PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 

 OF THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 



New V 



Vol. III. 



New York, December, i896. 



No. 12. 



By the death of Mr.' Alfred Henry 

 Mason, which occured on November 2d, 

 the New York College of Pharmacy and 

 its Alumni Associ- 

 ation, was robbed of 

 one of its most de- 

 vout and enthusias- 

 tic members, one to 

 whom no task was 

 to colossal, but on 

 the contrary, the 

 most ardous ones 

 were handled with 

 the utmost ease and 

 good nature. 



Mr. Mason al- 

 though a compara- 

 tively recent arrival 

 in this country, had 

 by his good nature, 

 winning ways and 

 intelligence endow- 

 ed himself dearly 

 among a host of 



friends, on whom 



the loss will fall heavily. 



He was born at Newcastle on Tyne 

 in 1843, and began his pharmaceutical 

 career at the age of 14, when he was ap- 



ALFRED H. MASON, Ph. C, F. C. S. 



prenticed to a Mr. Marston, chemist and 

 druggist in StaflFord, England, here a 

 premium of ^100 was paid when the in- 

 denture was signed, 

 and the preliminary 

 pharmaceutical edu- 

 cation began, which 

 consisted of washing 

 bottles, scrubbing 

 the floor, etc., this 

 rudiment of business 

 was customary be- 

 fore the more respon- 

 sible work was at- 

 tempted. For these 

 services the master 

 furnished him with 

 board. 



A habit of exist- 

 ing was contracted, 

 which continued to 

 be a marked charac- 

 teristic in after years. 

 At the completion of 

 his apprenticeship, 

 Mr, Mason was 

 ready to take an assistant's place. In this 

 capacity he did so well, that a position 

 of manager in one of the largest estab- 

 lishments in Liverpool was ofiered and 



