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EDITORIAL. 
(SMtonal  Department. 
The  New  College  Hall. — The  Meeting  of  the  Association. — Not- 
withstanding the  very  unfavorable  weather  since  this  work  was  com- 
menced, the  advance  already  made  promises  to  get  the  building  ready  by 
the  first  of  September,  or  so  nearly  completed  that  it  may  be  used  for  the 
purposes  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation. On  the  strength  of  this  opinion  the  announcement  is  made  on 
page  375,  and  the  invitation  given  to  hold  an  exhibition  of  articles  con- 
nected with  our  profession, — chemicals,  drugs,  pharmaceutical  prepara- 
tions, apparatus,  and  miscellaneous  articles.  In  view  of  this  need  for  the 
hall,  it  will  require  that  every  exertion  should  be  made  to  further  the 
arrangements  for  its  completion.  On  the  24th  of  June  the  11  corner 
stone"  was  laid,  and  a  deposit  made  in  it  of  a  glass-stoppered  bottle  con- 
taining various  printed  documents  and  papers  connected  with  the  Col- 
lege, and  a  copy  of  the  Public  Ledger.  But  few  members  were  present, 
owing  to  a  misunderstanding  of  the  time,  and  no  address  was  made.  The 
foundation  walls  have  been  successfully  and  well  built,  and  the  first  story 
of  brick-work  up,  and  ready  for  the  second  floor  joice.  As  the  time  ap- 
proaches for  occupying  the  Hall,  the  several  committees  having  in  charge 
the  library,  museum  and  apparatus,  will  have  a  busy  time  in  transferring 
their  several  charges  to  the  new  premises,  and  getting  all  arranged.  The 
funds  necessary  to  complete  the  building  have  not  been  all  collected. 
Whilst  many  have  been  quite  liberal  in  their  contributions,  many  have 
been  less  so,  and  others  disposed  to  give  the  cold  shoulder.  This  should 
not  be.  Every  pharmaceutist  should  feel  an  interest  in  the  success  of 
his  profession,  and  as  this  depends  almost  wholly  on  pharmaceutical 
education,  he  should  feel  and  manifest  a  practical  interest  in  the  only 
institution  in  our  city  connected  with  that  profession.  But,  no  doubt, 
there  has  been  a  loss  sustained  by  the  want  of  vigor  and  earnestness 
which  for  some  years  past  has  marked  the  policy  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy.  What  has  been  done  has  been  the  work  of  but  a 
fraction  of  its  members, — most  of  these  do  not  come  to  the  meetings,  and 
there  have  been  no  occasions  to  bring  them  together  that  they  may  be- 
come acquainted  with  each  other,  and  interested  in  the  Institution  to 
which  they  belong.  It  has  appeared  to  us  that  the  present  juncture 
offers  a  good  opportunity  to  work  a  change  in  these  regards.  A  new 
Hall,  to  build  which  the  material  aid  of  all  members  and  others  is  needed, 
and  the  inauguration  of  the  new  Hall  by  the  meeting  of  the  national 
Association, — certainly  these  are  sufficient  reasons  for  bringing  all  to- 
gether, earnestly,  professionally,  and  scientifically.  Every  reputable 
pharmaceutist  in  this  city  should  be  a  member  of  the  College  of  Phar- 
macy, and  of  the  National  Association,  and  in  this  way,  if  no  other,  aid  in 
raising  the  status  of  our  profession.    The  Pharmaceutical  Association 
