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Matthias  Simon, 
Homer  A.  Smith, 
Benzoin  Odoriferum. 
Aralia  Nudicaulis. 
Hydrargyrum  cum  Cretd. 
Iris  Versicolor. 
Frasera  Waited. 
A pocynum  Androscemifolium. 
Arsenicum. 
Geum  Rivale. 
George  P.  Stackhouse, 
Louis  Stiefel, 
Frank  W.  Thomas, 
William  H.  Webb, 
Charles  Wilson, 
William  Wilson, 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  further  inform  that  a  portrait  in 
oil  of  Benjamin  Ellis,  M.D.,  was  presented  to  the  College  by  the  Zeta 
Phi  Society. 
George  Y.  Shoemaker  and  H.  B.  Lippincott  were  recommended  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees  for  resident  membership,  they  having  been  in  busi- 
ness on  their  own  account  for  the  period  of  six  years.  An  election  being 
ordered,  Ambrose  Smith,  acting  as  teller,  reported  the  unanimous  elec- 
tion of  the  candidates. 
Prof.  Edward  Parrish  made  a  verbal  report  for  the  delegates  to  the 
last  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  proceed- 
ings of  the  Association  having  been  published,  a  detailed  account  will  be 
found  in  the  transactions  of  the  Association. 
The  Committee  on  Deceased  Members  announced  the  decease  of  Prof. 
Michael  Faraday,  of  London,  an  honorary  member  of  this  College.  An 
extended  notice  of  Prof.  Faraday  has  been  published  in  the  Journal  of 
the  College. 
Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  Secretary  of  the  Committee  having  in  charge  the 
subject  of  the  sale  of  the  present  College  premises,  and  the  erection  of  a 
new  building,  reported  the. sale  of  the  premises  for  the  sum  of  fifteen 
thousand  dollars,  and  that  possession  was  to  be  given  to  the  purchaser 
on  the  1st  of  April  next.  Mr.  Wiegand  further  reported  subscriptions  to 
the  building  fund  of  about  $6,300. 
The  following  resolution  was  read  and  adopted  : 
Resolved,  That  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  to  be  received  from 
the  sale  of  the  present  College  premises  on  Filbert  street,  be  appropriated 
to  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means,  or  the  Building  Committee  ap- 
pointed by  the  said  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means;  and  that  an  order 
be  drawn  on  the  Treasurer  of  the  College  for  that  amount,  when  collected 
by  him  ;  to  be  appropriated,  together  with  such  sums  as  may  be  collected 
by  that  Committee  from  donations  or  otherwise,  to  pay  the  cost  of  erecting 
and  furnishing  the  new  Hall. 
On  motion  of  Prof.  J.  M.  Maisch,  the  Chair  appointed  the  following 
Committee  to  make  suitable  arrangements  for  the  meeting  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  in  this  city  in  September  next : 
A.  B.  Taylor,  James  T.  Shinn,  Edward  Parrish, 
On  motion,  the  new  hall  of  the  College  was  tendered  for  the  use  of  the 
Association,  if  completed  in  time  for  said  meeting. 
Wm.  Procter,  Jr., 
Chas.  Bullock. 
