ground and settled the question quickly and permanently. While 

 president of the Health Department he was a pioneer in the pure 

 food agitation and in conjunction with W. P. Prentice, counsel to the 

 Department, prepared the first State law on the suhject. 



In recognition of the services wdiich he has rendered to the cause 

 of education and the advances of chemistry the united chemists 

 societies of New York have planned a testimonial dinner to Pro- 

 fessor Chandler which will be given at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 



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on April 30th. The Alumni, the faculty and the trustees of Colum- 

 bia University have issued invitations for a bancjuet in his honor to be 

 given at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on April 2d. On the former occa- 

 sion the Alumni will present to the University a bronze bust of 

 Professor Chandler in heroic size, and will present to Mrs. Chand- 

 ler a life size replica of the bust. The trustees, officers, members 

 and Alumni of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York 

 have tendered him a farewell banquet at the Hotel Astor on Mon- 

 dav evening. March 28th, when he will be presented with a hand- 

 some testimonial and for which occasion this special edition of the 

 Alumni Journal is issued as a souvenir. These well deserved honors 

 show that Dr. Chandler has won in the affections of his students and 

 fellow workers bv his personal qualities as well as their esteem by his 

 purely intellectual attainments. 



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