230  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  ]^'"-May'i9ii*"° 
direct  observations  of  the  same  melting  point  with  the  two  ther- 
mometers registering  near  their  upper  Hmits  would  be  widely 
divergent.  I  am  firmly  convinced  that  if  we  are  to  approach  real 
standardization  of  these  physical  constants,  the  pharmacppoeial 
requirements  must  include  either  the  use  of  a  standardized  ther- 
mometer with  application  of  correction  for  emergent  stem,  or  the 
use  of  a  perfectly  uniform  standardized  thermometer  {i.e.,  an 
official  thermometer).  In  the  latter  case  the  emergent  stem  cor- 
rection might  be  omitted  without  effect  on  standardization,  but  with 
sacrifice  of  the  greatest  accuracy. 
Note. — Much  more  extended  and  detailed  discussion  of  melting- 
point  requirements,  as  applied  to  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia, 
will  be  found  in  Hygienic  Laboratory  Bulletin  70,  of  the  Public 
Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
ANNUAL  MEETING. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  College  was  held  March  27th,  191 1, 
at  4  P.M.  in  the  Library.  In  the  absence  of  President  French  on 
account  of  illness,  the  First  Vice-President,  Dr.  Richard  V.  Mat- 
tison,  presided.  Thirty-one  members  were  present.  The  minutes 
of  the  quarterly  meeting  held  December  27th,  19 10,  were  read  and 
approved.  The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  meetings 
held  December  6th,  1910,  January  3rd  and  25th  and  February  7th, 
191 1,  were  read  by  the  Registrar,  J.  S.  Beetem,  and  approved. 
The  Annual  Report  of  President  French  was  read  by  the  Secre- 
tary and  ordered  entered  on  the  minutes.  The  following  items  of 
information  are  abstracted  from  the  Report: 
The  property  as  a  whole  is  in  good  condition.  The  furnaces  and 
engines  have  been  repaired  putting  the  heat  and  light  plant  in  first  class 
condition.  Improvements  have  been  made  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Labora- 
tory, adding  materially  to  the  convenience  of  the  teaching  force  and  to 
that  of  the  Students,  and  greatly  facilitating  the  increased  work  of  the 
department.  The  ceiling  between  the  fifth  floor  and  attic  of  the  Tenth 
Street  building  was  torn  out  so  as  to  convert  the  room  into  a  Gymnasium, 
giving  splendid  ventilation  and  enabling  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  estab- 
lish a  high  grade  Modern  Gymnasium.  The  alterations  in  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Laboratory  and  the  establishment  of  a  Gymnasium  cost  $216672. 
