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

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wMimm m whmtm m OEM TRY TOKY 1 WHBBa l V ' EN though the chemistry laboratory course of the graduating University Class is the longest course of l aboratory instruction given in the college, yet it holds throughout the keen interest of the students; this is evident when one has only a glympse of the nature of the work. The student is trained to carry out tests and assays on Pharmacopoeial substances just as if he were a chemist in the analytical laboratory of a manufacturing house. During the first part of the year, the student is engaged in testing samples of official organic chemicals for identity and purity, in order to see whether they con- form to the requirements of their respective monographs in the Pharmacopoeia; this type of work involves determinations of boiling points, congealing and melting points, and specific gravities, as well as fractionations and alcoholmetric estimations. In the second period, several weeks are spent in preparing and standardizing volumetric solutions, which are then used in the assay of various important types of pharmaceutical products such as Dakins Solution, Chloramine, Calcium Iodo- behenate, Essential Oils, Mercurial Ointment, Phenol, and Pancreatin. The third part of the year ' s work includes the interesting subject of alkaloidal assaying of such types as Cinchona, Belladonna Leaves, Nux Vomica, Ipecac, and Colchicum Seed, also the gasometric determination of Ethyl Nitrate in Sweet Spirit of Nitre. The course is concluded with the chemical examination of normal and abnormal samples of urine. On the completion of a course such as this, whether the student choses a career in a manufacturing house or in a prescription pharmacy, he is far better equipped as to the intimate knowledge of the composition and properties of the important chemicals and pharmaceuticals used in modern medicine, than if he had taken the shorter course which prepares for the State License only. Because of this very large University Class it was necessary for the Instructors to begin the preparation of the thousands of samples and hundreds of reagents in the early part of last summer; it is only through the loyalty and cooperation of Mr. Lieberman and Miss Dimler that it has been possible to carry out successfully, even down to the smallest detail, the large amount of work entailed throughout the year. The Members of the Teaching Staff in charge of the Chemistry Laboratory wish to extend to their student friends of the Graduating Class of 1929, their good wishes for success in their future careers. Herbert C. Kassner. Ticenly-Threv

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S Dr. Kassner is to write for the 1929 Year Book in behalf of the Chemical Laboratories, this message comes from that portion of the chemical staff responsible for the lectures and recitations. In behalf of that group I present cordial greetings to the students whom we have the opportunity to instruct. We are glad to have the privilege of guiding our 6S1 students along the paths of Pharmaceutical Chemistry whether that path leads to pupil, to the retail pharmacy, to the analytic laboratory, to the manufacturing plant or to a position either on our own or on some other faculty. OUR LECTURE STAFF consisting of the Head Professor, Assistant Professor Taub and Instructors Sewell and Anselmi, endeavor to carry out the fine traditions of our Department and to keep ever fresh and new the splendid lecture courses as inaugurated many years ago by that great chemist and still greater teacher Dr. Charles F. Chandler. In this connection mention must be made of the lectures delivered by Dr. Schaefer (second year physics and third year physical chemistry) and by Dr. Kassner (fourth year quantitative analysis). OUR QUIZ MASTERS headed by Assistant Professor Taub and including our enthusiastic corps of instructors Messrs. Sewell, Anzelmi, Jayne, Soren and Miss Dimler are entrusted with one of the most important responsibilities in our whole scheme of chemical instruction. This group possess a privilege now denied the head of the Department, the privilege of close personal contact with the students of the first three years. It is our custom to assign to every instructor, whether primarily a laboratory man or a lecture co-worker, some, of the recitation periods as a part of his work. In this way each instructor is kept in touch with the entire field of our teaching activity. The entire group of chemistry teachers mentioned above extend through me, their Head Professor, their cordial greetings to all of the students of 1929. We are glad that we have had the opportunity of learning to know you. We are proud of having the privilege of teaching you. H. V. Arny. Ticcntu- Two

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Curt P. Wimmer, A.M., Ph.M., Phar. D.