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lowed by a three-round mill between Tueffer and Maguire. The referee gave* 

 the decision to onr friend from the "city of brotherly love." The next "scrap' r 

 was between Sullivan and Patton, with honors slightly in favor of the boy 

 from Dixie. 



As a finale the host and Mr. Mylen gave an exhibition in which our repre- 

 sentative was slightly worsted. The evening's entertainment was voted by all 

 so decided a success that we may look for a repetition in the near future. 



A regular class meeting was held Wednesday, January 12th. The principal 

 business was the election of class valedictorian, and, as there were six candi- 

 dates in the field, there was considerable excitement. It was decided that the 

 only way in which the relative abilities of the various candidates could be 

 judged was by sampling the pudding, and so each was requested to make an 

 impromptu speech of not less than five minutes' duration. The genial Patton 

 led off with an appeal for shorter hours, which brought down the house. Noth- 

 ing daunted by Patton's selfishness in selecting the only available platform on 

 which to stand, Richards took the stand, and with a smile in the ladies' direc- 

 tion (which netted nine solid votes) told what an honor he should deem it to be 

 elected. Next came McCoy, who emphatically denied that he was a Philadel- 

 phian. He was a New Yorker first, last and always, and only went to Phila- 

 delphia to get cured of insomnia. Knipe, our Brooklyn friend, now took the 

 stand and said that he too was proud to say that he was a New Yorker, and 

 that if elected to the office he would endeavor to indite a speech that would be 

 a credit to Chauncy M. Depew. Siegel denied the rumor that he had bought out 

 Cooper & Co., but said that if elected he should do his utmost to do justice to 

 the position. Staton refused to speak because having written his speech on his 

 cuffs he had, in a moment of thoughtlessness, sent them to the wash. So evenly 

 did the candidates seem to be in executive ability that it was a difficult matter 

 to decide between them. On the first ballot no candidate received the ma- 

 jority necessary to elect, and so the elction was postponed for a week. 



Have you noticed Holcomb wandering around this cold weather without 

 an overcoat? He isn't in financial straits; he's simply training for his trip to 

 Klondyke. 



Are you going to the class dinner? Don't miss it, or you will have missed 

 the best time of the whole year. If you haven't the money for a ticket, begin to 

 save now. If you can't save, borrow. If your credit isn't good, apply to the 

 dinner committee. They have made arrangements with a pawn-broker where 

 you can "soak" anything from a gold watch to a cast-off pair of shoes. After 

 arranging preliminaries, buy a ticket and starve yourself for a week and then 

 come to the dinner. If you don't enjoy yourself, the committe will refund your 

 money. 



Wednesday, January 1 9th, a second attempt was made to elect a valedic- 

 torian. The nominations were reopened, and some new recruits put on the 

 list. The result was once more indecisive, no candidate receiving a majority 

 vote, and the election was postponed another week. 



A number of our Jerseyites went to Trenton, last Thursday (January 20th). 

 We wonder why they went. 



If the fellows who are constantly saying "come seven" succeed in getting; 

 one on "exams," we shall be surprised. 



