Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1896. 
Obituary. 
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The  room  was  profusely  decorated  with  tropical  plants,  and  the  proceedings 
were  interspersed  with  choice  musical  selections  by  the  orchestra. 
A  feature  of  the  entertainment  was  the  elaborate  souvenir  menu,  which  con- 
tained pictures  of  all  the  buildings  that  had  been  occupied  by  the  College,  and 
a  historical  record  of  the  progress  and  development  of  the  College  since  its 
foundation. 
The  success  of  the  evening  was  largely  due  to  the  persistent  efforts,  during 
several  months  past,  of  Mr.  Howard  B.  French,  Chairman  of  the  Entertain- 
ment Committee. 
A  more  detailed  account  of  this  interesting  occasion  will  be  published  shortly 
in  the  Alumni  Report.  Those  of  our  readers  who  desire  copies  can  have  them 
mailed  free  by  addressing  the  Alumni  Report,  145  North  Tenth  Street,  Phila- 
delphia. 
OBITUARY. 
CHARGES  O.  CURTMAN. 
Dr.  Charles  O.  Curtman,  of  the  Missouri  Medical  College,  died  on  the  morn- 
ing of  April  22d,  after  ten  days'  illness,  from  the  effects  of  the  grippe. 
ROBERT  ENGLAND. 
Robert  England,  son  of  William  and  Hannah  England,  was  born  at  Passyunk 
Road  and  South  Street,  this  city,  on  February  21,  1825,  and  died  of  capillary 
bronchitis,  after  a  short  illness,  at  his  home,  southwest  corner  of  Tenth  and 
Catharine  Streets,  on  March  29,  1896.  Funeral  services  were  held  in  St.  Paul's 
M.  E.  Church,  Catharine  Street,  above  Sixth,  on  April  1,  and  at  Mt.  Moriah 
Cemetery. 
In  early  \outh,  Mr.  England  was  apprenticed  to  John  W.  Simes,  druggist,  at 
Eighteenth  and  Market  Streets,  for  a  term  of  nine  years,  "  to  learn  the  art, 
trade  and  mystery  of  a  druggist  and  an  apothecary."  In  1847  he  started  in  the 
drug  business  for  himself,  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Tenth  and  Christian 
Streets.  Remaining  there  three  years,  he  moved  up  one  square  to  the  south- 
west corner  of  Tenth  and  Catharine  Streets,  where  he  has  carried  on  business 
for  nearly  half  a  century.  He  was  one  of  the  oldest  living  graduates  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  having  received  his  diploma  on  March  16, 
1846,  his  thesis  being  entitled  "American  Ipecac."  From  the  day  of  his  grad- 
uation he  evinced  the  deepest  interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  Alma  Mater  and 
every  movement  which  aimed  for  her  advancement  was  assured  in  advance  of 
his  sympathy  and  outspoken  support.  Elected  a  member  of  the  College  on 
November  8,  1859,  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  on  Sep- 
tember 28,  1874,  and  has  been  continuously  re-elected,  serving  on  many  impor- 
tant committees.  He  never  forgot  the  trials  of  student  days,  and  always  had 
a  warm  word  of  sympathy  for  the  interests  of  the  "boys,"  as  he  called  them, 
whenever  they  needed  some  one  to  speak  in  their  behalf. 
Elected  a  member  of  the  Alumni  Association  at  the  first  annual  meeting  in 
1864,  he  soon  saw  the  power  for  good  its  members  might  wield,  as  an  organized 
body,  on  behalf  of  the  Alma  Mater  and  the  interests  of  pharmacy.  And  in 
the  early  years  of  the  Association,  when  friends  were  few  and  interest  lax,  he 
strove  with  earnestness  to  promote  its  growth  and  advance  its  welfare. 
