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Advances  in  Instimction. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm . 
I      Jan.,  1885, 
years  succeeding  (1862^  1863  and  1864)  the  great  and  stirring  events 
of  these  memorable  times  greatly  overshadowed^  in  interest,  the  lesser 
circumstance  of  obtaining  an  education. 
The  close  of  the  war  was  marked  by  an  event  of  great  importance 
to  the  interests  of  the  College;  in  1865  the  Alumni  Association  was 
founded,  and  this  organization  proved  to  be  in  subsequent  years  a  great 
element  of  strength  to  the  Institution.  The  year  1866  was  also  a 
memorable  year,  Professor  Procter  at  that  time,  the  acknowledged 
leader  in  his  profession,  felt  obliged  on  account  of  ill  health  to  resign 
his  Chair  of  Theory  and  Practice  of  Pharmacy.  He  was  succeeded  by 
Professor  John  M.  Maisch  ;  the  entrance  of  Professor  Maisch  into  the 
Faculty  was  announced  in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  by 
Professor  Procter  with  the  following  notice:  "  We  know  of  no  one 
Avho  can  bring  to  the  task  involved  in  this  appointment  so  large  a 
share  of  practical  and  theoretical  knowledge  as  Professor  Maisch,  and 
we  doubt  not,  he  will  give  his  best  efforts  to  the  promotion  of  the 
school,  and  the  advancement  of  the  important  branch,  he  has  been 
chosen  to  illustrate." 
In  the  year  following  (1867)  a  transfer  of  chairs  was  made  between 
Professors  Parrisii  and  Maisch — the  subject  of  theoretical  and  practical 
Pharmacy  was  more  congenial  to  the  tastes  of  Professor  Parrish  than 
that  of  Materia  Medica,  and  the  zeal  and  ability  which  has  since 
characterized  the  labors  of  Professor  Maisch  in  the  department  of 
Materia  Medica  leave  no  room  for  doubt  that  the  transfer  was 
thoroughly  satisfactory  on  his  part.  The  title  of  the  Chair  was  now 
changed  by  the  addition  of  the  word  Botany  to  Materia  Medica 
and  Botany,"  and  the  significance  of  this  change  is  appreciated  by  the 
junior  student  even  to  the  present  day.  In  the  same  year  a  summer 
course  in  Botany  was  established.  At  this  time  the  inadequacy  of  the 
accommodations  of  the  building  on  Filbert  street  became  so  apparent 
that  an  improvement  was  imperatively  demanded.  A  building  com- 
mittee was  appointed,  the  old  building  on  Filbert  street  was  sold  and 
a  much  larger  edifice  on  Tenth  street  erected.  Although  the  friends 
of  the  College  nobly  responded  to  the  call  for  pecuniary  assistance  in 
aid  of  the  building  fund,  it  was  found  necessary  in  the  year  1869  to 
raise  the  fees  for  College  tickets  in  order  to  meet  the  increased  expenses 
of  carrying  on  the  instruction.  The  fears  of  some  of  the  members  of 
the  College  that  this  would  greatly  decrease  the  attendance  were  proved 
to  be  groundless,  lor  the  attendance  was  not  even  temporarily  decreased. 
