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Editorials. 
j  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
(.  November,  1903. 
I  have  heard  it  said  of  Carlyle  that  his  equipment  for  his  future 
work  was  not  derived  from  lectures  or  the  inspiration  which  he 
received  from  the  faculty  of  Oxford,  but  from  her  libraries.  This 
fact  is  said  to  have  caused  Carnegie,  who  is  intensely  interested  in 
educational  work,  to  found  libraries  rather  than  universities.  But 
apart  from  even  libraries,  collections,  museums,  art  galleries  and 
the  many  other  institutions  in  large  cities,  which  are  stored  with 
all  the  treasures  that  the  wisdom,  courage  and  enterprise  of  men 
have  brought  together  for  comparison  and  utilization  in  study,  pur- 
poses of  research  and  the  development  of  mind  and  character  in 
men,  it  is  in  the  dormitory,  the  club-house  of  the  university  and  the 
fraternity  house  of  college  men,  or  in  their  better  associations  with 
one  another,  where  we  observe  the  greatest  development  of  the 
students  taking  place,  physically,  mentally  and  morally. 
That  the  environment  of  the  student  has  much  to  do  with  his 
advancement  can  not  be  denied,  particularly  when  we  remember  the 
interdependence  of  the  various  attributes  of  man's  nature,  known  as 
the  physical,  the  mental  and  the  moral.  And  while  the  influence 
which  environment  exerts  on  the  lives  of  all  of  us  is  freely  acknowl- 
edged, it  would  seem  that  we  are  a  little  slow  in  putting  our  beliefs 
into  practical  execution,  that  is,  as  they  apply  to  student  life. 
While  there  may  be  at  college  some  men  of  depraved  tendencies, 
still  this  is  unusual.  Students  usually  have  high  ideals,  and  their 
associations  tend  to  sustain  and  develop  them.  This  is  seen  not 
infrequently  in  certain  classes  of  men  at  college,  or  in  large  cities 
there  will  be  a  number  of  men  who  become  alike  distinguished. 
All  who  are  interested  in  educational  work  recognize  the  impor- 
tance of  proper  associations  in  the  development  of  the  student.  It 
is  through  the  student's  association  that  the  real  assimilation  of 
his  studies  ensues,  in  that  they  become  "flesh  and  blood"  to  him, 
and,  further,  it  is  through  these  associations  that  a  certain  culture  is 
acquired,  a  love  for  virtue  maintained,  a  feeling  of  patriotism  ripened, 
and  the  man  is  made  who  will  be  a  pillar  of  strength  in  the  commu- 
nity and  a  blessing  to  his  country. 
In  some  classes  of  schools,  as  colleges  of  pharmacy,  this  phase 
of  the  student's  education  has  been  neglected  until  more  recently, 
on  account  of  the  peculiar  conditions  in  the  manner  of  educating 
apprentices.  Fortunately,  the  college  club  house,  fraternity  house, 
and  similar  social  institutions  are  being  developed.    I  had  recently 
