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Snsa)i  Hayhurst. 
(  Am.  Jour,  rharm. 
(    Jauiiary,  1911. 
by  many  acts  of  kindness  and  she  made  the  path  easy  for  many  a 
struggHng  woman,  striving  for  the  coveted  diploma  of  her  Alma 
Mater.  Dr.  Hayhurst  graduated  from  the  Woman's  Medical  Col- 
lege in  1857        from  our  College  in  1883. 
In  her  position  as  apothecary  of  the  Woman's  Hospital,  she 
had  the  opportunity  of  giving  practical  instruction  to  girls  who  had 
chosen  pharmacy  for  a  vocation  and  her  labors  were  more  than 
appreciated,  because  for  many  years  the  dispensary  of  the  Woman's 
Hospital  was  the  only  place  where  girls  could  secure  practical  knowl- 
edge of  the  business,  owing  to  the  prejudice  which  existed  some 
years  ago  against  women  pharmacists. 
As  a  student,  Dr.  Hayhurst  was  diligent  in  her  efforts  to  acquire 
pharmaceutical  knowledge.  Until  within  the  last  few  years  of  her 
life,  she  could  be  found  poring  over  books  and  freely  giving  to  her 
associates  and  younger  women  the  information  which  she  had  ob- 
tained.   vShe  became  a  veritable  mine  of  practical  points. 
Her  disposition  was  kindly,  yet  when  occasion  required,  she  could 
express  herself  forcibly,  particularly  when  some  of  the  women  would 
neglect  some  duty  or  commit,  as  she  would  say  herself,  "  a  pharma- 
ceutical crime." 
It  is  rarely  given  to  any  one  to  spend  thirty  odd  years  in  teaching 
pharmacy  but  Dr.  Hayhurst  has  this  distinction,  and  it  will  be  many 
years  before  her  record  of  earnest,  helpful,  devoted  service  will  be 
equalled.  She  was  loyal  to  her  Alma  Mater  to  the  last  and  she 
never  tired  of  singing  the  praises  of  her  beloved  College. 
To  the  women  and  girls  who  have  had  the  benefit  of  her  instruc- 
tion the  example  of  her  beautiful  life  of  service  must  be  an  inspiration. 
Gentle  but  firm,  steadfast  and  unyielding  in  her  devotion,  she  has 
gone  on  before,  and  Mr.  President  we  now  offer  to  you  as  the  repre- 
sentative of  this  College,  this  portrait,  believing  that  you  will  cherish 
it  and  give  it  a  place  among  the  portraits  of  those  honored  ones, 
who  have  testified  their  allegiance  to  the  oldest  and  best  College 
of  Pharmacy  in  America. 
In  accepting  the  portrait,  Mr.  French  said  that  it  gave  him  great 
pleasure  as  president  of  the  College  to  receive  the  portrait  of  Dr. 
Hayhurst  and  that  it  would  find  a  place  among  the  portraits  of  other 
leaders  in  American  pharmacy  on  the  walls  of  the  College.  He 
expressed  his  appreciation  of  the  loyalty  of  the  women  graduates 
to  their  Alma  Mater,  and  then  called  for  the  reading  of  a  biographi- 
