Alumni, College and Class Notes* 



CONTRIBUTORS. 



.Alumni Association, . . . WM. HOBURG, Jr., Ph.G., 115 West 68th St., N. V. 



Alumni Notes, Socials, etc., and Classes prior to 1893. GEO. F. BURGER. Pb.G. ii5\Vest6Sth St., N.Y- 

 Bibliography, .... ADOLPH HENNING, Ph.G. 68 William St., N. Y. 



Class '93, .... EUGENE F. LOHR, Ph.G. 375 Third Ave., N. Y. 



Class '94, .... NELSONS. KIRK. Ph. ^.,640 Madison Ave., N. Y. 



•Class "95, ...... G. F. MANVILLE, 45W. 71st St., N. Y. 



Class '96, ..... J. HOSTMAN, 204 Bowers St., Jersey City. N. J. 



Class 97, - • • . • • • • • Q. E. D. 



Class '98, ..... T, E. OIEBOLDT, 115 West 6?th St., N. Y. 



Legal Notes, .... . H. A. HEROLD, 34 Pine St., N. Y. 



Post Graduate Class of '96, .... HARRY B. FERGUSON, Phar. D. 



COLLEGE NOTES. 



At the regular meeting of the College, held 011 Tuesday evening, January 

 18th, one hundred and fifty-six persons were in attendance. The subject of 

 Vanilla was extensively discussed in the series of papers presented below. 

 The discussion was richly illustrated throughout. Prof. Itusby presented 

 herbarium specimens of the vanilla plant, colored lantern-slides representing 

 the floral structure, the processes of artificial pollination and of curing the 

 vanilla bean, together with fresh fruits in preservative columns. Prof. Jelliffe 

 exhibited a series of microscopical preparations and cultures of the moulds 

 found upon damaged fruit. Prof. Coblentz exhibited samples of artificial 

 vanillin, including one of the large amber-colored crystals which have recently 

 appeared. Mr. Henning exhibited some fifteen commercial samples of vanilla 

 beans, representing every variety known to the New York market. Mr. Kalisli 

 submitted samples of vanilla extracts, genuine and fictitious, prepared according 

 to the different formulae to which reference was made in his paper. 



ALUMNI NOTES-SOCIAL EVENTS. 



It is a sufficiently difficult matter to write up an account of one of our 

 receptions, but this month it becomes my duty to write about three, which were 

 held respectively on these dates, Wednesday evening, December 22d. Wednesday 

 evening, December 29th, 1897, and Wednesday evening, January 20th, 1898. 

 Of course, they were all well attended, highly successful, and extremely enjoy- 

 able; the latter one being by long odds the better one of the three, and worthy 

 of special mention. At no previous reception did we have such a large and 

 merry crowd, nor so many and interesting features. First there was the choos- 

 ing of ribbons among the ladies and gentlemen from hats passed around by 

 the stately "Billy" Hoburg and the genial "Harry" Ferguson, and then the 

 pairing off of the couples, each gentleman having for his partner the lady whose 

 ribbon matched his own; then followed the march and lanciers, then the quar- 

 tette sweetly warbled, and more dancing until the smallest of the wee small 

 hours. 



Fnfortuuately it was impossible for the writer to obtain a complete list of 

 those present, and therefore it is necessarily omitted this month. 



SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY— THE THIRD ANNUAL BALL. 

 Wednesday. February 9th, at 10.30 P.M. 



It is probably unnecessary for me to remind the members of the Alumni 



