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THE  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
Minutes  of  the  Quarterly  Meeting. 
The  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  December  28,  1914,  at  4  p.m.,  in  the  Library. 
In  the  absence  of  the  President,  Howard  B.  French,  on  account 
of  illness,  the  Second  Vice-president,  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  pre- 
sided. 
Sixteen  members  were  present. 
The  minutes  of  the  semi-annual  meeting  held  September  28  were 
read  and  approved. 
The  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  September,  October, 
and  November  were  read  by  the  Registrar,  J.  S.  Beetem,  and  ap- 
proved. 
Professor  Kraemer  read  an  abstract  of  several  articles  on 
"  Courtesy,"  and  commented  at  length  on  its  value  in  business. 
Professor  Kraemer  also  read  in  part  an  appeal  from  the  pharma- 
cists of  Amsterdam,  Holland,  for  the  financial  aid  of  the  pharmacists 
of  the  United  States.  (See  page  78.)  A  discussion  followed, 
being  participated  in  by  Messrs.  Beringer,  Wilbert,  Poley,  and 
Remington,  when  a  motion  prevailed  to  refer  the  subject  to  a 
committee  of  five,  and  to  take  a  wider  range,  to  include  the  pharma- 
cists of  all  the  nations  now  at  war.  The  Chairman  appointed  Dr. 
A.  W.  Miller,  M.  I.  Wilbert,  Joseph  P.  Remington,  George  M. 
Beringer,  and  Henry  Kraemer  as  the  committee. 
Mr.  Beringer  read  a  letter  from  Mr.  William  G.  Greenawalt,  of 
the  Class  of  1886,  donating  some  very  old  scales,  oil  bottles,  labels, 
and  circulars  used  by  his  predecessors  in  his  store  at  Frederick,  Md., 
and  dating  back  to  1827. 
The  thanks  of  the  College  were  voted  the  donor. 
Announcement  was  made  of  the  death  of  three  members  of 
the  College  since  the  last  meeting,  viz.,  William  H.  Lacey,  died 
September  30 ;  Charles  L.  Eberle,  died  October  4,  and  Edward  H. 
Hance,  died  December  14. 
Mr.  England  said  that  Mr.  Hance  was  the  oldest  member  in 
point  of  membership,  having  joined  the  College  in  1857,  and,  while 
not  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  College,  his  long  and  active  life  in  the 
manufacture  of  medical  and  pharmaceutical  products  merited  special 
mention,  and  he  moved  that  the  Secretary  be  requested  to  convey  to 
