Albany College of Pharmacy - Alembic Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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Pharmaikon SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Class of January 1944: Three years ago in September, 1940, twenty-five students entered the portals of A.C.P., never thinking that their group would graduate with a class, consisting of only six members. This country was at peace then and the boys still held the reins at A.C.P. Our first important function as a class was to choose officers to look out for our interests. Those elected were: T. Hanley . N. Werlin . Peggy Israel J. Beeble . : Zelma Schoenffxd Frank Sweeney . President Vice-President Secretary 7 reasurer . Historian Student Council The highlight of the year’s social events was the Freshman-Sophomore dance, which proved to be a success. Sophomore Year—Ah! Upperclassmen at last. There is an air of uncertainty as the war clouds of the world grow. Already we have lost one of our men to the U. S. Navy—J. Mongiello—the first of our group to enter the armed forces. There is talk around school that we shall have to attend summer sessions so that an accelerated program may be sponsored. Some are in favor and some aren’t. The final decision was to have only the present Junior class attend. It was also in this year that we chose Joe Palisi, able student and athlete to head our class as president. September, 1942, finds the class of “44” again reduced in number. We are now nineteen in number. We soon learn that the summer that we have just enjoyed will be our last one until we graduate. Because of the accelerated program wc will now graduate in January 1944, instead of June. Activities, both social and business, were ably taken care of by our genial president, George George. The boys of the class participated in bowling, basketball and ping pong, while the girls favored sponsoring dances. Although it was thought that Uncle Sam was going to allow our boys to complete their schooling, the Army Reserve men were called in May of this year. We lost ten men to the Khaki, and three to the Navy Blue. They included: J. Beeble Prentiss Deringcr G. George W. Globcrson T. Hanley E. Hunting R. Major P. Rinaldi M. Silverman J. Stepner E. Sternfcld F. Sweeney N. Werlin Nineteen

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Alembic It was in this year that Dean O’Brien officially assumed his duties at A.C.P. We the class of “44” wish him the best of luck in his undertakings. After two weeks of vacation, the summer session started. Slowly that famous ratio of male students vs. female students shifted. The weaker sex was in power at last. The senior class elected tow'ering Tom Pitts as president. Several dances and a boat trip were sponsored by the student council and were a great treat to all. The last and final highlight that we, the class of “44” will enjoy is the Alumni Banquet, at which we are to receive our “Sheepskins”. It is with sorrow' and delight that we look forward to this—sorrow because we are leaving school, friends and. instructors; and delight because at last we are going out into the wrorld, each for a diff erent reason. Before I write the final lines to this history, I should like to mention that about ten years from now, if any of you reading this, should happen to return to Albany and pass A.C.P. and you hear a great deal of noise, shouting and laughing, you’ll know that is the first reunion of the class of “44”—all twenty-five of us. Yes, ten years from now, our class has decided to hold a real get-together. All are invited so come one, come all ! ! ! Class of September 1944: Back in 1941 we far from anticipated being seniors in 1944, but here we are— or rather here are a small number of us. When we first started we were twenty- five, but the army and navy have left us with but nine. The diminishing class, along with the cessation of the summer vacations, and other distinct changes have definitely brought the war close to all of us. Our freshman year progressed according to schedule. That wras before Uncle Sam took over. Dean Mansfield presided over us and we soon adopted ourselves to “college life”, both scholastically and socially. Those were the days of bowling, basketball, Senior Formal, student banquet, and the various other extra-curricular activities that wrc indulged in. Don’t misunderstand,—we did study and broadened our knowledge along Pharmaceutical lines; what one of us will ever forget Dr. Lutz’s nine o’clock Chemistry classes; he did his best, but attempting to grasp the principles of chemistry while in a semi-conscious state proved to be slightly difficult. One of our classmates, Jerry Nelligan, left after several months to join the U. S. Marines—the first one of us to join the armed services. The four months from May to September raced by and again we settled down to concentrating on text books, that is, all of us except “Lcs” Coons and “Collie” Bcvilaqua, who through one of those institutions known as a “draft board” changed their residence from Albany to the U. S. Army. Everyone took A.C.P. more seriously this year—after all we were seeking an education and if we were fortunate enough to possess the opportunity when so many students had lost it, why not take advantage of circumstances. We still took time out for a bowling team and a basketball team though. Our patriotism along with Dr. Dwyer’s influence, led us to cultivate a victory garden on the college campus as a Botany “side-line”. We were each given a vege- table to plant and some of the energetic members lent their abilities to spade the ground. Dr. Dwyer eventually “took over” and proudly reaped cabbage, toma- toes, and spinach. Twenty