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First, the price in Materia IMedica Avill be awarded to Mr. Fred- 

 erick Yaffa ; the prize in Chemistry will be awarded to Mr. W-alter 

 Regnault and the prize in Pharmacy will be awarded to Mr. Leo 

 Roon. 



I want to say to the audience that these three gentlemen all 

 attained positions on the roll of honor of the general class, though 

 this honor here is perhaps not entirely due to them alone. I might 

 further say that Mr. Regnault, the gentleman in the center, is at 

 the present time, enjoying the privileges of a Manhattan free schol- 

 arship. I might say that Mr. Roon has obtain a senior scholar- 

 ship last spring, and Mr. Yafifer certainly would have obtained a 

 scholarship had there been any left. I want to say for Mr. Yaffer, 

 however, that he has been extremely conscientious, a thorough 

 student in both his senior and junior year, the result now showing. 



Now, gentlemen, I present you with the prize by the Trustees, 

 which consists in each instance of $ioo, and I trust that your fur- 

 ther career in pharmacy may be such that many more prizes may 

 be awarded to y6u. 



Polonaise from "Mignon" Thomas 



VALEDICTORY ADDRESS. 

 Valedictorian, Alvin E. Kuhlmann. 



Mr. President and Members of the Board of Trustees : 



Under your intelligent guidance, the College of Pharmacy has 

 arisen from the faltering stages of incipiency to one of the fore- 

 most institutions of specialized study. Yours is the right of the 

 conqueror in looking with pride upon the nation he has founded 

 and the government he has built. It cannot be denied that you men 

 take a great hand in the upward march of civilization, simply be- 

 cause of the fact, that in this age, which is an age of progress in 

 every direction, the world can least do without those who super- 

 vise. 



All you men, I know, are conscious of the fact, that, if the 

 sums invested in the maintenance of this institution had been in- 

 vested for the purpose of commercial gain, the profits would be a 

 great deal more than under the present conditions. I do not mean 

 to say that money invested in supporting institutions of learning 



