Are'bSary,^9iom'}     Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  93 
good  men  involved  in  antagonistic  directions,  these  and  such  as  these 
far  overshadow  that  which  I  have  presented.  It  has  been  my  aim 
to  present  a  comprehensive  view  of  the  important  features  or  epochs 
connected  with  the  history  and  the  development  of  what  is  known  as 
the  American  materia  medica,  as  an  introduction  to  that  which 
appeals  to  me  more  deeply  than  does  this  story  of  the  passing  along. 
And  in  this,  my  closing  remark,  permit  me  again  to  say  that 
the  features  alluded  to  in  the  beginning  of  this  paper,  concerning 
the  infinities  in,  and  the  opportunities  of  the  American  materia 
medica,  as  I  view  that  subject  and  have  for  years  longed  to  present 
it,  have  not  as  yet  been  reached. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PLIARMACY. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  QUARTERLY  MEETING. 
Owing  to  the  delay  in  transit  facilities  resulting  from  the  severe 
snowstorm,  the  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the  College  called 
for  December  27,  1909,  could  not  be  held  for  lack  of  quorum,  but 
five  members  being  in  attendance.  Adjournment  was  had  to  Janu- 
ary 4,  1910,  when  twenty  members  were  in  attendance.  The  Presi- 
dent, Howard  B.  French,  presided.  The  minutes  of  the  semi-annual 
meeting  held  September  27,  1909,  were  read  and  approved.1  The 
minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  September,  October,  Novem- 
ber, and  December  were  read  by  the  Registrar,  J.  S.  Beetem,  and 
approved. 
Mr.  George  M.  Beringer,  for  the  Committee  on  Centenary  Cele- 
bration in  1921,  presented  the  following  as  a  tentative  scope  and  plan 
for  consideration : 
First. — Scope :  That  the  celebration  in  1921  be  not  only  a  Centenary 
Anniversary  of  the  College,  but  be  so  broadened  as  to  make  it  likewise  a 
celebration  of  the  initiatory  movement  for  establishing  pharmaceutical  edu- 
cation in  America,  and  its  subsequent  development. 
Second. — Plan:  That  in  connection  with  the  anniversary  celebration 
there  be  arranged  an  exhibition  in  the  College  that  shall  present  the  work 
of  this  institution,  its  collection  of  historical  matters  and  souvenirs,  and  its 
1  The  minutes  of  the  special  meeting  held  December  10  (memorial  to 
Mahlon  N.  Kline,  First  Vice-President),  were  approved. 
