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MINUTES  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 
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At  a  stated  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  College,  held  at  the  Hall,  9th 
mo.  29th,  1862.    Present  17  members. 
The  President  in  the  Chair.  The  Secretary  being  absent  from  the  city, 
W.  C.  Bakes  was  appointed  Secretary  pro  tern.  The  minutes  of  the  last 
meeting  were  read  and  adopted,  after  which  the  minutes  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  since  the  annual  meeting,  were  read  by  Alfred  B.  Taylor, 
Secretary  of  the  Board,  from  which  it  appears  that  H.  T.  Peck  has 
been  elected  a  resident  member  by  the  Board.  The  delegates  ap- 
pointed by  the  College  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  re- 
ported through  the  Chairman,  Samuel  F.  Troth,  which  report  was  ac- 
cepted. 
To  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Delegates  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  report: 
That  they  all,  with  the  exception  of  one  member,  attended  the  Tenth 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  Association,  which  was  held  in  our  hall  on  the  27th, 
28th,  and  29th  of  8th  mo.  (August)  last.  The  meetings,  embracing  five 
long  sessions,  were  well  attended,  delegates  from  the  Colleges  of  Balti- 
more, New  York,  Boston  and  Philadelphia,  together  with  members  of  the 
Association  from  various  parts  of  the  United  States,  being  in  attendance. 
The  proceedings  of  the  Association  were  very  interesting,  and  are  in 
process  of  publication  by  the  Committee  charged  with  that  subject.  On 
behalf  of  the  delegates,  Samuel  F.  Troth,  Chairman. 
Charles  Bullock,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  deceased  members,  read 
the  following  obituary  notice  on  the  death  of  our  late  fellow-member, 
Henry  C.  Blair,  which  was  accepted  and  ordered  to  be  entered  on  the  min- 
utes. 
Henry  C.  Blair  was  born  in  Carlisle,  Penna.,  on  the  26th  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1816. 
Having  learned  the  business  of  a  pharmaceutist  with  Franklin  R.  Smith, 
at  the  corner  of  Eighth  and  Walnut  Streets,  he  took  the  degree  of  gradu- 
ate in  Pharmacy  in  this  College  in  1836. 
About  two  years  subsequent,  he  succeeded  to  the  proprietorship  of  the 
establishment  in  which  he  had  received  his  professional  education,  and 
which  in  after  years  under  his  judicious  management,  became  one  of  the 
most  favorably  known,  and  prosperous  dispensing  establishments  in  this 
city. 
Though  much  engrossed  with  responsible  business  pursuits,  Mr.  Blair 
was  not  unmindful  of  the  claims  of  the  community,  and  of  his  profession 
in  its  organized  capacity,  upon  his  time  and  attention.  In  1842  he  be- 
came a  resident  member  of  this  College,  and  was  for  many  years  an  active 
member  in  its  Board  of  Trustees.  Soon  after  the  establishment  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  he  became  a  member  of  that  body, 
and  served  as  a  delegate  from  this  College  to  the  fifth  annual  meeting  of 
the  Association  in  1856. 
Hie  example  and  influence  were  favorable  to  the  elevation  of  the  stan- 
