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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



Mr. George B. Wray, of the examination 

 committee of the college, made us a short call 

 a few days since. His name was unknown to a 

 majority of the class, but undoubtedly we 

 will have the pleasure of meeting the gentleman 

 in the near future. 



Mr. G. H. p. Carter, our class treasurer, 

 having accepted a position as drug clerk neces- 

 sitating his immediate attention, has resigned 

 the office which he held, and also discontinued 

 his course of lectures. He was succeeded by 

 Mr. W. H. Vincent by a unanimous vote. 



Photographer Dana has for the past two 

 weeks been subjecting his camera to a series of 

 ordeals which, for severity and proof of stability 

 no doubt outclass any ever inflicted upon a 

 specie of the kodak order. This unlamentable 

 cruelty may be explained by the fact that the 

 class of '96 are to have a class picture, and Dana 

 was awarded the contract for producing the 

 same. 



Jonathan Morris. 



Rep. Sec. i. 



BOARD EXAHINATIONS IN JERSEY, 

 U. S. A. 



At the last meeting of the New Jersey 

 Board of Pharmacy, held at Trenton, the 

 number of successful applicants did not 

 exceed eight per cent, of the entire num- 

 ber examined. 



It indicates that a higher standard has 

 been adopted than that of former exam- 

 inations, which, certainly no one, pos- 

 sessing a triendly interest in our profes- 

 sion, and surely no Ph.G. will regret. 



The number of applicants receiving 

 diplomas in that State on previous Board 

 meetings, who barely succeeded in ob- 

 taining the required percentage, has been 

 unwarranted and inconsistent with the 

 number of those who spend time and 

 money in endeavoring to secure a more 

 thorough and comprehensive knowledge 

 of the theories and practices pertaining 

 to our profession. 



The higher standard of the examina- 

 tions in New Jersey may be the outcome 

 of the law which went into effect January 



I, and which made it compulsory for 

 every pharmacist not then registered, 

 (graduates of the N. Y. C. P. included), 

 to pass an examination or run the risk of 

 prosecution. 



However, the writer knows that the 

 majority of the successful candidates were 

 Ph.G.'s, and we venture to opine that no 

 graduate of the N. Y. C. P. will find 

 fault with the course adopted by the State 

 Board of New Jersey. 



At the Alumni reception held Wednes- 

 day evening, March 18, one could not 

 help but be impressed by the universal 

 good fellowship prevalent. The bonds 

 of friendship formed at college may be 

 weakened by protracted absence, but 

 even this cannot sunder them, and when 

 such reunions as that of the i8th occur, 

 and classmates of the past again meet 

 and dwell upon the recollections of their 

 days at college, how thoroughly enjoyable 

 and inspiring is the event. 



Let us hope that the Alumni v/ill con- 

 tinue in the course they have outlined, 

 looking towards the promotion of mutual 

 friendliness and sociability among the 

 graduates of the college. 



We are informed that the New Jersey 

 College of Pharmacy is about to erect a 

 new building devoted exclusively to the 

 purposes of the college. 



The college is to be congratulated on 

 its remarkably quick and steady progress, 

 due, no doubt, to the zeal and energy 

 manifested by those most closely associat- 

 ed with It. Perseverance and zeal are 

 ever the forerunners of success. 



Mixed Merchandise. — A likely 

 negro girl, fit for town or country has 

 had the small-pox, she is about fifteen 

 years old ; as also to be sold sundry 

 drugs and medicines by John Briggs over 

 against the meat market in New York. — 

 New York Gazette, of 1733. 



