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

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THE TRIBES

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I i to injury, he spoke in a whisper. ' I ' m sorry, sir, but we can t hear you in the back. ' ' That ' s all right, you ' ll get used to it ' . However, each and every one of us were sport- ing a beautiful set of Pharmacology notes. There was a heap of notes in this course. We did minor surgery on poor little rabbits. However, some of the technicians lost their patients. The patients were piled knee deep in the garbage can. Back in Ohio . . . The other Westerner who came to us across the Rockies was a Californian. Wran- glers, he is the only maverick who can say moiety with a Western accent, and when you say that, smile! I will never forget that after one hour in his course, my shootin ' hand was out of commission for a mighty long spell. Here we were taught by virtue of the fact (What fact? I dunno what fact! ) that we needed this material for the state boards among other things. Formulas, chemical names, and fatty livers were virtually thrown at us. ' What did he say? ' Back again in Room 61 we were running titrations like mad. Here we met Silent Abe, whose quiet gentlemanly manner will always be remembered by us. With our experience, all of us ladies and gentlemen could open assay offices in the new Territories. The day the first sample is given to you, you are four weeks behind in your work, but after using the correction factor on a few of the unknowns, we were up to date. Into room 45 we walked, only to be told by Belle Starr that we were full of bacteria. Herbie Zoster was the only student to get an A in that course. I was not surprised to learn that four of our microbe hunters were infected with Tsutsugamushi and were sent to Zinnser, Pony Express, for further bacteriological study. We was supposed to larn how to make ugly women look purty by making cos- metics for them. Waal, we never wound up making lipstick though, or any of the preparations classified as war paint, but maybe it was all for the best. However, in the products that we did make, we really had us a ball. The technique was really somp ' n to witness. Harlan, in the calculation of the amount of preservative to include in some of the products, found himself a real wild method. He would take a handful of Methyl Paraben, then discard it, and, looking at the few crystals that still adhered to his palm, he ' d scrape them into his preparation. To make law abiding pharmacists of ourselves, we took a course in law with Shotgun Sol. Laws, a Law, the Law — ' Explain in 10 words or less the basis of our national government. ' But after shivering through the course with mimeographed notes from the previous year, we knew our Jurisprudence. Waal, this finally ended up our fourth and last year at the CUCP ranch. The boys were all sort of sorry to leave the old homestead, but then we were all ready to go out and show what we knew . . . What ' s that, son? Where are the rest of the boys now? Why, you ' ll find them in any good Pharmacy in these United States. .

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ALPHA ZETA OMEGA ALPHA ZETA OMEGA: First Row: Bernard Gelbard, Lloyd Elkowitz, Allen Kornwaler, Floyd Kirmeier, Melvin Feigelson, Edward Marlowe.Secont Row: Robert Kirschner, Morton Katz, Herbert Pryves, Robert Rosenstein, Herbert Swift, Robert Munies. Third Row: Albert Michaels, Myron Guss, Robert Pickholtz, Marvin Gitomersky, Howard Top- chik, Arge Drubulis, Leo Goldberger, Richard Daytz, Melvin Schwartz, Mark Goldberg, Herbert, Gold, Martin Weiner, Harvey Friedman. Alpha Zeta Omega had its birth as a non-sec- terian Pharmaceuti cal Fraternity on December 19, 1919, in Philadelphia. Since that date, it has grown into a highly coordinated National organization, with more than twenty-seven chapters. The Fratern- ity has as its chief goal the promotion of profession- alism by following the guiding principles of Peace, Friendship, and Brotherly Love. In 1954, Zeta Chapter of the College of Pharmacy reached the peak of success under the able and distinguished faculty guidance of Professor H. Ran- dolph Halsey, by gaining the most important award given by Alpha Zeta Omega, The Directorum ' s Cup; this award is presented annually to the chapter which was in the best standing with the Supreme Organization, and showed signs of greatest progress and activity during the year. Zeta Chapter estab- lished a highly successful professional-type paper 26 and the institution of a series of professional dis- plays at the College of Pharmacy. Alpha Zeta Omega is proud of its Cultural Fund undertaking. From this fund a pharmacy was pre- sented to the Hadassah Hospital in Israel, an ambu- lence was sent to the Israeli forces, libraries were equipped in many colleges of pharmacy, awards were established at many schools; here at Columbia, Alpha Zeta Omega is proud of its efforts on behalf of the new Institute of Pharmacy and in particular the Irving Harkavy Memorial Lounge. Alpha Zeta Omega has always maintained that scholarship, a stepping stone to professionalism, is of paramount concern to the Fraternity. Zeta chapter can point with great pride to those men in the class of 1955 who have gone far to further a basic ideal of Alpha Zeta Omega throughout the many facets of the profession of Pharmacy.