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C. U. C. P. ALU^INI JOURNAL 



and the question of forbidding such ac- 

 tivity has been seriously considered. 



An event of far-reaching importance 

 in our educational history is the organi- 

 zation of systematic courses of eve- 

 ning instruction, connected with the Uni- 

 versity work in Extension Teaching^ 

 During the past two years, a single eve- 

 ning has been devoted to such work, that 

 of the different departments proceeding 

 synchronously, so that students were en- 

 abled to elect the work of but a single 

 department. Hereafter the work of 

 each department will occupy a different 

 evening, so that it is possible for a very 

 comprehensive course of instruction to 

 be pursued. 



Our policy of providing supplemen- 

 tary examinations in September, at 

 which students who have failed at the 

 spring examinations may make a fresh 

 endeavor, after having had the benefit 

 of special summer instruction, is prov- 

 ing increasingly effective. It frequently 

 happens that excellent results are ob- 

 tained in the fall by those who wero 

 markedly deficient in the preceding 

 spring. This method works particularly 

 well in improving the standing of those 

 who are passing from a lower to a 

 higher class. 



An important undertaking has been 

 set on foot by the Board of Trustees in 

 an attempt to secure a fund, by subscrip- 

 tion, the income to be devoted to the 

 maintenance of an experimental drug 

 farm, in co-operation with the New York 

 Botanical Garden. The objects of such 

 a farm are two-fold: first, to afford in- 

 struction to our students ; second, to se- 

 cure trustworthy data as to the methods 

 of successfully producing drugs under 



cultivation. The necessity for such a 

 drug supply is steadily increasing. Pri- 

 vate attempts, in the absence of experi- 

 mental data, are certain to lead to much 

 loss and many disappointments, and it 

 is believed to be a public duty on the, 

 part of such an institution as ours to 

 determine the necessary facts. Suitable 

 arrangements have been made with the 

 Botanical Garden, and all that is re-r 

 quired is a fund of between $10,000 and 

 $20,000 to provide the necessary labor 

 for the experimental work. Six thou- 

 sand dollars has already been secured, 

 and we are not without hope that our 

 object may be attained before the open- 

 ing of another spring. 



A rather important change has been 

 made in the formation of the Honor 

 Roll of the graduating class. Hereto- 

 fore this roll has consisted of the thir- 

 teen students securing the highest marks 

 at their final examination, without re- 

 gard to their grade of scholarship. Here- 

 after this roll will contain the names of 

 all students who secure a general aver- 

 age of 85 per cent, or more. Such stu- 

 dents will have affixed to their diplomas, 

 in addition to the regular seal of the Col- 

 lege, a special gold seal suitably in- 

 scribed. 



In the still rather new field of pharma- 

 cognosy, this school is rapidly attaining 

 a position of recognized authority. Three 

 of our officers of instruction occupy im- 

 portant salaried positions as experts in 

 the examination of drugs and the school 

 is coming to be recognized as a sort of 

 national clearing house for information 

 in this line of work. 



The Bureau of Information, estab- 

 lished last year in connection with our 



