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medal,  for  original  pharmaceutical  work  to  F.  B.  Quackenbush,  with  hon- 
orable mention  of  C.  D.  Kingston  and  S.  E.  Howell;  the  Chemistry  prize, 
a  chemical  balance  for  original  quantitative  analysis  to  G.  A.  Krauss,  with 
honorable  mention  of  F.  V.  Cassaday,  G.  A.  Deitz,  Jr.,  and  Jos.  L.  Weil ; 
and  the  Analytical  Chemistry  prize,  $25,  for  laboratory  work  during  the 
preceding  year,  to  F.  B.  Quackenbush.  The  four  remaining  prizes  were 
bestowed  as  follows  :  the  John  M.  Maisch  prize,  $20  gold,  offered  by  Mr.  J. 
H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  for  histological  knowledge  of  drugs,  to  Aug. 
Bradley,  with  honorable  mention  of  H.  V.  Arny,  J.  L.  Baldauf,  C.  E. 
Bowers,  J.  Clavin,  G.  A.  Deitz,  Jr.,  W.  A.  Dorman,  H.  R.  Gillispie,  H.  V. 
Haak,  H.  Kraemer,  G.  A.  Krauss,  F.  B.  Quackenbush,  E.  S.  Reider,  J.  H. 
Small,  C.  M.  Southall  and  F.M.Stevens;  the  Operative  Pharmacy  prize, 
$25  gold,  offered  by  Mr.  E.  L.  Boggs  of  Charleston,  W.  Va.,for  best  work  in 
operative  pharmacy  to  W.  B.  Crawford,  Jr.,  with  honorable  mention  of 
F.  B.  Quackenbush,  R.  E.  Moyer,  J.  E.  Macmillan  and  J.  B.  Sherman ;  the 
Theoretical  Pharmacy  prize  for  best  examination  in  that  branch,  a  prescrip- 
tion balance,  offered  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Maris  of  Philadelphia,  to  E.  S.  Reider; 
and  the  Robinson  gold  medal,  offered  by  Mr.  Jas.  S.  Robinson  of  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  for  proficiency  in  chemical  knowledge  and  analytical  work,  to  C.  M. 
Southall. 
The  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Prof.  Maisch.  The  prerequisites 
for,  and  the  aims  of,  special  education  were  discussed  with  particular  appli- 
cation to  pharmacy.  Since  the  establishment  of  the  College,  many  changes 
have  taken  place  in  the  practical  conduct  of  the  apothecary  business. 
These  changes  are  referable  to  the  general  progress  of  knowledge,  the  per- 
fection of  machinery  and  the  division  of  labor  in  modern  times,  and  are 
not  confined  to  any  particular  locality  or  country.  But  the  duty  of  the 
pharmacist  toward  the  public  remaining  unaltered,  he  becomes  responsible 
not  only  for  the  products  made  by  himself,  but  also  for  those  made  by 
others,  if  he  chooses  to  use  such ;  and  his  field  of  labor,  narrowed  in  one 
direction,  would  become  largely  extended  in  another,  that  of  chemical  and 
microscopical  analysis.  The  changes  in  business  methods  have  been  fol- 
lowed by  changes  in  the  college  curriculum;  new  chairs  have  been  estab- 
lished; the  didactic  course  of  instruction  was  lengthened  and  widened;  the 
auxiliary  branches  of  science  are  more  cultivated;  facilities  have  been  pro- 
vided for  laboratory  work  in  chemistry,  pharmacy  and  microscopy,  and 
such  work  is  urged — not  as  replacing  practical  experience  in  regular  busi- 
ness transactions,  but  as  aiding  and  supplementing  shop  instruction. 
The  exercises  opened  and  were  interspersed  with  music,  and  came  to  a 
close  with  the  distribution  of  the  presents  sent  upon  the  stage  for  some  of 
the  graduates. 
Alumni  Association,  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  twenty-fifth 
annual  meeting  was  held  on  Friday,  March  19th,  1889.  The  Secretary 
reported  the  addition  of  171  new  members  and  the  death  of  13;  the  Board 
meetings  were  held  regularly,  and  increased  interest  in  the  social  meetings 
was  manifested  ;  the  Quiz  classes  were  well  attended  and  the  reading  room 
of  the  College  had  been  re-opened  during  the  Winter  seasion.    The  Presi- 
