University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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at registration when Yorklius didn ' t pay for Thursday and bought an optional Tuesday plan. This year was the first year of the Kinnard Era as Dr. William Kinnard from Pitt arriyed on campus to put his finger in the leaky dyke. Oops — There is another hole Dr. Kinnard. Oops — another one. However, on the contrary, many people could not, nor still do not, see the dyke in the first place. Dr. Kinnard showed the stu- dents two new things: first, Blomster; and sec- ond, CLASS. Using the Kin nard style, he quickly became the class ' s favorite stand-up comedian. Assisting Dr. Kinnard in the Pharma- cology Department was Dr. Superman Blake, who energetically bounded into the classroom directly from the phone booth, wearing a large SB on his chest. While Dr. Blake taught the newer approaches to pharmacology, Dr. Ich presented the classical side of the course. During these classes many students exhibited blurred vision, a dry mouth and eye gymnastics — all signs of pharmaphylatic shock. The class was split into four areas of academic endeavors. Pre-graduate study for the masochist who enjoyed Physical Chemistry; Retail Phar- macy for those who enjoyed watching Dr. Leavitt eat his lunch; Hospital Pharmacy for those inter- ested in working for Reads; and, last but not least. Drug Abuse. This latter field, headed by Larry, Moe and Curley, did more for the good will of the school in the community than any other pharmaceutical organization during the last forty years. Indeed, if this crew could pass a chemistry test, there is no telling how far they could have gone. Gross did a lot of spreading of good will on his own, particularly in the East Baltimore Street area. The greatest example of brotherhood in the class is Block, who won a raffle but refused the prize, thereby letting Mike carry it off. That was real fraternal brotherhood. One of the highlights of the year was the Clinical Pharmacology Lab which gave the class a chance to exhibit its public speaking talents learned in Professional Communication. Coop pulled an unforgettable switch in presenting his paper — he fell asleep while reading it. The most dynamic and shortest presentation was Ack ' s, and only Kandcl was able to bring the class to its feet cheering. The class didn ' t really mind sitting four or five hours, since it was all so well presented, and besides, a visiting anesthesiologist taught them proper diction. The group had already learned to speak the Queen ' s English in CM. P. How much chemistry was absorbed is questionable, but one thing is certain, ever ' one can write a lot faster now. Clinical seemed to be the magic word this year, and if not clinical, then certainly expert. Combined, these two words titled the class ' s fa orite speakers — the Clinical Experts or affectionately C.E. ' s for short. Everyone is anxiously awaiting the class ' s 25 year reunion so they can get the C.E. graded test back. Law taught the class to use due caution when dealing with a lawyer and that laws are written for the Supreme Court to change. One of the strangest psychic phenomenon occurred during the fifth year. One of the stu- dents adopted the personality of one of the pro- fessors. He spent all his waking hours contem- plating Sorbo, Dream Whip, and sea weed. Often he spent hours melting waxes and pre- paring semisolid preparations having as many as 10 water baths going at the same time. His parents aren ' t too concerned, but they find the smell of alcohol around the house annoying. Next fall members of the class of ' 69 will not be returning to the ivy covered walls of 636 W. Lombard Street. Will the hallowed halls of Phar- maceutical education be the same without them? Kathy fainting in Seriology lab while having a blood sample taken; Filar (no matter the new name, always to be remembered as Filar) with the quick wrong answers in Dr. Lamy ' s class; noisy Elaine; Julie, soon to be the first woman president of People ' s; Bonnie, who studied 15 minutes before an exam; Pam, with short skirts and flashy bows; punctual Kleb; lovable Poklis; Henry ' s bald head; Besser jumping Ciba stock 3 points every night before an exam; Rock engag- ing the C.E. ' s in grassroots talk; Boiling, who learned the truth about the P.D.R.; Yorklius always bringing to class lively enthusiasm and 500 mg.7c mcthvlphcnidate blood levels, Guy the micro major; Jim and his mimeographed hand outs; Delcher, a future Clinical Expert; .Appcl who now will always take a chance; Lipov, scorned lover and public orator; Kanitxrki busy melting polarwax; G.L Joe taking notes while 20

