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sure that there are not a half a dozen in this 

 audience or upon the stage who are aware of 

 the names of those three fortunate students. 



Miss Julie M. Lawall, is entitled to the prize 

 of $ too for having passed the best examination 

 in practical pharmacy. Out of a possible loo, 

 she received 98 per cent. (Applause.) 



Mr. Thomas Le Clear is entitled to the prize 

 of lioo for having passed the best examination 

 in practical chemistry. Out of a possible 100, 

 Mr. Le Clear received 100 percent. (Applause.) 



Mr. Karl M. Vogel is entitled to the prize of 

 $100 for having passed the best examination in 

 materia medica and pharmacognosy. Mr. Vogel 

 received 84 per cent. 



Among the other pleasant duties which have 

 fallen to my lot this evening as Chairman of 

 the Board of Trustees, is the one which I 

 have now before me. I had expected to have 

 the pleasure also of presenting the prize of |ioo 

 and of congratulating Miss Lawall, but Prof. 

 Coblentz will perform that function. (Ap- 

 plause. ) 



Professor Coblentz : 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen- 

 Through the courtesy of President Fairchild, I 

 have the pleasure of awarding this prize in 

 practical pharmacy to Miss Lawall. This prize 

 as you have heard is $100, to the one passing 

 the best examination in practical work. This 

 examination was strictly practical in every 

 sense of the word. You might say in this con- 

 nection that any amount of book learning or 

 hard study would not be of the slightest avail 

 in work of this kind. It requires years of long, 

 diligent, patient practice to make an excellent 

 dispenser. It affords me a great deal of pleas- 

 ure to offer this prize to Miss Lawall this even- 

 ing, because it is the first time in the history of 

 this college that the prize goes to a lady. It 

 has often been said that the ladies are not prac- 

 tical, that they are very good for theoretical 

 work and learning from books and learning 

 how to forget; but to entrust them with practi- 

 cal work that requires judgment, they all say 

 we do not want them; but I think we have here 

 an exemplification of the contrary to this rule, 

 I feel assured in awarding this prize to Miss 

 Lawall that this |ioo is not going to be spent 

 for any spring hats or fine dresses, nor do I 

 believe it is going to be put or invested in a bicy- 

 cle. I can assure the audience here that Miss 

 Lawall's enthusiasm for her profession is such 

 that she will invest it where it will do her the 

 most good and science in general. 



President Fairchild : 



Mr, Thomas LeClear : In presenting you this 

 prize, sir, I present also to you the congratula- 

 tions and best wishes of the Board of Trustees 

 of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New 

 York, and they wish you every success in your 

 future career. 



Mr. Carl M, Vogel : In presenting to you this 

 prize on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the 

 College of Pharmacy of the City of New York, 

 I beg also to offer to you their congratulations 

 and their very best wishes for your success. 



Before proceeding further with our pro- 

 gramme there has been a request that Mr. 

 Rogers and his band will play for you ' ' Ben 

 Bolt." 



Cornet Solo, "Ben Bolt," by Mr. W. 

 B. Rogers. 



Faculty Prize. 

 President Fairchild : 



The Chairman of the Board of Trustees was 

 very agreeably surprised to-day, as he is sure the 

 recipient will be, to learn that the Faculty have 

 inaugurated a yearly prize to the post graduate 

 student who does the most meritorious work dur- 

 ing the session and does original research. The 

 prize you will see before you on the table is a bal- 

 ance, something which is especially valued by 

 the chemist, and I have much pleasure in an- 

 nouncing that the Faculty have agreed that Dr. 

 Harry B. Ferguson is entitled to the prize 

 which is upon this table. Dr. Ferguson, in be- 

 half of the Faculty I have much pleasure in 

 informing you of this, which I am sure is a 

 complete surprise to you. It is a pleasure to 

 me, it is a pleasure to the Board of Trustees and 

 it is a pleasure to the Faculty to award you this 

 prize. I offer you their congratulations. 

 Music, " Favorite Songs," Beyer. 



Alumni Prizes. 



President Fairchild ; 



There are three prizes offered annually by 

 the Alumni Association of this college— a gold, 

 a silver and a bronze medal — to the three First 

 Honor Men. Mr. Alfred Stover, Ph. G., Presi- 

 dent of the Alumni Association, will now pre- 

 sent these medals. 



President Stover : 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, mem- 

 bers of the Class of 1896 : It now becomes my 

 pleasant duty to award to the three gentlemen 

 of the graduating class who have attained the 

 highest percentage in their final examination 



