"To my delight, I discovered that fascinating combination of rigor/hypothesis, hard-core theory/intuition, and commercial-level practicality/artistic elegance known as organic chemistry in a 1954 course at Yeshiva University. It was already clear that one of the challenges of Orgo (particularly for the pre-meds) would be the systemization of a huge body of factual data, allowing for retrieval of critical information at critical times (exams, etc)."