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Hlumni journal 



Published monthly In the interest of the A.umni Association of the College 



of Pharmacy of the City of New York. 



Pharmaceutical Department of Columbia University. 



PUBLISHED AT 43 FULTON ST., NEW YORK CITV. 



CURT. P. WIMMER, Phar D., Associate Editor 



CHAS. A. LOTZ, Ph.G., Editor 



Vol. XVI. 



AUGUST, 1909, 



No. 8. 



COLLABORATOKS. 



Charles F. Chandler, A. M. , Ph.D. , etc. 



Henry H. Rusby, M.D. 



Virgil Coblentz, A.M., Phar.M.. etc. 



George C. Diekman, Ph.G., M.D. 



John Oehler, Ph.G. 



William J. Gies, Ph.D. 



Carlton C. Curtis, Ph.D. 



Anton Vorisek, Phar.D. 

 William Mansfield, Phar.D. 

 CHnton B. Knapp, M.D. 

 W. A. Bastedo, Ph.G., M.D. 

 Frederick A. Leslie, Phar.D. 

 Charles W. Ballard, Ph.C. 

 Harry B. Ferguson, Phar.D. 



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EDITORIAL. 



The good old summer time is here again, bringing with it 

 reminiscences of the good time we had during our last year's va- 

 cation. 



This year we all expect to have as good, if not a better time, than 

 last year, and if by circumstances we did not have an outing last 

 year, why this year we will enjoy it so much the better. 



There are very few in this noble profession of ours who do not 

 have to work long and steady at our chosen vocation, and it must 

 be therefore a very agreeable anticipation when we look forward 

 to the day when we can leave the store or laboratory and be free 

 from care for a short time, and short it is, indeed, for no sooner 

 have we waxed into our delightful laziness (fishing, etc.), than the 

 calendar and our pocketbook show us it is time to be back on the 

 job once more and our vacation fades into a thing of the past. 



Brother and sister pill rollers, your editors hope that you wilLaU 

 enjoy a pleasant vacation this year even if for only a short time, 

 for it will surely change the monotony which accompanies every 



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