Philadelphia College of Pharmacy - Graduate Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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In 1886, a dwelling house to the north of the laboratories was altered into a special chemical laboratory for advanced students. The school property on Cherry Street to the south of the college was purchased in 1889. The new front building was erected in 1892, extensive alterations in the lecture rooms and laboratories being made at the same time, giving the College the largest building in the world devoted solely to pharmaceutical and chemical training. In 1894 the fourth Hoor of the rear building was converted into a Botanical and Microscopical Laboratory. COURSES or INsTRUC'rIoN. Lectures. At a meeting April 9, 1821, a committee reported favorably on the estab- lishing of lectures three times a week, from November Ist to March Ist on Materia Medica and Pharmacy and from March ISI to june Ist on Pharmaceutical and General Chemistry. This lecture course must have been later shortened, for in 1829 the examina- tions were held April I5-16, and inthe early 30's the course was made to end about March Ist. The first important educational advance was made in 1846, when Pharmacy was recognized as a distinct branch by the institution of the chair of Practical and Theoretical Pharmacy, and the election of William Proctor, Ir., to fill the same. Tw-o lectures per week were now given in each of the three branches, these being delivered on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. , In looking over the announcement of the courses of lectures as proposed for 1846-7 one pays tribute to the wisdom and knowledge of the lectures of that period by recognizing that the same ground plan of lectures is followed at the present time. Fieldwork in Botany began in 1867 by Prof. Maisch. In 1878-9 the students were divided into junior and senior classes, permitting graded courses of lectures to be given. ,Prior to 1878 the students attended two years of lectures in the different branches, the lectures being the same in both years. The juniors met on Tuesday, .Thursday and Saturday evenings from Octo- ber Iist to about February I 5th, the Seniors on Monday,W'ednesday and Friday evenings from October ISI to about March ISI. In 1889-90 the courses were extended about one month each. With the change to a three years' course in 1895-6 came the change from eveninglectures to day lectures, the first year class attending on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons, from October Ist to March IO'Cl1, the second year class on Monday, Vlfednefsday and Friday after- noons, from October Ist to March 15th, the third year class on Monday, Wednesv- day and Friday mornings, from October ISf to April Ist. In 1897 the chair of Materia Medica and Botany was divided, The course on Commercial Training established in 1899-19oo was made com- pulsory for Senior students in IQOI-2. In- 1904-5 a course on Pharmaceutical and Chemical Arithmetic was incor- porated into the first year course. The third year course was lengthened to May Ist, the last six weeks consti- tuting a supplementary course on advanced work in all lecture and laboratory departments. I 20

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Uhr Ahlmnrvmvnt nf nur Alma illllatrr We 3---3,-3, ----' I -,555 l-.- HE progress of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy can best be seen by collecting all data referring to related subjects and noting the changes which have been made in her history. . .... ji . ORGANTZATION AND CHARTER. I At a gen-eral meeting of the Apothecaries. and Druggists of Philadelphia held in Carpenter's Hall on February 23, 1821, it was proposed that the whole profes- sion should form themselves into a society, 'The Philadelphia College of Apothe- caries ,for the two-fold purpose of providing a system of instruction in phar- macy and subjecting themselves to regulations in their business. This action was taken in response to a proposition made on the part ofthe University of Pennsylvania, instigated by the representations of one or more of the medical professors of that school, to grant the degree of 'Master in Pharmacy tosuch persons as were recommended as qualifiedto conduct the business of Pharmacy, and had complied with certain requisitions on the ground that it was liable to serious objections and inadequate to the attainment of the objects which it had in view, namely the correction of abuses in the Drug and Apothecary business. The proposition was adopted and a committee appo-inted to draft a plan of organ- ization, ofhcers were elected March 27, 1821. On April 22, 1822, the name was changed to- the Philadelphia,College of Pharmacy, and a committee appointed to procure a charter for the same 5 the charter was approved April 3o, 1822. A revised charter was approved September 2, 1878, the only changes made authoriz- ing the granting of suitable degrees to graduates and providing for some changes in the election of its governing body, the Board of Trustees. 