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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



THE P05T=GRADUATE EMBLEM. 



The Post-Graduate Class of '96 have 

 taken an important step and set an ex- 

 ample which should be followed up by a 

 representative committee of all gradu- 

 ates of the college. 



Having selected an emblem to be 

 known as the "post-graduate pin," they 

 applied to the Board of Trustees in May 

 for its special recognition. In response 

 thereto a committee was named by Presi- 

 dent Fairchild to take the matter into 

 consideration. This committee con- 

 sisted of Messrs- Fairchild, Atvvood, 

 Macmahan, Gies and Ferguson. 



The official post-graduate pin, there- 

 fore, has been deposited with the Secre- 

 tary of the college as the authorized 

 emblem for doctors of pharmacy to wear. 

 An illustraticn is given in this number 

 of the Journal. It is made of half- 

 round gold, firmly secured by a pin 

 on the back, it represents simplicity, 

 neatness and beauty, and the post-grad- 

 uates are to be congratulated upon their 

 selection and success in the matter. 



It may be well to recall what has 

 been done in this connection by the 

 graduates in pharmacy. The selection 

 of a college emblem has always led to 

 large meetings of the students and ani- 

 mated discussions amongst those inter- 

 ested, and at times some strife has been 

 shown. From time to time different de- 

 signs have been submitted at such meet- 

 ings for selection, and it is right that the 

 students should have a voice in the 

 matter, but, for want of organization, 

 uniformity has not prevailed. The first 

 pin to be widely known by common use- 

 age was that worn by Classes of '90, '91, 

 '92, '93, '94. but the Class of '95 adopted 

 a new design, causing a break in the 

 chain. The Class of '96, however, wisely 

 decided to restore the emblem which had 

 been in use for five years. 



The importance of a common under- 

 standing which could be so easily ar- 

 rived at is such that the suggestion to 

 form a representative committee to de- 

 cide upon a permanent emblem for 

 graduates in pharmacy of the College of 

 Pharmacy of the City of New York must 

 be welcome, and it is to be hoped that 

 this will be acted upon and the same 

 means taken to get its ofl&cial recogni- 

 tion as has been so successfully accom- 

 plished by the doctors of pharmacy. 



DOCTORS OF PHARMACY OF THE FIRST 



POST=QRADUATE CLASS OF THH 



C. P. C. N. Y. 



CHARLES H. BJORKEVALL, PHAR.D., '96, 



was born in New York in 1S74 and 

 graduated from one of the New York 

 City public schools. In 1893 he entered 

 the College of Pharmacy of the City of 

 New York as a student and graduated 

 with the Class of '95. In '96 he gradu- 

 ated as Doctor of Pharmacy. 



Popular alike with his fellow students 

 and professors, he has many friends. 

 He has the appearance of a typical ath- 

 lete and will no doubt be heard from, 

 his activity of mind and body being an 

 incentive for further study and develop- 

 ments in the profession he has chosen. 



Dr. Bjorkevall is a member of the C. 

 P. C. N. Y. 



HARRY B. FERGUSON, PHAR.D., '96, 



was born in 1875 at Little Falls, Her- 

 kimer Co., N. Y., and is a striking ex- 

 ample of what diligent study and hard 

 work can accomplish. At the age of 

 fourteen years he entered the pharmacy 

 ofH. G. Babcock at Little Falls. In 

 1893 he became a student of the Col- 

 lege of Pharmacy, and he gave such 

 evidence of ability that he was invited to 

 act as assistant to Prof. Rusby in the 

 Junior pharmacognosy classes during the 

 Senior year, at the end of which, on 

 graduating in 1894, he secured the 



