shall we forget those who have fostered and looked after the material welfare of our dear old institution; for to you, Gentlemen of the Faculty and Board of Trustees, she owes her fame which has spread to the uttermost confines of our almost boundless Union.

And now, at the dawn of our new life, in the hour of our last gathering, and at the moment when our sorrow-laden hearts unite us in the common brotherhood of grief, I would speak a last word to you, my fellow classmates; and I hope that the sentiments that well up within me will find an answering echo in your hearts. It is with an inexpressible feeling that I realize that to-night is our last night together. I hope that there is not one of you whose ambition is satisfied. To be satisfied with what we know when there is such a fertile field open before us is what could properly be called a pharmaceutical sin. Let us continue in the way we have begun, and if we can add nothing to science we can at least learn to appreciate those high standards attained by others; there will always be room at the top for those who spend their best efforts in trying to promote that which they consider a benefit to humanity. We have been united by the bonds of a common interest and a common purpose into a friendship that should grow and gather strength with time; and in order that we may cherish that sacred sentiment, let us here and now inscribe upon our hearts the unspoken pledge that the members of this class shall remain inseparable in their loyalty to each other, to their Alma Mater and her guides and supporters-the honorable Faculty and Board of Trustees, and to the highest principles and duties of this most noble profession upon which we are about to enter. Let us ever bear in mind that there is a satisfaction in life beyond the mere acquisition of wealth, and a duty beyond that which we owe to ourselves. And standing thus united in the knowledge of an unfaltering and unselfish mutual sympathy, and bound together by the invisible

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chain of duty to the responsibilities of our chosen profession, we will be a tower of strength in the battle of life and emerge unscathed from the conflict as becomes the sons of the good old mother from whose roof we depart this night.

With a final word of thanks to the gentlemen who have prepared us for this journey, and with the hope that we bear with us the God-speed of our friends and professors, in the name of the departing class I bid you all farewell.

Mr. R. S. Vitt, president of the Alumni Association,

presented the Alumn prizes.

Professor H. M. Whelpley delivered the College prizes and announced the honorable mention.

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C. W. CRAEMER.. W. C. MIDDLESWORTH.

Prizes-Senior Class.

H. FRANK.

The Alumni Prize, a Gold Medal conferred upon a candidate for the degree "Graduate in Pharmacy" for the best examination in all branches, was won by Carl William Craemer, of St. Louis. The Second Prize, a Silver Medal, was given by the College to Albert A. Fricke, of Plattsmouth, Neb. The College Prize, a Gold Medal, awarded to a candidate for the degree "Bachelor of Pharmacy" for the best examination in all branches, was earned by George Neves, of Oklahoma City, Okla.

The complimentary banquet to the graduating class was held at the Southern Hotel, April 10. Dean Good presided. The following are among those who responded to toasts: H. F. A. Spilker, Prof. O. A. Wall, Chas. Bang, Chas. Gietner, Prof. Francis Hemm, Dr. Enno Sander, H. M. Mitchell, R. S. Vitt, H. N. Force, Prof. H. M. Whelpley, H. Frank, Prof. G. D. Hinrichs, Isidor A. Schulherr, Dr. J. C. Falk, A. A. Fricke, W. C. Bolm, S. Boehm, H. T. Rohlfing, C. W. Craemer.

Wounded Horses in Battle.- With a view to avoiding the suffering of wounded horses or mules on the field of battle, Gen. Miles, during the recent SpanishAmerican war, issued an order that a veterinary surgeon, or some other person detailed by the commanding officer, should accompany troops in an engagement, whose duty it was to put an end to the agony of horses or mules that, in his judgment, were suffering to a degree requiring such action on his part. The British army in Africa has adopted the same practice.

The Term "Almighty Dollar" originated with Washington Irving, as a satire on the American love for gain.

Mr. John F. Reuter has finished his third year in the medical course at the Marion-Sims Medical College. Mr. Reuter is a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and is continuing his record as a good student in medical college.

Dr. Enno Sander, the oldest living graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and formerly professor in the institution, always attends the annual banquet and graduating exercises, thus showing his interest in the organization of which he is justly considered one of

the fathers.

Mr. E. C. Van Nort, of the E. C. Van Nort Electric Co., has, since his graduation from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, drifted out of pharmaceutical life. However, he remembers kindly his old associates, which lends evidence to the old saying "once a pharmacist, always a pharmacist."

