THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



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Though we have produced no single artist 

 equal to Raphael and Michael Angelo, still the 

 creation of the " Dream City " at the Chicago 

 exposition, conclusively proves that we have 

 developed here that correctness of taste which 

 insures the proper amplification and application 

 of the ancient ideals to the varied purposes of 

 modern life. 



Look at the new combination of Edison's 

 kinetoscope with the stereopticon and the pho- 

 nograph, with the promise of photography in 

 colors. Here are form, color, motion and 

 sound brought to our very eyes and ears, re- 

 producing scenes from the uttermost parts of 

 the earth, with a fidelity, beauty and truth that 

 approaches Nature herself. So man has added 

 to his powers, the almost divine attribute of 

 Ubiquity. 



In the "Art that preserves all arts," the 

 world of printing, what a change has taken 

 place ! Lithographs, which were considered 

 marvels only a decade ago, have been super- 

 seded by the chromolithograph and the photo- 

 graphic processes of reproduction which en- 

 ables our Sunday newspapers to furnish us 

 with faithful copies of artistic masterpieces 

 with a fidelity and beauty then not dreamed of. 

 Amusement has ever reflected progress in 

 other departments. As in the rush of business 

 all is nervous haste so we hasten away to pleas- 

 ure. How realistic are our modern theatrical 

 plays ! Wonderfully do actors, scenery and 

 music blend in one harmonious whole in Wag- 

 ner's Operas. 



Architecture and engineering have made 

 such rapid strides that the law has interposed 

 to restrict man's genius and enterprise and to 

 prevent the erection of such enormous tower- 

 ing edifices. Where but one century ago could 

 be shown such a structure as the Brooklyn 

 Bridge, carrying its hundreds of thousands 

 daily ! 



But, ladies and gentlemen, among all these 

 manifestations of progress, none stands out 

 more prominently than the advance in Medicine, 

 Surgery and Pharmacy. Our State Boards of Phar- 

 macy are making their examinations so strigent 

 that only a good college graduate in phtrm- 

 acy will be capable of passing them. A good 

 pharmacist must be a good chemist, a good 

 botanist, a good physiologist and a good busi- 

 ness man. So this increase in requirements is 

 right and just, for it will elevate pharmacy. 



Comparing pharmacy and surgery, one might 

 say that surgery has made more progress, but is 

 this so ? No, ladies and gentlemen, decidedly 



not. All honor to pharmacy, for it was she who 

 discovered anaesthetics to deaden the pain, and 

 she furnishes the antiseptics that enable surgery 

 tc perform her miracles and achieve such cura- 

 tive wonders. 



As the class of '95 is happily gathered here to- 

 night, we mark an epoch in our lives; a goal 

 reached; the closing to many of our student 

 life — the opening of our future. 



When we entered our old college building on 

 Twenty third street two years ago, many of us 

 were mere boys; but we go forth from our grand, 

 new and peerless college as men, having had our 

 eyes opened to our responsibilities, confident of 

 our preparation and anticipating success. We 

 who are victorious, have reaped the reward of 

 pluckly perseverance in study and disagreeable 

 apprenticeship, to go forth into the world as 

 full-fledged pharmacists. 



Our course has been thorough and has em- 

 bodied the highest standard of practical knowl- 

 edge. Theory was taught but only as it helped 

 us to master our everyday work. 



Commencement night has ever been a stimu- 

 lus to our tired bodies and weary minds, as we 

 have poured over the mysteries of chemistry, 

 curiosities of botany and pharmacognosy, in- 

 tricacies of physiology, wonders of physics, and 

 the ni} rial details of pharmaceutical manipula- 

 tion. When we, perchance, thought of a day's 

 outing, the idea of failure in examination and 

 forfeiture of the right to enjoy this happy 

 occasion, held us close to our bcoks and our 

 duty. 



Brothers of the class of '95, we have had many 

 happy hours which are indelibly engraven on 

 our memories. We soon scatter to our homes, 

 to the four quarters of the globe; we shall carry 

 with us bright memories of the happy scenes, to 

 be recalled in years to come, when we shall pon- 

 der and wonder how our individual friends are 

 progressing. One, we shall remember as so bright 

 and witty; another as always so sleepy; a third as 

 a leader of song; a fourth as a linguist; in short, 

 each will be remembered by his personality. 



This occasion is one of mingled sorrow and 

 joy. Sorrow because good, true friends must 

 part, and pleasant comradeship must end. 

 Faces must pass from our view, never perhaps 

 to be seen again; regret that we must leave our 

 alma mater, our dear mother in pharmacy. 

 under whose robf we have spent so many in- 

 structive yet happy hours; sadness because we 

 must part from our preceptors and many 

 acquaintances made while sojourning here. But 

 this commencement is also a scene of joy. Joy 



