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Minutes  of  College  Meeting. 
Am.  Jour,  Pharm'. 
May,  1897. 
MINUTES  OF  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
COLLEGE. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  College  was  held  March  29,  1897. 
Wm.  J.  Jenks,  Second  Vice-President,  presided.  The  minutes  of  the  meetings  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  for  January,  February  and  March  were  read  and  adopted. 
The  next  in  order  was  the  presentation  of  the  annual  reports  of  officers  and 
permanent  committees. 
The  following  was  submitted  by  the  Editor  of  the  American  Journal  of 
Pharmacy: 
This  report  covers  the  issues  from  April  1,  1896,  to  March  1,  1897,  inclusive. 
During  that  time  there  have  been  published  708  pages  of  reading  matter,  an 
increase  over  that  reported  last  year  of  66  pages  ;  the  average  for  each  of  the 
twelve  numbers  being  59  pages  against  an  average  of  53X  pages  last  year. 
This  is  the  greatest  number  of  pages  ever  issued  by  the  Journal  in  one  year. 
The  number  of  original  papers  published  during  the  year  was  83,  an  increase 
of  nine  over  last  year ;  these  occupied  397  pages,  against  374,  297  and  159  in 
each  of  the  immediately  preceding  years.  These  papers  were  prepared 
expressly  for  the  Journal,  and  the  number  given  does  not  include  those  read 
before  other  societies,  abstracts,  translations  or  editorials. 
The  number  of  authors  contributing  were  51,  of  whom  16  were  members  of 
the  College  and  35  were  non-members. 
Illustrations  were  published  in  every  number  of  the  Journal,  and  amounted 
to  a  total  of  89  during  the  year,  making  an  average  of  7*4  for  each  issue,  against 
a  total  of  76  last  year,  averaging  6  3  for  each  issue. 
No  difficulty  has  been  experienced  during  the  year  in  securing  original  mat- 
ter for  publication;  in  fact  the  more  serious  question  has  been,  how  to  utilize 
all  that  is  offered  without  considerably  enlarging  the  size  of  the  Journal. 
The  latter  alternative  may  be  better  considered  in  connection  with  the  Report  of 
the  Committee  on  Publication. 
The  Publication  Committee  reported  the  regular  issue  of  the  Journal 
during  the  year.    There  was  a  gain  in  the  number  of  new  subscribers,  and  the 
character  of  these  was  such  as  to  give  decided  encouragement  to  the  committee. 
The  financial  part  of  the  report  was  likewise  gratifying  in  character. 
The  following  was  presented  by  the  Librarian  : 
Philadelphia,  March  29,  1897. 
The  Librarian  respectfully  reports  that,  during  the  past  year,  there  have  been 
added  to  the  library  440  volumes,  besides  the  various  periodicals  which  are 
received  in  exchange  for  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy.  There 
has  been  expended  $430.71  for  books,  and  for  binding,  $68.90. 
The  library  has  been  consulted  by  very  many  of  our  students,  and  by  sev- 
eral parties  who  were  referred  to  our  books  for  information  not  to  be  found 
elsewhere. 
T.  S.  WiEGAND,  Librarian. 
The  Curator  submitted  the  following  : 
Philadelphia,  March  29,  1897. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Gentlemen  : — Your  Curator  would  respectfully  report  that  the  Museum  is 
in  a  good  condition  and  has  received  a  number  of  valuable  accessions  during 
