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

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Charles W. Ballard, Ph.Cl Phar.D., A.M., Ph.D. Chairman Prof. H. Taub, Mr. F. Pokorny Sicfacjiccd After you get through there. Doe. can I get a haircut and shave please? Now when the leaves from the sycamore trees in the across the way begin to appear — when you see those i caterpillar-like structures lying on the ground in Centi when the sap begins to flow from the maple . . . etc.. No, we ' re not announcing the arrival of spring or giJ sertation on botany (God forbid!), but we are entrance of our own Frank Pokorny. It was in our sophomore year we first met Fr meeting it was, too. Of course, some of us did exceed an insignificant ten or so, but could we help it if all mothers happened to get sick at the same time each w« After tearing apart a few hundred leaves and dr we really went to town in Zoology. Everything cats were thrown at us, and butchers that them with such vim and vigor, that normal, bv the way — honest — we as! Professor, by careful crtfotJhreeding ana cultivation. I think I finaftyjtfii ' c gotten stitutc for the Stink Weed •fsfi Dr. B. Blumberg, Prof. F. Ha

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kept off the counter, that pills, believe it or not, are meant to be dissolved in the system and that they caJpSot possibly e ert their full therapeutic effect unless they are perfectly round. iii iltijiK B H jjgjgare moments, when we couldn ' t sleep Tuesday mornings, we went in to hear Dr. Lascoff give a subject, someone dug out of a hole, called Economics. Amazing course, that eco; interesting too — something good to know when you run dry of con- versation with the little woman. Merchandising, which followed, provided us with enlightening information. (When we need money or advice, we know whom to turn to for the advice.) Friday afternoons, with Dr. Lascoff again, we took Medical Appliances — not too bad. (We did get free atomizers which we sold.) Rounding out our pharmacy program was Pharmaceutical Latin, a one hour a week course that provided us with more work and aggravation than all other pharmacy sub- jects. Mr. Miale did his he t with the little time he had but. Bless Bess, what a mess! — and the less said, the better. In Professor Wimnier ' s fourth year all inclusive Survey course, we were literally smothered with the U.S. P. and N.F. After memorizing everything from cover to cover, we had an intensive review of all four years, including definitions galore. It was really an all out offensive to drive some pharmacy into us; some gains were temporary, while others, advancing a sizeable portion of territory, remained permanent. For example, who could ever forget that oil and water do not mix, or that the number two means there are tivo pints in a quart. In Jurisprudence, with Professor Wimmer again, we were taught the whys and wberefores of the law, or how to keep out of trouble in ten easy lessons. Dispensing Pharmacy was more or less of a repeat prescription with the dose in- creased. The old routine with incompatibilities added was followed, and judging from some of the midyear marks, the increased experience didn ' t further our knowledge to any appreciable extent. :;- ' A:otv with this f ' unnel-shapcd en- trance. U ' c increased mir Cross ffifiTioWZVfc for the month. Mr. H. J. Amsterdam, Prof. F. D. Lascoff, Prof. H. M. Carte

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Science From cats we progressed to humans, the only exception being Doc Redden insisted we couldn ' t cut up anyone. Physiology reminds us of the engineer who asked his tty lass, If I start at a given point on a given figure and travel the entire distance t, what will I get? To which she hastily replied, Slapped, sir! We did learn thiftg$lthough. For MMance, did you know that the temperature of the fourth spring. in back § xhe tsffifh ijountain under the Red Cross Unit in Yellowstone Park rose 10 vedden arrived. (Or was it 20 degrees?) chat j Wl a person, we found out a few of the things that th Professor Hart and Doc Blumberg; it was a t kind of organism is a blank? fegrees wn After we were tau o wrong with him n darned interesting coursed But, ho Vi| tly fellows Materia Metlica with ever ami more factual knowledge than any nd a little arithmetic hashed in with pharm not to mention materia medica. on exams. Thi person and a great fellow]. ( How can we fa And last, but by no means J«ast, came Taub, a little late as usual rt this time h count of a blonde lat 3 4fil- the night bef text we needed was Jsreie ' s Joke book. erations so we ju4t ?t back and enjoye probably held us responsible for hbined. Hence, it was no surprise to physiology, bacteriology and botany, .Lord the Dean is an understanding with more ' entert comedy yii the 1 fifteen years.) four vears. Cou plitting mentor, Professor Harry d a good excuse. He was taking a blood nd forgot to stop counting. The only notes handed down from past gen- s stories and gags. We were supplied rom a condensation of every Broadway g some, isn ' t it? Let ' s just say the past nly one course in our entire I is of this department we come mess, there must M ' 4 JSs I M ■ il i 1 ■ 4 Dr. R. Halsey