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Notes  and  News. 
(Am.  Jour  PL  arm. 
\    January,  1904. 
Those  intending  to  come  before  the  Board  for  the  Registered  Pharmacist 
certificate  should  apply  to  the  Secretary,  Dr.  Charles  T.  George,  Harrisburg, 
Pa. ,  at  least  ten  days  previous,  to  receive  a  blank  and  assignment  of  time  for  the 
laboratory  work. 
James  T.  Shinn,  Treasurer  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  has 
for  a  number  of  years  been  interested  in  educational  and  philanthropic  work  in 
this  city.  He  is  chairman  of  the  committee  of  management  of  Association 
Local  Centre  of  the  American  Society  for  the  Extension  of  University  Teach- 
ing. This  year  the  Society  has  the  co-operation  of  the  Free  Library  of  Phil- 
adelphia, and,  in  addition  to  the  lectures  at  the  Local  Centre,  sixty  lectures  will 
be  delivered  at  the  various  branches  of  the  Library.  In  addition  to  this,  Mr. 
John  Thompson,  the  Librarian,  has  had  copies  of  the  books  especially  recom- 
mended for  reading  in  connection  with  the  lectures,  placed  in  the  reference- 
room  of  the  Library,  at  1217  Chestnut  Street,  and  also  in  the  various  branches 
of  the  Library  in  different  parts  of  the  city. 
Besides  being  a  member  of  a  number  of  other  organizations,  Mr.  Shinn  holds 
the  following  offices  :  President  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Society  for  the 
Employment  and  Instruction  of  the  Poor  ;  Secretary  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Hospital ;  President  of  the  Vacant  Lots  Cultivation  Society  ;  Vice-President  of 
the  Fuel  Savings  Society. 
OTTO  A.  Waee,  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacognosy,  in  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  was  the  recipient,  on  November  14th,  of  a  testi- 
monial commemorating  the  completion  by  him  of  thirty  consecutive  years  of 
work  as  a  teacher  in  that  institution.  The  form  of  testimonial  chosen  was  that 
of  a  life-size  bronze  medallion  of  Dr.  "Wall,  and  the  exercises  connected  with  its 
presentation  to  the  college  were  held  in  the  Materia  Medica  Lecture  Hall.  A 
duplicate  medallion  was  presented  to  Dr.  Wall's  family.  The  dedication  cere- 
monies were  followed  by  a  banquet. 
C.  S.  N.  Haeeberg,  Professor  of  Pharmacy  in  the  Chicago  College  of 
Pharmacy,  delivered  an  interesting  address  on  "Some  Ancient  Pharmacists  " 
at  the  opening  exercises  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  which  has 
been  published  in  recent  numbers  of  Meyer  Bt  others'  Druggist  and  the  Western 
Druggist. 
J.  B.  Nageevoort  has  accepted  the  position  of  chemist  for  the  Missouri 
Botanical  Garden.  Professor  Nagelvoort  is  well  known  for  his  researches  in 
phyto- chemistry,  and  we  congratulate  him  on  being  so  fortunate  as  to  have  the 
facilities  of  the  Shaw  Gardens  at  his  disposal. 
Charees  F.  Chandler,  of  Columbia  University,  delivered  a  lecture  illus- 
trated with  specimens  and  diagrams,  at  the  American  Philosophical  Society  on 
November  7th,  on  "The  Electro-Chemical  Industries  of  Niagara  Falls,-'  which 
was,  in  fact,  a  summary  of  the  most  remarkable  achievements  in  electrical 
chemistry  of  the  past  twenty-five  years,  all  of  which  are  due  to  the  inventive 
research  of  young  Americans. 
