,  having  of  necessity  been 
much  curtailed,  is  of  the  briefest  possible  descrip- 
tion, and  the  consequent  pressure  of  engagements 
will,  to  my  great  regret,  deprive  me  of  the  pleas- 
ure of  doing  many  things  I  had  hoped  and  prom- 
ised to  do. 

And  consequently  I  am  constrained  to  include 
among  my  missed  opportunities  the  privilege  of 
reading  a  paper  before  the  Library  and  Historical 
Society  of  the  University. 

With  many  renewed  thanks  for  your  extremely 
courteous  letter, 

Believe  me, 

With  great  regard. 

Yours  sincerely, 
John  Ridgcly  Carter. 

RESINOL  OINTMENT 

and   RESINOL   SOAP 

Are  Genuine  Comforts  to  Physician  and  Patient  Alike. 
SESD  FOE  SAMPLES  AND  TKY  THEM. 


BOTH  'PHONES 


BALTIMORE,  MD.     RESINOL  CHEMICAL  COMPANY, 


Baltimore,  Md. 


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OLD    MARYLAND. 


SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 

On  Monday,  November  5,  1900,  the  Senior 
Class  elected  the  following  officers :  President, 
Norman  E.  Shakespeare ;  Vice-Pres.,  Louis 
Kirchner ;  Secretary,  S.  William  Ford ;  Treas- 
urer, C.  Howard  Lapouraille ;  Editor,  Bernard 
F.  Behrman;  Asst.  Editor,  Maysville  J.  Freeman; 
Sergt.-at-Arms,  Frederick  G.  Seidel;  Prophet, 
Richard  L  Esslinger;  Historian,  Harry  J.  F. 
Mnnzert;  Artist,  Christobal  J.  Caraballo. 

The  Maryland  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  an- 
nounced the  names  of  nineteen  candidates  who 
successfully  passed  the  examination  held  by  it 
October  i.  Among  them  we  find  as  "Pharma- 
cists," Drs.  William  Devan  and  Merker  N.  Bup- 
pert,  Class  of  1906,  and  J.  R.  Miller  and  Philip 
J.  H.  Boenning,  of  the  Senior  Class;  as  "Assist- 
ant Pharmacists,"  Charles  O.  Laney,  William  H. 
Thornton    and    Bayard   Vansant,    of   the   Junior 

Class.                        '  N.  E.   S. 
:o: 

SCHOOL  OF  MEDICINE. 

The  following  officers  have  been  elected  in 
the  different  classes : 

Senior  Class :  R.  C.  FrankHn,  Ga.,  Presi- 
dent; J.  C.  Keaton,  Ga.,  Vice-Pres.;  H.  V. 
Harbaugh,  Md.,  Secretary;  J.  L.  Valentiny, 
Md.,  Treasurer;  A.  E.  Landers,  Md.,  Chair- 
man Executive  Com. ;  A.  C.  Mitchell,  Md.,  His- 
torian ;  R.  A.  Warren,  Va.,  Valedictorian,;  A. 
J.  G.  Gabel,  Ga.,  Prophet;  H.  P.  Hill,  N.  Y., 
Poet;  L.  Vogel,  Md.,  Sergeant-at-Arms. 

Junior  Class :  G.  H.  Richards,  Md.,  Presi- 
dent; L.  Kalb,  Md.,  Vice-Pres.;  J.  L.  BurnSj^ 
Md.,  Secretary;  J.  Mackall,  Md.,  Treasurer; 
J.  T.  Taylor,  N.  C,  Editor;  C.  R.  Anderson, 
Va.,  Sergeant-at-Arms. 

Sophomore  Class:  Jos.  W.  Hooper,  Md., 
President ;  J.  B.  Parramore,  Fla.,  Vice-Pres. ; 
E.  B.  Wright,  Va.,  Secretary;  N.  J.  Broad- 
water, Md.,  Treasurer;  W.  J.  Gibson,  N.  C, 
Sergeant-at-Arms;  J.  M.  Gillespie,  Va.,  His- 
torian. 

