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EDITORIAL. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — From  the  Boston  Advertiser 
of  October  9th,  we  learn  that 
"The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  trustees  of  this  institution  was 
held  on  Wednesday  afternoon  at  the  rooms  of  the  college,  12  Temple 
place,  Mr.  S.  M.  Colcord,  chairman,  presiding.  After  the  reading  of  the 
minutes  of  the  last  meeting,  Mr.  J.  H.  Hubbard  of  Cambridge  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  college. 
Mr.  H.  W.  Lincoln,  in  behalf  of  the  delegates  to  the  late  meeting  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  in  Philadelphia,  read  a 
very  interesting  report  of  that  meeting. 
Mr  Gr.  F.  11.  Markoe  reported  for  the  lecture  committee,  that  the 
school  of  pharmacy  would  begin  its  second  session,  1868-69,  on  Friday 
evening  the  16th  inst..  and  that  the  laboratory  of  Mr.  James  F.  Babcock, 
8  Boylston  street,  had  been  secured  for  the  lectures,  and  ample  accom- 
modations obtained  for  the  class  in  analytical  chemistry.  Mr.  Markoe 
called  attention  to  the  necessity  of  providing  a  diploma  for  the  graduates 
of  the  college.  The  following  gentlemen,  nominated  by  the  chairman, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  procure  a  diploma  and  arrange  all  matters 
relating  to  the  graduating  ceremonies  :  Thomas  Hollis,  H.  W.  Lincoln, 
Ashel  Boyden,  J.  S.  Melvin,  G.  F.  H.  Markoe. 
On  motion  of  Mr.  Lincoln  the  meeting  then  proceeded  to  ballot  for 
the  Faculty  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy.  The  following  gentlemen  were 
elected  : — 
Professor  of  General  and  Analytical  Chemistry ,  E.  L.  Stoddard,  Ph.D. 
Professor  of  Materia  Medico,  and  Botany,  Cyrus  M..  Tracy. 
Professor  of  the  Theory  and  Practice  of  Pharmacy,  George  F.  H. 
Markoe. 
There  being  no  further  business  the  meeting  adjourned." 
Our  Boston  friends  are  evidently  in  good  earnest  and  are  on  the  right 
track.  They  will  have  tuition  this  winter  in  qualitative  analysis  for  ad- 
vanced  students,  and  eventually  will  build  up  their  school  on  a  permanent 
and  solid  foundation.  They  expect  to  grant  diplomas,  but  only  such 
students  as  may  have  served  their  time  in  dispensing  stores  will  be  entitled 
to  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy.  Clerks  from  wholesale  druggists 
will  receive  a  certificate  of  proficiency,  and  will  not  be  examined  in  ex- 
temporaneous pharmacy."  They  give  "the  reason  for  this  distinction  is 
that  the  art  of  dispensing  medicine  can  only  be  properly  learned  by  long 
practice  at  the  dispensing  countei  ;  Lectures,  be  they  never  so  good,  are 
only  valuable  aids  to  practical  instruction."  We  wish  them  success,  and 
heartily  approve  of  their  mode  of  beginning. 
The  Pharmacist— Chicago,  Sept.,  1868,  Vol.  1,  No.  1  ;  pp.  20,  quarterly. 
Published  by  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy.    E.  H.  Sargent,  editor. 
The  first  number  of  this  new  journal,  announced  in  our  last,  has  been 
received,  and  in  all  respects  has  come  up  to  our  anticipations.  It  consists 
almost  wholly  of  original  papers,  of  the  character  of  which  our  readers 
may  judge,  as  we  have  transferred  several  of  them  to  this  number.  The 
tone  of  the  editorial  is  excellent,  and  we  hail  its  publication  as  a  useful 
addition  to  the  periodical  literature  of  American  Pharmacy,  Though 
