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discharged  the  duties  of  the  office,  and  to  express  to  him  the  great  regret 
the  members  all  feel  at  the  step  he  has  felt  called  upon  to  take. 
This  being  the  annual  meeting,  the  Chairman  ordered  an  election  of  offi- 
cers, trustees  and  the  standing  committees,  and  appointed  Messrs.  Henry 
Trimble  and  Edward  C.  Jones,  tellers,  who,  upon  taking  a  ballot,  reported 
the  following  gentlemen  elected  : 
President. — Charles  Bullock. 
\st  Vice  President. — Robert  Shoemaker. 
2d  Vice  President.  — J.  Jenks. 
Treasurer. — Samuel  S.  Bunting 
Recording  Secretary. — William  B.  Thompson. 
Corresponding  Secretary. — Alfred  B.  Taylor. 
Board  of  Trustees  {for  three  ?/e«ns).— William  B.  Webb,  Wallace  Proc- 
ter, Gustavus  Pile.    Term  ending  March,  1888. 
Trustee  for  the  unexpired  term  of  Wm.  B.  Thompson  [elected  Se&y). — 
Daniel  S.  Jones. 
Publication  Committee.— John  M.  Maisch,  Henry  N.  Rittenhouse, 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  James  T.  Shinn,  Charles  Bullock. 
Editor. — John  M.  Maisch. 
Librarian. — Thomas  S.  Wiegand. 
Curator. — Charles  Frederick  Zeller. 
Mr.  Bullock,  in  a  few  well-timed  remarks,  expressed  his  thanks  for  the 
honor  conferred  upon  him  by  the  members  of  the  College,  and  the  meet- 
ing, on  motion,  adjourned. 
William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — During  the  past  session,  two 
examinations  were  held  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  fitness  of  the 
junior  students  to  proceed  with  their  studies,  in  accordance  with  the  plan 
which  has  been  elaborately  explained  by  Professor  Remington  in  a  paper 
published  in  our  January  number.  In  the  following  list  we  have  placed 
together  the  questions  in  each  department,  the  first  two  of  the  professors' 
questions  being  those  of  the  November  examination,  and  Nos.  3  and  4 
those  of  the  December  examination.  The  final  junior  examination  of  the 
course  was  held  on  Saturday.  February  14th.  The  number  of  students 
who  availed  themselves  of  the  opportunity  of  extending  their  studies  in 
the  junior  class  over  two  years,  by  selecting  the  modified  or  partial  exami- 
nation, is  somewhat  greater  than  in  previous  years  ;  but  a  still  larger  num- 
ber might  very  properly  and  profitably  have  adopted  the  same  course  in 
view  of  the  limited  time  left  for  study  to  those  whose  service  in  stores 
affords  only  sparse  and  irregular  opportunities  for  systematic  study. 
BOTANY  AND  MATERIA  MEDICA. 
1.  What  compounds  are  necessary  for  the  formation  of  cells?  Explain 
the  beginning,  formation  and  growth  of  a  cell. 
2.  What  is  the  difference  between  a  closed  and  an  open  fibrovascular 
bundle?  Which  of  these  fibrovascular  bundles  are  found  in  the  stem  of  a 
monocotyledonous,  and  of  a  dicotyledonous  plant? 
3.  Give  a  description  of  the  fertilization  of  the  ovule  of  a  phanerogamous 
plant. 
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