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with  the  success  which,  in  our  estimation,  the  movement  fully  deserves, 
and  may  pharmaceutists  realize  the  fact  that,  with  the  rapid  progress  made 
in  the  pharmaceutical  education  of  our  country,  the  time  is  fast  approach- 
ing when  extended  facilities  for  studying,  and  an  extension  of  time,  may 
be  necessary  to  keep  American  pharmacy  on  a  level  with  the  progress 
made  in  all  departments  of  science. 
The  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  College,  held  in  Boston  on  Monday,  the  4th  uit.,  the  following  list  of 
officers  was  chosen  for  the  ensuing  year  : 
Thomas  Hollis,  President  j  Charles  A.  Tufts  and  S.  M.  Colcord,  Vice- 
Presidents  ;  Henry  W.  Lincoln,  Recording  Secretary  ;  Geo.  F,  H.  Markoe, 
Corresponding  Secretary;  Ashel  Boyden,  Treasurer;  Elijah  Smalley, 
Auditor  ;  D.  Henchman,  J.  S.  Melvin,  A.  P.  Melzar,  G.  D.  Ricker,  J.  A. 
Gleeson,  A.  G.  Wilbur,  John  Butterworth,  and  Edward  H„  Perry, 
Trustees. 
The  death  of  Mr.  Thos.  Farrington,  a  venerable  and  useful  member,  was 
noticed  by  a  series  of  appropriate  resolutions. 
Since  the  meeting  took  place,  we  have  been  informed  that  arrangements 
are  being  made  for  the  delivery  of  lectures  in  two  or  three  of  the  branches 
most  essential  for  a  sound  pharmacial  education.  We  hail  this  under- 
taking with  delight,  and  feel  assured  that  ultimate  Success  will  not  be 
wanting.  The  gentlemen  whose  names  have  been  mentioned  in  connection 
with  the  lectures  are  energetic  and  enthusiastic  in  the  cause  of  pharmacy  ; 
let  them  not  be  deterred  from  the  good  work,  if,  in  the  beginning,  the  re- 
sults should  not  quite  come  up  to  their  expectations.  Boston,  with  the 
cities  immediately  adjoining  her,  should  certainly  be  a  field  large  enough 
to  sustain  a  College  of  Pharmacy,  even  if  she  was  to  receive  but  a  meagre 
support  from  other  parts  of  New  England.  In  order  to  raise  pharmacy  to 
the  position  which  ought  to  be  occupied  by  her,  a  thorough  scientific  and 
practical  education  is  indispensably  requisite.  With  the  multiplication  of 
the  Colleges,  and  their  establishment  upon  a  firm  basis,  the  young  follower 
of  pharmacy  wiil  soon  be  without  a  valid  excuse  for  non-attendance  of 
lectures,  and  for  not  procuring  the  highest  title  at  present  in  the  gift  of 
our  Colleges, — that  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy.  M. 
Donations  to  Colleges  of  Pharmacy. — With  a  commendable  spirit  of 
enterprise,  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  seem  to  be  determined  to  use 
every  effort  to  succeed  in  their  undertaking.  In  a  circular  issued  in  April 
they  say  : 
"The  College  of  Pharmacy  of  this  city  is  now  endeavoring  to  supply 
itself  with  a  complete  cabinet  of  specimens  of  Drugs,  Chemicals  and 
Pharmaceutical  Preparations;  also,  one  of  Mineralogy  and  Natural  His- 
tory, with  a  suitable  Library  and  the  necessary  Chemical  Apparatus  to 
establish  the  College  as  a  permanent  educational  institution,  where  the 
young  men  of  the  West  may  obtain  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  art  of 
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