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Announcement  by  the  Dean.  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  stated  that  an 
unusually  high  average  had  been  attained  by  the  members  of  this  class,  and  that 
the  President's  cup,  offered  by  Howard  B.  French,  was  awarded  them  and  would 
be  held  hy  them  until  some  succeeding  class  should  attain  a  higher  grade  of 
scholarship.  The  following  received  the  grade  of  distinguished  :  Daniel  Milton 
Knabb,  John  S.  Oberly,  James  Heber  Parker,  William  David  Harris  Smith, 
Morrison  Patton  Williams,  Oscar  Plermon  Wilson,  Joseph  Field  Dulaney.  The 
following  were  meritorious  :  Albert  Charles  C.  Gamer,  John  Milburn  Toulson, 
William  Herbert  Welch,  J.  Warren  Wolf  Worthington. 
The  Valedictory  Address  was  delivered  by  Hon.  Charles  Emory  Smith, 
ex-Postmaster-General.  After  briefly  reviewing  the  history  and  work  of  the 
College,  Mr.  Smith  alluded  to  the  beneficent  work -of  the  apothecary  since  the 
time  of  Hippocrates,  and  in  this  connection  made  a  number  of  quotations  from 
the  classics.  In  closing  he  urged  the  graduates  to  be  thorough  in  all  they  did 
and  masters  of  their  work  ;  thoroughness  with  tact  and  common-sense  he  con- 
sidered were  the  requisites  for  a  successful  life. 
AWARD  OF  PRIZES. 
The  Procter  Prize  of  a  gold  medal  and  certificate  for  the  highest  grade  of 
scholarship  and  meritorious  thesis  was  awarded  to  David  Wilfong  Ramsaur, 
and  presented  by  Howard  B.  French. 
The  William  B.  Webb  Memorial  Prize  of  a  gold  medal  and  certificate, 
offertd  by  Mrs.  Rebecca  T.  Webb  for  the  highest  general  average  in  the  exami- 
nations of  the  Committee,  Operative  Pharmacy  and  Specimens,  was  awarded  to 
Daniel  Milton  Knabb  and  presented  by  William  J.  Jenks.  The  following 
graduates  received  honorable  mention  in  connection  therewith  :  David  Wilfong 
Ramsaur,  William  David  Harris  Smith. 
The  Chemistry  Prize  of  $25,  offered  by  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  for 
original  work  in  quantitative  analysis,  was  awarded  to  James  Heber  Parker, 
the  following  graduates  receiving  honorable  mention  in  connection  therewith: 
Raymond  Hendrickson,  Roy  Leonard  Miller. 
The  Materia  Mbdica  Prize  of  S25,  offered  by  Prof.  C.  B.  Lowe,  for  the 
best  examination  in  Materia  Medica,  the  recognition  of  Materia  Medica  speci- 
mens, and  a  meritorious  thesis,  was  awarded  to  John  S.  Oberly,  the  following 
receiving  honorable  mention  in  connection  therewith  :  Daniel  Milton  Knabb, 
James  Heber  Parker,  Alfred  Homer  Smith,  William  David  Harris  Smith,  Oscar 
Hermon  Wilson,  J.  Warren  Wolf  Worthington. 
The  Analytical  Chemistry  Prize  of  $25,  offered  by  Prof.  F.  X.  Moerk, 
for  the  best  special  examination  in  quantitative  and  qualitative  analysis  by 
students  receiving  the  grade  of  "  very  satisfactory"  in  both  the  second  and 
third  years,  was  awarded  to  James  Heber  Parker,  the  following  receiving  hon- 
orable mention  in  this  connection  :  Wilbur  Curtis  Meredith,  David  Wilfong 
Ramsaur,  William  David  Harris  Smith,  Oscar  Hermon  Wilson. 
The  Maisch  Prize  of  $20,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon. 
Pa  ,  for  histological  knowledge  of  drugs,  was  awarded  to  Oliver  Henry  Hertzler, 
and  presented  by  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer,  the  following  graduates  receiving 
honorable  mention  in  connection  therewith  :  James  Clarence  Fitch,  Albert 
Charles  C.  Gamer,  Daniel  Milton  Knabb,  David  Wilfong  Ramsaur,  William 
David  Harris  Smith,  Morrison  Patton  Williams. 
