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EDITORIAL. 
of  the  Journal  will  perceive,  by  the  published  list  for  July  and  that  in  the 
present  number,  that  many  of  the  subscriptions  have  been  paid,  while  many 
others  who  have  subscribed  to  the  object  will  be  prepared  to  make  pay- 
ment before  the  close  of  the  year.  Notwithstanding  this,  however,  we 
are  informed  by  the  Treasurer  that  ten  thousand  dollars  will  be  required 
to  enable  the  Committee  to  meet  the  contract  for  the  building,  besides 
the  necessary  furniture  and  apparatus  to  adapt  it  to  the  purpose  inten- 
ded. The  cash  on  hand  is  now  nearly  exhausted,  and  the  Committee 
who  have  the  matter  in  charge  would  respectfully  urge  upon  the  contrib- 
utors to  forward  to  the  Treasurer  the  amounts  subscribed,  and  would  also 
earnestly  ask  all  interested  in  the  progress  of  Pharmacy  to  lend  their 
aid  to  the  object,  so  that  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  may 
keep  pace  with  kindred  institutions,  and  reflect  credit  on  the  honorable 
profession  which  it  is  designed  to  foster. 
We  have  been  hoping  that  our  Graduates  scattered  over  the  country 
would  feel  disposed  to  remember  their  Alma  Mater,  and,  without  injur- 
ing their  own  interests,  contribute  materially  to  aid  the  Committee  in 
meeting  their  engagements.  The  Treasurer  recently  received  a  contri- 
bution from  a  graduate  of  the  College,  in  New  York,  accompanied  by  a 
note  about  as  follows  : — 
"  Enclosed  please  find  a  money  order  for  ten  dollars,  as  a  contribution 
towards  the  building  fund  ot  the  Old  Alma  Mater.  If  all  her  sons  will 
remember  the  benefits  they  have  derived  from  her,  they  will  certainly  be 
prompted  to  contribute  their  share  towards  her  improvement. 
A  Graduate  of  1863," 
We  also  observe  the  names  of  our  old  friends  Tilden  &  Co.  on  the  list, 
and  hoping  that  others  at  a  distance  will  respond  to  the  call  and  help  the 
Committee  onward,  we  leave  the  matter  with  our  readers. 
The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy. — It  is  not  often  that  we 
choose  this  text,  being  disposed  to  let  the  Journal  get  along  on  its  own 
merits,  but  at  this  juncture  we  feel  much  impressed  with  the  importance 
of  what  we  are  about  to  say.  First,  then,  in  reference  to  the  scientific 
or  professional  support  which  should  be  contributed  to  its  pages  by  the 
large  number  of  members  of  the  College  and  Graduates  of  the  School 
of  Pharmacy.  Since  the  war  the  current  of  interest  then  turned  aside 
.from  nearly  all  scientific  objects  has  not  returned  to  its  old  channels, 
and  all  seem  engaged  in  the  active  pursuit  of  "business,"  without  any 
disposition  to  step  aside  for  a  moment  and  record  new  ideas  that  may  be 
suggested  in  the  laboratory  or  at  the  dispensing  counter  for  the  benefit 
of  the  profession  at  large.  We  have  never  had  so  many  subscribers  as  at 
present,  and  yet  our  list  of  active  contributors  is  far  too  small.  There  are 
many  respectable  observers  in  our  ranks  whose  observations  would  be 
very  useful  to  their  brethren,  if  published,  yet  who  refrain  from  printing 
from  a  false  idea  of  the  importance  of  the  subjects,  together  with  an 
incorrect  view  of  the  length  and  style  of  the  papers  themselves.  No 
matter  how  few  words  will  convey  the  idea — half  a  page  or  a  page  will 
