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Blumni 3^oumal 



Published monthly in the interest of the Alumni Association of the College 



of Pharmacy of the City of New Yorlc. 



Pharmaceutical Department of Columbia University. 



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C. p. WIMMER, Phar.D., A.M., Editor 



Vol. XX. OCTOBER, 1913. No. 10. 



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THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS. 



The addresses of President Butler delivered at various occasions 

 have always been and continue to be of great interest. They in- 

 variably contain considerable material to think about, and are lis- 

 tened to, or read, by men and women of different walks of life 

 with attention and pleasure. The brief address delivered at the 

 last commencement is a type of our President's addresses, and 

 the Editor reprints it for the benefit of our Alumni fmm the Col- 

 umbia University Quarterly. 



The President said : 



Once more the gates of the University swing outward that these 

 hundreds of young men and women may go forth into what is 

 euphemistically styled the world. They carry with them, we all 

 hope, happy and welcome memories of their life at Columbia, as 

 well as no small burden of treasure that has been laid up while 

 here. In that burden of treasure it is important that what Tenny- 

 son has called the thorough-edged intellect be found. 



Thoroughness grows more necessary as it becomes less fashion- 

 able. Sound and disciplined thinking is hard to sustain in an at- 



