298         Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  {Am'May,ri884arm' 
Delegates  to  attend  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  :  Gus- 
tavus  Pile,  Alonzo  Robbins,  Wallace  Procter,  David  W.  Ross,  William  J. 
Jenks. 
There  being  no  further  business  to  claim  the  attention  of  the  meeting, 
then,  on  motion,  adjourned. 
Wm.  J.  Jenks,  Secretary. 
MINUTES  OF  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  April  15,  1884. 
In  absence  of  the  president,  Mr.  John  W.  Redpath  was  called  to  the 
chair,  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved.  Professor 
Trimble  exhibited  a  specimen  of  spruce  gum,  an  article  that  is  largely  used 
as  a  chewing  gum  in  the  New  England  States.  The  specimen  was  sent  by 
Mr.  Clark  of  last  years'  junior  class. 
Prof.  Trimble  stated  that  the  examination  of  the  hulls  of  the  Liberian 
coffee  showed  the  entire  absence  of  caffeine.  The  beans  of  this  variety  of 
coffee  are  among  the  richest  in  caffeine  of  any  known. 
Mr.  Redpath  asked  if  there  was  any  analysis  of  white  ash  bark  pub- 
lished. To  this  the  reply  was  made  that  Prof.  Power  had  intended  to  pur- 
sue the  study  of  the  alkaloid  present  in  it ;  it  was  also  stated  that  the  bark 
was  certainly  possessed  of  decidedly  remedial  properties,  as  it  has  been 
proved  in  every  case  reported. 
T.  S.  Wiegand,  Registrar. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  AND  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.— We  regret  to  state  that  the 
list  of  graduates  sent  to  us  for  publication  was  not  quite  correct,  and  the 
editor's  sickness  prevented  him  from  discovering  the  mistake  made  by 
placing  the  name  of  Mr.  E.  E.  Johnson  on  the  list.  Thus  corrected,  the 
number  of  graduates  was  149  (instead  of  150,  as  stated  on  page  231  of  our 
last  number). 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.— The  sixteenth  annual  com- 
mencement takes  place  at  the  Institute  of  Technology,  Boston,  May  2. 
Addresses  will  be  made  by  H.  Sugden  Evans,  F.  C.  S.,  Prof.  W.  P.  Bolles 
and  F.  E.  Lovell,  Ph.G.,  and  prizes  of  books  and  a  set  of  hydrometers  will 
be  awarded  to  the  following  members  of  the  graduating  class  :  C.  T.  Nixon 
(Pharmacy,  recitation),  F.  O.  Warner  (Pharmacy,  examination),  F.  E. 
XiOvell  (general  chemistry),  C.  F.  Nixon  (materia  medica),  and  C.  O.  Cur- 
rier (analytical  chemistry).  President  Henry  Canning  will  confer  the 
Degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  upon  the  following  candidates  : 
William  Everett  Cates,  Sugar  of  Milk. 
