150 Dinner to Henry Hurd Rusby [Jan. 



anniversary of Dean Rusby's connection with the College of Phar- 

 macy. I can not think of Dean Rusby as of an age that a twenty- 

 fifth anniversary would seem to indicate, for he has none of the 

 characteristics that we are apt to regard as the characteristics of 

 age. In clearness of vision, in mind and in heart he is young and 

 he will always remain young no matter what the measure of his 

 years may be. 



"I came here to-night to represent the University and to lay 

 my tribute at this twenty-fifth milestone which marks the broad 

 highway of the Dean's progress through life. I value my associa- 

 tion with Dr. Rusby. I know of his scientific accomplishments, of 

 the depth and the breadth of his influence in that great field in 

 which he is a laborer. We of Columbia value our connection with 

 the College of Pharmacy as one of the great and important parts of 

 the University. The College of Pharmacy has grown in size and 

 in influence on account of the realities of its purposes and its 

 achievements and on account, too, of the wise administration of its 

 dean. 



"Dr. Rusby is a 'bonny fighter.' He has fought a sturdy, 

 valiant and honest fight for higher educational Standards in phar- 

 macy. He has contributed in no small part to make the pharmacist 

 more and more a powerful influence for good in the Community. 

 He has helped to make the profession of pharmacy one of the im- 

 portant members in the whole group of the learned professions. 

 Happy is the university that has such a man among its teachers! 

 Thrice happy is that department of our University to have as its 

 leader a man of such wide horizon, such high ideals, such steadi- 

 ness of purpose and serenity of soul. May Dean Rusby live long 

 and may he enjoy the deserved fruits of his labors." 



Dr. Charles F. Chandler then addressed the association : " Dr. 

 Rusby is one of my boys. I don't remember him as one of my stu- 

 dents, since I knew intimately only the tail-enders of the class. 

 Professor Rusby should be a happy man — first, because he has been 

 a teacher all his life; second, because he is sympathetic with and 

 interested in his students. My first real acquaintance with Dr. 

 Rusby began when he joined the faculty of the College of Phar- 

 macy. When Dean Rusby lectures to the students he impresses 

 them with the f act that he knows wPiat he is talking about. This is 



