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Minutes  of  College  Meetings. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1696. 
A  new  departure  was  inaugurated  this  year  in  the  presentation  of  the  prize 
certificates.  All  of  the  successful  prize  students  were  invited  upon  the  platform, 
when  the  certificates  were  presented  by  David  H.  Ross,  collectively,  to  them, 
and  Johann  H.  Schroeder  accepted  them  in  a  neat  speech.  W.  B.  K. 
MINUTES  OF  COLLEGE  MEETINGS. 
Philadelphia,  March  30,  1896. 
The  stated  annual  meeting  of  members  of  the  College  was  called  this  day, 
at  4  o'clock  p.m.,  President  Chas.  Bullock  in  the  chair.  The  chairman 
announced  in  suitable  words  the  recent  demise  of  Robert  England,  member  of 
the  College  and  of  its  Board  of  Trustees.  It  was,  on  the  motion  of  William  J. 
Jenks,  resolved  that,  as  an  expression  of  profound  sorrow,  and  as  a  tribute  of 
respect,  the  business  of  the  meeting  be  deferred  and  the  session  adjourned. 
Meeting  thereupon  adjourned.  William  B.  Thompson, 
Secretary. 
Philadelphia,  April  6,  1896. 
The  adjourned  annual  meeting  of  members  of  the  College  was  held  this 
day,  at  3.30  p.m.,  Vice-President  Jenks  presiding. 
The  minutes  of  the  previous  stated  meetings  were  read  and  adopted.  The 
records  of  transactions  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  January,  February  and  March, 
1896,  were  presented,  and  on  motion  approved.  The  usual  annual  reports  of 
officers  and  permanent  committees  were  now  requested.  The  Committee  on 
Publication  submitted  a  general  statement,  with  financial  transactions  for  fiscal 
term  of  1895  and  1896.  The  finances  of  the  committee  were  shown  to  be  in  a 
satisfactory  condition.  The  increase  of  receipts  during  the  year  was  $375 .60, 
and  increase  of  expenses  $97.06,  leaving  a  net  increase  of  $278.54.  The  number 
of  subscribers  was  also  shown  to  have  increased  materially. 
The  editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  submitted  the  fol- 
lowing : 
"This  report  covers  the  period  from  April  1,  1895,  to  March  1,  1896,  inclusive. 
During  that  time  there  have  been  published  74  original  papers  from  36  authors. 
These  were  exclusive  of  editorials  and  reviews,  and  only  included  papers  pre- 
pared solely  for  this  Journal.  While  the  number  of  such  papers  diminished 
by  5  from  those  of  the  previous  year,  yet  they  exceeded  the  space  occupied,  by 
77  pages.  The  number  of  pages  of  such  original  matter  during  the  past  year 
has  been  374,  against  297  pages  the  previous  year,  and  159  pages  two  years  ago. 
It  will  be  seen  that,  on  including  editorials,  reviews,  minutes  of  the  College 
and  Pharmaceutical  Meetings,  there  has  been  but  little  space  for  abstracts  from 
other  journals. 
Of  the  36  authors  contributing  original  matter,  13  were  members  of  the 
College  and  23  were  not,  thus  indicating  that  the  Journal  has  liberal  support 
outside  of  the  membership  of  the  College.  The  members  contributed  41 
papers  and  the  non-members  33. 
The  illustrative  features  have  been  continued  on  a  rather  more  liberal  scale 
than  during  the  preceding  year,  and  this  move  has  met  with  the  hearty  approval 
of  both  subscribers  and  contributors.    17  of  the  papers  were  accompanied  by 
