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

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FflcsHmnn class On the eighteenth of September, Dean Ballard extended his official greeting to the new freshmen class, and so initiated a new era into our College of Pharmacy. At once was the midst of scholars and wise men of solemn mein invaded by the most spirited crew of individu- alists to ever disregard the sacrosanct precepts of almighty Alma Mater. The youngest fresh- men class ever to be admitted was thereby in- augurated. Now what does the preceeding imply? In more straight forward jargon it is expressed by the following program: 1. To attain record breaking scholastic standards. 2. To maintain and expand all activities calculated to raise school prestige. 3. To raise the criteria of the pharmaceu- tical profession. 4. Above all, to support their country and to make whatever sacrifices are neces- sary to secure it intact and inviolable in the present stage of international crisis. The spirit which shall be manifested in the application of these resolutions has been evident to the trained viewer for some time. The intensive, unrestrained political campaign- ing for class officers was a fine example of their interest in democratic processes. The re- sults of this near revolution are: Class President RICHARD DAYTZ Vice President IRWIN SATIN Secretary BRUCE HOOK Treasurer CELESTE WOLPER Class Representative .... WARREN H. ABRAMS The sophistication and blase indifference with which they approach Aristotle, Voltaire, St. Augustine, Locke and a host of others indi- cates that at an average age of approximately eighteen, they have transcended the wisdom of centuries; the volume and pitch of the dis- cussion which transpires in the library on the subject of chemistry indicates a fanatical devo- tion to science is a great potential in this class. Another subject, Mosha ' s Meat Sandwich, which by now has been classified with the Great Blizzard and the Deluge as a matter devised to arouse great controversy, has been digested in sixteen different ways, including by the labor saving method of osmotic action through the front teeth. The determination demonstrated by these freshmen is shaken by but three prospects: More manhours of study, full laboratory peri- ods, and Professor Halsey, the Edgar Bergen of Mosha ' s Meat Sandwich. Without a doubt, if the Freshmen can face St. Augustine, the atomic bomb, the draft, ex- aminations, the police action and lectures of the Student Council and Mosha ' s Meat Sand- wich, they ' ll be the wonder of their generation.

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It seems like only yesterday that we ambled up to the College of Pharmacy to register for our freshman year. In no time at all we were all acquainted whether introductions were made over books, ping pong tables, or a fistful of playing cards. We were raring to start the school year. As freshmen we carried twenty credits, (a staggering amount, we protested!) We sat in Math with vacant faces watching Mr. Gleissner plaster the blackboard with figures that con- stantly approached zero, but never quite got there. Mr. Peikoff ' s Chem labs bring to mind one Monday afternoon when we were nearly blown off the face of the earth. A small matter of igniting hydrogen did the job. After the BOOM! and two minutes of suspenceful silence, we peered around to see a very sickly smile on the face of the culprit, and a fiery gleam in Dr. Bailey ' s eyes. And dear old Contemporary Civilization with the jolly two ton books we had to carry to class each day. Instructor Chill left the country after teaching us. That he shouldn ' t altogether forget the Class of ' 53, we presented him with a hand- some briefcase. Wholesale? But, of course. Our class rated the John Jay dances tops. One thing about those affairs — it proved we own other clothes besides acid eaten lab coats. And basket- ball wouldn ' t have been the same without players from the Class of ' 53. (So what if we only won two games that season?) We ' ve been warned innumerable times about the sophomore year. The warnings were understatements. Our Pharmacy class is unique in that we ' ve set up displays in the lobby. (When some of the girls walked out in their lab coats to buy art supplies, they heard, Look fellas, lady butchers! ) We are looking forward to many more memorable times — t hat is, if the curriculum will let us. S0PH0m0R€ CLASS