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EDITORIAL. 
Boston,  Dec.  14th,  1867. 
Dear  Sir, — I  have  the  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  we  have  been  suc- 
cessful in  forming  a  School  of  Pharmacy,  under  the  authority  of  the 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.  Some  three  or  four  months  ago  the 
Trustees  appointed  a  "  Lecture  Committee,"  with  full  power  to  organize 
a  School  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Committee  consisted  of  Thomas  Hollis,  H.  W.  Lincoln,  and  the 
writer;  and,  after  a  very  considerable  amount  of  labor,  we  reported  that 
we  were  sure  of  starting  with  a  class  of  twenty  five.  The  Trustees  approved 
the  work  of  the  Committee,  and  appointed  the  following  named  gentlemen 
lecturers : 
C.  M.  Tracy,  Lecturer  on  Materia  Medicaand  Botany  ; 
E.  L.  Stoddard  (instructer  in  the  laboratory  of  the  Massachusetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology),  Lecturer  on  Chemistry; 
G.  P.  H.  Markoe,  Lecturer  on  the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Pharmacy. 
The  opening  lecture  was  delivered  by  S.  M.  Colcord,  on  Wednesday 
evening,  Dee.  11th,  before  a  full  house,  in  which  nearly  every  pharma- 
ceutical establishment  in  this  city  and  vicinity  was  represented  ;  ladies 
were  also  present.  Mr.  Colcord's  address  was  able,  eloquent,  and 
especially  practical;  it  occupied  one  hour  in  its  delivery.  Thos.  Hollis, 
President  of  the  College,  presided,  and  made  a  brief  address  before  intro- 
ducing the  lecturer.  On  Friday  evening,  Dec.  13th,  the  regular  lectures 
for  instruction  began,  E.  H.  Clarke,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Materia  Medica 
in  Harvard  University,  opening  the  Materia  Medica  course  with  a  very 
instructive  and  interesting  lecture,  in  which  he  clearly  defined  the  duties 
of  the  pharmaceutist,  as  to  the  kind  and  extent  of  his  studies.  I  followed 
Prof.  Clarke,  with  the  introductory  lecture  of  the  Pharmacy  course.  We 
have  succeeded  far  better  than  we  anticipated,  and  have  a  class  that 
already  numbers  thirty-six  students,  which  will  do  very  well  for  a  be- 
ginning. 
Yery  truly  yours,  Geo.  F.  H.  Markoe. 
Maine  Pharmaceutical  Association. — In  July  last,  this  new  member 
of  the  Pharmaceutical  Associations  of  the  United  States,  entered  into 
existence  at  a  meeting  called  by  Dr.  Cummings,  of  Portland,  for  the 
23d  of  that  month.  The  officers  elected  were,  for  President,  Henry  T. 
Cummings,  M.  D.,  of  Portland  ;  for  Vice  President,  John  G.  Cook,  of 
Lewistown  ;  for  Recording  Secretary,  Charles  K.  Partridge,  of  Augusta  ; 
for  Corresponding \  Seer etaiy,  Aug.  G.  Schlotterbeck  ;  Treasurer,  M.  S. 
Whither  ;  Executive  Committee,  II.  T.  Cummings,  H.  H.  Hay  and  J.  H. 
J.  Thayer,  all  of  Portland. 
This  is  a  good  beginning.  The  territory  of  Maine  is  nearly  as  large  as 
that  of  all  the  other  New  England  States,  and  it  is  too  far  from  Boston  to 
enable  Pharmaceutists  to  affiliate  thoroughly  with  the  Massachusetts 
College.    The  more  local  associations  the  better  ;  all  cannot  have  nor 
