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John  W.  Fry,  Florence  Yaple,  Otto  W.  Osterlund,  Willard  R. 
Graham,  Edward  A.  Eyer  and  Clayton  E.  Morgan. 
The  annual  reception  given  by  the  association  to  the  members  of 
the  graduating  class  was  held  the  evening  of  the  same  day,  in  the 
College  Museum,  with  President  Oetinger  in  the  chair.  After  the 
roll  call  of  new  members  elected  during  1903-04,  an  address  was 
made  by  Prof.  Clement  B.  Lowe. 
The  prizes  offered  by  the  Association  were  awarded  as  follows : 
The  Alumni  Gold  Medal  for  the  best  general  average  for  the 
year  was  awarded  to  Millicent  Saxon  Renshaw,  and  presented  by 
Walter  A.  Rumsey. 
The  Alumni  Prize  Certificates,  offered  for  the  highest  general 
average  in  Pharmacy,  Chemistry,  Materia  Medica,  Committee,  Op- 
erative Pharmacy,  Analytical  Chemistry  and  Specimens  were 
respectively  awarded  as  follows,  Prof.  E.  Fullerton  Cook  making 
the  presentation:  Jesse  Connor  Chisholm,  Frank  Louis  Schmidt, 
Millicent  Saxon  Renshaw,  William  Dulin,  George  Brenner  Kumpf, 
Thomas  Carroll  Davis  and  Harry  Elmer  Wertz. 
The  Alumni  Silver  Medal  was  awarded  to  George  Mahlon  Ber- 
inger,  Jr.,  for  the  best  general  average  in  the  second  year  examina- 
tion, Prof.  Freeman  P.  Stroup  making  the  presentation. 
The  Alumni  Bronze  Medal  was  awarded  to  Herbert  D.  Flack, 
for  the  best  general  average  in  the  first  year  examination,  and  was 
presented  by  Prof.  Charles  H.  La  Wall. 
The  Class  Oration  was  delivered  by  Chester  Arthur  Duncan;  the 
Class  Poem  by  Reuben  Warshawsky ;  the  Class  History  by  Wm. 
David  Lithgow,  and  the  Horoscope  of  the  Class  by  Charles  Arthur 
Walters. 
EXAMINATION  QUESTIONS. 
The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  questions  given  to  the  students  of 
the  third  year  class  at  their  recent  final  examinations.  Practical 
examinations  were  given  in  Operative  Pharmacy  and  Analytical 
Chemistry,  and  these  were  held  in  the  respective  laboratories. 
Specimens  for  identification  were  given  in  connection  with  the 
written  examination  in  each  branch  : 
THEORY  AND  PRACTICE  OF  PHARMACY. 
A — Opium. — (1)  Why  does  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  direct  Opium  to  be 
made  by  incising  the  unripe  capsules  of  the  Poppy  plant  ?  (2)  Name  four  prin- 
cipal alkaloids  obtained  from  Opium?    (3)  What  two  natural  acids  are  found 
