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Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  { A  AUJust'  igS™' 
nical  chemistry  course  recitation  periods  and  that  each  student  be 
required  to  attend. 
7.  A  course  in  chemical  engineering,  as  outlined  by  Frank  X. 
Moerk,  as  part  of  instruction  for  students  in  the  technical  chemistry 
course. 
8.  That  instruction  in  foreign  literature  as  now  outlined  for 
special  students  be  changed  to  read :  Instruction  in  Foreign  and 
Domestic  Current  Chemical  and  Pharmaceutical  Literature. 
The  Committee  on  Instruction  stated  that  the  report  from  the 
various  members  of  the  Faculty  have  been  eminently  satisfactory 
and  very  few  changes  in  the  course  are  necessary.  The  conferences 
held  by  the  Faculty  have  resulted  in  coordinating  the  work  of  the 
various  departments  and  will,  therefore,  be  continued. 
The  recommendation  of  Prof.  Cook  referred  to  in  the  annual 
address  of  the  President,  namely,  that  members  of  the  board  actively 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  be  asked  to  hold  a  conference  annually 
with  the  instructors  in  the  various  departments  to  assist  in  making 
the  course  thoroughly  practical,  meets  with  the  approval  of  the 
committee. 
Prof.  Youngken  reported  that  the  present  instructor  had  re- 
signed with  the  close  of  the  college  session  and  requested  that  he  be 
given  authority  to  select  an  assistant. 
The  committee  recommends  that  Prof.  Heber  W.  Youngken 
be  elected  professor  of  botany  and  pharmacognosy.  The  committee 
also  stated  that  during  the  absence  of  Dr.  Roddy  in  military  service 
that  the  work  of  the  Department  of  Bacteriology  and  Hygiene  had 
been  carried  on  by  Louis  Gershenfeld  and  recommend  that  he  be 
given  the  title  of  assistant  professor  of  the  Department  of  Bac- 
teriology and  Hygiene. 
Propositions  for  additional  prizes  have  been  submitted  to  the 
committee  by  Professors  La  Wall,  Sturmer,  Cook  and  Youngken, 
Instructor  Griffith  and  the  Estate  of  Joseph  P.  Remington,  the 
exact  conditions  for  these  awards  will  be  published  in  the  announce- 
ment. 
The  various  recommendations  of  the  committee,  after  discussion, 
were  approved,  excepting  that  relating  to  the  election  of  professor 
of  botany  and  pharmacognosy,  which  according  to  the  by-laws  was 
laid  over  for  one  month. 
Mr.  Clifle,  for  the  Committee  on  Special  Diplomas,  reported  the 
wording  on  the  diploma  for  the  degree  of  Ph.C.  After  discussion, 
the  report  was  adopted. 
