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Sunday, February26,l 950 PAGE 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN 1 Know Your College ... New Building Main Pharmacy 'Dream' ht eollf M nd .rhn.,1. with h "I vmlly. Th. llir KH.rMk.ll to ll'n.H lC to prrwnt Ih. "din." r pln. r kwn.lon. eltlwr of rourM of ol IiU IIh u tlx collro or mHkmh.) BY TOM RISCHE A greatly expanded training program for pharmacy students is the "dream" of. the Pharmacy college, according to Dean Joseph B. Burt. The college hopes to be able to expand the program by two methods: 1. A new Pharmacy building is scheduled to be built in 1953, according to the University s ten-year building program. The new building is expected to greatly relieve the colleges cramped instructional quarters. Several classes are presently be ing held in Temporary Building C and on the Ag campus. 2. A proposal is now before the National Association of Col leges of Pharmacy to extend the present four-year course of in struction to a six-year course, similar to that in the College of Dentistry. This would allow for more complete training in the humanities and other back ground subjects. Many Requirements Such training is not at present available because of the great number of required subjects. A maximum number of twenty elective hours can be taken by Pharmacy students. Burt is chairman of the execu tive committee of the American Association of Colleges of Phar macy. A committee from this group has recommended the change of length of program. The training would include two years of background training in various non-technical subjects, similar to the pre-law, or pre nursing courses now offered. The last four years would be an in tensive study of Pharmacy and related subjects. Students now have difficulty getting the proper sequence for their subjects since schedules are so crowded with required courses. Burt said that he be lieved that such a change would be beneficial to Pharmacy stu dents. Training in business and other subjects would give the student a greater background, he iaid. After completing the six year course, the student would re ceive a Doctor of Pharmacy de gree, instead of the Bachelor of Science now offered with the four year course. Doctor's Degree When the new Pharmacy building is completed, Burt hopes to be able to offer work for a doctor of philosophy degree in all divisions of the college. At the present time, a doctor's de gree is offered only with a com bined major of physiology and zoology. Only a master's degree is offered in the divisions of phar macy, pharmacology, pharma ceutical chemistry and pharma cognosy. There are at present 22 EmporiaOffers Trip to Europe In Curriculum Six hours of credit can be ob tained from a summer vacation in Europe! Emporia college has a regular catalogued course entitled Con temporary European Life, in which students can visit Eng land, Scotland, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and France, and still get college credit. The general plan of the study tour calls for recreational ac tivities, conventional sight see ing, and interviews with national leaders in every field. Contem porary European affairs will be studied, and students will have a chance to see the people of western Europe as they actually live. Recreation There's recreation, too. In Switzerland, participants will swim at the Lido club in Zurich and will spend a full holiday in the Alps. London Rotary clubs will en tertain tour members in beau tiful London homes. The group will cross the At lantic on the S.S. Washington of the United States lines, which has been chartered for the trip. ' European travel will be by chartered bus. Cost of the vacation, including 11 expense from Kansas City, Mo., and back, is $1190. Ag Experiments Find Six Hybrids Six new corn hybrids were announced by the agricultural experiment station at Ag col- lege- , , , , , Four of the new hybrids have been given permanent names. They are Nebraska 301, Iowa 4417, Nebraska 504 (experimen tal 1073B), and Nebraska 801W (experimental 5010C). Permanent names will be given the other two hybrids later, pending their acceptance for a regional name ana numocr In the North Central Corn con ference. Temporarily they are known as 1219B and 893B. John Lonnquist, corn breeder and associate professor of agron omy at Ag college, announced the new hybrids at a corn meet ing on Ag campus. Five of the new hybrids are the result of a co-operative breeding program of the U. S. department of agriculture and the Nebraska agricultural ex periment station. The other is an Iowa product tested widely in Nebraska. If you have lost something, want something, or found some thing advertise in the Daily Nebraskan. Ropm 20 Union building. L . , J, J I Ig8-.""" j Y """"" J J Vi I It DISPENSING LAB Jean