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The  award  of  prizes  to  those  entitled  to  them  was  announced,  as 
also  the  various  speakers  who  were  to  present  the  prizes  to  the 
recipients  on  the  night  of  the  Commencement. 
Commattee  on  Commencement  reported  that  Prof.  Willis  L. 
Moore,  Chief  of  the  Weather  Bureau,  had  kindly  consented  to 
deliver  the  annual  address.  C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Recording  Secretary. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
BOARD  OP  TRUSTEES,  UNITED  STATES  PHARMACOPCEIAL  CONVENTION. 
The  General  Medical  Convention  edited  and  published  the  first 
Pharmacopoeia  in  the  series  of  what  is  now  known  as  the  Pharmaco- 
poeia of  the  United  States  of  America.  It  was  published  in  Boston, 
December  15,  1820.  The  convention  provided  for  the  revision  of 
the  Pharmacopoeia  in  1830,  the  convention  being  then  known  as  the 
National  Medical  Convention.  The  same  name  was  applied  to  the 
conventions  of  1840  and  1850.  In  i860  the  name  was  changed  to 
the  National  Convention  for  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  In 
1900  the  name  was  again  changed  tO'  the  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeial  Convention,  which  was  duly  incorporated.  Prior  to  1900 
business  matters,  as  well  as  the  work  of  editing,  were  taken  care  of 
by  the  Committee  of  Revision.  With  the  incorporation  in  1900, 
business  affairs  were  separated  from  the  work  of  revision  and  placed 
in  the  hands  of  a  Board  of  Trustees,  having  the  management  of 
affairs  and  funds  of  the  convention.  The  By-laws  provide  that  the 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  transact  business  involving  financial  or  other 
matters  that  may  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  convention, 
and  perform  such  other  duties  as  the  convention  may  from  time  to 
time  direct.  The  following  is  the  Board  of  Trustees,  as  constituted 
by  the  convention  of  May,  1910: 
James  H.  Beal  (Chairman),  Henry  M.  Whelpley  (Secretary), 
Frederick  W.  Meissner,  Jr.,  William  Jay  Schieffelin  and  George  H. 
Simmons.  Joseph  P.  Remington  and  Harvey  W.  Wiley  are  ex- 
officio  members.    The  officers  were  re-elected  for  the  ensuing  year. 
The  Board  held  its  first  annual  meeting  for  the  decennial  period, 
1910-20,  at  Philadelphia,  May  5  and  6.    All  members  were  present. 
The  Board  appropriated  funds  for  use  in  paying  necessary 
expenses  in  the  work  of  revision  incurred  by  members  of  Executive 
Committee  under  the  direction  of  Chairman  Remington. 
