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

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1944 volume:

M HiMdMMiiMMMM MM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY FEBRUARY 1944 =Jjedicat ton ELIHU STEIN September 27. 1922 June 5, 1943 2), van 5 essaae P Of the seventy-two members of this class entering in September, 1940. but twenty-two remain to constitute the graduating class of February. 1914. Nearly cue-half of its original number is in uni- form, stationed at various points and ably rendering pharmaceuti- cal or medical service in the armed forces. Although their name ' - can- not appear on the commencement program, they have graduated in the sense tha t they are al ready making use of the knowledge gained at the College. It is our hope that they will return in due course to resume where they left off and join you as graduates. This is the fourth graduating class since our country entered upon the grim business of war, which lias taken priority o er all other interests and in which speed is of the utmost importance. You have participated in this speeding- up process, and your willingness to adjust yourselves to an increased educational load has made the ac- celeration possible. In addition, many faced disturbing uncertain- ties in regard to their service status and the ability to concentrate on study under these conditions speaks well for their determination to finish the task they had begun. While but few can expect to enter civilian pursuits immediately upon graduation it is hoped that before too long you will be able to turn your attention to the occupation for which vou haAe trained. In view of the widespread interest in postwar conditions, I will venture a bit ol speculation as to what the future holds for you and other graduates of these Avar classes. Undoubtedly, the question of greatest importance is where and how will those now in war service and war industry find occupational opportunity at the conclusion of hostilities. In my opinion pharmacy need have no fear of a postwar unemployment problem and this will more than compensate for the main difficulties which have beset pharmacy and pharmacists in these war times. The earlier Selective Service rulings affecting pharmacy students severely curtailed student bodies throughout the country and the quota feature of the present ruling precludes any possibility of restoring the usual number of graduates. Thus pharmacy, from a long-range viewpoint, gives promise of being more fortunately situated in the postwar period than the manv other occupations which have received preferential treatment. Essentiality is a word with which pharmacy has now become thoroughly familiar, and in manv instances it has brought about radical changes in the character of the present-day drug store. Trends toward a limitation of store activities to dispensing service and the sale of medicinal merchandise were apparent before the war, and the extremes of general merchandising were slowly giving way to more conservative policies. The exigencies of war have stripped the retail pharmacy of many extraneous features and. perhaps more important, they have emphasized the real reason for its existence. The role of the licensed pharmacist in this retail pharmacy has also been sharply defined on the basis of essential service. It is reasonable to believe that at least some of these changes will be permanent. The fact that so many pharmacy graduates in service have been assigned to general medical branches rather than pharmaceutical duties may also be advantageous to the future of pharmacy. In many instances the pharmacists so situated will have greater and more intimate contact with the soldier or sailor than the medical officers. This close contact may create a clearer under- standing of pharmacy ' s claim to recognition as a medical and health service profession in the mind of the service man. He will carry his impressions back to civilian life and view pharma- cists in quite a different light. Furthermore, these ex-service men will constitute a substantial block of our citizens, and as such their opinions will carry weight. Another possibility which may influence opinions about pharmacy lies in the fact that the service pharmacist, whether in a medical unit or in a hospital, is in closer contact with physicians than he would be in civilian life. This association may also be productive of a clearer appreciation of pharmacy and pharmacists by medical men. Finally. I turn to the matter of your relationship to the College after graduation. One of my objectives has been to foster a spirit of loyalty which will lead the graduates to regard the College as a living body of which we are all necessary members. The numerous requests for recommendations and other assistance during the past few years indicate that the idea is not without foundation. They emphasize the fact that each graduate, whether or not he realizes it, has a life interest in this College by virtue of his degree. Vou of 1944 now acquire such an interest and I hope that it will cause you to regard its welfare as your own. My best w ishes go with you. Very truly yours, CHARLES V. BALLARD. Dean. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF VICTOR J. SAKAL ASSOCIA TE EDITOR Carlo L. Russo PHOTOGRAPHY Herbert B. Beh Michael Friedland BUSINESS MANAGER Bernard Weinstein Features: Robert J. Schwan, Marvin Hoffman, George Cohen. Shirley Jaffe, Rudolph Notkoff Faculty Adviser: Professor Frank Pokorny a ewiLS tr ¥ Andrew W. Thomas. A.M., Ph.D. Chairman Dr. and Mrs. A. DiSomma Chemistry has been defined, by no less a person than Noah Q. Webster, as a science which deals with the properties of elemental) and compound substances. Since we were elementary to begin with, it was up to Mr. Anzelmi to teach the compound portion of the course. Under his patient and able tutelage we were rid of such unscientific ideas, to wit, that Grahams are crackers eaten in bed or that Boyle ' s law postulated on what portion of the neck they were allowed to grow. During the lab sessions Mr. Anzelmi, assisted by Saul A. Bell, did their best to demonstrate the accepted methods of running chemical experiments and the proper manner of handling apparatus. We vainly strove to acquire this technique and, at the same time, achieve the highest possible grades on our report sheets. The problem which gave us the most trouble was in balancing the equa- tion of breakage. (SI 5 — charge for broken equipment-j-allowance on mended glassware=S15 return) . Armed with the essential factors of chemistry we moved into our Sophomore year to storm the bastions (ed. note, correct spelling) of Qualitative and Quanti- tative Chemistry, commanded by that bombastic blackboard strategist. Prof. Sam Liberman. Into our mind were precipitated the intricacies of the balance and the burette, the method of calibrating weights and the approved (American Journal of Science) method of cleaning glassware. Time and again we were warned against infiltration into our unknown. From his dais overlooking the lab, Prof. Liberman stressed that the best way of beating the unknown was to keep it within the confines of the test tube and not allow it to break through and fan out over the desk. To Mr. Wyle, was given the job of laboratory supervision; all went well until he discovered an errant student running a determination on Rocklorte Cheese, using Mrs. Pennyfeather ' s cookbook as his guide. Needless to say the lab genius received an A on this determination. In the realm of theory, it had been Prof. Liberman ' s contention that if we would only think we would realize that the dispersed system was not a variation (if the Notre Dame shift. To prove his theory, we were given open book tests, i.e. legitimate ones, which we of course flunked. It was more than the good Professor could stand, so he passed the buck to Dr. DiSomma for further psychoanalysis and chemical training. Gone was the use of log tables and slide rules; in their place came benzedrine and caffeine. During the year Vic Sakal synthesized enough to