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way, severed the ties of companionship which has sprung up dur- 

 ing our stay together. To-morrow will see vis each on a dif- 

 ferent path through life and strands of the ties remaining will 

 gradually become entirely severed. 



This evening marks the parting of the roads and many are 

 there to choose from. Some will change to other lines of busi- 

 ness and bury forever what has been taught them here. Others 

 will consider this evening the crowning point of their ambition 

 and continue the practice of pharmacy, while many will use their 

 acquired knowledge as a basis for higher education. To such 

 as are to change their calling, or are to take up higher studies, 

 we can express our sincerest good will that they make an equal 

 or better success of whatsoever they may undertake and to such 

 as are to continue the practice of Pharmacy, a similar wish may 

 be expressed and a few words would not be out of place. 



The time honored proverb says : "We are what we make our- 

 selves." A good time has been spent in the making, and though 

 about to become pharmacists, consider whether or not you have 

 absorbed the proper kind of material to make you fitted to the 

 title you are about to receive. To make pill masses, emulsions 

 or tablets triburates were not the fundamental principles which 

 the Faculty has attempted to teach you. These operations, any one 

 may, with a little attention and practise, easily learn. 



Have you learned to love your profession, or do you continue 

 with a feeling of "I must do something anyhow, why not this?" 

 If you have not learned to love your profession, it were best 

 you resort to something else, for if you will succeed, vou must 

 love what you undertake and must go to it with a will and a 

 desire that you make a complete success. 



Much has been done to .perfect the profession, but there are 

 still some flaws. Find out where these loopholes are, and do your 

 utmost to alter conditions which are not as they should be, or 

 which in any way reflect upon the social standing of Pharmacy. 



The cause needs the help of everyone, individually and collec- 

 tively. Do your best, and though results are not felt immediately, 

 the outcome will always be the same; pharmacy will have a 

 higher standing. Follow the footsteps of the former generations. 

 There was a time some eight years back when a man with no 

 College education could obtain a license as pharmacist, but the 

 former generation worked so earnestly that it caused the enact- 



