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

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DEAN ' S MESSAGE A salutation from the Dean to the Class of 1941 would be incomplete if it did not include an appreciation of what you have accomplished for yourselves and for the College. Indeed this very opportunity of placing my message in a Year Book is through your initiative in providing this medium. You have demonstrated an ability to acquit yourselves creditably in the collegiate studies of the pharmacy program in competition with students of other units of the University. This not only reflects favorably on you but also on the College of Pharmacy. The fact that many of you must rely on your own efforts to finance this education makes the achievement all the greater. While the heavy study program limits extracurricular activities and the facilities of our building are not suitable for this important value of student life, you have persisted in your efforts to make college residence more than a period of study, important as this is. The publication of Redox and latterly the Pharma-Col are noteworthy examples of what can be done despite difficulties. In working together for the past four years I believe that we have both gained. our gain has been a store of knowledge which I hope will be of value. My gain has been the acquisition of another group of Alumni whom I hope will be friends and supporters of the College. If this hope be realized in years to come, I will be fully satisfied that we are on the way toward making the College more than a mere building. My best wishes for the future go to all of you and my interest in you will continue even though our meetings be not measured by class hours.

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DEDICATION To the re-establishment and re-affirmation of pharmacy as a member of the pro- fessional bodies servicing the human machine— we dedicate ourselves. The iirsl to graduate under the four year educational requirement, this class is justly proud in its consideration as the herald of a new era for the art and science that is pharmacy. In the practice of our art, we will strive always to he unselfish in our devotion to our profession and to mankind. With unrestrained vigor our aim will he that re-awakening of respect and admiration lor our profession which is long overdue. Armed with the faith and courage of youth, and with a firm professional attitude and awareness, inculcated in us by our teachers and by our own reasoning, we hereby dedicate this yearbook ' o the new era of pharmacy upon whose threshold we stand.

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CHEMISTRY The Department or Chemistry has become more and more important with each passing year, and at the present time occupies a rank secondary, by only a slight margin, to the Department of Pharmacy. Thus. 38 credits are prescribed in this Department as against 41 credits in the Department of Pharmacy. Further, it is significant to note that out of 120 articles deleted from the U.S.P. X. and not admitted to the U.S. P. XI. the great majority were galenicals. Out of the 59 articles added to the U.S.P. XI. 30 were pure chemicals. Also more and more stress is being laid upon the chemical aspects of pharmacy, as illustrated in recent Civil Service examinations, and in the qualifications required for employment in the manufacturing pharmacy industries. Thus we see how important is a good training in chemistry. Our freshman year concerned itself primarily with the fundamental principles of inorganic chemistry. The Sophomore year took us into the higher realms of chemistry — qualitative and quantitative inorganic analysis . . . courses in which accuracy is the watchword. Organic chemistry came in the Junior year — a majority of students voting this the most liked course ' in the senior poll ... a reflection on the instructor, the department and the increasing importance of the subject. The fourth year was given largely to pharmaceutical assay work. Seven stu- dents continued taking this c ourse in the second semester as an elective. Thanks and appreciation are due Mr. Edward Anzelmi who understood our problems as freshmen, and who helped pull us thruogh our first year. Mr. Alfred H. Taylor assisted in teaching us manipulation of chemical apparatus and correct techniques. Never will we forget the course in qualitative and quantitative analy- sis .. . analyzing the voluminous ' unknowns which Mr. Liberman gave us and Mr. Torgeson ' s sympathy. The Class vote in regard to the organic chem- istry course is indeed a tribute to Mr. Givens. who is no longer with the college, and to Mr. Harold Baer. Our final chemistry courses, synthetic medicinal chemicals, pharmaceutical analysis and applied pharmaceutical analysis, taken under Professor A. Taub. Chairman of the Department and Mr. S. A. Bell were no less enjoyable than the others. In all. we feel we have received a really fine, thorough and well-rounded chemical education. Clockwise: Mr Baer, Mr. Anzelmi, Mr. Givens. Professor A. Taub. Cnatrmun c» llw Department, Mr. Bell and Mr. Liderman