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Eig-hty-three years ago some very able and far-seeing- men con- 

 ceived the thought that it was up to the pharmacists of this city to 

 provide for a scientific education for the men who were to protect 

 the profession, and this important College, now a part of the great 

 Columbia University, has been fostered by the men engaged in the 

 profession of pharmacy and in the drug business. It is an almost 

 unparalleled achievement compared with other educational institu- 

 tions. It is an unparalleled achievement so far as its development 

 educationally and also so far as all its investment, building, library, 

 apparatus and its support all these years is concerned, that the men 

 in the profession, through self-sacrifice, devotion and voluntary serv- 

 ice, should have developed such an important high-standing institu- 

 tion, that a few years ago it was invited — the invitation came volun- 

 tarily — through the President of Columbia University that the Col- 

 lege of Pharmacy should join and become a part of that great Uni- 

 versity. I congratulate the decendants of the men who started this 

 work and I congratulate the men who are with us to-night who are 

 carrying it out. 



During the past year the College has suffered serious unforgetable 

 loss in the death of its former President and Honorary President, 

 Ewen Mclntyre, a man whose career was contemporaneous with that 

 of the College and who ever since it began has been its active helper, 

 its staunch supporter and its constant worker and leader, and we 

 pay our tribute of honor and gratitude to the memory of Ewen Mc- 

 lntyre. Other men have passed away this year, among whom I will 

 mention Mr. Thomas Cook, long a trustee and Vice-President and 

 Mr. William H. Ebbitt. But among the men who are with us now 

 and who are leading in the affairs of the College, I know of no one 

 more capable than Dr. Chandler, and it is his greatest regret that 

 although he is not seriously ill, he is not well enough to be with us 

 to-night. He said that he thought he had staved ofif the gout pretty 

 well, but at last it has seized him, and he sends you his heartfelt 

 greeting. What the College is, is largely due to the scientific attain- 

 ments of its Eaculty and these attainments have their standards set 

 by the distinguished chemist, Charles F. Chandler, who for years 

 gave up his time to the College without remuneration. During the 

 first years he gave up a number of nights a week and a good deal 

 of his time during the day. So his was indeed a labor of love. Years 

 ago, when he was President of the Board of Health, it was his great 



