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Commencement  Exercises. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharrn. 
May,  1897. 
(5)  Plaster. 
Spread  a  breast-plaster,  about  6  inches  in  diameter.  Soap  plaster  will  be 
found  in  the  dipper. 
ANALYTICAL  CHEMISTRY. 
{Students  of  the  second-year  class  were  also  given  this  examination.} 
The  examination  in  this  branch  consisted  in  the  examination  of  a  compound 
powder  for  metals  and  inorganic  and  organic  acids. 
VEGETABLE  HISTOLOGY. 
{Students  of  the  second-year  class  were  also  given  this  examination.} 
(1)  To  which  of  the  following  plant  types  does  the  specimen  belong  :  The 
Fern,  the  Monocotyl,  the  Gymnosperm,  or  the  Dicotyl  ?  (2)  Which  of  the 
following  organs  does  it  represent  :  a  root,  the  petiole  of  a  leaf,  or  a  stem  ? 
Give  the  reason  for  your  conclusion.  (3)  Make  a  diagram  of  the  cross-section 
and  locate  such  of  the  following  parts  as  are  represented  :  the  epidermis,  the 
periderm,  the  pith,  the  cambium  zone,  a  medullary  ray,  the  xylem  of  a  bundle* 
the  endodermis  and  the  pericycle.  (4)  Enumerate  the  tissues  which  you  find 
present.  (5)  Is  starch  present  ?  What  test  did  you  employ  to  determine?  In 
what  parts  of  the  section  is  it  most  abundant  ?  (6)  What  tissues  are  lignified  ? 
In  what  part  of  the  section  were  the  lignified  tissues  most  abundant  ?  Describe 
your  method  of  testing  for  lignified  structures.  (7)  What  varieties  of  secretion 
tissue  do  you  find,  and  how  are  they  distributed  ?  (8)  If  milk  tissue  is  present, 
state  which  variety  it  represents  and  how  it  is  distributed.  (9)  For  clearing 
sections  of  starch  and  proteid  matters,  what  reagents  may  be  employed  ?  (10) 
Suppose  you  find  crystals  in  a  cell,  bv  what  means  could  you  tell  whether  they 
are  protein  crystals  or  mineral  crystals  ?  Having  determined  that  the  crystals 
are  inorganic,  how  could  you  tell  whether  they  are  composed  of  calcium  car 
bonate  or  of  calcium  oxalate  ? 
SEVENTY-SIXTH  ANNUAL  COMMENCEMENT. 
The  exercises  connected  with  conferring  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy 
were  held  at  the  College  Building,  Wednesday  evening,  April  14,  at  8  o'clock. 
Prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  B.  L.  Agnew,  D.D. 
President  Bullock  conferred  the  degree  upon  the  following  : 
Name.                                       Subject  of  Thesis.  State. 
Althouse,  Harry  B.,              Pharmacy  journals,  Pennsylvania. 
Anderson,  Ralph  Samuel  Lloyd,  Progress  in  pharmacy,  Pennsylvania. 
Baker,  Newton  Claire,           Arsenic  and  its  preparations,  Pennsylvania. 
Bartholomew,  Claude  Lafayette,  Antipyrine,  Pennsylvania. 
Bates,  John  Phillips,            Liquor  potasses  et  liquor  sodce,  Pennsylvania. 
Breithaupt,  Alphons  Peter,  Structure  of  leptandra,  Pennsylvania. 
Brumbaugh,  Albert  Sylvester,  Digestive  value  of  Carica  papaya,  Ohio. 
Clapp,  Samuel  Clarence,       Kola  nut,  Pennsylvania. 
Clark,  Edward  B.,               Glycerinum,  Pennsylvania. 
Cloud,  Norman  Henderson,  Copaiba,  Pennsylvania. 
Codori,  Simon  Jacob,  Jr.,  Cinchona  bark,  Pennsylvania. 
Compton,  Richard  Hal,         Valuation  of  liquor  iodi  compositus,  Texas. 
Cooper,  Morris,                   Testing  in  retail  pharmacies,  Pennsylvania. 
