Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - History of University of Illinois at Chicago (1921) [PAGE 16]

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COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

had been instructor in pharmacognosy for some years, was made assistant professor in that department. The Great War decimated the classes in 1918. One of the teachers and many of the students enlisted, and others remained in school as members of the Student Army Training Corps. A manufacturing laboratory was installed and its use offered to the government in the hope of aiding in the inspection and manufacture of medicines and war supplies. However, the early close of hostilities prevented the fulfillment of these plans. In common with other departments of the University, the School of Pharmacy has experienced during recent years an increase in attendance that has taxed the capacity of the class rooms to the utmost.

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