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ices gratuitously ! Then Professor Joy 

 came and said: "Why, I can't afford to 

 be out of this." I told him he could have 

 whatever part of the chemical instruc- 

 tion he wanted, and so I took the ana- 

 lytical and industrial chemistry. So you 

 see it all depends upon getting your toes 

 into a good piece of ground. 



Just as I had been head of the chem- 

 ical department at Union College, so for 

 thirty-three years I was really at the 

 head of the School of Mines. I kept all 

 the accounts, took the deposits from the 

 students, made the purchases, etc., and 

 the consequence was that the treasurer 

 was delighted. I took all the troubles 

 of the finances of the School of jMines 

 off his shoulders, so I had $4,000 or 

 $5,000 to keep track of, and when it was 

 gone I would take all the bills and my 

 records down to the treasurer and he 

 would give me a check for the amount 

 that I had spent. So you see that book- 

 keeping was a trump card with me. 

 Really, I think it had quite as much, if 

 not more, to do with the success of my 

 undertakings than my knowledge of my 

 profession. So when I heard that you 

 young men doubted the importance of 

 learning about accounts, I thought it 

 would not hurt you to hear my experi- 

 ence. It does not take a great deal of 

 time to study bookkeeping, and you will 

 be thankful g.11 your lives. 



When my wife's mother died, she left 

 three children, and under her will, I was 

 made executor. I had to keep all the 

 accounts of the estate, and so I immedi- 

 ately opened a separate account, and 

 every six months I made out a state- 

 ment of what had been spent, and what 

 had come in, and sent a copy to those 

 concerned. By and by my wife's father 



died, and the same thing happened again. 

 Think of all the trouble I have saved 

 by having a knowledge of bookkeeping! 



It seems that a professor of chemistry 

 in the University of Michigan had a 

 cjuarrel with the assistant professor and 

 the assistant accused him of mismanag- 

 ing the accounts, and the matter ended 

 in a lawsuit, simply because the profes- 

 sor did not know enough about book- 

 keeping to keep the accounts of the lab- 

 oratory straight. 



In closing, I can only tell you what a 

 pleasure it is for me to come back to 

 this lecture hall to see the eager faces 

 of young people who have the world be- 

 fore them, all of whom can make a suc- 

 cess if they will keep the right ideas in 

 their heads. Learn to do the things that 

 are worth doing and to pass by the 

 things that are not worth doing. 



On Tuesday, February yth. Professor 

 William Mansfield entertained the Torrey 

 Botanical Club at its meeting held in the 

 American Museum of Natural History 

 with a lecture entitled "Poisonous Plants 

 of the Eastern United States.'' 



R ECIPROCITY . 



Thirty-six states are now reciprocat- 

 ing pharmacy certificates throiigh the 

 National Association of Boards of Phar- 

 macy. 



For information and blanks address 

 H. C, Christensen, secretary N. A. B. of 

 Ph., 450 Bowen avenue, Chicago, 111. 



