216  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Amf^^frm- 
causa — upon  Alfred  B.  Taylor  of  Philadelphia,  class  1844 ;  Wm.  B.  Webb  of 
Philadelphia,  class  1845  ;  Chas.  A.  Heinitsh  of  Lancaster,  the  first  President  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association;  Prof.  Wm.  T.  Wenzell  of  San 
Francisco,  class  1855;  and  Prof.  C.  Lewis  Diehl  of  Louisville,  class  1862.  The 
Procter  medal  was  presented  by  President  Bullock  to  0.  TJ.  Cassaday  and  C.  S. 
Bondurant,  and  honorable  mention  was  awarded  to  A.  L.  Beck,  E.  S.  Beshore, 
C  B.  Hildreth  and  W.  A.  Partee  with  the  grade, "  distinguished,"  and  to  E.  Bren- 
eiser,  F.  W.  Droelle,  J.  E.  Huber,  0.  C.  Neumeister,  J.  G.  Patton  and  E.  R. 
Shoemaker,  with  the  grade,  "meritorious."  The  H.  C.  Lea  prize,  $100,  for  most 
meritorious  work  in  connection  with  the  thesis,  was  equally  divided  between 
A.  L.  Beck  and  E.  G.  Seibert.  The  latter  received  also  the  Materia  Medica 
prize,  a  Zentmayer  microscope  for  the  histological  examination  of  an  American 
plant;  and  the  former  took,  in  addition,  the  Chemistry  prize,  an  analytical  bal- 
ance, for  original  quantitative  analysis.  In  connection  mith  this  prize,  the 
work  done  by  J.  A.  Ferguson,  C  S.  Bondurant,  F.  W.  Droelle,  E.  S.  Beshore 
and  E.  Breneiser  was  honorably  commended.  The  Pharmacy  prize,  a  gold 
medal,  for  original  pharmaceutical  work  was  presented  to  E.  Breneiser,  with 
honorable  mention  of  E.  J.  Hadfield  and  W.  V.  Smith.  The  Analytical  Chem- 
istry prize,  $25,  was  awarded  to  E.  S.  Beshore,  and  honorable  mention  to  C.  S. 
Bondurant-  E.  R.  Stitt  received  the  J.  M.  Maisch  prize  offered  by  Mr.  J.  PL 
Redsecker,  $20,  for  histological  knowledge  of  drugs  ;  J.  G.  Patton,  the  Operative 
Pharmacy  prize,  offered  by  E.  L.  Boggs,  $25,  for  best  examination  in  that 
branch;  and  A.  L.  Beck,  the  Theoretical  Pharmacy  prize,  offered  by  Mr.  H. 
J.  Maris,  a  prescription  balance.  Honorable  mention  was  accorded  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Maisch  prize  to  E.  S.  Beshore,  C.  S.  Bonduraut,  C.  D.  Boyd,  O. 
U.  Cassaday,  J.  A.  Ferguson,  C.  B.  Hildreth,  A.  H.  Mayer,  W.  A.  Partee,  E.  G. 
Seibert,  E.  B.  Shoemaker  and  G.  Steinmann ;  in  connection  with  the  two  Phar- 
macy prizes  to  C.  S.  Bondurant,  E.  Breneiser,  0.  TJ.  Cassaday,  F.  W.  Droelle,  C- 
B.  Hildreth  and  B.  L.  Taylor  for  the  former,  and  to  E.  Breneiser,  C.  L.  Bon- 
durant and  0.  TJ.  Cassaday  for  the  latter. 
In  the  valedictory  address,  Professor  Remington  gave  some  very  interesting 
statistics  in  relation  to  the  number  of  graduates  thus  far  sent  forth  by  all  the 
colleges  of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States  since  their  existence,  and  the  pro- 
portion of  graduates  to  the  total  number  of  proprietors,  which  is  about  1  to  10Jf 
and  to  the  total  number  of  proprietors  and  assistants,  which  is  1  to  over  15, 
Prof.  Remington  also  feelingly  alluded  to  the  decease,  during  examination 
time,  of  two  senior  students,  Wm.  D.  Brooks  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  and  Wm.  G. 
Tittle  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.  The  exercises  were  opened  and  interspersed  with 
music,  and  closed  with  the  distribution  of  floral  and  other  gifts  to  many  of  the 
graduates.  As  in  the  preceding  year,  it  was  noticed  that  this  custom  of  pub- 
licly bestowing  such  presents  is  on  the  decline,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  be- 
fore long  it  will  be  entirely  abrogated,  as  has  been  done  by  several  medical  col- 
leges in  Philadelphia. 
The  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  twen- 
ty-third annual  meeting  in  the  College  building,  March  17th.  The  President, 
Wallace  Procter,  dwelled  in  his  annual  address  on  the  necessity  of  a  good  gen- 
eral education  of  those  intending  to  follow  pharmacy  as  a  pursuit,  and  urged 
the  members  to  not  consider  the  applications  for  positions  in  their  stores^ 
