202  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {^'"Apn[iSr™ 
The  commencement  was  held  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  on  the  evening 
of  March  ]6tli,  in  tlie  presence  of  a  large  and  attentive  audience.  The 
President  of  the  College,  Dillwyn  Parrish,  conferred  the  degree  of  Ph.G.^ 
after  which  the  Procter  prize  gold  medal  was  awarded  to  Louis  Genois,  of 
New  Orleans,  and  Wm.  E.  Jenks,  of  Piiiladelphia,  who  had  attained  the 
grade  tu-ry  satisfactory  in  eacli  of  the  six  brandies  of  examination.  Hon- 
orable mention  was  made  of  tlie  following  gentlemen,  whose  general  aver- 
age was  very  satisfactory :  G.  A.  Otgen,  E.  W.  Smith,  William  C.  Smith, 
Jacob  Baur,  F.  W.  Ckdler,  E.  H.  Baker,  C.  H.  Bernhard,  W.  E.  Linden, 
H.  W.  Plarper,  J.  G.  Spongier,  W.  J.  Bowman,  H.  B.  Weaver,  E.  J> 
Lawall,  F.  H.  Eberly,  George  H.  Kiiowlton,  William  C.  Banner,  Samuel 
Campbell,  Jr.,  C.  PI.  Krauter,  F.  E.  Morgan  and  H.  L.  Warne. 
The  following  prizes  for  theses  were  awarded  :  For  the  best  thesis  with- 
out restriction  as  to  the  subject,  of!ered  by  Henry  C.  Lea,  Son  &  Co.,  $100, 
to  Harry  W.  Harper,  of  Missouri ;  for  the  best  mierogcopical  research  on 
the  structure  of  indigenous  drugs,  with  or  without  chemical  analysis,, 
offered  by  the  chair  of  materia  medica  and  botany,  a  Zentmayer  micro- 
scope, to  Frank  L.  Slocum,  of  Wisconsin.  Among  the  many  creditable  theses 
presented  by  the  graduating  class  those  written  by  the  following  gentle- 
men were  deemed  especially  wortliy  of  honorable  mention  :  ^^Geo.  Goebel, 
Jr.,  *W.  L.  Hincliman,  ^Chester  Johnson,  I.  W.  Kelly,  A.  H.  Lafean, 
■^E.  A.  Manheimer,  *L.  I.  Morris,  W.  C.  Smith  and  H.  L.  Warne.  Those 
marked  *  are  microscopical  investigations. 
The  valedictory  address,  abounding  with  sound  advice,  was  delivered  by 
Professor  Remington.  At  the  close  of  the  address,  which  was  repeatedly 
greeted  with  applause,  the  graduating  class  presented  a  liandsome  pair  of 
counter  scales  to  Prof.  Remington,  and  a  silver  tea  set  to  the  Actuary  of 
the  College,  Thos.  S.  Wiegand. 
The  exercises  were  interspersed  with  music  by  the  Germania  orchestra, 
and  closed  with  the  distribution  of  l)Ouquets,  books  and  other  presents, 
sent  upon  the  stage  by  the  fi'iends  of  the  graduates. 
The  Atatmni  Ashociation  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  ten- 
dered a  reception  to  the  graduates  in  one  of  the  lecture  rooms  of  the  Col- 
lege on  the  evening  of  March  14th.  The  President,  Mr.  Hugh  Campbell, 
presided.  After  distributing  the  certificates  of  membership  to  the  new 
members  the  Alumni  gold  medal  was  presented  to  Louis  Genois,  and  cer- 
tificates to  the  following  graduates  who  had  passed  the  best  "  very  satisfac- 
tory "  examination  in  the  respective  branches,  namely:  Materia  medica,  to 
Wm.  E.  Jenks;  pharmacy,  to  Wm.  C.  Smith;  chemistry,  to  G.  A.  Otgen; 
general  pharmacy,  to  F.  H.  Eberly ;  pharmaceutical  manipulations,  to  S. 
W.Miller.  The  Alumni  certificate  for  the  best  junior  examination  was 
awarded  to  Homer  W.  McCoy,  of  Ohio.  The  annual  address  was  delivered 
by  George  W.  Kennedy,  of  Pottsville,  Pa.,  and  the  valedictory  address  on 
behalf  of  the  graduates  by  Louis  Genois,  of  Louisiana, 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni  the  following  officers  were  elected: 
President,  Henry  Trimble;  Vice-Presidents,  L.  E.  Sayre  and  Emmor  H^ 
Lee;  Recording  Secretary,  Wm.  E.  Krewson  ;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
