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than a thousand. When presented by the dean the candidates arose 

 and stood in their places, there being no individual presentation of 

 diplomas. The only exception to this was in the case of the Doctors 

 of Philosophy, who marched to the dais in a body led by Carl G. 

 Amend, a son of Otto Amend, of Eimer & Amend, who graduated 

 from the School of Mines as a Bachelor in 1908 and took the degree 

 of Master of Arts in 1909. 



Among the candidates who received the degree of Master of Arts 

 was George D. Beal, of Scio, Ohio, a son of Prof. S. H. Real, former 

 president of the American Pharmaceutical Association, and Curt 1'. 

 VVimmer, assistant in chemistry at the college of Pharmacy 



Among the graduates of Barnard College receiving the degree of 

 Bachelor of Arts was Miss Elsie Plaut, daughter of Joseph Plant, 

 treasurer of Lehn & Fink. 



NEW YORK BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN PHARMA- 

 CEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 



The May meeting of the New York Branch of the American Pharma- 

 ceutical Association was held at the College of Pharmacy on Monday 

 evening, May 23, with President Otto Raubenheimer in the chair. 

 The most interesting feature of the meeting was a discussion of the 

 doses in the Pharmacopoeia. Dr. R. A. Hatcher said that the question 

 of what was a poisonous dose could never be determined accurately, 

 as this depended on a variety of conditions. He suggested that if the 

 pharmacists desired to have something in the way of cautionary notices 

 inscribed on the prescription calling for what he termed "heroic 

 doses," this might well be accomplished by having the dose under- 

 scored, but he cautioned the members against the use of an excla- 

 mation point after the quantity, as this might readily be taken to mean 

 an i 



Brief reports were made verbally of the Richmond meeting and of 

 the Washington convention. Resolutions were adopted requesting the 

 council of the association to provide for the members a printed 

 statement of the fraudulent character of the so called "prescription" 

 proprietaries. 



J. L. Lascoff read a paper on the Practical Side of Pharmacy and 

 Hiland Flowers read on The Enamel Ware for Cooking Utensils. 



