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f  Am.  Jour.  Pharrn. 
\       May,  1897. 
Name.  Subject  of  Thesis.  State. 
Roth,  Frans  Johan  Arsenic  and  its  compounds,  Sweden. 
Seipel,  Harry  Bertram,         Zingiber,  Pennsylvania. 
Smiley,  Laura  Marguerite,    Podophyllum,  Pennsylvania. 
Stommel,  Henry  Aloysius,    Liquorice  in  pharmacy,  Pennsylvania. 
Streeper,  Austin,  Cinchona  barks,  Pennsylvania. 
Tobias,  Isaac  Herbert,  Preservative  for  syrup  of  ferrous 
iodide,  Ohio. 
Troxell,  John  Isaac  Peter,     Ergot,  Pennsylvania. 
Weitzel,  Sue  C,  Veratrum  viride,  Pennsylvania. 
Wentzler  Hartmau  Gotthard,  Percolation  of  every  tincture  of 
U.S.  P.,  Pennsylvania. 
Wetzel,  Samuel,  Belladonna,  Pennsylvania. 
Wilson,  Oliver  Fawcett,       Solid  extracts  by  acetic  acid,  Pennsylvania. 
Winger,  John  Bowman,        Gelatin  capsules,  Pennsylvania. 
STATES  AND  COUNTRIES  REPRESENTED  BY  THE  GRADUATING  CLASS. 
Arkansas   I  Pennsylvania    ...  58    Virginia  2 
Massachusetts   1  Russia  1    Wales,  1 
New  Jersey   4  Sweden  1  — 
Ohio   3  Texas  1  Total,  73 
Special  certificates  for  a  two  years'  course  in  general,  applied  and  analytical 
chemistry  were  awarded  to  : 
Bertha  Leon  DeGraffe,  New  York. 
Freeman  Preston  Stroup,  Pennsylvania. 
S.  Allen  Tucker,  Pennsylvania. 
Wm.  Clements  White,  Pennsylvania. 
The  degree  of  Master  in  Pharmacy  was  conferred  on  the  following  : 
Virgil  Coblentz,  New  York. 
John  Uri  Lloyd,  Ohio. 
Charles  T.  George,  Pennsylvania. 
Jacob  H.  Redsecker,  Pennsylvania. 
Lucius  Elmer  Saj^re,  Kansas. 
The  following  members  of  the  class  attained  the  grade  of  Distinguished  : 
Albert  Sylvester  Brumbaugh. 
Harry  Matusow. 
Clayton  Edward  Morgan. 
AWARD  OF  PRIZES. 
The  Maisch  Memorial  Prize  of  a  Zentmayer  microscope,  offered  by  the 
family  of  the  late  Professor  Maisch,  for  original  histological  work  oa  American 
plants,  was  awarded  to  Alphons  Peter  Breithaupt. 
The  William  B.  Webb  Memorial  Prize,  consisting  of  a  gold  medal  and 
certificate,  for  the  highest  general  average  in  operative  pharmacy,  specimens 
and  committee  examinations,  offered  by  Mrs.  Rebecca  T.  Webb,  was  awarded 
to  Albert  Sylvester  Brumbaugh. 
The  Chemical  Prize  of  $25  in  gold,  offered  by  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler, 
for  original  quantitative  analysis,  was  given  to  Harry  Matusow.    The  following 
