544  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {Xvimber^™' 
The  following-named  gentlemen  proposed  for  honorary  member- 
ship at  the  meeting,  held  June  24th,  were  then  balloted  for  and 
unanimously  elected  :  Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Chemistry,  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington, 
D.  C. ;  Richard  T.  Baker,  Curator  and  Economic  Botanist  of  the 
Technological  Museum,  New  South  Wales  ;  Henry  G.  Smith,  Assist- 
ant Curator  and  Chemist  of  the  Technological  Museum,  New  South 
Wales ;  Professor  Nagayoshi  Nagai,  Professor  of  Pharmacy  of  the 
College  of  Medicine  of  the  Imperial  University  of  Tokyo,  and  Pres- 
ident of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Japan ;  Dr.  H.  Thorns, 
Professor  of  Pharmacy  and  Director  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Institute 
of  the  University  of  Berlin;  Dr.  Nathaniel  Lord  Britton,  Director 
of  the  New  York  Botanic  Gardens,  New  York  City. 
The  tellers  appointed  to  conduct  the  election  of  three  trustees 
for  the  ensuing  three  years  reported  the  re-election  of  Richard  M. 
Shoemaker,  Edwin  M.  Boring  and  Charles  Leedom. 
Professor  Kraemer  presented  a  photographic  reproduction  of  an  oil 
painting  of  the  late  Professor  John  M.  Maisch,  made  when  he  was 
twenty-five  years  of  age ;  also  a  photograph  of  President  French, 
for  which  the  thanks  of  the  college  were  tendered  him. 
Professor  Sadtler  reported  that  the  number  of  matriculants  for  the 
coming  session  materially  exceeded  that  of  classes  for  several  years 
past,  and  that  quite  a  number  had  matriculated  for  the  Food  and 
Drug  course. 
Professor  Lowe  informed  the  meeting  that  Dr.  Singer,  the  Assist- 
ant Superintendent  of  Public  Education,  told  him  that  he  had  never 
had  a  better  class  of  certificates  presented  to  him. 
ABSTRACT  FROM  MINUTES  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 
June  4,  1907. — The  Joint  Committee  of  Finance  and  Property 
reported  that  they  had  given  careful  consideration  to  the  plans  for 
the  new  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Laboratory,  and  submitted  same  to 
the  Board  for  their  action.  They  further  recommended  that  a  com- 
mittee be  appointed,  authorized  on  behalf  of  the  college  to  solicit 
subscriptions  for  such  sums  as  can  be  obtained  for  the  erection  of 
the  building. 
A  communication  was  received  from  the  dean  regretting  his  in- 
ability to  be  present,  as  he  had  arranged  to  deliver  an  address  at  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 
