106 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



After the members of the Italian Pharmaceutical Association 

 had decided to offer a prize, the question arose concerning the 

 particular achievement for which it should be awarded, and here 

 the practical minds of the members and officers of this Associa- 

 tion came into play, and they decided, as before stated, to award 

 such prize for the best work done in the practical part of our 

 Senior course of studies. 



In order that the audience may understand and appreciate just 

 what is meant by the term "practical" as used in connection with 

 the work of the Senior course, it will be necessary to state that 

 each student is required to perform a given amount of work in 

 the Laboratories of the College and that six-elevenths of the 

 number of hours of work and study are devoted to Laboratory 

 exercises. There are five laboratory courses in all, as follows: 



In the Department of Materia Medica — 



A Laboratory Course in Commercial and Microscopical 

 Pharmacognosy. 



In the Department of Chemistry — 



A laboratory course in Analytical Chemistry. 



In the Department of Pharmacy — 



A laboratory course in Pharmacy and Dispensing Pharmacy. 



In all. about 250 hours are devoted to this practical or laboratory 

 work. You will see that the work which must be done in the 

 laboratory courses is a very severe test of the practical ability 

 of the candidate for graduation, and no one can successfully com- 

 plete this work, unless in constant attendance, and unless display- 

 ing marked proficiency in practical work. 



The graduate to whom the award will be made this evening, 

 at all times during the course applied himself to his tasks in a 

 most earnest and diligent manner, and not only fully meets with 

 the requirements of the Faculty for graduation, but shows a 

 marked proficiency in all branches of his laboratory work. 



His rating in the several laboratory branches are as follows: 



Commercial Pharmacognosy 86 



Microscopical 94 



Pharmacy 88 



Dispensing Pharmacy 85 



Chemistry 82 



Total 435 