supply the entire class for an all night prc-exam session. Mr. E. Anzelmi Mr. ll ' v e Beginning with the alkancs and finishing with the Heterocyclic compounds. Dr. and Mrs. DiSomma, with the application of patience, re-exams and main extra stud) sessions, managed to teach us that benzene had other uses than remov- ing yesterday ' s soup from your vest. In the lab we were taught the synthesis ol many known compounds. But we were Juniors and inspiration burned deep within us (hadn ' t the Chinese invented Chow Mein?) — so we would not rest until we had found the synthesis of the Ersatz Bagle. It was during one of these feverish experiments that Joe Leibenhaut found Horace ' s labcoat in his distilling flask. Things were progressing in an acceptable fashion up until the final exam, when Sol Libb defined Polv Saccharide as a swell date from the Bronx and Mike Friedland. not to be outdone, wrote that Mother Liquor was a hostess in a Harlem hotspot. Dr. DiSomma would have no more of us. In going on to Pharmaceutical Analysis, Prof. Taub, who had watched our antics with bated breath for the past three years, applied the old axiom that discretion was the better part of valor. He imme- diately sent us on to Abe Silbergleit. Burning with ambition (and die summer heat) Mr. Silbergleit declared a new regime. You no longer could run your analysis by the old and tried formula Normality Gaystu ( mean) t x- X Fupstoo, extreme = (Krutt) : Prof. S. Libcrman, Prof. A. Taub. Mr. A. Silbergleit So we dusted off our calibrated weights (0.00000OUCHO) and got to work. Determination after determination was handed us, and as fast as they came we ran them off. Finally when Abe was tired of marking papers, and had finished all his salt tablets, he sent out a hurried S.O.S. to Prof. Taub. He must have been leading Oliver Twist for the next day we found little paper bags filled with Quaker Oats on our desks. It was our job to see if they came up to the standard of the grocer ' s U.S. P. (the Good House- keeping Seal of Approval) . This was a fitting end to our studv in Practical Chemistry. Much has been said in jest and much has been said in earn- est; but to you of the Chemistry Dept. who have instructed us these many years we say, thanks for your excellent training. We honestly can find no other fault except that the labs were built on the sixth floor. Abraham Taub. Pb.G.. Pb.Cb.. B.S.. M.A. Associate Professor PL armac t Curl P. Wimmer, Ph.G Phar.D.. A.M., Ph.M. Chairman Moses with one touch of his wand made water issue forth from a rock. Prof. Wimmer with the turn of a page of his notebook (which was as ancient as the subject) spewed forth the subject of Pharmacy Orientation. It was a fitting introduction to a time-honored profession. We were carried back some few thousand years on the magic carpet of history. We were the sorcerer ' s appren- tices being made conscious of the vast tradition behind us. Yes, we dreamed of the Pyramids and the Rosetta Stone and even pictured ourselves discovering the secret of turning base metals into gold, only to be rudely awakened the following hour by Prof. Amsterdam. Sir Boss taught Pharmaceutical Arithmetic. It was his joy to point out that we were all potential murderers for placing the decimal point in the wrong place when calculating the dose of strychnine or some equally potent medicine. We had hour quizzes, wherein we were given ten problems (which were masterpieces of phraseology) and told to solve them by the Amsterdam method. All right, wise guys, see if you can figure these problems out. We were to see more of Prof. Amsterdam. That tall dark gentleman, who wore clothes with neat dispatch and hair a la Kreml, was Prof. Carter, our instructor in Pharmacy. He finally managed to teach us how to make Emplastrum Plumbi Oleatis. but we learned for ourselves how to make triple quantity preparations. After enlightening us on the ways of making U.S. P. and N.F. formulas, it was Prof. C. P. Wimmer Dr. L. N. Brown Mr. I. P. Miale if y w ' i ' i l -■ Stotfirt ' ' not surprising that the Professor would be called upon to give a repeat performance in Manufacturing Pharmacy. Prof. Amsterdam was his Man Friday for both courses. To what avail is the foregoing if we lacked the knowledge presented by Prof. Fred D. Lascoff (D for Drugtopics) ? Economics was a course in building funneled shape entrances to your store, a safari to the Van Camps Truss and Support works to meet Miss Brown and the oppor- tunity to take inventory at the Museum. The usual remuneration for the latter was five bucks, a transfer to the crosstown bus, a ham sandwich and perhaps an A in the course. An easier way of making a dollar was to attend the De Vilbiss lecture. We ' ll just go over these preparations briefly: 90 minutes Iter we were still listening to Dr. Brown explain how powder papers should be folded, European Method. This was Dispensing Pharmacy. What good is all this preparation if we couldn ' t read an Rx in Latin? Enter Smilin ' Joe Miale. His smile was a lot easier to take than the conjugation of spiritus. Aside from being routed from a good ping pong game to attend his classes, we had no objections to spending 50 minutes with him. Baxter, will you read Rx Xo. 5001 and tell us how you would make it. Right, this was Dispensing Pharmacy IE a repetition of Dispensing Pharmacy I, sans Mr. Miale. You ' ve got to be able to shake them right out of your sleeve. ' ' said Prof. Wimmer in his Survey course. Here is where we learned that a pill must be elegant besides being round and a pain in the neck to make. We got to know Prof. Wimmer well in our last year for he also taught us Jurisprudence, Theoretical Pharmacy and Miscellaneous. The latter group included the odds and ends all good Pharmacists should know plus more for good measure. Dr. ' Wimmer was patient and understand- ing. If only he were making up the State Board exams. Prof. H. J. Amsterdam Prul. F. D. Lascoff Prof. H. M. Carlo ■I a Lena Charles W. Ballard. Ph.Ch Phar.D.. A M.. Ph.D. Chairman Little did Adam and Eve realize when they ran for cover under the protection of two palm leaves (two each, there was no rationing then) , just what they were start- ing. . . . And according to Mr. Pokorny, the only rea- son Adam ran after her, was to find out the erenus of the aforementioned leaves. . . . But whichever theory you may choose to believe, it was in our Sophomore year that Botany came to mean more to us than the name of a well known woolen house, and it was here that we were first initiated to a system that has by now become famous, mi- croscopy without the use of a microscope. ... It was here too that the terms Bryophyte, Pteridophyte and Thallophyte, began to mean something to us, and as for Bush 44, well that belonged to a class by itself. . . . They must have thought that by now we were old enough to know . . . and so we exchanged the bees and the trees and the flowers for something more substan- tial, in the guise of Dr. Halsey. . . . We ' ll never forget the expression on our faces when he uttered his first Damn and by the second or third we started to realize that those stories weren ' t all as far-fetched as they seemed. . . . We can still remember the time we walked into his office and found a jar that to us looked like an advertisement for a well known spaghetti house, and soon after found out that we had just seen the latest thing in tape-worms. It was in our third year we learned all sorts of things from Dr. Redden. . . . Useful things like the temperature of Yellowstone Park in the winter, the Tornado of ' 36 or was it ' 37, fellows??? But in all seri- ousness we owe a vote of thanks to him for making what would have otherwise been a cut and dried thing, an hour or two of pleasure. . . . And we thank our lucky stars that he was such an understanding guy. Pro . H. Tuub. Prof. F. Pokoril) Dr. II. Blumberg, Prof. F. Hart idi eaica for we were all so busy signing each other ' s names to the attendance sheet that half the period was over before we even realized it had begun. . . . Next came Bacteriology and