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occasion.  The  anniversary  was  marked  by  the  presence  of  Dr. 
Abraham  Jacobi,  president  of  the  American  Medical  Association , 
Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  and  Prof.  John  Uri  Lloyd,  all  three 
of  whom  were  made  honorary  members.  The  address  of  Dr.  Alpers, 
upon  giving  the  diplomas  to  Prof.  Remington  and  Prof.  Lloyd, 
echoes  so  much  of  the  sentiment  of  the  society  that  it  is  here  given 
in  its  entirety.    It  is  as  follows : 
"  The  pleasing  and  cheerful  words  that  you  have  just  addressed 
to  us  have  gone  to  our  hearts,  and  come  back  from  there  like  a  joyous 
and  responsive  echo.  It  is  not  often  that  we  have  Americans  prom- 
inent in  pharmacy  as  you  two,  among  us.  Our  society  is  a  German 
one,  and  the  official  language  here  is  the  German  tongue.  We  watch 
over  German  features  and  are  proud  of  them  not  because  we  dislike 
the  English  language,  nor  because  we  think  less  of  things  American. 
Our  daily  surroundings,  our  aspirations,  our  hopes  in  business,  as 
in  social  matters,  in  fact,  all  our  daily  activities  are  American,  and  we 
are  Americans  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  Indeed,  no  one  may 
become  a  member  of  this  society  unless  he  is  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States. 
"  If  yet  we  cling  to  German  customs,  we  do  so  because  our  meet- 
ings are  a  refuge  from  our  daily  toil.  Here  we  come  back  to  the 
days  of  our  youth,  here  we  find  that  recreation  that  is  needful  to  us, 
here  we  once  more  revel  in  those  ideals  which  fill  so  completely  the 
heart  of  the  German  youth :  and  we  believe  this  change  in  language, 
this  change  in  thought,  this  return  to  days  long  past,  and  never  to  be 
recalled,  gives  us  strength  and  encouragement,  and  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  German  '  Gemutlichkeit '  we  find  ample  recompense  for  our 
daily  duties.  And  more  than  this,  the  intercourse  between  German 
and  American  civilization  has  increased  from  day  to  day  during  the 
last  few  decades. 
"  We  have  prized  it  here  for  sixty  years  and  we  are  proud  that 
the  spirit  that  has  kept  this  society  alive  and  made  it  grand  and 
given  it  influence  and  importance,  has  added  greatly  in  bringing 
together  the  scientific  bodies  of  the  two  great  nations.  To  us  Ger- 
mans, our  new  country  is  our  bride,  for  whose  life  and  honor  we  are 
ready  to  sacrifice  all  we  have,  but  in  our  loyalty  and  affection  for 
her  we  will  never  forget  our  loving  mother  across  the  sea,  and 
always  have  ready  for  her  a  resting  place  at  our  hearth. 
"  It  is  in  this  feeling  of  pleasure  and  pride  that  we  welcome  you 
to-night  in  our  midst,  you  whom  we  believe  to  be  the  two  most  typi- 
