ATAuJcS'i9iorm'}    Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  401 
they  having  complied  with  all  the  requirements  necessary  for  grad- 
uation; a  ballot  was  taken,'  and  they  were  duly  passed,  and  it  was 
directed  that  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  be  conferred  upon 
them.  The  names  of  15  candidates  for  the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical 
Chemist  were  passed  upon,  and  it  was  directed  that  the  degree  of 
Pharmaceutical  Chemist  be  conferred  upon  them.  The  Chairman 
announced  the  names  of  those  who  were  to  present  the  prizes  at  the 
coming  commencement.  The  Committee  on  Instruction  presented 
the  annual  reports  from  the  Faculty.  Abstracts  of  their  recommen- 
dations are  given  as  follows : 
Department  of  Pharmacy.  Instruction  in  operative  pharmacy 
was  increased  40  per  cent,  during  the  year,  and  it  is  proposed  to  still 
further  extend  laboratory  instruction,  and  arrangements  were  made 
to  materially  increase  the  facilities  of  the  laboratories. 
Department  of  Chemistry.  It  was  recommended  that  during  the 
first  seven  weeks  of  the  course,  that  a  fairly  full  outline  of  elemen- 
tary physics  be  taken  up,  so  as  to  better  prepare  the  students  for  their 
chemical  course.  It  was  also  recommended  that  an  associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Chemistry  be  established,  so  as  to  relieve  the  present  Pro- 
fessor (Samuel  P.  Sadtler)  from  some  of  his  onerous  duties,  and 
Professor  Freeman  F.  Stroup  was  appointed  to  the  position. 
Department  of  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy.  The  past  college 
year  in  this  Department  has  been  one  of  the  most  satisfactory  in  the 
experience  of  the  professor  in  charge.  The  third-year  class  has 
taken  up  the  study  of  non-pharmacopceial  drugs — especially  those 
used  in  the  formulas  of  the  National  Formulary.  Great  benefit  has 
been  derived  from  the  botanical  garden  and  the  recently  constructed 
greenhouse.  The  Jacobs-Maisch  Botany  prize  has  stimulated  in- 
terest in  the  study  of  field  botany. 
The  Committee  on  Examinations  submitted  a  number  of  recom- 
mendations, which  were  disposed  of  as  follows :  The  National  For- 
mulary together  with  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  be  designated 
as  text-books  in  the  several  Departments  of  Instruction.. 
The  thanks  of  the  Board  was  tendered  to  the  Lecturers  in  the 
Special  Course  held  during  the  winter.  Various  other  recommen- 
dations of  the  Committee  on  Instruction  were  referred  to  appropriate 
Committees. 
Committee  on  Library  reported  that  the  work  rearranging  the 
library  was  progressing  satisfactorily,  under  the  care  of  the  Acting 
Librarian. 
Mr.  H.  B.  Taylor  presented  to  the  college  a  copper  mortar  and 