our introductions to Professor Hart and Dr. Blumberg in that order. . . . Those three afternoons a week were all too much for us sometimes especially if the Paramount had a change in program. . . . The Dean came next and with him the toughest course we had as vet encountered. . . . Did I sav course? Rather it was a compilation of all the courses we had to date and more. The worst part of it was that there were never two answers to a question, just the Dean ' s and the wrong one, and as more than often turned out, ours happened to be the latter. . . . Dr. Harry Taub was saved until our last year. Why, we ' ll never know. . . . There were times in our Junior and going back still farther, our Sophomore year, we cotdd have used him, and how. . . . We never knew whether or not he ' d be able to make class and if his friends in the department would finally catch up with him! We never minded his eating in class, after all he taught us on his lunch hour, but the things he would pull out of his pockets to this day remain a constant wonder to us: stuff like dehydrated potatoes, Kerr ' s Butterscotch and all sorts of odds and ends the detail men might throw his way. . . . But believe it or not we learned our tox, and with it a special type of mathematics we and Professor Taub have chosen to call Taub ' s mathematics. . . . The best part of it was that it worked for everyone. ... If the small number didn ' t divide evenly into the large one all you had to do was reverse the order, and the funny part of it was that it really worked. . . . And so after four years we are able to look back on some pretty grand fellows that have come to mean individually, something particular to each of us. And so we take our leave, the class that was tagged by the Dean, the worst one since the class of ' 86 that first day of the first year of these past four. . . . Dr. R. Halsev ivie Atrt6 In order to fill the gap created by the extension of the course in Pharmacy from 3 to 4 years, the Dept. of Fine Arts was cre- ated. This was made to in- clude the subjects of Math., Contemporary Civ- ilization, German and Physics. It was the inten- tion of the Board of Re- gents to initiate the bud- ding Pharmacist into some of the cultural aspects of our world, and also make him eligible for a B.S. degree. There have been rumors by the Republican Party that this was a bit of Pork Barrel legislation intended to create posi- tions for indigent instruc- tors and Democratic Party wh eel horses. Mr. Luthin did his best to dis- pel this notion, but his Economic Interpretation of History merely added to its support. It was his contention that had Tammany Hall existed dur- ing her time, it would have been impossible for the Good Queen Eliz- abeth to remain such. Yes, Contemporary Civilization was a blase ex- position of Roman orgies and Isolationist inanity. Mr. Levi offered more tangible, though hypothetical, material for our consumption. His expositions in the realm of mathematics left us breathless. (And not from running up 3 flights of stairs to mak e the 9 o ' clock bell either.) He finally managed to teach us that the square root was not the portion of the plant offered for identification. Mr. Ingenhuett was the keeper of the Shtickshtoff. and his ram- blings into the confusion of Scientific German was really Ausgaschla- eerdiker. We studied the use of carbon in the German language and also the most efficient method of turning pages of a book nonies. i.e.. sans mane. On entering the house of Far-well, his butler Ralph made certain that our hats and shoes were left at the door. Then, pressing a button, we were all fluoroscoped for the presence of concealed weapons or other destructive material. Pressing a second button the doors were all double locked and barred, as were the windows. By the mere threat of pressing that mysterious 13lh button he held us in complete obedience and subjugation. Mr. Harlan was the custodian of run-on sentences and split infini- tives. With his Texas drawl, which was invariably tangled in the acous- tics of room 31, he guided us in the ways of good English. His formula for making Pharmacists literate was to subject them to the writing of multi-thousand word compositions in class each Monday morning. Need more be said? Is this then Fine Arts as we Pharmacists knew- it? No. It would be unfair indeed to leave one with the foregoing impression of this de- partment. There were more serious moments when we learned much that would stand us well in our later years. To Mr. Luthin. Mr. Levi, Mr. Ingenhuett. Mr. Harlan and even Prof. Farwell we owe a measure of gratitude and appreciation. Their job was difficult. Time and facil- ities were short and we as science students took too lightly these sub- jects that were strange to most of us. In all. a good job was done. Mr, R. H. Lulhin, Mr. J. .. Harlan, Mr. A. H. Ingenhuett, Mr. H. Levi HO - M C IKJ 1 iy R |1 mfo .If. Prilehard mmi5lrauon The success or failure of any venture a person might undertake depends upon Administra- tion. This same axiom holds true for C.U.C.P. for without this excellent and efficient staff to guide us. confusion rather than harmony would be the byword. What college can boast of a reg- istrar with the patience and understanding of Miss Kerker? Her handling of the numerous transcripts and records required by the boys in service has been a commendable job. No prob- lem that we might have had has been too petty for her to undertake. In the realm of finance we must offer a be- grudged vote of thanks to Miss Pritchard for bringing order out of an acute financial situ- ation. Though at times she might have tried our patience in her insistence that we make some definite plan for paying our tuition, we must remember that such is her job. Under- neath that Scrooge-like exterior is the heart of a gentle woman. Rounding out the office staff are Miss Joseph- ine LaBarbara and Miss Katherine Miani, two pleasant and efficient young ladies who have won the hearts of the student body by their many little favors and kindnesses. Another jewel in this star-studded organization was Miss Providenza Mogavero, Nancy to us. As librarian she combined Infinite Wisdom with a willingness for helping the students. Her quiet charm is already being missed by this Senior Class and no doubt will be missed by all those who knew her. We wish Nancy the best of luck in her new position. Providenza Mogavero ( Nancy) Left to right: Katherine Miani, Eleanor Kerker, Josephine LaBarbara SHHM IPffpffll ■:■■■■ 9HI Jkeu J_)en e ALT1F.RI, C.I NO fOSEPH Ch vvkin, Herbert N. ( ll KIN, W ILLACE Cohen, Bernard Oscar Elsteix, Ch rles George Fried. Stanley Cfki i blatt, Bernard [ncecno, Thomas Richard Joondeph, Jerome Nathan Kaner, Myron Joseph Katz, Martin Jerome Katz, Solomon Krinsky, Arthur Mid i.. Boris Zoi ROWER, Meyers, Norbert B. Pogensky, Bernard Pushkin, Milton Rose, Charles William Rosenberg, Lloyd George Rosenthal, Maurice Russo, Abraham Saffer, Zola Schwarz, D win Schuchman, Seymour Sidney S arduofe. Barney Samuel Tetelman, Mortimer Meyer Zaremba, John Aloysius Zeldin, Bern ri Maurice c: fr HARRY M. BAXTER Tall, dapper, handsome and slim, A longue thai was sometimes caustic. No matter what you say of him. Harry was no rustic. Newburgh Free Academy Regent Kappa Psi 1940-41 Harry was always the epitome of what the well-clressecl man should be. HERBERT B. BEH A generous lad With a cheery smile. Takes you anywhere, At nine cents a mile. Stevens Hoboken Academy Apothekan Staff — 1943 Herb entered our portals embodied with desire. To make himself a name, and set the world afire. His perseverance thru struggle and strife, Has gained Herb a diploma and a beautiful wife. GEORGE COHEN Long after the bell did ring, And the roll call had been sounded, Unshaven George came on the run. Breathless, and with sleep confounded. De Witt Clinton High School Pharmacol and Apothekan Staffs Georgy Porgy, with his booming voice and easy way, was seldom at a loss for words. MICHAEL FRIEDLAND Palestine ' s own Prince of Wails, At school (so far) he never fails. His preparations are unique; Must be that Liquor Store technique. Palestine High School Apothekan Staff Mike did the boys many a favor, and is still doing them. Has the second best set of notes in the school. V.LBER 1 GRUBMAN Yen, he ' s a card, And hep to the jive. I real pard Is Mi. Five by Five. Stuyvesant High School Al ' s proudest achievements ai C.U.C.P. have been the winning of a $100 scholarship, the ping pong cham- pionship and $9.50 from Libb) at pinochle. MARVIN HOFFMAN While working in the chemistry class, As was his habit he broke some glass. Marvin would not say surrender. He asked the stockroom for beaker mender. Samuel J. Tilden High School Apothekan Staff The big boy. Answers to Hull. A good man to have on your team. SHIRLEY JAFFE Tliough not as slender as a rose. Her manners are as pleasant. A nice display of runless hose, A wardrobe quite resplendanl. Mineola High School Pharmacol 2 and . ' Apothekan 1 Vice-President Lambda Kappa Sigma 4 Shirley came to us from uptown, lor which we are thankful: she is a regular gal. SANFORD KORS Rain; no game. De Witt Clinton High School Rho Pi Phi Sandy. 