AmMa7^77arm  }  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  267 
After  an  address  of  welcome  by  Walter  A.  Taylor,  Ph.G.,  the  following  officers 
were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  R.  H.  Land,  President  ;  E.  W.  H.  Hunter,  R. 
B.  Holl  and  O.Butler,  Vice  Presidents  5  John  Ingalls,  Treasurer ;  Walter  A. 
Taylor,  Secretary. 
Your  correspondent,  Mr.  Shoemaker,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Mr.  Cheatham,  of  New 
York,  were  cordially  invited  to  seats  in  the  meeting.  President  Hunt,  of  Macon, 
delivered  his  annual  address,  which  was  full  of  interest.  T.  A.  Cheatham,  Ph.G.,  the 
orator  of  the  day,  opened  the  afternoon  session  with  a  splendid  essay,  principally 
devoted  to  the  disreputable  practice  of  the  extensive  use  of  the  various  nostrums  and 
patent  medicines  of  the  day,  and  urged  the  educational  standard  of  the  pharmacist  as 
a  remedy  for  the  evil.  Mr.  Schumann  also  read  a  paper  on  the  same  subject.  Several 
other  papers,  answers  to  queries  given  last  year,  were  read,  and  for  the  coming  ses- 
sion many  queries  upon  subjects  in  pharmacy  were  read  and  accepted  readily  by  the 
members,  each  showing  a  lively  interest  in  the  work  begun  a  short  time  ago  by  a 
few.  Steps  were  taken  by  the  Association  to  have  a  change  in  pharmacy  and 
poison  laws.  After  the  chair  had  appointed  three  delegates  to  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  the  meeting  adjourned,  to  meet  in  Augusta  on  the  second 
Tuesday  in  April  next.  At  night  the  druggists  of  Atlanta  had  a  long  table  in  the 
Markham  House  loaded  down  with  the  good  things  of  this  life  for  the  inner  man, 
and  right  well  their  guests  appreciated  it.  Humerous  toasts  and  jolly  good  feeling 
prevailed,  and  at  12  o'clock  all  decided  that  they  had  had  enough  of  a  "good 
thing,"  and  left  with  pleasant  recollections  and  a  stimulated  interest  in  the  progress  of 
pharmacy.  As  a  visitor,  I  can  say  that  Georgians  have  gone  at  the  work  in  good 
earnest,  and  I  thank  them  for  their  many  courtesies.  W.  B.  Addington. 
Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy — The  Commencement  Exercises  were  held  on 
the  evening  of  the  21st  of  March,  at  College  Hall,  and  were  opened  with  prayer, 
after  which  the  President,  Dr.  R.  M.  Byrnes,  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy  upon  the  following  gentlemen  :  Chas.  A.  Doerr,  Wm.  Feemster,  Gus. 
A.  Fieber,  J.  A.  Horsnyder,  Donn.  W.  Light,  J.  H.  Linneman,  J.  C.  Otis,  Chilton 
S.  Porter,  Louis  Reinert,  Jr.,  F.  E.  Schmuck,  Chas.  Sofge,  R.  C.  Wangler,  Herman 
Wilfert.  The  address  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  was  delivered  by  Prof. 
T.  A.  Reamy,  who  spoke  of  the  usefulness  of  the  College  and  explained  the  im- 
portant part  pharmacists  are  expected  to  perform  in  life.  The  following  prizes 
were  distributed  :  Prof.  Judge's  Chemistry  prize  (complete  set  of  blow-pipe  appa- 
ratus) to  Chilton  S.  Porter;  Prof.  Wayne's  Materia  Medica  and  Botany  medal  to 
John  H.  Linneman ;  Prof.  Fennel's  Pharmacy  prize  (slegant  prescription  desk- 
balance)  to  G.  A.  Fieber  j  the  Alumni  medal,  for  general  proficiency,  to  Chas.  A. 
Doerr.  The  graduating  class  presented  to  the  College  a  collection  of  valuable 
books,  Mr.  Chilton  S.  Porter  making  the  presentation  speech,  and  Dr.  R.  M. 
Byrnes,  as  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  appropriately  responding.  Prof. 
Judge  next  addressed  the  audience  in  his  usual  good  style,  and  was  followed  by  Mr. 
J.  C.  Otis  of  the  graduating  class,  in  the  Valedictory.  After  the  exercises  the 
Alumni  Association  entertained  the  new  graduates,  the  Faculty,  Board  of  Trustees 
and  a  host  of  friends  at  their  annual  banquet,  spread  at  the  Gibson  House. 
