218  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {AmAp°rium9arm' 
dent's  address  dwelled  upon  the  successful  exhibition  held  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  silver  anniversary  and  upon  plans  for  the  future  usefulness  of 
the  association.  The  Treasurer  reported  the  association  in  a  very  satisfac- 
tory financial  condition.  After  other  routine  business,  the  election  of  officers 
was  held  as  follows :  Dr.  B.  Frank  Sholl,  class  1882,  President;  Wm.  Nelson 
Stem,  class  1873,  and  Joseph  W.  England,  class  1883,  Vice  Presidents; 
Edward  C.  Jones,  class  1864,  Treasurer ;  Wm.  E.  Krewson,  class  1869,  Re- 
cording Secretary ;  C.  C.  Meyer,  class  1873,  Corresponding  Secretary;  Thomas 
H.  Potts,  class  1871,  Henry  A.  Newbold,  class  1870,  J.  Thomas  Hoskinson, 
class  1871,  and  John  A.  Martin,  class  1877,  members  of  the  Executive  Board' 
for  three  years.  Trustee  of  Sinking  Fund,  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  class  1844. 
Orator  for  1890,  Emlen  Painter,  class  1864,  New  York  City.  This  was  the 
largest  annual  meeting  ever  held,  no  doubt  on  account  of  many  druggists 
coming  to  visit  the  exhibition,  being  held  at  the  same  time. 
In  the  evening  the  annual  reception  was  held  at  St.  George  Hall,  which 
was  crowded.  The  annual  address  was  delivered  by  Dr.  Henry  Fisher,  class 
1877;  the  class  oration  by  Henry  Kraemer  of  Philadelphia;  the  History  of 
the  Class,  by  Henry  S.  Wood  of  Kentucky  ;  the  Future  of  the  Graduating 
Class,  by  Samuel  E.  Howell  of  Delaware,  Class  Prophet ;  and  the  poem  was 
recited  by  James  Clavin  of  Texas,  Class  Poet.  The  prizes  as  follows  were 
awarded  :  The  gold  medal  to  F.  B.  Quackenbush  of  New  York;  and  the  fol- 
lowing certificates  :  Materia  Medica  to  H.  R.  Gillispie  of  Kansas  ;  Pharmacy 
to  E.  S.  Reider  of  Pennsylvania ;  Chemist^  to  G.  A.  Krauss  of  Germany  ; 
General  Pharmacy  to  Harry  Vin  Arny  of  Louisiana;  Operative  Pharmacy 
to  W.  B.  Crawford  of  Pennsylvania  ;  Specimens  to  F.  G.  Hertel  of  Illinois ; 
Analytical  Chemistry  to  G.  A.  Deitz,  Jr.,  of  Pennsylvania;  the  testimonial 
to  the  Junior  class  was  carried  off  by  Ellis  Beam  Burgess  of  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
and  the  prize  certificate  for  the  best  collection  of  indigenous  plants  by  Jos. 
L.  Weil  of  Pennsylvania.  The  Zeta  Phi  Glee  Club  interspersed  the  exercises 
with  songs  and  musical  selections. 
An  "Exhibition  of  Progress  in  Pharmacy  and  Allied  Arts  and  Sciences,"  was 
held  by  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in 
celebration  of  its  25th  anniversary.  The  exhibition  was  opened  on  Tuesday, 
March  12th,  at  8  P.  M.,  by  a  reception  given  to  the  Alumni  and  invited 
guests,  and  on  the  three  succeeding  days  and  evenings  it  was  thrown  open 
to  the  public,  and  was  well  attended  by  large  numbers  of  visitors. 
In  the  Library,  the  Instructor  in  Microscopy,  Albert  P.  Brown,  Ph.  G., 
had  arranged  an  elegant  display  in  that  branch,  which  was  both  entertaining, 
and  instructive,  and  to  many  a  revelation. 
In  the  Museum  which  had  been  specially  prepared  with  tables,  draperies, 
^ights,  etc.,  French,  Richards  &  Co.,  made  a  very  fine  display  of  some  thirty 
rare  drugs,  such  as  cowage  pods,  white  agaric,  spunk,  etc.,  also  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations,  a  novelty  being  "liquid  benzoin;"  also  a  number  of  Tor- 
sion balances  of  which  they  are  the  agents  in  this  city. 
Henry  C.  Blair's  Sons  displayed  choice  coca  leaves  and  preparations, 
new  glycerin  suppositories,  etc.,  also  their  father's  lecture  tickets  and  recipe 
book  of  1837. 