A Twelve Pound Daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Mueller, of Webster Groves, Mo., April 17. Mr. Mueller has not decided fully whether the young lady will follow in the professional footsteps of her father or not. Possibly she will have something to say on the subject herself at a later date. Mr. H. F. A. Spilker completed his second term as president of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, before leaving for Europe. He is one of the few members who have served more than one year in the president's chair. He is also one of the many ex-presidents who continue actively interested in the college after leaving the president's office.

"The Burkhart Family of Pharmacists" is an appropriate manner in which to refer to Edward H. Burkhart, Ph. G., and his three brothers. Edward H. and his brother, Jacob C., have already received diplomas from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. The next younger brother is matriculated for the coming session, and the fourth brother is an apprentice at the Fourteenth and Market Streets store.

Chas. E. Walters, a graduate of the St. Louis College

of Pharmacy, class 1898-99, is now in business on his own account at Dexter, Mo. Mr. Adolph Simmons is associated with him as first assistant.

The People's Drug Store, 2601 Morgan Street, is the only drug store in St. Louis owned and managed by colored people. It is neat, CHAS. E. WALTERS. well-arranged, and in every way an up-to-date drug store. The head prescriptionist is P. R. Crews, who learned the business in North Carolina, having attended a school of pharmacy at Raleigh, N. C., several years ago. E. H. Taylor is proprietor of the store.

Dr. Geo. E. Kincaid, a member of the graduating class of Barnes' Medical College last month, is also a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. He commenced the drug business at Muscatine, Ia., came to St. Louis in the Fall of 1894. He is now with the Luyties Pharmacy Co., but will probably take a post

graduate course in medicine and settle down to practice before long. His many friends wish him much

success.

A Delegation of Missouri Pharmaceutical Association Offi. cers visited Pertle Springs, Warrensburg, early in April, for the purpose of looking over the grounds and making preliminary arrangements for the June convention. A. T. Fleischmann, local secretary, A. Brandenberger, chairman of committee on entertainment, and W. L. Meyer, chairman of the committee on entertainment for the Travelers' Association, constituted the party. They make a very favorable report, and are pleased with the convenience of Pertle Springs as a place for the convention of Missouri pharmacists.

Mr. and Mrs. C. C. May, of Channing and Lucas Avenues, left a few days ago for Europe and will not return until late in the fall. Mr. May began the drug business as a clerk for Thomas Halpin. His satisfactory work behind the prescription case continued when he entered business on his own account. He is one of the leading druggists of St. Louis and will thoroughly enjoy this well-deserved vacation. Mr. and Mrs. May will not only thoroughly "do" the Exposition, but expect to see much of Europe, thus making it the trip of their life. They have a host of personal friends who wish them a pleasant voyage and a safe return.

Mr. E. H. Kerstner returned to his home at Gordonville, Mo., after the college commencement, to spend a few days with relatives and friends, after which he goes to Steele, Mo., to accept a position with Mr. J. W. McClanahan.

Mr. H. N. Force returned to his home at Gainesville, Mo., after graduation, to resume his old position with Dr. Arnold, as manager of the latter's E. H. KERSTNER. business here.

St. Louis has a new medical journal, under the editorship of Dr. Wm. Townsend Porter. The publication is called the Stylus, and is under the direction of the faculty of the Beaumont Hospi tal Medical College.

7. C. Hoester, for some years with the Wolff-Wilson Drug Com- . pany, of this city, now represents Parke, Davis & Co. Mr. Hoester is a very popular young man, a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and has many friends among both pharmacists and physicians.

Fred. W. Duenckel, at one time with the Signal Service Station at Forest Park, and now with the Automatic Electric Fire Alarm Co., of this city, has completed a course in chemistry at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. He is also interested in microscopical work

Physician (giving advice)-"Lastly, McGorry, don't go to sleep on an empty stomach." McGorry (who is ailing)- "No danger av thot, docthor: Oi always slape on me back."-[Harper's Bazar.

The Man who spends his money pushing ideas rather than the results they produce for him, will be apt to find his "bank account" on the wrong side of the ledger.

PURE FOOD AND DRUGS.

Reasons Why We Should Have a National Pure Food and Drug Law.

It is in Line with Progress.

It protects the innocent consumer.
It protects the honest dealer.

Its object is to defeat the unscrupulous manipula

tor.

There is nothing in the proposed law that will affect the interests of the honest dealer.

