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

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APOTHEKAN AFQTHFIf H TT ---T TTT- PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE SENIOR CLASSES OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, NEW YORK CITY

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FOREWORD There are two methods in which to edit a yearbook; one, hy culling, coloring and embossing all the material received ol the period under review in such a way that a third person might be led to believe that college is a sort or glorious adven- ture; two, surveying dispassionately the same period and, after carefully evaluating its ideals and accomplishments, accepting what is significant— and true. For obvious reasons, the first method was decided on in the editing of this publication. But the method was seldom used, for it was found that the incidents which made college glamourous were few, and even when processed would fill only part of this yearbook. Rather than fabricate the remain- der with grandiose accounts of spurious organizations and im- aginary events, the editors employed the second method and found no difficulty in completing their work. Ihe 1958 Apothekan may be read with confidence. 1 hough it is alternately mischievous and serious, ideal and practical, it is almost always authentic. Its writings were con- ceived and executed entirely by the graduating classes. Prece- dents were ignored. Platitudes were held to a minimum. For once the sincerest convictions of students on controversial topics were printed. The editors offer no apologies for anything. They arc prepared to stand or fall on the pages that follow Harold Roemer YftVUt L CdU j f Bernard Levenson •£, r L COr ( f MM ( 3

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Because of his earnest endeavors to raise the standards of pharmacy, because of his deep and abiding interest in the individuals of the student body, the class of 58 respectfully dedicates this issue of the Apothekan lo DEAN CHARLES W. BALLARD