Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Feb.,  1884. 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
Philadelphia,  December  31, 1883. 
A  stated  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  on 
the  31st  day  of 'December,  at  the  College  Hall,  No.  145  North  Tenth  street. 
Dillwyn  Parrish,  President,  in  the  chair.    Sixteen  members  in  attendance. 
The  minutes  of  the  semi-annual  meeting  were  read,  and,  on  motion, 
adopted. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  in  the  absence  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  read  the  minutes  of  the  Board  since  the  semi-annual  meeting  of 
College  in  September  last,  which  were,  on  motion,  adopted. 
Wm.  B.  Thompson  referred  to  the  matter  of  preliminary  education, 
which  had,  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  College,  been  referred  to  the  Board  of 
Trustees  for  their  consideration,  and  after  discussing  the  subject,  hoped  the 
matter  would  not  be  passed  over  without  a  full  consideration  of  its  merits. 
Mr.  Blair  was  of  the  opinion  that  students  should  not  be  admitted  to  the 
Junior  Class  until  they  could  pass  an  examination  before  a  committee 
appointed  for  the  purpose,  and  not  before  they  had  been  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness at  least  two  years. 
Prof.  Maisch  took  a  different  view  of  the  matter  in  relation  to  excluding 
students  from  the  lectures  until  they  had  served  at  the  business  for  two 
years,  preferring ,  that  a  rigid  junior  examination  be  held  as  at  present, 
before  admission  to  the  Senior  Course. 
Mr.  Bullock  stated  that  the  Committee  of  Instruction,  to  whom  the  mat- 
ter had  been  referred  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  had  found  much  difficulty 
in  ascertaining  the  views  of  members  on  the  subject,  and  hoped  that  some 
plan  would  be  adopted  for  that  purpose. 
Professor  Sadtler  suggested  that  the  advocates  of  the  various  phases  of 
the  question,  present  their  arguments  pro  and  con  in  answer  to  queries, 
which  might  be  sent  out  to  the  members  by  the  Committee  of  Instruction 
appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  in  furtherance  of  his  views  offered 
the  following  resolution,  which  was,  on  motion,  adopted. 
"Resolved,  That  the  College  requests  the  Board  of  Trustees,  through  its 
Committee  on  ^Instruction,  to  prepare  and  send  to  all  the  active  members 
of  the  College  a  set  of  queries  as  to  the  desirableness  of  a  preliminary  exami- 
nation on  the  part  of  students  desiring  to  enter  the  College  ;  as  to  what  this 
preliminary  examination  should  cover,  and  as  to  how  it  should  be  con- 
ducted, and  on  other  matters  connected  with  this  subject." 
Professor  Maisch  announced  the  death  of  John  Eliot  Howard,  of  Totten- 
ham, England,  an  honorary  member  of  this  College,  and  alluded  in  fitting 
terms  to  his  great  services  as  a  guinologist.  An  obituary  notice  of  him  will 
be  found  in  the  January  number  of  this  Journal  for  1881,  page  57. 
Charles  Bullock,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  Deceased  Members, 
announced  the  death  of  Samuel  W.  James,  an  active  member  of  the  Col- 
lege, which  event  occurred  about  two  months  ago.  Mr.  James  was  a  zealous 
member  of  the  College  many  years  ago,  when  its  building  was  in  Zane 
street,  acting  as  librarian,  and  otherwise  serving  its  interests.  He  resided 
in  Bustleton,  Philadelphia  county. 
Then,  on  motion,  adjourned.  William  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
