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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS 

 COLLEGE OF PHARflACY. 



The nineteenth annual reception and banquet 

 of the Alumni Aspociation of the St. Louis Col- 

 lege of Pharmacy was held Tuesday evening, 

 October i6, 1894, in the college building, 2108 

 Lucas place. 



Long before the hour appointed for the occa- 

 sion members and friends with their ladies be- 

 gan filing into the spacious and tastefully deco- 

 rated and radiant hall and anteroom of the col- 

 lege building. After a few minutes of general 

 hand-shaking and renewal of old friendship, 

 all passed into the lecture hall, which, by eight 

 o'clock was comfortably filled with a large and 

 appreciative audience. 



President Charles A. Lips having opened the 

 evening entertainment with a few well chosen 

 remarks, introduced the lecturer of the even- 

 ing. Dr. Charles O. Curtman. The Doctor, in 

 his lecture, an able and profound piece of work 

 on "Electricity," succeeded in highly fascina- 

 ting an appreciative audience with his wonder- 

 ful demonstrations and illustrations. 



At the close of the lecture the guests repaired 

 to the banquet room, where an elegant repast, 

 prepared by the ladies' committee, awaited 

 them. A new feature of the evening was then 

 introduced in the shape of a debate, the subject 

 of discussion being, " Does it pay to study phar- 

 macy ?" The afiirmative side of the question 

 was represented by the able and eloquent 

 speakers Messrs. G. H. Chas. Klie and Theo. 

 A. Klipstein, while Messrs. O. E. Smith, M. D., 

 and S. P. Randall launched forth some very 

 effective arguments in behalf of the negative 

 view of the same. This was to have been a 

 contest to a finish, but, owing to the lateness 

 of the hour, only a limited number of rounds 

 were fought. 



Thus ended the grandest social event ever 

 given under the auspices of the alumni. Much 

 credit is due the Committee on Papers and 

 Queries, whose chairman, Mr. Wm. C. Bolm, 

 by his untiring and laborious efforts, has at- 

 tributed a great deal to the success of the social 

 and scientific meetings of the alumni. 



B. J. Otto, Cor. Secretary. 



Oil of Red Cedar Leaves. — Material collected 

 in November yielded o 14 rectified (o 2 crude) 

 oil of Sp. Gr. (at 15° C. ) o 886 ; optical rotation 

 in 100 mm. tube, +59°5^. That distilled in 

 August, gave Sp. Gr. o bby, and optical rotation 

 +59°^5'- The indications are that it is rich in 

 dextrogyrate limonene. — Schhnrnel's Report 

 (Oct.), 1894. 



MEDICINE AND PHARMACY. 



By n. h. martin, F.Iv.S.. f.r.m.s.. 



President of the British Pharmaceutical Conference. 



(^Continued from November issue.) 



It would have created in the minds of 

 those who were registered a wholesome 

 feeling of respect for the body to which 

 it had cost something to become affiliated. 

 The result was that a large number of per- 

 sons were placed upon the register who 

 were actually antagonistic to, and were 

 active propagandists against, the educa- 

 cational standards of the Society. It 

 was probably thought that in the course 

 of a generation these men would all die 

 off, and that when the register was com- 

 posed entirely of men who had been 

 placed there as the result of examina- 

 tion — again without a fee, I regret to 

 say — a different spirit would prevail. 

 But unfortunately our experience has 

 shown it to be otherwise, and the bane- 

 ful influence of the trade element is still 

 predominant on the register, and to such 

 an extent that it has captivated the 

 judgment of some prominent men in the 

 Society itselt, and threatens to overthrow 

 the very Principle upon which the Phar- 

 macy Act was obtained. 



Pharmacy, as practised by the regis- 

 tered chemists and druggists of this 

 country, is attempting an impossibility. 

 It is seeking to grasp the commercial 

 advantages, which in other callings can 

 be obtained by the exercise of legitimate 

 trade while it desires to retain the re- 

 wards which properl)^ belong to pro- 

 fessional services. This cannot go on 

 much longer, and pharmacy must make 

 its choice between trade and profession, 

 but before I indicate in which direction 

 I think the choice should be, let me 

 briefly mention one or two more of the 

 prominent features which characterize 

 the two. 



The very essence of trade is that it is 

 capable of indefinite expansion, and 

 there is no limit to the extent to which 



