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

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THE APDTHEKAM STAFF With all good publications, comes a certain amount of responsibility and ingenuity. We, the Apothekan Staff, have assumed the responsibility of pro- ducing this book for the graduating class and the entire student body. The results of our ingenuity rest with you. Sad times should be quickly forgotten, but enjoyable moments should per- petually remain alive. Therefore, in keeping with our policy, we have produced this book mostly on the lighter side. This, however, should not lead you to disregard those articles herein contained which are of a serious nature — even though they are few. May we never lose our perverted sense of humor and ability for grotesque distortion. . . .

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Silting: Joseph H. Mintzer, Walter E. Mancuso, Robert L. Berger Standing: Stanley H. Greenwald, Howard Scherer EDITORS Joseph H. Mintzer Robert L. Berger Walter E. Mancuso Business Manager Asst. Business Manager Stanley H. Greenwald Julius Rotkowitz PHOTOGRAPHY Howard Scherer, Editor Harold Banner, Asst. ART STAFF Carlo Russo Lloyd Rosenberg FACULTY ADVISER, Joseph P. Miale

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IIV RETROSPECT: 18 2 9- 1942 Commencement this year will mark more than just the completion of four years of study by the Class of 1942. For this commencement is the one hundred and eighth of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, which has been produc- ing pharmacists through war and peace since 1829. Moreover, this year ' s class is the smallest to graduate from the College in more than sixty years. A perusal of the official records of the College of Pharmacy will show near failure shortly after its inception in 1829, and a period of stress and instability for a number of years following. The first Board of Trustees of the College had as one of its officers Henry H. Schlefflin, and the faculty was enhanced by the famous Dr. John Torrey as Professor of Chemistry. Meetings, not classes, were held three times each week at seven o ' clock in the evening in a dingy room at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, then located on Barclay Street. Certificates in Pharmacy were granted after two years of attendance at the College lectures, but as there were at the time no official restrictions placed on the practice of pharmacy, possession of these certificates was considered more a luxury than a necessity. In the years that followed, Columbia and New York University both aided the young institution by granting use of their facul- ties and facilities. After exactly seventy-five years of existence as an independent organization, the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York became a unit of Columbia University. This was in 1904, and made the College of Pharmacy the third oldest independent institution to join the fast enlarging University. Barnard College (1889), and Teachers College (1898), both preceded the Pharmacy School into the University system. In pharmacy there were Edward R. Squibb (1869-1872); and George C. Diekman (1892-1928), as well as many other notables. Perhaps most important of all, was Professor in Materia Medica Henry H. Rusby (1889-1936), who also served as Dean for twenty-seven years. Dr. Rusby opened new fields in botany and materia medica through his many expeditions to South America, and during his lifetime was regarded the world ' s foremost authority on South American flora. Harking back to the present, the records show that the Class of ' 42 becomes at Commencement the eighth class to graduate during a major war — four classes having been graduated during the Civil War, one in 1898, and two during the first World War. In addition, a class of Naval hospital apprentices and a detachment of the Student Army Training Corps were trained by the College in 1917-1918. Such is the history of ALMA MATER to date.