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Sewing Machine Company was ap- 

 proached with the request that he 

 finance the undertaking; how Mr. 

 Bourne inquired about the aims of the 

 College and about the personnel of its 

 management and how he finally loaned 

 the money largely on the basis of faith 

 in the future of the College. Mr. 

 Fraser stated that high on the list of 

 benefactors of the College the name of 

 Mr. Bourne should appear, for it was 

 largely due to his mingling of senti- 

 ment with finance that made possible 

 the erection of the splendid College 

 l)uilding. 



Dean Rusby then responded to the 

 toast "Bigelow the Friend of the Fac- 

 ulty" in his usual charming style. He 

 spoke of Mr. Bigelow as the friend, the 

 mentor of the faculty ; the treasurer 

 whose thoughtfulness even extended to 

 the furnishing of the December salary 

 checks a week before Christmas. 



The toast "Bigelow the Pharmacist" 

 had been allotted to Dean Remington 

 of the Philadelphia College of Phar- 

 macy who, finding at the last moment 

 that he could not be present, sent a 

 written tribute to Mr. Bigelow, which 

 was read by Dr. Schiefifelin. 



President Wardle of the New York 

 State Pharmaceutical Association, who 

 was scheduled to speak on "Bigelow 

 the Association Member" was prevent- 

 ed from being present by the illness of 

 one of his children. His greeting, 

 however, was read by Vice President 

 E. E. Austin of the Association, who 

 supplemented it with some highly in- 

 teresting impromptu remarks. 



"Bigelow the Board Member" was dis- 

 cussed by Professor George C. Diekman 



in his usual direct and clear-cut manner. 

 Dr. Diekman spoke of the peculiarly val- 

 uable services of Mr. Bigelow as chair- 

 man of the Violations Committee, point- 

 ing out how the judicial qualities of Mr. 

 Bigelow's mind made him the ideal man 

 for that post. 



Dean William C. Anderson of the 

 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy made a 

 stirring response to the toast "Bigelow 

 the Conference Worker." He outlined 

 the origin of the New York Pharmaceu- 

 tical Conference, an organization com- 

 posed of delegates from the various 

 pharmaceutical associations of Greater 

 New York designed to protect the drug 

 trade from unjust legislative restrictions. 

 He spoke of the work of ^Ir. Bigelow 

 on the executive board of the Confer- 

 ence, designating him as the balance- 

 wheel of the board. In closing. Dr. 

 Anderson' spoke thrillingly of the present 

 legislative situation as far as pharma- 

 ceutical New York was concerned, point- 

 ing out pharmacy's imperative need 

 of the Conference and the Conference's 

 need of such men as Mr. Bigelow. 



"Bigelow the Bank President" was 

 the topic assigned Mr. Herbert B. 

 Harding, an associate of the guest of 

 honor, on the directorate of the West 

 Side Savings Bank. Mr. Harding 

 brought out the fact that Mr. Bigelow 

 was as successful a banker as he was a 

 druggist and related how wisely he had 

 directed the destinies of the financial 

 institution of which he was the head. 



Frederick K. James, a trustee of the 

 College utilized the topic "Bigelow the 

 Honorary Guest" as the opportunity to 

 present on behalf of those gathered to- 

 gether a beautiful replica in bronze of 



