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

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Mosse, and V. Manory; the band hired by T. Studdcrs and A. Dulin; favors arranged for by Lois Jewell and A1 Collins, publicity handled by A. Kronman and Ellen Doocey took charge of the decorations. The dance ended at 1 A.M., but the festivities didn’t. The hot dog roast at Thacher Park continued on into the wee. hours of the morning. What with basketball scandals, vice and panty raids the main topic of the day, who would think we too would be a victim of this epidemic. Yes, the Biochemistry scandal with Dean O’Brien judge and jury, Dr. Little prosecuting attorney, one- half the class as plaintiff and the other half as defendants. Those were the tense hours, the outcome was a retrial in the form of a new qui . There was no official statement as the press was not admitted. Guess the case was dismissed on in- sufficient evidence or possibly a plea of insanity. The Junior year took its toll of ’53’ers. We lost E. Doocey, Irv. Losee, Irwin B. Sallus, “Skip” Shangraw, Lou Snearly, Phil Tucker, and Ed Wind. We lost Ellie Sager when she married Walt Williams and they moved to California. Ellie, by the way, is now mixing formulas at home and is expected back at A.C.P. next year. And so we rounded the turn into the home stretch. Our elation at being Seniors was sobered by the loss of Jerry Carter during the summer. His death was deeply felt by the whole class. So it was soberly that we greeted our new' members, Gene Baldwin, “Vic” Falcone, “Sandy” Nogee and “Al” Bergman. Ray Greco and Shirley added a member to their family, also, Deborah Greco. Debby was the cause of much cigar smoking that week (at her old man’s expense). As the sadness of Jerry’s death wore off, we were shocked again by the loss of Karl Wilhelm, another grand guy. Karl was the victim of an auto accident while returning to school from his home. The day of the funeral Senior classes were cancelled and many of his fellow students went to Poughkeepsie for the services. The organizations were well represented with ’53’ers. F. Steed was Newman Club president; the A.Pit.A. officers were all seniors; and the Newspaper Staff, under Al Kronman’s editorship, were mainly seniors. The complement of professors was increased by Dr. Baum, Mr. Rinaldo DeNuzzio, Mr. Albert White, and Mr. Low'ell Binkley. We rounded out the year with a day at Winthrop-Stearns, and a two-day trip to Pearl River and the Lederle Laboratories. I am sure for most of us no class history need have been written as we all carry memories that could not possibly be expressed with pen and paper. But for those years to come when we sit down old and gray and start to reminisce—the names, incidences, social events we are attempting to recall will fill our college days of 1949-1953. « 17 »

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The faculty added Mr. Helm, English, Mrs. Dobbins, Librarian, and Dr. Gorham, Biology, to the roster. This was the year when everybody was in something. On the Mortar and Pestle, there was A. Kronman, associate editor, and also W. Lowenthal, A. Dulin, Shirley Whitney, Shirley Kaminsky, H. Pomerantz and Jim Shott; the A.Ph.A. treasurer was John Westerman and the vice-president and treasurer of the Newman Club were Ginna Manorv and Angie DeThomas. The varsity squad now included five ’53 members: Carm Gijanto, J. P'iscella, J. Palinieri, L. Moss and P. Meader. Gene Poncssa was secretary and AI Curri chaplain of Phi Delta Chi; “Shelly” Herman was scribe of Rho Pi Phi; Kappa Psi’s vice-president was Nick Demchak, chaplain J. Cornell and Chet Kulp was corresponding secretary; and the Sorority officers included G. Manory as president and S. Kaminsky as corresponding secretary. Jack Monakey was Junior class president and Ginna Manory, A1 Kronman, Harry Spaulding, and “Ellie” Williams were vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and historian, respectively. The basketball team fared well, winning 7 of our games, but it was the 119 Friday Nisrht Club that drew the attendance and attention. Speaking of attention, remember the attention “Lee” Pompilio got when she wore that picture of John (?) on her back all one morning. (Dispensing Lab., wasn’t it?) This was the year the School Paper was run by the Class of ’53. Except for the editor, the staff was nearly all ’53’ers. And, this was the year of our Junior Prom. May 9th was the night, the Ten Eyck Ballroom the place, and Freddy Clute (of Garden in the Rain fame) the band. The name of the band brought many puns (Freddy Clute, 2 trombones, a drum and a flute; etc.) but the music was superb. We had 119 couples, a record attend- ance, and they all had a wonderful time. The work of the Prom was divided up among the Class. The time and place arrangements were made by F. Steed, L. « 16 »

