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George  Kolb,  Maryland,  Plumbum. 
Louis  F.  Kornmann,  Maryland,  Zinc. 
Elmer  E.  Moyer,  Pennsylvania,  Carbon. 
Charles  Metzger,  Maryland,  Podophyllin. 
William  B.  Orear,  Maryland,  Eucalyptus. 
Thomas  L.  Richardson,  Maryland,  Pills  and  Pill  Exeipients. 
Thomas  K.  Shaw,  Maryland,  Cannabis  Indica. 
W.  L.  Sulzbacher,  Ohio,  Pepsin. 
George  H.  Stuart,  Maryland,  Powdered  Extracts. 
Charles  Shipley,  Maryland,  Ergot. 
Frederick  Sultan,  Maryland,  Salicylic  Acid. 
Conrad  P.  Strauss,  Maryland,  Citric  Acid. 
Louis  Schultze,  Maryland,  Hydrargyrum. 
Purnell  F.  Sappington,  Maryland,  Belladonna. 
W.  B.  Taliaferro,  Virginia,  Analytical  Chemistry. 
J.  Curtis  Treherne,  Virginia,  Cinchona  Preparations. 
J.  Henry  Woodcock,  N.  Carolina,  Sulphur. 
The  College  prizes,  gold  medals,  were  awarded  to  C.  P.  Strauss,  W.  L. 
Sulzbacher  and  L.  F.  Kornmann  ;  the  Simon  analytical  prize,  a  gold  medal, 
to  F.  W.  Sultan  ;  the  Practical  Pharmacy  prize,  a  Troemner  Solution  Bal- 
ance, to  T.  L.  Richardson,  and  the  prize  to  the  Junior  class,  a  copy  of  Hoff- 
mann and  Power's  Analytical  Chemistry,  to  Lee  M.  Whitsitt.  The  vale- 
dictory Address  was  delivered  by  Rev.  C  E.  Felton. 
EDITORIAL  DEPARTMENT. 
Partial  Destruction  of  Powers  &  Weightman's  Laboratory. — 
Shortly  after  12  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  February  29th,  a  portion  of  the 
western  wing  of  this  laboratory  was  discovered  to  be  on  fire.  It  originated 
from  some  unknown  cause  in  the  third  story  of  the  building,  in  a  locality 
where  cinchona  bark  was  ground,  and  when  first  seen  by  the  watchmen 
was  not  considered  to  be  of  sufficient  magnitude  to  summon  outside  aid. 
But  the  steam  pumps  of  the  establishment  proving  unavailing  to  subdue 
the  fire,  an  alarm  was  sounded  which  brought  the  fire  department  to  the 
spot.  A  fierce  northwest  gale  fanned  the  flames  which  were  nourished  by 
the  combustible  material  within  the  building,  and  gradually  spread  to  the 
southwestern  end  where  the  carpenter  shop  was  located,  and  thence  east- 
ward along  Brown  street,  and  to  the  buildings  which  had  been  erected  in 
the  central  yard.  All  these  buildings  were  of  a  very  substantial  character, 
which  helped  very  materially  to  confine  the  destructive  element,  notwith- 
standing the  high  wind  and  the  intensely  cold  weather.  The  fire  raged 
until  after  daybreak,  when  it  was  under  sufficient  control  to  prevent  it 
from  spreading  further,  but  it  continued  to  burn  and  to  smoulder  for  many 
hours  afterward. 
Most  of  the  burned  buildings  had  been  erected  in  the  place  of  those  which 
had  been  destroyed  by  fire  just  sixteen  years  before,  on  February  29,  1868. 
The  principal  chemicals  destroyed  were  quinine,  morphine,  chloroform, 
potassium  iodide  and  others,  mostly  such  as  were  in  course  of  preparation. 
The  northern  half  of  the  extensive  establishment  along  Parrish  and  Ninth 
streets  was  saved  ;  it  is  here  where  tl  e  counting  room,  the  extensive  store- 
