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C. U. C. P. ALUMNI JOURNAL 



ALUMNI JUNIOR EXERCISES. 



Junior Day was celebrated as usual 

 on the night preceding commencement. 



The Lecture Hall was well filled by 

 the juniors and their friends when the 

 orchestra rendered the first selection. 



Dr. Lewis N. Brown, Chairman of the 

 Committee, then introduced Mr. Thos. 

 F. Main, N. Y. C. P., '71, Honorary 

 President of the Alumni Association 

 and Secretary of the College, who con- 

 gradulated the members of the Class of 

 1917 upon their choice of this College 

 as the place in which to pursue their 

 studies. He spoke briefly of the incep- 

 tion and founding of the College in 

 1829 by a group of New York apothe- 

 caries for the better education of their 

 apprentices ; of its obtaining a charter 

 in 1831 and if its gradual growth up 

 to 1872, in which year the graduates 

 of the College met and formed the 

 Alumni Association, the members of 

 which since that time had worked 

 steadily with the members of the Col- 

 lege to increase and extend its educa- 

 tional equipment. 



He spoke also of the high reputation 

 of the College as an educational insti- 

 tution, which is such, that when a de- 

 mand was made upon Columbia Uni- 

 versity for the establishment of a 

 school of pharmacy, it choose to avail 

 itself of the educational facilities of 

 this old school of ours, rather than to 

 establish one of its own. 



He spoke of graduates of the Col- 

 lege who had become prominent in 

 business and in educational work, and 

 hoped that at the end if another Col- 



lege year he might have the pleasure 

 of welcoming every member of the 

 Class as a Ph. G. and also as a mem- 

 ber of the Alumni Association, by 

 means of which alone every graduate 

 can keep in constant touch with his 

 Alma Mater. 



Professor Arny had promised to give 

 the class a talk, but a sudden attack of 

 tonsilitis prevented his being present. 

 Dr. Brown read the following letter of 

 regret : 



"Dear Dr. Brown: 



You have no idea how deeply I re- 

 gret the necessity of going home and 

 resting up for the morrow instead of 

 giving my promised address at the 

 "doings," to-night. I had my talk all 

 ready, and a good one it was, I think- 

 but now I find myself, after two hours 

 of lecturing, with no voice left with 

 which to say what was on my mind. 



And so I take this means of extend- 

 ing my most cordial greetings to the 

 Juniors in whose honor I hoped to 

 gather with you to-night. Tell them 

 for me that they "did me proud" in 

 the examinations. Tell them that the 

 Faculty expects as good work out of 

 them next year. Tell them that a year 

 hence, we hope to see all of them 

 marching up the main aisle of Carnegie 

 Hall in cap and gown. 



Cordially yours, 



H V. Arny." 



The following program was thor- 

 oughly enjoyed by the large and ap- 

 preciative audience. 



