THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 123 



COLLEGE NOTES. 



The coming- year has every prospect of being a banner one for the 

 New York College of Pharmacy. Our registration for the Junior 

 Class is already well over the one-hundred mark and the busiest days 

 for matriculation are yet to come. 



Dean Rusby has been attending the American Pharmaceutical Asso- 

 ciation convention in California, and has taken office as its president. 

 During his absence the duties of the Dean were taken care of by Dr. 

 Diekman. 



Dr. Mansfield has just returned from a three months' European visit 

 and reports having had a very pleasant and instructive stay. His re- 

 port will be published later. 



During the summer substantial improvements have been made 

 throughout the building, and when we open on September 27th, we 

 will be ready to welcome the best junior class that we have had for 

 some years. 



WHEN ORATORY FAILS. 



Leonora O'Reilly, who is perhaps the most powerful orator 

 among the American sufifragettes, was complimented, at a lunch- 

 eon in Boston, on her eloquence. 



"It is my splendid subject," said Miss O'Reilly, modestly, "that 

 makes me seem to speak well. My subject afifords me many tell- 

 ing things to say, and I say them simply. That is all." 



She smiled. 



"I try to avoid," she resumed, "the sort of oratory that marks 

 the average political campaign. That is frightful. 



"One night on the East Side I saw a workingman I knew loung- 

 ing at the doorway of a public hall, and from inside came a con- 

 tinuous and earnest bellowing. 



" 'Do you know who's speaking?' I asked my friend. 'Or 

 haven't you been in?' 



" 'Oh, yes, I've been in,' said he. 'Assemblyman Blagg is speak- 

 ing.' 



"'What about?' I inquired. 



"My friend sighed and shook his head. 



" 'He didn't say,' " he answered. — Chicago Journal. 



