St Louis College of Pharmacy - Prescripto Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Dr. Charles E. Caspari QKXIJ ' individualism in its essence seems to be nothing more or less than self expres- sion for men and women, arts, professions and businesses. But to define it is not to justify it or prove it can be saved in a modern world whose mass and machines seem determined to destroy it. Nor can it be justified by the fact that we love it, like to be individuals with a separate dignity of our own. Individualism is justified only if it can be shown to be a thing that contributes to and is indispensable for those conditions of progress, justice and happiness without which life has no sense. This is the factor which played such a prominent role in the life of our Dean, Dr. Charles E. Caspari. There can be no fight without fighters, no game without playersg and individualism, the preservation of individual units, is as much the love of competition as competition is the love of life. Throughout his life Dean Caspari has met, fought and conquered all enterprises which have confronted him. Dr. Caspari began his career of teaching at the College in 1903 as professor of chemistry, inaugurating with a gentility of spirit, enthusiasm and imperialism a course in chemistry, both practical and theoretical, which has kept pace with the development of Pharmacy and its collateral sciences. . Upon the death of Dr. Henry M. Vifhelpley in 1926, Dr. Caspari was elected Dean. Pursuant in the attainment of the needed improvenients of the College, he devoted his efforts to these acquisitions. They were manifestin the discontinuation of the night course, in the elevation of the matriculation requirements and in the solicitation of funds for the erection and the equiping of the present building. Iinpeded by outside activities Dean Caspari in 1930 relinquished his professor- ship and now is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Caspari acquired his A. B. and Ph.D. degrees from johns Hopkins Uni- versity where he studied with Dr. Ira Remsen, the noted chemist.

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ozfewowl mm I 9r HAS been a pleasure to chronicle in the book of the College, the achievef ments of the present year. In the 1932 PRESCRIPTO we have attempted to keep apace with the remarkable steps of ad' vancement being made by this institution. Realizing that the visions of today are the memories of tomorrow, we present this book with the hope that it will serve as a reminder of the glorious days that we spent here. y J

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CHARLES E. CASPARI, PH.D. Dean of the Faculty N APPRECIATION of the fact that he has made possible splendid steps of advancement by the students of our institution, it is gratifying to dedicate this 1932 PRE' sciuivro to ' Charles E. Caspcwi A man who measures up to high ideals in character and who has deemed it a pleasure to put forth effort in the development of a greater St. Louis College of Pharmacy.