Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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PHARMACY FACULTY Howard C. Newton ' Dean The BLUE-JAY 1933 The College of Pharmacy THE pharmacist plays a great part in the work of human- ity. As years pass on and great progress is made in the field, the requirements for those practicing this profession be- come greater. Those entering into this field of work must have a thorough training in the fundamental principles of chemistry, biology and applied science of pharmacy. It is in the dispensary in the medical building that students of the pharmacy school start their actual training. Here they work under the supervision of a faculty supervisor, who acts as an instructor and overseer. The prescriptions that are filled by the student pharmacists in the dispensary are written and signed by a student doctor and approved by the faculty direc- tor. The patient presents the prescription to one of the stu- dents who is on duty at the dispensary. Upon receiving the prescription, the student enters the number in a book and signs his name after it, thus showing that he has filled the prescrip- tion and that all responsibility rests upon him. With the elementary steps concluded, he proceeds to fill the prescription, which, after it is filled, is checked by a registered pharmacist who is on duty to aid the students. The patient is then given the drug for a nominal sum, or at no cost at all, depending on his financial status. The prescriptions are originated for each specific case by spe- cialists and are, for the most part, non-proprietory. They are filled by the students for the practice that they receive in doing [22]

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Bernard Martin Thomas Colfer Bernard Delehant through by the students who thus learn by actual practice that which they will later use in public trials. The classroom theory on lawmaking is enhanced by giving the students an opportunity to study the activities of a parliamen- tary group by means of the Model House. The House, under the supervision of a student Speaker of the House, is com- posed of the entire student body. By serving on the various committees and carrying through the acts of presenting, dis- cussing, passing and ratifying bills, the students are given some realization of methods used by the various legislative bodies. The library of the School of Law numbers some 35,000 well chosen volumes. In selecting volumes for the library, empha- sis is placed on the up-to-the-minute books which make acces- sible the law of today. The historical aspect has not been overlooked for a large section of the library is devoted to an- cient books and documents which carry the research student back to medieval England — back to the days when the great system of Common Law was taking root. The bocks on the library shelves, beginning with the Yearbook of 1307 in the reign of Edward II, trace the progress of the Common Law through the centuries down to the decisions of the current terms of court in English speaking jurisdictions the world over. The library has approximately two hundred and fifty volumes for each student enrolled. The Law school has a faculty made up of men each of whom is well versed and well known in his own special field. The student is thus able to get a thorough general training as well as intensive work in the field in which he is interested. Rev. John J. Danihy, S. J. Regent The BLUE-JAY 1933 f 21 ]

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Theodore Kokes William Goodin Charles Beaton so, and not specifically because it is required by any patient. This practice covers a variety of practical prescription experi- ence seldom found elsewhere. In the dispensary, the classroom theories are put into practice. By meeting and overcoming the problems that arise during his period on duty, the student is trained to take over the respon- sibilities of his life vocation. In order to afford all pharmacy students a chance in this end of the work, a working staff composed of seven or eight stu- dents and the supervisor is almost continually on duty. The dispensary is open daily from 11 to 12 a. m. and from 1 to 3 p. m. and from 10 to 3 o ' clock on Saturdays. A record of all the prescriptions filled since the opening of the dispensary in 1905 are kept. During the past twenty-eight years over 225,000 prescriptions have been filled in this dis- pensary. The records show that the greatest number of pre- scriptions filled on one day was made on February 28, 1931, when 103 prescriptions were filled in three hours. Although there are a few remunerations for prescriptions filled in the dispensary, most of them are filled with no charge, and a large quantity of medicine is given in this manner each year. Since 1916 the College of Phramacy has maintained a Class A rating. The progressive attitude which has kept the college among the foremost in adopting newer ideas in formulating its curriculum has had much to do with the success of its graduates. Rev. John J. McInerny, S. J. Regent The BLUE-JAY 1933 [23]