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Blumni journal 



Published monthly in the interest of the Alumni Association of the College 



of Pharmacy of the City of New York. 



Pharmaceutical Department of Columbia University. 



PUBLISHED AT 43 FULTON ST., NEW YORK CITY. 



C. P. WIMMER, Phar.D., A.M., Editor 

 Vol. XIX. FEBRUARY, 1912. No. 2. 



COLLABORATORS. 



Charles F. Chandler, A.M., Ph.D., etc. Anton Vorisek, Phar.D. 



Henry H. Rusby, M.D. William Mansfield, Phar.D. 



Virgil Coblentz, A.M., Phar.M., etc. Clinton B. Knapp, M.D. 



George C. Diekman, Ph.G., M.D. W. A. Bastedo, Ph.G., M.D. 



John Oehler, Ph.G. Frederick A. Leslie, Phar.D. 



William J. Gies, Ph.D. Charles W. Ballard, Ph.C. 



Carlton C. Curtis, Ph.D. Henry Vin Arny, A.M., Ph.D. 

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Address all Editorial Communications to Dr. Curt P. Wimmer, 115 West 68th 

 Street, New York City. Address all Business Communications to Chas. A. Lotz, 

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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. 



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preceding publication. 



THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ENTERTAINMENT AND 



BALL. 



February 7th, 1912. 

 At Healey's, 66th Street and Columbus Ave. 



The Entertainment and Ball of the Alumni Association, to be 

 held at Healey's, 66th St. and Columbus Ave., on Wednesday, 

 February 7th, 1912, will be the 17th one in the history of our 

 Association. 



The first Annual Ball was held at the Madison Square Concert 

 Hall, on Wednesday evening, January 22nd 1896, under the chair- 

 manship of Dr. Julius Tannenbaum, assisted by Messrs. Ebbitt, 

 Henning, Diekman. Mclntyre. Searles. Hoburg, Oehler, Gies, 

 Davies, Lohr, Burger and Breen. Mr. Alfred Stover was Presi- 

 dent of the Association, and Wm. A. Hoburg was the Secretary. 

 The first ball was a splendid success, and subsequent balls also 

 turned out very successful, financially as well as socially. Even 

 after the locality of the affair had been changed to a larger hall, 

 the Grand Central Palace, the hopes of the Committees were not 

 disappointed, and some of the balls were attended by as many as 

 1,000 and more people. In fact, the number of outsiders who 

 attended became so great, that it was decided to restrict it more 

 to Alumni members, and was again transferred to the smaller 



