538  Pharmaceutical  Colleges  and  Associations.  { Amo£t%9oarm* 
causing  a  magnificent  spectacle,  and  were  visited  again  on  the  following  morn- 
ing. Again  a  number  of  the  party  had  to  separate,  but  full  one  hundred  took 
-  a  special  train  for  Luray,  arriving  there  Sunday  evening.  The  celebrated 
caverns  were  visited  by  many  during  the  night,  to  enable  them  to  take  a 
morning  train  towards  home  ;  while  others  tarried  at  charming  Luray  Inn  for  a 
day  or  two,  before  completing  their  homeward  trip,  or  visiting  White  Sulphur 
Springs,  Washington,  or  other  places  of  interest. 
PHARMACEUTICAL  COLLEGES  and  ASSOCIATIONS. 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  —Among  the  improvements  which  have 
been  introduced  for  the  approaching  session,  is  to  be  mentioned  the  lighting 
of  the  lecture-rooms  and  of  other  parts  of  the  buildings  by  electricity,  and 
measures  for  perfecting  the  ventilation,  more  particularly  of  the  laboratories! 
The  material  for  instruction  has  also  been  considerably  amplified  in  the  differ- 
ent departments. 
The  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  in  Chicago. — During  the  past  summer  negotiations 
were  opened  between  the  Chicago  and  Illinois  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  with  the 
view  of  consolidating  the  two  institutions.  We  regret  to  state  that  these 
efforts  have  failed.  The  faculty  of  the  Chicago  College  having  resigned,  with 
the  exception  of  Professor  N.  G.  Bartlett,  the  vacancies  were  filled  by  calling 
Professor  C.  S.  Hallberg,  Ph.G.,  to  the  Chair  of  Pharmacy,  Professor  Albert  G. 
Manns,  Ph.G.,  Ph.D.,  to  the  Chair  of  Chemistry,  and  Professor  Henry  C.  C. 
Maisch,  Ph.G.,  Ph.D.,  to  the  Chair  of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  Illinois  College  has  attached  to  its  faculty  Professor  E.  B.  Stuart  in  the 
Chair  of  Materia  Medica  and  Pharmacognosy,  and  Professor  E.  S.  Bastin  in 
the  Chair  of  Structural  and  Systematic  Botany. 
We  sincerely  hope  that  a  union  of  the  two  colleges  may  yet  be  effected  at  no 
distant  day. 
The  Colorado  Pharmacal  Associalion,  which  was  organized  at  Denver,  on 
Tuesday,  September  16,  is  the  first  state  association  discarding  the  term 
"  Pharmaceutical,"  and  adopting  in  place  thereof  the  designation  "  Pharmacal." 
This  adjective  was  suggested  by  the  late  Professor  Edward  Parrish,  in  a  paper 
read  before  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  1866  (see  Proceedings 
Amer.  Phar.  Assoc.,  1866,  p.  263).  The  word,  though  admitted  to  be  good  in 
construction,  was  rather  objected  to  for  want  of  euphony  {Ibid.  p.  78),  and  since 
that  time  has  been  used  only  to  a  very  limited  extent,  like  the  term  "  pharma- 
cial,"  which  was  suggested  at  the  same  meeting.  On  the  other  hand,  the  title 
"  pharmacist,"  though  not  entirely  unknown  at  that  time,  was  advocated  by 
Prof.  Parrish,  and  in  a  comparatively  short  time  took  the  place  of  "  pharma- 
ceutist," which  had  been  previously  used  in  preference.  The  title  was  adopted 
by  a  small  majority  upon  the  statement  that  "Pharmacal"  was  considered 
to  be  more  modern  and  better  English  than  "  Pharmaceutical." 
The  Convention  met  at  Odd  Fellows  Hall,  and  organized  by  electing  John 
Best,  of  Central  City,  Temporary  Chairman,  and  Felix  A.  Lyneman,  of  Denver, 
Temporary  Secretary.  A  Constitution  and  By-Laws  were  considered  and 
adopted,  and  permanent  officers  were  elected,  as  follows  :  Chas.  M.  Ford, 
Denver,  President  ;  S.  T.  Kostich,  Leadville,  and  Chas.'  Newman,  Durango, 
Vice-Presidents ;  F.  A.  Lyneman,  Secretary,  and  J.  W.  Turrell,  Treasurer. 
