552  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {K^°^£hw7 
year  on  subjects  of  interest  to  pharmacy.  It  was  also  urged  that 
endowments  were  necessary  for  the  future  prosperity  of  colleges 
of  pharmacy. 
Mr.  Beringer  also  reported  verbally  (in  the  absence  of  other 
members  of  the  delegation)  for  the  meeting  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association.  An  extended  report  of  this  meeting  is  pub- 
lished in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  for  October,  1917, 
pages  472-484- 
Professor  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  for  the  Committee  on  Publica- 
tion, reported  verually  that,  owing  to  the  resignation  of  Professor 
Henry  Kraemer,  it  was  necessary  to  provide  for  the  position  of 
Editor,  and  that  George  M.  Beringer  had  been  appointed  Editor, 
pro  tern. 
Election  of  Trustees :  Messrs.  J.  M.  Baer,  H.  W.  Youngken  and 
Mitchell  Bernstein  were  appointed  tellers.  Previous  to  the  ballot 
being  taken  Mr.  C.  Stanley  French,  of  the  Committee  on  Nomina- 
tions, read  letters  from  C.  Mahlon  Kline  and  Walter  V.  Smith  re- 
questing that  their  names  be  withdrawn  as  candidates  for  Trustees. 
While  the  tellers  were  counting  the  ballot  Mr.  French  stated  that 
during  the  summer  a  large  quantity  of  material  had  been  received 
from  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College  that  will  be  of  great  value  to 
our  College.  Also  during  the  summer  some  changes  had  been  made 
in  the  building;  large  new  blackboards,  new  cases,  new  bulletin 
boards  and  other  additions  had  been  made. 
As  a  result  of  the  ballot  the  tellers  reported  the  election  of 
George  M.  Beringer,  Joseph  W.  England  and  Josiah  C.  Peacock  to 
membership  in  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  ensuing  three  years. 
The  President  appointed  the  Committee  on  Membership  as  fol- 
lows: Freeman  P.  Stroup,  Chairman,  Otto  W.  Osterlund,  Richard 
H.  Lackey,  with  the  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  ex  officio. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Recording  Secretary. 
Abstracts  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Meeting,  Board  of  Trustees. 
June  5,  1917. 
Professor  Freeman  P.  Stroup  was  elected  Professor  of  General 
Chemistry,  and  Professor  J.  W.  Sturmer  was  elected  Professor  of 
Pharmaceutical  Chemistry. 
Bachelor  of  Pharmacy  (Phar.B.)  was  the  title  of  the  degree 
agreed  upon  for  the  new  third-year  course.  It  was  also  agreed  that 
no  store  experience  be  required  for  this  degree. 
