Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1908. 
Obituary. 
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February  4,  1908.    Fifteen  members  were  present. 
Committee  on  Property  reported  that  the  work  on  the  new  build- 
ing was  progressing  favorably,  though  it  had  been  delayed,  but  it 
was  expected  that  the  building  would  be  completed  in  about  three 
weeks.  The  committee  further  reported  that  a  new  electric  light 
plant  would  be  necessary. 
Committee  on  Library  reported  a  number  of  accessions  during 
the  month. 
The  Special  Committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  selection  of 
names  from  those  submitted  at  the  last  meeting  by  the  Com- 
mittee on  Examinations,  upon  whom  the  degree  of  Master  in  Phar- 
macy should  be  conferred,  submitted  five  names,  and  their  selection 
was  approved  by  the  board. 
The  Committee  on  Property  was  authorized  to  arrange  for  a 
formal  opening  of  the  new  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Laboratory. 
The  Secretary  of  the  College  was  authorized  to  sign  the  names 
of  officers  and  faculty,  deceased,  on  duplicate  diplomas  and  certifi- 
cates, and  an  engrossed  foot-note  on  the  diploma  or  certificate, 
stating  that  such  names  were  signed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  College 
by  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
George  B.  Evans  and  Richard  H.  Lackey  were  elected  active 
members. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Recording  Secretary. 
OBITUARY. 
JACOB  A.  MILLER. 
Dr.  Jacob  A.  Miller,  one  of  the  best  known  druggists  of  Harris, 
burg,  Pa.,  died  at  his  residence  in  that  city  on  April  27,  1908,  from 
cancer  of  the  throat,  he  having  been  ill  since  January. 
Dr.  Miller  was  born  in  Lancaster  seventy-one  years  ago.  He 
was  graduated  from  Lafayette  College  in  1858  and  from  the  Medi- 
cal Department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1861.  That 
year  he  became  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Pennsylvania  State 
Lunatic  Hospital  located  at  Harrisburg. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  assigned  from  General 
