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the  year  a  number  of  their  associates  were  removed  by  death.    The  laboratory  has 
been  well  patronized,  all  the  tables  having  been  occupied. 
The  Treasurer  reported  a  balance  of  #71.77. 
The  Committee  on  Nomination  of  Officers  presented  the  following  report,  and, 
on  motion,  the  Secretary  cast  the  vote  of  the  Associotion  for  the  names  therein 
contained  :  President,  R.  V.  Mattison  5  Vice-Presidents,  S.  M.  McCollin,  H.  E. 
Wendel ;  Treasurer,  E.  C.  Jones;  Recording  Secretary,  Wallace  Procter;  Corres- 
ponding Secretary,  W.  W.  Moorhead  ;  Executive  Committee,  G.  W.  Kennedy 
and  H.  Trimble;  Trustee  of  Sinking  Fund,  T.  S.  Wiegand. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned. 
In  the  evening  a  public  reception  was  given  to  the  graduating  class  and  their  lady 
friends  at  College  Hall.  The  Alumni  address  was  delivered  by  Thomas  S. 
Wiegand,  Ph.G.,  and  the  following  Alumni  prizes  were  distributed  : 
A  gold  medal,  for  the  highest  average  at  the  recent  examination,  to  Olaf  Martin 
Oleson,  Iowa,  and  Certificates  to  Joseph  Clarence  Coxey,  of  Pennsylvania,  for 
proficiency  in  Chemistry;  Walter  F.  Childs,  Pennsylvania,  for  Materia  Medica  ; 
Norman  A.  Kuhn,  Ohio,  for  Pharmacy,  and  to  Richard  Jesse  Moore,  Ohio,  for 
proficiency  in  Pharmaceutical  Manipulation. 
A  certificate  for  the  highest  average  in  the  junior  examination  was  awarded  to 
David  Patrick  Miller,  of  Virginia. 
The  thirteenth  annual  report  of  this  association  will  soon  be  published  ;  copies  of 
it  will  be  mailed  on  application  to  the  Recording  Secretary. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. —The  forty-seventh  commencement  was  held 
at  Chickering  Hall,  March  20,  when  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  was  con- 
ferred upon  the  following  candidates  : 
Avery,  Abbott  L  ,  New  Jersey,  Salicin  and  Salicylic  Acid. 
Benham,  Edward  N.,  New  Jersey,  Sulphur,  Sulphurets,  and  Sulphuric  and  Sulphur- 
ous Acids. 
Boeddiker,  Otto,  New  York,  Picrotoxin. 
Boyken,  J.  Anton,  New  York,  Citric  Acid. 
Bradley,  Simeon  C,  New  York,  Ergota. 
Breitenbach,  Max  J.,  Georgia,  Gossypium  Herbaceum  and  Products. 
Broquet,  Edward,  Iowa,  Opium. 
Colby,  Willis  D.,  Ohio,  Modern  Methods  of  Concealing  the  Taste  and  Odor  of  Medi- 
cines. 
Corwin,  Fred.  M.,  New  York,  The  Action  of  Certain  Processes  and  Officinal  Prepara- 
tions on  Calomel. 
Doepfner,  Eugene,  New  York,  Guarana. 
Duteil,  Victor,  Province  of  Quebec,  Nicotiana  Tabacum. 
Egge,  Karl  J.,  New  York,  Iodide  of  Potassium. 
Fries,  Peter,  New  York,  Pharmaceutical  Zoology. 
Frost,  William  A  ,  New  Brunswick,  Carbolic  Acid. 
Garrison,  Frank,  New  Jersey,  Arsenic  and  its  Officinal  Preparations. 
(jetty,  Wilmot  S.,  North  Carolina,  Phosphorus  and  Acidum  Phosphoricum  Dilutum. 
Goetze,  Julius,  New  York,  Combustion  and  Flame. 
Hebig,  William,  New  York,  Emplastrum  Plumbi. 
Heidt,  Thomas  P.,  Georgia,  Classification  of  the  Articles  embraced  in  a  Course  of  Lec- 
tures on  Materia  Medica. 
