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its -taff of professors and its students. It has proved a help and a 

 blessing to many in the past ; may it be more and more so in the future. 

 Bless the young people who have received instruction in its wall during 

 the past. May they not only have grown in age and wisdom, but also 

 in the grace of God. We ask Thy special blessing upon these gradu- 

 ates to-night. May the Commencement Exercises which are the cul- 

 minating point of years of toil and study, be tbe beginning of a bright 

 and happy future in practical life. May they grow in strength under 

 the burden of personal responsibility, to become men and women who 

 will be an honor to God. a credit to the institution, as well as to the 

 profession they have chosen, and a benediction to their fellow-men. 

 Hear this our prayer, accept our supplication, we ask it for Thy Name's 

 sake. And to Thee, the Triune God, be all honor and glory, for ever 

 and ever. Amen. 



March — "The Light Horse" Von Blon. 



Dr. Chandler : — 



In the absence of President Butler, it is my pleasant duty to preside 

 at this the Eighty-second Commencement of the College of Pharmacy 

 of the City of Xew York, tbe Pharmaceutical Department of Colum- 

 bia L niversity ; and I give you the greeting of welcome with the 

 greatest pleasure. I wish to give my greeting, which I have given for 

 so many years, to the Members of the Board of Trustees, to the Mem- 

 bers of the Faculty and to the Members of the Graduating Class. 



This College of Pharmacy has been very dear to me for a great 

 many years and I love to dwell on its history and tell how it came into 

 being and how and why it has been so successful. 



Many years ago. a few retail apothecaries of this city, seeing the 

 need and utter lack of any facilities for the improvement of the young 

 men in their employ, conceived the idea of establishing a College of 

 Pharmacy. It began in 1820 and on March 18th, adopted a constitu- 

 tion ; and to show the interest that was taken in this new branch 01 

 education in the City of Xew York, it is an interesting fact that the 

 first lectures were given in the City Hall. After a time — not a very 

 long time, however — the authorities of this young college were actually 

 able to hire a room in the University Building in Washington Square, 

 and that is where I first made its acquaintance. It is so long ago that 

 ] almost forget the date, but I think it was in i860 that I first went 

 into that one room and met thirty-three men. who represented the 



