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it well, but never, never refuse an opportunity because you do not 

 see immediate reward. 



I would say from my own experience that almost everything 

 of any value that has ever come to me has had very little profit in 

 it. Like my invitation to come to this College in 1866. I was in- 

 vited to take a hand in the education of the young pharmacists in 

 this College. I inquired what it was for and was told by Professor 

 Bedford that it was desired to educate pharmacists and to supply 

 the community with men who could be trusted with drugs, and I 

 asked him what establishment they had, and was informed that 

 they had one room in the University, for 33 students. He said he 

 would allow me something for expenses and said, would I take 

 it? I said, yes, I would, and I may add that I have been glad ever 

 since. Now, I hope, young men, you know me pretty well now — 

 we have been together for a great many years — I hope you will 

 bear that in mind. I think it is one of the most important things. 

 Whenever you get a chance to do anything worth doing, do it, no 

 matter whether you get paid for it or not. In your work give 

 honest measure and good quality, no injurious article. Use com- 

 mon sense in your methods. Be good citizens, take an interest in 

 public affairs, but don't become politicians; that means ruin for the 

 profession, unless one is a lawyer, to become a politician. 



Now there is one other little point : This is the last class to 

 attend my lectures in the College of Pharmacy and I wish to ex- 

 press my particular affection for it. I wish to thank you again for 

 the beautiful gift you sent me, and wish to thank you also for 

 having taken the trouble of putting your autographs in this hand- 

 some book, that I may have your names always before me. I want 

 to thank the young ladies also for the love-letter they sent me. 



And now, in accordance with the power vested in me, by order 

 of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, and by or- 

 der of the Board of Trustees, I, Charles F. Chandler, Vice-President 

 of said College, do hereby declare you to be graduates in Pharmacy 

 of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. 



In addition, I wish to say that we have a special course in 

 Pharmacy, known as the Food and Drug course, the object of 

 which is to instruct pharmacists in the analysis of foods and drugs, 

 and when the student has completed this course he receives there- 



