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Minutes  of  the  College. 
/  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1      August,  1884. 
were  declared  elected :  President,  Chas.  H.  Cressler,  Chambersburg  ;  first 
Vice-President,  Chas.  T.  George,  M.  D.,  Harrisburg  ;  second  Vice-President, 
Lawrence  Wolff,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia  ;  Treasurer,  Jos.  L.  Lemberger,  Leba- 
non ;  Secretary,  J.  A.  Miller,  M.  D.,  Harrisburg.  After  the  usual  routine 
of  business  had  been  disposed  of,  the  reading  of  answers  to  queries  occu- 
pied the  remainder  of  the  several  sessions,  and  all  present  were  highly 
gratified  at  the  remarkable  success  that  attended  the  efforts  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Queries,  whose  Chairman,  Mr.  Alonzo  Bobbins,  deserves  great 
credit  for  his  activity  and  perseverance  in  procuring  so  large  a  number  of 
contributors.  As  many  as  twenty-eight  papers  were  read  and  discussed, 
great  interest  being  manifested  in  this  part  of  the  proceedings,  the  dis- 
cussions at  times  being  quite  animated  and  instructive.  Over  eighty  new 
members  were  proposed  and  elected,  making  a  present  membership  of 
five  hundred  and  three.  Philadelphia  and  Erie  were  proposed  as  the  place 
for  the  next  meeting,  and  after  some  debate  it  was  agreed  to  meet  at  Erie 
on  the  first  Tuesday  of  June,  1885.  The  members  were  well  entertained  by 
the  resident  druggists  and  the  Committee  on  Entertainments,  and  Mr. 
Kline,  the  chairman,  is  to  be  congratulated  for  the  success  of  his  efforts, 
which  were  highly  appreciated  by  all  who  partook  of  the  good  things 
offered.  A  drive  in  carriages  down  the  beautiful  Wyoming  Valley  to  the 
monument  erected  in  memory  of  the  soldiers  who  were  massacred  by  the 
Indians  in  the  early  colonial  days,  a  concert  and  a  ball,  and  last  and  best, 
a  magnificent  excursion  on  a  gravity  road  over  the  mountains  to  Jones' 
Lake.  These  all  added  greatly  to  most  enjoyable  gathering  of  the  Pharma- 
cists of  our  great  commonwealth. 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 
Gustavus  Pile,  Chairman. 
In  response  to  the  resolutions  of  the  College,  forwarded  to  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  the  following  letter  was 
received. 
June  26,  1884. 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  : 
Gentlemen  : — At  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  on  Invitations  and  Re- 
ceptions, held  last  Tuesday,  June  24,  the  Hon.  John  Welsh  laid  before  it 
your  generous  invitation  to  the  scientific  men  who  will  participate  in  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Association  next  September.  I  am  directed  by 
the  Committee  on  behalf  of  the  local  committee  to  express  to  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  its  sincere  thanks  for  this  courtesy  to  our 
foreign  and  American  guests,  and  to  say  that  your  invitation  will  be  offici- 
ally presented  to  them  at  the  earliest  possible  moment. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be, 
Very  respectfully, 
Persifor  Frazer. 
To  Mr.  Wm.  J.  Jenks, 
Secretary  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
