146  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.     {^'"'^^S  f.!',*""- 
Pharmacy,  her  first  grackiating  class  was  sent  forth  in  1826,  which 
was  the  time  of  the  graduation  of  the  first  class  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy.  He  also  referred  to  the  fact  that  while  a 
number  of  students  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  had 
gone  to  Jefferson  Medical  College,  this  college  also  gave  to  the 
medical  faculty  of  Jefiferson,  Professor  Franklin  Bache,  who  was 
connected  with  the  faculty  of  Jeft'erson  Medical  College  for  seven- 
teen years.  Brief  addresses  were  also  made  by  Vice-President  Jos. 
L.  Lemberger,  and  Professors  Remington,  Sadtler,  Kraemer  and 
Moerk. 
The  addresses  of  the  Mayor  and  some  of  the  other  speakers  not 
only  hinted  at  the  general  scheme  for  the  improvement  of  Philadel- 
phia, which  has  been  worked  out  by  experts  in  their  respective  lines, 
but  showed  that  the  scheme  comprehends  a  more  or  less  definite 
plan  for  the  improvement  and,  to  some  extent,  co-ordination,  of  the 
educational  institutions  of  the  city.  In  addition,  a  fresh  impetus 
was  given  the  active  workers  of  the  college  by  the  opportunity 
afforded  to  commingle  at  the  same  board  and  by  reason  of  the 
rehearsal  of  the  ideals  and  deeds  of  those  who  had  gone  before,  to 
press  forward  to  the  century  mark  with  renewed  zeal  and  earnest- 
ness. The  occasion  was  one  which  w^as  encouraging  to  the  older 
men  who  had  been  actively  engaged  in  the  work  for  these  many 
years,  and  likewise  an  inspiration  to  the  younger  men  upon  whom 
the  responsibilities  of  the  future  rest. 
H.  K. 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
A  PORTRAIT  OF  PRESIDENT  FRENCH  will  be  presented  to  the  Col- 
lege at  a  testimonial  dinner  to  be  given  at  the  Union  League,  on 
Tuesday,  April  4,  191 1,  at  seven  o'clock.  This  promises  to  be  one 
of  the  most  interesting  occasions  in  connection  with  recent  affairs 
of  the  college. 
A  Handy  Reference  Book.  The  Druggists'  Circular  has  re- 
cently published  the  second  revised  and  enlarged  edition  of  their  book 
on  "  The  Modern  Materia  Medica."  This  work  contains  much 
valuable  information  regarding  the  description,  tests,  therapeutic 
action  and  doses  of  all  of  the  newer  substances  that  are  likely  to 
be  prescribed,  and  will  be  found  of  very  great  assistance  to  the  prac- 
tical druggist  who  is  expected  to  know  something  of  these  things 
at  a  moment's  notice. 
