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Executive  Board. 
George  W.  Eldridge,      1863.         E.  C.  Jones,  1864. 
Henry  0.  Croft,  1864.  P.  L.  Witmer,  1862. 
A.  P.  Brown,  1862.  J.  H.  C.  Simes,  1864. 
The  report,  which  was  signed  by  its  chairman,  Albert  E.  Ebert,  of 
Chicago,  was  accepted,  and  an  election  ordered,  which  resulted  in  the 
election  of  the  nominees. 
In  the  absence'  of  the  President  elect,  Mr.  Eberle  took  the  chair. 
A  vote  of  thanks  to  the  retiring  officers  was  passed,  and,  after  some 
0  other  business,  Mr.  Bakes  offered  the  following  : 
"  Whereas,  As  Graduates  of  a  time-honored  Institution,  we  feel  the 
warmest  interest  in  its  future  welfare  and  usefulness,  and  deem  it  no  less 
a  privilege  than  a  duty  to  use  every  effort  to  secure  for  our  Alma  Mater 
the  position  to  which  she  is  entitled  ;  and 
"  Whereas,  Many  of  us  have  long  cherished  the  idea  of  establishing  a 
Practical  School  in  connection  with  our  College,  where  the  branches  of 
Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  might  be  more  thoroughly  acquired,  therefore, 
"Be  it  resolved,  That  a  sinking  fund  be  created  for  this  purpose  out 
of  the  surplus  funds  of  the  Association ;  and  that  a  committee  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Executive  Board,  to  be  known  as  the  Trustees  of  Sinking 
Fund,  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  to  take  charge  of,  and  solicit  subscriptions 
to,  this  fund,  and  invest  the  same  as  they  may  judge  safe  and  profitable, 
until  a  sufficient  amount  shall  have  been  acquired  to  aid  in  the  accom- 
plishment of  the  end  in  view." 
After  free  discussion  the  preamble  and  resolution  were  unanimously 
adopted.  The  preparation  of  voluntary  essays  for  reading  at  the  next 
annual  meeting  was  considered,  and  nine  members  agreed  to  produce 
such  papers.  Prof.  Parrish  being  present  was  invited  to  address  the 
meeting,  which  he  did  in  favor  of  the  proposed  objects.  The  Secretary 
was  requested  to  prepare  the  annual  report,  submit  it  to  the  Board,  and, 
if  approved,  to  have  it  printed,  together  with  the  Constitution,  the  pro- 
ceedings, list  of  members,  and  the  Valedictory  Address  ;  when  the  meet- 
ing adjourned.  The  idea  of  establishing  a  practical  school  of  Chemistry 
and  Pharmacy  under  the  auspices  of  our  College  has  long  been  enter- 
tained, but  the  great  expense  attending  its  execution  in  a  manner  credit- 
able to  the  College  has  rendered  it  inadmissible  heretofore  to  take  any 
steps  to  effect  it.  Should  the  measures  now  being  instituted  by  the 
Alumni  prove  adequate  to  its  accomplishment,  results  highly  favorable  to 
their  efforts  and  creditable  to  the  institution  may  be  looked  for.  The 
inability  of  the  College,  in  its  present  scheme  of  tuition,  to  afford  prac- 
tical instruction,  has  prevented  it  from  insisting  on  so  thorough  a  prepa- 
ration as  would  be  best  for  its  reputation,  necessarily  leaving  to  the  seve- 
ral preceptors  of  students  the  important  business  of  practical  familiarity 
with  manipulation  and  laboratory  work  in  general,  and  confining  its  teach- 
ing to  lectures  and  such  practical  illustrations  as  can  be  presented  to  the 