5. 7 take your pick; and you can be sure that he is not on the short end. MICHAEL N. LABOMBARDA Little Mike, Got all he needed, From a loving dad, Whene ' er he pleaded. American Pharmaceutical Association Mike ; Randing. An ex-member of some of our best fraternities. Hails from Utica and brings with him a fond ambition to be a medical student. SOL LIBBY Sol and Milty made a twosome, Whose stock in trade was humor. Milty has gone off to war, And Lippy now is lonesome. De Witt Clinton High School The Lip ; The Lover. Studied pharmacy just for the Math course so that he would always be able to figure vou in for the short end. JOSEPH LEIBENHAUT Joseph, you ' d better make your mind up, As to what the answer is. If you don ' t get hep real soon, You ' ll surely flunk that quiz. James Monroe High School A good Joe with a pleasant singing voice. RUDOLPH NOTKOFF A product of our City College, His ambition was to win respect. He did all right in the field of knowledge, The other aim he did neglect. Siuyvesant High School Delta Sigma Theta Class Secretary 2, 3 Rudy. Has an ear for good music and a few other things. Never studied more than a half hour for even the toughest exams. VERA FIELD PICK 1 Iniversit) ol Vienna 1934-38 Sir George William College 1939-10 Favorite pastime is eating and reading. Rather Bohemian in her ways. Owns a husband — lucky girl. IRA REISMAN A scratchy pen. I gentle snore. Poke his ribs, And he writes more. Townsend Harris High School B.S., C.C.N.Y. 1940 The only man in the school who can sleep and take notes at the same time. 35 £ ESS si MIRIAM V. ROSENBERG Short and sweet, With figure to match. Miss M will make A lovely catch. fames Monroe High School Secretary Lambda Kappa Sigma 1941 Treasurer Lambda Kappa Sigma 1942 President Lambda Kappa Sigma 1943 The class sweater girl. A disposition as lovely as hei fisure. MARY A. RUSSELL A charming wistful manner, A smile that ' s fair to see. An A-l student scholar. Thai ' s per-son-al-ity. Roosevelt High School Vice-President Dante Circle 1943-44 Shorthand wizard and unofficial class secretary. Mary combines a good sense of humor with her scholarship. Is true to the Navy. CARLO L. RUSSO Carlo and Geno, They both made a team. If one said he knew, The other would scream. Cliffside Park High School Treasurer Dante Circle 1942 President Dante Circle 1943 Art Editor Apothekan 1941-42 Assistant Editor Apothekan 1943 A good friend to have, even though it took us four years to teach him a few things. VICTOR J. SARAL Manual Training High School B.A.. Brooklyn College Editor Apothekan Quite the congenial fellow, Vic was also a hard worker. Due to his efforts we all have upon this dav a yearbook, for which we sav. Thanks. LEO SAVITCH Quiet as the proverbial churchmouse, Was thanked by many for the use of his house. Also was handy with his favorite remark, I rend somewhere, he would chirp like a lark. Seward Park High School Leo had a car, a good collection of records, many friends, and now he is about to get a diploma. ROBERT J. SCHWAN (hiile a pleasant personality, Gives Bob thai distinctive quality. Too bad to Westbury he ' ll go, To practice pharmacy, you know. Westbury High School Regent Kappa Psi Redox Bob. There isn ' t much about practical pharmacy that Bob doesn ' t know. PAULE S£E Silent in her manners, Master in her tusks. We have the honor student. Who makes hundreds in the elass. School of Pharmacy, University of Paris School of Pedagogy. University of Paris Faculte des Lettres, University of Paris Chaplain Lambda Kappa Sigma 1943-44 Her record speaks for itself. BERNARD STARKMAN Quiet and meek this young Lochinvar, With his personality should go far. But try as lie may. he ne ' er will succeed, Unless he stops doing those good little deeds. Newtown High School President Freshman Class Delta Sigma Theta Secretary American Pharmaceutical Association 1942-43 Student Council Circulation Manager Pharmacol 1941-43 Bernie. His only fault is his willingness to help others. BERNARD WEINSTEEN Samson had Delila, Bernie has Fanette. Sammy got his head chopped off, Bernie has his yet (?) . President Student Council Vice-Chancellor Delta Sigma Theta Scribe Delta Sigma Theta Pharmacol Staff 1941-42 Bernie. Some do and some don ' t. Bernie does. A conscientious worker. p, tic mfe65ionau5m By Dr. Curl P. Wimmer Pharmacy is a profession. How often have we proclaimed this as a dictum. How proudly we reiterate it; how essential it is, how important, how necessary. Your instructors have preached it. The greater part of your college training has been designed to prepare you for a career in a profession. But have you ever asked yourself: why? Why should we strive to be profes- sional? Where is the great advantage? Why can ' t we be just merchandisers and simple salespeople? ft is important lhat this question be answered satisfactorily, otherwise we have no right to insist that pharmacists be professional men. Before it can be answered, however, another question arises calling for solution. Is pharmacy itself of the character and quality of a profession? If not, it would be idle to ask its practitioners to be something that is beyond its scope. The answer is that pharmacy is a profession in the true sense of the word. Il has fully as much claim to the designation as have medicine, law or the- ology. It possesses all of the characteristics of a profession: a stringent college course is required for its practice; it has an extensive literature and a code of ethics; it places its service to the people above the object of mere financial gain: it has an element of personal service and finally, its exercise is a privilege given by the state, a privilege that may be revoked at any time for the violation of certain legal or moral restrictions. All of this is ample proof that pharmacy is a profession; but why should you observe the restrictions and practice pharmacy as a profession when a trade might be so much easier and probably more lucrative? An answer may be found in fundamental psychologic reasoning. Each one of us strives to live his life in the best possible manner, strives to amount to something in this world. Nothing is more degrading, more disturbing and more despairing to our sense of self-satisfaction than the feeling that we do not amount to anything and that this world would be just as well off without us. The oppor- tunity to be included into a group of men set apart as professionals satisfies our ego and stimulates us to better and greater efforts in our vocation. It is a fact that nearly every occupation aspires to be a profession, so there must be something attractive as a cause. Business men feel that professional men who are content with a modest income are improvident fools — yet they also feel a certain sense of inferiority in the professional man ' s presence. They sense that there is a difference in the quality of his life; that the professional man possesses mental equipment that makes a fuller life