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

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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

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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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In 1872 extensive additions had to be made for the accommodation of the students. The laboratory was turned over to the College on Gctober 15, 1872, by the Alumni Association. In 1873-4 the laboratory was also open two days per week from April to june inclusive. In 1876-7 the first evidence appears of the separation of the two departments, Chemistry and Pharmacy, a lesson on Pharmaceutical Manipulations being given one evening a week during the term by Professor Remington. In 1878-9, with the division of the class into juniors and seniors, Professor Remington assumed full charge of the pharmaceutical courses. With the erection of thellarge rear building in 1881, ample facilities wire provided for a chemical laboratory on the iirst fioor, and a p-harmaceutical labora- tory on the second fioor. From this point the development of the laboratories can be given separately. V ' THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY. The new laborato-ry in 1881, containing sixty tables and a small balance room to the south of the main ro-om, was open daily from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. from Qcto- ber to July. A With the session 1882-3 optional co-urses for both junior and senior classes were instituted. - I ' The examination in qualitative analysis as a requisite for graduation, opera- tive in 1883-4, made it imperative to increase the facilities of the laboratory, and twenty tables were arranged against the walls of the laboratory. In 1884-5 it became necessary to dividetthersenior class into two sections, meeting on Thursday and Friday afternoons, and as many as possible of the students who were not emplo-yed in stores were induced to take up individual instruction. during th-e morning hours. In 1886 a dwelling to theno-rth was fitted up as a laboratory for advanced chemical work. In 1887 classes in urinalysis were form-ed, continuing until 1898, when this branchwas embodied in the regular course. In 1892 the annex labo-ratory was razed and r-ebuilt, offering greater facili- ties to special students. A With the enforcement of the three yeans' course in 1895-6, the class course for first year ,students was discontinued. The second year students took up qualitative analysis, practically the same co-urse as was given the senior students under the two years' co-urse, the class being divided into two sections, meeting on Monday and Friday afternoons. The third year students took up quantitative analysis, including gravimetric and volumetric processes and Drug Assays, the 'class being at first divided into four, later into three sections. In 1898-9 gaso- metric-processes and urinalysis were added to- the quantitative course. To pro- vide for this quantitative work most of the tables arranged against the walls of the room were fitted with cases forthe necessary balances. .1 In 19oo it became necessary to provide twenty new tables for the accommoda- tion of the increased number of studentls, the l.aboratory now containing 117 tables : and during the past winter with 'every one of these tables in use there were just sufficient to accommodate the students. it 4 i i I ' 2 2