THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



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SIYTY=SIXTH ANNUAL COMMENCEnENT OF THE 

 COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, 



OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 



Carnkgie Music Hall, 57th Street, and 7th Ave., Thursday Evening, 



May 7th, 1896, AT EIGHT o'clock. 



PROGRAMME. 



Overture, "The Regent," Mercadante. 



Music, melodies from "The Chieftain," 

 Sullivan. 



Entrance of the Faculty of the College, 

 the Post Graduate Class, and guests. 



Music, "Seventh Regiment March," 

 Graffula. 



"Solo for Cornet," "Robin Adair," 

 W. B. Rogers. 



Entrance of the Graduating Class at 

 half-past eight o'clock. 



March, "Class '96," Rogers. 

 President Samuel W. Fairchild : 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — On behalf of 

 the Board of Trustees I bid you welcome 

 to the 66th Commencement Exercises of 

 the College of Pharmacy of the City of 

 New York, which will begin with prayer 

 by the Rev. Dr. Junius B. Remensnyder. 



Prayer by Rev. Dr. Junius B. Remen- 

 snyder : 



O Thou Who art most high, holy and mighty 

 Ruler of the Universe, we adore and bless Thy 

 holy name. We magnify Thee as enthroned 

 over the Kingdom of Nature, ordering its law 

 and ongoings in accordance with wisdom, kind 

 ness and truth. We adore Thee, O God, as the 

 author and the framer of the soul with all its 

 high capacities. We thank Thee for the gift of 

 life with its possibilities of progress, of achieve, 

 ment, of advancement, of usefulness. We bless 

 Thee, O God, for this age in which we live, in 

 which the light of the truth shines, an age of 

 advancement unparalleled in the growth of arts 

 and sciences and their application to the conve- 

 nience, well-being and happiness of life. We 

 thank Thee for the advancement that has been 

 made in applying the gifts of healing to the dis- 

 orders and sufiFerings of the children of men, 

 and we bless Thee for Thy promise to be with us 

 in all our times of need, that Thou mayst 



strengthen and uphohld us, and above all, O 

 God, we bless Thee that as in this world we have 

 to confront pain and death and trouble, that 

 Thou hast brought life and immortality to light 

 and hast revealed to us the possibility of the 

 grand, blessed and glorious state of being in the 

 world to come. And now we invoke Thy pres. 

 ence and blessing upon the exercises of this ev- 

 ening. O God wilt Thou look down upon this 

 Institution, upon its faculty and officers, and 

 upon this class which stands to-night upon the 

 threshold of the mysterious and unknown exis- 

 tence in the theatre of the world. Wilt Thou 

 bless each and every one of its members. Wilt 

 Thou hold before them all a high and lofty ideal 

 of life. May they have noble aims. May they 

 seek after usefulness. May they while inquir- 

 ing into the mysteries of Nature, be led through 

 Nature up to Nature's God. And wilt Thou grant 

 to bless and preserve Thy children everywhere. 

 Go with us all through the journey of life. May 

 we choose righteousness and virtue. May we 

 avoid sin and fight down temptation . May we 

 discharge well our part in this life and when 

 thou art done with us here wilt Thou receive us 

 into Thine everlasting kingdom, and unto the 

 Father, Son and Holy Ghost be glory. As it 

 was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 

 world without end. Amen . 



Music, "The Lost Chord," Sullivan. 

 Reading the Roll of Graduates and 

 certifying same by the Secretary, 

 Alfred H. Mason, Ph.C, F. C. S. 



Conferring Degree Ph.Q. 



By the President, Samuel W. Fair- 

 child, Ph. G.; 



L,adies and Gentlemen: — The Secretary has 

 certified to me that these gentlemen are entitled 

 to receive their degree. 



Gentlemen, by. the authority conferred upon 

 me as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of 

 the College of Pharmacy of the City of New 

 York, I declare that you are Graduates in 

 Pharmacy. 



