200         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  { ^a^^s!"1' 
In  the  evening,  a  reception  was  tendered  to  the  graduates  at  the  College  by  the 
Alumni  Association.  After  a  short  address  by  the  President,  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller 
delivered  the  annual  address,  and  the  following  prizes  were  distributed :  The 
Alumni  gold  medal  to  D.  P.  Miller,  of  Virginia,  and  certificates  to  C.  E,  Button,  of 
Missouri,  for  proficiency  in  Chemistry;  C.  E.  Barton,  of  Ohio,  for  Materia 
Medica;  C.  H.  Gardner,  of  Pennsylvania,  for  Pharmacy,  and  D.  E.  Prall,  of 
Michigan,  for  Pharmaceutical  Manipulations ;  also  to  David  Costelo,  of  Indiana, 
for  having  obtained  the  highest  average  in  the  junior  examination.  A  new  feature 
of  this  entertainment  was  the  delivery  of  a  valedictory  address,  on  the  part  of  the 
graduating  class.  Mr.  D".  E.  Prall,  who  had  been  selected  for  this  task,  acquitted 
himself  very  creditably.  The  presentation  of  the  Alumni  album  and  remarks  by 
several  visitors  concluded  the  exercises. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  annual  meeting,  held  Marh  4th, 
1878,  the  following-named  gentlemen  were  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing  year: 
President,  Samuel  A.  D.  Sheppard.  Vice-Presidents — Thomas  L.  Jenks,  M.D.; 
William  S.  Folger.  Recording  Secretary,  D  G.  Wilkins.  Corresponding- Secre- 
tary, George  F.  H.  Markoe.  Treasurer,  Charles  I.  Eaton.  Auditor,  James  S. 
Melvin.  Trustees — Benj.  F.  Stacey,  I.  B.  Patten,  S  C.  Tozzer,  Geo.  H.  Cowdin, 
Chas.  P.  Orne,  Edgar  L.  Patch,  Edw.  S.  Kelley.  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, Henry  Canning. 
The  College  and  the  School  of  Pharmacy  were  reported  to  be  in  very  satisfactory 
condition. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  close  of  the  forty-eighth  session,  the 
following  candidates  passed  the  examination,  and  received  the  degree  of  Graduate 
in  Pharmacy  : 
George  P.  Bagley,  New  York,  Results  of  several  Percolations  made  with  the  object  oj 
finding  the  exact  weights  of  several  carefully  prepared  tinctures. 
A.  P.  Baxter,  New  York,  An  Examination  of  Granular  Citrate  of  Magnesia. 
A.  C.  Behrens,  Germany,  Officinal  Ginger. 
H.  L.  F.  Behrens,  Germany,  Zinc  and  its  Officinal  Preparations. 
P.  B.  Boles,  Virginia,  Borate  of  Sodium  and  its  Uses. 
C.  W.  Brunner,  New  York,  The  Officinal  Labiates  of  the  United  States. 
T.  R.  Burgtorf,  Germany,  The  Products  of  Apis  mellifica,  their  Medicinal  Properties 
and  Uses,  Adulterations  and  Tests. 
S.  E.  Dougherty,  New  York,  Syrups  by  Cold  Percolation. 
M.  C.  Drescher,  Geimany,  Iodine  and  Iodide  of  Potassium. 
A.  A.  Edlich,  New  York,  Arsenic  a?id  its  Officinal  Preparations. 
H.  W.  Evans,  Kentucky,  Crab  Orchard  Salts. 
Gerson  Gans,  New  York,  Historic  Pharmacy. 
W.  Glatzmayer,  New  York,  Pills  and  Wajers 
G.  D.  Hayes,  New  York,  The  Morphia  Value  of  Commercial  Powdered  Opium. 
Theodore  Heller,  Austria,  Oxide  of  Ethyl,  "Ether." 
Daniel  Huber,  Jr.,  New  York,  Antimony  and  its  Principal  Preparations . 
George  Inness,  New  York,  Hydrobromic  Acid  [HBr.]. 
J  B.  Jacobus,  New  Jersey,  Reading  and  Compounding  of  Prescriptions. 
