THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF PHARMACY 



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man first on the Honor Roll of last year, 

 shows a difference of only .17% in favor 

 of last year. The percentage of the 

 thirteenth man of Honor Roll this year 

 is, however, 2.25% higher than was ob- 

 tained by the man occupying the same 

 position on the 191 3 Honor Roll. 



You will therefore see that the gen- 

 eral average is considerably higher this 

 year, this in spite of the severer exam- 

 inations. 



In congratulating these }Oung men, 

 whom we are glad to call our colleagues, 

 I will refrain from giving the advice 

 which it is customary to give on occa- 

 sions like this. 



I have had the opportunity of studying 

 each of them at close range for the past 

 two years, and am confident, as I be- 

 lieve we all are, that each will continue 

 to be a useful member of the community, 

 a conscientious and ethical pharmacist 

 and a credit to our school. 



Professor Chandler awarded the Trus- 

 tee's Special Prizes. He explained that 

 these prizes consist of $100 cash each 

 for the best practical examination passed 

 by the students on the Roll of Honor. 

 The prize in Pharmacy was won by 

 Herman J. Codes, the prize in Chemistry 

 by Boris Gourin and in Materia Medica 

 by Herman J. Kodet. The prize of the 

 Italian Pharmaceutical Association for 

 highest standing during the entire term 

 in practical exercises was awarded by 

 Dr. William Mansfield to Mr. Jacob 

 Marianowsky. The Valedictory Ad- 

 dress was delivered by Mr. Lucius Angus 

 Williams and the Benediction was pro- 

 nounced by Rev. Raymond C. Knox. 



There can be no doubt that the com- 

 mencement exercises of our College are 

 I)opular, for there was not an empty seat 

 in Carnegie Hall, even the uppermost 

 galleries were crowded to overflowing. 



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A meeting of the College of Pharmac}' 

 was held on Tuesday evening, May igth. 

 1914. 



Mr. Jacob Weil informed the meeting 

 that a public hearing would be given 

 before the Committee on Health of the 

 lioard of Aldermen at the Aldermanic 

 Chambers, on Thursday, May 21, to con- 

 sider the Ordinance introduced to regu- 

 late the sale of wood alcohol in the City 

 of New York. Mr. Weil explained very 

 fully the objects of this Ordinance and 



gave die results of the investigations 

 which had been carried on by various 

 associations and individuals which 

 showed that many cases of blindness had 

 resulted from the ignorant use of wood 

 alcohol. 



An amendment to the By-Laws was 

 published, proposing to reduce the mem- 

 bership fee to one dollar per year. It 

 was reported that the Commissioner of 

 Health has appointed, for the first time 

 in the history of New York City, an 



