96  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {Afebm^i^' 
The  Committee  on  Membership  reported  favorably  on  the  ap- 
plication of  Otto  Raubenheimer,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  as  an  As- 
sociate Member.  A  ballot  was  taken  and  he  was  unanimously 
elected. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETINGS. 
The  second  Pharmaceutical  meeting  was  held  on  Friday  after- 
noon, November  14,  Mr.  Edward  M.  Boring  presiding. 
Prof.  Charles  H.  LaWall  presented  a  paper  on  "  Detection  of 
Chicory  in  Decoctions  of  Chicory  and  Coffee  "  prepared  in  conjunc- 
tion with  Mr.  Leroy  Forman. 
Mr.  Boring  then  exhibited  two  specimens  of  Elixir  of  Iron,  Qui- 
nine and  Strychnine,  made  six  months  apart,  their  fine  appearance 
being  due  to  neutralization  after  the  addition  of  the  iron  phosphate. 
Prof.  Remington  gave  a  delightful  talk  on  "  Some  Pharmaceutical 
Celebrities  I  Have  Met,"  in  connection  with  which  he  showed  a  large 
number  of  slides  including  portraits  and  views  in  laboratories  abroad 
and  in  manufacturing  houses. 
OBITUARY. 
Evan  Tyson  Ellis  was  born  in  Philadelphia  on  August  10,  1826 
and  died  in  the  same  city  on  October  11,  1913.  He  was  the  oldest 
alumnus  and  member  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  the 
last  surviving  charter  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Photographic 
Society,  and  for  many  years  a  prominent  figure  in  the  wholesale  drug 
circles  of  Philadelphia. 
Mr.  Ellis  came  of  sturdy  Quaker  stock,  his  father,  Charles  Ellis, 
being  a  well  known  Orthodox  Quaker,  a  leading  wholesale  druggist 
and  an  official,  in  various  capacities,  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  for  more  than  forty  years.  He  received  his  education  at 
Haverford  College  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1844  and  was  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Haverford  College 
Alumni  Association.  He  then  studied  pharmacy,  attended  the  courses 
of  instruction  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  graduating 
with  the  class  of  1847.  The  subject  of  his  thesis  was  "  Extract  of 
Valerian." 
After  he  was  graduated,  Mr.  Ellis  went  into  partnership  with  his 
father,  Charles  Ellis,  in  Philadelphia,  and  together  they  built  up  a 
large  wholesale  drug  business,  under  the  name  of  Charles  Ellis,  Son 
and  Co.  During  the  Civil  War  he  served  in  the  Hospital  Department 
of  the  U.  S.  Army. 
J.  W.  England. 
