EDITORIAL. 
• 
bracing  many  interesting  facts  throwing  light  on  the  various  movements 
and  individuals  connected  with  its  origin.  It  had  been  our  expectation 
to  print  this  address  in  full,  in  several  consecutive  numbers,  but  it  has 
been  deemed  best  to  publish  it  in  pamphlet  form,  in  connection  with  a 
general  report  of  matters  pertaining  to  the  College.  The  Class  this  season 
numbers  179,  which  is  the  largest  ever  convened  under  the  auspices  of 
the  College,  The  annual  catalogue  of  the  class,  at  page  94,  will  give  the 
reader  information  in  reference  to  the  sources  whence  the  students  come 
and  who  are  their  preceptors.  The  school  opened  before  the  lecture 
rooms  were  finished,  and  several  weeks  elapsed  before  they  were  quite 
ready.  We  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  no  more  comfortable  and 
better  lighted  lecture  rooms  can  be  found  in  this  city.  Their  capacity  is 
about  double  those  of  the  old  building  (viz.,  350  seats),  and  the  seats  are 
unusually  comfortable.  Owing  to  the  delay  of  the  mechanics  in  com- 
pleting many  ' of  the  appurtenances,  and  the  painting,  the  professors 
labored  under  many  disadvantages  during  the  first  two  months  of  the 
course,  but  now  all  is  comfortably  arranged.  Owing  to  the  same  cause, 
the  library,  cabinet  and  herbarium  of  the  College  are  yet  mainly  in  boxes, 
but  in  a  few  days,  it  is  hoped,  the  several  committees  having  them  in 
charge  will  be  able  to  replace  them  in  the  cases,  which  have  been  re- 
painted. As  yet  no  steps  have  been  taken  to  furnish  the  practical 
laboratory;  this  delay  was  anticipated,  and  it  has  been  deemed  far  wiser 
to  proceed  with  deliberation,  than  by  haste  to  fail  in  making  a  judicious 
beginning. 
Pharmaceutical  Education  in  England. — At  the  monthly  meeting  of 
the  Pharmaceutical  Society  held  on  October  the  7th,  1868,  occasion  was 
taken  to  inaugurate  the  lecture  season  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  by  the 
T>ublic  announcement  by  the  professors  of  the  results  of  the  previous 
season,  by  the  conferring  of  medals  and  certificates  of  honor  on  the  most 
successful  students  in  each  branch,  and  by  an  address  introductory  to 
the  coming  courses  by  Mr.  Henry  B.  Brady,  of  New  Castle-on-Tyne. 
There  does  not  appear  to  have  been  a  diploma  issued  by  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society  granting  a  degree  to  the  holder,  but  we  presume  a  certificate 
of  successful  examination  has  been  given  to  the  candidates  who  pass  the 
major  and  minor  examinations  generally,  reserving  to  the  three  most  suc- 
cessful students  the  reward  of  prizes  and  certificates  of  merit  and  honor. 
There  is  also  the  "  Pereira  medal,"  which  is  given  for  the  best  examina- 
tion in  Materia  Medica.  The  practice  of  offering  a  special  reward  of 
honor  to  the  student  has  a  stimulating  influence  on  a  considerable  por- 
tion of  a  class,  yet  in  the  absence  of  a  diploma  the  eff'ect  is  discouraging 
to  the  remainder.  As  examinations  are  now  made  obligatory  on  all  who 
hereafter  enter  the  ranks  of  pharmacy,  either  as  "  chemists  and  drug- 
gists "  or  "  pharmaceutical  chemists,"  it  is  probable  that  diplomas  will 
issue  granting  the  use  of  the  names  as  titles  under  which  to  practice 
pharmacy. 
