Design For Life (1956)

[Music] thank you foreign Mr Dodd good night [Music] dad usually picks me up after work on Saturdays I can just about set my watch by him pop it on the nose foreign I suppose dad had counted on my going into the contracting business ever since he got his own outfit to him there's nothing as beautiful as a new construction job I guess it's natural he'd want me to feel the same way it was hard to tell him I had other ideas foreign congratulations only what six weeks away and it's only three months to college I don't know if a better way for him to spend the summer you'll be coming into the firm one of these days you might as well be getting the feel of it you'd better get set for a shot dead oh I think I want to study Pharmacy this fall Pharmacy what's the matter with the construction business I've definitely made up my mind on anything dad I mean I may want to get Pharmacy a try so I figured I'm working for Mr Robinson this summer full time the drugstore well I hope you change your mind what do you know about pharmacy anyway I haven't worked at the store very long I know that what I mean is how much training does it take what's the future in it how much money I guess you've got me there dad looks on I want you to make up your own mind but I thought you were going to college so you could be an asset in our business Dale talk to me about this he has some good ideas don't jump on him Joe I'm not jumping on him Martha son it's just that I want you to be sure this is what you want to do and it seems to me the first thing is you've got to get some facts well it took Dad to show me how much I didn't know before we got through he had a list of questions a mile long I started by finding out all I could at school I cornered my chemistry teacher after lab on Monday he's the one who put the idea of Pharmacy in my head in the first place he suggested I see our vocational counselor and get the most recent dope on Pharmacy like college requirement and the chances of getting work I had had the aptitude tests and all that but I hadn't taken them too seriously there's another thing in your favorite Dale you've done a highly respectable job in mathematics and there's certainly nothing wrong with your record in the Sciences so you think I ought to go into Pharmacy frankly I can't decide that for you there are at least half a dozen major Fields you can qualify for well I don't see how you can make up your mind well there are other things beside aptitude and grades what interests you is important why do you like it at Robinson well I guess it's partly meeting people and well a lot of people come in and they don't know what they want you have to help them decide maybe what you like is selling a scissors yeah maybe you get to know a lot of people that way a few weeks ago you told me your father expected you to take up the construction business after college what happened to that idea well Dad says he wants me to make up my own mind well here's my suggestion you go over the over the analysis of these table the main happiest in that type of work that gives you a sense of service a personal service to many individuals and service to your community speak it over okay Miss Stewart thanks a lot why is this age are unpredictable Joe maybe you'll come around yeah maybe that's what worries me Doc I'm not so sure the boy has a stubborn streak but after all he could do a lot worse than the career in pharmacy but how far away from Contracting can you get last fall it was industrial engineering then business management now those I could understand your boy going to be a pharmacist Joe well looks like it could happen good profession I considered it myself once you did that and Medicine is that a fact though true boy's been working at a Robinson's part-time I should have been breaking him into my own business is that the Robinson pharmacy yeah you know Robinson very well Jeff's a member of my church board and quite active your son couldn't have run across a better example of the professional you met him Joe oh I suppose once or twice not to get really well acquainted them he's all right Jeff spends part of his time at the hospital pharmacy and I see a lot of him an exceptionally capable fellow I call him almost every day whenever I need information about new drugs then you think Pharmacy is not too bad is that right Doug well I'm a doctor the way I look at it the pharmacist the doctor and the nurse same team why today Joe a doctor can do without a pharmacist and a nurse like well like you can do without his two hands more coffee Bill thanks and just have duck Mr Mike he does all right owns his own business has his own house what do you want your boy to be a millionaire no I I just wondered good morning Dale may I help you yeah thank you I want to pick up my sister's description all right I'll speak to Mr Dodd excuse me I dug up all the facts I could Mr Dodd works for Mr Robinson as the source full-time pharmacist and he set me straight on a lot of things he hopes to buy the store when Jeff Robinson's ready to retire meanwhile he's making a good living Mrs mcewen's sister has been sick a long time Mr Dodd says she's learned she can count on the service at Robinson that's why she comes back he says you sell a little piece of yourself in every transaction that's right Beacon Drug Company Mr Robinson in I know he's over at the hospital oh he's on the staff over there now part-time as charged as a Hospital Pharmacy oh I want to talk to him about a new drug we're releasing next month and I want to leave you some literature on it fine uh perhaps I can find Mr Robinson over the hospital I'm sure you can hey got a minute or two you can spare of course Odell Randall and this is Dale Saunders Dale's interested in Pharmacy is a possible career nice to meet you Dale well Mr Randall Dale Mr Randall is a sales representative for the beacon Drug Company maybe he'll tell you about it oh excuse me are you in school Dale I'm graduating in a few weeks then after college I suppose I hope so well my job's like every other job if you can do it and you'll like it then there's none better are you a pharmacist yes I am most sales representatives for drug manufacturers are Pharmacy do you like selling well I think I'd like this kind of selling in a retail pharmacy well the most