To Those Who Have Not Read the Bill now before Congress we submit herewith a copy of the bill introduced in the House of Representatives by the Hon. M. Brosius, and known as H. R. 9677, and referred to the Committe on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

A bill for preventing the adulteration, misbranding and imitation of foods, beverages, candies, drugs and condiments in the District of Columbia and the Territories, and for regulating interstate traffic therein, and for other purposes:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting the commerce in food products and drugs between the several States and in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States and foreign countries, the Secretary of Agriculture shall organize the Chemical Division of the Department of Agriculture into a bureau of chemistry, which shall have the direction of the chemical work of the present Division of Chemistry and of the chemical work of the other Executive Departments, whose respective heads may apply to the Secretary of Agriculture for such collaboration, and which shall also be charged with the inspection of food and drug products, as hereinafter provided in this Act. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act, under which the Director of the Bureau of Chemistry shall procure from time to time, or cause to be procured, and analyze or cause to be analyzed or examined, chemically, microscopically, or otherwise, samples of foods and drugs offered for sale in original unbroken packages in the District of Columbia, in any Territory, or in any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or produced, or from a foreign country, or intended for export to a foreign country. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such chemists, inspectors, clerks, laborers, and other employes as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and to make such publication of the results of examinations and analyses as he may deem proper.

Sec. 2. That the introduction into any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, or shipment to any foreign country of any article of food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act is hereby prohibited, and any person who shall ship or deliver for shipment from any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, or who shall receive in any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory the District of Columbia or foreign country, or who, having received, shall deliver, in original unbroken packages, for pay or otherwise, or offer to deliver to any other person, any such article so adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or any person who shall sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia or in any Territory of the United States such adulterated, mixed, misbranded, or imitated foods or drugs, or export or offer to export the same to any foreign country, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for such offense be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first offense and for each subsequent offense not exceeding three hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 3. That the Director of the Bureau of Chemistry shall make or cause to be made, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, examinations of specimens of food and drugs offered for sale in original unbroken packages in the District of Columbia, in any Territory, or in any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or produced, or from any foreign country, or intended for shipment to any foreign country, which may be collected from time to time in various parts of the country. If it shall appear from such examination that any of the provisions of this Act have been violated the Secretary of Agriculture shall at once certify the facts to the proper United States District Attorney, with a copy of the results of the analysis, duly authenticated by the analyst under oath.

Sec 4. That it shall be the duty of every District Attorney to whom the Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act to cause proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the fines and penalties in such case provided.

Definitions.

Sec. 5. That the term "drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia for internal or external use. The term "food" as used herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment, by man or domestic animals, whether simple, mixed, or compound. The term "misbranded" as used herein, shall apply to all drugs, or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition of food, the package or label of which shall bear any statement regarding the ingredients or substances contained in such article, which statement shall be false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the State, Territory, or country in which it is manufactured or produced.

Adulterations.

Sec. 6. That for the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be adulterated

In case of drugs:

First-If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopœia, it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity as determined by the tests laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia, official at the time of the investigation.

Second-If its strength or purity fall below the professed standard under which it is sold.

Third-If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article.

In the case of confectionery:

If it contain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, or other mineral substances, or poisonous colors or flavors or other ingredients deleterious or detrimental to health.

In case of food:

First-If any substance or substances has or have been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength, so that such product, when offered for sale, shall deceive or tend to deceive the purchaser.

Second-If any substance or substances has or have been substituted wholly or in part for the article, so that the product when sold, shall deceive or tend to deceive the purchaser.

Third-If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted, so that the product, when sold shall deceive or tend to deceive the purchaser.

Fourth-If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the specific name of another article.

Fifth-If it be mixed, colored, powdered, or stained in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed, so that such product, when sold, shall deceive or tend to deceive the purchaser.

Sixth-If it contain any added poisonous ingredient or any ingredient which may render such article injurious to the health of the person consuming it.

Seventh-If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or is an imitation, either in package or label, of another substance of a previously established name, or which has been trademarked or patented.

Eighth-If it consists of the whole or any part of a diseased, filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or

any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter;

Provided, That an article of food which does not contain any added poisonous or deleterious ingredient shall not be deemed to be adulterated in the following cases:

