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loyal  member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Science, 
and  an  earnest  worker  in  the  ranks  of  pharmacy : 
"Thousands  of  Georgians  will  heartily  indorse  the  action  of  the 
University  of  Georgia  in  bestowing  the  honorary  degree  of  doctor 
of  science  on  Dr.  Joseph  Jacobs,  a  loyal  alumnus  of  the  university 
and  scholar  who  has  conferred  distinction  on  his  Alma  Mater  by 
his  distinguished  achievements  in  science  during  his  professional 
career. 
"Doctor  Jacobs,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Class  of  1879  and 
was  a  pupil  of  Dr.  Crawford  W.  Long,  has  devoted  many  years  to 
the  development  in  pharmaceutical  use  of  plants  indigenous  to  the 
South  and  it  was  because  of  the  importance  of  that  work,  as  well 
as  his  literary  work  and  research  in  establishing  beyond  a  doubt  the 
priority  of  Dr.  Crawford  Long's  discovery  of  ether-anesthesia  that 
he  was  given  the  honorary  degree.  * 
"One  of  the  features  of  the  commencement  season  at  Athens 
this  year  was  the  unveiling  of  the  medallion  in  memory  of  Dr.  Craw- 
ford W.  Long,  presented  by  Doctor  Jacobs. 
"Doctor  Jacobs  also  authorized  the  trustees  of  the  university 
to  offer  in  his  name  $50  in  gold  as  an  annual  prize  for  the  best 
paper  submitted  by  a  student  on  Doctor  Long  and  his  discovery  of 
anaesthesia. 
"After  the  unveiling  of  the  medallion  to  Doctor  Long,  the  three 
daughters  of  the  great  discoverer  presented  to  Doctor  Jacobs  an  oil 
painting  of  their  father. 
"In  presenting  the  monument  and  medallion  to  the  university, 
Dr.  Jacobs  made  an  address  in  which  he  spoke  of  his  association  with 
Dr.  Long,  and  extolled  the  value  to  humanity  of  the  discovery  of 
ether  anaesthesia. 
"  'That  I  have  been  permitted  to  present  this  monument 
to  the  University  of  Georgia,  and  that  her  trustees  have  ac- 
corded me  the  honor  of  its  acceptance,'  declared  Dr.  Jacobs,  'fills 
my  heart  with  sentiments  of  gratitude  and  pride. 
"  'My  early  boyhood  and  all  my  adolescent  years  were 
spent  in  this  good  city  of  Athens,  and  of  her  I  can  truly  say: 
"  '  "Where  e'er  I've  roamed,  what  other  realms  to  see 
My  heart  untraveled,  has  fondly  turned  to  thee." 
"  'It  was  during  those  years  of  my  life  in  Athens  that  Dr. 
Crawford  W.  Long,  whose  wonderful  achievement  we  here 
commemorate,  was  my  employer  in  pharmacy  and  my  much 
respected  tutor.  The  countless  acts  of  friending  by  which  he 
then  benefited  me,  I  have,  in  all  the  years,  treasured  in  recollec- 
tion with  "miser  care."  And  hence,  in  considering  how  I  might 
in  appropriate  form  attest  some  small  measure  of  my  apprecia- 
