Am'3iw,r"wi5arm'}     Abstract  of  President's  Address.  .  241 
towards  the  Centennial  Fund,  thus  warranting  its  class  year  being 
placed  upon  the  tablet. 
There  have  been  elected  to  the  membership  of  your  College,  during 
the  past  year,  2  active  members  but  no  associate  members.  It  is 
with  regret  that  we  have  to  record,  during  the  same  period,  the  death 
of  8  active  members,  as  follows : 
Peter  T.  Fox,  April  24,  1914;  joined  the  college,  1872.  George 
J.  Scattergood,  July  16,  1914;  joined  the  College,  1859.  William 
E.  Lee,  July  20,  1914;  joined  the  College,  1907.  Henry  C.  Eddy, 
August  29,  1914;  joined  the  College,  1869.  William  H.  Lacey,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1914;  joined  the  College,  1886.  Charles  L.  Eberle,  October 
4,  1914;  joined  the  College,  1867.  Edward  H.  Hance,  December  14, 
1914;  joined  the  College,  1857.  Charles  G.  Dodson,  March  17,  1915  ; 
joined  the  College,  1891 ;  and  1  associate  member,  John  F.  McGovern, 
March  1,  1915;  joined  the  College,  1908.  This  leaves  141  active 
members  and  12  associate  members.  It  may  be  of  interest  for  you 
to  know  that  one  of  your  active  members,  Edward  H.  Hance,  had 
been  associated  with  the  College  since  1857,  a  period  of  57  years; 
another,  George  J.  Scattergood,  had  been  a  member  since  1859,  a 
period  of  55  years;  another,  Charles  L.  Eberle,  since  1867,  a  period 
of  47  years,  and  another,  Henry  C.  Eddy,  had  been  a  member  since 
1869,  a  period  of  45  years. 
In  1 821  your  College  was  organized  at  a  meeting  held  in  the 
historical  Carpenter's  Hall,  of  this  city.  It  has  grown  from  that  very 
small  beginning  to  the  largest  and  most  influential  institution  of  its 
kind  in  the  United  States,  if  not  in  the  world.  It  has  from  its  incep- 
tion increased  in  importance  as  an  educational  centre,  and  it  is 
believed  that  its  curriculum  to-day  is  unequalled  by  any  similar  insti- 
tution. And,  while  it  has  passed  its  94th  birthday,  it  is  filled  with  the 
vigor  of  youth  and  can  be  referred  to  as  ninety-four  years  young,  in- 
stead of  ninety-four  years  old. 
Its  aggressive  and  progressive  methods  have  been  objected  to  by 
the  educational  department  of  one  of  the  larger  States,  which  has 
urged  that  the  high  standard  maintained  by  your  institution  be  less- 
ened and  your  term  of  tuition  be  changed  from  a  three  to  a  two  years' 
course,  so  as  to  do  away  with  the  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  Degree  and 
return  to  a  Pharmaceutical  Graduate  Degree.  It  has  seen  fit  to  ac- 
credit your  institution  with  but  one  year,  thus  necessitating  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  to  take  another  year's 
course  in  a  college  giving  but  two  years'  instruction.    Upon  refusal 