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Zke Albany College of Pharmacy A Prief When Union University was chartered in 1873, the Board of Governors was given the ‘'Power to establish such departments of science and learning in or in connection with said University as they deemed proper.” It was this action that made possible the founding of the Albany College of Pharmacy eight years later. In 1881 there were but twelve Colleges of Pharmacy in the United States and but one (Columbia) in New York State. It was not necessary to attend a college to become a pharmacist or to operate a pharmacy and only a relatively small num- ber of those who wished to enter the profession had thought it desirable to obtain a formal education in order to practice. But even then, there were those who could visualize a future when such education would not only be useful but so necessary that it would be required by law. Earlier attempts to form a College of Pharmacy in Albany had failed, because of lack of interest and because there was no responsible agency or group to under- take the task. But on June 21, 1881, alter much preliminary study and effort by Mr. Archibald McClure, Dr. Willis G. Tucker, Dr. Jacob S. Mosher, Mr. Gustavus Michaelis, Mr. John W. Russell and other prominent citizens of Albany, the Board of Governors of Union University created a Department of Pharmacy of the Uni- versity to be known as the Albany College of Pharmacy. Dr. Mosher was elected President of the Faculty, Mr. Russell became the first President of the Board of Trustees. Faculty appointments were Dr. Mosher, Pro- fessor of Botany and Materia Medica; Dr. Tucker, Professor of Chemistry; and Mr. Michaelis, Professor of Pharmacy. Professor Michaelis was later to achieve fame as the discoverer of a new and inexpensive process for the manufacture of chloroform. In addition to President Russell, Archibald McClure, Louis Sautter, Alfred Huested, and other leading citizens of Albany made up the first Board of Trustees. The first class of students was admitted on October 3, 1881, to begin a two- year course, consisting of five hours per week with a scholastic year of 21 weeks. All classes were held in the evening at the Albany Medical College, then located on Eagle Street. The Medical College which was originally founded in 1838 had become a part of Union University in 1873, and offered a three-year course leading to the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. Many students who completed the phar- macy course were to be admitted to the course in Medicine with advanced standing. Courses of study at the new College of Pharmacy included “lectures, abun- dantly illustrated, upon Botany. Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Chemistry, together with practical laboratory exercises.” There were no entrance requirements except the payment of a three-dollar matriculation fee, the purchase of a lecture ticket at thirty dollars and a laboratory fee of fifteen dollars. In order to be graduated, it was necessary to have completed satisfactorily the prescribed courses of study and to have completed four full years of apprenticeship under an approved preceptor. In addition an acceptable thesis on some subject pertinent to pharmacy was re- quired before the candidate could be awarded the degree of Ph.G. Graduate in Pharmacy). The Board of Trustees apparently was unwilling to leave the matter of judging the fitness of candidates for the degree entirely to the Faculty. A committee of the Board administered oral examinations to each candidate “to ascertain the prac- tical rather than the theoretical fitness of the student for his future work.” The first Commencement was held in the amphitheatre of the Medical Col- lege on the evening of February 28. 1882. Degrees were conferred on three candi- dates, who had been admitted to the second year class the previous October, by Dr. Eliphalet Nott Potter, Chancellor of Union University. The graduating class consisted of Albert R. Griffith of Oil City, Pennsylvania, Gustave Kreutzer of New York City and John Spencer Phillips of Fonda. New York. The commencement address was delivered by Dr. David Murray, Secretary of the Regents of the Uni- versity of the State of New' York. Prizes were awarded to Gustave Kreutzer and Albert Griffith for the best examinations and the best thesis respectively. It is interesting to note that the Commencement programs during each of the « 18 »