Columbia University College of Pharmacy - Apothekan Yearbook (New York, NY)

d SIXCERELI' appreciate the honor which the gradu- ating classes have conferred upon me. One of tlze rewards of teaching, and truly a source of keen satis- faction, is the knowledge that one has been a source of help in the student's acquisition of an education. There is nothing more inspiring to a teacher than a receptive and appreciative audience. It is a reminder that he has not lost sight of the student outlook. To tlze classes of '36, may I offer this parting message: While graduation from college presupposes a certain ability to meet the formal requirements of your profession, more than ability is required to crash through the barriers of a world that is but cooly receptive to the importunings of the novice. One must acquire a watchful patience, and in addition, sufficient initiative to create opportunities when there are no openings in sight. The world at no time has been burdened with an overproduction of good ideas. Do not be afraid to try something new. The men and women who have received the most out of life are those who have chosen untrodden paths. Do not, at the first disappointment or obstacle, look about for a guardian angel in the form of individual or state aid. Do not rationalize that the world owes you something. Remember that you are part of tlzat world. Do not look for easy roads to success. Success itself is never final and is far less interesting than the process of attaining it. To a pioneering youth that looks to no one for subsidy, but prefers to seek out opportunity and if necessary create it, may I extend my sincerest best wishes. .-XBRAH.-nr TAUB