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in closer contact with their colleagues in other departments of the 

 University, and the students of pharmac)- would l)e given opportunit} 

 to share much more largely than at present in the common academic 

 life" 



MR. WRIGHT'S LECTURE. 



Mr. John S. AV'right, of Ely, Lilly & Co., of Indianapolis, ind., gave 

 a very interesting lecture before the Alumni Association on the evening 

 of October 22, 1913. The lecture hall was well filled with Alumni and 

 friends of the College. The lecturer explained the different methods 

 of manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations used in a modern large 

 laboratory. Illustrating his remarks, he showed many pictures on the 

 screen. The moving pictures of the pill and capsule machines in 

 operation were exceedingly interesting and were fieel\' applauded. 

 Mr. \\'right and his firm are to be congratulated upon their enterprise. 

 It proved both interesting and instructive. 



NEWS OF THE COLLEGE. 



At the lecture given by Professor Hollingworth at the October meet- 

 ing of the College, a large number of members attended and the 

 authorities are greatly encouraged to continue their efforts in present- 

 ing to members and their friends lectures on subjects along lines of 

 interest to the retail tlruggist. On the evening of January 20, 1914, 

 the second of the series of lectures on commercial topics will be deliv- 

 ered by Mr. Harry B. Mason, editor of the Bulletin of Pharmacy of 

 Detroit. His subject will be "The Vital Question of Profit in the 

 Retail Drug Business." Mr. Mason's talk will be of the most practical 

 sort and will not involve any elalxDrate or scientific dissertation on 

 bookkeeping methods. He will show what percentage of profit various 

 lines of goods ought to yield and will analyze the expense of selling 

 them. He will explain a simple method of knowing the facts so that a 

 retailer may learn just what it costs him to do business, just what his 

 gross and net profits are and just what his returns are in the several 

 departments of his store. 



Any one wIkj is interested, irrespective of membership in the Col- 

 lege, is invited to attend this lecture. 



