^"june.^m*'*'"'}    Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  303 
The  certificate  in  the  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Course  was  awarded 
to  Peter  Amsterdam,  P.P.  There  were  137  candidates  for  the 
degrees  in  course,  coming  from  the  various  States  and  countries 
as  follows :  Connecticut,  2 ;  Delaware,  2 ;  Florida,  i  ;  Georgia,  2 ; 
Indiana,  i;  Illinois,  i;  Maine,  i;  Maryland,  2;  Massachusetts,  2; 
Missouri,  I  ;  New  Jersey,  7 ;  New  York,  8 ;  North  Carolina,  i  ; 
North  Dakota,  i;  Ohio,  6;  Oklahoma,  i;  Oregon,  i;  Penn- 
sylvania, 90;  Russia,  4;  Virginia,  i;  West  Virginia,  i,  and  Wis- 
consin, I. 
The  address  to  the  graduating  class  was  made  by  Hon.  Willis 
L.  Moore  who  delivered  an  interesting  discourse  upon  "  the  weather," 
discussing  some  of  the  more  interesting  phenomena  relating  to 
the  physics  of  the  atmosphere  and  distinguishing  between  hurri- 
canes, cyclones,  tornados  and  thunder  storms. 
AWARD  OF  PRIZES. 
The  following  students  received  the  grade  of  distinguished : 
Pierce  R.  Carpenter  and  Herman  L.  Hinski.  The  grade  of  meri- 
torious was  attained  by  John  A.  Butler  and  Morris  Hiaimowitz. 
The  William  B.  Webb  Memorial  Prize,  a  gold  medal  and 
certificate  offered  for  the  highest  general  average  in  the  branches 
of  committee,  operative  pharmacy  and  specimens,  was  awarded  to 
Pierce  R.  Carpenter,  the  presentation  being  made  by  Mr.  Walter 
A.  Rumsey.  The  following  graduates  received  honorable  mention 
in  connection  therewith :  Franklin  Brush,  John  A.  Butler,  Charles 
P.  Hildebrand,  Herman  L.  Hinski,  William  E.  Marshall,  Edwin 
K.  Morris,  William  W.  Rose,  Paul  D.  Sands,  William  G.  Sylvester, 
Thomas  B.  Tanner,  and  Adolph  G.  Wepfer. 
The  Chemistry  Prize,  $25,  offered  by  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler, 
for  knowledge  of  chemical  quantitative  analysis,  was  awarded  to 
Edwin  K.  Morris.  The  following  graduates  received  honorable 
mention  in  connection  therewith :  Herman  L.  Hinski  and  George 
K.  Shearer. 
The  Materia  Medica  Prize,  $25,  offered  by  Prof.  Clement  B. 
Lowe,  for  the  best  examination  in  materia  medica  and  in  the 
recognition  of  materia  medica  specimens  with  a  meritorious  thesis, 
was  awarded  to  Edwin  K.  Morris.  The  following  graduates  re- 
ceived honorable  mention  in  connection  therewith :  James  H. 
Allison,  John  A.  Butler,  Pierce  R.  Carpenter,  Morris  Haimowitz. 
