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

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Alembic Now that we are leaving A. C. P., let us look back with fond memories on the days we spent here. When wc started in 1944, we were greeted with open arms. Those were the days when Dr. O’Brien had time to speak to the students for as long as they wished. Those of us that entered in June, attended the graduation of the Class of ’44. The October group was greeted with a get-acquainted dance. After that things began to liven up. Everyone knew each other and we were just like one big happy family. We forgot we were mere freshmen and began to take an interest in studies and activities. The Christmas dance was one of the big affairs of the year. The student council appropriated money for a sleigh ride which was well attended. In the spring of that year, there didn’t seem to be enough activities to satisfy us lowly freshmen—we had to have a class picnic. Caryl Ileeder invited us out and allowed us complete run of her place. We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows in an out- door fire place, drank pop and played baseball. In the evening we sang and danced in the house and talented members of the class played the piano. We learned a lot though—about Doc Dwyer’s Johnny Jones, O’B’s pet squirrel on the lawn, Prof. Hanmcr’s dog Jerry, and Prof. Reed’s pet' expression, “Now if you’ll bear with me.” Exams were getting close and we decided it was high time to buckle down. After all, we couldn’t be freshmen forever. After two weeks vacation in June, we were back to the old grind. Now that we were upper classmen, life was to be wonderful. That was until we ambled into Quant Lab on a hot humid day when we would much rather have been out swim- ming. By that time Bob Dyroff had left for the Army and Marvin Berkowitz for the Navy. On one hot August night the girls of the class were taking the fellows out as part of sorority initiation. That was really a night we won’t forget because the V.J. announcement came through resulting in a sudden change of plans. In October another Freshman class started and with that so did more activities. That winter there were more informal dances, a formal and a sleigh ride. Twenty