Freshman  Class:  N.  G.  Kirk,  Md.,  President; 
J.  H.  Vondreele,  Jr.,  Md.,  Vice-Pres.;  R.  C. 
Truitt,  Md.,  Secretary;  C.  E.  Fowble,  Md., 
Treasurer;  S.  G.  Glover,  S.  C,  Sergeant-at- 
Arms. 

Arthur  Ernest  Landers,  Md.,  Senior,  has 
been  appointed  as  the  representative  of  the  stu- 
dents on  Centennial.  R.  C.  F. 


SCHOOL  OF  DENTISTRY. 

This  Department  opens  with  very  bright 
prospects  for  a  successful  session.  The  total 
enrollment  is  172,  being  the  largest  in  several 
years.  Owing  to  the  tuition  being  raised  from 
$100  to  $1.50  per  term,  it  was  thought  the 
Freshman  Class  would  be  small.  Such  is  not 
the  case,  however,  as  the  matriculation  number 
runs  up  to  68. 

There  have  been  several  changes  in  the  Fac- 
ulty since  the  term  opened.  D.  M.  R.  Cul- 
breth,  M.D.,  Ph.G.,  Professor  of  Materia  Med- 
ica  and  Therapeutics,  resigned  this  chair  and 
Dr.  C.  W.  Mitchell  was  elected  Professor  of 
Therapeutics  and  Dr.  F.  J.  S.  Gorgas  Profes- 
sor of  Materia  Medica.  Ten  days  after  these 
appointments,  a  Faculty  meeting  was  held  and 
the  schedule  was  changed  as  follows:  Timo- 
thy O.  Heatwole,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Professor  of 
Therapeutics,  Materia  Medica  and  Orthodon- 
tia; L.  W'hliting  Farinhiolt,  D'.D.Sl.,  Associate 
Professor  of  Crown  and  Bridge  Work,  and 
Demonstrator  of  Porcelain  Inlay  Work. 

R.  W.  Ball,  D.D.S.,  a  graduate  of  the  Balti- 
more Medical  College,  Class  of  1906,  is  with  us 
this  year,  taking  a  post-graduate  course  and 
demonstrating  in  the  Infirmary.  L.  R.  Zieg- 
ler,  D.D.S.,  graduate  of  the  University  of  Md., 
Class  of  1906,  is  attending  the  post-graduate 
course  and  demonstrating  in  the  Infirmary. 

We  have  with  us  in  the  Senior  Class  the  fol- 
lowing students  from  other  colleges:  J.  F. 
Kernodle  and  T.  F.  Epes,  from  the  Medical 
College  of  Virginia,  Richmond,  Va. ;  H.  L. 
Mann  and  R.  F.  Simmons,  from  the  Univer- 
sity College  of  Medicine,  Richmond,  Va. ;  G. 
C.  Weighart,  O.  J.  O'Schanecy,  W.  J.  Lewis, 
from  Buffalo  Dental  College,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; 
C.  J.  MacKenna,  H.  T.  Hill,,  R.  J.  Gibbs,  and 
W.  H.  Chapell,  from  Tufts  Dental  College, 
Boston,  Mass. ;  S.  H.  McCall,  S.  C.  Ford,  and 
T.  J.  Market,  from  Baltimore  College  of  Den- 
tal Surgery;  L.  A.  Theil,  from  Wisconsin  Den- 
tal College;  H.  C.  Smathers  and  R.  H.  Mills, 


Surgical  and  Hospital  Supplies 


Sick  Room  Supplies 


Dental  Forceps       Microscopes  and  Accessories 
THE  CHAS.  WILLMS  SURGICAL  INSTRUMENT  CO. 

300    NORTH    HOWARD    STREET 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


173 


from  Southern  Dental  College,  Atlanta,  Ga., 
and  W.  H.  Lyons  and  A.  C.  Roy,  from  Balti- 
more Medical  College. 

