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The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year,  viz  i 
President,  Harry  L.  Stiles,  '85  ;  First  Vice-President,  James  C.  Perry,  '91  ; 
Second  Vice-President,  F.  Wm.  E.  Stedem,  '82  ;  Treasurer,  Wm.  Lincoln 
Cliffe,  '84  ;  Secretary,  Wm.  B.  Krewson,  '69  ;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Theo- 
dore Campbell,  '93.  Board  of  Directors,  for  three  years  :  Henry  Trimble,  '76  ; 
David  H.  Ross,  '78  ;  Wm.  N.  Stem,  '73  ;  Dr.  J.  Louis  D.  Morison,  '88. 
John  H.  Hahn,  '81,  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  of  two  years  caused  by  the 
election  of  Theodore  Campbell,  '93,  as  Corresponding  Secretary.  The  present 
Recording  Secretary,  Wm.  E.  Krewson,  was  re-elected  for  the  eighteenth  time. 
The  Thirty-third  Annual  Reception  to  the  seventy -sixth  graduating  class  was 
held  on  the  evening  of  the  same  day  in  the  College  Auditorium,  and  was  one  of 
the  most  successful  ever  held.  The  hall  was  beautifully  decorated  with  the 
College  colors  and  the  American  flag. 
An  interesting  concert  programme  was  rendered  by  Bastert's  Parlor  Orchestra. 
The  President,  Dr.  J.  Louis  D.  Morison,  presided,  and  made  a  few  introductory 
remarks  and  welcomed  the  new  members. 
The  Secretary  called  the  roll  of  those  elected  during  the  year. 
The  annual  class  oration  was  delivered  by  Howard  Ovid  Hildebrand  of  York, 
Pa. 
The  reciting  of  the  poem  dedicated  to  the  seventy-sixth  graduating  class  was 
rendered  by  Samuel  R.  Godshall,  of  Soudertown,  Pa. 
Samuel  Clarence  Clapp,  Jr.,  of  Milton,  Pa.,  gave  the  history  of  the  Class  of 
1897,  and  Harry  Lewis  Horst,  of  Lock  Haven,  Pa.,  foretold  the  future  of  the 
Class  of  1897. 
The  Alumni  gold  medal  was  presented  to  Clayton  Edward  Morgan,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  a  son  of  our  fellow  member  of  the  Alumni  Association,  Frank  E. 
Morgan,  of  the  Class  of  '81  ;  and  it  was  presented  in  a  very  pleasing  manner 
by  Dr.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  '84.  The  eight  prize  certificates  for  the  highest 
general  average  in  each  of  the  branches  were  awarded  to  the  following 
students,  viz.  : 
CERTIFICATES. 
Pharmacy— John  Phillips  Bates,  Mansfield,  Pa. 
Chemistry — Walter  Francis  Praul,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Materia  Medica — Harry  Matusow,  Minsk,  Russia. 
General  Pharmacy  (Committee)— Samuel  Robert  Pearce,  Manasquan,  N.  J. 
Operative  Pharmacy— Oliver  Fawcett  Wilson,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Analytical  Chemistry — Albert  Sylvester  Brumbaugh,  Mansfield,  O. 
Pharmacognosy  (Specimens) — Claude  Dallas  Metzler,  Harrisonville,  Pa. 
Microscopy  (Vegetable  Histology)  -  Miss  Laura  Marguerite  Smiley,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 
The  Testimonial  Prize  certificates  to  the  undergraduates  receiving  the  high- 
est general  averages  in  the  first-  aud  second-year  class  examinations  were 
awarded  to  Melvin  William  Bamford,  of  the  first-year  class,  of  Reading,  Pa., 
and  to  George  Carll  Keen,  of  Vineland,  N.  J.,  of  the  second-year  class. 
The  last  named  certificate  was  awarded  for  the  first  time  this  year,  it  being 
the  first  examination  for  second  course  students  under  the  new  curriculum. 
W.  E.  K. 
