The San Francisco call., 1896-11-13
University Fharmaceutic De-
partment's Commencement
Exercises.
SOME ELOQUENT ADDRESSES.
Twenty.Six Graduates Receive D..
plcmas and Five Certificates
of Proficiency.

The twenty-third annual commence
ment exercises of the department of phar-
macv, University of California, was held
last night at Native Sons Hall.
The hall was tastefully decorated with
the University colors, blue and gold.
From the ceiling were suspended long
streamers of gold, while japanese Ian
terms of various odd shapes added to the
artistic effect.
On the stage were: President Martin
Kellogg, William H. Searby, Phi. c., the
dean of the faculty, C. HadIey Carson.
ND, and most OF the faculty in the phar-
maceutic department.
The programme was opened with the
overture, Raymond" by the orchestra.
Rev. George Edward Walk, AM, then
delivered an eloquent address.
1t was introduced by reading the poison
scene from Romeo and Juliet" after
which DR.. Walk broadened out and
treated the general subject of pharmacy
in very interesting manner, giving some
excellent advice 10 those just branching
forth in the profession.
After the rendition of a selection from
Boyer by the orchestra DR.. Carson deliv-
ere1 the valedictory address for the fac
ulty. The address was interviewer with
skein of spontaneous hCmor that kept the
audience laughing, while it appreciated
the good advice given to the graduates.
He said:
"Let the example of the learned men in
the profess;ons-they whose names shine
in the intellectual world as stars of the
first magnitude-spur you on TO an effort
at emulation. He who makes two blades
Of grass grow where only one grew before
il a true benefactor of mankind
You have heard of the attempt, have
you not, to fix the philosophers stone be-
fore the sixteenth century? In this latter
day the search seems 10 have resolved
itself into making money by manufactur-
ing so othing syrups.
I'm those olden times such things as
ground oyster shells, brick dust and vari-
Gus other articles of indigestible quality
has narrowly escaped disintegration while
pounding some shotgun prescription
aro und with q mortar and pestle.
Look at the ancient bolus, for examp Pile.
What umbrous thing II was. Now we
have pills of small caliber but wondrous
powers of execution.
In the drama of life we cannot all be
star players, but we can at least do our
best and keep the stern dictates OF duty
before our eyes.
DO not be discouraged because the lines
of your lives happen to fall in rough
places. 1t is common thing for phar-
macist to be called from his comfortable
couch at 2 o'clock in the morning to
formulate prescription for child af-
hicted with cholera morbus or collie.
You carry with you tonight the best
wishes of your alma mater, and her
earnest desire that you all may realize
your fondest am b;tions."
The candidates or graduation were then
presented with their diplomas upon the
stage by Dean Searby.
He took advantage of the occasion to
ompliment them all upon the work they
had done, and expressed the hope that
their lines of life would fall in pleasant
places.
AS the graduates received their diplo-
mas and stepped from the stage the
friends OF each gave hearty applause.
The names of those upon whom the
honor was conferred are:
Frank James Atkinson, Daisy NJ Bowen
Edgar Bridgewater, Joseph Michael Campo
donico, Edward Martin Cherry. Orlando Paine
ton Irving Clayes, Arthur Edgar D1-
prey, Emilio Attilio Ferrea, Edward Rus
sell Hanlon, William John Haber,
Houghton, William John jackson, Eugene
Aloysius Kiely, George Ashby Laubersheimer
George Henry Philip Licht thardt, George Will
Noe, Ada Marian Parr, Darius Leopold Per
rome. Helen Grace Reynolds, Otto Scholl, Ed
ward Louis Wegener.
The comforting o: the degree of grad uate
in pharmacy fell to President kellogg.
"You have all attended the whole of the
prescribed course" he said, "and have
done the laboratory work required Ac-
cordingly, the board of trustees and the
faculty have recommended that you be
given diplomas of graduation. / take
pleasure in presenting them to you."
President kellogg then stated that in
accordance with the general practice of
universities throughout the country before
taking the final exercises for graduation
pupils were required to have served a GER
tain length of time in pharmacies to ac-
quire the beneficial results of actual prac-
tice.
He regretted to state that five of the pu-
pills, through no fault of theirs, had
found this impracticable, and therefore
could not take the final graduation exer-
cises. Their names were the Misses Eliza.
beth Dudley and Ida Talcott and Messrs.
Leonard Leayy, Armand Briggs and Ar
thur Deibert.
Amid generous applause they were
called to the stage and presented with
certificates of proficiency.
The exercises ended with a rendering of
the march LA Fiesta" by Roncovieri.
n0G AND HEN oUUM T0GETUpp