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CURT p. WIMMER, A. M., PHAR. O., MANAGING EDITOR 



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Vol. I. MAY 1914 No. 5. 



Subscription Price: $1.00 per Year.— Single Copy 20 cents. 



Address all communications to Dr. Curt P. Wimmer, 115 West 68th Street, New York, N. Y. 



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The Journal will be published the last Wednesday of each month. 



Entered as Second-""lass Matter, January 30th, 1914, at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., 

 under the Act of March 3rd, 1879. 



Contents : 



ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES 2 THE WASSERMAN REACTION 15 



By Nicholas Murray Butler, Ph. D., L L.D. By Hannah C. Mayer 



THE EIGHTY-FOURTH COMMENCE- THE GREAT PRACTICAL ADVANCE IN 



MENT 5 SEROTHERAPY AND IMMUNIZA- 



TION BY MEANS OF SEROBACTER- 



COLLEGE NEWS 9 



INS 16 



ABSTRACTS: 10 



STUDENT ACTIVITIES 18 



Diseased Datura Stramomium Leaves 10 ,.,.„. io 



Alumni Junior Exercises lo 



Determination of Lactic Acid in Blood 11 j^^glCAL ORGANIZATIONS 19 



Non-Poisonous Substitute for Paris Green... 11 



Orchestra 20 



Examination of Saffron 11 qj^^ Club 20 



Examination of Kalamax 12 FRATERNITY NOTES 20 



Restoration of Tincture of Iodine 12 Kappa Psi 20 



Assay of Sublimate Pastilles 13 Phi Delta Chi 20 



Adulterated Cacao Butter 13 Tau Epsilon Phi 20 



