244  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {^'"•Maj^m"'"' 
in  the  great  development  that  is  sure  to  come  to  our  coninmnity 
and  to  the  whole  world  in  the  next  generation.  Its  mission  will 
be  ever  onward  and  upward. 
"  Now  this  institution  deserves  to  be  and  ultimately  will  be 
placed  in  a  location  commensurate  with  its  merit  and  importance. 
The  example  it  has  furnished,  the  influence  it  has  wielded,  and  the 
great  things  it  has  accomplished  for  the  good  of  humanity,  not  only 
in  the  city  and  State  but  in  the  United  States,  and  I  might  say, 
throughout  the  whole  world,  entitle  it  to  proper  recognition,  with 
the  men  who  have  been  connected  with  it,  the  College  has  stood  out 
among  these  institutions  of  learning,  of  art  and  of  science,  which 
have  made  Philadelphia  famous." 
Continuing,  the  Mayor  said :  "  As  I  have  said,  we  want  to  see 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  where  it  should  be — \\c 
might  as  well  say  it  frankly — upon  the  Parkway.  And  if  there 
is  anything  that  I  can  do  to  aid  in  placing  it  there  it  will  be  done. 
The  College  should  be  in  a  commanding  place,  where  it  may  be 
seen  by  everybody,  that  the  world  may  know  of  the  good  it  is 
doing  and  will  do." 
ADDRESS  BY  NATHAN   C.   SCHAEFFER,   PH.D.,  LL.D.,  STATE 
SUPERINTENDENT  OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION. 
Dr.  Schaeffer,  among  other  things,  said : 
When  I  was  a  boy,  studying  history,  I  noticed  that  there 
were  certain  names  on  the  pages  of  that  history  that  had  the 
surname  '  great  '  attached  to  them ;  and  I  asked  myself  '  What 
is  it  that  makes  the  man  great  ?  '  I  noticed  that  there  were  only 
two  classes  of  men  in  history  to  whom  that  surname  '  great '  was 
given ;  the  one  class  being  composed  of  men  who  had  been  eminent 
in  the  State ;  men  like  Charles  the  Great,  Frederick  the  Great,  and 
Alexander  the  Great.  There  was  another  class  of  men  surnamed 
'  great '  who  had  been  eminent  in  the  church,  men  like  Leo  the 
Great  and  Gregory  the  Great.  And  my  perplexity  grew  when  I 
asked,  '  Why  is  it  that  men  in  past  ages  have  only  achieved  great- 
ness in  two  lines  of  human  activity,  the  Church  and  the  State." 
Well,  in  my  boyish  eyes  the  greatest  man  in  the  community  was 
the  one  who  could  draw  the  biggest  check  and  have  it  honored 
at  the  bank ;  but  I  very  soon  discovered  that  wealth  does  not 
make  men  great  on  the  pages  of  history.  You  never  read  of 
Rothschilds  who  were  great.    Away  back  in  the  days  when  Virgil 
