Am*Fe°bU%877.nn'}  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations,  Sj- 
drug  was  illustrated  by  Prof.  Remington.  On  motion,  the  Registrar  was  directed' 
to  acknowledge  the  donation,  and  to  express  the  thanks  of  the  College  to  Prof, 
Carson's  family. 
Prof.  Remington  called  attention  to  the  handsome  case  of  specimens  received 
from  F.  Crace  Calvert  &  Co.,  of  England,  to  be  divided  between  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  and  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  Owing  to  the  lateness  of 
the  hour,  the  examination  of  the  specimens  was  postponed  to  the  next  meeting,  , 
when  additional  donations  from  the  Austrian,  English,  Dutch  and  Italian  Depart  - 
ments of  the  Exposition  will  also  be  ready  for  inspection. 
Adolph  W.  Miller,  Registrar  pro.  Urn, 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS; 
The  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  has  met  with  a  very  serious  fos9  hy 
fire.  Since  the  beginning  of  the  present  year  the  College  had  occupied  the- third' 
floor  of  the  Mayhew  School  Building,  on  Hawkins  street,  in  Boston,  which  was 
erected  in  1847,  and  was  abandoned  for  school  purposes  in  June  last.  The  second 
floor  was  unoccupied,  and  the  ground  floor  was  fitted  up  for  the  ward-room  ot 
Ward  7.  The  lecture-room  of  the  College  was  about  30x50  feet,  and'  around  It 
stood  cases  containing  the  specimens  of  drugs  and  chemicals,  all  of  which  were 
destroyed.  A  lecture  was  delivered  on  the  evening  of  January  zzd,  and  &  fire  was- 
left  in  the  two  fuinaces  in  the  basement  as  was  customary.  The  fire,  which  was 
discovered  about  3  o'clock  the  next  morning,  began,  it  appears,  by  thehofc-air  pipes- 
directly  over  the  furnaces,  and  ran  upwards  to  the  front  rooms  of  the  seaond  and: 
third  floors,  and  through  the  cold-air  boxes  placed  between  the  two  floors-  to  tha 
rear  part  of  the  building,  where  less  damage  was  done. 
The  accommodations  were  given  to  the  College  by  the  city  of  Boston,,  the  owner 
of  the  building.  The  total  loss  to  the  College  is  estimated  at  about  $£,00.0,. which 
is  but  partially  covered  by  insurance. 
We  sincerely  hope  that  our  friends  will  not  be  dismayed  by  this  sudden'  Ibss,  but 
that  they  may  succeed  in  making  temporary  arrangements  for  the  present,,  so  as  to 
continue  the  current  course  to  its  close.  The  losses,  though  serious^,  we  trust  are 
not  irreparable,  and  the  hearty  good  will  and  the  determined  energy  for-  which  the 
Boston  pharmacists  and  druggists  are  known,  will  overcome  them. 
The  Boston  Druggists'  Association  held  its  annual  meeting  and  banquet  or.  the 
afternoon  and  evening  of  January  24th,  when  the  following  officers  were  elected  :: 
President,  William  J.  Cutler,  of  the  firm  of  Cutler  Bros.  &  Co.  ;  Vice  Presidents.. 
Dr.  Thomas  L.  Jenks  and  Nathaniel  J.  Rust,  of  Rust  Bros.  &  Bird  j  Secretary.,. 
William  F.  Horton,  of  Cheney,  Myrick,  Hobbs  &  Co.  ;  Treasurer,,  SI  A..  D,  Shep  - 
pard,  of  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  &  Co. 
