182  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  {kl^i,mT' 
Tuesday  evening,  March  19th.  The  President,  Mr.  Wra.  Hegeraan,  addressed 
the  graduating  class  with  a  few  well-chosen  remarks,  and  then  conferred  upon 
them  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  grad- 
uates, with  the  subject  of  their  theses:  P.  de  la  Calle,  Cuba,  "  Aguedita,  a 
.Cuban  Plant;"  Augustus  G.  Caille,  Germany,  "Chemical  Analysis  for  Inor* 
ganic  Poisons,  Creosote  Phenol  and  Coal  Tar  Creosote;"  George  Essig,  New 
York,  "  Chloral ;"  Julia  Z.  Formel,  Cuba,  "Digitalis  Purpurea;"  Thomas  R. 
Frost,  New  York,  "  Iron,  and  its  Preparations  Frank  S.  Jones,  New  York, 
"Spiritus  iEtheris  Nitrosi;"  Charles  Pabst,  New  York,  "Organic  Acids;" 
Charles  F.  Ringler,  New  York,  "  Medical  Botany;"  J.  Henry  Tucker,  Balti- 
more, Md.,  "  Review  of  the  Chemical  Testimony  of  the  late  Wharton  Trial." 
The  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Prof.  C.  F.  Chandler,  after  which 
the  following  prizes  were  awarded:  First  prize,  of  $100,  for  the  most  satisfac- 
tory examination,  Augustus  G.  Caille  ;  chemistry,  $50,  J.  H.  Tucker;  botany, 
$50,  C.  F.  Ringler:  pharmacy,  $50,  Frank  S.  Jones.  Another  prize  of  $50 
was  given  to  Mr.  Tucker  by  the  Alumni  Association  for  the  best  thesis.  Mr. 
Jones  also  received  a  prize  of  a  pharmaceutical  still  and  condenser  for  the  best 
examination  upon  weights  and  measures  and  upon  specific  gravity.  One  of 
the  students,  on  behalf  of  the  graduating  class,  then  presented  to  the  College 
a  large  oil  painting  of  John  Milhau,  one  of  the  founders,  and  lately  President 
of  this  College. 
The  College  held  its  annual  meeting  on  the  21st  of  March,  and  elected  the 
following  officers  :  President,  Wra,  Hegeman  ;  Vice-Presidents,  Wm.  Neer- 
gaard,  Isaac  Coddington,  P.  Ralluff;  Treasurer,  Wm.  Wright,  Jr.;  Secretary, 
H.  A.  Cassebeer,  Jr.;  Trustees,  P.  W.  Bedford,  G.  C.  Close,  A.  C.  Dung,  D. 
Hays,  B.  L.  Milhau,  M.  L.  M.  Peixotto,  Chas.  Rice,  D.  C.  Robbins,  A.  W. 
Weismann;  Delegates  to  the  Amer.  Pharm.  Assoc.,  P.  BallufF,  F.  Hoffmann, 
B.  L.  Milhau,  Chas.  Rice,  D.  C.  Robbins. 
It  is  gratifying  to  learn  that  this  College  has  likewise  been  compelled  to 
secure  increased  accommodations  for  its  school.  A  room  about  double  the  size 
of  that  formerly  used  has  been  secured  in  the  University  building,  and  will  be 
fitted  up  for  the  lecture  room,  while  the  old  one  will  be  retained  tor  the  library, 
cabinet,  and  the  meetings  of  the  College  and  Board  of  Trustees. 
The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Apothecaries'  Union,  which  was  formed 
last  year  to  secure  for  New  York  city  a  better  and  more  just  pharmaceutical 
law,  has  recommended  its  members  to  join  the  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Alumni  Association  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the 
annual  meeting,  held  March  18th,  President  Robbins  read  his  annual  report, 
and  at  the  subsequent  election  the  following  officers  were  elected  :  President, 
D.  C.  Robbins;  Yice-Presidents,  P.  W.  Bedford,  Hampden  Osborne,  John 
Best;  Treasurer,  Theobald  Frohwein  ;  Secretary,  Thos.  F.  Main  ;  Executive 
Committee,  B.  F.  Mclntyre,  John  A.  Dunn,  Chas.  B.  Smith,  Chas.  S.  Plumb; 
Delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Thos.  F.  Main.  Frank 
S.  Jones,  Hampden  Osborne,  J.  W.  Ballard,  L.  M.  Rice. 
The  Association  directed  the  printing  of  the  constitution  and  by-laws,  the 
list  of  members,  the  annual  report  of  the  President,  as  also  the  valedictory 
address  of  Prof.  C.  F.  Chandler. 
