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labors  of  the  Professors,  but  at  the  same  time  afford  the  students  still  greater 
inducements  for  systematic  study  and  the  opportunity  of  obtaining  a  more 
thorough  professional  education  than  heretofore. 
Probably  no  change  has  ever  been  made  in  the  college  methods, 
which  has  proved  so  thoroughly  satisfactory  as  this,  the  scope  of  the 
instruction  in  each  department  was  doubled,  and  the  student  found 
that  from  the  opening  lecture,  the  instruction  grew  in  depth,  character 
and  extent,  until  the  closing  one  was  reached.  The  effects  upon  the 
class  were  immediate  and  of  great  benefit.  The  increased  attendance 
of  students  made  it  necessary  in  this  year  fc*r  the  College  to  create  the 
office  of  Actuary  ;  Thomas  S.  Wiegand  being  elected  to  this  important 
position.  In  1879  the  greatly  respected  Senior  Professor  Dr.  Bridges, 
was  compelled  on  account  of  ill  health  to  resign  his  active  duties.  The 
Chair  of  Chemistry  was  filled  by  the  election  of  Prof.  Sadtler,  the 
present  incumbent.  The  wisdom  of  this  appointment  has  never  been 
questioned.  The  growth  of  the  classes,  and  particularly  those  of  the 
optional  courses.  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry,  caused  the  Board  of 
Trustees  to  consider  some  means  for  the  enlargement  of  teaching 
facilities.  Fortunately,  the  properties  in  the  rear  could  be  purchased, 
and  plans  were  made  and  estimates  furnished  for  the  erection  of  a  four 
story  building,  adjoining  the  one  which  had  been  in  use  for  eleven  years, 
and  which  the  classes  had  outgrown.  This  was  accomplished  in  1881 
and  the  capacity  of  the  College  was  thereby  doubled.  A  special  room 
was  set  apart  for  the  Pharmaceutical  laboratory  adjoining  the  Pharmacy 
Lecture  Room,  and  the  Chemical  Laboratory  was  enlarged  and  refitted. 
Professor  Power  was  elected  Director,  and  the  system  of  class  instruc- 
tion in  Analytical  Chemistry  was  inaugurated.  The  year  1882  witnessed 
another  advance  in  the  instruction  in  the  establishment  of  the  optional 
course  in  Microscopy,  this  was  effected  largely  through  the  efforts  of 
the  Alumni  Association.  Mr.  A.  P.  Brown  a  graduate  of  the  College 
and  a  practical  microscopist  was  elected  director.  In  1883,  Professor 
Power  resigned  his  position  as  director  of  the  Chemical  laboratory,  to 
accept  the  chairs  of  Pharmacy  and  Materia  Medica  in  the  University 
of  Wisconsin,  and  the  Chemical  laboratory  was  placed  in  charge  of 
Professor  Sadtler,  Professor  Trimble  being  elected  to  assist  in  the 
direction. 
The  year  following  (1884)  a  practical  examination  in  analytical 
chemistry  for  candidates  for  graduation  was  instituted,  and  the  pre- 
liminary junior  examinations  just  established,  brings  this  brief  history 
