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Minutes  of  the  College. 
(Am.  Jotjr.  Pharm 
\    April!,  1872. 
In  the  absence  of  the  President,  William  Procter,  Jr.,  1st  Vice-President,  oc- 
cupied the  chair. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  adopted.  The  minutes  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  were  read  by  A.  B.  Taylor,  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  ap- 
proved. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  inform  that,  at  the  51st  Annual  Commencement, 
held  at  the  Academy  of  Music  on  the  15th  inst.,  the  Diploma  of  the  College 
was  conferred  on  sixty-two  graduates,  three  of  whom  passed  the  examination  in 
June  last. 
The  Committee  on  Publication  reported  as  follows  : 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  ; 
The  Publication  Committee  reports  that  its  duties  have  been  duly  attended 
to  during  the  past  year.  The  plan  of  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  Committee 
under  a  regular  organization  of  officers,  meeting  monthly  and  keeping  minutes, 
has  been  a  success.  The  labors  of  the  Editor  in  keeping  up  the  spirit  of  the 
Journal,  and  supplying  it  with  original  and  selected  articles,  are  deserving  of 
mention.    That  officer  reports,  that 
"  The  transaction,  in  the  College  building,  of  all  the  business  pertaining  to  the 
Journal,  has  worked  well ;  all  letters,  journals,  etc.,  intended  for,  or  relating 
to,  the  editorial  or  business  portion  of  the  Journal,  being  now  received  at  the 
College  Hall. 
"  The  Journal  has  been  regularly  issued  during  the  past  year  at  the  begin- 
ning of  every  month. 
"Arrangements  have  been  made  with  several  of  our  foreign  exchanges,  and 
others  are  hoped  to  be  perfected  during  the  present  year,  whereby  these  ex- 
changes will  be  received  by  mail,  thus  avoiding  all  loss  of  time  and  enabling 
the  Editor  to  always  select  the  latest  investigations  for  publication. 
"As  directed  by  the  Committee,  the  Journal  has  been  stopped  from  all  de- 
linquent subscribers,  after  repeated  notifications  to  pay  their  arrearages  failed 
to  elicit  an  answer.  This  loss  of  subscribers  has  been  more  than  compensated 
by  new  subscriptions  received  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 
"  The  Editor  has  been  informed  that  a  number  of  delinquent  members  of  the 
College  receive  their  member's  copy  of  the  Journal,  contrary  to  chapter  viii, 
section  9,  of  the  By-Laws,  and  he  suggests  that  the  Treasurer  of  j the  College, 
by  special  resolution,  be  directed  to  furnish  the  Publication  Committee,  by  the 
last  Monday  of  May  next,  a  complete  list  of  all  members  who  may  be  in  arrears 
with  their  annual  dues  on  that  day,  so  that  the  Journal  may  be  stopped."  As 
the  College  now  pays  the  Publication  Committee  $2.08  for  each  copy  of  the 
Journal  furnished  to  members,  it  is  wrong  that  delinquents  should  receive  it. 
The  efforts  of  the  Business  Editor  have  largely  increased  the  income  of  the 
Journal  by  new  subscriptions,  by  the  collection  of  old  debts,  and  especially  by 
prompt  attention  to  the  advertising  department,  which  will  more  fully  appear 
in  his  special  report. 
In  conclusion  the  Committee  would  refer  to  the  excellent  arrangements  of 
their  Treasurer  for  the  prompt  and  accurate  conduction  of  the  financial  busi- 
ness of  the  Journal,  and  congratulate  the  College  on  the  favorable  statement 
his  special  report  exhibits.  William  Procter,  Jr.,  Chairman. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Secretary. 
On  motion,  it  was  resolved  that  the  Publication  Committee  are  hereby 
authorized  to  stop  the  delivery  of  the  "Journal"  to  all  members  who  are  in 
arrears  on  the  1st  of  June,  if  they  deem  it  proper, — and  that  the  Treasurer  of 
the  College  be  requested  to  furnish  the  Committee  with  a  list  of  all  who  are  in 
arrears  at  that  date. 
