96  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {  friary  ^ia~m' 
The  Department  of  Botany,  Pharmacognosy  and  Materia  Medica, 
under  the  chairmanship  of  Professor  Kraemer,  to  include  Pro- 
fessor Kraemer,  Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe  and  Dr.  P.  S.  Pittenger. 
The  Department  of  Bacteriology,  under  Dr.  J.  A.  Roddy. 
It  is  intended  that  the  members  of  these  various  departments  of 
the  college  faculty  hold  frequent  conferences  to  harmonize  the 
instruction  in  the  departments,  to  outline  advances  in  the  courses 
and  to  economize  the  time.  Approved. 
The  Committee  on  Instruction  also  recommended  postponing  the 
date  for  advancing  the  entrance  requirements  to  the  completion  of 
two  years'  high  school  work,  from  the  beginning  of  the  session  of 
1917  to  the  beginning  of  the  session  1918.  Approved. 
Professor  Remington  reported  the  selection  of  Mr.  A.  H. 
Fitzkee,  class  of  1916,  as  instructor  in  operative  pharmacy.  This 
was  approved. 
The  Committee  on  Examinations  reported  that  Harry  Louns- 
bury,  P.D.,  class  of  1916,  had  satisfactorily  completed  the  special 
course  in  bacteriology  and  was  entitled  to  receive  the  certificate. 
On  motion  the  certificate  was  awarded. 
The  application  of  Clayton  S.  Hill,  class  of  1916,  for  a  duplicate 
diploma  was  read  (the  original  diploma  having  been  damaged).  As 
all  the  requirements  had  been  complied  with,  the  request  was 
granted. 
CURRENT  LITERATURE. 
Syrup  of  Tea. 
Charles  H.  and  M.  R.  LaWall  (Proc.  Penn.  Pharm.  Assoc., 
1 91 6)  proceed  as  follows  in  making  a  plain  Tea  syrup  which  seems 
to  be  permanent  and  satisfactory :  Place  1  lb.  of  Tea  siftings  in  a 
glass  percolator  after  moistening  slightly  with  cold  water;  pack 
firmly,  and  pour  boiling  water  over  the  tea  until  64  fl.  oz.  of  percolate 
have  been  obtained.  Place  y\  lbs.  of  dry  granulated  sugar  in  1 
gallon  bottle,  add  sufficient  of  the  tea  infusion  to  fill  the  container 
and  dissolve  the  sugar  by  agitation,  subsequently  sterilizing  the 
finished  preparation  in  the  customary  manner.  As  it  is  a  little  diffi- 
cult to  dissolve  the  sugar  by  agitation,  the  sugar  may  be  dissolved 
during  the  sterilization. 
