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STATES  AND  COUNTRIES  REPRESENTED  BY  THE  GRADUATING  CI, ASS. 
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Special  certificates  for  a  two  years'  course  in  general,  applied  and  analytical 
chemistry  were  awarded  to  : 
Irwin  Atwood  Becker,  Pennsylvania. 
William  Joseph  Doyle,  Iowa. 
Warren  Whitney  Flitcraft,  New  Jersey. 
Clarence  Blaine  Gowen,  Georgia. 
John  Clayton  Ziegler,  Pennsylvania. 
AWARD  OF  PRIZES. 
The  Procter  Prize  of  a  gold  medal  and  certificate  for  the  highest  grade  of 
scholarship  and  a  meritorious  thesis  was  given  to  Louis  P.  Carstens.  In  con- 
nection with  this,  Harry  R.  Rudy  received  the  grade  of  distinguished,  and 
L.  K  Baldauf  and  J.  Henry  Schroeder  the  grade  of  meritorious. 
The  Maisch  Memorial  Prize  of  a  Zentmayer  microscope,  offered  by  the 
family  of  the  late  Professor  Maisch,  for  original  histological  work  on  American 
plants,  was  awarded  to  Charlton  G.  Johnson.  The  following  graduates  received 
honorable  mention  therewith  :  M.  C.  Thrush,  Charles  B.  McLaughlin,  H. 
Frances  Bartlett,  and  Robert  R.  James. 
The  Chemical  Prize  of  an  analytical  balance,  offered  by  Professor  Samuel  P. 
Sadtler  for  original- quantitative  analysis,  was  given  to  J.  Henry  Schroeder, 
with  honorable  mention  of  Bertha  L.  DeGraffe  and  Freeman  P.  Stroup. 
The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  Prize  of  $25,  offered  by  Professor 
Henry  Trimble,  was  awarded  to  Bertha  L.  DeGraffe,  with  honorable  mention 
of  J.  Henry  Schroeder. 
The  Herbarium  Prize  of  $25  in  gold,  offered  by  Professor  Edson  S.  Bastin 
for  the  best  collection  of  herbarium  specimens,  was  awarded  to  Bertha  L. 
DeGraffe. 
The  John  M.  Maisch  Prize  of  $20  in  gold,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker, 
of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  for  histological  knowledge  of  drugs,  was  given  to  Harry  R. 
Rudy,  with  honorable  mention  of  Louis  P.  Carstens,  Leon  K.  Baldauf,  Bertha 
L.  DeGraffe,  Edgar  F.  Heffner,  Edward  D.  Helfrich,  Herman  J.  Pierce  and 
J.  Henry  Schroeder. 
The  William  B.  Webb  Memorial  Prize,  consisting  of  a  gold  medal,  for  gen- 
eral excellence  in  operative  pharmacy,  specimens  and  committee  examinations, 
offered  by  Mrs.  Rebecca  T.  Webb,  was  awarded  to  Louis  P.  Carstens,  with 
honorable  mention  of  Harry  R.  Rudy  and  Thomas  R.  Stevens. 
The  Operative  Pharmacy  Prize  of  $25  in  gold,  offered  by  Professor  Joseph 
P.  Remington  for  the  best  examination  in  that  branch,  was  given  to  Olive  C. 
