276 
Alumni  Association. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1897. 
than  it  is -to-day,  and  the  advent  of  the  session  of  1897-98  will  see  our  College 
doors  thrown  open  to  receive  for  the  first  time  in  her  history  three  distinct 
classes. 
He  recommended  the  publishing  of  the  Alumni  Report  twelve  times  a  year, 
and  believed  the  question  was  already  uppermost  in  the  minds  of  very  many  Of 
the  active  members,  and  urged  the  advisability  of  giving  to  this  important  mat- 
ter early  and  earnest  consideration. 
He  also  advised  the  holding  of  the  Alumni  Social  Meetings  in  the  future  in 
the  evenings  instead  of  the  afternoons,  as  heretofore. 
In  closing,  he  expressed  what  he  believed  to  be  the  sense  of  the  meeting,  and 
that  was  the  profound  sorrow  felt  by  all  at  the  death  of  Prof.  Bdson  S.  Bastin. 
"  By  his  untimely  departure  we  sustain  the  loss  of  an  honored  member  and  the 
College  a  valued  and  distinguished  teacher  ;  and  while  we  lament  the  passing 
away  of  Edson  S.  Bastin,  we,  at  the  same  time,  rejoice  that  it  was  our  great 
privilege  to  have  had  him  in  our  midst,  for,  by  his  genius  and  indomitable 
energy,  there  has  been  added  to  our  College  a  microscopical  laboratory  second 
to  none  in  any  teaching  institution  in  the  country — a  work  that  will  ever  remain 
a  glorious  monument  to  his  memory. 
The  Secretary,  Wm.  E.  Krewson,  '69,  presented  his  seventeenth  annual 
report  as  Secretary,  in  which  he  reviewed  the  work  of  the  Association  for  the 
past  year,  but  regretted  that  the  Association  had  not  been  more  active. 
During  the  year  sixty-five  members  have  been  added,  seven  who  paid  the 
required  fee  and  fifty-eight  who  were  members  of  the  College  Review  Quiz 
Classes. 
The  membership  now  numbers  2,749,  after  deducting  those  who  died  during 
the  year,  making  a  net  gain  of  thirty-nine  new  members  for  the  year. 
The  report  of  the  Memorial  Committee  showed  that  twenty-six  of  the  active 
members  had  died  during  the  year  ;  also  eleven  of  our  graduates  who  were  not 
active  members. 
The  Secretary  also  reported  that  two  of  our  honorary  members  had  died,  viz  : 
First  Vice-President  Robert  Shoemaker  and  Prof.  Edson  S.  Bastin. 
Twenty  of  the  members  had  procured  the  Alumni  badges  during  the  year, 
making  a  total  of  285  members  who  had  procured  the  badge. 
The  Secretary  suggested  the  dispensing  of  the  Social  Meetings  altogether 
or  the  holding  them  in  the  evenings  ;  also  to  petition  the  Committee  on  Prop- 
erty of  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  have  the  College  Museum  open  every  day  for 
the  use  of  the  students  and  pharmacists  who  might  wish  to  avail  themselves  of 
visiting  it,  and  have  a  suitable  person  in  charge  to  care  for  the  room  and  its 
valuable  collections. 
He  also  suggested  the  publishing  of  the  Alumni  Report  each  mouth  in 
the  year. 
The  Treasurer,  Wm.  Lincoln  Cliffe,  '84,  reported  that  he  had  received  from 
all  sources  during  the  year  $2,658.83,  which,  added  to  the  balance  in  the  treas- 
ury at  the  commencement  of  the  year,  made  a  total  of  12,925.77.  The  disburse- 
ments amounted  to  $2,849.37,  leaving  a  balance  in  the  treasury  of  $76.40. 
John  Uri  Lloyd,  of  Cincinnati,  O. ;  Dr.  Edward  Robinson  Squibb,  of  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  and  Dr.  Chas.  Rice,  of  New  York  City,  were  unanimously  elected 
as  honorary  members  of  the  Alumni  Association. 
