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THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF PHARMACY 



Dr. Joseph Weinstein, President of 

 the Association, started the post pran- 

 dium exercises by announcing- that the 

 dinner would be held in honor of Dean 

 Rusby, who had been a member of the 

 Faculty for a period of twenty-five 

 years. He also stated that he would 

 request Dr. Wimmer to act as toast- 

 master. 



In accepting the ofHce of toast- 

 master, Dr. Wimmer said that he con- 

 sidered it an honor and privilege to be 

 permitted to preside at an occasion of 

 this kind ; that no outside speakers had 

 been invited because the committee 

 felt that everything should go the 

 "Rusby-way," which was a simple way, 

 a "no frills and fancies" way, but a way 

 of results and achievements. He next 

 read a number of letters from absent 

 members and friends, among them 

 Samuel W. Fairchild, M. J. Breiten- 

 bach, Albert Plant, Ernest Staufifen, 

 Virgil Coblentz, G. W. Wray and 

 others. He called upon Provost Car- 

 penter, of Columbia University. Prof. 

 Carpenter spoke in part in a humorous 

 vein ; he found it difficult to think of 

 Dr. Rusby's connection with a college 

 for twenty-five years, as he had always 

 looked upon him as a young man, 

 young in heart, soul and mind. He 

 paid a high tribute to the trustees of 

 the college and to the work of the 

 college as a part of Columbia Univers- 

 ity. Professor Chandler spoke next. 

 He related some of the incidents con- 

 nected with his work while actively 

 engaged as professor of chemistry in 

 the College of Pharmacy. He remem- 

 bered Dr. Rusl)y as a student in the 

 College of Physicians and Surgeons, 

 and characterized him as a thorough 

 investigator and splendid teacher. Dr. 



PROFESSOR HENRY KURD RUSBY 



Who Celebrates this Year the 35th Anniversary of his connectio 

 with the College of Pharmacy. 



William Jay Schiefifelin, who came 

 from a dinner at President Butler's 

 house, brought the greetings of the 

 President of the University. He spoke 

 of the relentless fight which Dr. Rusby 

 had waged for pure drugs and higher 

 standards in pharmaceutical education. 

 Professor Diekman spoke for the fac- 

 ulty of the college. He reviewed the 

 progress which the college has made 

 under the direction of Dean Rusby and 

 related the struggles for a pre-requisite 

 clause and the part which the Dean had 

 in their final victorious conclusion. He 



