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Obituary— Prof.  C.  Lewis  Diehl.    {Am -^f;  f£™m' 
system  at  this  time,  by  reason  of  the  existing  war  conditions,  urging 
that  action  be  postponed  until  the  business  conditions  of  the  country 
have  again  become  normal. 
The  annual  dinner  was  held  on  Thursday  evening,  January  25, 
1917,  at  the  Bellevue  Stratford  Hotel,  150  members  and  guests 
being  present.  Mr.  Clayton  F.  Shoemaker  acted  as  toastmaster. 
The  Committee  on  Entertainment,  Mr.  Walter  V.  Smith,  Chairman, 
presented  a  most  enjoyable  vocal  and  instrumental  program,  while 
the  addresses  were  of  an  unusually  high  character.  The  speakers 
were :  Dr.  John  G.  Wilson,  Superintendent  of  the  Northwest  Dis- 
trict, Philadelphia  Conference,  M.  E.  Church ;  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Daly, 
Author  of  Tom  Daly's  Column  of  the  Philadelphia  Ledger,  Mr. 
Ernest  T.  Trigg,  the  recently  elected  President  of  the  Philadelphia 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  Dr.  William  E.  Hughes  in  an  address 
of  "  Japan  of  To-day,"  illustrated  by  lantern  slides. 
At  the  Annual  meeting  the  death  of  Ernst  T.  Fritzsche,  senior 
member  of  Schimmel  &  Co.,  distillers  of  essential  oils  and  manufac- 
turers of  fine  chemicals,  died  on  December  21st,  at  Leipsig,  Ger- 
many. Mr.  Fritzsche  was  in  his  sixty-sixth  year.  Details  regarding 
the  life  of  Mr.  Fritzsche  are  not  available,  owing  to  the  unusual 
conditions  resulting  from  the  war. 
OBITUARY. 
Prof.  C.  Lewis  Diehl. 
Though  the  failing  health  of  Professor  Diehl  had  been  a  matter 
of  concern  for  several  months,  his  many  friends  and  associates  were 
shocked  when  the  news  came  of  his  death  on  Sunday,  March  25th, 
and  thus  left  another  gap  in  the  ranks  of  the  "  Old  Guard  "  of  Phar- 
macy's brilliant  lights.  His  long  association  with  the  profession  and 
his  sincere  and  continued  interest  in  all  matters  pertaining  thereto, 
gave  him  not  only  a  national  but  an  international  reputation,  and  his 
presence  will  be  missed  at  the  Annual  Meetings  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, where  for  years  his  familiar  figure  was  unfailingly  in  evi- 
dence. 
