Am.  J.  Ph.] 
15 
[Sept.  1878 
The  Faculty  consists  of 
ROBERT  BRIDGES,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Chemistry, 
JOHN  M.  MAISCH,  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany. 
JOSEPH  P.  REMINGTON,  Professsor  of  Theory  and  Practice  of  Pharmacy. 
PRACTICAL  SCHOOL. 
The  laboratory  will  be  kept  open  from  9  A.  M.  to  1  P.  M.  every  day  from  Monday 
to  Saturday,  inclusive,  commencing  October  3d,  until  the  close  of  the  lectures, 
thus  affording  to  students  an  opportunity  to  avail  themselves  of  practical  labor- 
atory instruction  in  chemistry  and  pharmacy.  The  instruction,  being  individual, 
will  be  adapted  to  the  knowledge  and  requirements  of  each  student.  For  the  ses- 
sion of  1878 — '79  this  department  has  been  placed  in  charge  of  Prof.  Maisch. 
The  spring  course  will  commence  April  1st  and  terminate  July  1st. 
Extract  from  the  By-Laws.  * 
"  Qualification  for  Graduation. — Every  person  upon  whom  a  diploma  of  this 
College  shall  be  conferred,  must  be  of  good  moral  character,  must  have  arrived  at 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  have  attended  two  courses  of  each  of  the  lectures  de- 
livered in  this  College,  or  one  course  in  this  College,  and  one  in  some  other  respect- 
able College  of  Pharmacy,  the  last  of  which,  however,  must  be  in  this  College  ;  or 
when  there  is  no  such  College  organized  in  his  localty,  in  some  other  respectable 
medical  Institution  in  which  the  same  branches  are  taught.  He  shall  have  served 
out  an  apprenticeship  of  at  least  four  years,  with  a  person  or  persons  engaged  in 
and  qualified  to  conduct  the  Drug  business.  He  shall  also  be  required  to 
produce  an  original  dissertation  or  thesis,  upon  some  subject  of  Materia  Medica, 
Pharmacy,  Chemistry,  or  one  of  the  branches  of  science  immediately  connected 
therewith,  which  shall  be  written  on  thesis  paper  with  neatness  and  accuracy,  in 
his  own  hand-writing.  The  thesis,  with  the  written  evidence  above-mentioned  and 
the  graduation  fee,  shall  be  deposited  with  the  senior  Professor  of  the  school,  on 
or  before  the  first  of  February  of  the  session  in  which  the  application  shall  be 
made.  He  may  be  admitted  to  examination  at  the  expiration  of  three  years  and 
six  months  of  his  term  of  service.  He  must  also  be  recommended  in  writing  by 
the  Committee  on  Examinations  and  the  Professors  jointly,  and  if  his  application 
be  finally  approved  of  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  the  Degree 
of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy,  and  shall  receive  the  Diploma  of  the  College  at  the  ex- 
piration of  his  full  term  of  service  and  on  reaching  the  age  of  twenty-one  years." 
"  Qualifications  for  Certificate  of  Proficiency. — Every  person  on  whom  the 
Certificate  of  Proficiency  in  Chemistry  and  Materia  Medica  shall  be  conferred,  must 
conform  to  all  the  qualifications  required  from  a  candidate  for  graduation,  except  as 
follows  :  The  term  of  apprenticeship  may  be  in  the  wholesale  drug  business,  exclu- 
sive of  a  dispensing  department,  or  in  the  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  manufactur- 
ing business.  The  Candidates  will  not  be  required  to  undergo  an  examination  on 
Practical  Pharmacy.  In  case  of  a  person  holding  euch  Certificate  of  Proficiency  in 
Chemistry  and  Materia  Medica,  hereafter  producing  satisfactory  evidence  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees  that  he  has  served  a  term  of  at  least  two  years  with  a  person  or 
persons  engaged  in,  and  qualified  to  conduct,  the  apothecary  business,  he  shall  be 
entitled  to  an  examination  by  the  Professor  of  Pharmacy  and  a  Committee  on  Exam- 
ination, and  if  recommended  in  writing  by  the  said  Professor  and  Committee  jointly 
to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  his  application  being  approved  of  by  them,  he  shall 
be  entitled  to  the  Degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy,  and  to  receive  the  Diploma  ot 
the  College.' 
FEES. 
Matriculation  fee  (paid  but  once  to  the  actuary  at  the  College)  $  4  00 
Fee  payable  to  each  of  the  Professors  ,..    12  00 
Diploma  Fee     10  00 
Students  who  have  previously  matriculated  do  not  pay  the  matriculation  fee  ;  all 
who  are  apprenticed  to  members  of  the  College  pay  but  $2  ;  but  all  must  invariably 
obtain  the  matriculation  ticket  before  the  commencement  of  each  course.  Graduates 
and  members  of  the  College,  and  all  students  who  have  paid  for  two  full  courses  of 
instruction  in  the  College,  are  admitted  to  the  leetures  gratuitously. 
WILLIAM  C.  BAKES, 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
Tenth  and  Arch  Streets. 
