96  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {^'J^^mo1 
ABSTRACT  FROM  MINUTES  OF  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 
September  7,  1909. — The  stated  meeting  called  for  this  day  could 
not  be  held  for  lack  of  a  quorum,  and  therefore  it  was  decided  to  call 
the  meeting  for  September  21,  1909. 
September  21,  1909. — -Meeting  called  to  order,  fourteen  members 
present.  The  Committee  on  Examination  reported  the  names  of 
Harmon  H.  Sechler  and  Ralph  Thomas  Ulrich,  P.D.,  as  having 
satisfactorily  passed  all  examination  in  the  Pure  Food  and  Drug 
Course,  and  they  were  therefore  entitled  to  the  Certificate  of  Pro- 
ficiency, which  upon  ballot  being  taken,  was  awarded  to  them.  Mr. 
Beringer  reported  that  Mr.  J.  Redsecker  Beetem  had  kindly  con- 
sented to  continue  the  Maisch  Pharmacognosy  Prize,  under  the 
same  conditions  as  heretofore.  He  also  stated  that  Mr.  Joseph 
Jacobs,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  proposed  presenting  annually  a  prize  to  be 
known  as  the  Maisch  Botany  Prize,  conditions  for  awarding  same 
to  be  arranged  for  by  the  Board.  These  offers  were  accepted  with 
thanks.  Mr.  Americus  H.  Moser,  class  of  1865,  made  application 
for  a  duplicate  diploma,  to  replace  the  original,  which  had  been 
damaged  by  fire.  The  request  was  granted,  under  the  usual  condi- 
tions. Professor  Remington,  who  had  recently  returned  from  the 
Pacific  Coast,  reported  that  the  graduates  of  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  on  the  Pacific  Coast  had  formed  a  branch  alumni 
association,  and  had  arranged  to  raise  $2000  to  establish  a  Pacific 
Coast  Scholarship ;  and  Mr.  England  supplemented  this  information 
by  stating  that  he  had  already  received  a  subscription  towards  the 
fund. 
October  5,  1909. — Meeting  called  to  order,  with  fifteen  members 
present.  The  Committee  on  Instruction  reported  that  a  special 
course  of  fourteen  lectures  had  been  arranged  for,  and  requested 
the  members  of  the  Board  to  give  their  earnest  support  to  same. 
A  variety  of  subjects  were  to  be  lectured  upon,  and  the  speakers 
would  be  leaders  in  their  respective  branches.  The  Committee  on 
Scholarships  reported  the  names  of  nine  students  who  had  been 
awarded  scholarships,  and,  upon  vote,  their  action  was  confirmed  by 
the  Board.  The  Committee  on  Examination  reported  that  Jay  Dana 
Beck,  John  Joseph  Bridgeman,  Jr.,  Walter  Henry  Bronner,  Philip 
Christ  Dosch,  Charles  Duvoisin,  Marie  Duvoisin,  Frank  Gannon 
Ebner,  Homer  Willis  Eakle,  Henry  Stites  Godshall,  John  Elias 
Faison  Hicks,  Vastine  Atkinson  Keister,  John  Moser,  Jr.,  Aase 
