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comfortable  accommodation  in  laboratory  and  lecture  rooms  to  all 
who  matriculated. 
Fraternities  of  the  College  are  more  active  than  they  have 
been  for  many  years,  and  the  friendly  competition  for  candidates 
has  been  more  keen  than  ever.  Their  social  functions  are  already 
under  way.  The  Kappa  Psi  Fraternity's  Smoker  on  Monday  even- 
ing, November  7th,  proving  a  success  from  every  viewpoint.  The 
Phi  Delta  Chi,  in  their  new  home  at  2021  Green  Street,  also  held  a 
well-attended  smoker  at  the  house  on  Wednesday  evening,  Novem- 
ber 9th. 
Professor  E.  Fullerton  Cook  presented  a  paper  on  £he  Tenth 
Decennial' Revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  before  the 
New  York  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
evening  of  November  14th.  Other  members  of  the  Revision  Com- 
mittee were  also  present  to  discuss  the  revision  and  its  progress. 
Dr.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  Emeritus  Professor  of  Materia  Medica, 
was  presented  by  the  faculty  with  an  engraved  gold  hunting  case 
watch,  a  token  of  their  appreciation  of  his  long  and  honorable  con- 
nection with  the  College  teaching  staff.  Professor  ^Lowe,  beloved 
of  the  students,  is  no  longer  teaching  at  the  College,  but  still  main- 
tains an  active  interest  in  College  affairs  and  is  a  regular  attendant 
at  the  College  meetings.  The  new  Professor  of  Materia  Medica, 
Dr.  Horatio  Wood,  Jr.,  has  already  become  very  popular  with  his 
classes. 
Dean  Charles  H.  La  Wall,  along  with  his  multitudinous  duties, 
manages  to  find  time  to  engage  in  activities  which  take  him  some 
distance  from  his  usual  habilitation.  For  instance,  November  10th, 
at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  he  lectured  on  ''Food  Adulteration"  before 
their  Kiwanis  Club.  Then  at  the  meeting  of  the  American  Public 
Health  Association  in  New  York,  we  find  him  reading  a  paper  on 
"Unsuitable  Forms  of  Cheap  Candies"  before  the  Section  on  Foods 
and  Drugs. 
