Am.  Tour.  Pharm. 
May,  19 17. 
Annual  Address  of  President. 
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Your  committee  on  property  found  it  necessary  to  secure  another 
caterer  to  take  charge  of  the  lunch  room  at  the  opening  of  the 
school  last  fall.  The  serving  of  lunch  in  the  college  has  proven 
most  advantageous  to  the  students  and  employees  of  the  college,  and 
while  there  has  been  some  complaint,  it  is  thought  that  the  luncheons 
are  of  reasonably  good  quality  and  served  at  a  moderate  price. 
Taking  your  property  as  a  whole,  it  is  in  reasonably  good  repair, 
and  while  a  thorough  coat  of  paint  upon  the  outside  woodwork 
would  prove  a  benefit,  it  is  not  being  greatly  damaged  for  the  want 
if  it. 
Owing  to  the  very  rapid  rise  in  building  materials,  your  com- 
mittee on  property  deemed  it  prudent  to  have  a  reappraisement  made 
of  the  cost  of  replacing  your  buildings,  and  they  reported  to  your 
board  of  trustees  that  an  additional  825,000  insurance  should  be 
added  to  the  amount  already  upon  your  buildings.  They  also  recom- 
mended that  an  additional  $25,000  insurance  be  placed  upon  the  con- 
tents of  your  buildings,  both  of  which  were  ordered  by  your  board 
of  trustees. 
A  committee  of  your  college  aided  a  committee  of  the  Alumni 
Association  in  celebrating  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  Alumni, 
having  planned  and  carried  out  an  exhibition  of  "  Ancient  and 
Modern  Pharmacy,"  which  remained  open  from  August  30  to  Sep- 
tember 30,  1 91 6,  and  was  very  largely  visited  by  physicians,  druggists 
and  others  interested  in  scientific  pursuits. 
The  number  of  matriculants  for  the  session  1916-17  total  628, 
which  are  divided  as  follows  : 
First-year  matriculants  numbered  226,  of  which  8  did  not  begin 
the  course,  and  25  were  in  but  partial  attendance,  which  reduced  the 
number  to  193.  Six  students  repeated  the  second  semester  of  the 
first  year,  making  199,  while  one  special  student  brings  the  total 
of  the  first  year  students  up  to  200. 
The  second  year  class  had  198  matriculants,  5  of  whom  did  not 
attend  and  11  only  attended  lectures  for  a  short  period,  which  re- 
duced the  number  to  182  ;  out  of  this  number  6  second-year  students 
were  called  upon  to  take  the  second  semester  of  the  first  year,  making 
the  total  number  attending  the  second-year  class  176. 
The  third-year  class  consisted  of  134  matriculants,  3  of  whom 
did  not  begin  their  course  of  lectures  and  3  attended  only  partial 
lectures,  thus  reducing  the  number  to  128. 
45  students  are  taking  the  special  chemistry  course, 
