3 1 6         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  { Amjune%P78arm' 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  tenth  annual  commencement  was 
held  last  month,  in  the  hall  of  the  Institute  of  Technology,  and  was  largely 
attended.  After  an  address  by  the  president,  Mr.  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  in  which  he 
paid  a  tribute  of  respect  to  the  late  Ashel  Boyden  and  Daniel  Henchman,  the  first 
president  of  the  college,  the  diplomas  were  conferred  upon  the  following  graduates  : 
Jonathan  Marshall  Colcord,  Mass.,  Dialyzed  Iron  j  Charles  Dwight  Cooke, 
Mass.,  Analysis  of  D  ami  ana  j  Herbert  Augustus  Curtis,  Mass,  Salicylic  Acid-, 
Edmund  Culver  Danforth,  Mass.,  Sodii  Sulpho-Carbolas  ;  Frederick  Arthur 
Hartshorn,  Mass.,  Saccharated  Pepsin;  Charles  Huestis  Hyde,  Vt.,  Coffee;  Charles 
Kenneth  Short,  N.  B.,  Petroleum  and  some  of  its  Products  having  Pharmaceutical 
Interest. 
The  valedictory  addresses  were  delivered  on  the  part  of  the  faculty  by  Prof.  W. 
P.  Bolles,  M.D  ,  and  in  behalf  of  the  graduating  class  by  Mr.  J.  M.  Colcord. 
After  the  audience  was  dismissed,  the  members  of  the  College,  together  with  their 
ladies  and  invited  guests,  repaired  to  the  Hotel  Brunswick,  where  they  partook  of  the 
annual  dinner. 
At  the  annual  meeting  held  May  2d,  the  following  officers  were  elected:  Presi- 
dent, L.  C.  Flanagan  ;  Vice  Presidents — W.  W.  Bartlett  and  C.  P.  Orne  ;  Secretary, 
S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  j  Treasurer,  John  C.  Lowd,  and  Auditor,  E.  S.  Kelly. 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy — An  adjourned 
meeting  was  held  on  the  evening  of  May  21st,  to  act  upon  some  proposed  amend- 
ments to  the  constitution  5  afterwards  the  Association  sat  down  to  the  annual  supper* 
The  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  eighth  annual  meeting 
in  Library  Hall,  Elizabeth,  on  Wednesday,  May  15th.  The  meeting  was  called  to 
order  at  10.45  A.  M.  by  the  President,  Mr.  C.  B.  Smith,  who  introduced  Dr. 
Green,  the  mayor  of  the  city.  His  honor  addressed  the  Association,  extending  a 
hearty  welcome  to  the  members.  The  President,  on  behalf  of  the  Association, 
returned  thanks  for  the  kindness  shown. 
After  reading  the  annual  address  by  the  President,  the  following  officers  were 
elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  Randolph  Rickey,  of  Trenton  ;  Vice  Presi- 
dents— A.  S.  White,  of  Mount  Holly,  and  Robert  Eastburn,  of  New  Brunswick  5 
Treasurer,  William  Rust,  of  New  Brunswick;  Recording  Secretary,  A.  P.  Brown, 
of  Camden;  Corresponding  Secretary,  R.  W.  Vandervoort,  of  Newark;  Standing 
Committee—  A.  S.  White,  ex-officio,  of  Mount  Holly  ;  Chas.  Holzhauer,  of  Newark  ; 
Richard  Frohwein,  of  Elizabeth  ;  Bunting  Hankins,  of  Bordentown,  and  Franklin 
Dare,  of  Bridgeton. 
Several  papers  of  interest  were  read  by' members. 
Princeton  was  decided  on  as  the  place  for  the  next  annual  meeting,  and  it  was 
also  decided  to  hold  a  two  days'  session  ;  the  first  day  for  business,  the  second  to  be 
devoted  to  reading  answers  to  queries  and  volunteer  papers.  A  number  of  new 
members  were  elected,  and  the  Publishing  Committee  were  directed  to  have  five 
hundred  copies  of  the  proceedings  of  1878  printed,  and  to  send  a  copy  to  every 
druggist  in  New  Jersey.  At  5  P.  M.  the  meeting  adjourned,  the  members  well 
pleased  with  the  work  of  the  day. 
