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staircase  and  additional  entrances  into  the  present  lecture  rooms,  from 
which  a  direct  communication  will  also  be  made  with  the  adjoining  rooms 
in  the  new  building,  while  the  stairway  in  the  jiresent  building  remains 
intact. 
The  College  will  then  have,  besides  an  outlet  on  Cherry  street,  its  main 
entrance  as  heretofore  on  North  Tenth  street,  and  a  second  entrance  on 
Elwyn  street,  and  each  room  will  have  two  outlets,  one  into  the  tower 
containing  the  new  stairway,  and  the  other  towards  the  old  stairway  in 
the  Tenth  street  building.  All  the  details  of  ventilation,  lighting,  heat- 
ing, water  supply  and  drainage  have  been  carefully  considered  and  will 
be  properly  provided  for. 
In  1870,  the  practical  instruction  in  the  laboratory  was  commenced  under 
the  temporary  supervision  of  Prof.  Maisch,  and  this  temporary  arrange- 
ment has  been  continued  until  the  close  of  the  last  session.  Meanwhile, 
the  instruction  in  pharmaceutical  manij^ulations  and  processes  had  been 
separated  and  placed  in  charge  of  Prof.  Remington,  under  whose  care  this 
branch  has  grown  to  such  an  extent  as  to  render  more  room  and  greater  - 
facilities  necessary,  which  will  be  amply  supplied  in  the  new  edifice. 
The  school  of  chemistry,  extended  as  it  will  be  hereafter,  will  require 
the  undivided  attention  of  the  superintendent,  for  which  position  Fred- 
erick B.  Power,  Ph.G.,  has  been  selected  with  the  title  of  Professor  of 
Analytical  Chemistry.  Prof.  Power  is  a  native  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  served 
an  apprenticeship  in  the  ajDothecary's  business  and  graduated  at  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  in  1874.  He  prosecuted  his  studies  subse- 
quently at  the  University  of  Strassburg,  where,  in  the  different  branches 
of  chemistry,  he  received  the  instructions  of  Rose,  Fittig  and  Fliickiger, 
and  acted  for  some  time  as  the  assistant  of  the  latter.  In  1880,  at  Strass- 
burg, he  received  the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy,  and  during  the  ses- 
sion 1880  and  '81,  he  was  Prof.  Maisch's  assistant  in  the  college  laboratory, 
which  has  now  been  placed  in  his  charge.  Prof.  Power  is  already  favor- 
ably known  by  his  researches,  and  in  his  new  field  of  labor  will,  we  feel 
assured,  give  his  earnest  efforts  to  the  promotion  of  the  school. 
As  a  result  of  the  improvements  described  above  must  also  be  mentioned 
the  fact  that  the  present  museum  will  be  considerably  enlarged,  to  the  size 
of  the  present  lecture  rooms,  50  x  43  feet.  Opi)ortunity  will  thereby  be 
afforded  of  displaying  several  valuable  collections  of  East  Indian,  Japan- 
ese and  Australian  drugs,  in  addition  to  the  present  large  collections  of 
indigenous  and  foreign  drugs. 
The  library  has  been  growing  steadily  and  has  nearly  outgrown  the 
capacity  of  the  room  assigned  for  this  purpose.  With  the  view  of  reliev- 
ing the  room  to  a  certain  extent  of  its  overcrowded  condition,  the  office  of 
the  actuary  and  of  the  business  editor  of  the  Journal  will  be  removed 
from  it  to  the  two-story  building.  No.  143,  adjoining  the  entrance  to  the 
College  on  North  Tenth  street.  The  front  room  of  the  building  will  be 
used  for  the  office  of  the  editor  and  business  editor,  and  the  second  story 
for  the  storage  of  the  stock  of  journals  and  of  the  exchanges.  In  the  rear 
of  the  Journal  office  and  communicating  with  it  a  one-story  building  has 
been  erected  which  will  be  the  office  of  the  actuary  for  the  transaction  of 
