382  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {Am-^1f^m> 
course  in  bacteriology,  lectures  and  demonstrations  in  first  aid  and 
bandaging.  The  prime  object  of  this  instruction  is  to  fit  men  for 
better  service  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Army  and  Navy. 
Your  President  feels  that  you  will  be  gratified  to  learn  that  the 
misunderstanding  which  has  existed  between  the  state  of  New  York 
and  your  institution  for  some  years  has  been  adjusted  to  the  satis- 
faction of  both  parties  and  he  hopes  that  no  further  cause  for  mis- 
understandings will  arise  in  the  future. 
The  war  and  conditions  incident  to  same  has  caused  a  material 
falling  oft  in  the  attendance  of  students,  although  we  are  pleased 
to  report  that  the  decrease  in  attendance  is  a  little  less  than  the 
average  of  similar  institutions  and  universities  in  the  United  States. 
\Ye  have  369  students  attending  the  College  at  the  present  time, 
6  of  these  are  taking  the  B.Sc.  course  (5  second-year  and  1  first-year 
student )  and  15  students  from  the  first  and  second  years  are  taking 
a  course  in  bacteriology. 
Department  of  Pharmacy. — Prof.  Charles  H.  La  Wall  has 
been  elected  professor  in  theory  and  practice  of  pharmacy  and  under 
his  able  management  the  department  has  shown  marked  progress. 
The  work  has  been  given  along  the  same  general  lines  as  in  former 
years :  however,  to  keep  the  subject  matter  fully  up  to  date  caused  a 
few  minor  changes  to  be  made  in  the  method  of  conducting  the  lec- 
tures and  quizzes. 
Pharmaceutical  Laboratory. — Prof.  E.  Fullerton  Cook  has 
been  elected  professor  of  operative  pharmacy  and  director  of  the 
pharmaceutical  laboratory.  The  instruction  in  this  department  has 
been  fully  up  to  the  standard  during  the  past  year. 
In  the  post-graduate  classes  instruction  has  been  introduced  with 
the  intention  of  qualifying  these  students  as  managers  and  "  control 
men  "  in  manufacturing  laboratories,  or  as  expert  manufacturers  in 
the  retail  stores.  This  work  has  covered  the  strictly  pharmaceutical, 
with  the  necessary  understanding  of  standardization  by  assay  and 
also  specialized  manufacturing  such  as  perfumes,  cosmetics,  denti- 
frices, etc.  It  also  includes  careful  work  in  sterilization,  disinfec- 
tion, war  antiseptics,  and  a  thorough  review  of  the  latest  and  best 
methods  in  prescription  dispensing. 
Your  professor  of  operative  pharmacy  has  made  a  suggestion 
which  seems  to  your  president  to  be  most  desirable.  He  asks  that 
the  members  of  your  Board  of  Trustees  who  are  actively  engaged  in 
conducting  retail  drug  stores  hold  a  conference  at  least  once  a  year 
