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Dr. Chaiullcr: The Reverend Dr. Edwin Harlcnbeck will offer 

 prayer. 



Reverend Dr. Edwin Harlenbeck : Let us pray! Almighty 

 God, our Heavenly Father, who art the source of light and 

 life, Author of our being, Giver of every good and every perfect 

 gift, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee. We thank 

 Thee for the powers of life which Thou hast permitted us 

 to use ; powers of body, powers of mind, powers of spirit. We 

 thank Thee for the opportunity to use these powers and to develop 

 them. We thank Thee for every influence which conduces to their 

 enrichment, and we give Thee thanks to-night for the Institution 

 under whose auspices we are assembled, and the great University 

 of which it is a part. May Thy richest blessing rest upon these 

 Institutions and upon those who have their affairs in charge, upon 

 those who instruct and upon those who learn. We pray for all 

 Institutions of learning. We pray for the creating of light and for 

 the spreading of truth, and we ask thy blessing upon every effort 

 to understand knowledge, that men may be enriched and may be 

 ready to fill their places in the world. We pray to-night for Thy 

 blessing in full measurement upon the men and the women who are 

 to be graduated from this College of Pharmacv. We thank Thee 

 for the privileges they have enjoyed, and now, as they go forth to 

 the places which thou hast called them to fill, we pray that they 

 may go determined to fill those spheres for the glory of God and 

 for the welfare of humanity, and may they do their work with all 

 the strength which Thou hast given. Help us all to find the place 

 where Thou wouldst lead us and the work which Thou hast called 

 us to do, and may we realize that more than the culture of knowl- 

 edge is to be desired the culture of character. What we are is of 

 greater importance than what we know or even wdiat we do, and 

 so we pray that we would be what Thou wouldst have us be, so that 

 we may stand as lights in the world, and when we go at the setting 

 of the sun to the finish of life's tasks, may we nourish the con- 

 sciousness that we have pleased Thee and have left a golden page 

 upon our generation. 



We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ ! Amen. 



Selection — From "Tannhauser" Wagner 



ADDRESS. 



Vice President Charles F. Chandler, Ph. D. 



Dr. Chandler: In the unavoidable absence of President Butler, 

 of Columbia University, it is my pleasant duty to confer a cordial 

 welcome to the Trustees of the New York College of Pharmacy, 

 Members of the College, Members of the Faculty, and last, but not 

 least, Members of the Class of 1909. 



