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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
SAMUEL  F.  WARE,  Bridgeton,  N.  J  Panax  Quinquefolium. 
HARRY  B.  WEYMER,  Philadelphia,  Pa  An  Important  Question. 
EDWIN  K.  WILSON,  Haddonfield,  N.  J  Protoxide  of  Nitrogen  as  an  Antesthetic. 
CHARLES  WIRGMAN,  Philadelphia,  Pa  The  Yellow  Oxide  of  Mercury. 
ISAAC  G.  WOLFE,  Philadelphia,  Pa  Gossypii  Radix. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  further  inform  that  a  portrait  of  R.  Eglesfield 
Griffith,  M.D.,  had  been  presented  to  the  College  by  the  Zeta  Phi 
Society  ;  also  that  the  Board  had  appointed  a  committee  to  draft  a  pro- 
posed law  designed  to  regulate  the  sale  of  Poisons  and  practice  of 
Pharmacy  in  the  State  of '  Pennsylvania. 
The  Treasurer's  report  showed  a  balance  in  his  hands  of  S890.86. 
A  series  of  engraved  portraits  had  been  received  from  Fred.  Hoffman, 
PhD.,  of  New  York.  The  portaits,  neatly  framed — representing  scientific 
men — were  placed  in  the  College  Hall. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  further  inform  that  an  increase  in  the  price 
of  the  Professors  tickets — matriculation  and  graduation  fees — had  been 
decided  on  by  the  Board,  as  follows: 
Professors  tickets,  $12.00  each  ;  Diploma  fee  $10.00;  Matriculating 
ticket  $4.00  ;  Matriculating  ticket  to  students  engaged  with  members, 
$2.00. 
The  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Label  Committee  was  read  and 
accepted. 
The  report  of  the  Publishing  Committee  was  read  and  accepted,  and  the 
Committee  directed  to  publish  such  portion  of  the  report  as  they  deemed 
proper. 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  ; 
The  Editor,  on  behalf  of  the  Publishing  Committee,  respectfully  reports 
that  the  Journal  has  been  published  regularly  during  the  past  year,  ex- 
tending to  the  41st  volume,  second  number.  The  new  subscribers  since 
last  report  amount  to  one  hundred  and  thirty-six,  (136). 
The  Editor  regrets  to  say  that  the  contributions  of  original  observations 
by  members  of  the  College  have  greatly  fallen  off  during  the  last  few  years, 
during  and  since  the  war^  owing  probably  to  greater  absorption  by  business 
cares,  and  he  earnestly  hopes  that  an  improvement  in  this  respect  will  be 
manifested.  We  are  constantly  receiving  the  advantages  of  the  observ 
ations  of  European  pharmaceutists,  and  it  is  just  that  we  should  make 
a  return.  The  labor  of  editing  is  much  increased  by  this  deficiency,  and 
at  best  its  results  are  not  a  proper  substitute  for  the  regularly  accruing 
observations  of  a  number  of  intelligent  minds  engaged  in  the  daily  routine 
of  our  profession. 
It  is  not  unknown  to  many  of  the  members  that  the  brief  annual  re 
ports  which  accompany  the  Treasurer's  statement  are  the  production  of 
the  Editor  ;  in  fact  no  regular  meeting  of  the  Publishing  Committee  has 
occurred  for  several  years.  The  Treasurer  of  the  Committee,  Charles 
Ellis,  has  served  the  College  in  this  capacity  for  more  than  thirty  (30) 
years,  during  which  period  the  subscriptions  to  the  Journal  have  been  col 