possible; a dignity that money cannot provide; a membership in a community of special interests; a freedom from economic fear and from a sense of dependence upon money as the one and only aim in life. By virtue of its close affiliation with the finest of all professions, medi- cine, pharmacy must have and maintain a like status. If ever the day should come when pharmacy is no longer a profession, pharmacy as such will become a thing of the past. Therefore it is to the advantage of a practitioner to respect his status £S a professional man, and to restrain himself from committing any acts contrary to its code of ethics. He who lacks respect is a traitor not only to pharmacy but to all professions. The sooner he is eliminated the better it will be lot all concerned. ' p, redcription As we recall, it was approximately 32,041 1 4 hours ago that we first emerged from the subway to proceed clown Broadway to the College of Pharmacy. Little did we know what was in store for us; however, it was mostly pleasant and if we had to do it over again we can honestly say we would. Remember the first question asked of us when we registered— Is anyone else in your family crazy? meaning, of course, to inquire if we had any relatives who were pharmacists. The next moment found Mr. Simpson counting and recounting your father ' s hard-earned cash (if you were one of those filthy rich who could give a five-dollar down payment on tuition) . To initiate us into the hierarchy of higher learning and to simul- taneously give us a faint idea of what lay ahead, we were introduced to a course titled Pharmacy Orientation. We covered all the highlights of Pharmacy from the stone age to the present fountain age. Those were the good old days when a customer brought in an Rx, it was taken, worked on for three days, and then returned just the way the doctor ordered. Today, however, when you enter a drug store, you hand your sacred document to a cute young lass (who turns out to be the cosmetician) . She scrutinizes it for ten minutes to make an impres- sion, then hands it to a white-coated gentleman (the fountain man) , who, in turn, gives it to the delivery boy to take to the doc in the back. The boy ' s reply usually is, G ' wan and wake him up yourself. How well we all remember Harlan. For instance, there was the time he was vainly attempting to inculcate Mike Friedland with the correct pronunciation of the English language. After four arduous hours together, Harlan was heard to say Noo Mike. Now you know the henglish lengvitch? To which Mike replied, Indubitably. Herman Amsterdam had some interesting classes also. After ask- ing how many pints in an ounce, there was the usual clever answer. Milt Pushkin once got his paper back with Murderer! splashed across the face of it. In one respect, H. J. ' s lessons were helpful, though. Since then, we count the cash faster at the end of the day. Frank Pokorny really had a lot on the ball. He was the Eddie Can- tor of C.U.C.P. except his gags were a lot better. School wotdd never have been the same without him. Professor Carter ' s sessions were terrific. And they were easy too— as easy as making tea and hot chocolate. If you became really proficient at the latter, you were then asked up to Amsterdam ' s house to perform every Sunda y afternoon. For your services you were allowed ten min- utes with the U.S. P. and N.F. A prince of a fellow was Anzelmi. We never cut his classes (Well, hardly ever.) But the dean of them all -was Luthin. He covered every- thing in history, European and American, including the platform of the Republican Party. (Now we know why Willkie lost the election.) Some still think The Restoration is a lost and found bureau. About Mr. Levi, all that can be said is that he did his best to larn us. Could he help it if the smallest word he knew was above our heads? Finishing our freshman year we were ready for our second year. We had all the money and books we needed, but that didn ' t faze Prof. Liberman. Believe it or not, Sam once gave us an exam and told us we could use any book we wanted. Imagine— legitimately! You ' re right, we all flunked. To The Master a B.S. only meant a Bum Student and a B.S.Ph.G. only meant a Bum Student Phlunked Good. Why he must have smashed at least fifty burettes over guys ' heads for saying trituration and ironic. For two years now, he ' s been sending letters to Pogensky— I can ' t wait much longer; either you send me that report on Cu at once or I ' ll change your blue ' F ' to a red one. At the Heights, we took that much discussed (but never studied) course, Physics. Professor Farwell certainly knew his onions (at least, his lectures reminded us of that odoriferous vegetable) . To prove Farwell ' s Molecular Law of Solids, Liquids and Hot Air, he went so far once as to use his own false teeth for demonstration. Into the fuming bowl of boiling acid they went, with Farwell ' s eyes afire and his face beaming with that enlightened look of a man about to discover something mo- mentous. Slowly that look shriveled; slowly it changed to the counte- nance of a very disappointed individual. Naught remained of his proud bridgework— naught but the fuming bowl of boiling acid. Sans teeth, however, was the first time he became comprehensible. He was a kind-hearted gent though, as was shown when someone shouted he couldn ' t breathe. Farwell immediately pressed a button and the steel doors on the windows opened up. The shock of the sun shining in left the rest of us blinded for a week. Right in there pitching was the honorable Mr. Ingenhuett. Smack smack. Boris Metal and Leo Savitch were the best students in that class but there was a very valid reason for it. Boris was of German descent and Leo picked it up while drinking beer. Professor Halsey w r as a very capable man— why he was capable of anything. One lecture, he fell off the platform chasing after his train of thought. We were always hoping he ' d pull one like this. One morning he came in and said, Today we shall dissect the frog to see what makes it croak. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a badly smashed ham sandwich. But fellows— I distinctly remember eating my lunch! Manufacturing had its bright moments. It was here we learned that C.U.C.P. meant Co-operation Usually Clinches Passing. Al- though it wasn ' t part of the regular course, we nevertheless discovered that making compounds in large quantities does not alter the character- istic properties of those substances. The speeches we made were good too— they sounded just like the books we copied them from. Our Junior year found Wally Chavkin succeeding himself once again as president. Dr. DiSomrna ' s lectures and labs were both interest- ing and amusing. Doc made them interesting and the gang saw to it that they were amusing. We studied aromatic compounds many a night to get those rings. (Some people call them bags.) But the outstanding thing about lab was the spirit of informality that always prevailed, espe- cially when the boys asked for apparatus. Most of us were always short, but what did a few dollars mean when you were having such a good time? Frank ' s Histology and Pharmacognosy shall go down in history. From the wilds of Belladonna to the jungles of Rhubarb we hunted for crystals. Those slides would have baffled Sherlock Holmes. We coidd have gotten more out of his course but— what would you do if Beh shot first? After all, a man has to protect himself. The air was so thick with spitballs sometimes, it was safer under the table. Frank ' s lectures were clear and to the point, but gosh, the terms he used! Mike thought a carpel was a small horse-drawn affair. A lot of detail work was involved in Bacteriology— charring test tube plugs, getting new petri dishes at the stockroom and many other such chores. The best story that filtered out of this class was the tale of the two test tubes. One T.T. cried to the other T.T. Help! I ' ve been stabbed! And didn ' t Blumberg get excited when one bright boy thought a colony was a place where nude people lived and another in- sisted a