234         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.        { A%priir\SLftnu' 
George  Alcimus  Weirich,  Pennsylvania,  Boldo. 
Alfred  Jefferson  Wenner,  New  jersey,  Oleic  Acid. 
Anthony  Smith  Wickham,  West  Virginia,  Potassii  Bromidum. 
George  Thomas  Williams,  Delaware,  Si/rupus  Calcii  Zactophosphalis. 
Elmer  Ellsworth  Wrilson,  Pennsylvania,  Pharmaceutical  Manipulations . 
We  have  been  prevented  from  obtaining  the  names  of  those  who  passed 
a  meritorious  examination. 
The  evening  of  March  18  saw  the  members  of  the  graduating  class  and 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  together  in  the  museum,  to  participate  in  the 
Professors'  supper  before  bidding  a  final  farewell  to  the  graduates.  The 
latter  presented  to  the  College  a  finely  executed  portrait  of  Professor 
Sadtler  ;  various  speeches  were  made  and  a  few  hours  were  spent  in  pleasant 
intercourse. 
The  formal  closing  of  the  sixty-third  session  of  the  College  took  place  on 
the  evening  of  March  19,  at  the  Academy  of  Music  where  the  commence- 
ment exercises  were  held  and  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  was 
conferred  upon  the  above  candidates  by  the  President  of  the  College, 
Dillwyn  Parrish.  The  following  prizes  were  awarded  :  Mr.  Jas.  T.  Shinn, 
on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  presented  the  Procter  prize,  a  gold 
medal,  to  J.  C.  Falk,  he  having  attained  the  grade  "very  satisfactory,"  in 
each  of  the  seven  branches  of  examination.  The  Secretary  of  the  College, 
Mr.  Wm.  J.  Jenks  presented  the  Henry  C.  Lea  prize,  one  hundred  dollars, 
to  F.  X.  Moerk  for  the  best  thesis,  with  honorable  mention  of  Miss  Grace 
L.  Babb,  H.  L.  Barber,  J.  Crawford,  F.  A.  Dalpe,  M.  S.  Falck,  J.  M. 
Hillan,  A.  H.  Kinsey,  J.  McConn,  T.  McKenzie,  T.  O.  Nock,  E.  S. 
Petrie,  E.  Preston,  Jr.,  A.  F.  Streitz,  F.  G.  Ryan,  M.  M.  Osbourne,  G.  A. 
Weirich,  and  L.  J.  Schroeder.  The  materia  medica  prize,  a  Zentmayer 
histological  microscope  was  presented  by  Vice-President  Bullock,  Prof. 
Maisch  being  absent  on  account  of  sickness;  the  recipient  was  II.  L.  Bar- 
ber, and  M.  C.  Falck  received  honorable  mention,  for  the  histological  and 
chemical  examination  of  an  American  drug.  The  Pharmacy  prize,  a  gold 
medal,  for  a  collection  of  Pharmaceutical  preparations  made  without  any 
special  apparatus,  was  presented  by  Prof.  Remington,  to  T.  O.  Nock,  with 
honorable  mention  of  P.  W.  Vaughan.  The  chemistry  prize,  a  Troemner 
analytical  balance,  for  analytical  work,  was  presented  to  F.  X.  Moerk,  with 
honorable  mention  of  H.  P.  Pettigrew  and  O.  Houck.  Mr.  Wiegand,  on 
behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  presented  to  H.  C.  Cook  the  Prof.  Maisch 
prize,  twenty  dollars  in  gold,  offered  by  Mr.  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon, 
Pa.,  for  the  best  microscopical  examination  of  drugs.  Vice-President  Shoe- 
maker received  for  the  absent  Prof.  Maisch  from  Mr.  W.  H.  King,  on  behalf 
of  the  graduating  class,  a  handsome  group  of  Rogers'  statuary. 
The  valedictory  address  was'  delivered  by  Professor  Remington,  and  the 
exercises  closed  with  the  distribution  of  flowers  and  numerous  presents 
which  had  been  sent  upon  the  platform  by  the  friends  of  the  graduates. 
Seven  students  participated  in  the  examination  of  microscopical  speci- 
mens of  drugs,  in  competition  for  the  prize  offered  by  Mr.  Redsecker  ;  three 
others,  who  had  also  attained  the  grade  "  very  satisfactory,"  in  the  exami- 
nation in  materia  medica,  were  absent  from  the  city.  The  sections  were 
prepared  in  such  a  manner  that  all  cell  contents  were  absent,  and  only  the 