Dr.  W.  H.  Pierson,  graduate  of  the  Class  of 
1900,  practicing  in  Florida,  spent  a  week  in 
Baltimore,  in  October.  Dr.  Pierson  entered 
his  brother,  W.  F.  Pierson,  Jr.,  in  the  Fresh- 
man Class. 

Dr.  J.  S.  Cahill,  of  Rocky  Mount,  Va.,  who 
took  a  post-graduate  course  last  year,  spent 
several  days  in  Baltimore,  in  October,  and 
entered  his  brother,  W.  D.  Cahill,  in  the  Fresh- 
man Class. 

Dr.  J.  Alex.  Roach,  of  Madison,  N.  C,  gradu- 
ate of  1898,  was  in  Baltimore  for  several  days 
in  October,  and  entered  his  nephew,  E.  H. 
Hopkins,  in  the  Freshman  Class. 

The  Senior  Class  held  their  election  in  the 
Dental  Lecture  Hall,  Thursday,  October  18, 
and  the  following  officers  were  elected : 

R.  Orman  Apple,  N.  C,  President;  A.  Pres- 
ton Scarborough,  Pa.,  Vice-Pres. ;  R.  T.  Som- 
ers,  Va.,  Secty. ;  Edw.  Greene,  N.  C,  Treasr. ; 
T.  W.  Smithson,  N.  C,  Sgt.-at-Arms ;  A.  Mack, 
Berryhill,  N.  C,  Orator;  L.  P.  Baker,  N.  C, 
Critic;  J.  W.  Harrower,  Va.,  Historian;  A.  P. 
Reade,  N.  C,  Poet;  S.  Teraki,  Japan,  Artist; 
L.  J.  Robertson,  Md.,  Prophet. 

The  Executive  Committee  as  appointed  by 
the  President  consists  of  F.  D.  Carlton,  N.  C, 
Chairman;  T.  A.  Apple,  N.  C. ;  H.  L.  Mann, 
N.  C. ;  S.  E.  Douglass,  N.  C. ;  W.  H.  Perrin, 
S.  C. ;  T.  F.  Epes,  Va. ;  W.  M.  Degnan,  Mass. ; 
H.  C.  Smathers,  N.  C. 

The  Board  of  Editors  will  not  be  appointed 
until  it  is  definitely  known  how  many  the 
Senior  Class  is  entitled  to. 

The  Junior  Class  election  was  held  at  the 
close  of  the  session  last  year,  and  the  following 
officers  were  then  elected:  E.  B.  Howie,  N. 
C,  President;  C.  L.  Calloway,  W.  Va.,  Vice- 
Pres.  ;  F.  A.  Lasley,  N.  C,  Treasr. ;  Miss  L.  M. 
Blankard,  Md.,  Secty. ;  R.  G.  Pyles,  Md.,  Sgt.- 
at-Arms. 

The  Freshman  Class  election  was  held  at 
some  hall  on  Charles  St.,  October  16.  The 
Freshmen  were  a  little  excited,  and  thought  it 
would  be  much  safer  to  hold  their  election 
away  from  the  College  to  avoid  interference 
of  the  Juniors.  The  following  officers  were 
elected :     W.   F.   Pierson,  Jr.,   Va.,   President ; 


Beachley,  Secty.;  Bealmear,  Treas-.;  Sullivan, 
Prophet;  Cordray,  Orator;  Hayden,  Historian; 
G.  B.  Geyer,W.Va.,  Vice-Pres. ;  C.  A,  Shreave, 
Md.,  Secty.;  C.  C.  Spies,  Md.,  Treasr.;  Miss 
O.  Monks,  Md.,  Asst.  Secty.;  R.  A.  Buhrman, 
Md.,  Sgt.-at-Arms ;  J.  A.  Dandelin,  Md.,  Artist. 

:o: R.  O.A. 

SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 

The  winter  term  has  begun  in  good  shape  and 
the  work  in  the  various  classes  has  been  moving 
along  nicely. 

Mr.  Eli  Frank  has  taken  up  the  subjects  of 
"Title  and  Conveyancing,"  one  of  the  chairs  for- 
merly occupied  by  the  late  Judge  Baer.  Mr.  J. 
J.  Donaldson  has  also  begun  his  course  on  "Ju- 
risprudence" with  the  Seniors,  and  his  Friday 
afternoon  lectures  have  been  greatly  enjoyed.  He 
has  very  kindly  presented  to  the  Library  several 
valuable  text-books  on  his  subject. 

Mr.  John  P.  Poe,  Dean  of  the  Law  School, 
who  spent  the  summer  at  work  on  revising  and 
re-editing  his  two-volume  treatise  on  "Pleading 
and  Practice,"  is  at  present  taking  a  well-earned 
rest  of  two  weeks.  During  his  absence  his  son, 
E.  A.  Poe,  will  quiz  the  Seniors  on  Reynolds' 
text-book  of  Evidence,  and  will  also  lecture  to 
the  intermediate  class  on  "Bills  and  Notes." 

Mr.  Dickerson,  a  graduate  of  the  Law  School, 
has  begun  work  with  his  quiz  club,  and  a  num- 
ber of  Seniors  who  contemplate  taking  the  Bar 
examination,  Nov.  36-27,  are  in  attendance. 

Mr.  Charles  Prince,  the  law  editor  of  the  Terra 
Marice,  has  appointed  as  assistants,  R.  C.  Rose 
and  A.  J.  Lilly. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Captain  Runge,  the 
students  are  now  supplied  with  ice  water  in  the 
lobby. 

Judge  Stockbridge  has  promised  to  deliver  his 
lecture  on  "Receivers  and  Receivership"  before 
the  Senior  Class  some  night  early  in  December. 
The  event  will  be  one  looked  forward  to  with 
much  pleasure  by  the  class. 

The  sessions  of  the  Moot  Court  have  begun 
very  auspiciously  under  the  direction  of  Listruc- 
tor  Chestnut. 

The  Senior  Class  has  elected  the  following  of- 
ficers:      Eppler,    President;     Clark,     Vice-Pres.; 

NUNN     &     CO.,     BOOKSELLERS  AND  STATIONERb 

227   NORTH   HOWARD   STREET. 

COMPLETE  LINE  OP  BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Medical  Books— Students'  Supplies. 


174 


OLD    MARYLAND. 


Cook,  Sergeant-at-Arms;  Williams,  Chairman ; 
Mudd,  Shriver,  Wilson,  Dryden,  Dunn,  Rowe, 
Hayden,  Young,  Anthony,  Exsciitive  Committee. 

The  Intermediate  Class  has  elected  the  follow- 
ing officers:  Hartman,  President;  Freeney,  Vice- 
Pres.;  Roycroft,  Secty.;  Bartlett,  Treas.;  Haugh, 
Prophet;  Dinneen,  Historian;  Brenner,  Poet. 

The  Junior  Class  has  elected  Kern,  President, 
pro-tern.  G.  l.  E. 
:  o: 

Marriages :  Baird  Urquhart  Brooks,  M.D. 
(1905),  of  Durham,  N.  C,  to  Miss  Annie  Louise 
Sills,  at  Baltimore,  Oct.  24-. — John.  Thomas 
O'Mara.  M.D.  (1903),  of  Balto.,  to  Miss  Jo- 
sephine Euphrasia  Larkin,  at  Pelham,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
10.  They  spent  their  honeymoon  at  Atlantic 
City. — LeRoy  Smith.  Senior  Student  in  the 
School  of  Law,  of  Snow  Hill,  Md.,  to  Miss  Helen 
A.  Rich,  of  Rock  Hall,  Kent  Co.,  Md.  The  mar- 
liage  took  place  at  EUicott  City  on  July  31st, 
1906. 

