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Professor Ferguson was introduced and ex- 

 plained in detail the division of work for the 

 junior term, and invited questions as to features 

 of the course not touched u])on in his remarks 

 or which were not fully understood. He was 

 followed by Professor Coblentz, whose name 

 was evidently a familiar one to his listeners, for 

 he was greeted with considerable handclapping. 

 He welcomed the students and expressed the 

 hope that the enthusiasm so fully manifested 

 that evening would be maintatned throughout 

 the year. Many of the juniors were in the 

 habit of regarding the elementary studies of the 

 first year as of little importance. He cautioned 

 them against entertaining notions of this kind, 

 and pointed out the advantages to be derived 

 from close application to study during the first 

 term at college. In conclusion he urged the 

 students to ask questions on all subjects not 

 well understood. 



Professor Rusby spoke next. He told the 

 students how pleased he was to note that the 

 class knew a good thing when it saw it. He 

 observed the applause which greeted Professor 

 Ferguson. That gentleman was the doorkeeper 

 of the college, as he set the preliminary exam- 

 ination, and he was responsible for the attend- 

 ance that evening, though he (the speaker) was 

 not sure as to whether he should be blamed or 

 praised for the size of the audience. He hoped 

 they came wound up for study — not, however, 

 like the Waterbury watch which requires to be 

 wound up afresh every day. 



Professor Jelliffe caused some merriment by 

 telling the students that they would be under 

 the care of Professor Rusby until after the New 

 Year holidays, when he would take them in 

 hand. This arrangement, he said, gave them 

 16 (days) to win. The boys cheered the allus- 

 ion mightily, though whether they understood 

 its political significance or not, is another 

 thing. 



Professor Diekman met with a great demon- 

 stration from the seniors, who cheered until 

 requested to desist. He called attention to the 

 newly instituted department of practical dis- 

 pensing. There had been some question as to 

 whether the instruction would be optional or 

 obligatory. He wished to settle this now by 

 stating that attendance upon that part of the 

 course was obligatory. He then stated that, 

 students when leaving the college after gradu- 

 ating "could feel that you have done as well 

 here as you could do anywhere," a statement 

 which was promptly corrected by Mr. Atwood, 

 who assured the students that they would have 



the feeling when they graduated that they had 

 done better at the New York College than was 

 possible elsewhere. 



Other addresses followed. Secretary Mason 

 impressed his listeners with the necessity of 

 close application to study. "Work, work, 

 work," said he, 'was the foundation of success'. 

 It was nearly 40 years since he had occupied 

 the position of those in front of him, and he 

 still found it necessary to work, work, work. 

 His remarks were well received and at the close 

 he was loudly cheered. 



T, J. Macmahan made a forcible address, 

 punctuated by many witticisms. The main ob- 

 ject of the chairman in inviting him to speak 

 was, he said, to distinguish him from the fac. 

 ulty. Mr. Atwood was afraid that he might be 

 mistaken for one of the professors. Now he 

 was not even a member of the ExaminationCom- 

 mittee, else he would see that they would all 

 pass. Mr. Mason had neglected to bring out 

 an important part of Mr, Keller's speech, which 

 was: "I have never accomplished anything 

 without work. What failures I have experien- 

 ced were always due to neglect of work." Mr. 

 Macmahan came out as an apologist for the 

 New York City Board of Pharmacy, and gently 

 scored the representatives of the press present, 

 for their atcitude toward the Board. He regards 

 the American Druggist as the head and front 

 of all oflFending in this regard, and cautioned 

 the students not to follow its wicked examples 

 in criticising boards of pharmacy who fail to 

 enforce the law. 



Brief remarks were then made by other mem- 

 bers of the Board of Trustees. Albert Plant of 

 Lehn & Fink, emphasized Mr. Mason's remarks 

 concerning the value of application to work by 

 instancing the successful drummer, saying that 

 it was not the best dressed man who succeeded 

 best, nor the most affable one, but the one who 

 worked hardest. He was followed by Messrs. 

 Molwitz, Holzhauer, Eib and Searles, who each 

 in turn made brief, but pleasing addresses. 



T. J. Keenan of the American Druggist and 

 Pharmaceutical Record was invited to address 

 the students as a representative of pharmaceu- 

 tical press, and he took advantage of the op- 

 portunity to reply to the remarks of a previous 

 speaker, concerning u printed criticism of the 

 local Board of Pharmacy, 



He stated that if the members of the Board of 

 Pharmacy felt that they had been unjustly 

 treated in the journal which he had the honor 

 to represent, the columns of the American 

 Druggist were open to a statement to that ef- 