1 A code of ethics was adopted March 31, 1848, which all applicants for mem- bership in the College had to endorse. ' A A LOCATION. . Authority was given july 23, 1821, to rent rooms for lecture purposes in the German Hall, situated on the west of Seventh Street, south of Market Street. In December, 1831, a lot and building was purchased o-n Zane Cnow Filbertj Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets, and in 1833 a suitable building was erected upon this site. The growth of the college demanding increased facilities, the lots in the rear of 139, I4I and 143 and the house No. 145 N. Tenth Street were purchased in january, 1868, and a building erected thereon in time for the session of 1868-69. In ,187o a one-story annex was built and used for laboratory purposes. The properties 139, 141 and 143 N. Tenth Street were purchased in,1874 and in 188o four properties situated on Elwyn Street, in the 'rear of the college were purchased. Q . The four-story rear building was erected in 1881, giving ample accommoda- tions for chemical and pharmaceutical laboratories, an additional lecture room, and on the top floor rooms for the Alumni Association and for the College Review quizzes. T9

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QUIZZES. These were early recognized as valuable afljuncts to the lectures and were first conducted! by the Professors, who either appo-inted a special hour, or, what appears to have been the usual custom, conducted a review or quiz on the previous lecture for fifteen minutes before the regular lecture hour 3 these quizzes were especially for the benefit of the Senior students, although junior students had the privilege of attending them. As th-e classes increased rapidly after the removal of the college to its resent' I . . P 'location in 1868, the professors found themselves unable to attend to the quiz work, consequentl.y, in the latter part of the 7O,S, volunteer quiz masters of experi- ence were recognized by the committee on instruction. To illustrate the students' appreciation of quiz work, reference is made to the weekly quizzes of the Zeta Phi Society Corganized in 18545, which were first conducted by its members but later by quiz masters selected by the Society. The division of the class into Seniors and juniors in 1878 was followed in ISSO by quizzes for both classes authorized by the Alumni Association 3 this con- stituted the corner-stone of our present system and was followed in 1881 by the College Reviews conducted by the Assistants to the Professors. In 1886-7 the Alumni Quiz and College Reviews were combined under the business manage- ment of the Alumni Association and conducted by the Assistants to the Pro- fessors. -The quizzes until 1895-6 were optional, and to induce students to take them the Alumni Association offered free membership to those students taking thc Senior quiz, an arrangement co-ntinued after the consolidation of the quizzes, anfl which is still in force, although with the advent of the three years' course in 1895-6 full charge of the quizzes was assumed by the College and the quizzes made compulsory, this allo-wed the division of th-e class into sections for much more effective wo-rk. Prio-r to 1895-6 the class had been divided into sections meeting at 5 and 9.45 P. M., but this resulted in the early section being attended by a small number of students, the great majority taking the late quiz making it impossible to do effective work. In 1899-1900 a collection of official specimens was placed in the reading room so as to be accessible at all times to the students and to enable them to spend many otherwise wasted minutes to advantage. Up to IQO3-O4 quizzes were conducted only upon lecture subjects, in that year the quizzes were extended to the laboratory subjects Analytical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy. ' LABORATORY I NSTR U CTION. VV ith the organization of the Alumni Association Q1864j began a movement for the raising offunds for the equipment of a chemical and pharmaceutical laboratory. In 1870 a portion of the present chemical lecture room and a one- story skylight-ed annex to the east of this room were equipped as a laboratory. In 1870-I this was opened two days per week from 9 A. M. to 3 P., M. on Wednesdays for analytical chemistry, and on Fridays for pharmaceutical chemis- try, the course extending from October to March. In 1871-2 the laboratory was open daily from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M., and five months' daily practice in the laboratory was credited to the requirement of prac- tical experience necessary for graduation. 21