Deaths:  Frank  W.  Schuessler,  M.D.  (1890), 
at  Baltimore,  Oct.  16,  aged  40.  He  was  a  native 
of  Bavaria  and  came  to  this  country  in  1884.  He 
practiced  at  Canton. — Duncan  Sinclair,  M.D. 
(1855),  at  Rowland,  N.  C,  early  in  October, 
1906,  aged  84:.— Joseph  C.  Mnllin,  L.L.B.  (1894), 
at  Baltimore,  October  25,  aged  34.  He  took  A. B. 
at  Loyola  College  in  1892  and  later  the  A.M.  de- 
gree at  the  same  institution.  He  was  also  Presi- 
dent of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  College, 
Secretary  of  the  Maryland  Historical  Society  and 
.  Professor  in  the  Baltimore  Law  School.  He  was 
deeply  interested  in  benevolent,  literary  and  re- 
form movements  and  was  active  in  all  things  per- 
taining to  the  relations  of  citizenship. — John  J^ee 
Gordon,  M.D.  (1845),  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  aged 
86,  of  bronchitis. — Robert  L.  Morrison,  M.D. 
(1896),  of  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  in  New  York 

:     ;     Students  of  Medicine  and  Dentistry      :     : 


WUl  find  much  to  interest 
them  in   the  stoclc  of 


City,  October  15,  of  abscess  of  the  brain,  for 
which  he  was  operated  on,  aged  35. — Bthan  W. 
Foster,  D.D.S.  (1905),  committed  suicide  by 
shooting  himself  at  Union,  S.  C,  Oct.  29. 

:o: 

"There  are  few  young  men  in  this  or  any  other 
city  the  news  of  whose  death  would  be  heard 
with  keener  or  more  widespread  sorrow  and  re- 
gret than  that  which  will  be  felt  over  the  passing 
away  of  Mr.  Joseph  C.  Mullin.  A  man  of  ex- 
ceptional personal  charm,  of  mai'ked  talent  and 
promise,  of  an  engaging  modesty  and  of  a  sim- 
ple beauty  of  character,  he  united  with  personal 
traits  that  endeared  him  to  all  who  knew  him  the 
qualities  of  a  good  citizen  and  a  helpful  worker 
for  the  general  good.  What  adds  a  peculiar  touch 
of  sadness  to  this  death  is  the  exceptionally  beau- 
tiful relation  that  has  existed  between  Mr.  Mullin 
and  his  father,  Mr.  Michael  A.  Mullin,  a  lawyer 
and  citizen  who  is  deservedly  held  in  the  highest 
honor  in  this  city,  and  to  whom,  in  this  sore  af- 
fliction, the  most  heartfelt  sympathy  of  hundreds 
will  go  out,  and  the  hope  that  he  may  find  strength 
and  solace  to  bear  him  up  under  his  bereavement." 
— Balto.  Nezi's. 


A  meeting  of  the  Committees  on  Centen- 
nial was  held  at  the  Germania  Club,  Fa3rette, 
near  Eutaw  St.,  on  Nov.  2,  Professor  Hemme- 
ter  in  the  Chair  and  Dr.  Taneyhill  Secretary 
pro  tern.  The  plan  and  scope  of  the  celebration 
as  agreed  upon  by  the  organizing  committee,  a 
few  days  previously,  were  explained  by  the 
Chairman  and  Dr.  Ashby.  After  much  discus- 
sion, it  was  agreed  that  the  celebration  should 
occur  at  the  end  of  May  and  should  occupy 
four  days,  the  final  day  to  be  devoted  to  relig- 
ious exercises,  it  being  tmderstood  that  Bishop 
Luther   B.  Wilson,  of  the   M.   E.   Church,   an 