Brucellae is a place where beer is stored. Dispensing Pharmacy was a lot of fun, but it depended where you were situated. If you happened to be near Tommy, you slowly devel- oped the St. Vitus dance because everything shook so. On the other hand, if you were near Wally Chavkin, you developed a phobia for standing in front of your open locker. Anything between him and the piece of apparatus he needed in ypur desk didn ' t have a chance. The most pleasant place to work was next to the girls, but then you had to do twice as much. We turned out all kinds of preparations in this class. There was Vic ' s emulsion that wasn ' t what it was cracked up to be, Rudy ' s pills that were never any rounder than a lump of sugar. Baxter ' s non-volatile tinctures and Labombarda ' s hole-in-the-middle troches. He made them that way so he could see how they were coming out on the bottom. Freddy Lascoff used to teach us Economics— a course designed to make us business geniuses (or capable of just making ends meet) . We think it would have been better for all concerned if notes were mimeo- graphed and the time spent just listening to Freddy ' s stories. Before we fly off into the fourth year, let ' s not forget Doc Redden, mentor of Physiology and First Aid. One could always get an even break in his class. In fact. Hoffman limped for weeks after Mrs. See tried to find the reflex on his knee. Those head and body bandages were irri- memorable. Some looked like cut off sleeves, others like a bedspread for a double bed on a single bed. Those were the days— how can anybody forget them? In our fourth year, we were introduced to the U.S. P. and NT. and we are still trying to make them our friends. It ' s tough going though, comparable to sitting down on a beautiful day and writing an exposition on rain. You ' re all wet before you start. Abe Silbergleit ' s course was a riot. As far as lab technique went, our aim, as we discovered, was pretty rotten. Why, Rudy couldn ' t hit a watermelon with a stream of water, and Miriam swore an extraction with chloroform was painless. She always was interested in the easy way of doing things. The Dean has been teaching us Materia Medica, a useful course if there ever was one. We ' ve received such a sound medical training, we ' re reach ' to take The Hippocratic Oath. Now we know exactly where each ingredient we incorporate into some poor unfortunate ' s prescrip- tion ends up. You ' re right— the same place all other waste matter goes. Professor Wimmer is with us again, and we are proud to proclaim that he has turned out to be a real friend. The awe with which we used to sit in his first year classes has vanished. In fact, his helpful discussions have taught us much we ' re sure will be of use to us in later life. Abe Taub is a person with a good deal of reserve. Oft is the time we were caught flatfooted by his jokes because of his matter-of-fact method of springing a gag. As Brother Harry ably puts it, Emetics sometimes fail to work when you forget to tell the victim ' This is to make you vomit ' . From authentic, indisputable, absolutely authoritative (but nol official) sources, we learn that Harry Taub has opened a school that teaches pipe swallowing, how to make magnets for arsenic, and machines for shaking up patients after you have the KMnOi in their bellies; also how to handle irritant patients, caustic remarks and emetics in general. Graduation finds our numbers somewhat depleted, but more solid in relationship than ever before. And no wonder; isn ' t it only natural when you take into consideration the fact that each and every one of us carries in him a part of that spirit of ' 44. We are bound together by these memories forever. And so we came. And having come, went— Wiser and happier men. 4ouu i i e It iKemember Jh em Prof. Hart (Sister Fanny) A student is a person who spends the most time figuring out how he can get the least out of anything. ' ' Prof. Liberman (Slingin ' Sam) Will you infants stop acting like children! Prof. Pokorny (Banjo-Eyes) Now, then, isn ' t that so? Nancy (Providenza incognito) If you can ' t keep quiet, please get out! Prof. Wimmer (Mr. U.S. P.) Next Monday, we ' ll have a short quiz on everything you ' ve had these last four years. Miss Pritchard (Scrooge ' s (of Dickens fame) counterpart) I don ' t need your blood. Just pay what you owe me. Prof. Abe Taub (Inventor and admirer of blondes) (Halfway through term, to student still working on alcohol) — You ' d better hurry, or you won ' t finish. Mr. Ingenhuett (Right in Der Fuehrer ' s Face) Well, I ' m sorry. You have at least seven cuts too many. Mr. Silbergleit (The Little Fuehrer) We will now have a ten-minute quiz. Doc Halsey (Cleanliness personified) Don ' t hack at it. Slice it gently, with care. Doc Redden (Globe-trotter) Stop me if I ' ve told you this before. Mr. Miale (Smilin Joe) This stuff is a snap. Trouble is the only time you do any studying is when I give an exam— and then you study the other fellow ' s paper. Prof. Farwell (King Arthur and His Knights) Your curve is improving this time— soon you ' ll hit a twenty. Prof. Harry Taub ( Poison-fetchet ) Did you hear the one about— Mr. Anzelmi (Initiator of our Chemical education) No, no! You don ' t apply the match to the gas jet! You test the gas in the bottle. Dr. DiSomma (God of perseverance) Pardon me. class. Would you object too strongly if I sort of finished this lecture. Dr. Blumberg (All-America ' 43) That ' s not an overgrown bacillus. It ' s a worm. yuLViLor L laii Dear Yank: You wouldn ' t recognize your class now! We few who are left, there are but seventeen of us, are trying to carry on with the same vitality and general good cheer that we had when we were Freshmen. It ' s pretty hard though; there are so many more of you out there than the hand fid of us here. We did have fun the first year, didn ' t we? Remember the Freshman party in the Library? It was to strengthen the relationship between students and faculty— the first, as well as the last attempt. . . . Re- member Mickey Rooney (Red) and his imitations; and Fanny singing? I don ' t recall the song. . . . Then there was our Freshman theater party. We saw Banjo Eyes and we managed to fill four complete rows in the upper (and they did mean upper) balcony. All of you were nervous. It was the first time you ' d been out together in a group and you were watching your date carefully with that can ' t let the other fellow get her look. Remember all those academic courses? They were given to soften the blow of the next three years. There was blushing Mr. Levi, our child math wizard. . . . Mr. Harlan, who taught you guys not to say ain ' t . . . . None of us have forgotten Mr. Luthin, but do you remember the history course? Think hard now, we did have a C.C. course. . . . Mr. Anzelmi was so nice to us while we initiated our lab. coats into the ways of the school. To think, we started school with new and clean coats— never were we to see those again! . . . Say, what mark did you get in Dr. Wimmer ' s course in Orientation? By far the most outstanding course was Pharmaceutical Calcula- tions. Yes, ambidextrous Prof. Amsterdam is still doing it. How does he keep up the pace? You ask him; we ' ve never been able to solve that. We had Manufacturing Pharmacy to round out our full program. Prof. Carter was swell, wasn ' t he? It wasn ' t very long after that, that he left the school. Could we have had anything to do with it? . . . We elected some class officers before we hardly knew one another. Max Wise was President and Bernard Dinerman was Vice-President and the class was ruled with an iron hand! Then our Soph year! Just as our Freshman year could be called Genesis, the second year may be known as Exodus. Bernard Palais was the first to go; the rest followed rapidly. . . . Eddie Krasnoff was President and Arthur Borden, Vice-President. Many was the time we forgot who the officers were as did Eddie and Arthur themselves. . . . We went to a show again, and saw Let ' s Face It, still in the upper strata, (seemed like the third balcony this