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Phannaceutical  Colleges,  etc. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Phabm. 
I    April  1,  1873. 
The  President,  Mr.  S.  M.  Colcord,  in  his  address  congratulated  the  College 
upon  the  success  which  has  attended  its  movements  during  the  past  year, 
and  the  brilliant  prospects  for  the  future.  The  better  facilities  which  the  new 
laboratory  affords  for  practical  instruction  have  made  the  lectures  more  inter- 
esting and  valuable,  and  the  number  of  students  has  been  larger  than  at  any 
previous  season. 
The  report  of  the  Treasurer  showed  the  financial  condition  of  the  College  to 
be  as  favorable  as  at  any  previous  year,  while  the  expenditures  have  been  much 
larger  than  heretofore. 
Reports  were  read  from  various  Committees  on  Library,  Cabinet  Instruction, 
etc.    Donations  of  books,  specimens  and  funds  were  gratefully  acknowledged. 
Professor  Markoe  gave  an  entertaining  account  of  the  meeting  of  the  British 
Pharmaceutical  Society  at  Brighton  last  summer;  an  interesting  discussion 
upon  legislation  in  reference  to  the  practice  of  pharmacy  took  place,  and  other 
matters  relating  to  the  advancement  of  pharmaceutical  science  were  consid- 
ered. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  S.  M. 
Colcord;  Vice-Presidents,  C.  A.  Tufts,  B.  F.  Stacey  ;  Recording  Secretary, 
H.  W.  Lincoln;  Corresponding  Secretary,  G.  F.  H.  Markoe;  Treasurer, 
Ashel  Boyden  ;  Auditor,  Thomas  Hollis  ;  Trustees  :  R.  R.  Kent,  J.  S.  Melvin , 
J.  S.  Orne,  C.  I.  Eaton,  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Thomas  Doliber,  C.  E.  Tappan,  E. 
L.  Patch. 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  annual  meeting  was  held  on  th« 
13th  of  March.  We  have  not  been  advised  of  its  proceedings,  nor  has  the 
promised  list  of  graduates  reached  us.  Of  the  transactions  of  the  Alumni  As- 
sociation of  this  College,  only  the  address  of  its  President,  Mr.  D.  C  Robbins, 
has  been  sent. 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  — At  the  21st  annual  commencement, 
which  took  place  on  the  11th  of  March,  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy 
was  conferred  upon  the  following  gentlemen  : 
J.  M.  Benziuger,  Maryland,  Iris  versicolor;  J.  C.  Cronhardt,  Jr.,  Maryland, 
Adiantum  pedatum  ;  C.  C.  Habliston,  Maryland,  Tinctures;  J.  H.  Livingston, 
Florida,  Asarum  Canadense  ;  J.  R.  Marshall,  North  Carolina,  Ancient  Phar- 
macy ;  H.  Nordmann,  Maryland,  Med.  pr<?p.  of  Manganese;  And.  Petz,  Jr., 
Maryland,  Hydrargyrum  ;  Thomas  Shermer,  Maryland,  Iris  versicolor. 
Seven  first  course  students  were  by  their  examination  entitled  to  honorable 
mention. 
The  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  in  Pharmacy  was  conferred  upon  Edward  R. 
Squibb,  M.D.,  of  Brooklyn.  N.  Y..  and  Benjamin  Lillard,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
The  valedictory  address  was  delivered  by  Hon.  C.  E.  Phelps. 
The  annual  meeting  of  this  College  took  place  March  13th,  at  the  hall  of  the 
College,  President  J.  Faris  Moore,  Phar.  D..  in  the  chair.  The  minutes  of  the 
previous  meeting  and  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  read  by  the  Secretary,  Dr. 
E.  Eareckson,  and  approved.  The  Committee  on  unorficinal  formulas  reported 
that  the  manuscript  was  almost  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  printer. 