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175 


alumnus  of  the  University  (1877),  would  be 
asked  to  preach  the  sermon.  On  one  of  the 
other  days  the  joint  commencement  of  the  four 
schools  should  be  held  at  the  Lyric  Theater  at 
12  M.,  with  the  conferring  of  honorary  degrees. 
That  evening  the  grand  banquet  to  be  held  at 
the  same  place.  On  another  day  there  would 
be  a  reception  at  the  University  Hospital,  and 
the  halls,  laboratories,  museums,  etc.,  would 
be  open  for  inspection.  There  would  also  be 
on  this  day  society,  fraternity  and  class  re- 
unions, smokers,  dinners,  private  entertain- 
ments, etc.  The  third  day  would  be  a  students' 
day  and  would  be  celebrated  by  them  with  ath- 
letics and  by  a  torchlight  procession  and  smo- 
ker or  ball  in  the  evening.  The  buildings,  of 
course,  will  be  decorated  and  it  is  possible  that 
an  excursion  may  be  provided  for,  Mr.  Ore- 
gon Milton  Dennis,  president  of  the  General 
Alumni  Association,  and  member  of  the  City 
Council,  having  offered  to  secure  for  our  use 
free  of  charge  the  ice-boat  Latrobe.  Of  course, 
these  details  are  subject  to  modification. 

Owing  to  the  possibility  of  a  conflict  in  date 
with  other  meetings  to  be  held  about  the  same 
time — the  American  Medical  Association  and 
the  Jamestown  Exposition — at  the  suggestion 
of  Judge  Stockbridge,  the  matter  of  exact  date 
was  referred  to  a  committee  composed  of  the 
Chairman,  the  President  of  St.  John's  College 
and  the  Deans  of  our  four  professional  schools, 
to  report  upon  at  the  next  meeting.  It  was 
thought  that  such  an  arrangement  could  be 
effected  that  alumni  could  avail  themselves  of 
the  reduced  rates  and  take  in  at  the  same  time 
the  Centennial  and  one  or  more  of  the  other 
meetings.  The  President  announced  that 
meetings  of  the  Joint  Committees  would  be 
held  monthly,  and  on  motion  of  Dr.  Fleming, 
the  sub-committees  were  requested  to  report 
monthly. 

On  motion  of  Dr.  Biedler  it  was  ordered  that 
a  mass  meeting  of  alumni  and  friends  of  the 
University  be  held  in  January  next,  with  the 
object  of  promoting  the  interests  of  the  Uni- 
versity and  especially  promoting  the  success 
of  the  Centennial.  The  Chairman  appointed 
the  following  as  such  committee :  H.  H.  Bied- 
ler, G.  Lane  Taneyhill,  Charles  E.  Sadtler,  C. 
V.  Matthews,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  and  Presi- 
dent Thomas  Fell.  The  presence  of  President 
Fell    at    this    meeting    elicited    great    pleasure 


from  those  present  and  was  hailed  as  a  certain 
omen  of  the  near  approach  of  the  union  of 
the  University  with  St.  John's.  Scarcely  less 
was  the  satisfaction  with  which  Messrs.  Poe 
and  Stockbridge  and  the  various  representa- 
tives of  the  departments  of  Dentistry  and  Phar- 
macy were  greeted. 

Since  the  above  was  written  the  committee  on 
dates  has  met  and  decided  upon  Thursday,  May 
30,  and  the  three  succeeding  days :  Thursday  to 
be  the  alumni  day,  with  reception  at  Hospital, 
€tc. ;  Friday  University  day,  with  Commencement 
and  banquet,  Saturday  Students'  day,  with  excur- 
sion, etc.,  and  Sunday  religious  and  concluding 
exercises. 

The  next  meetings  of  the  Centnnial  Commit- 
tees will  be  held  at  Germania  Club,  Nov.  23,  8.30 
P.  M.  O.  M.  Dennis  has  been  added  to  the 
Biedler  Committee. 


