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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



"steal a march" on this or that professor, then 

 you forget the cares of the hour and live life 

 over again. 



Gentlemen, these are some of the moments 

 that make a monotonous pharmaceutical life 

 bearable. I said a little while ago that when we 

 part on commencement night we may never 

 meet again. That sounds very sad, but it is not 

 as sad as it sounds. We have a place where we 

 can meet again; it is in the Alumni Association 

 of the college. We have our meetings once a 

 month in Winter, and our reunion and outing 

 in Summer, where members from far and wide 

 flock together and have a jolly time. 



I have been connected with the Alumni Asso- 

 ciation in an official capacity ever since I grad- 

 uated, and the longer I am a member the better 

 I like it. I have never yet attended a meeting 

 where I haven't listened to some story of college 

 days that would do any old student's heart good, 

 and that is what makes our work in the Associ- 

 ation light. 



Not only that, but by being one of the Alumni 

 you show your appreciation for the institution 

 that gave you birth as a professional man, and 

 with the stamp and seal of whose approval you 

 rank among the first in your profession. I 

 mean by that that you should all become mem- 

 bers of the Alumni Association. You probably 

 know, or will soon realize when you are in 

 business for yourselves, that pharmacists are 

 the most poorly organized of all professional 

 men. Why is this ? It is because they are 

 thrown together like a lot of rubbish in a waste 

 basket ! 



There are board men, men from European 

 colleges, and men from colleges all over the 

 United States. But let all the graduates of our 

 college stick together, and we have an organiza- 

 tion that any profession may well be proud of. 



It is my intention within the next six months 

 to organize the members of our Alumni Asso- 

 ciation in this city by taking each Assembly 

 district and placing it in charge of a resident 

 alumnus, v/ho shall, at certain intervals, report 

 to the Executive Board of the Association. In 

 this manner it will be easy for us to join hands 

 with other organizations for the common weal 

 of our profession. We must organize, just as 

 political bodies organized, in order to become 

 powerful. 



That is why we are anxious to have you all 

 come with us — to help the good work along. 

 Help us make improvements every year, until 

 we are as strong as adamant. To-morrow after- 



noon at 2 o'clock the annual meeting of the 

 association will be held, to which you are all 

 invited. Your glee club will help to liven us 

 up, and the junior prizes will be awarded, and 

 an opportunity will be given for you gentlemen 

 to join and also to elect one of your number to 

 ofl&ce. 



Do not forget that a membership in the Al- 

 umni Association will be an "open sesame" to 

 other alumni associations in whatever city or 

 whatever country you may find yourself at any 

 time of your life. 



And the alumni badge will be to a fellow 

 alumnus, although a stranger, as a Masonic 

 sign worn b}' one Mason is to another — the 

 indicia of honest welcome and good fellow- 

 ship. 



And now, gentlemen, before I conclude I 

 wish to give you a piece of advice. In order to 

 successfully hold your position as pharmacists 

 you must cultivate habits of honesty, industry, 

 sobriety and accuracy. 



I say accuracy, which I want you to adhere 

 to strictly in all cases, no matter if you have to 

 put up a prescription for your mother-in-law, 



Influence of Sugar and oj Svioking on Mus- 

 cular Work, By V. Harley (J, Phyriol, i6, 97- 

 122, and Proc. Roy. Soc. 54, 480). The experi- 

 ments were performed with Mosso's ergograph, 

 and show that the periods of digestion, as well 

 as the kinds of food, have a marked influence 

 on voluntary muscular energy; but, irrespec- 

 tive of this, there is a periodical diurnal rise 

 and fall in the power of doing work, the viini- 

 mum being about 9 A. M., the maximum about 

 3P.M. Regular muscular exercise increases 

 the size and power of the muscles, and delays 

 the onset of fatigue. The amount of work per- 

 formed on sugar alone is almost equal to that 

 obtained on a full diet, but fatigue comes on 

 sooner. Sugar acts as a source of muscular 

 energy when taken alone, or in addition to 

 other articles of diet. Moderate smoking may 

 have a slight influence in diminishing the 

 power of doing muscular work, but it stops 

 neither the morning rise nor the evening fall. 



Kainala and Rottlerin P. Bartolotti {Gazzetta 

 24; 1-7.) confirms the formula CuHjoO;;, pre- 

 viously assigned to rottlerin, but has evidently 

 overlooked the paper published some mouths 

 previously to his own, by A. G. Perkin [Pharm- 

 Jour. Trans. 1893, 975). The author finds that 

 rottlerin melts at 200201°, whilst Perkin gives 

 the melting point at 191-191.5°. The so called 

 "kamaline" put into the market by Merck, of 

 Darmstadt, is simply rottlerin. 



Dibenzoyerottlerin CnHgBzoOa and rottlerin 

 Hydrazone CnHinOaNgH Ph are vellow pow- 

 ders, which decompose on heating, and are 

 soluble in the ordinary solvents. The ash of 

 kamala contains a considerable proportion of 

 manganese. 



