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make it possible to occupy roomy buildings; 

 provide salaries and establish chairs. The Col- 

 lege of Pharmacy is one of the few institutions 

 which has been developed from within ; by the 

 labors and exertions of those immediately con- 

 nected with it; its Trustees and its faculty; and 

 with the exception of this #35,000. which was 

 contributed within the last two or three years ) 

 I think I am correct in saying that it never had 

 received any considerable gift or bequest from 

 without. At the same time, I am reminded by 

 the Treasurer of the college that we need a great 

 deal more, and it was whispered to me that I 

 should not lose so open an opportunity to men- 

 tion to the citizens of New York, the necessities 

 of the College of Pharmacy. We have been very 

 bold in making this move from Twenty-third to 

 Sixty-eighth streets. We have actually incurred 

 a debt of $129,000, upon which we are at this 

 moment paying interest, and in order to enable 

 us to move along comfortably during the next 

 six months, we need a gift of at least $25,000, a 

 very trifling sum for this city to contribute to 

 an institution which does so much for the 

 material welfare of the entire population. 



Speaking of those who have assisted in the 

 development of the college, I feel it my duty to 

 mention the Association of the Alumni. All the 

 graduates of the College of Pharmacy have 

 united in forming an Association of the Alumni, 

 of the College of Pharmacy, of the City of New 

 York, with a view of keeping up their interest 

 in the college, and to assist the college in every 

 way in its mission of usefulness to their profes- 

 sion. They publish a monthly journal indicat- 

 ing the progress of the sciences especially con- 

 nected with their profession. They offer prizes 

 which will be awarded to-night, by-and-by, to 

 certain students who have passed the best ex- 

 aminations, and I feel it my duty to thank them 

 for the assistance they have given the College 

 in the past, and the benefits we expect to receive 

 from them in the future. 



I would also say that another departure has 

 been made in the development of the College of 

 Pharmacy. It has been decided now to establish 

 a post-graduate course, which will be opened 

 this autumn. We propose to offer practical in- 

 struction in chemistry, physics, materia medica 

 pharmacognosy. This instruction is to be given 

 under their immediate direction in the labora- 

 tory, by the members of the departments. The 

 course will be largely investigation. It will be 

 open to graduates of our College of Pharmacy, 

 and also to graduates of other institutions which 

 maintain a course of instruction of like grade 



and value. It has not yet been decided what 

 the degree will be. It is a question still under 

 discussion, whether it will be best to confer the 

 degree of "Master of Pharmacy," or "Doctor of 

 Pharmacy," to those who successfully complete 

 this year's course in post-graduate studies. 



We have developed from the little school with 

 its one room in Washington Square, to this ele- 

 gant establishment in Sixty-eighth street, and, 

 perhaps, it would not be improper for me to 

 tell you what are the hopes and the ambition of 

 those who are now interested in the develop- 

 ment of this institution. It is our hope that the 

 College of Pharmacy, of the City of New York, 

 will continue to maintain the foremost position 

 as a College of Pharmacy, and more than that, 

 we hope that it will become the centre and head- 

 quarters of everything relating to the science 

 and practice of pharmacy and all the cognate 

 sciences in the City of New York; that it will be 

 a rendezvous; that our libraries, and our 

 museums, and our laboratories will be frequent- 

 ed by everyone who takes the slightest interest 

 in any one of these sciences, which are here 

 taught. 



Perhaps it would be proper ior me to tell you 

 why we are about to confer the degree of 

 "Graduate in Pharmacy" upon these 105 young 

 men that you see seated here. It is, because, 

 they have devoted two years' of diligent study 

 to all the subjects connected with their profes- 

 sion:— physics, chemistry in all its branches, 

 inorganic and organic analytical, botany, 

 phosiology, materia medica, and pharmacog- 

 nosy, theoretical and practical pharmacy. All 

 of these subjects they have been obliged to 

 study in the lecture room, in the recitation 

 room, in the laboratory; and upon all these sub- 

 jects they have passed satisfactory examina- 

 tions. 



Perhaps it would not be out of place for me to 

 ask you to drop a tear of compassion for the 

 young men who are not here ; those who, though 

 they had worked diligently, were not quite 

 able to pass all those examinations, and upon 

 whom we are very sorry to say, we cannot to- 

 night confer the degree. The 105 you see before 

 you represents those who were successful. 



There can be no question as to the benefit to 

 the pharmacist of such an education as I have de- 

 scribed It qualifies him for his life work ; it gives 

 him that self-respect which comes with the knowl- 

 edge of professional readiness; it makes a profes- 

 sional man of him; it admits him to a guild, a fra- 

 ternity ; it makes him a man of science. Science in- 

 volves accurancy. It has been said that modern 



