278     MINUTES  OF  THE  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
To  this  service  the  President  appointed  Robert  C.  "Davis,  Thomas  H. 
Powers,  Thomas  P.  James,  John  0.  Savery,  Henry  N.  Rittenhouse. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  also  inform  of  the  transfer  of 
the  Chair  of  Pharmacy  to  Prof.  Parrish,  and  that  of  Materia  Medica  to 
Prof.  Maisch  :  and  that  a  course  of  instruction  on  Botany  would  be  given 
during  the  summer  months  by  Prof.  Maisch.  The  Board  altered  the  title 
of  the  Professorship  of  Materia  Medica  to  that  of  "  Materia  Medica  and 
Botany." 
The  following  preamble  and  resolutions,  offered  by  Prof.  Parrish,  were 
unanimously  adopted  : — 
Whereas,  This  College  has  learned,  by  the  reading  of  the  minutes  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  that  an  extensive  collection  of  fine  chemical  and 
pharmaceutical  preparations  had  been  added  to  the  cabinet  of  the  Col- 
lege by  Messrs.  Powers  &  Weightman,  manufacturing  chemists  of  this 
city ;  therefore, 
Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  College  are  hereby  tendered  to 
Messrs.  Powers  &  Weightman  for  their  liberal  and  valued  gift,  and  that 
it  be  placed  in  a  separate  case  in  the  College  hall. 
Also,  Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  College  are  hereby  tendered  to 
our  late  President,  Daniel  B.  Smith,  for  his  valuable  gift  of  ninety 
volumes  of  the  Annales  de  Chimie  et  de  Physique,  donated  to  the 
library  of  the  College. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  farther  inform  that  a  set  of  the 
American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  as  far  as  it  could  be  completed,  had  been 
presented  to  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  in  return  for  which,  the 
Society  had  ordered  the  presentation  to  the  College  library  of  a  set  of  their 
published  transactions,  and  placed  this  College  on  their  list  of  corres- 
ponding societies. 
The  report  of  the  Publishing  Committee  was  read  and  accepted,  as 
follows: — 
"  The  Publishing  Committee  respectfully  report  that  the  Journal  has 
been  regularly  issued  during  the  past  year.  Since  the  war,  the  list  of  sub. 
scribers  has  gradually  increased,  and  the  number  now  printed  is  ihe  same 
as  formerly.  The  subscription  price  remaining  unchanged,  while  the  cost  of 
materials  and  labor  have  so  much  advanced,  has  deterred  the  editor  from 
employing  as  many  illustrations  as  would  be  advisable  ;  but  he  hopes  soon 
to  have  a  change  iu  this  regard.  Heretofore,  the  foreign  exchanges  have 
been  but  few.  The  Editor  has  made  arrangements  for  visiting  Europe 
the  present  season,  and  hopes  to  be  able  to  increase  these,  and  to  obtain 
other  facilities  for  the  improvement  of  the  Journal.  During  his  absence, 
Prof.  Maisch  and  Mr.  A.  B.  Taylor  will  assume  the  editorial  duties.  The 
appended  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Committee  will  exhibit  the  con- 
dition of  the  finances." 
This  report  shows  the  expenses  of  publication,  the  past  year,  to  have 
exceeded  the  receipts  from  the  Journal  by  the  sum  of  $175. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Labels  exhibits  a  balance  in  the  hands 
of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Committee  of  $G26.33. 
The  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Sinking  Fund  informs  that  $400 
had  been  paid  on  account  of  the  debt  of  the  College,  leaving  a  like  amount 
