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as  may  be  deemed  strictly  executive)  in  order  to  advise  with  the 
Board,  but  without  the  privilege  of  voting.  Approved. 
The  Chair  congratulated  Professor  La  Wall  upon  his  election  as 
dean  of  the  faculty  and  Professor  Sturmer  as  dean  of  the  post- 
graduate and  special  courses,  both  of  whom  expressed  their  appre- 
ciation of  the  honor  conferred  upon  them  and  their  intention  W 
further  the  interests  of  the  College. 
Fourth,  the  suggestion  relative  to  the  elimination  of  the  degree 
of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy  (Phar.D.)  for  the  three-year  course  and 
hereafter  maintaining  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy  for  students 
who  will  carry  on  two  years  of  higher  study  and  research  work  after 
completing  the  course  for  the  degree  of  B.Sc.  in  pharmacy  was  dis- 
cussed. It  was  then  moved  that  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy 
(Phar.D.)  be  eliminated  hereafter  for  a  three-years  course,  with 
the  understanding  that  students  who  had  already  matriculated  for 
the  course  leading  to  this  degree  (Phar.D.)  would  be  continued  in 
this  course  for  the  degree  as  announced  in  the  previous  College  Bul- 
letin.   It  was  so  ordered. 
Committee  on  examination  reported  that  Maurice  Blumberg  and 
Maurice  B.  Dadney,  who  had  passed  their  examinations  for  the  de- 
gree of  Ph.G.  just  previous  to  the  last  commencement,  but  who  were 
deficient  in  practical  experience,  have  submitted  evidence  as  to  the 
completion  of  that  requirement  and  are  now  eligible  for  a  diploma. 
On  motion  they  were  declared  Graduates  in  Pharmacy. 
The  special  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  names  proposed 
for  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  in  Pharmacy  reported  through 
Dr.  A.  W.  Miller,  chairman,  that  they  cordially  and  unanimously 
approved  of  the  names  that  had  been  presented.  Thereupon  a  ballot 
was  taken  and  being  clear  the  Chair  declared  Prof.  E.  Fullerton 
Cook,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Otto  Raubenheimer,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
elected  to  receive  the  degree  of  Master  in  Pharmacy  (Ph.M.) 
Honoris  Causa. 
Mr.  French  read  a  communication  from  the  Provident  Life  and 
Trust  Company  containing  a  copy  of  the  eighth  item  in  the  will  of 
the  late  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  covering  a  bequest  to  the  Col- 
lege. Mr.  French  also  read  his  reply  acknowledging  receipt  of  this 
information. 
Communications  were  read  from  Mr.  Benjamin  T.  Fairchilds, 
Professor  Jose  P.  Alacan,  the  Cuban  Branch  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  and  Dr.  Carl  Alsberg,  of  the  Department  of 
