Texas Southern University - Tiger Pride Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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gfe Siii 5i 4» » fta Mi The Uni ersirv as established under Senate Bill 140. the Texas Legislature. March 3, 194 . vtith the authorirv to offer courses of higher learning including pharmacv. den- tistrv. journalism, education, arts and sciences, literature, la , medicine and other professional courses. During the summer of 194 . prior to the opening of the University, the State entered into an agreement writh the Houston Independent School District to tjke over the Houston College plant at the present site of the Universirv. In September. 194 . it opened with an enrollment of 2.303 students. The Universirv as established b the 50th Legislature viias originallv knowin as The Texas State Universitv for Ne- groes. ' but the name vi.as changed bv the Legislature in 1951 to Texas Southern Universitv. Undoubtablv this changed occurred as a consequence of a lavksuit brought bv Heman M Sv eatt in 1946 after he vt,as refused admit- tance on racial grounds to the Universirv of Texas. As a result, the legislature provided for an interim and separate lav school in Austin for Segroes. transferring it in Septem- ber. I94S to the now Texas Southern Universirv campus in Houston. Since that time the School of Lav has become an integral part of the University campus Prior to I9 c. the School of Law. vxas housed in Hannah Hall On Februarv 14. I9 c. a nev lav school building v as formalK desig- nated as the Thurgood Marshall School of Lav in honor of this distinguished United States Supreme Court Justice. In I9 3 the Universirv v as designated bv the State Leg- i slature as a special purpose institution. As a result, the School of Lav has established a curriculum designed to meet not onlv the general needs of students but t he spe- cial needs of minority and disadvantaged students. The School of Lav affords its students an opportunirv to pursue a complete and svstematic course of legal studv and to prepare for the practice of lav . Graduates receive training in the fundamental principles of lav , enabling them to practice not onlv in the State of Texas, but throughout the United States. In addition to the traditional legal careers, the lav school provides training for persons who plan careers in business, government, politics, the foreign service, journal- ism, and manv other fields in v hich a knov ledge of the lav is increasinglv necessarv. Special attention is placed upon the legal problems of the poor and disadvantaged. This is accomplished through enrichment courses and the clinical program. The Thurgood Marshall School of Lav is housed in its nev S3 5 million dollar building located at the east end of the Universirv campus The building is a trilevel structure surrounding as open courtvard The lav librar has ap- proximatelv 64. 20 volumes and a se.3ting capjcitv of 217. Thurgood Marshall School of Law

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d The School of Pharmacy was organized as an integral department of Texas Southern University in 1949. Its aim is to provide a means of pharmaceutical education and to supply a broad foundation for the students professional career by offering systematic instruction and special train- ing in those subjects requisite for the successful practice of pharmacy. The primary interest of the faculty of the School of Pharmacy is to develop students academically. The faculty, ever mindful of the changing face of pharmacy, continu- ously study and revise the curriculum to meet the needs of these changes. This is reflected in the most recent revision of the course of study to a patient oriented curriculum. In order to provide student participation in curriculum revi- sions and programs related directly to their welfare, one student is selected from the four final professional years as a voting member of the faculty. Furthermore, faculty meet- ings are open to all students except those where the priva- cy of the individual is involved. Each year the junior and senior classes make an educational tour to one of the large nationally known pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. The School of Pharmacy occupies Gray Hall, a centrally heated and air-conditioned building planned and built for the primary purpose of providing the best possible physical facilities for pharmaceutical education and research in the basic pharmaceutical sciences. The building includes 12 specialized laboratories in pharmacy, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy and pharmacology; hot and cold room; balance room: equip- ment room, conference and seminar room: kitchen: sixteen faculty offices; one pharmacy administration office; three classrooms; and an amphiteahter with a seating capacity of 190 persons which is used for seminars, meetings and con- ferences with combined classes of students. All classrooms and laboratories create a professional at- mosphere of educational growth in the pursuit of pharma- ceutical excellence. School of Pharmacy