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applicants,  and  recommended  the  award  to  seven  of  the  applicants, 
which  was  agreed  to. 
Committee  on  Examinations  reported  that  the  examinations  for 
advanced  standing  were  held  September  27th — and  were  well  at- 
tended. 
New  business. — The  contract  for  the  new  building  and  fixtures 
was  awarded  to  H.  A.  Havens. 
The  Committee  on  Membership  reported  favorably  on  the  appli- 
cation of  William  E.  Lee  for  membership  in  the  college,  who  was 
duly  elected. 
October  5,  1907. 
A  special  meeting  of  the  Board  was  called  to  take  action  on  the 
death  of  James  T.  Shinn,  Treasurer  of  the  College.  Remarks— 
which  were  all  tributes  of  respect — were  made  by  Messrs.  French, 
Baer,  Mattison,  Sadtler,  Meyer,  Rumsey,  Cliffe  and  Wiegand. 
A  committee  of  three,  Messrs.  Sadtler,  French  and  Baer,  was 
appointed  to  draft  suitable  resolutions.  It  was  also  voted  that  the 
college  be  closed  on  the  day  of  the  funeral  and  that  the  entire 
Board  should  attend  the  funeral,  which  was  to  take  place  from  the 
Haverford  Meeting  House. 
In  this  connection  was  stated  the  interesting  fact  that  since  the 
founding  of  the  college  the  office  of  treasurer  had  always  been  filled 
by  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Richard  M.  Shoemaker 
was  elected  Acting  Treasurer. 
November  6,  1907. 
The  Special  Committee  appointed  to  draft  resolutions  on  the 
death  of  the  late  Treasurer  James  T.  Shinn,  made  their  report,  as 
follows : 
RESOLUTIONS  ADOPTED  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  PHILADELPHIA 
COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
November  6,  1907. 
Whereas,  We  have  been  recently  called  upon  to  record  the  sudden  and 
very  unexpected  removal  from  our  midst,  by  death,  of  our  fellow-member, 
James  T.  Shinn,  and, 
Whereas,  His  services  to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  had  been 
so  conspicuous  and  had  extended  through  so  long  a  term  of  years,  and, 
WHEREAS,  His  personal  relations  to  each  and  all  of  us  had  been  so  close, 
and  he  had  endeared  himself  so  strongly  as  a  friend  to  all  of  his  associates  in 
the  Board,  therefore,  be  it, 
