400  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {A^uJg°uusVjmm' 
The  Relation  of  the  Pharmacist  to  Public  Affairs. 
By  John  F.  Patton. 
This  question  was  discussed  at  some  length,  and  in  conclusion 
Mr.  Patton  said  that  the  man  who  undertakes  to  serve  the  public  in 
so  responsible  an  occupation  as  that  of  pharmacy,  can  not  do  it 
successfully  without  improving  every  opportunity  for  intellectual 
development. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
The  quarterly  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  College  was  held  Monday, 
June  29th,  at  4  p.m.,  in  the  Library,  the  President,  Howard  B.  French,  in  the 
chair.  There  were  sixteen  members  present.  The  minutes  of  the  semi-annual 
meeting,  held  March  30th,  were  read  and  approved.  The  minutes  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  for  April  7th  and  May  5th  were  read  by  the  acting  Registrar,  F.  P. 
Stroup,  and  approved.  The  Historical  Committee  presented  a  preliminary 
report.  They  had  held  a  number  of  meetings,  and  had  made  a  systematic 
endeavor  to  gather  all  available  information  relating  to  the  early  history  of 
pharmacy,  chemistry,  and  allied  callings  in  the  neighborhood  of  Philadelphia, 
and  the  early  history  of  the  College.  It  had  been  proposed  to  enlarge  the 
work  and  prepare  a  list  of  the  graduates  of  the  College,  with  the  career  of 
each.  A  circular  letter  and  list  of  queries  will  be  forwarded  to  every  Alumnus 
and  to  others  who  can  furnish  information  for  the  work.  The  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  asks  the  prompt  co-operation  of  all  who  can  assist  in  this  work, 
which  will  probably  extend  over  quite  a  period  of  time,  and  require  persistent 
systematic  labor  and  correspondence. 
The  Committee  on  Necrology  reported  the  names  of  four  active  and  three 
corresponding  members  who  had  died  during  the  year,  as  follows  :  Active 
members:  George  W.  Kennedy,  of  Potlsville,  Pa.;  T.  Morris  Perot,  of  Phila- 
delphia ;  Jacob  L.  Smith,  of  Philadelphia  ;  W.  Nelson  Stem,  of.  Philadelphia. 
Corresponding  members — Frederick  Baden  Benger,  of  Manchester,  England  ; 
Ernst  Biltz,  Erfurt,  Germany  ;  Bruno  Hirsch,  Dresden,  Germany.  Appropri- 
ate memoirs  of  all  these  deceased  members  have  been  published  in  recent 
issues  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
The  delegates  to  the  twenty -sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Phar- 
maceutical Association  at  Eaglesmere,  June  23-25,  reported  (see  this  Journal, 
page  390)  that  the  meeting  was  one  of  the  most  successful  in  its  history. 
The  President  announced  the  following  appointments  :  Delegates  to  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association — Professor  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Pro- 
fessor Henry  Kraemer,  Professor  C.  B.  Lowe,  Mr.  Mahlon  N.  Kline,  and  Mr. 
William  L.  Cliffe.  Committee  on  Nominations — Professor  Samuel  P.  Sadtler, 
Professor  C.  B.  Lowe,  E.  M.  Boring,  William  Mclntyre  and  M.  I.  Wilbert. 
Committee  on  Necrology — Professor  Henry  Kraemer,  Gustavus  Pile  and  Joseph 
W.  England.  Adjourned. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  Secretary. 
