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

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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

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Our Fourth Year It is September and we are now registering for our seventh time. Our high school friends are now seniors in college while we are only juniors; but we don ' t mind since our college career shall termi- nate in the pharmaceutical profession. It is at this time that we are to make decisions concerning our future. We are offered elective courses for the first time, and we must choose be- tween two paths. Some of us choose the graduate program, others select the retail and administra- tive program. During the first term, the class is held together through the Microbiology, Marketing, Dispensing, and Logic courses. Those choosing electives neces- sary for graduate study find themselves taking nine credits of Calculus in two terms (they really must want graduate school), while those taking the Ad- ministration program take Advanced Marketing and Workshop. (They must really want Adminis- tration.) In the Microbiology course under Dr. Clausen, everyone learned the why ' s and wherefore ' s, tech- niques and meaning of sterilization. Words such as Arnold, autoclaving and hot air ovens became common in this term. Dispensing Pharmacy, our first practical encounter in our pharmaceutical study, was more than adequately discussed by Dr. Gibaldi. We learned all about the important aspects of pharmacy including tinctures, fluid extracts, and how to make pills and troches, and many important techniques required by the State Board of Pharm- acy of every prospective pharmacist. The winter term brought little change in the pharmacy curriculum. Replacing the bacteria and virus was the gamboge and Mandrake Root. This was, of course, Prof. Pokorny ' s Pharmacognosy course, a true example of modern pharmacy. Who can ever forget the Grab Bag practicals and Miss Kelz running about the lab teaching us for the sec- ond time how to get a good cross section of a leaf? Speaking of practicals, how about the practicals taken in the Dispensing Laboratory? Why would anyone filter an emulsion? or place five grains of material in a T. T.? No one really knows, but it was done. This was also the year for administrative changes in the school. When Dean Leuallen resigned to take a new position in Albany, Dr. Kanig was appointed as the new Dean. Almost immediately changes were instituted, the magnitude of which would not be realized until we returned in September. The fourth year rapidly came to a close, but we still had one more very large year to go. 18