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ABSTRACTS  FROM  THE  MINUTES  OF  THE  BOARD  OF 
TRUSTEES. 
December  1st,  1914. — Sixteen  members  present. 
Committee  on  Scholarships  reported  that  an  additional  Dobbins 
Scholarship  was  available,  and  recommended  a  candidate  to  whom 
the  award  should  be  made,  which  was  agreed  to. 
Committee  on  Accounts  and  Audit  recommended  that  the  usual 
honorarium  be  given  the  Editor  and  Business  Manager  of  the  Bulletin 
for  services  rendered  during  the  past  year.   It  was  agreed  to  do  so. 
Committee  on  Athletics  reported  favorably  concerning  the  peti- 
tion of  the  women  students  to  establish  a  basket-ball  team.  This  was 
approved. 
Mr.  French  read  a  communication  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Cen- 
tenary Celebration  relative  to  class  inscription  on  the  Honor  Tablet. 
The  Dean  moved  that  the  arrangement  of  the  tablets  on  the  walls 
of  the  College  and  the  lettering  thereon  be  in  charge  of  the  Property 
Committee,  and  that  when  a  class  had  paid  the  necessary  amount  the 
Treasurer  should  notify  the  committee.   It  was  so  ordered. 
A  communication  was  read  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania State  Pharmaceutical  Board  relative  to  the  necessity  of  all  first- 
year  students  applying  for  a  State  preliminary  certificate.  The  Dean 
said  he  had  read  the  communication  to  the  class  and  impressed  its 
importance  upon  them. 
January  $th,  191 5. — Fifteen  members  present. 
Mr.  Poley  read  the  following  resolution  which  had  been  offered 
at  a  previous  meeting : 
"  Whereas,  Many  benefactors  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  or  of  pharmacy  in  general  are  deemed  by  their  surviving 
associates  worthy  of  some  permanent  memorial,  so  that  the  inspira- 
tion of  their  deeds  and  life  may  be  kept  before  the  students  and 
members  of  this  College  in  perpetuity ;  therefore,  be  it 
"  Resolved,  The  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  will  maintain 
and  display  a  Memorial  Tablet,  constructed  and  erected  by  the  donors 
in  honor  of  any  person  whose  life  in  the  drug  or  allied  business  or 
whose  services  to  this  institution  may  be  deemed  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  worthy  of  such  recognition.  Material,  design,  and  inscrip- 
tion of  proposed  memorial  shall  be  approved  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  and  location  assigned  by  the  Property  Committee  of  said 
