THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



II 



East, West, North and South, to every part 

 of the Union have they scattered; some to meet 

 a bright future, others to find disappointment 

 awaiting them ; but all have been contented 

 with their lot, and now, with the New Year, 

 will work on with renewed energy. 



BREVITIES. 



Better late than never, and, therefore, a 

 Happy New Year to you all. 



I DEEPlrV regret that illness caused my ab- 

 sence at Dr. Herrmann A. Haubold's lecture 

 on " Generation," on December nth last, and 

 for that reason I am unable to report on that 

 subject; but from what I heard, I understand 

 that the meeting was very well attended, and of 

 a highly interesting nature. 



"A VOICE from the hills" — Jesse I. Bailey. 

 See last month's Journal. 



C)TTO Hensel has again accepted position 

 with Eimer & Amend, Eighteenth street and 

 Third avenue. 



William Broesler is with Bernstein, at 

 Canal and Essex streets. 



Albert Koehler can be found "twisting 

 pills " at C. E. Vetter's Pharmacy, One Hundred 

 and Sixteenth street and Madison avenue. 



Henry G. Steinheuer is with H. A. Cas- 

 sebeer ; Ernst Meyer is with Ebert, Seventy- 

 ninth street and Second avenue. 



You are not only helping along the Alumni, 

 but also renewing old friendship, and the affair 

 promises to be a grand success, as Rudolph 

 Giess has told me, and he ought to know, he 

 being on the committee. Try and be there; lots 

 of the boys are going. 



A NEW metal, glucinium, which seems to be 

 destined to become of great importance in the 

 very near future, has been discovered. It will 

 not be of very much use in pharmacy; but on 

 account of its peculiar qualities, it will be used 

 especially for electrical purposes. As its atomic 

 weight is 9.1 and its specific gravity 2.00, its at- 

 tractive power is considerably greater than that 

 of iron, and its conductability is equal to that 

 of silver. Glucinium, therefore, is more capa- 

 ble of resistance than iron, and a better con- 

 ductor than copper, and, in addition to all that, 

 it is lighter than aluminium. If these claims 

 for this new metal should be confirmed by prac- 

 tical use, there is no doubt that glucinium will 

 be used extensively for electrical purposes, the 

 more so as its commercial value will amount to 

 about |2o a pound, or 160 times less than the 



same volume, and 10 times less than the same 

 weight of platinum. 



The '95 Observer, 

 Notice! All matter relating to the Class of 

 '95 should be sent to 



RUD BoENKE, Ph. G., 



437 E. 87 th street. 



AT a special meeting held on Dec. 9th, Alfred 

 H. Mason was unanimously elected to succeed 

 the late J. Niven Hegeman as secretary of the 

 college. Mr. Mason's wide field of experience 

 makes him an excellent man for the position. 

 But a short time ago he was elected chairman of 

 the Society of Chemical Industries, New York 

 Branch, and has done much towards furthering 

 their interests. 



A meeting for a discussion of the State 

 Poison Law will shortly be held. 



I HAVE heard that "Church Tower" — oh ! 

 beg pardon, I meant to say Belfry, has returned 

 from Canada and is with Vincent, of Brooklyn ; 

 let's hear from you, Belfry. 



Kirchein is with H. C. Schmidt, cor. of 91st 

 St. and Park ave. 



Rosenthal is in partnership with his brother- 

 in-law at the corner of 6th st. and 2d ave. and 

 also at loth st. and 2d ave. ; he reports a flourish- 

 ing business. 



I HAVE not heard anything of Brown yet, but 

 I guess since Commencement Day his capillary 

 appendages have had plenty of time to grow 

 once more upon his smiling countenance. 



While I was down to Parke, Davis & Co. 

 the other day, I saw Fergie who looked as 

 though he was working hard ; he must have 

 been trying to distinguish Northwestern Senega 

 from the true Polygala Senega. 



The last time that I saw Gieschen was during 

 the summer, when he was working in his old 

 position up on the Boulevard, where he has 

 plenty of chances to see the Bloomer Girl pass- 

 ing on the bike. 



ManvillE was in the store a short time ago ; 

 he is traveling for Boehringer & Sons. 



Trau was last seen at a masquerade ball in 

 the costume of an Indian'which fitted him to a T. 



Boys, don't forget the first annual ball of the 

 Alumni Association on Jan. 22, 1896, as we 

 want to be well represented therefrom. A new 

 feature in the Alumni rooms is the piano; it will 

 be very useful in making the evenings pass 

 pleasantly when the Alumoi starts its opeu 



