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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



3ZX luii^)^ c^ssociatioi^. 



Regular meeting of the Association held 

 Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1896, in the Alumni 

 Room. 



Meeting called to order by Vice-President H, 

 A. Herold at 9 15 p. m. There were present 

 Messrs. Henninsr, '76; C. S. Erb, '86; Dr. Diek- 

 man, '88;Siegman, Tannenbaum, Ihmels. Lohr, 

 F. M. Stage and Hoberg, '93; Herold, L. G. B. 

 Erb, Kirk, Stoerzer, Geisler and Kreuder, '94; 

 H. B. Ferguson and R. Gies,'95, and Gregorius, 

 Egger, Schnakenberg, Massman, Hostman, 

 Uhe, Branner and Sackett, '96. 



Minutes of the last Regular Meeting read and 

 adopted as read on motion. 



Motion made and carried that the Press Com- 

 mittee draw up a set of "Resolutions" to be 

 presented to the wife of Mr. A. H. Mason, de- 

 ceased. 



Motion made and carried that a letter of con- 

 dolence be sent by the Secretary to the family 

 of Mr. Winfield Scott Johnson, recently de- 

 ceased. Mr. Johnson was a member of the 

 Executive Board of the Association. 



Motion made and carried that a successor to 

 Mr. Johnson be elected at once. The nomination 

 of Mr. J. Hostman being made unanimous the 

 Secretary was instructed to cast one affirmative 

 ballot electing Mr. Hostman a Member of the 

 Executive Board, to finish the unexpired term 

 of the late Winfield Scott Johnson. 



The minutes of the Special Executive Board 

 Meeting, held on Nov. 9, were read by request 

 and adopted on motion. 



Mr. Kirk then read the report of the Enter- 

 tainment Committee as follows, viz: The scope 

 of the Entertainment Committee's work, up to 

 date, has consisted of one "Smoker," held on 

 Oct. 28. Attendance was fair and a pleasant 

 evening was spent. 



The "Reading" schedule for Nov. 4, was de- 

 clared off in deference to Mr. Mason's demise. 



For the balance of the year we submit the 

 following: Nov. 18, Reception; Nov. 25, Read- 

 ing; Dec. 2, Banquet; Dec. 9, Lecture; Dec, 16; 

 Reception; Dec. 30, Smoker. Signed, The En- 

 tertainment Committee, N. S. Kirk, Chairman. 



Motion made and carried that the Report be 

 accepted. Mr. C. S. Erb, C:hairman of the 

 Dinner Committee, reported as follows: Dinner 

 to be held at Empire Hotel, on Dec. 2, ]896. 

 tickets $1.75, and any person connected with 

 the profession shall be entitled to attend, ladies 

 excepted; no public speakers will be present. 



Ball Committee reported progress. 



The resignation of Mr. H. A. Herold as 

 Chairman of the Ball Committee accepted. 



Mr. C. S. Erb was elected Chairman of the 

 Ball Committee in place of Mr. Herold . 



Application of Membership received from 

 Geo. E. Manville, Class of '95, residing at 45 

 West Seventy first street, proposed by Dr. R. 

 Gies and unauimonsly elected a Member of the 

 Association. 



There being no further business the motion, 

 to adjourn was promptly carried. 

 Fraternally, 



Wm. a. Hoburg, Jr., 



Secretary. 



^5 lUii]T>i Notes. 



DEATH OF A YOUNG CHEMIST. 



In the death of Winfield Scott Johnson, who 

 passed away in this city on September 14th, a 

 young man well known and held in high esteem 

 has been removed from the ranks. He was born 

 in Oswego, N. Y., October 5, 1868. He came to 

 New York in 1888 and shortly afterwards enter- 

 ed the employ of David Hays & Sons, 5th Ave. 

 and 42d St. He was an earnest student of phar- 

 macy and gained by studious nights between 

 days full of toil a thorough knowledge of the 

 art in all its branches. During his senior course 

 at the New York College of Pharmacy he be- 

 came assistant to Professor Chandler. He grad- 

 uated in the class of '91, and joined the Alumni 

 Association; in 1895 he was elected on the Ex- 

 ecutive Board. He retained his position as as- 

 sistant to Professor Chandler and acted as assist- 

 ant demonstrator of chemistry, physics and tox- 

 icology at the College of Physicians and Surg- 

 eons, besides being chemist to the Hygeia 

 Water Works of this city. He had a beautiful 

 home in Harlem and was to have married Miss 

 Nora A. B. Forwood, the day of the Wedding 

 ceremony being fixed for September 29tb. Mr. 

 Johnson was stricken with embolism of the brain 

 and succumbed after a brief illness on Monday, 

 September 14th. 



All members of the Alumni Association de- 

 sirous of organizing a Bowling Club, will please 

 address R. Gies, 396 3d Avenue. 



OUR SOCIAL CALENDAR. 



The inaugural smofc^er of this season's sched- 

 ule occured Wednesday evening, October 28th. 

 The contingent which were instrumental in en- 

 livening the evening consisted of leading mem- 



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