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with peanut shells covering the floor. This class did present the ' 69 ' ers the most authoritative and interesting speaker of the third year, one Dr. Melvin Jacobs. Interestingly enough, you see, the students, for example, became aware of the confusion that existed, concerning for example, the so-called teaspoonful; a problem still not unresolved at graduation — this does not surprise the graduate since this problem has been with us a long time. Actually, the only thing we are still only slighdy certain of is that generally speaking, as the years roll by, people tend to grow older. Organic chemistry introduced to the class absent-minded Doctor Francis M. Miller who is best remembered for his poor memory and the lectern overflowing with his notes. This posed a great problem for Gross, who also acquired a poor memory for organic chemistry, but Rutgers Uni- versity in Delaware came to his rescue (or is that vice-versa?). Drug assay was taught by Dr. Arnold ' rattle the change in his pockets ' Leibman who became our class advisor after Dr. Driever deserted us for greener pastures. By the end of the third year, the Class, particularly Rock, had learned one of Pharmacy ' s most sacred secrets, i.e. how to insert a suppository. The fourth year was a nightmare also. How- ever, gruesome as it was, it managed to produce some of the most memorable G-ds ever to appear before an audience whom heretofore was only exposed to German and P.C.P. Top billing on ' Whose Who ' in the academic world goes to the microbiology department. Who could ever forget the lectures on Hanoi U . Summer School taught by Mao Tse Tung ' s right hand man who not only murdered the Queen ' s English (to be rem- edied later on in Pharm. Chem.) but was mis- takenly let out of prison for shooting antibiotics out of trees — a likely story. Five (5) days before the end of the semester, we all (almost all) received Christmas cards (academic failure notices) from litde lord himself. Dr. Ralph the R ' s class is remembered for short exams, angle of repose, and the punctual arrival of Kleb — 5 minutes before the bell. It was in this class where the Gape first became exposed. No mention, however, will be made of methylcellulose. The idea in biochem. seemed to be to put everything in the back of your mind, even if you have to get it there with a screwdriver — or is that a human screwdriver? P.S. our human screwdriver fought on the allied side. At the halfway point, 17 out of 34 were on probation — a fine reflection of the faculty (a Proctologist ' s dream), and witness to an apology of a faculty member with a guilty conscience for failing poor Leo the Leon. Physiology was fun and the lab was also (except for one group with the Hack). It often sounded like a cooking course — a pitz of da sodium, pitz of da potassium and viola . . . osmotic pressure. By the way . . . how does osmotic pressure affect the community practice of pharmacy? By far the most unique course was Roots and Rhizomes or How I stopped Trying to Read Sign Language and Let My Cerebral Cortex Atrophy. Dynamic Don pro- vided the class with fun lab, and a plant press. Happiness in the fourth year then was trying to interpret your instructor, reading a magazine in micro, seeing Dr. Leavitt use the same hand- kerchief through the whole year, a resounding trip to Wyeth via B and A Railroad, and a new class advisor — the Red Baron Von Deutschland Dr. Lamy. As the fifth year started, fella, the class was now a group of veteran campaigners with their heads high above the pile that was placed around them from the previous two (2) years. As the fifth year started, they had to slip into prime parking places two minutes before the bell rang. They had developed eyes in the back of their heads to warn them who was hiding in the stalls downstairs. They could speak the lan- guage; Script, narc, That ticks me off, and What do I got to do this for? Many of the class ' s finest had married by now and love even bloomed intra-class as Chuck and Kathy planned a little post-graduate work of their own. Other things seemed to be happening too, but who knows what the story really was! Some of the male members of the class didn ' t understand this since they never saw the female members except five minutes after the bell rang, that is if they came at all. The last year was wild, indeed the tip off was 19

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C. E. Poklis conducted Ben ' s class; Snu, king of the dorm rats; Block surveying compounded scripts; Coop passing out anti-gun law petitions; Don gently touching Lee in touch football prac- tice; Trunk listening to the Orioles on a tran- sistor radio during class; Kestler, who put the XXXX in elixir; Mots sneaking around the back of the room snapping pictures of all the profs; Kern, the Do Do Gooder boy scout; Siegel, Bullet booster supreme; Rosser the marketing expert; Hogue, Mr. Chem Abuse; Kandel, the thera- peutic clinical sorbo expert; Ralph pinching pen- nies; Krause, the queen ' s escort; Lenny with his quiet brother; Crook, Dr. Physical Chemistry; Grrrrrrrrooossssssssmmannnnnn, Edelman who should have received the law award, or maybe it should have been senior Gerstein? In con- clusion, the former fifth year class wishes to thank the entire faculty, especially the gape, for the welcomed last effort to make Clinical Therapeutic Pharmacology Consultant Experts out of us — all 30 + of us on one (1) telephone located within a forty (40) thousand dollar doll- house. Special love and kisses to Miss Kider or is that Bitter, for her kindness and warm under- standing which made the third year a pleasurable experience. 21