First-In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now, or from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their own distinctive names, and not included in definition fourth of this section. Second-In the cases of articles labeled, branded or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are mixtures, compounds, combinations, imitations, or blends; Provided, That the same shall be labeled, branded or tagged, as prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, so as to show the exact character thereof; and, Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring or compelling proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods which contain no unwholesome added ingredient to disclose their trade formulas, except in so far as the provisions of this Aot may require to secure freedom from adulteration or imitation; Provided further, That no dealer shall be convicted under the provisions of this Act when he is able to prove a written guaranty of purity, in a form approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, as published in his rules and regulations, signed by the manufacturer, or the party or parties from whom he purchased said articles; Provided also, That said guarantor or guarantors reside in the United States. Said guaranty shall contain the full name and address of the party or parties making the sale to the dealer; and said party or parties shall be amenable to the prosecutions, fines and other penalties which would attach in due course to the dealer under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture to fix standards of food products when advisable, and to determine the wholesomeness or unwholesomeness of preservatives and other substances which are or may be added to foods, and to aid him in reaching just decisions in such matters he is authorized to call upon the Director of the Bureau of Chemistry and the chairman of the committee on food standards of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists and such physicians, not less than five, as the President of the United States shall select, three of whom shall be from the Medical Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Marine Hospital Service, and not less than five experts to be selected by the Secretary of Agriculture by reason of their attainments in physiological chemistry, hygiene, commerce and manufacture, to consider jointly the standards of all food products (within the meaning of this Act), and to study the effect of preservatives and other substances added to food products on the health of the consumer; and when so determined and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture such standards shall guide the chemists of the Department of Agriculture in the performance of the duties imposed upon them by this Act, and shall remain the standard before all United States courts. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture, either directly or through the Director of the Bureau of Chemistry and the Chairman of the Committee on food standards of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists and the medical officers and experts before mentioned, to confer with and consult, when so requested, the duly accredited representatives of all industries producing articles for which standards shall be established under the provisions of this Act. SEC. 8. That every person who manufactures or produces for shipment and delivers for transportation within the District of Columbia or any Territory, or who manufactures or produces for shipment or delivers for transportation from any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to any other State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign country, any drug or article of food, and every person who exposes for sale or delivers to a purchaser in the District of Columbia or in any Territory any drug or any article of food manufactured or produced within said District of Columbia or said Territory, or who exposes for sale or delivers for shipment any drug or article of food received from a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia other than the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia in which he exposes for sale or delivers such drug or article of food, or from any foreign country, shall furnish within business hours, and upon tender and tull payment of the selling price, a sample of such drugs or articles of food to any person duly au

thorized by the Secretary of Agriculture to receive the same, and who shall apply to such manufacturer, producer, or vendor, or person delivering to a purchaser such drug or article of food for such sample for such use, in sufficient quantity for the analysis of any such article or articles in his possession. And in the presence of such dealer and an agent of the Department of Agriculture, if so desired by either party, said sample shall be divided into three parts, and each part shall be sealed by the seal of the Department of Agriculture. One part shall be left with the dealer, one delivered to the Director of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, and one deposited with the United States District Attorney for the district in which the sample is taken. Said manufacturer, producer, or dealer, may have the sample left with him analyzed at his own expense, and if the results of said analysis differ from those of the Department of Agriculture, the sample in the hands of the District Attorney may be analyzed by a third chemist, who shall be appointed by the president of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists of the United States, and the analysis shall be conducted, if so desired, in the presence of a chemist of the Department of Agriculture and a chemist representing the dealer, and the whole data obtained shall be laid before the court.

SEC. 9. That any manufacturer, producer, or dealer who refuses to comply, upon demand, with the requirements of section eight of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one hundred days, or both. And any person found guilty of manufacturing, or offering for sale, or selling an adulterated, impure, or misbranded article of food or drug in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be adjudged to pay, in addition to the penalties herein before provided for, all the necessary costs and expenses incurred in inspecting and analyzing such adulterated articles which said person may have been found guilty of manufacturing, selling, or offering for sale.

SEC. 10. That this Act shall not be construed to interfere with commerce wholly internal in any State, nor with the exercise of their police powers by the several States.

SEC. II. That any article of food or drug that is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this Act, and is transported or being transported from one State to another for sale, or if it be sold or offered for sale in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States, or if it be imported from a foreign country for sale, or if intended for export to a foreign country, shall be liable to be proceeded against in any District Court of the United States, within the district where the same is found and seized for confiscation, by a process of libel for condemnation. And if such article is condemned as being adulterated the same shall be disposed of as the said court may direct, and the proceeds thereof, if sold, less the legal costs and charges, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States; but such goods shall not be sold in any State contrary to the laws of the State. That proceedings in such libel cases shall conform, as near as may be, to proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in such case, and all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the uame of the United States.

We urge all who are opposed to deceit and the manipulation of the products we depend on for our very existence to write to their representatives and senators at once and impress on them the necessity of such a law, and to urge them to push it forward to final passage.

Doctor and Druggist.-According to the reports from several large cities, published by one of our exchanges, the physicians who are proprietors of drug stores use their degree of M. D. only as a title, believing that it is impossible to serve two masters at the same time. In St. Louis it is quite different, and we have several drug stores run by physicians who enjoy quite extensive practices.

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