150 THE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. 



The 0uting. 



The 13th does not seem to be an unlucky number for the Alumni for it was on the 

 13th day of June, 1900, that the most successful of all Oatings of the Alumni ever 

 held. The day was a magnificent one, ideal for an outdoor function and the atten- 

 dance, the largest. About three hundred were preseut, all the boys being accom- 

 panied by their best girls. 



TVii? feature of the Outing was the different bowling contests. 



The R. D. B. A. walloped the Alumni in good shape. This was due to the fact that 

 the Retailers had been practicing all winter and came prepared to " do or die." 



The Alumni prizes — gold, silver and bronze medals were won by R. Timmerman, 

 Geo. Hitchcock and Charles White who rolled a clean score — 40 out of a possible 40 — 

 they will be obliged to roll off the tie at a future date. 



Connected with the bowling was the "surprise" of the Outing, namely, the pre- 

 sentation by the Wm. S- Merrill Chemical Co., of Cincinnati, of a Solid Silver Lov- 

 ing Cup. 



This was presented by Mr. Jeffras, their New York Manager, in the following 

 terms : 



" As representative of the Wm. S. Merrill Chemical Co., it gives me great pleasure to 

 present to you, the Alumni Association of the College of Pharmacy of the City of 

 New York, this loving cup. If it should appear in years to come that it has happily 

 been the means of promoting good will among the classes and good will to ourselves 

 we shall consider ourselves fortunate as having been its sponsor. 



"The College of Pharmacy of the City of New York stands second to none in this 

 great country of our's as an educational factor in Pharmacy. Its graduates should be 

 proud to call it their Alma Mater and to look up to it as the fountain of their success, 

 and back to their college diys, as among the best and happiest of their lives-. 



" Next to these college days should come the annual fraternal meetings — the reunion 

 of goodfellowship, when ties are restrengthened by the rivalry of athletic contest. 

 May the cup be an aid toward the binding of class to class ia goodfellowship and each 

 individual to his Alma Mater. 



" Your President, Mr. Erb, will doubtless b; able to say his little say in a vein hap- 

 pier than mine. Into his hands then and into yours we place the cup. With the an- 

 nual outings in the times to come may the old song be as a remembrance of the pres- 

 ent. ' We'll take a cup and drink it up in the remembrance of ' Auld Lang Syne.' " 



It was fittingly accepted by President E^b with a few well chosen remarks, as fol- 

 lows : 



" My Dear Mr. Jeffras ; it is with a feeling of great pleasure that I accept this 

 beautiful loving cup on behalf of the Alumni Association of the C. P. C. N. Y. Al- 

 though I have been in the secret for some time past, yet it is a surprise to the mem- 

 bers of the Association and a most agreeable one, I assure you. 



" In accepting this cup I feel tint a closer bond of friendship has been established 

 between the Alumni and the Wm. S. Merrill Chemical Co., and through them with 

 the wholesale trade. 



" On these happy occasions when pleasure is substituted for business it reminds me 

 of that old saying 'behold how good and pleasant it is, for pharmacists to dwell 

 together in unity.' 



" I feel certain that this gift will be instrumental in bringing out the latent talent of 

 the different classes which has so long lain dormant and that the contests year by year 

 will be keener and keener with more and more brotherly rivalry. 



