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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



Junior Notes. 



As for the last time in the Junior course we 

 prepare this column, it is with mingled feelings 

 of pleasure and regret. Pleasure, that we have 

 been able to contribute our mite to the wel- 

 fare of the Class of '96, and regret, for the un- 

 faithfulness of many of our efforts. 



By the time this issue of the Journal has 

 reached you our examination will have been 

 finished and many of the Juniors started for 

 homes thousands of miles away. 



We can only wish you all a successful ex- 

 amination and a happy, successful vacation, 

 with hopes of seeing next year the largest and 

 best Senior Class ever in the N. Y. C. P. 



Prof. — What is Dichlamydeous? 



B. — A. staminate and pistil late plant. 



Prof.— No. 



B. — (quickly.) On the same tree. 



Prof. — You are Dichlamydeous. 



B. — Oh ! staminate. 



The few Juniors who received invitations to 

 the reception given last month by Messrs, 

 Qant, Gugorious and Zriner, and who did not 

 attend, missed a fine time. The large parlors 

 were very tastefully decorated and prepared for 

 dancing, Eiseniger's Orchestra furnishing de- 

 lightful music. The programmes, another in- 

 stance of our hosts' ingenuity, were in the form 

 of a prescription, and were most unique. Dur- 

 ing and after supper Mr. Suade, the celebrated 

 humorist, and Miss Metz, vocalist, assisted in 

 making the hours pass only too quickly. 



The reception was a great success in every 

 way, and next year it is hoped we will have a 

 series of them. 



Who said we have no tennis players among 

 the Juniors ? Already notices of two love 

 games have been handed to the reporter. 



One of our brilliant Juniors in physiology 

 suggested that the criminals of New York 

 di(e)gest by electricity. 



J. Y. CanTwell. 



False Teeth as a Battery. — A medical 

 contemporary relates a case in which a gentle- 

 man suffered from mysterious pains in the 

 tongue, which remained inexplicable until an 

 electrician examined the artificial teeih he 

 wore, when it was discovered that the teeth 

 were attached by two different metals, and that 

 these and moisture of the mouth formed a bat- 

 tery and set up an appreciable current. This 

 was prevented by washing the wires with insu- 

 lating varnish, and no pain was subsequently 

 felt. — Brit, and Col. Drug. 1895, 60. 



reply of the three maids. 



Our poet, in his etherial flight, 



Is, in our opinion, out of sight 



Of truth— for why should he 



Ransack Grecian mythology, 



Us with goddesses to compare. 



And praise our dark and golden hair ? 



And yet we fully appreciate 



Our chevalier poet tip to date. 



In future let no bookworm boast 

 Of the gone days of chivalry. 

 Those days were at the very most 

 A precursor of the to be. 

 Modern boys have more knowledge 

 And don't deny girls the college. 

 More courtesy did you ever see 

 Than in the College of Pharmacy ? 



Then, in spite of their noise, 

 We'll excuse such nice boys. 

 'Tis a sign of good health, 

 The foundation of wealth. 



M. O'C. 



AFTER THE BALL. 

 I. 



I stood on the bridge at midnight, 



Not a star was in the sky, 

 The stream, with a silent movement, 



In the darkness glided by, 

 And a vision came before me 



As bright as a cloudless da3 r , 

 In my mind it left a picture 

 As though seen but yesterday. 

 II. 

 How distinctly I remember 

 The view I hid that night. 

 Of the New York College of Pharmacy 



Ablazed with electric light, 

 The walls seemed filled with knowledge. 



And the latch string hung out free, 

 And I thought to myself, what a difference, 

 From what it used to be. 

 III. 

 The class of '96 I saw 



Each student, one by one, 

 And their eyes with tears were filled to think 



Their Junior work was done ; 

 I also sawpur charming maids 



So sweet they seemed to me, 

 I called them sister, although perhaps 

 Its not what they ought to be. 

 IV. 

 And Elliott, our professor dear, 



Did lecture to us well. 

 Each student's face was wrapped in smiles 



But frowned at the ringing bell. 

 And at the close of the college day 



Each class to the office go. 

 To say adieu to the honored clerk 

 Thereby his honors show. 

 V. 

 And Coblentz's lecture wasslowthat night. 



But not as clear as it used to be, 

 And Russell was not quick to close, 



Quite strange that seem'd to me; 

 Then all at once, it seemed that I 

 By the desk in the library sat — 

 Tears filled my eves when Davy said 

 "He had lost his white straw hat." 

 VI, 

 And Madison's marks in pharmacy quiz, 

 Were such that the boys were pleased. 

 For answer perfect they surely got 



A mark of high degree. 

 And all at once I heard a sound 



Like the ring from a distant knell, 

 I awoke from my dream of the fairv land 

 At the sound of the breakfast bell. 



— C. W. S., Junior Seat 44. 



