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THE ALUMNI JOUNAL. 



them on the fingers of j'our own hands. 

 Is it right ? Should we allow just a few 

 only to do the work for the whole Asso- 

 ciation ? No. You want it not. All 

 put your shoulders to the wheel and see 

 how merrily it will go around. Every 

 Wednesday evening there is a social 

 gathering at our Alumni room, No. 33. 

 The newest feature is the piano. It is 

 also like a boy trying to win the affection 

 of a girl, by giving her candy, telling 

 her sweet words and what not, so the 

 present officers of the Association offer 

 all kinds of inducement, as they say, 

 "to keep the boys together," Gentle- 

 men, unlike girls, show your afiection, if 

 you have any, towards our Association ; 

 if not, say so, that we shall know it. 



It is said that some manufacturers and 

 wholesale dealers of this city, Chicago 

 and other small towns, have united to 

 take decided steps against cut rates of 

 dry goods dealers and others. This kind 

 of black draught has worked them up. 

 Well, no wonder ; they got a good dose 

 of it, and they can thank all the ancient 

 and modern gods if they get over the 

 effects of it. Help them, any how. 

 Have pity on this severe patient. It 

 may do us some good, too. 



The Cuban revolution affects the drug 

 trade as far as sponges are concerned. 

 Medium grade sponges, the most of 

 which come from Cuba, are rare, the 

 fisheries mostly having stopped. Bel- 

 ligerent rights ought to be granted to 

 revolutionists, otherwise those who need 

 cold sponge baths will be in the soup. 



Boys, be ready for the lecture of Prof. H, A. 

 Haubold next season. It will be as interesting 

 as all the previous ones have been. You all 

 know him, don't you ? 



A PHYSICIAN not a thousand miles from New 

 York prescribes a new and unheard of organic 

 drug — " Podophyllin muriate." Analyze it, 

 please, ye organic chemists. 



THE ALUMNI BALL. 



One of the social events of the season 

 (at least in pharmaceutical circles) was 

 the First Annual Ball of the Alumni As- 

 sociation, which occurred on the night of 

 January 22d last. After the overture had 

 been played the grand march was led by 

 Mr. Searles, and then the dances follow- 

 ed each other rapidly, while between 

 them our graduates found time to greet 

 each other and renew old acquaintances. 

 In the wee small hours of the morning, 

 when our appetites had waxed stronger, 

 the supper march was taken up and we 

 were led to that place from which no man 

 or woman returneth hungry. During 

 the supper and while the irrepressible 

 spirits of the boys were for a time sup- 

 pressed, speeches were made by President 

 Stover and ex-President Graeser. 



After supper the pleasure seekers ad- 

 journed to the ball room, where the dance 

 went on merrily until it was time for the 

 weary revellers to wend their way home- 

 ward- 

 Following is the extract of a pharma- 

 ceutical paper, which we reprint for the 

 reason that it gives so good an account 

 of the committees and the wholesalers' 

 representatives : 



O. J. GriflBn, the genial and popular clerk of 

 the college, was very much in evidence with 

 the Ladies' Wheel Club of Flushing, the mem- 

 bers of which took advantage of the proximity 

 of the ball room to the Bicycle Exhibition to 

 attend both. He was accompanied by Mrs. 

 Griffin, who earned the distinction during the 

 evening of being one of the best dancers on the 

 floor. Miss Hepburn, daughter of the well 

 known and respected pharmacist. John Hep- 

 burn of Flushing, was one of the charming 

 wheel women of Mr. Griffin's party. The fac- 

 ulty of the college was ably represented by Pro- 

 fessors Coblentz, Ferguson and Diekmann, and 

 the share they took in the pleasure of the even- 

 ing was thoroughly appreciated by every mem- 

 ber of the association. Secretary Mason helped 

 along things ereatly by his presence, and none 

 enioyed the dancing more. The trustees of the 

 college were represented by Reuben R. Smith, 



