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Preparations  in  Powder  Form. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1     October,  1902. 
No  worship  of  the  heroes  of  war  and  strife 
Is  nobler  than  praise  of  deeds  of  peaceful  life. 
Pioneers  these,  who  achieved  in  science  and  in  art  ; 
Progress  their  watchword,  faithful  toil  their  part. 
Their  labors  so  perfect,  their  works  so  pure, 
Bright  examples  gleam  as  from  God's  azure. 
In  the  gladness  of  our  golden  jubilee 
We  extend  the  praises  of  all  pharmacy 
To  the  art  and  sciences,  the  early  devotee. 
Recalled  by  memory's  fantastic  flight, 
We  see  their  forms  ;  their  faces  bright, 
B'en  their  voices  from  these  walls  resound, 
Though  now,  with  our  tributes  they  abound. 
Each  year,  earnest  pilgrims  to  their  shrine 
Add  new  efforts  and  extend  the  line, 
With  added  strength,  the  later  arches  wider 
Each,  the  progress  of  its  age,  the  bold  recorder. 
The  ever-living  words  of  the  immortal  Procter 
Cements  the  masonry — needs  no  other  mortar. 
"  On  virtue  we  must  in  our  actions  stand, 
Or  our  association  might  as  well  disband." 
The  sun,  slowly  rising,  dispels  the  gloom 
And  early  morn  proclaims  to  man  and  bloom. 
Then,  higher  rising,  bursts  forth  in  full  power, 
The  perfect  day  demands  the  perfect  flower. 
The  past,  the  present,  now  are  ours 
To  shape  and  mould  for  future  powers. 
Duty  calls  for  builders  to  the  line  ; 
Pharmacy,  unexhausted  field  and  mine, 
Demands  new  energies  in  the  fight 
And  strenuous  labors  for  the  right. 
To  the  future,  the  present  must  our  heritage 
Transmit  with  greatly  added  store  and  page. 
THE  PREPARATION  OF  OLEATES,  OLEO  PALMITATES 
AND  OLEO  STEARATES  IN  POWDER  FORM. 
By  Frederic  E.  Niece. 
{Concluded from  the  September  issue.) 
Warm  the  stearic  acid  in  a  glass  vessel  to  just  its  melting  point; 
to  this  add  the  oleic  acid  previously  warmed  to  just  its  boiling  point 
and  mix  the  two  acids  intimately  with  a  glass  rod.  Now  add  the 
alcohol,  which. has  been  warmed  to  just  its  boiling-point,  and  mix  all 
