202  Minute  of  the  College  Meeting.  {^ApXilS""1, 
The  Librarian  presented  his  annual  statement,  giving  a  detailed  list  of  the 
volumes  added  to  the  library.  The  report  includes  the  statement  that 
"  there  is  now  completed  in  our  library  some  of  the  most  valuable  works  of 
reference  known  to  English,  German  and  French  readers." 
The  Curator  offered  the  following  statement : 
Monday,  March  25,  1889. 
To  the  Members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy: 
Gentlemen : — Your  Curator  would  respectfully  report,  that  the  Museum  is 
in  excellent  condition  and  has  received,  during  the  past  year,  a  number  of 
valuable  accessions ;  notably  a  collection  of  botanical  specimens  prepared 
by  Mr.  E.  M.  Holmes,  Curator  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Bri- 
tain, through  Mr.  Charles  Bullock,  of  this  city  ;  a  fine  assortment  of  pow- 
dered extracts  from  Hance  Bros.  &  White;  a  collection  of  pure  spices, 
whole  and  ground,  from  Robert  Shoemaker  &  Co. ;  an  assortment  of  rare 
sponges  from  Wm.  B.  Burk  <fe  Co.,  and  recently,  at  the  Alumni  Exhibition, 
an  excellent  display  of  some  30  assayed  drugs,  from  Messrs.  Gilpin  and 
Langdon,  of  Baltimore. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
Joseph  W.  England. 
The  Committee  on  Deceased  Members,  through  Mr.  Procter,  offered  the 
following  memoir  of  the  late  Claudius  B.  Linn,  a  graduate  of  this  college, 
class  of  1838. 
Claudius  B.  Linn,  a  graduate  of  this  college,  Class  of  1838,  deceased  in  this 
city  on  the  6th  inst.,  in  the  73d  year  of  his  age. 
Mr.  Linn  learned  the  drug  business  in  the  store  of  Henry  Troth,  and 
entered  into  the  wholesale  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Linn,  Smith  & 
Co.,  located  on  Market  street,  between  5th  and  6th  streets,  north  side. 
In  1853  the  firm  retired  from  business,  and  Mr.  Linn  continued  his  con- 
nection with  the  drug  trade  as  a  commission  merchant. 
Mr.  Linn  took  an  active  interest  in  the  establishing  of  the  Philadelphia 
Drug  Exchange,  and  was  an  ex-President  of  that  body. 
The  general  disposition  and  integrity  of  character  of  Mr.  Linn  was  recog- 
nized and  appreciated  by  all  of  his  friends  and  business  acquaintances.  The 
wholesale  trade  will  regret  the  taking  away  of  one  who  was  always  a  wel- 
come caller  in  their  counting-rooms,  and  his  personal  friends  will  cherish 
the  remembrance  of  his  Christian  and  gentlemanly  character. 
Mr.  Charles  Bullock,  of  the  committee,  referring  to  the  efforts  to  collect 
facts  in  the  personal  history  and  connection  of  the  late  Dillwyn  Parrish  with 
this  college,  stated  that  the  members  of  the  family  had  been  applied  to  for 
some  details  but  had  not  as  yet  responded.  The  facts  that  the  deceased  had 
long  honored  this  college  by  presiding  faithfully  over  its  councils  as  its 
revered  President,  of  his  interest  and  labors  in  promoting  its  welfare,  of  the 
respect  and  influence  which  his  connection  inspired,  constitute  a  valuable 
memento  in  the  archives  of  this  institution. 
This  occasion  being  the  period  of  election  of  officers,  the  following  names 
were  placed  in  nomination :  For  President,  Chas.  Bullock  :  1st  Vice-Presi- 
