Am.  Joyr.  Pharm.  J    ^ddress  of  President  R.  P.  Fischelis.  5 1 1 
delphia  College  of  Pharmacy  graduate  and  a  member  of  the  college 
faculty,  Prof.  E.  FuUerton  Cook. 
The  centennial  of  the  college  has  been  alluded  to  before  in  this 
address.  It  is  indeed  a  great  event,  for  not  only  does  it  mark  the 
one  hundredth  birthday  of  our  college  but  also  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  beginning  of  pharmaceutical  education  in  America. 
The  event  must  be  celebrated  as  befits  an  occasion  so  auspicious 
and  so  far  reaching  in  interest. 
For  a  number  of  years  it  has  been  suggested  that  the  college 
would  soon  acquire  a  site  on  the  Philadelphia  Parkway  upon  which 
new  buildings  could  be  erected.  This  site  was  to  be  the  gift  of  the 
City  of  Philadelphia.  In  order  to  ascertain  how  the  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation might  be  of  help  in  this  matter,  a  special  meeting  was  called 
last  fall  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  alumni  which  was  attended 
by  President  French  and  Mr.  George  M.  Beringer,  the  chairman  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees.  The  chief  development  growing  out  of  this 
meeting  was  the  appointment  of  an  alumni  committee  to  assist  in 
securing  a  site  for  the  college.  It  had  been  clearly  brought  out  at 
the  meeting  that  securing  a  proper  site  was  the  key  to  the  program 
of  expansion. 
The  committee  we  appointed  has  interviewed  members  of  the 
Parkway  Commission  and  has  been  advised  that  the  possibilities  of 
securing  a  site  on  the  Parkway  are  at  least  fair. 
I  would  like  to  see  our  Alumni  Association  go  on  record  to  the 
effect  that  we  will  undertake  a  campaign  to  raise  the  necessary  money 
for  a  suitable  site  if  the  college  authorities  are  unable  to  convince  the 
city  that  such  a  site  should  be  given  to  us  free.  I  believe  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  has  a  perfect  right  to  ask  the  munici- 
pality, the  State  and  private  individuals  for  money  with  which  to 
build  an  institution  that  will  be  of  constant  service  to  the  people  of 
this  country,  but,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  we  will  also  have  to  do 
some  contributing  ourselves.  When  the  time  comes  it  will  be  neces- 
sary for  ever}^  alumnus  of  this  college  from  the  President  down  to 
the  poorest  member  of  the  graduating  class  to  ''dig  deep"  and  add 
according  to  his  means  to  whatever  fund  we  may  have  been  able  to 
collect  from  others.  The  combined  funds  no  matter  how  much  they 
may  amount  to  will  hardly  be  sufficient  to  do  all  that  we  can  and 
want  to  do  for  pharmacy  and  for  the  people  of  this  country  through 
our  great  institution. 
