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

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acgumulafion of new knowledge in the physical sciences. Almost everything upon a value is affected. Our evaluation of material things, such as which We can Place ' h d of roduction are de foods drugs, textiles must be revised as new met o S P , , . veloped or new uses,for them are found, or new and more promising materials 7 seem likely to replace them. Even our evaluation ofnmen must be changed by changing conditions, as when one who was a potential. enemy became our ally and now again is a potential enemy-and as when in one crisis we want a leader who is a diplomat and in another crisis one who is a military genius. n But there is one value that cannot be altered by either events or discoveries, and that is the value of a man of integrity and of high moral ideals. He is always respected. And wherever he goes and whatever he does, the value of that place and that activity is increased. . , , And if we develop such a value in ourselves, there will be no finer thing that we can offer to the profession of Pharmacy. Therefore it is most fitting for us on this Commencement Day to adopt a personal code that will serve as a source of strength and guide us toward ever- loftier achievement in our profession. I will not presume even to suggest what shouldpbe the full scope of such a personal code. That is something each ought to decide for himself. But I think most of us willagree that four points are indispensable. First and most basic of these should be the postulate that the chief motivation of each of us is to render fervice. No professional man can live unto himself alone, nor can he serve properly if his chief motivation is personal gain or glory. Like the physician, or the member of any other branch of public health service, the pharmacist must accept the responsibility that he is indeed his brother's keeper-and his brother is any man who comes to him for help. Second, we should cultivate not only a willingness but an eagerness to co- operate with all who are allied to our profession. We should co-operate with fellow pharmacists for the common good. We should seek every means of co-operating with physicians, research chemists and others engaged in the de- velopment of new medicinal preparations. Third, we should resolve to maintain professional standards at all cost. We meet our greatest challenge when we assume the double role of business man and professional man, where we are confronted many times by the choice between two sets of values, one being dollars, the other being principles, for the ideal goal of business is profit, whereas the ideal goal of a profession is service, dollar profit to the individual member being a secondary consideration. When these goals conflict let us determine always to put professional conduct over profit. The pharmacist's first and highest loyalty is to his profession, and the ideals of the profession should triumph. And fourth, we must develop genuine pride, faith, and evztbmiamz in our practice.. Let us be proud of our own good name and that of our profession. Let us have fazib that we can each contribute something that will help lift Pharmacy to a still higher level of public esteem. And let us so conduct ourselves that those who watch us will be impressed by our sincere love for the profession we have chosen. ' Above all, let .us remember that Pharmacy will be what we pharmacists make it, for'Pharmacy is as great and as good as the men and women in it. llviiidful of such things, as we shortly take leave of one another, let us appeal to f 6, mighty above- Mal' HC ljieep us strong, confident, and unflagging in our devotion to Pharmacy and to its ideals.

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VALEDICTORY ORATION, JUNE, 1952 TI-IELMA CYNTHIA LEZBERG President Best, Members of the Board of Trustees, Dean Newton, Members of the Faculty, Parents, Guests, and Classmates: I am very grateful to my classmates for the privilege of expressing the feelings and hopes in our hearts on this memorable occasion, and of expressing our thanks to all who have had some share in making this day possible. just as the end of a business year marks a time for taking physical inventory, so Graduation Day, the end of one phase of our life, should mark a time for taking a spiritual inventory, as it were, so that we may face the future intelligently, being confident of what is ours. Our four years at M. C. P. under the supervision of its distinguished Faculty have prepared us to enter the profession of Pharmacy, a profession rich in heritage and rich in enduring satisfactions. We have acquired the knowledge and skill to practice a profession that has served mankind from the beginning of history, and that will continue to serve until that day when we ultimately arrive at the goal toward which we are striving -the conquest of all disease. , It is a stirring realization that when the pharmacist holds a prescription in his hand, he may be holding also the life of a patient. Any profession that among its services can offer its members the satisfaction of alleviating pain and of saving human life is offering one of the greatest inspirations that man can experience. We who are graduating here are hopeful of attaining happiness in our chosen profession. If each were to ask himself the question, What does happiness mean to me, personally? I am sure that each would have a different reply. To one it may mean love for and by his fellow men, to another it may mean freedom from anxiety, to still another it may mean a chance to exercise leadership among men. Whatever it means to us, it is a further satisfaction to realize that we who have donned these long black gowns and caps with olive-green tassels have chosen a profession that offers us many fields in which to seek our personal happiness and the opportunity, as we leave this focal point, to travel upon many divergent paths. One path will lead about two thirds of us to retail pharmacy-either to the stimulating competition in the city or to the no less stimulating responsibilities in a small town, where the pharmacist may usually share more intimately in community life. . Other paths will lead the rest of us to the quiet - and often lonely -suspense of a modern research laboratory, to factory and field work for pharmaceutical manufacturers, to hospital dispensaries, and about a sixth of us will travel the path leading to further study with a view to teaching those who follow us into this profession. C Yes, the choice is large and varied, and even those of us who must put aside for the present what we have learned can be comforted in the knowledge that the pro- fession will hold some place for them in the future. Surely now is the proper time to ask ourselves: What are we prepared to give, and willing to give, to our profession in return for all that it offers us? .' We are living in an era of changing values, partly because of the evolution of new social and political theories, and partly because of the enormous recent

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