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Dr.  Iyowe  made  some  remarks  upon  an  imitation  coffee,  composed  of  coffee, 
clay  and  bean  fecula,  made  into  the  form  of  coffee  beans.  Mr.  Perot  said  that 
he  had  seen  the  process  and  that  the  ingredients  consisted  largely  of  chicory, 
molasses  and  flour  ;  some  of  the  stuff  was  said  to  contain  one-third  coffee. 
On  motion  the  papers  were  referred  to  the  publication  committee,  and  the 
meeting  then  adjourned.  T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
EDITORIAL. 
The  formal  opening  of  the  new  buildings  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  took  place  on  the  evening  of  February  22,  in  the  museum  hall,  which 
for  the  occasion  was  tastefully  decorated  with  plants,  flowers,  flags  and  bunt- 
ing. The  large  hall  was  well  filled  with  an  audience  of  members,  graduates 
and  friends  of  the  College,  and  of  representatives  of  sister  institutions,  and 
the  enjoyment  of  the  occasion  was  enhanced  by  choice  orchestral  music.  After 
prayer  had  been  offered  by  the  Rev.  Geo.  Rees,  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Taber- 
nacle Church,  the  chairman  of  the  Building  Committee,  Howard  B.  French, 
made  a  short  address  of  welcome,  and  then  introduced  the  orator  of  the  even- 
ing, Professor  Remington,  whose  address,  historical  as  well  as  descriptive,  will 
be  found  in  the  present  number,  and  the  descriptive  portion  of  which  will  be 
further  explained  by  reference  to  the  illustrations  of  the  College  buildings, 
accompanying  this  number. 
Dr.  Horatio  C.  Wood,  professor  of  materia  medica  and  therapeutics  in  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  made  an  address  in  which  he  spoke  of  the  import- 
ance of  materia  medica  as  a  branch  of  both  medical  and  pharmaceutical  educa- 
tion, dwelling  also  upon  the  relation  of  the  pharmacist  to  the  physician.  The 
concluding  address  was  made  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  who 
.referred  to  the  progress  made  by  pharmacy  and  in  the  education  of  the  young 
pharmacist. 
Mr.  French,  as  chairman  of  the  Building  Committee,  then  formally  turned 
over  the  new  buildings  to  the  president  of  the  College,  Charles  Bullock,  who 
in  accepting  them  on  behalf  of  the  institution  referred  in  terms  of  high  praise 
to  the  labor  performed  and  the  great  services  rendered  by  the  chairman  of  the 
Committee.  The  latter  was  about  to  close  the  exercises  when  Jas.  T.  Shinn 
stepped  forward,  and  as  a  member  of  the  building  committee  claimed  the 
attention  of  the  audience  for  a  short  time,  while  he  again  alluded  to  the  inde- 
fatigable services  rendered  by  the  chairman,  presenting  him  at  the  conclusion 
of  his  remarks  with  a  solid  silver  loving  cup  and  plate,  bearing  the  following 
inscription  : 
February  22,  1893. 
Presented  to 
Howard  B.  French 
by  his  fellow-members  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
as  a  token  of  their  appreciation  of  his 
zeal  and  devotion  as  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  in  charge  of  the  erection 
of  the  new  buildings  in  the  year 
1892. 
