University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Colleges LENSES in a refracting instrument aid in checking a patient's vision . . . later lenses allow a closer look at other lonses to bo used in oyo-glosses to correct the patient's sub-normal vision. FACILITIES ARE NEW As authorized by the Board of Regents, the College of Pharmacy opened in September of 1947. Quarters in the recently constructed Fred J. Heyne Building include the Mading Prescription Laboratory, the Women’s Auxiliary Pharmacognosy Laboratory, the new Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory and the new Operative Pharmacy Laboratory. Limited enrollment in each of these laboratories assures personal instruction for students. Additional research facilities are available to advanced students and faculty in the Texas Wholesale Druggists Phytochemistry Laboratory, as well as in the Ralston Staff Research Laboratory. DEAN—Dr. Noel M. Ferguson, dean of the college since 1949, has been actively engaged in the pharmaceutical world since 1930. either in education or directly in the profession. He received his Ph.G. degree in 1930 and Ph.C. in 1932 from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Dr. Ferguson received a B.S.. a B.A., an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Washington University. Professional experience includes operating a drug store, consultant to the pharmaceutical industry and senior research chemist. DEAN—Dr. Noel M. Ferguson

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Opened in 1952. the University of Houston’s College of Optometry is the only one of its kind in the Southwest. Major objectives of the college arc to train students in the knowledge and skills used in the practice of optometry and to provide an understanding of the basic facts in the field of visual science. A two-year pre-professional program is designed to include the general requirements for a bachelor’s degree, while the three-year professional program provides the theoretical and practical knowledge needed for general practice in optometry. DEAN—Dr. Charles R. Stewart has held this position since the college’s opening. The holder of a B.S., an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, he is resigning to enter private practice as of June, 1961. Optometr COLLEGE IS UNIQUE SPOTLESS laboratories, such oj this for phytochomistry, along with the most modern equipment available furnish students incentive for the exacting core required in the profession.

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REFRIGERATION equipment maintenance is but RAPID GROWTH in the radio and television industry has colled for an ever increasing number of qualified service technicians. The University's spacious, well-equipped radio-television service laboratories have helped greatly in meeting this demand. Technology one of the many fields of technological training. EVENING CLASSES are provided those students who work during the day, but wish to gain additional skills.