interesting part of my kind of selling is introducing Pharmacists and Physicians to new products we have a wonderful opportunity for keeping track of the latest developments in medical treatment I see and we get good pay that's a consideration these days yeah I suppose so whenever I enter a doctor's office it's for the purpose of acquainting him with such new combinations as this for example treating a patient with high blood pressure and then I always carry this with me to remind myself that a doctor's time as well as my own is valuable my real commodity is Health my mission is to help the doctor extend the life of his patients I'll tell you something Dale I can sell drug products because I believe in them now that may sound corny but if I do my job well I may be adding several years to somebody's life it's a good feeling what am I supposed to do about Dale you've done very well Joe over a month since this thing started he's more determined than ever to take up Pharmacy can you talk to you again talk oh yes Martha this thing just it just gets to me there's no use in my denying it well maybe I counted on it too much Joe Saunders and son I should have talked to him a long time ago now here he is ready for college where am I are you worrying about Dale or about your about your phone would be someday but at the expense of his happiness you wouldn't want that any more than I do Martha if if I could just be sure Dale is the one who has to be sure and I think he's going to make a very good pharmacist come on out here out before the gilkinsons get here this is a dinner party not a waste air conditioner completely building should be Dale ear won't have to worry by the time he takes over the business people be educated to air conditioning when school overdale a couple of weeks Mr gilkinson well I expect you'll be going right in with your father then won't you Dale's going to college in the fall oh good we have two fine engineering colleges in this state certainly what branch of engineering Dale Dale has the idea he wants to study a pharmacy it was pretty well settled Mr geltenson Pharmacy what's wrong with that Joe did I say there was anything wrong with it no but you certainly don't look very happy about it the dog what dogs the world they're calling here for at this hour an accident emergency okay Mr Dodd right away dad mother they need me down at the pharmacy right away there's a wreck on the railroad south of town a wreck it's pretty serious passenger train they're starting to bring people into the hospital and they think they might run short on some things what can you do deer well they want me to run the stuff over from the store down to the hospital Mr Robinson called Mr Dodson there and asked him to phone me dad can I have the pickup Dale we have guests here run a long deal be careful okay Mom Martha young man the least you could do is say goodbye to our guests goodbye sit down Joe Joe must be serious Joe if they're expecting to run shorter supplies at the hospital we haven't had a wreck on that road since I can remember now Joe don't worry about the boy I don't blame him for being excited excuse me never mind I'll get it hello Saunders yeah speaking and Vincent Sheriff's Office sure yes this is an emergency Saunders there's been a bad wreck on the main line they're going to need all the heavy equipment they can find to move cars settling torches too we're rounding up as much as we can from the local outfits so what can you do for us why uh we'll be there as soon as I can get the equipment rolling where do we go uh three miles south of State Highway 36 on the River Road and come ahead of your equipment if you can and on your way through town you can pick up a motorcycle officer at third and Market and give you the siren right [Music] oh good pack those bandages will you down yeah is it as bad as they thought for advantages dextrose iron tincture car in front tail here get all this over the hospital okay [Music] our community hospital is a small one of only 50 beds it's the nearest hospital to the wreck but it wasn't built for this kind of emergency inside temporary Arrangements were being made wherever there was room by the time I got there things were well organized they were moving some of the patients to make room for the worst emergency cases Jeff Robinson's the kind who won't take chances he keeps the hospital pharmacy well stocked to meet most demands on it there was plenty at first for both the hospital and for emergency treatment at the rec all extra plasma and morphine and all that was brought in and at last there was enough [Music] it was a long night for a lot of people thank you [Music] hey Saunders Matt okay it's all yours take it away well there goes the last one and you better call it a night let the new crew take over we can slow down a little until it gets light yeah hey Mac you and Joe call it quits railroad Crews got it leaked the landmark better get some shut eye yourself yeah thank you [Music] hello Joe must have had quite a night you know looks good to yourself and helping out at the rig that Dale's down there to your right can't stop now but Joe that boy's a Dandy if you want my advice you'll let him team up with us the construction people don't need him as badly as we do you can be proud of him isn't it about time to knock off well hi Dad Mr Robinson you know my dad it's a pleasure to see you Mr Saunders I hope you weren't worried about Dale no not worried that you've been down at the wreck there was a job that had to be done Dale seems they needed some of our equipment too to clear the records I had an idea you'd still be here go ahead with your father Dale okay I'll be with you in a minute dad Mr Saunders Dale has talked to me quite a bit about you I think a father deserves to hear things like this like what I have never known a boy to be as proud of his dad as Dale is of you oh I expect it's been hard for you to take this desire of his to go into Pharmacy but it hasn't been easy on Dale either you know he's worried because he's afraid he's letting you down well uh how's he doing he's got what counts Mrs Saunders on top of his natural gifts and personality he has a concern for other people that's a real asset in Pharmacy it's priceless thanks a lot okay Dad okay son okay [Music] my name is Robinson good night foreign