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field  of  literature,  art,  science  or  theology.  In  conforming  with  this 
usage  the  regents  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  desiring  to  place 
upon  the  honor  roll  of  this  University  the  names  of  certain  distin- 
guished men,  have  caused  a  mandate  to  be  issued,  directing  that  on 
this  occasion  degrees  honoris  causa  be  conferred  upon  those  whose 
names  will  now  be  presented  to  the  Chancellor  one  by  one." 
The  representatives  of  the  different  departments  presented  to  the 
Chancellor  of  the  University  the  several  candidates  for  honorary 
degrees.  In  presenting  the  candidates  for  the  honorary  degrees 
in  Pharmacy,  Professor  Caspari  said  : — 
Mr.  Chancellor :  I  have  the  honor  to  present  three  of  those  men  who  have 
been  deemed  worthy  of  special  honor  by  the  regents,  and  who  have  been 
named  in  their  mandate,  and  I  respectfully  ask  that  they  be  admitted  to  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy,  honoris  causa. 
Charles  Emile  Dohme  :  graduate  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy, 
class  of  1862,  who  has  devoted  the  greater  part  of  his  life  to  laboratory  work 
pertaining  to  manufacturing  pharmacy,  resulting  in  numerous  and  valuable 
improvements  in  chemical  preparations. 
John  Francis  Hancock  :  graduate  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy, 
class  of  i860  ;  for  the  past  forty  odd  years  a  staunch  advocate  of  ethical  phar- 
macy, contributing  to  its  literature  and  scientific  research. 
Henry  Parr  Hynson  :  graduate  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  class 
of  1877,  who  for  thirty  years  has  been  an  enthusiastic  advocate  of  ethical  phar- 
macy, and  since  1900  an  earnest  and  successful  instructor  in  the  department  of 
pharmacy  in  this  university. 
Honorary  degrees  were  also  conferred  upon  the  following  candi- 
dates : — 
Doctor  of  Laws. — William  T.  Councilman,  Boston ;  Simon 
Flexner,  Rockefeller  Institute,  New  York  City ;  G.  Stanley  Hall, 
Clark  University ;  Francis  L.  Patton,  Princeton ;  Judge  James 
McSherry,  Maryland  Court  of  Appeals  ;  Major  James  Carroll, 
United  States  Marine  Hospital  Service  ;  Surgeon-General  Walter 
Wyman,  United  States  Marine  Hospital  Service;  S.  J.  Meltzer,  New 
York;  William  T.  Porter,  Baltimore;  Wm.  J.  Mayo,  Rochester, 
Minn.;  William  T.  Howard,  Baltimore ;  Samuel  C.  Chew,  Baltimore. 
Doctor  of  Science. — Alexander  C.  Abbott,  Philadelphia  ;  Henry 
J.  Berkely,  Baltimore  ;  Charles  P.  Noble,  Philadelphia  ;  J.  Homer 
Wright,  Boston  ;  J.  Whitridge  Williams,  Baltimore  ;  J.  Ford  Thomp- 
son, Washington,  D.  C;  Isaac  Stone,  Washington,  D.  C;  H.  D. 
Fry,  Washington,  D.  C;  N.  G.  Keirle,  Baltimore. 
