144  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.     { '"^'"m^^S';  ^jn!""' 
instructors  thoroughly  competent,  enthusiastic  and  zealous  in  the 
performance  of  their  special  duties,  in  every  way  equal  to  the  most 
exacting-  demands  of  the  times — our  College  occupies  a  foremost 
position  in  the  line  of  scientific  discovery  and  practical  utilization 
of  new  ideas  according  to  the  most  approved  methods.  It  is  a 
self-confident  leader,  not  a  timid  follower. 
Having  a  just  pride  in  the  past  which  has  a  record  rich  in 
usefulness  and  honor,  it  behooves  us  to  push  on  to  still  higher  and 
greater  things  that  the  achievements  of  the  future  may  meet  our 
highest  and  worthiest  expectations. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
NINETIETH  ANNIVERSARY. 
Some  weeks  ago  the  president  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  sent  the  following  invitation  to  the  officers,  members  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  and  faculty,  the  Mayor  of  Philadelphia  and 
the  heads  of  our  sister  institutions : 
Mr.  Howard  B.  French 
requests  the  pleasure  of 
Company  at  Dinner 
Thursday  evening,  February  23,  191 1, 
at  seven  o'clock, 
Union  League  Club, 
In  celebration  of  the  Ninetieth  Anniversary 
of  the  founding  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
at 
Carpenters'  Hall. 
While  the  members  of  the  college  recognize  the  significance  that 
must  necessarily  be  attached  to  the  attainment  of  the  centenary 
of  the  founding  of  the  oldest  college  of  pharmacy  in  this  country, 
as  shown  by  the  appointment  of  a  committee  even  at  this  early  date 
to  devise  and  consider  plans  for  the  celebration  of  its  one  hundredth 
anniversary  in  1921,  it  is  probable  that  the  members  for  the  most 
part  had  not  considered  the  desirability  of  observing  its  ninetieth 
anniversary,  and  hence  this  invitation  from  President  French  must 
have  come  as  more  or  less  of  a  surprise. 
