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EDITORIAL. 
The  questions  proposed  by  the  Austrian  Society  may  be  condensed  as 
follows : 
1.  Are  independent  schools  of  pharmacy  advisable? 
2.  What  advantages  will  arise  from  the  "  Syndic  Chambers,"  proposed 
at  the  last  Congress  ? 
3.  Is  the  Medical  supremacy  in  the  regulation  of  affairs  between  the 
State  and  the  pharmaceutists  in  consonance  with  the  present  scientific 
and  social  status  of  the  apothecaries  ?  and  is  this  intervention  for  the 
advantage  of  the  State,  the  community,  or  of  pharmacy? 
4.  What  should  be  done  to  effect  the  greatest  possible  uniformity  in 
strength  and  composition  of  remedies  used  in  all  countries? — a  continua- 
tion of  the  universal  codex  question. 
5.  What  are  the  best  methods  of  assaying  the  organic  alkaloids  in 
drugs  ? 
We  have  not  yet  been  informed  of  the  appointment  of  any  delegates 
from  American  Institutions.  This  has  arisen  from  the  fact  that  the 
Austrian  Committee  did  not  issue  a  letter  circular,  and  their  Journal 
notice  was  overlooked.  There  may  be  several  pharmaceutists  in  Europe 
who  might  be  inclined  to  attend  if  delegated  in  time,  or  possibly  some 
may  contemplate  a  visit.  There  is  yet  time  :  among  the  many  able  Ger- 
man pharmaceutists  domiciled  here,  are  there  not  some  who  may  wish  to 
visit  the  "Fatherland,"  and  say  a  good  word  for  the  liberty  of  pharmacy 
under  the  diploma? 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  first  annual  commence- 
ment of  this  flourishing  institution  was  held  on  the  evening  of  May  19th, 
1869,  at  No.  12  Temple  place,  Boston.  Addresses  were  delivered  by 
Samuel  M.  Colcord,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  others.  The 
President  of  the  College,  Thomas  Hollis,  Esq.,  conferred  the  degree  of 
Graduate  in  Pharmacy  on  ten  gentlemen,  as  follows : 
Joseph  Taylor  Brown,  Jr. — The  substitution  of  Chicory  for  Dandelion. 
Judson  EoUin  Cheney — Syrup  of  Lactucarium. 
Thomas  Doliber — Assays  of  twelve  specimens  of  Powdered  Cinchona 
B  ark. 
Charles  Benjamin  Reed  Hazeltine— Rheum  Rhaponticum. 
William  Ellis  Jenkins — Unguentum  Hydrargyri. 
Henry  Ware  Lincoln — Pill  Making. 
John  Colby  Lowd — Pulverization  of  Camphor. 
George  Frederick  Holmes  Markoe— The  substitution  of  Glycerin  for 
Sugar  in  some  officinal  Fluid  Extracts. 
Charles  Augustus  Tufts— Mineralogy  and  its  connection  with  Phar- 
macy. 
Abijah  Baker  Warfield — Syrupus  Ferri  lodidi  U.  S.  P. 
