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Annual  Address  of  President.      {Am  jour.  Pharm. 
J  May,  19 17. 
preceding  year.  Eleven  states  and  7  foreign  countries  were 
represented. 
In  this  connection  it  may  interest  you  to  know  that  the  study 
of  pharmacy  and  kindred  branches  is  yearly  becoming  more  of 
interest  to  women  and  at  the  present  time  the  college  has  38  women 
attending  the  classes. 
During  the  past  year  13  members  have  been  elected  to  your 
organization ;  2  have  died,  1  resigned  and  7  forfeited  membership, 
thus  making  the.  total  present  membership  144.  You  have  14  as- 
sociate members,  1  elected  during  the  past  year. 
The  position  of  associate  dean,  created  by  your  board,  early  in 
the  fall,  has  proven  most  advantageous  and  has  assisted  materially 
in  advancing  the  interest  of  the  institution.  As  a  matter  of  record  it 
seems  proper  that  your  president  should  report  that  after  numerous 
interviews  and  conferences,  extending  over  a  period  of  many  months, 
an  agreement  of  consolidation  between  the  pharmacy  branch  of  the 
Medico-Chirurgical  College  and  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy was  accomplished,  and  on  August  15,  1916,  the  final  com- 
munication referring  to  same  came  from  Provost  Edgar  F.  Smith 
to  your  executive. 
The  consolidation  has  added  greatly  to  the  prestige  which  Phila- 
delphia has  for  so  many  years  enjoyed  as  a  pharmaceutical  center. 
The  students  of  the  pharmacy  branch  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical 
College  and  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  have  joined  most 
heartily  with  each  other  in  assisting  to  make  the  consolidation  a 
great  success,  and  your  president  wishes  to  extend  to  the  associated 
students  his  appreciation  for  their  active  and  earnest  cooperation. 
The  consolidation  required  many  changes  in  your  curriculum  and 
brought  into  active  and  official  cooperation  with  your  faculty,  the 
following  gentlemen,  who  were  formerly  connected  with  the  phar- 
macy department  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College :  J.  W.  Sturmer, 
Charles  E.  Vanderkleed,  Frank  E.  Stewart,  M.D.,  Heber  W.  Young- 
ken,  Robert  P.  Fischelis,  J.  Edward  Brewer  and  Paul  S.  Pittinger. 
They  have  been  most  earnest  in  their  efforts  to  cooperate  with  and 
aid  the  teaching  force  of  your  institution,  and  your  president  cannot 
allow  this  opportunity  to  pass  without  expressing  to  them  on  behalf 
of  the  membership  of  the  college,  appreciation  for  their  earnest 
endeavors. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
Howard  B.  French. 
March  26,  1917. 
