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need  not  have  Schools  of  Pharmacy,  but  association  yields  direct  fruits 
to  the  members,  encourages  literature  by  forming  libraries,  gives  protec- 
tion by  united  action  and,  above  all,  cultivates  fraternal  intercourse 
among  business  men  by  which  the  asperities  of  competition  are  softened. 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  following  letter  states  the  result 
of  the  annual  election  of  this  body. 
St.  Louis,  Nov.  5,  1867. 
Editor  Journal  of  Pharmacy. 
Sir  : — At  the  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of 
Pharmacy,  held  Oct.  14th,  1867,  the  following  persons  were  elected 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year  : — ■ 
President— ¥ .  Sennewald. 
1st  Vice  President — Theodore  Kalb. 
2d  Vice  President — Maurice  W.  Alexander. 
Recording  Secretary — Edmund  T.  Walsh. 
Corresponding  Secretary — Hubert  Primm. 
Treasurer- -Charles  L.  Lips,  M.  D. 
Kespectfully,  Hubert  Primm, 
Corresponding  Secretary. 
The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. — Our  readers,  by  reference 
to  page  85,  will  observe  that  measures  are  being  taken  to  erect  a  new 
and  more  commodious  hall  for  the  accommodation  of  our  College  and  its 
growing  School  of  Pharmacy.  When,  after  years  of  occupation  of  rented 
premises,  through  the  efforts  of  a  few  earnest  workers  in  the  College, 
headed  by  the  late  Henry  Troth,  the  present  Hall  was  reared  in  1832,  few 
expected  to  see  the  day  when  the  Institution  would  outgrow  its  capacity  ; 
but  so  it  is  now.  Not  only  are  the  two  lecture  rooms  too  small  to  seat 
the  class  comfortably,  but  the  meeting  room  has  ceased  to  afford  space 
for  the  growing  museum  and  library.  Under  these  circumstances,  the 
idea  of  a  new  hall  has  for  several  years  forced  itself  on  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  until  during  the  present  winter  it  has  resulted  in  the  purchase 
of  a  lot  of  ample  dimensions  for  the  purpose  in  view, in  a  central  location. 
It  is  intended  to  proceed,  as  soon  as  the  season  opens,  to  erect  the  Hall. 
Meanwhile,  the  Committee  to  whom  the  subject  has  been  committed  will 
proceed,  according  to  the  resolutions  above  referred  to,  to  raise  the  funds 
by  the  sale  of  the  present  premises,  by  the  creation  of  a  limited  loan  and 
the  issue  of  scrip,  and  by  donations  from  the  members  and  such  others 
as  may  feel  interested  in  the  progress  of  the  Institution. 
The  appeal,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  will  be  kindly  met  and  earnestly  answered. 
Every  alumnus  of  the  College,  no  matter  where  located,  who,  having  suc- 
ceeded in  business,  feels  a  warm  side  towards  his  alma  mater,  has  an  op- 
portunity now  to  infuse  new  life  in  her  veins  by  a  timely  contribution  to 
the  building  fund,  and  aid  those  of  us  who,  being  on  the  spot,  will  have 
