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Hlumnt 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. AUGUST, 1912. No. 8. 



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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SUMMER AT THE COLLEGE. 



It is erroneous to believe that the summer at the College is 

 entirely a time of rest and ease. The fact is that considerable work 

 has to be done in all of the departments to get ready for the com- 

 ing session, a task which occupies not only a few weeks but almost 

 the entire time from June to September. Stock must be taken, 

 orders sent out and received, hundreds of decks must be opened 

 and examined, apparatus replaced, many thousands of packages 

 are put up, all containers must.be cleaned and filled, and a general 

 and thorough cleaning is given to everything. The amount of 

 work to be done in the different departments varies somewhat, 

 but there is enough of it to keep every one busy. An important 

 change has been made in the Physics room. The large shelves 

 have been removed and the walls have been repainted.'' Enough 

 space has been gained to hold the exercises in Experimental 

 Physics of the University Class in this room. The office- of the 

 College reports that matriculations for all of the courses are com- 