time) . Prof. Pokorny and Prof. Amsterdam were along, but even with their aid we could only occupy three rows of seats. Slow degeneration of the student body! Second year we were really inaugurated into C.U.C.P. via Chem. courses, namely Quan and Qual. Who could ever forget them? We learned the finer arts of collecting ppts., as per Prof. Liberman, and a few methods of our own, as per the desk. We weighed one crucible for two months at the beginning of the semester; at the end we were working at the rate of three unknowns a week. . . . There was our Latin course and patient Mr. Miale; we must have had a strange effect on our teachers —he too left after the term ended. . . . And our walk through the park in Botany? Prof. Pokorny really looked at the trees; what were we doing? Ask Dave Kravetz. ... I guess you ' ll never forget Doc. Halsey ' s psy- chology or our cat dissection. Zoology kept in touch (actually) with higher society blue-blooded lobsters, if you please! . . . Dispensing Pharmacy should have been a Junior course, but everybody loved us so, we had it in the Soph year. We elected Bernard Abramson as President and Lenny Chavkin as Vice-President. We ' re really begin- ning to know one another now! We ' re finally taking our second year of Manufacturing Pharmacy. Unfortunately for Drs. Brown and Blum- berg it ' s a 9 o ' clock class. Lab. 51 has never seen a Junior in it before 9:20. We shall always remember this course for one specific product- Ferric Chloride, free of nitrates! Any time we see a red brown liquid we stay clear of it. We are now engrossed in the very well-known and long-remem- bered pharmaceutical course, Pharmacognosy! Look at it! What is it? Come now— you can ' t mistake this for Belladonna. It ' s so simple. Prof. Pokorny finds it easy; we wish we could find it the same. We ' re seeing plants from the outside this term; last term we studied them internally. Prof. Hart had us for Histology. She had so much trouble keeping us settled in one spot for at least one hour. Do you remember anyone who was able to accomplish this task? . . . Have you heard, we ' re opening stores now? Prof. Lascoff has it all figured out for us. Only one factor is lacking— cash; better known in the Double Entry System as Capital We have had fun, but there have been sad moments too. Al Petro- celli ' s sudden death, so recently, touched all of us deeply. He was a swell fellow. We were affected too in seeing our class diminish and having all you fellows out there giving your best. Well, this is us! Are we the same? We do hope we ' ve brought you a bit closer to us. If we have, we ' ve accomplished our purpose. Yours, CLASS OF ' 45 -)opkom,ore L ic 01. a65 Well, here we are in our second year, and mighty pleased, too. Glancing backward, a course we really enjoyed was Professor Carter ' s— a truly interesting start in Pharmacy. We still enjoy the subject, but we ' re beginning to dream about Reduced Iron Pills. Prof. Amsterdam made Pharmaceutical Math a very enjoyable course. The following is a typical problem taken from his final exam: If a pharmacist bought 20.4312 lbs. of glycerin (S G l.24 1 o) and bottles cost §0.2 P 4 apiece, and he sells one ounce for as much as he can get, what volume would it occupy on a clear day (for 10% at 20° C.) ? The next calamity occurred when Mr. Anzelmi told us that we absolutely could not copy each other ' s lab reports; that is, not till 4:30. After the fatal finals and draft-board notices, a much reduced group of individuals began the sophomore year with a grand slam. In one hand we drew Pokorny, Halsey, Ingenhuett, Taub and, of course, Sam— with deuces wild, too. Professor Pokorny certainly loved his plants, but struggle as we did, and try as we might, we ' ll still take our women. Doc Halsey is teaching us about the lower forms of animals, but who is to blame if our minds wander? By far the most liked subject is Quantitative Analysis (Editor ' s note—???) . There we learned that a scale is used in a butcher shop and a balance in a laboratory. If we survive this semester we will welcome Organic with open arms and throw away our track shoes. Any similarity to actual instructors is purely intentional. 1. Barbara Bernstein— She lives in a sweater and on Empirin Tablets, cough drops and Terpin Hydrate. 2. Sanford Aronovich— Consultant chemist (when Sam is away). 3. Tseng-Hwa-Chow— Where does she get those lovely corsages? 4. Jacob De Vries—A four-letter man— in ping pong. 5. Eleanor Stark— She really does her own Latin homework. 6. Howard Hoffman— Is he learning to be a detective? If not. why does he always follow a certain someone? 7. Raymond Weinstein— An expert in sulfate determinations. 8. William Fink— Do you mark on a curve? 9. Seymour Zawada—lt he ' s not sleeping in the Post Office, he does it in class. 10. George Cutros— (in a dream) —But Sam, it ' s Cutros, not Curtos. 1 1. Daniel Lowie— What does he carry in that briefcase? 12. George Jacobs— Sandy ' s rival for Prof. Taub ' s job. 13. Benjamin Kaufman— A wizard at Ph. 14. Harry Rowinsky—He helps Kaufman read log tables. 15. Helga Tielinen— Dr. Brown ' s pet. 16. Betty Schein — No trespassing (L-C.) . 17. Martin Gale— A wolf on the prowl. 18. Stanley Gotheim—We deserves the Iron Cross for his German accent. 19. David Frohlich— At least an entire paragraph should be devoted to him. A very versatile individual, but his two true loves are standing on 42nd Street, and pursuing a fair maiden in our class. 20. Bernard Bernstein— Broke again— thanks to Shirley. P.S.— (The first fellow of the class to be engaged— congratulations.) J mshmavi L lc CL65 I was approached the other day by one of the so-called members of the senior class. A gruesome sight, believe me. His face resembled a glass mortar and his nose hung over his mouth like a broken pestle. Write up the freshman class! he ordered. Frightened, shaking, and shivering, I replied, Yes, sir, and finished off my sentence by breaking a 200-pound bottle of Aqua Distillata over his ponderous cranium. I hurried to the library where 29 freshman scholars were deep in sleep. I tried to waken at least one of them, but try as I would, not one would respond. I sat quietly thinking what I could write about the class. My eyes started to wander and focused on the mysterious door at the far end of the hall. Behind these portals lie the ambitions, hopes, and dreams of every freshman. Once he passes through this magnificent arch he feels as if he has accomplished a great feat. Behind this door lies the seat of justice— the place where all little boys get their wrists slapped for charging 3c. for a 2c. stamp. 1 1 would only be fair that we describe the future pharmacists, the Docs who are going to make the poisons that the public is going to take. Now don ' t get me wrong, we have a darn good class of pro- spective geniuses. For example, class mathematician, Donald Bun- denoff; class thinker, Joseph Langerspracher; class financier, Arnold Rinaldi; class philosopher, Michael Terliszese; the White Terror- Guess Who! However, there are a few who deserve special praise: Constantine Papuvasiliou, for whom we predict a great future, is one of our out- standing students. In pharmacy lab, Pappy cooks, peals, squeals, in fact does everything except Pharmacy, but don ' t be surprised if he should find the cure for cancer. Then there is Mortimer Cohen, who arrives at school at 6:30 A.M., runs around until 10 A.M. pulling his hair out, shouting, I don ' t know a thing. His exam mark— 95%. A very clever individual is Norman Schulman, with whom I share a desk in the lab. At frequent intervals I am tempted to ask my col- league for a few hints on various preparations. Dubiously, I asked him whether I should use Pot. Carbonate in this particular preparation. No, you dope, he shouted, half drowning me. Use Ca Carbonate. And for three weeks your writer worked on this preparation; I still don ' t know why I obtained that precipitate. Alvin Halpern, captain of the Spanish Athletic Club, The Bull Thrower ' s A.C., is next in our series of great men. Without