Excerpt from The American Journal of Pharmacy, 1899, Vol. 71 Annual excursion and dinner. - The employes of Burroughs, Wellcome Co., of London, spent a day recently in an excursion to Dover. The Town Hall, where the dinner was given, had been placed at the disposal of the firm by the local authorities. Suitable toasts were proposed and responded to by the members of the firm, employes and press and visitors. Mr. Wellcome stated, among other things in his toast to the employes, that the firm always endeavored to encourage technical education and general development of the minds of those associated with them, and when adding to their staff they tried to secure the services of the very best men. College graduates IN business. - Professor Schwab, of Yale, says that the learned professions absorb 62 per cent. Of the college graduates nowadays, whereas they formerly absorbed 92 per cent. On the other hand, business pursuits now take 31 per cent., against 6 per cent. In the old days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.