Mikklescn and George Baker fill prescriptions in the dispensing lab. Here, students apply all their previous training as they fill actual prescriptions. The prescriptions made' in the course are not actually used. Students are required to take a dose of toxic prescrip tions if requested to, since all registered pharmacists are liable under the law for any poisonous prescriptions filled by them. The lab is equipped with the most modern equipment and contains a sample of every ready-made prescription on the market. graduate students in the college. Physiology and pharmacology deals with the study of the or gans and body processes, and the effect of various drugs and poisons on the human body. Pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry is a study of medicinal preparations which are obtained from drugs, minerals, vegetables, and herbs. Pharmacognosy treats of drugs which occur naturally in human beings and animals, and in na ture. Sequences Two Pharmacy sequences are offered: A practical course is designed for those students who plan to work in a hospital or retail establishment. A scientific course is offered for people who plan to take more work than a bachelor's degree. They may enter teaching or re search. The Nebraska college of Phar macy recently received an "A" rating, the highest possible, from the American Council of Phar maceutical Education, which has charge of accrediting colleges. However, as result of recom mendations by the council, sev eral improvements have been made in lab facilities. The dis pensary has been completely re modeled and new facilities, in Marquette Plans Jobs for Seniors Marciuette university an nounccs that beginning next fall j it will undertake an unusual co- j operative education program which will provide for paid in ternship employment for quali fied senior students. The plan is expected to provide students with working experi ence while giving industry an opportunity to appraise their ability. Twelve firms in the area have enrolled in the plan. The student will be considered a regular company trainee and will get the commensurate wage. He must be academically qualified. Juniors will be interviewed and selected by participating firms. It may be suggested to some of them that they take cer tain courses in summer school to better prepare them for the po sitions. Students Boycott Wall green Drug i j - For the past two months, the student body of the University of New Mexico has been main taining a "no business" motto in connection with the local Wal green drugstore Along with the student boy cott was the action of local or ganizations such as the Minis terial allionce and A. F. of L. Central Union in an anti-dis crimination ordinance to be pre sented to the city commission. The dispute started on Dec. 5 when Walgreen started practic ing discriminattory action while serving Negro customers. On Feb. 17, the campus chap ter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People followed the rumor that the discrimination had ceased. A "test group" including two Ne gro students was sent to investi gate and found all rumors were true. The successful conclusion of the boycott was termed "a monu ment to the local ideals and de termination of student body." 'Squares' Invade Union Saturday "Swing vour partner and skip to my Lou" will be the cry Sat urday March 3, from 8:30 to 11:30 p. m., when the Union ball room will be the scene of an old fashioned barn dance complete with band and caller. Dancers will execute their fancy footwork in a realistic at mosphere of hay, lanterns, and covered wagons. For an admission fee of 44 cents, students can join square dance fans in a craze which is currently sweeping the country. Entertainment and .refresh ments will be provided while dancers catch their breath dur ing the intermission. .4VV. ... i ,'W- , VtJ cluding an ultra-modern pre scription cabinet, have been added. The dispensing lab has been completely remodeled and twelve new compounding cabi nets will be added in the near future. New lights and new sink units have also been added. The first and second floor corrdidors of the building have been re painted within the last month. Two hundred students are now registered in the college of Pharmacy. Throughout the country, 22,500 students are majoring in pharmacy, as com pared with about 8,500 before the war. At the present time, there is a great demand for registered pharmacists. During the war, few degrees were is PEGGY DOW Beautiful Northwestern Alumna, says: "My very first Chesterfield made me a Chesterfield smoker for keeps. They're MILDER." V ' FEATURED IN I , "WOMAN IN HIDING" j A UNIVERSAL'INTERNATI0NAL PICTURE Jff 'I'llt Ip'Sli PEERING IIBRARY . iJ ) 1 fi li NORTHWESTERN UNIV. jf- ,v t nM ' . I ' 1 !Ti FS r fe: V . t -- tn 1 ' J wrru rue Lnrvit'rtnn rrter I I