THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



The ethyl, methyl and so forth, which rung 

 out at short intervals in the car, seemed to para- 

 lize the nerves of the other occupants, one of 

 whom was heard to remark as the boys left the 

 car: "If they own this train, its d — - n poor 

 property." 



The boys presented a fine appearance with 

 pennants, flying as they marched down Cortlandt 

 street to the ferry, being the object of much at- 

 tention from the many hundreds of pedestrians, 

 who hourly throng this busy thoroughfare. 



At the ferry, their ranks were swelled by many 

 others, among whom were Quiz Master Madi- 

 son. Leaving here at 9 a. m. the trip across the 

 river was soon made, and in the special car pro- 

 vided for that purpose, the class of '95 was soon 

 bowling towards New Brunswick. The many 

 songs and jests that were rendered by Messrs. 

 Kerr, Zeh, Chambers, Brencke and others, 

 shortened the journey so that New Brunswick 

 was reached before many of them realized it. 



They were met by Mr. Jas. Rogers, and es- 

 corted by him to the factory, where after pass- 

 ing through the office, they began the rounds of 

 this most interesting establishment. 



Many of the boys were loath to leave the 

 office, being contented to stay there and ex- 

 change smiles with the pretty typewriter. 



The shipping room was first visited, and the 

 number of employees with the amount of goods 

 in the process of packing, gave us an idea of the 

 enormity of the institution. 



The plaster room, where the gums are ground* 

 cleaned, mixed and spread, was inspected very 

 closely by the students, (the female operators 

 most, the male operators less, and the plasters 

 least ) . 



It is said that this firm can make 15,000 plas- 

 ters per day, ov 5,000,000 per year, somewhat 

 faster than the boys in the laboratory, whose 

 finished products resemble the rolling prairie of 

 the West. 



The cotton room was next visited with its 

 mechanical arrangements for bleaching, boiling 

 and drying. 



The automatic machines where the cotton is 

 started and kept moving until the product is 

 ready for use, were inspected very closely by 

 the boys. 



We were told that it took the product of 15 to 

 20 acres of a cotton plantation to supply this 

 factory for a single day. they consuming 4,000 

 pounds per day, or 1,500,000 pounds per year. 



The number of acres of rye necessary to quench 

 the thirst of the excursionists has not as yet been 

 estimated. 



About this time it was noticed that Messrs. 



Kerr and Zeh were absent. A hasty search re- 

 vealed the fact that 1 hey were singing love songs 

 on the floor below, surrounded by the ladies of 

 that department. 



Shortly after Ferguson was coming down 

 stairs and thinking the inspection of the works 

 was completed, was heard to make the following 

 remark : "Is this all we have seen." 



Miss Werner's room with its many pretty lady 

 operators was next visited. It was here noticed 

 that they had a flag of the class hanging up and 

 wore our class colors. 



The gauzes and plasters were lost sight of en- 

 tirely in this room, nothing but the girls were 

 considered. Lavalaye, Sherman, Morse, Gifford 

 and Ferguson were only prevailed upon to 

 leave by the entreaty of Superintendent Ritter, 

 and it was only justice for him to state that this 

 was one of his busy days. 



His duty seemed to be to keep the line of pro- 

 cession entire, but the deserters from the line in 

 the female department particularly tried him to 

 his utmost. The antiseptic department came 

 next and was viewed with unusual interest, as 

 were also Miss Denman's and the printing 

 department. 



It was here that Lavalaye and Gifford by a 

 liberal use of the firm's labels succeeded in dis- 

 guising themselves. It would be a careful ob- 

 server who could find evidence enough from 

 their appearance on that day, to connect them 

 with anyone of the five branches of the human 

 family. 



Darwin would himself despair 

 Bite his tongue and tear his hair, 

 Before he could consistently 

 Place them in Chiko's Family. 



The box room was next visited where the 

 thousands of boxes used by the firm are manu- 

 factured. The quickness of some of the lady 

 operators in this department was marvelous. 



If they could show the same capacity for house 

 work, they surely will make excellent wives, 

 (that is unless they made their boxing ability 

 tell against their husbands). 



The felt and isinglass plaster room was next 

 inspected, and lastly, the chemical laboratory, 

 where are made the Papoid and Kola prepara- 

 tions, which are well known to the pharmacist. 



The tour of the works being now complete, 

 the class was taken to the Mansion House, 

 where as guests of the Johnson & Johnson Co., 

 they were served with an inviting spread, 

 including Vina Kolofla of the firm's own manu- 

 facture. 



Toasts were offered by Messrs. J. W. Johnson, 



