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

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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

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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 PIREQCRIPTO Upon the resignation of Professor Hinrichs in 1903, Dr. Charles E. Caspari accepted the Chair of Chemistry with Professor Leo Suppan as his assistant. A course in Commercial Pharmacy was introduced in 1908 under the instruc- torship of Mr. Wm. Lamont and was shortly afterwards revised by Mr. J. C. Hoester, who was appointed professor. In 1915 Carl G. Hinrichs was appointed Associate Professor of Chemistry. George Lang became Assistant in Chemistry and continued to hold this position until 1930. With the resignation of Pro'- fessor Good in 1916, Professor Hemm was elected to the chair of Theoretical Pharmacy and Dr. H. M. Whelpley was appointed dean of the College. Dr. W. G. Rainey was appointed lecturer on accidents and emergency in 1920, and at the same time Dr. J. A. Warner was appointed lecturer in bacteriology, which positions both men hold at the present time. In 1922 Dr. Wall, Professor of Materia Medica, Pharmacognosy, and Botany, died. At this time two departments were established, Leo Suppan being appointed to the chair of Pharmacognosy and Botany, and Dr. Whelpley to the chair of Materia Medica. In 1923 Wm. C. Clark was appointed assistant in Practical Pharmacy and was made an Associate Professor of Pharmacy in 1926. At the same time, E. E. Clark was appointed as Professor Suppan's assistant and later was made Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy and Botany. In June, 1926, Dr. Whelp- ley died suddenly, Dr. Caspari succeeding him as dean and Anton Hogstad, Jr., as Professor of Materia Medica. On November 7, 1927, the 64th session of the College was officially opened in the new building located on Euclid and Park- view Place, in the midst of one of the largest medical centers of the country. In the same year Professor Hemm passed into the Great Beyond. He was succeeded by Arthur F. Schlichting. In 1930, after the resignation of Pro- fessor Hogstad, came the appointment of Dr. C. W. Duden as Professor of Materia Medica. In this year Dr. Caspari, after teaching twenty-five years, relinquished his professorship because much of his time was taken up by out- side activities, and was succeeded by Dr. James R. Thayer with Noel M. Ferguson as assistant, and who is now instructor in the Department of Botany and Pharmacognosy. Because of the higher requirements for pharmacists, the four-year course was officially adopted by this College to begin in the fall of 1932, the Bachelor of Science degree replacing the Ph.G. degree which had been the standard for sixty-eight years. ' The establishment of this four-year course brought about numerous changes. New courses were established and old courses were changed to meet the requirement for the new degree. The new subjects which are now being taught are Bacteriology, English, German, Physics, and Mathematics. The fol- lowing appointments were made: Wm. Dallmann, B.D., A.M., as Professor of English and German, O. K. DeFoe, AB., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Physics, and George F. Reddish, B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Bacteriology. Two new assistants in Chemistry have been added to the faculty, Harold A. J eskey, Ph.G., and Roy J. Klosterman, Ph.G., former students of the College. At the present time the freshman class is small, not because the interest in pharmacy has waned, but because of Old Man Depression and various other reasons. However, watch how classes are going to increase in the future. The College will be as successful in the future as it has been in the past. Page Seventy Two