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mantle  fall  but  the  graduates  in  the  school?  It  is  for  you  the  College  of  Phar- 
macy was  established,  and  you  will  reap  the  benefit  of  it.  Those  who  have 
maintained  it  give  you  a  good  name.  The  College  of  Pharmacy  has,  I  think, 
wisely  established  two  grades  or  titles  of  distinction,  viz.,  those  of  Graduate 
and  Master,  which  are  open  to  all  who  are  diligent  in  their  calling  and  able  to 
pass  the  requisite  examinations.  The  first  you  have  obtained ;  let  me  urge  you 
to  study  for  the  second.  Study  for  yourselves,  not  for  the  examination,  for 
knowledge  is  power,  is  happiness,  is  wealth,  for  the  patient  student  will  be  a 
student  all  his  life.  No  man  can  be  that  without  acquiring  knowledge  useful  to 
himself  and  his  fellow-men.  Endeavor  to  make  that  knowledge  useful  to  others. 
Let  me  impress  upon  you,  in  the  language  of  another,  1  that  your  daily  life 
abounds  in  opportunities.'  Not  a  drug  you  handle,  not  a  poison  you  dispense, 
but  has  its  history;  you  ought  to  know  it." 
Mr.  Charles  R.  Beck  made  some  remarks  on  indigenous  medicinal  plants 
and  on  minerals  found  in  the  United  States,  suitable  for  the  manufacture  of 
chemical  preparations,  many  of  which  are  employed  in  medicine.  After  some 
additional  remarks  on  Cassia  Marilandica,  by  Prof.  J.  F.  Moore  and  Louis 
Dohme,  the  meeting  adjourned. 
The  Medical  Department  of  Columbia  College,  Washington,  D.  C,  held 
its  commencement  at  Lincoln  Hall,  on  the  evening  of  March  7th,  when  the  de- 
gree of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  was  conferred  upon  the  following  gentlemen : 
Americus  Davis,  Francis  S.  Gaither,  W.  C.  Milburn,  C.  L.  R.  Sayre,  G.  G.  C. 
Simms  and  Thos.  F.  Sullivan. 
We  believe  that  this  is  the  first  time  that  the  above  degree  has  been  conferred 
in  the  United  States  by  a  medical  institution,  and  refer  to  the  editorial  columns 
for  some  remarks  upon  this  subject. 
The  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy  has  received  the  following  generous 
donations  to  its  cabinet:  from  Messrs.  W.  H.  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  New  York,  20 
specimens,  and  from  Messrs.  McKesson  &  Robbins,  New  York,  80  specimens 
of  materia  medica;  from  Messrs.  Rosengarten  &  Sons  69  specimens,  and  from 
Messrs.  Power3  &  Weightman  154  specimens  of  chemicals.  The  Board  of 
Trustees,  at  their  meeting  of  March  11th,  instructed  the  Curator,  by  a  unani- 
mous vote,  to  tender,  through  the  "American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,"  their 
cordial  thanks  to  the  above  firms  for  their  munificent  gifts. 
(Signed)  .J.  A.  McAfee,  Curator. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  Allegheny  County. — We  have  received 
a  pamphlet  containing  the  constitution,  by  laws  and  code  of  ethics  adopted  by 
this  Association,  which,  now  being  definitely  organized,  mast  exert  a  beneficial 
influence  on  the  status  of  pharmacy  in  the  western  section  of  Pennsylvania. 
The  list  of  officers  for  the  current  year  was  published  on  page  518  of  our  last 
volume. 
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The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  at 
the  College  building  March  25th,  1872.    26  members  present. 