t. By Recent National Survey sued, and the supply has not yet caught up with the demand. Graduate Work There has been an increasing interest in graduate pharmacy work recently. Burt said the his hopes to make Nebraska in training center for students planning to teach pharmacy. All of the 28 seniors who grad uated in January have already found jobs. Many more fields are now opening up for phar macy studen'-. In order to be licensed as a registered pharmacist in Ne braska, the graduate must com plete an examination given by the state board of examiners. He must be 21, a graduate of a four year University course and must " '"i 1 Copjmjta HH Xxxm ft Mmi Twm Ov in ,111, I. m n.m i..r m " . .. I ....iilrr !, I. . wini.ai.CT. ...i n 1 1. V M .,i ...... ,i i .,, nn.MUnn.iii) ,,,,,-,,..,. J have worked at least one year In a retail or hospital pharmacy under the supervision of a reg istered pharmacist. The same general requirements exist in most states, although there is some variation. Several phamacy students were asked to comment on their reasons for taking the course, tlieir plans for future employ ment, and any observations they might have on the present courses of Instruction. The fol lowing answers were received: Janire Teter, Bartley, sopho more: "My father Is a pharma cist and I have always been interested In the profession. I plan to go Into some phase of retail or hospital pharmacy. I think that the biggest thing that that Pharmacy needs right now is a new building." Miles Ililriehrand, York, sophomore: "I can think of no other business that I like bet ter. I plan to go into busi ness for myself. I like the con tacts that can be made in this business. The new building will be a great improvement for the students." Jim Riley, Grand Island, sophomore: "I became asso ciated with pharmacy through working in drug stores most of my life. I rlan to go In either drug store or retail pharmacy. I think that business courses should he Included In the work because most pharmacy gradu ates go Into retail work with out an adequate knowledge of business methods." Jack I.ederer, Lincoln, sen ior: "I like all phases of phar macy. I have done retail work in the past and plan to go into that work after I graduate. I hope to be able to buy my own business as soon as possible, business as soon as possible, managing or accounting would be beneficial for a student re gardless of whether he ran his own business or not." The present Pharmacy build ing was built in 1885. It origi nally served as the Chemistry building, till the Chemistry de partment moved into its present quarters in Avery Laboratory. Building Plans Present construction plans would place the new Pharmacy building at the corner of 14th and U streets, facing west. Pharmacy was first organized as a school in 1908, with Rufus A. Lyman as director. It was fi t a i, , DISPENSARY Jack Ledercr, senior student, weighs some chem icals as Phyllcs Platz, resident pharmacist, watches. The prescrip tion cabinet on which they are working is the latest addition to the recently remodeled dispensary. Student and faculty prescrip tions may be filled here, under the direction of Miss Platz. made a college in 1915. Lyman served as dean until 1946. Burt, who has been on the Nebraska staff since 1920 with the excep tion of three years with the War Production Board, became dein in 1946, and has served since that time. There are 13 faculty members in the college now. The Student Branch of the American Pharmaceutical As sociation, active on the campus, represents all phases of phar macy. It is the national profes sional organization of pharma cists. The Nebraska branch pub lishes a bi-monthly magazine, "The Scruple." 0 Visit capital cities, mountain play grounds, university campuses, I'nited Nations at Geneva . . . interview social and political leaders of Western Europe! Trice includes ALL meals, hotel rooms, transportation and trips . , . from Kansas City and return! JUNE 15-AUG. 15 60 DAYS $1190 Many unusual features experienced leadership college credit offered LIMITED to 20 students. Write Dr. Harold McCIeave, College of Emporia, (Emporia, Kansas), tour director. ft ,.,v?:- ' , . ! ; . . ! r r V-'i.!1. Ml 4 4 Rho Chi is an honorary society to which upperclassmen and faculty members are elected be cause of outstanding scholastic records. Kappa Epsilnn, the women's honorary sorority, is primarily a sorial group. Kappa Phi is the national pro fessional pharmacy fraternity. It sponsors student programs and entertainment at the annual pharmacy banauet. Several scholarship are avail able to deserving students with in the college. For the past year, a total of $0:i0 in scholarships were offered to students. 2nd Annual All-Expense COLLEGE TOUR OF EUROPE O ENGLAND 0 SCOTLAND O HOLLAND O BELGIUM O LUXEMBOURG O SWITZERLAND O FRANCE V