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

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Our Second Year Our second year was one which demanded in- stant maturity. For the first time we were allowed to rub shoulders with real Columbia students. We were given courses unlike those that we had ever seen before. We were called upon to do what we really never did in our first year — work! Organic chemistry, taught by the late Dr. Di- Somma, was, to say the least, an unusual course. We would walk into the lecture, copy four or five pages of structures and reactions, and leave at the bell in an amazed and flabbergasted state. The lab in this course provided a great deal of excitement, with periodic fires springing up to ward off any dull moments. Esther Chu was a delight to work with. Commutation A, better known as Physics, was handled by handsome Dr. Bardon. The simplicity of the course most often bewildered him. During the second semester many students enjoyed the trip he conducted to the Nevis Research Center. It is still difficult to comprehend mu mesons, pi mesons, and anti-matter. Physics lab proved quite interest- ing and at the same time, incomprehensible. How many of you know the flower? If we did not know it at the start of our second year, Prof. Pokorny and Miss Kelz saw to it that we learned quickly all about the plant kingdom. Contemporary Civilization I and II was taught by Dr. Eckstein. This man you either loved or hated. He treated us like people, and this threw a good many of us off balance. Regardless of personal feelings and personal differences, he presented a course unlike one we had ever seen. Thinking was the prime achievement of the course. The second semester we emerged from the botan- ical world to the animalistic environment as pre- sented by Prof. Staud in the Zoology course. It was at this point that we learned how to write quickly. There was no alternative. Either speed write or throw in the towel. And of course there were the famous Staud Exams . The favorite question upon the return of one of her exams was not, What did you get? , but rather, How many minus one-halves did you get? During intersession we embarked on our first class trip. Along with Prof. Pokorny, we visited the facili- ties of the E. R. Squibb Laboratory in New Bruns- wick, New Jersey. This was our first exposure to pharmaceutical manufacturing. With the closing of our second year, the class diminished in size. For those sustained with the thoughts and ideals of pharmacy, it was two down and three to go. • I 1 —Ji ifa iLt

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Our Third Year We were now on our way to becoming pharma- cists. It was during this year that we were exposed to pharmaceutical courses. Physical Pharmacy, lec- tured by Dr. Zografi and Dr. Gibaldi, was a course in theoretical pharmacy on the molecular level. The lectures in the course were accompanied by lab- oratory work involving the effects of modern sur- factants on suspension and emulsion systems, and other pharmaceutical experimentation in the field. Prof. Liberman offered his course of Quantita- tive Chemistry which dealt with red and blue F ' s. Where would we have been without Miss D to pull us out of many difficulties which arose in the lab? It was in physiology that many of us pithed a frog for the first time. Glory to the kymograph, glory to the inductorium, and glory to eight pages of notes per lecture. For those interested in the economics of guns versus that of butter, thanks must be attributed to Big Jim O ' Connor and Mr. Samuelson. Finally, we must not forget the one credit course in Pharmaceutical Orientation taught by Dean Leuallen. It was here that we learned what a U.S.P. and N.F. were, and all about the A. Ph. A. and the N.A.R.D. During intersession the class journeyed to Smith, Kline, and French Labs along with Prof. Horowitz and Miss DeLisser. After a day ' s stay at Philadel- phia and a night ' s stay at the hotel where cards, liquor and pillows flew, we left for Pearl River and a truly memorable visit to Lederle Labs. The tour was most stimulating, and the food at the Motel on the Mountain was outstanding. The second semester brought with it courses in Law and Accounting lectured by Prof. Horowitz. Wc were also treated to the course in Biochemistry and 4,000 page lab reports by Dr. Mandel, Mr. Radoff and Mr. Brezenoff. Wasn ' t it fun in that lab working with radio-activity, snake venom, Radoff and Brezenoff? The Pharmaceutical Analysis course under Prof. Taub. a truly remarkable man, proved quite stimu- lating, especially due to his multiple guess midterm and final. The close of this year saw the departure of two of our Professors, namely, Drs. Mandel and Zo- grafi. It also signified the completion of three hard working years and the hope of a rapidly passing future in the two years remaining. 16