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Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {  Amj/a°y ri9^|arm" 
Syllabus.  Also  to  consider  the  advisability  of  a  special  course  (to 
be  given  as  a  postgraduate  course  after  the  College  session)  covering 
training  suitable  for  pharmaceutical,  sanitary  and  hygienic  practice 
in  the  Army,  and  to  ask  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  their  approval. 
The  faculty  generously  tendered  their  services  for  the  course, 
hoping  by  so  doing  to  aid  the  government  as  well  as  the  profession 
of  pharmacy.    On  motion  the  action  of  the  committee  was  approved. 
Committee  on  scholarships.  The  chairman  stated  that  the  com- 
mittee should  be  enlarged  by  associate  membership,  and  asked  that 
Professors  Moerk,  Sturmer  and  La  Wall  be  added  as  associate  mem- 
bers.   It  was  so  ordered. 
Committee  on  examinations  reported  that  Donald  W.  Huber, 
P.D.,  and  Percy  D.  Neeld  had  completed  the  full  course  in  technical 
chemistry  and  having  passed  their  examinations  were  entitled  to  re- 
ceive the  certificate  of  proficiency  in  chemistry.  On  motion  it  was 
ordered  that  certificates  be  granted  to  them. 
The  committee  also  reported  that  Everett  J.  Roberts  had  com- 
pleted a  special  course  in  the  analysis  of  fuels,  oils  and  water,  cov- 
ering one  thousand  laboratory  hours  and  one  hundred  and  twenty 
lectures  and  is,  therefore,  entitled  to  a  special  certificate.  On  mo- 
tion a  special  certificate  was  granted. 
By  invitation,  Prof.  Sturmer  appeared  before  the  Board  to  give 
his  views  regarding  the  desirability  of  considering  at  the  present 
time  the  names  of  a  number  of  students  who  had  completed  their 
scholastic  requirements  last  June  and  had  since  presented  satisfac- 
tory evidence  of  completing  four  years  practical  work  as  being 
eligible  for  a  degree  of  Ph.G.  and  not  to  hold  them  over  until  June, 
1918.  After  some  explanation  and  discussion,  it  was  voted  that 
these  students  be  declared  graduates  and  that  they  should  receive 
their  diplomas  at  the  next  commencement. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Board  announced  that  he  had  received 
letters  of  appreciation  from  the  recipients  of  scholarships. 
The  committee  on  membership  reported  favorably  on  the  appli- 
cation of  Anton  Hogstad,  Jr.,  for  associate  membership.  A  ballot 
was  taken  and  he  was  unanimously  elected. 
January  2,  1918.    Fourteen  members  were  present. 
Mr.  French  moved  that  the  usual  course  of  business  be  suspended 
out  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  our  late  Dean  and  that  the  meeting 
adjourn  to  meet  Tuesday,  January  8.    It  was  so  ordered. 
On  motion,  it  was  ordered  that  the  College  be  closed  Friday, 
