226  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {Am^\^mi 
namic  acid.  The  aqueous  liquid  contained,  furthermore,  a  quantity 
of  sugar  which  yielded  d-phenylglucosazone,  melting  at  21 8°. 
The  portion  of  the  extract,  which  was  insoluble  in  water,  formed 
a  dark-colored,  resinous  mass.  It  consisted  largely  of  amorphous 
products,  some  of  which  gave  3 : 4-dihydroxycinnamic  acid  on  hy- 
drolysis, and  a  small  amount  of  an  amorphous  alkaloid  was  also 
present.  The  following  definite  substances  were  obtained  from  the 
resin :  Hentriacontane  C31H64 ;  a  phytosterol  C28H460 ;  palmitic, 
stearic,  arachidic,  cerotic,  and  melissic  acids,  together  with  some 
unsaturated  acids  which  appeared  to  consist  chiefly  of  a  compound, 
C16H30O2,  such  as  has  been  obtained  by  Bull  (Ber.,  1906,  39,  3537) 
from  cod-liver  oil. 
________  .   J.  K.  T. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
Annual  Meeting. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  March  30th,  at  4  p.m.,  in  the  Library;  the  President, 
Howard  B.  French,  presiding.  Twenty-two  members  were  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  quarterly  meeting  held  December  29th,  191 3, 
were  read  and  approved.  The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for 
December  2nd,  1913,  January  6th,  February  3rd  and  9th  were  read 
by  the  Registrar,  J.  S.  Beetem,  and  approved. 
President  French  delivered  his  Annual  Address,  when  Mr.  Ber- 
inger  moved  that  the  address  be  referred  to  the  Publication  Com- 
mittee, as  there  were  many  items  of  information  that  should  be 
given  to  the  public  through  The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
particularly  the  items  referring  to  the  instruction  as  given  in  the 
College.  Seconded,  and  so  ordered.  (See  p.  233  in  this  issue  of  this 
Journal.) 
Report  of  the  Publication  Committee  was  read  by  Professor 
S.  P.  Sadtler.  The  Journal  has  been  published  regularly  during 
the  past  twelve  months.  The  financial  statement  presented  shows 
a  creditable  balance  after  paying  all  bills.  It  is  impossible  to  supply 
a  complete  set,  as  some  of  the  earlier  volumes  have  one  or  more 
numbers  missing.  It  is  hoped  that  the  sale  of  back  numbers  will 
increase  so  that  a  general  index  since  1890  can  be  published.  There 
is  need  for  such  an  index,  as  is  shown  by  a  number  of  inquiries  for 
