The  Semi- Annual  meeting  was  held  at  the  College  Hall,  9th  mo.  28th, 
1857. 
The  first  Vice  President,  S.  F.  Troth,  in  the  Chair. 
The  Minutes  of  the  last  stated  and  special  meetings  were  adopted. 
By  the  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  which  were  read,  it  appears 
that  George  Blinkhorn  has  taken  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  in 
compliance  with  the  requisitions. 
Charles  Shivers,  recommended  to  membership  by  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
was  now  on  ballot  unanimously  elected  a  resident  member. 
The  Committee  appointed  on  the  proposition  to  unite  with  the  Board  of 
Trade  were  continued. 
The  Committee  on  the  alteration  of  the  College  building,  made  a  report 
detailing  the  improvements  accomplished,  the  expense  incurred  and  the 
methods  adopted  for  raising  the  funds  ;  by  this  it  appears  that  the  build- 
ing has  been  thoroughly  repaired  and  painted,  inside  and  out,  the  first  story 
has  been  papered  and  varnished,  the  second  story  much  improved,  and  a 
new  and  complete  Lecture  room  fitted  up  in  the  third  story ;  the  stairway 
formerly  leading  from  the  south  end  of  the  building  against  the  western 
wall  to  the  fourth  story  has  been  removed,  and  the  well  obliterated  in  the 
third  story,  and  in  the  second  and  first  stories  converted  into  small  rooms 
communicating  with  the  lecture  and  meeting  rooms,  the  former  serving  as 
a  large  closet  for  the  use  of  the  Professors  of  Chemistry  and  Pharmacy, 
and  by  a  division  midway  between  the  floor  and  ceiling  furnishing  a  place 
for  the  storage  of  the  stock  of  Journals  on  hand.  The  stairway  on  the 
east  side  of  the  building  has  been  carried  up  to  the  fourth  story. 
Most  of  the  expense,  which  reaches  about  $900,  has  been  provided  for, 
by  a  loan  for  not  more  than  two  years  without  interest,  taken  by  members 
of  the  College  in  shares  of  $25. 
The  Report  of  the  Committee  was  accepted,  and,  od  motion,  the  Com- 
mittee on  Latin  Labels  and  the  Publication  Committee  were  each  instructed 
to  pay  over  $150  to  enable  the  Committee  on  the  alterations  to  meet  the 
remainder  of  their  indebtedness. 
The  delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  reported  as 
follows : 
The  undersigned,  delegates  elected  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association,  report  that  they  have  attended  to  the 
duty,  and  that  the  meeting  took  place  in  the  Hall  of  the  College  on  the 
8th,  9th,  10th  and  11th  of  the  present  month.  The  attendance  was  larger 
than  ever  before,  reaching  75  members  ;  the  business  was  conducted  with 
much  harmony,  and  several  interesting  papers  on  scientific  subjects  were 
read.  The  subjects  of  the  Sale  of  Poisons,  of  Weights  and  M  easures,  and 
the  Progress  of  Pharmacy  during  the  past  year,  were  reported  on  by  Com- 
