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

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1933 PRESCRIP'PO Page Seventy In January, 1865, the trustees selected Mr. Wadgymar as Professor of Chemistry, Dr. J. S. B. Alleyne, Professor of Materia Medicag and Dr. S. O'Gallager, Professor of Pharmacy. The faculty having been appointed, real work could be begun and the first lectures were delivered before an interested class of students at the St. Louis Medical College. In spite of the general enthusiasm for scientific education, the institution was at this time experiencing a hard fight to maintain its existence. Several changes occurred during 1866. Mr. Hubert Primm replaced Dr. O'Gallager as Professor of Pharmacy, and Mr. F. M. Mcardle succeeded Mr. Wadgymar in the Chair of Chemistry. The College was incorporated March 19, 1867, by a charter from the St. Louis County Court. Dr. Alleyne, Professor of Materia Medica, resigned in 1867 and was replaced by Dr. O. F. Potter. In order to inspire students, the Board provided special rooms for the College, appropriately equipped on Fourth Street oppo- site' the court house in the Tilford Building. However, in spite of all their efforts, the number of students decreased, and the session of 1868-9 was at- tended by only thirteen students. Suspension was ordered during the next term, and because of the lack of enthusiasm of the younger generation to in- crease their scientific quest for knowledge, the College remained closed during the following season. Undaunted, Mr. Masset continued his tireless efforts to revive the former spirit. He induced the American Pharmaceutical Associa- tion, which is composed of the most prominent scholars of the pharmaceutical profession of the United States and Canada to hold its annual convention in St. Louis in 1871. The Association met in June, 1871, and was proclaimed a grand success. The meetings were held at the hall of the school board in the former Poly- technic Building. The community in general and the pharmacists in particular made favorable impressions on their guests, and the representatives of the teaching colleges of pharmacy formed a distinct body and held their conven- tions simultaneously. They investigated the resources and possibilities and upon their urgent advice, the College was reorganized in October, 1871. Suit- able rooms were provided on Sixth Street between Pine and Olive in the Pullis Building. The attendance during the first session was fair, but the in- terest soon began to wane. However, the attendance was better than during the first period. Because of the constant agitation of the college question, intelligent citizens realized that it was time to put a check upon the recklessness of irre- sponsible persons who entered the apothecary business without adequate knowledge of the duties and responsibilities required for it. Through the efforts of the citizens a law was enacted by the Missouri Legislature which made it obligatory for every person who wished to engage in the retail drug business as proprietor or clerk in cities of 100,000 inhabitants or more, to be either a graduate of a reputable college of pharmacy, or to have passed a satis- factory examination confirmed by a certificate obtained from the Board of

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1933 PRESCIIIP 1 O COLLEGE IST . F . 2 -K Wi WX, ,Q THE ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY College History HE St. Louis College of Pharmacy, which was founded in 1864, has had sixty-nine years of success and prosperity. Eugene L. Masset, a St. Louis pharmacist, while visiting in the East, became acquainted with organized pharmaceutical societies there, and returned to his home with a fixed resolution to assist the future generation of druggists of his own city to obtain a better pharmaceutical education. With the assis- tance of similarly disposed minds, he succeeded in organizing the St. Louis Pharmaceutical Association in 1858, with the hope that the association would eventually be the nucleus of a college of pharmacy. Matters progressed very nicely until the outbreak of the Civil War, then, because of political and iinancial conditions accompanying the war, nothing was done until four years later. On November 3, 1864, it was definitely decided to organize a college. Eight years later the constitution and by-laws were agreed upon. The first board of trustees was appointed on November 18, 1864. Page Sixty-Nine

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1933 P12135 CRIPTO Pharmacy appointed by the governor. The law acted like a decree of compul- sory education and fanned the flame of the requirement for pharmaceutical education. The future of the College was secured. Satisfied that the College was secure, Dr. Ennon Sander, one of the pro- moters of its reorganization, resigned in favor of Mr. Otto A. Wall, a former apprentice of his, who was a graduate in pharmacy and in medicine. Dr. Theodore Fay was elected Professor of Chemistry in place of Mr. Krebs, and Dr. Justin Steer resigned in favor of Mr. Hubert Primm, who taught pharmacy from June, 1873, to June, 1875, when he was succeeded by Mr. J. M. Good, who held that position for many years and was also made dean of the faculty. The new constitution and by-laws which were adopted January 8, 1878, still govern the College. With the elec- tion of Dr. C. O. Curtman as Professor of Pharmacy, a pharmaceutical laboratory was added to the College, under the instruction of Mr. W. B. Adington. In July, 1882, Mr. 'Francis Hemm suc- ceeded Mr. Adington, and in 1885, he was appointed In- structor of Practical Phar- macy. In 1887, a chair of Practical Pharmacy was es- tablished and Mr. Hemm was OLD COLLEGE, 21s'r AND LOCUST elected as its professor. LnC:.a:..4.-.'f.'EataiL.,.:..---L-. .L -' fri.-i.m-.Jin-gm--b. The welcome of its graduates in the extensive Mississippi Valley at this time was so great that in 1883 it was resolved to accept the offer of Mr. C. Gietner, who proposed to erect a building for the College. The 1884 session was opened with large classes in attendance. Mr. H. M. Whelpley was ap- pointed Professor of Microscopy with the addition of this department in 1887. Professor Gustavus Hinrichs in 1889 replaced Dr. Curtman as Professor of Chemistry. Mr. Wm. K. Ilhardt was appointed Demonstrator in Microscopy in September, 1891. A new college building was erected on the south side of Locust Street between 21st and 22nd streets and was dedicated on October 10, 1892, with the commencement of the twenty-seventh annual session. Page Seventy One