University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Pharmacy ACADEMIC College Offers Excellent Facilities Trained pharmacists, of whom there is a shortage, arc-found engaged in research, manufacturing, wholesale distribution and teaching. The College of Pharmacy, through high standards for admission and limited enrollment, attempts to produce the most outstanding student; possible. Quartered in the Fred J. Heync Building the College facilities include the Mading Prescription laboratory, the Women’s Auxiliary Pharmacognosy Laboratory, the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory anil the Operative Pharmacy Laboratory. 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 received his Ph.G. degree and Ph.C. degrees from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and a B.S., M.S. and a Ph.D. from Washington University. 29

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Optometry ACADEMIC Dr. Chester H. Pheiffer UH Claims Only College of This Type in Southwest Only college of its kind in the Southwest, the College of Optometry was opened in 1952 as the direct result of a request from the Texas Optometric Association. Training students in the knowledge and skills used in the practice of optometry, providing an understanding of basic facts in the field of visual science and cultivating an appreciation of and respect for the social and professional obligations of optometry are the objectives of the College. A two-year pre-professional program includes the general course requirements for a bachelor's degree, as well as basic science subjects. The three-year professional program provides theoretical and practical knowledge needed for general practice. The fourth year offers opportunity to develop proficiency in one or more optometric specialties. Ten fully equipped examining rooms, an optical dispensary and prescription laboratory, an orthoptics and visual training section, and facilities for studying pathological conditions of the eyes and fitting contact lenses and subnormal vision aids arc available in the clinic. Bachelor of Science, Certificate in Optometry and Doctor of Optometry degrees are offered. DRAM—Chester H. Pheiffer received his A.B. from the University of Louisville, M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State and O.D. from Southern College of Optometry. 28

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Technology Technology Training Valuable to Industry The College of Technolog)’ offers curricula emphasizing the understanding of basic principles of mathematics and science rather than the acquisition of manual skills. Programs of instruction arc similar in nature to, but briefer and more completely technical in content than professional engineering curricula. The major purpose is to provide engineering and scientific technicians who function as production and construction supervisors, aides to professional engineers and architects or who operate their own technical businesses. Each curriculum produces practical production and construction men who are available for employment immediately after graduation. These men have acquired the vocabulary of the engineer, understand the basic principles of the fundamental sciences and arc able to supervise and assist the skilled craftsmen in the production and construction of engineering works. ACADEMIC 1 DEAN—A. Ray Sims has a B.A. from Hardin-Simmons University and an M.S. from the University of Houston. Dean Sims is regarded as an authority on technical institutes education. A. Ray Sims Drafting requires many hours of work in the average day of the technology student- 30 Designing becomes more important as the ideas are passed on to the engineers.