his moral support we would have never won a basketball, football, or checker game. Marvin Silvers is a man after my own heart. His motto is never let a day go by without breaking $1 worth of equipment. In fact, last week, after an overzealous day with the beakers, he found that he had run out of the little things. So, asking Dr. Blumberg what to do, he was amazed to hear him say, Use a beaker mender, stupid. Now what kind of an answer is that, calling an innocent freshman stupid? (But what the hell is a beaker mender?) Ed. note, ask Hoffman. J tudent L ouncii The history of the Student Council during our time has not been without its tribulations. The first year was the lean year, in that there was no student activity fee to work with. With the resumption of this fee in 1941 we were able to achieve many lasting benefits for the student body. Social functions became an integral part of our school life. Recreational facilities were installed in both the men ' s and women ' s lounges. The publication of the school year book. Apothe- kan, was resumed. Once again we had a school paper. These were a few of the benefits made possible with the funds now available. Today, because of the decrease in the number of the student body and the consequent reduction in the funds available, there has been a severe curtailment in student activities. Yet in spite of these obstacles we have managed to salvage some semblance of student functions. Money has been made available for the separate class affairs and also for the publication of the year book; the latter achievement being one of no little consequence. The Council, backed by the unanimous vote of the senior class, finally was able to convince our faculty advisers that the publication of a separate rather than a joint issue of the Apothekan was not only feasible, but also more in keeping with the school tradition. What the morrow holds, no one knows. It is our sincere hope that we will not have to go back to the lean years. In these times it is a mark of accomplishment to be able to function with adversity staring one in the face. =ljante L ircte The Dante Circle was established in 1922 under the guidance of two former faculty members, Prof. Jacob S. Dorfman and Mr. Dominick Fanelli. The Circle was created with the purpose of furthering social activities, promoting a closer bond among the students of the college, and advancing the interests of pharmacy. Annually, since 1930. in memory of our beloved Professor of Pharmacy, the late Dr. George C. Diekman, the fraternity presents the Diekman Medal to the student obtaining the highest scholastic stand- ing in four years o f theoretical pharmacy. This season was opened by attending a play in which the new members were invited. Bowling parties were frequent among the mem- bers. Because of the stressing times the social activities of the Dante Circle have been comparatively few in number. Those that we did have were truly enjoyable. In times of strife and universal mistrust, as mark these years, the Circle gives wholehearted support to any national effort in the preserva- tion of our nation against tyranny. In an effort to enter into the spirit of the day, the fraternity has assisted in the sale of war stamps, many have donated blood to the Red Cross Blood Bank, and many have entered into the service. We soon must say farewell to some, and to the remainder we prom- ise that in the future we will strive harder to insure fraternalism among the members of our organization. President, Carlo Russo; Vice-President, Mary Russell; Secretary, Eleanor Stark; Treasurer, Matilda Cavallo; Historian, Sebas- tiano E.SPOSITO. J appa j- dl This year Kappa Psi celebrates the sixty-fifth anniversary of its founding. During these many years, 51 collegiate chapters and 35 graduate chapters have been chartered. Kappa Psi represents one of the largest fraternities in the Pharmaceutical field and is truly a national institution. Gamma Chapter of C.U.C.P. is one of the oldest chapters in the fraternity, founded before the turn of the century. Through all these years we have maintained an active chapter, but due to war-time condi- tions our enrollment and activities have been sharply curtailed. During the past few years we have lost, and our armed forces have gained, six active members; three to the Army and three to the Navy. Our Honor Roll stands: Donald Taber, Ph. M. 2 c. U.S.N. Charles Rose, Ph. M. 2 c. U.S.N. Puzant Torigian. Ph. M. 2 c. U.S.N. John Zaremba, U.S.A. Boris Metel, U.S.A. John Koceniak, U.S.A. We mourn the loss of Albert Petrocelli. who passed away suddenly during the school year. To all these men, and to other brothers of Kappa Psi in the service, we wish the best of luck and a speedy return home. aJLambda J appa 3 ,ppa -)ia iama Sigma Chapter of Lambda Kappa Sigma was organized by the women students of Columbia College of Pharmacy in 1931. Since that time Sigma has tried to advance the professional and social ideas for which it was founded and to further the position of women in pharmacy. During the past year an active program was carried out. The semester started with an Eastern Regional Convention held in Boston. Shortly afterward a welcome party was given for incoming women students. Due to the urgency of war duties our social activities naturally have been somewhat curtailed. Members serving as air-raid wardens and working in intercepter command are doing their best to co-operate with the national war effort. During the coming year the Sigma Chapter hopes that it may add new laurels to those already acquired, and that it will work hand-in-hand with the members of the other thirty-two chapters of Lambda Kappa Sigma. Officers for the year: President, Miriam Rosenberg; Secretary, Barbara Bernstein; Vice-President, Shirley J affe: Treasurer, Betty Schein: Chaplain, Paule See. Delta 2) lama Jhet f leia Sad though these times are, fraternities are in more demand today than ever before. Why? Well, to be frank, a fraternity can give its members, though far from home and the halls where meetings are held, a spiritual and moral uplifting, and a feeling that some one, other than parents and dear ones, is thinking of them, and praying for the time when again they will be able to sit down together and have an evening ' s fun. Such is the job of a fraternity today, and whether such a society can fulfill it shows the strength behind it. Delta Sigma Theta is meeting this obligation to the best of its ability, for with seventeen brothers taken from school alone, it is carry- ing on with the grateful aid of its active alumni. Among its war activ- ities are the sending of gifts to brothers in service at least three or four times a year, sending a monthly bulletin to service men, keeping them in touch with happenings, and writing personal letters by the fraters still home. Recently started is a revolving loan fund, from which broth- ers on furlough may borrow if they should be caught short of money. Those men taken from school are: Ensign H. Chavkin ' 44 W. Chavkin ' 44 A. Friedman ' 43 H. Halpern ' 45 H. Hill ' 45 M. Kaner ' 44 M. Katz ' 44 E. Krasnoff ' 45 S. Kaplan ' 45 I. Minaker ' 46 A. Ricco ' 46 L. Rosenberg ' 44 R. Siedenberg ' 46 S. Sternberg ' 43 I. Tabachnick ' 45 M. Tetelman ' 44 Lt. B. Zeldin ' 44 Senior Photographs IN THIS ISSUE OF APOTHEKAN By NU CAMERA STUDIO GIMBEL BROS. Arcknowiedamenl3 V ■ Ve gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following who have cooper- ated with us to the fullest extent and have helped make this book. To Merck ; Co., for use of senior divider cut. To Allan S. Lassner, The Comet Press, Inc., we wish to convey our sincere thanks for excellent guidance in publishing this yearbook. To Frank Pokorny, faculty adviser, for his inspirational guidance and thor- ough understanding. Finally, we wish to sincerely thank Alvin Cohen ' 43 for his invaluable co- operation. EDITORS, APOTHEKAN PRINTED BY IHK COME! PRESS, INC., 200 VARICK STREET, NEW YORK 14, N. Y. c fe Gj rutoaraph arapi COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES 0064261301