Indianapolis College of Pharmacy - Mistura Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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mm l r f t jW t o t II r a FACULTY LEROY D. EDWARDS, B. S. HAROLD E. DUFENDACH, B. S. Professor of Materia Aledica Professor of Chemistry and Botany EDWARD H. NILES, Ph. C, PHAR. D., DEAN Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry EDWARD F. WAGENER, Ph. C. HARRY J. BORST, Ph. G. Professor of Pharmacy f rufessor of Commercial Pharmacy ERNEST C. STAHLHUTH, Ph. G. Professor of Commercial Phar- maceutical Manufacturing C. RICHARD SCHAEFER, M. D. Professor of PhysiolosfV ARTHUR E. BERTRAM, Ph. G. BENJAMIN F. OGLE, Ph. G., Laboratory Assistant Ph. C. Laboratory Instructor in Pharmacy and Chemistry Eleven

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g 1 t fw t g t n r a EVOLUTION OF THE I. C. P. 1904-1909 During the year 1903 the question of estabhshing in Indianapolis an educational institution with many departments of college grade was dis- cussed and met with much popular favor. March 16, 1904, the grounds of the United States Arsenal were purchased with funds raised by popular subscription among the citizens of Indianapolis and friends of the move- ment. The property was admirably adapted to the needs of a college. It consisted of more than seventy-six acres, partly covered by a magnificient growth of forest trees and partly under cultivation. There were many substantial buildings which had been erected by the government, and which were easily convertible for college uses. It was situated about one mile from the business center of the city, yet easy of access. In April, 1904, the Winona Technical Institute was incorporated, and it opened in September with departments of Pharmacy, Chemistry and Elec- tricity. The Pharmacy department began work on September 6, 1904, with twelve students ; Professor John A. Gertler was Director. Under existing conditions the college year extended twenty-six weeks, and continuous v ' ork was given ; eleven students were graduated in 1905. The success and growth of the Pharmacy department was phenomenal. Each year saw larger classes. By the end of 1909 more than two hundred students had been enrolled, and one hundred twenty-five had been graduated. 1910-1913 By 1910 the Pharmacy department had outgrown the facilities of the original building, and the laboratories and lecture rooms were established in the main building on the campus, popularly known as the tower build- ing. But in the midst of prosperity, the college suffered a great loss through the accidental death in March 191 1 of Professor John A. Gertler, the organizer and Director for seven years. He was succeeded by Professor Albert F. Haller, a faculty member ; but his career was also terminated by accidental death in November, 1912. Professor Edward H. Niles was named Director by the Trustees, and the destinies of the college have been in his hands since that date. The culmination of misfortunes came in 1913. While the Pharmacy and Chemistry department had been uniformly succ essful, most of the other departments of the Institute had failed to prosper. Debts accumulated, litigation ensued, and in 1913, the property became part of the Indianapolis public school system, and the Technical High -School oc- cupied the grounds. 1914-1919 With the spark of vitality unquenched, the Pharmacy college acquired space in the Century Building, located at Maryland and South Pennsylvania streets. Here classrooms, laboratories, stock rooms, etc ' , were provided and the work of instruction proceeded with general satisfaction and success. Thirteen