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Notes  and  News, 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1899. 
of  the  School,  Mr.  B.  A.  Shellentrager  ;  Mr.  Eugene  R.  Selzer  made  an  address 
to  the  graduating  class,  and  Mr.  Bemis  V.  Spieth  delivered  the  valedictory. 
Reception  to  Students. — A  reception  was  tendered  to  the  members  of 
the  senior  and  junior  classes  and  the  faculty  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy on  the  evening  of  April  14th  by  Charles  B.  Dohme,  of  Sharp  &  Dohme, 
who  is  the  president  of  the  institution,  at  his  residence,  822  North  Carrollton 
Avenue,  Baltimore.  Mr.  Dohme  was  assisted  in  receiving  by  Mrs.  Dohme,  the 
Misses  Dohme  and  Mrs.  Dr.  D.  M.  R.  Culbreth.  The  parlors  were  invitingly 
decorated  with  palms,  ferns  and  cut  flowers,  and  a  large  company  assembled. 
Refreshments  were  served,  and  an  orchestra  rendered  music.  The  function 
was  voted  most  enjoyable  by  all  present.  It  has  been  the  custom  of  Mr.  Dohme 
for  several  years  to  give  an  entertainment  of  this  kind  during  the  latter  part 
of  the  College  term.  Among  the  callers  were  Profs.  William  Simon, 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  D.  M.  R.  Culbreth,  Daniel  Base  and  John  P.  Piquett,  of  the 
College  faculty  ;  Charles  Schmidt,  H.  A.  Elliott,  H.  P.  Hynson,  Samuel  Mans- 
field, Louis  Dohme,  Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme  and  others.  The  two  classes  were 
well  represented. 
Affiliation  of  Philadelphia  Botanists. — At  a  recent  meeting  held  at 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  the  following  bodies  effected  an  affilia- 
tion, whereby  efforts  will  be  made  to  promote  the  general  interests  of  the  bot- 
anists of  Philadelphia  and  vicinity  :  The  Philadelphia  Botanical  Club,  Academy 
of  Natural  Sciences,  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  Philadelphia  Moss 
Chapter,  Lotus  Club  and  the  Mycological  Society  of  Pennsylvania.  The  work 
of  the  affiliated  societies  will  be  in  the  hands  of  a  Council  composed  of  the 
presidents  and  secretaries  (or  two  such  representatives  as  each  society  may  select) 
of  each  of  the  organizations  represented.  At  a  meeting  on  May  9th  Geo.  M. 
Beringer,  A.M.,  was  chosen  chairman  of  the  Council  and  Prof.  A.  F.  K.  Krout 
secretary. 
Marine  Biological  Laboratory. —The  twelfth  session  of  the  Marine  Bio- 
logical Laboratory  at  Wood's  Holl,  Mass.,  will  be  held  from  June  1  to  October 
1,  1899.  C.  O.  Whitman,  professor  of  zoology,  of  the  University  of  Chicago, 
is  director,  and  under  him  are  an  able  corps  of  instructors.  Courses  of  instruc- 
tion will  be  given  in  zoology,  including  (1)  morphological  and  embryological 
research,  (2)  cytological  research,  (3)  embryology  and  (4)  animal  mor- 
phology ;  general  and  comparative  physiology  ;  comparative  psychology;  and 
botany,  including  (1)  cryptogamic  botany,  (2)  plant  cytology  and  (3)  plant 
morphology  and  physiology. 
It  is  interesting  to  note  that  two  schools  of  pharmacy  are  represented  on  its 
corps  of  instructors,  namely,  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  by  Prof. 
Henry  Kraemer,  and  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  by  Prof.  Rodney  H.  True. 
An  excellent  opportunity  is  afforded  teachers  and  others  who  wish  to  do 
special  and  advanced  work  along  the  lines  indicated,  and  a  hearty  co-operation 
of  those  interested  in  this  class  of  work  is  desirable. 
The  Philadelphia  Exposition,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Philadelphia 
Commercial  Museum  and  the  Franklin  Institute,  will  be  held  from  September 
14  to  November  30,  1899.  This  is  the  first  national  exposition  of  American 
manufactures  especially  suited  for  export  trade.  Another  event  which  will  add 
