THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



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Published under the auspices of the 



Alumni Association of the College of Pharmacy 



OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 



115=119 WEST 6Sth STREET. 



Vol. II. 



September, 1895. 



No. 9. 



The Alumni Journal will be published Monthly. 

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EDITOR, 

 B. FRANK HAYS, Ph. G. 



ASSISTANT EDITORS. 



FRED. HOHENTHAL, Ph. G. 

 K. C. MAHEGIN, PH. G. 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS, 



CHARLES RICE, Ph. D 



CHARLES F. CHANDLER, Ph. D., M. D., L.L.D., etc. 



ARTHUR H. ELLIOTT, Ph. D., F. C. S. 



HENRY H. RUSBY, M. D. 



VIRGIL COBLENTZ, A. M., Ph. G., Ph. D. 



THE POST GRADUATE COURSE. 



The opening of the Post Graduate 

 course at the College ought to, and we 

 believe it will, give an impetus to orig- 

 inal investigation. 



It is the hope of the Editor to be able 

 to record in the pages of the Alumni 

 Report many contributions upon phar- 

 maceutical subjects by members of the 

 Alumni ; the future of the pharmacist 



depends upon a more perfect and concise 

 knowledge of the remedies he handles. 

 Much as pharmacy has advanced within 

 the past decade, there yet remains many 

 unsolved problems. Plant analysis in 

 particular is a field which will well repay 

 all work and study spent upon it. 



When we stop to consider the state of 

 knowledge of some of the most important 

 drugs which are daily handled, we find 

 it is not as definite as might be wished, 

 and it offers many inducements to the 

 earnest and ambitious student. 



It would be well if a series of prizes 

 were inaugurated by the Alumni Asso- 

 ciation, for original work done in the 

 Post Graduate Laboratory. If these 

 prizes were for money, they might help 

 reimburse those who had the natural 

 ability, but not the means at hand to car- 

 ry out their investigations. 



Much good, we believe, might be done 

 in this way, and students encouraged to 

 continue their studies which otherwise 

 they might not be able to do. 



In this connection, it seems strange 

 that the benefits which pharmacy has 

 contributed to mankind, have received 

 so little recognition. Endowments of 

 medical colleges and scientific schools 

 occur on every hand, and yet phar- 

 macy is neglected. How long is this 

 to continue, and wherein lies the cause ? 

 The only reason we can find for this, is 

 that the public refuses to believe that 

 Pharmacy is a profession. It lies with 

 the Alumni to remedy this; and by orig- 

 inal work and investigation, to become 

 imbued with the scientific spirit which is 

 needed to create a profession. Recogni- 

 tion will come, and with it endowments, 

 when the public begins to see that the 

 pharmacist's daily life is a professional 

 one. This change can be brought about 

 by demanding a better education of ap- 

 plicants before they commence the study 

 of pharmacy, and after graduation offer- 



