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A  lumni  A ssociation. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm^ 
May,  1896. 
Johnson,  with  honorable  mention  of  Louis  P.  Carstens,  Charles  B.  McLaughlin 
and  Harry  R.  Rudy. 
The  Robinson  Chemical  Prize  of  a  gold  medal  and  certificate,  offered  by  Mr. 
James  S.  Robinson  (Class  of  1869),  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  for  the  best  examina- 
tion in  general  and  analytical  chemistry,  was  awarded  to  Jonathan  I.  Watson. 
The  valedictory  address  was  given  to  the  graduating  class  by  Professor  Edson 
S.  Bastin. 
The  farewell  supper  of  the  professors  to  the  graduating  class  was  given  in 
the  Museum  of  the  College,  Tuesday  evening,  April  14th.  The  officers  and 
trustees  of  the  College  were  present,  with  a  number  of  invited  guests,  and  a 
pleasant  evening  was  passed  in  disposing  of  the  menu  and  in  listening  to  the 
choice  selections  rendered  by  the  students'  orchestra. 
ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION  OF  THE  PHILADELPHIA 
COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
The  Thirty-second  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  in  Alumni  Hall,  at  the  College  Build- 
ing, No.  145  North  Tenth  Street,  on  Monday  afternoon,  April  13,  1896. 
President  Jacob  S.  Beetem,  '78,  presided,  and  read  his  annual  address,  in 
which  he  said  :  "  To-day  we  miss  the  familiar  face  of  one  who,  for  twenty-seven 
years,  never  missed  an  annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni  Association,  during 
which  period  he  held  the  office  of  Treasurer.  In  the  death  of  Edward  C.  Jones, 
our  Association  has  lost  one  of  its  organizers,  the  spirit  who  held  together  and 
nursed  it  in  its  infancy,  and  faithfully  stood  by  it  in  its  youth  and  manhood. 
In  fact,  it  has  been  said  he  was  for  several  years  "  the  Alumni  Association. " 
He  did  a  great  amount  of  valuable  work  for  the  Alumni,  was  faithful  and  cor- 
rect, had  the  full  confidence  of  his  associates,  and  deserved  it.  His  life  was  a 
patient  devotion  to  what  he  undertook  to  do,  and  he  always  had  pleasure  in 
doing  it.  His  earthly  reward  was  '  thank  you, '  and  we  may  truthfully  say  of 
him:  4  Well  done,  good  and  faithful  servant.'  He  is  honored  in  perpetuating 
his  memory  in  the  Edward  C.  Jones  Free  Scholarship,  and  I  earnestly  ask 
every  graduate  and  friend  of  Edward  C.  Jones  to  subscribe  towards  this 
Memorial  Fund.  It  is  estimated  that  $2,000  is  necessary  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
posed plan,  of  which  amount  $440.15  has  already  been  paid  into  the  treasury, 
with  several  dollars  subscribed." 
The  President  also  recommended  that  the  Alumni  Report  be  issued  each 
month  of  the  year,  instead  of  nine  issues,  as  it  is  now,  and  that  it  be  placed 
upon  a  subscription  basis  of  50  cents  per  year  to  our  membership,  and  that  all 
the  students  receive  it  gratuitously. 
The  Secretary,  Wm.  E.  Krewson,  '69,  presented  his  Sixteenth  Annual  Report 
as  Secretary,  in  which  he  reviewed  the  work  of  the  Association  for  the  past 
year. 
During  the  year,  220  new  members  were  added — 8  who  paid  the  required  fee, 
35  who  were  members  of  previous  College  Review  Quiz  Classes  and  who  were 
deferred  last  year  on  account  of  being  under  age,  and  177  who  were  members 
of  this  year's  College  Review  Quiz  Class. 
