^oVSeSoT'}    Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  551 
SPECIAL  MEETING. 
October  24,  1904. 
A  special  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy- 
was  held  at  3. 30  o'clock.    The  President,  Howard  B.  French,  in  the  chair.  The 
call  for  the  meeting  was  read  : 
Mr.  Howard  B.  French,  President. 
Dear  Sir  : — We  respectfully  request  that  you  call  a  special  meeting  of  the 
members  of  the  College  to  take  appropriate  action  upon  the  decease  of  First 
Vice-President  William  J.  Jenks,  Ph.M. 
Signed,       Thos.  S.  WieGand, 
George  M.  Beringer, 
Jacob  S.  Beetem. 
Mr.  French,  in  feeling  language,  alluded  to  the  great  loss  the  College  had 
sustained  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Jenks.  He  felt  it  as  a  personal  loss,  as  he  had 
enjoyed  his  friendship  for  many  years,  and  it  was  his  privilege  to  meet  with 
him  often  to  discuss  College  affairs.  Mr.  Jenks  graduated  from  the  College  in 
1842,  and  was  elected  to  membership  in  1846,  and  a  few  months  afterwards  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  serving  the  College  for  fifty-eight 
years  with  rare  fidelity  as  trustee,  secretary  and  vice-president. 
At  the  call  of  the  chair  for  remarks,  Mr.  Charles  W.  Hancock,  a  former 
apprentice,  alluded  to  the  uniform  kindness  he  had  received  from  Mr.  Jenks. 
He  recalled  some  of  the  early  incidents  of  their  association  together,  and  said 
that  he  had  enjoyed  his  friendship  ever  since. 
Dr.  Lowe  said  it  was  a  pleasure  to  come  in  contact  with  Mr.  Jenks.  He  was 
a  courtly  gentleman  of  the  old  school — genial  and  upright,  and  all  who  knew 
him  felt  that  he  was  the  grand  old  man  of  the  College. 
Wallace  Procter  said  that  he  had  known  Mr.  Jenks  for  many  years,  and  all 
agreed  that  one  of  his  great  characteristics  was  his  kindliness  of  heart,  which 
was  especially  shown  towards  struggling  students,  and  that  he  always  wanted 
to  help  them  to  the  full  extent  of  his  ability. 
Dr.  Mattison  alluded  to  Mr.  Jenks  as  having  a  unique  personality,  as  being 
a  strictly  Christian  gentleman  and  a  great  loss  to  the  College. 
Mr.  James  T.  Shinn  alluded  to  the  remarkable  courage  displayed  by 
Mr.  Jenks  amid  severe  financial  losses. 
Professor  Remington  said  we  have  lost  one  of  the  best  friends  the  College 
has  ever  had.  Mr.  Jenks  was  a  strong  man,  and  all  could  see  he  loved  his 
fellow-men.  His  beaming  face,  his  kindly  attitude,  the  particularly  tender 
side  for  students,  his  warm  friendship,  all  was  evidence  of  the  kind  Christian 
gentleman.  He  also  alluded  to  his  long  service  on  the  Committee  on  Examin- 
ations, his  devotion  to  the  best  interests  of  the  College,  and  said  that  he  will  be 
sadly  missed. 
Mr.  Thos.  S.  Wiegand  alluded  to  the  young  manhood  of  Mr.  Jenks  in  the 
store  of  Smith  &  Hodgson,  and  how  he  had  corrected  typographical  errors  in 
some  of  the  early  editions  of  the  United  States  Dispensatory,  for  which  he  had 
received  the  thanks  of  the  late  Dr.  George  B.  Wood. 
Mr.  Evan  T.  Ellis  could  confirm  the  remarks  that  had  been  made.  He  had 
been  associated  with  Mr.  Jenks  in  connection  with  the  drug  trade  and  in  social 
and  church  circles  for  the  past  fifty  years.  His  vigor  of  mind  and  body  had 
astonished  him. 
