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Blumni journal 



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



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. JULY, 1912. No. 7. 



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 Amy, A.M., Ph.D. 

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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES 

 OF THE NEW YORK COLLECE OF PHARMACY, 



HELD AT CARNEGIE HALL, MAY 9th, 1912. 



{Continued.} 



I enjoy a great satisfaction in the progress which the College has 

 made since it first occupied a room on sufferance in the City Hall. 

 But we have not reached the climax. There is a great deal that we 

 still need in order to enable us to do all that we think we ought to do 

 for our students, and I want to tell you that the College of Pharmacy 

 has never received any support from the City or State of New York. 

 It has never had a contribution of any kind; it has never had a large 

 gift from any wealthy citizen. Efforts have been repeatedly made 

 to arouse an interest among the wealthy gentlemen who give so liber- 

 ally to other teaching institutions, but for some reason or other, we 

 have never been able to interest any men of wealth in this College to 

 give us any help. This College was created by the pharmacist and it 



