8 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



COLLEGE NOTES. 



Gustav Ranisperger, of New York, recently returned from a trip 

 abroad, spent chiefly in Germany. Mr. Ramsperger is an honorary 

 vice-president of the New York College of Pharmacy and a founder of 

 the German Apothecaries' Society, of which organization he is an hon- 

 orary president. 



ALUMNI BALL. 



All ready! What!! Why, the "Alumni liall" of 1909. Madison 

 Square Garden Concert Hall is the place, and Wednesday evening. 

 February 3rd, is the time. 



The committee has spared no pains in making this the grandest of 

 all, and there is nothing left for the members and their friends to do 

 in order to make this a crowning success but to be on hand at the 

 proper time. 



The faculty, trustees and members of the college, as well as the 

 fraternities, are most cordially and fraternally invited to participate. 



Music will be furnished by Crowley's 8th Regiment Band, which is 

 a treat at all times. 



Tickets are now ready for distribution, and may be obtained at the 



office of the college, or from any member of the committee. Dr. H. B. 



Ferguson is treasurer of the committee and will be pleased to acknowl- 



edgre all remittances. 



Wm. H. Ward, Chairman. 



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THE ODOR OF METALS. 



Manv persons are sensitive to the characteristic odors of metals ; 

 others deny that metals possess any odor, and support their opinion 

 with the assertion that no substance can possess an odor which does 

 not give off by volatilization invisible floating particles. Recently a 

 series of experiments has been made by C. Gruhn, which is regarded as 

 proving the existence of odors emanating from all metals. At ordinary 

 temperatures these odors are in many cases almost imperceptible. But 

 they become stronger when the metal is heated. Yet if the heating 

 is continued a long time the odor disappears. Gruhn's conclusion is 

 that every metal produces continually a gaseous matter, composed 

 not of the atoms of the metal, but of a product of their chemical trans- 

 formation. He has even succeeded in isolating and confining in a 

 vase the odorous emanation from a metal. — Youth's Companion. 



