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

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HERE! It ' s here, that magic year in Pharmacy school. My summer was completed again and every sum- mer day is recorded as one of Practical Experience. ' I performed all the duties of an apprentice as outlined in Article 137 of the Education Law of the State of New York ( thank you, Sol ) . 1. The proper care of stock and store ar- rangement — moved three year old specials from right side of store to left side. 2. To manufacture USP and NF prepara- tions — added to a gallon jug, five pounds of Jack Frost Granulated sugar and q.s. ' d with water (tap?) to make one full gallon. Shake until dis- solved. 3. To compound Rxs — never knew the numbers table so well before. 4. The preservation of drugs — placed two dram vial of Chloroform in Dried Raspberry box. 5. The handling, compounding and dispens- ing of drugs, chemicals, medicine, poisons, and galenicals — counted out fifteen Dexedrine SO., tablets ( by hand ) crushed in mortar, added other ingredients and dispensed in capsules 6. The handling of prescription apparatus and laboratory equipment — broke three gradu- ates and cleaned refrigerator, sink and toilet week- ly (weakly). It wouldn ' t be long now with all this experience behind me that I ' ll be showing off at that October Practical. Well, as I was saying before I so rudely inrer- , rupted myself, it ' s that magic Senior C.U.C.P. 26 Year. You know it even had a magic number no, not 69, but 25 (credits, that is). Well, I ' m just a lower senior. Boy, it was just what I needed. My weight was now down to 115 lbs. and I could enjoy the invigorating air of 8 to 9 A.M. each morning on the subway. Well, 8 to 9, 9.10, 9.20, what ' s the difference? Must say that new professor was glad to see me no matter what time I arrived. Please come to my office , was his cry. Did you know that the average swine dose is 2X the normal adult human dose? Also the LD CLAY over ED CLAY = MD (Margin of Danger). Yes, my new experience in Pharma- cology had an even newer experience in Profes- sor Clay. Why O why did he ever leave Ohio was sung to the shrills of Mogil ' s pitchpipe. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAN

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UPJOHN met by the Upjohn representative, put into buses and driven directly to our two hotels to prepare for dinner and a free evening in Kalamazoo. The hotel accomodations didn ' t match the luxury of Detroit but they were the finest in Kalamazoo and no one had a complaint. That evening, after a quite elaborate buffet supper, Columbia hit Kalamazoo. Some mild man- nered people took Upjohn ' s free tickets and went to the movies, but most of the rest looked around for other excitement and in spite of the Upjohn representative ' s warning that Kalamazoo is a dull town, they found excitement — or made it. De- tails here would be too gory to print and even more embarrassing to explain, so it shall be said that a good time was had by all. The next morning, each group ate breakfast in its own hotel and boarded Upjohn ' s buses for the plant. En route we were told that one-half of Kalamazoo works at the plant and the half that doesn ' t, wants to. After touring the plant we realized that this statement was very close to the truth. The plant was beautiful, it was the paragon of industrial efficiency. Having recently been constructed, it had every modern device conceivable to make production fast and the em- ployees comfortable. It was a one story operation with raw materials coming in one side of the building and the finished products leaving from the opposite side. To expedite this, much of the equipment was on wheels. There were fork trucks scooting all over, with electric eye doors aiding 13 . i i i • i FF CF FE EE EF ' EE EE GE them to go through barriers. For the comfort of the employees there were snack bars staggered throughout the plant with accompanying employee recreation. It was really a plant of which Upjohn and the pharmaceutical industry could be proud. That evening, half the group went to a dance at Western Michigan College with six of them having dates under the auspices of Harold Eckstein. To put it mildly, the reception for Columbia was cool the good times of the previous night were already taking their toll. One by one, the dancing contingent drifted away to join their brethren in pursuit of more and greater activities. The second evening in Kalamazoo was a mere shadow of the first, this primarily due to a tired crew and a more vigilant police force. By 2 A.M. or so most sane people were in bed, and some were even asleep. The following morning we went to visit Upjohn ' s research laboratory. This laboratory was located in the heart of Kalamazoo, much removed from the outlying manufacturing plant. We again saw the complex of glassware and precision in- struments that we first met up with at Parke- Davis. Research workers from each department of the laboratory instructed us in the various phases of the operations being performed. In the afternoon we bade farewell to Kala- mazoo and left for the station. The trip home was much milder than the trip going. Apparently the boys had learned that they needed the sleep. On Saturday morning, the train dived with a roar into the two and one-half mile tunnel that bur- rows under Park Avenue and there we were at Grand Central Station, having had a very suc- cessful and happy trip.

