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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



man of the Lecture Committee, H. W. Atwood, 

 who shall have charge of the matter. 



No further business coming up, on motion, 

 meeting adjourned. 



Thomas P. Heffley, Sec'y. 



P. S. — This meeting was held at the request 

 of Mr. Atwood, and we take this means of ex- 

 pressing to him our thanks for his kindness in 

 the way of advice, etc., and the pleasant man- 

 ner in which he stated matters. 



We would urge upon the students the impor- 

 tance of contributing as early as possible, and 

 feel sure all will do their utmost in every re- 

 spect to make the occasion one that will do 

 credit to a college such as ours, unequaled as 

 it is. '95 has unusual opportunities. 



THE CRY OF THE &ENIORS. 



Do you hear the Seniors weeping-, O my brother. 



Ere examination comes with all its fears? 

 T.iey are leaning their young heads against each other. 



Even that cannot drive away their tears. 

 April day, with all its sun and all its showers, 



Draweth nigh, but for them they have no charm, 

 For they fear that the roots and withered flowers, 



With rhizomes and barks, will work them harm. 

 O the poor Seniors ! O my brothers ! 



They are weeping bitterly — 

 They are weeping and wailing with each other 



In the country of the free. 



Do you question the poor Seniors of their sorrow. 



Why their sodium chl ride tears are falling so. 

 They will tell you that they would like to borrow 



The brains of some Professor ere they go 

 To meet the carbo-hydrates and their kindred, 



Propenyl methyl, dipheuylamine ; 

 They would rather face amyl ethyl-hydroxide, 



Or propenyl nitrates, known as ni'ro-glycerine. 

 The poor, poor Seniors ! Oh, my brothers 



Are weeping and wailing as they stand 

 Moaning and bemoaning with each other 



In this bright and happy land. 



Why, oh why did Lavoisier and Scheele 



Work, and toil and strive with all their might and 

 main 

 To find that elements unite in fixed proportions, 



And gave atomic weights to tax the brain. 

 The law of Avogadro and Guy Lussac, 



Basic compounds and the meta salts they fear- 

 Not to speak of basic acids, neutral oxides 



Do you wonder the poor Seniors feel so queer ? 

 Oh, the poor poor Seniors ! Oh, my brothers. 



They are weeping bitterly — 

 They are weeping in the springtime with each other 



In this country of the free. 



The poor Seniors are trying, O my brothers, 



Not to mix alkalies with alkaloids, 

 Ferrcus salts with any oxidizing agent, 



NHj or chlorine with iodides : 



With volumetric analysis they are struggling ; 



Gravimetric analysis makes them moan ; 

 Then pile on solubilities and equivalents. 



I think they have come to weep and moan. 

 The poor, poor Seniors. Oh, my brothers 



Are struggling and striving as they stand 

 To keep their young heads above the water 



In this bright and happy land. 



By one of the " Poor, poor Seniors'' of the 

 Class of '95 of the N. Y. C. P . 



Junior Notes. 



Although nothing of especial interest has 

 occurred among the Jr. 's this month in the way 

 of class meetings, examinations or small inci- 

 dents, there has been a gradual and very no- 

 ticeable advance made in the work. Physics 

 was finished and Physiology begun, the exami- 

 nation in the former being postponed until the 

 end of the term. In the Pharmaceutical Labor- 

 atory a new and interesting line of work tending 

 more toward Chemistry has been taken up. 

 While in the Chemical Laboratory the work in 

 unknowns among the metals is puzzling and in- 

 teresting to all. In Botany and Pharmacognosy 

 there has also been an advance, especially in the 

 atter, where the study of cells and cellular 

 structure with the compound microscope has 

 proved of the greatest assistance and interest. 



A new society has been organized. Our Secre- 

 tary, Mr. F., was initiated the evening of the nth 

 with great ceremony. J. W. S. took the second 

 degree a little later the same evening. For 

 particulars inquire of the Class Secretary. 



DEFINITIONS, QUESTIONS AND FACTS. 



H. — Medicated waters are medicines which 

 contain an unknown substance. 



I would like to know how many meters 

 there are in one oz.? Also the shape and size 

 of the numerical plan of a flower. 



Although assured of the fact J. M— still has 

 his doubts about a certain Prof, having feathers. 



X. — Plants are divided into two great king- 

 doms — Organic and Inorganic. 



D. B. — Would like to know why the study of 

 plants entombed in the earth's crust is not fos- 

 sil Botany. Class Reporter. 



While some workmen were digging recently 

 among the ruined temples of Upper Egypt they 

 unearthed an iron box containing a metal plate, 

 which two scientists who have reputations at 

 stake declare to be a camera and lens. — Brit, 

 and Col. Drug., 1894, /py. 



