Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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bubbling test tubes WILLIAM fl. JflRRETT, Pharm.D., B.S., dean of the college of pharmacy. suggest that pharmacy students are probing into the compounding and preparation of prescriptions. Senior students under the guidance of Sebastian C. Pirruccello, director of the clinic pharmacy, fill approximately one thousand prescriptions monthly. Operated as a service to the indigent people of the area, this clinic serves as a teaching aid to pharmacy students. Here medicine is dispensed at cost to patients reg- istered at the clinic. Free drugs are given to those unable to purchase them. Through the winter holidays and summer vacation period, the clinic is operated by advanced students who are required to return and assist faculty members in the perpetual operation of the dispensary. Last fall junior and senior students, together with C. Henry Sprague, assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry; Dr. Philippos E. Papadakis, associate professor of chemistry; Manuel Nuno, instructor in chemistry; and Dr. Nicholas Dietz, Jr., associate professor of biological chemistry and nutrition; made In- dianapolis their destination on their annual education trip. As guests of the Eli Lilly Company, the fifty-two students and faculty members toured the plant. They were familiarized with the various aspects of commercial research and production. This knowledge of pharmacy in a different aspect made the trip especially valuable. Although Pharmacy is separated from the Hilltop in location, it is a vital part of the university, and this year it was their senior student, Ken Boeding, who became King Creighton XXVII. Pharmacy Day, traditionally the school ' s outstanding sociability of the year, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. Dick Walcher chairmaned the day ' s festivities. Dr. William A. Jarrett, as dean of the col- lege of Pharmacy, is in personal contact with each of the students and aids them in their problems and schedule planning. Fr. Harry B. Crimmins S.J., is regent of the school. JL.LA± Dean William fl. Jarrett; Frank Ferraro; C. Henry Sprague, Francis fl. Welsh; Mrs. Ann L. Czerwinski; Sebastian Pirrucello. Page 28

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FR. HENRY W. CflSPER, S.J., A.B., S.T.L., Ph.D., dean of the graduate school. the graduate school, in these times of decreasing school enroll- ments, is more than holding its own. At the present time the Graduate school numbers approximately 110 students. This growth rep- resents remarkable progress from the times a quarter of a century ago when a graduate student was something of a rare specimen on the University campus. Graduate work is becoming increasingly popular. Its appeal to students with more mature interest varies from interests in the area of professional education to scholarly endeavors in the fields of history, English, microbiology, anatomy, and biochemistry. In addition, the graduate School enrollment in- cludes almost a score of students who, having already completed their work for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, are engaged in grad- uate work leading to the degree of Master of Science in Medicine with fields of concen- tration in medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, pediatrics, radiology, and surgery. The greatest number of graduate students descends upon the University during the sum- mer session when the enrollment swells to some 275 or 300 students. A large contingent of the graduate students coming to Creighton for the summer sessions are Sisters, members of the various religious sisterhoods, who are working either for the various graduate de- grees or for their teaching certificates. In addition to large numbers of Sisters repre- senting the parochial school system, a goodly number of members of the public school sys- tem register in the Graduate school at Creigh- ton to qualify for advanced degrees and for teaching certificates. In the course of the past year the Graduate school witnessed the inauguration of a Sigma Xi Club at Creighton. The Society of the Sigma Xi was established for the encourage- ment of scientific research. It is a fraternity of graduate students and faculty who devote their time to the worthy purposes of scientific research. Page 30