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I Just as if it had been planned, at 10 A.M., who walks in but CUCP ' s most magnificent after dinner speaker and before dinner cocktail drinker — Dean Leuallen. It ' s kind of early for dinner — oops he forgot his lunch pail (it ' s dark in Rockville Centre in the morning). This is the lecture I ' ve been waiting for. I sure like story telling — tell me another Sam, and then there was a fellow from Philly . . . The exam grades got better and better until questions 60 and 61 on the final broke me. Who knew the color of the text and the publisher of Index Q? Well, my easy year had just begun. Yes, it was time to Gram stain my E. coli and percolate the left over Belladonna from Sophomore year. I wonder if R.S. got an alias for Bact Lab. Thank Getzkin for those finagle sheets — they sure saved the day. No precipitation without Agglu- tination . Join the Alta coccus Union 1199 ' i . Cocci of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your flagella . This was the year in which my ingenuity paid off. In a course labeled Pharmaceutical Technology III, under the able guidance of that There ' s cold cream now in Camay man, Pro- fessor Chavkin, I tested my products. Yes, I had the most mixed up skin after those five months, it didn ' t know whether to dry up, secrete or just lay there. By the way, did you know that the toothpaste formula was recently purchased by an outfit that supplies mad dogs for movies and TV ' (Nothing stops that Na Lauryl SO, from foaming.) This course sure did lower our inter- facial surface tension. We kept calling each other surfactants . Gee mom, I got a closet full of beakers. And so I continue. Once again we returned to Room 10 to meet Dr. L.N. (Pills) Brown and senior dispensing We also met our lab in- structors Herbie and Red, the latter the Israeli envoy to the United States — Guns for the Arabs. The famous X predominated through the course the first semester but Red and Herbie willing, I ventured into Upper Senior Dispensing all alone. This it it men, don ' t forget your Rx copies and set numbers. Yes, we are really being prepared for the State Board . . . Oops! What did you say, Dean. ' Oh no, you don ' t mean it, not in Septem- ber, U.S. Army here I come. Guess what hap- pened? Lest I forget here is the course of the year. For a special six dollar fee I was allowed to take it. This was the ultimate and was I glad. Do you know the only unicamerial legislature in the U.S. is Please cancel all reservations for trains to Oregon and its bordering states. We are in- eligible for the Board because: a. We haven ' t Professor Herzog ' s OK b. We have sold contraceptives without an Rx c. No competition for Mom (S.H. ' s we mean) Chose one. By the way, my seven year old son just got the job of marking the dean ' s final in May. WARNING TO JUNIORS: Don ' t get as- signed to a seat or you ' re through. Keep moving you will be a harder target to hit. Well, this is the end of our little story. Be- lieve me, it ' s faster ro read than experience. Yes, with four good years behind me I am now ready to face the trials and tribulations of Drug Store Pharmacy. Just one more hurdle to surmount — those State Boards. Shall I take Jersey, Califor- nia or the Maine quickie? Maybe Alaska is the one for me. I hear they reciprocate with Siberia, Attu and Greenland. Graduate study, anyone? ANSWER TO QUESTION: Leaf on Park Department Truck — Buchu. 27