-:  o:- 


James  E.  Cam,  Jr.,  LL.B.  (1880),  has  been 
appointed  a  member  of  the  Advisory  Committee 
on  Honorary  Degrees  for  the  Centennial,  by  the 
General  Alumni  Association,  vice  Judge  Henry 
Stockbridge,  resigned  on  account  of  his  election 
to  the  Board  of  Regents.  Dr.  Hiram  Woods  is 
the  Society's  other  representative  on  this  Commit- 
tee.— The  following  officers  of  the  University  Hos- 
pital Medical  Society  were  elected  for  the  present 
season  at  the  first  meeting  held  October  16  :  Presi- 
dent, C.  W.  McElfresh ;  Vice-President,  John  A. 
Tompkins,  Jr. ;  Secretary,  Walter  H.  Mayhew ; 
Executive  Committee:  Drs.  Jose  Hirsh,  J.  W. 
Holland  and  I.  M.  Spear. — Professor  Jos.  E. 
Gichner  has  been  appointed  Lecturer  on  Materia 
Medica  in  the  School  of  Medicine,  vice  Professor 
D.  M.  R.  Culbreth,  resigned.  Professor  Cul- 
breth  has  also  resigned  the  same  chair  in  the  Den- 
tal School  and  will  hereafter  confine  himself  to 
his  chair  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy .^Dr.  Frank 
R.  Rich  writes  that  it  is  contemplated  to  brmg  a 
carload  of  alumni  of  all  schools  from  Pittsburg 
to  the  Centennial.  Dr.  E.  P.  Sleppy  (Dent.),  of 
that  city,  is  much  interested  in  this  matter. — We 
have  received  Vol.  I,  No.  1,  of  The  Hospital  Mes- 

TKis  Pubiication  from  the  Press  of 


■JO.  1  E.  GERMAN 

Printers      Engravers      Stationers 


176 


OLD  MARYLAND. 


UlSriV^ERSITY   OF    MARYLAND.   BALTO..  MD. 


BERNARD     CARTER,    LL.     D..    Pkovost. 


School  of  Medicine 

Four  years  graded  course.  New  Laboratory 
Building.  Clinical  advantages  unsurpassed.  Teach- 
ing Staff  of  64.  100th  Annual  Session  will  begin  Oct. 
I,  1906,  and  continue  8  months. 

R.  DORSEY  COALE,  Ph.D.,  Dean. 

Department  of  Dentistry 

25th  Annual  Session  begins  Oct.  1,  1906,  and  con. 
tinnes  7  months.  33  Instructors.  New  Building. 
For  catalogue  containing  course  of  study,  etc.,  apply 
to 

F.  J.  S.  GORGAS,  M.D.,  D.D.S.,  Dean, 
845  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 


School  of  Law 


38th  Annual  Session  begins  Sept.  24,  1906.  Faculty 
of  13.  For  catalogue  containing  full  information  ad- 
dress the  Secretary,  1063  Calvert  Building,  Baltimore, 
Md.  JOHN  PRENTISS  POE,   LL.D.,  Dean. 

HENRY   D.   HARLAN,  LL.D.,   Secretary. 

Department  of  Pharmacy 

(Formerly  Maryland  College  of  Phaimacy).  63rd 
Annual  Session  begins  Sept.  24,  1906.  11  Instructors. 
New   Laboratories.     Address 

CHARLES  CASPARI,  Jr.,  Phar.  D.,  Dean, 

Baltimore,  Md. 


