Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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At last we had reached our senior year. Of the 143 who started with ug We now had 81 survivors left. But by this time we had added nine others to make our total 90. Now we donned our white professional uniforms and went into the dispensing laboratory. It was here that we got our chances to fill some of those prescriptions that we had been hearing about for three years, as well as many we hadn't heard about. We made emulsions that wouldn't pour from the bottles, colorless liquids that turned every color of the rainbow, and mixtures that didn't mix. In Pharmacy Conference, Dean Newton taught us about the different pharma- ceutical organizations, how to read and evaluate the pharmaceutical literature, and the geographical location of Rahway, N. J. In Chemistry Conference, Dr. Lynn reviewed many of the chemicals of the U.S.P. After many trials he finally taught us how to tell whether a salt was acid or base in character. He also showed us a short-cut method on how to make an isotonic solution. Dr. Bauer brought us through Biochemistry with such aids as working on the railroad, a trip to Alaska, and a Dalmatian dog. In the laboratory we learned the technique of testing for carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids, and vitamins. Urin- alysis was not the least of our work. We all at one time or another served as guinea pigs for the development of the new enteric coating, and we know that without our help this could not have been accomplished. Professor Walsh unveiled for us some of the mysteries of the world of bacteria. Up until now we had thought that we could have clean hands by washing them with soap and water. We now discovered that for hands to be clean, they had to be autoclaved for 24 hours. During the week of milk examination, sales of milk in the cafeteria dropped off 92'ZQ. In the week of water examination, beer sales in this locality shot up to a new high. The following week we learned that beer is made with microorganisms. Everywhere we turned, the little monsters con- fronted us. Later we learned that the body sets up many efficient defense mecha- nisms, and the worried looks began to disappear. This year, under the guidance of Professor Reed, we armed ourselves with needle and scalpel and saw the drugs at work. Cook and Feeny lived royally on frogs' legs, turtle soup, and rabbit stew. But at last we were scientists, and even though some of the animals were just plain contrary and died, we sometimes saw beautiful reactions. It was in the First Aid course that the class tried to make sure that Hassan would get his Red Cross Certificate with a maximum of difficulty. Mr. LaRosee insisted that you should not put a tourniquet around the neck unless you released the pressure every twenty minutes. It was at one of the blanket parties in the cafeteria that we nearly had to call a wrecker to get Jaspon upon-his feet again. In jurisprudence Professor Goodness, with his four-line caption, laid qdown the law as applied to pharmacists and to drug storen practices. While Miss Branding was confined to this course, Little Arthur appeared both here and in Management. Is there a-a-a-nyone who remembers all those Gems of Wis- dom that Professor Goodness gave us in exchange for labels and survey reports? For our senior year we elected Theodore Kallelis as our President, Emilio Mastrodomenico, Vice-President, Sidney Tankel, Secretary! I-CW15 SYOYIC as Treasurer, and james Donahue was appointed as Executive Chairman. At the end of our sophomore year we held a class outing at the Stow Country Club. We enjoyed such things as softball, golf, tennis, ping-pOI1g, Cards, danfllng,

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