T H E 
AMERICAN JOURNAL 
OF 
PHARMACY. 
JULY, 1837. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
ART. XVII.— ADDRESS DELIVERED TO THE GRADUATES 
OF THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, 
May 8th, 1837, by Daniel B. Smith, Esq., President of the College. 
It is now nearly eight years since I had the pleasure of 
addressing a class of young men, who, like yourselves, had 
just completed their studies, and were preparing, as you are 
now doing, to enter upon the career of busy life. More than 
one of that class have already gained an honourable distinction 
as scientific and accurate chemists, and for private worth as 
well as professional eminence; and the College of Pharmacy 
may, with a just pride, point to them and to many of their 
successors, and claim them as her children. Since that 
period, other duties and avocations have very much withdrawn 
my attention from the pursuits of our profession, and now 
that I am called upon, by our Trustees, to address you on 
this occasion, and to extend to you the hand of fellowship, 
1 feel almost a stranger within our own Hall. I am conscious 
of not having kept pace with that steady march of improve- 
ment which has elevated our profession to the important 
station it occupies; and which is mainly due to the ability 
with which its members, in France and Germany, have culti- 
vated the science of Chemistry. 
I know not that I can select a more appropriate topic of 
discussion for the present evening than to call your attention 
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