scitgcr,  which  is  puUished  quarterly  in  the  inter- 
est of  the  Episcopal  Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  Hos- 
pital, 1147  Fifteenth  St.,  Washington,  D.  C.  The 
Editor-in-Chief  is  E.  Oliver  Belt,  M.  D.,  the 
founder  of  the  hospital  and  a  member  of  the  medi- 
cal staff. — John  Ridgely  Carter,  LL.B.,  First  Sec- 
retary of  the  American  Embassy  at  London,  ar- 
rived in  New  York  October  17  and  will  spend  six 
weeks  in  this  country.  He  is  now  the  guest  of 
his  father.  Provost  Bernard  Carter,  in  this  city. 
—Robert  C.  Cole,  LL.B.  (1889),  sailed  from  New 
York  for  Naples,  Nov.  3,  and  will  spend  the  win- 
ter and  early  spring  in  Algiers. — At  the  annual 
election  of  officers  of  the  Society  of  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  held  on  Peggy  Stewart  day, 
Oct.  19,  Hon.  Henry  Stockbridge  was  elected 
President  and  Alfred  D.  Bernard,  LL.B.,  His- 
torian.— Jacob  S.  Rosenthal,  LL.B.,  has  re- 
turned from  Europe,  after  a  trip  of  several  weeks. 
— Dr.  William  Hewson  Baltzell,  who  has  spent 
the  past  two  and  a  half  years  abroad,  has  returned 
to  this  country  and  will  spend  the  winter  in  Balti- 
more.— Since  the  death  of  Albert  E.  Thompson, 
Ph.G.  (1873),  a  new  corporation  has  been  formed 
under  the  same  firm  name  of  Thomas  &  Thomp- 
son, to  carry  on  the  wholesale  and  retail  drug- 
business.      The      incorporators      are      John      B. 

I  subscribe ' dollars, 

or- dollars  a  year,  for -years, 

to  the  CENTENNIAL  ENDOWMENT  FUND  of  the 
University  of  Maryland 


_- {Name.) 

Sign  above  with  your  address  and  mail  to  Dr.  E.  E.  COR- 
DELL.  Chairman  End.  Com.,  855  N.  Eutaw  St.,  Baltimore. 


Thomas,  Eugene  W.  Hodson,  Oscar  B.  Thomas. 
Llowell  H.  Thomas  and  John  B.  Thomas,  Jr.  All 
of  these  are  alumni  of  this  University ;  Mr.  How- 
ell H.  Thomas  of  the  Law  School,  the  others  of 
the  School  of  Pharmacy.  The  capital  stock  of 
the  new  firm  is  $50,000. — Mrs.  Frank,  the  widow 
of  the  late  Dr.  Samuel  Leon  Frank  (1862)  has 
increased  her  donation  for  the  erection  of  a  new 
building  for  the  Hebrew  Hospital  in  Baltimore, 
from  $75,000  to  $80,000.  She  also  donates  $4,000 
for  the  establishment  of  a  memorial  room  for  the 
care  of  sick  professional  nurses,  and  promises  to 
endow  a  room  in  the  new  hospital  with  a  fund  of 
$4,000  in  memory  of  her  husband. — Dr.  Samuel 
Theobald's  book  on  Prevalent  Diseases  of  the  Eye 
is  illustrated  with  colored  plates  by  his  son,  Sam- 
uel Theobald,  Jr. — J.  Whitridge  Williams,  M.D. 
(1888), has  been  made  Director  of  the  Johns  Hop- 
kins Hospital  Dispensary. — Edwin  M.  Schindel, 
M.D.  (1883),  was  elected  President  and  J.  W. 
Humrichouse,  M.D.  (1873),  Delegate  to  the 
State  Society,  and  Hamilton  K.  Derr,  M.  D. 
(1881),  Treasurer,  of  the  Washington  Co.  Medi- 
cal Association,  at  a  meeting  held  at  Hagerstown, 
Md.,  Nov.  8.— Rev.  Horace  E.  Hayden,  of 
Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  writes  that  he  accepts  1837-38 
as  the  date  of  the  delivery  of  the  course  of  Dental 
lectures  in  this  University  by  his  grandfather. 
Dr.  H.  H.  Hayden  (see  last  issue  of  O.  M.).— 
The  question  of  the  title  of  the  church  on  the 
S.  E.  Corner  of  Lombard  and  Greene  Sts.,  which 
was  purchased  last  year  by  the  University,  has 
been  carried  to  the  Court  of  Appeals  and  an  early 
decision  regarding  it  is  expected. 


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