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

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SENIORS Classy (Mtcers Robert Hosler Joseph Crawley Shirley Clark Peter Alotta . President Vice-President . Secretary . Historian Fifteen

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ALEMBIC Senior Cla££ jfyixtovp It is with fond memories that we, the Class of ’49, look back upon the days, weeks and years at A.C.P. These memories are mixed, in a peculiar way, being a composite picture of past events which have left their imprints upon our very minds, perhaps forever. Within our memoirs we see those long nights of studying and memorizing, those minutes before every exam when everyone’s nerves were literally tied in knots, those painfully distorted tempers and faces when marks were made known, and lastly those wonderful moments which gave us the lighter side of life in our roster of social events and extracurricular activities. It is for these memories that our class history is written. It was October 22, 1945 when some seventy odd forty-niners, the first postwar class on regular four year college schedule, picked up their mortars and pestles for the first time. It was at this time that some changes were made necessary within the college. For example, up to this time, especially during war years, seminar had been held in room 306. It was at the time of the first seminar our class attended that Dr. O’Brien decided the audi- torium should, once, again, be unlocked to the weekly meetings of the student body. It was also decided at this time that each Freshman would no longer be personally introduced to the student body as the introduction of our class became somewhat tedious to all concerned. A dance was held for the introduction of the Freshmen followed by a full semester of activities and, of course, hard work. By the time the second semester rolled around Dr. O’Brien had decided to admit another Freshman class. When this group entered the gates of pharmacy, at A.C.P., it seemed as though Uncle Sam were trying to establish a beachhead at our very doorstep. A group of some forty-seven veterans, together with three lonely non-veterans, had descended upon us to take up their studies. June finally came in its own way at which time Section I looked to a summer of relaxation while Section II looked forward to a hot summer’s job of having to catch up to the advanced state of know ledge which the vacationers enjoyed. October ’46 seemed to leap upon us and we, the Sophomores, began our trek. The two separate classes were joined together, each section feeling as if a hoard of intruders had descended from Lord only knows where. The guns of war having been laid down and placed in oblivion, these former classmen were rejoined in a home- coming. Such men as Joe Crawley, Joe Ferro, Bob Carney, Joe Cazzillo and others had come back to our flock. These men had laid down their armamentarium of pharmacy in ’42 and ’43 and had taken up that of their country to enable us all to live in freedom and happiness. We subsequently drew together for a class meeting and our minds having met we gave the chair, vacated by Freshmen class presidents John Lyman and Earl Robinson, to John Sherman and the able vice-president—Joe Connolly. With such preliminaries accomplished wc settled down to part two of our education. During the course of the year while Prof. Reed explained the potentialities of ITS, we, in the face of the manifestation, took turns at the window airing ourselves out. Although oxidized and reduced by the very aroma of Qual, wc agreed to bear with him. In our “wild enthusiasm” we grasped Quant but were soon entangled. Many hours were spent, Sixteen