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burg;  board  of  directors,  E.  C.  Goetting,  C.  F.  Schleussner  and 
Felix  Hirseman.  Otto  P.  Gilbert  was  chairman  of  the  Jubilee 
Committee,  which  deserves  much  credit  for  the  excellent  programme 
and  menu,  the  selection  of  speakers  and  the  entertainment  provided. 
H.  K. 
r-  "  "        UNIVERSITY  OF  THE  PHILIPPINES. 
Course  in  Pharmacy. 
The  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University  of  the  Philippines,  on 
January  12,  191 1,  decided  to  establish  a  course  in  pharmacy,  in  the 
College  of  Liberal  Arts.  Students  will  be  admitted  to  the  first  year 
of  the  course  at  the  opening  of  the  school  year  1911-1912. 
The  course  in  pharmacy  will  require  three  full  years  of  study, 
and  will  lead  to  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy.  A  fourth 
year  will  be  offered  leading  to  the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist. 
The  entrance  requirements  for  the  course  in  pharmacy  are  those 
for  entrance  to  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts. 
No  students  will  at  present  be  admitted  to  the  course  in  phar- 
macy with  advanced  standing;  nor  will  any  work  of  the  course  be- 
yond the  first  year  be  given  during  the  school  year  1911-1912. 
The  second  year  of  the  course  in  pharmacy  will  be  opened  in 
1912;  the  third  year  in  1913. 
Students  will  register  for  the  course  in  pharmacy  with  the  dean 
of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts. 
^"^  —      -     -  CORRESPONDENCE. 
Physiological  Methods  for  the  Standardization  of  Digitalis. 
Editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dear  Sir  : 
In  a  paper  of  mine  which  you  were  good  enough  to  publish 
Physiological  Methods  for  the  Standardization  of  Digitalis," 
Am.  Jour,  of  Pharm.,  May,  191 1)  I  made  the  statement  that  Dr. 
Houghton  advocated  the  use  of  ouabain  as  a  standard  preparation 
in  testing  the  members  of  the  digitalis  group  on  frogs.  I  have  since 
learned  that  Dr.  Houghton  employs  crystalline  Kombe  strophanthin, 
believing  it  superior  tO'  the  Gratus  strophanthin.  If  you  would  be 
so  kind  as  to  publish  this  correction,  I  should  be  very  much  obliged. 
Very  truly  yours, 
May  26,  1911.  Chas.  C.  Haskell. 
