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treasury  at  the  end  of  each  year,  and  has  paid  off  some  of  the 
mortgage  on  its  building.  These  facts,  of  course,  were  known  to 
President  Butler  when  he  made  overtures  to  this  College  to  join 
Columbia,  and  the  curriculum  of  this  College  was  fully  looked  into, 
and  it  appeared  to  the  faculty  and  trustees  of  Columbia  that  it 
would  be  better  to  invite  a  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  standing  of 
this  College  to  join  the  University,  rather  than  to  set  up  a  separate 
department  for  instruction  in  pharmacy,  which  it  became  apparent 
to  the  trustees  of  Columbia  in  the  near  future  would  be  necessary. 
Many  of  the  details  in  regard  to  the  curriculum  have  not  as  yet 
been  worked  out,  but  the  business  end  of  the  plan  has  been  gone 
into  thoroughly,  and  the  trustees  of  the  College  feel  assured  that  it 
will  work  well  in  the  future.  We  do  not  relinquish  supervision  of 
our  funds,  neither  do  we  relinquish  any  of  our  present  rights.  The 
Librarian  of  Columbia  will  have  charge  of  our  library;  the  Custodian 
of  Buildings  of  Columbia  will  have  charge  of  our  building,  super- 
vision over  it,  and  make  certain  recommendations  in  regard  to  car- 
rying on  the  work  of  the  College  from  a  business  point  of  view.  It 
is  now  some  five  or  six  months  since  this  plan  was  presented  to 
the  trustees,  and  so  far  as  I  know,  and  so  far  as  I  can  learn  from  other 
members,  not  a  dissenting  voice  has  been  raised  against  this  pro- 
posed plan,  and  we  come  before  you  to-night  and  present  it,  with  the 
hope  that  it  will  receive  the  unanimous  support  of  every  mem- 
ber of  the  College." 
Professor  Rusby  then  spoke  on  behalf  of  the  Faculty,  in  favor  of 
the  proposed  agreement. 
Vice-President  Schieffelin  said :  "  I  want  to  announce  that  a  few 
days  ago  the  trustees  of  the  University  of  Columbia  approved  this 
agreement  as  it  is  here  printed,  I  believe  unanimously." 
Mr.  Ewen  Mclntyre,  ex-President  of  the  College,  spoke  as  follows: 
"  Gentlemen: — I  hardly  think  it  is  necessary  for  me  to  add  anything 
to  what  has  already  been  stated  here  as  to  the  good  that  will  come 
to  us  from  the  proposition  now  before  us.  I  think  that  when  Dr. 
Rusby  gets  to  be  about  my  age  he  will  not  tell  the  same  story  about 
the  old  fellows  that  he  tells  now ;  and  he  will  arrive  there  if  he  lives 
long  enough.  I  have  seen  great  changes  since  I  graduated  at  this 
College  some  fifty-seven  years  ago.  I  knew  every  one  of  the  original 
incorporators  of  the  institution  ;  all  passed  away,  the  last  one  only 
some  three  years  ago — George  N.  Lawrence.    And  what  is  more 
