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before  large  audiences  whenever  called  upon  to  demonstrate  the 
practical  value  of  what  we  are  doing  for  the  profession. 
It  may  also  interest  you  to  know  that  a  number  of  special  stu- 
dents are  making  investigations  as  a  basis  for  their  thesis.  This,  in 
the  judgment  of  your  professor,  is  a  source  of  great  stimulation  to 
the  students  and  demonstrates  that  quite  a  number  of  them  have 
initiative  and  possess  a  desire  for  research  work,  and  it  is  hoped  by 
your  president  that  at  no  distant  future,  greater  opportunities  can 
be  afforded  whereby  students  can  follow  out  their  investigations. 
Your  institution  has  been  handicapped  by  the  lack  of  facilities 
for  conducting  a  botanical  garden,  and  your  president,  a  year  ago, 
expressed  the  hope  that  the  city  or  state  would  provide  not  only  the 
ground,  but  the  means  for  conducting  a  suitable  botanical  garden,  to 
assist  the  educational  institutions  of  Philadelphia  in  the  advance 
study  of  botany  and  pharmacognosy,  but  as  yet  nothing  has  been 
accomplished.  In  your  president's  opinion,  nothing  would  add 
greater  luster  or  bring  more  lasting  fame  to  Philadelphia  as  a 
pharmaceutical  and  medical  center  than  the  establishment  of  such  a 
garden. 
Your  department  of  bacteriology  with  its  improved  surround- 
ings and  most  excellent  equipment  has  maintained  its  usual  high 
character  of  instruction.  Your  professor  in  charge  of  same  has 
recently  offered  some  suggestions  which  at  the  proper  time  will  be 
taken  up  by  the  committee  on  instruction. 
Instruction  in  the  departments  not  mentioned  above  has  been 
conducted  in  the  usual  way  and  but  little  comes  to  the  attention  of 
your  president  that  he  deems  necessary  to  take  your  time  to  report. 
Your  emeritus  professor  of  chemistry,  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  has 
given  lectures  on  chemical  topics  that  have  been  most  instructive 
and  our  thanks  are  due  for  his  earnest  cooperation  in  the  continued 
success  of  the  college. 
The  recording  of  attendance  of  students  has  been  continued  and 
it  is  the  thought  of  those  in  charge  that  it  has  proven  quite  an  in- 
centive for  closer  application  of  those  attending  the  college. 
Your  95th  Annual  Commencement  was  held  on  Wednesday  even- 
ing, June  7,  1916,  at  the  American  Academy  of  Music.  Prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Rev.  Herman  S.  Cook,  and  a  most  able  and  stirring 
address  was  delivered  by  Rev.  John  G.  Wilson,  D.D.  Announce- 
ments were  made  by  Dean  Remington  and  your  president  conferred 
the  degrees  upon  graduates  who  numbered  154 — 20  more  than  the 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  | 
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