188  Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  {^Tm™* 
though. they  may  do  very  well  to  manage  street  railroads.  Nature  lets  func- 
tions develop  organs.    The  law  of  nature  is  spontaneity  and  self  help." 
The  valedictory,  on  the  part  of  the  class,  was  delivered  by  Jos.  H.  Feemster- 
After  the  exercises  closed,  a  goodly  company  adjourned  to  the  festive  boards 
where  a  fine  collation  was  set,  to  which  over  one  hundred  pharmacists,  physir- 
eians  and  invited  guests  devoted  their  attention 
The  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy,  acting  under  a  charter  previously- 
obtained  through  the  Jefferson  County  Court.  Ky.,  at  a  meeting,  held  March 
10th,  1873,  re-organized  under  a  special  charter,  granted  by  the  Legislature,, 
which  requires  the  election  of  twelve  directors.  The  following  gentlemen  were- 
duly  elected  for  the  current  year  :  F.  J.  Pfingst,  Wm.  G.  Schmidt,  E.  SchefFer, 
John  Colgan,  P.  P.  Sutton,  F.  C.  Miller,  C.  L  Diehi,  V  Davis,  S.  F.  Dawes,  J. 
A.  McAfee,  B.  F.  All'ord  and  E.  N.  Woodruff.  The  directors  organized  by 
electing  C.  L.  Diehl.  President ;  E.  Scheffer  and  H.  F.  Alford,  Vice-Presidents; 
F.  C.  Miller,  Recording  Secretary;  William  G.  Schmidt,  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary ;  S.  F.  Dawes.  Treasurer,  and  J.  A.  McAfee,  Curator. 
The  directors,  some  time  since,  appointed  a  board  of  trustees,  consisting  of 
Messrs.  Schmidt,  Davis,  Colgan,  Sutton  and  Pfingst,  for  the  purpose  of  creating 
a  building  fund  to  enable  the  College  to  erect  in  the  future  a  suitable  edifice  for 
the  growing  school.  So  far,  the  trustees  for  the  first  year  have  reported  monthly 
subscriptions  to  the  amount  of  $996,  with  the  prospect  of  more.  This  fund  is 
deposited  in  a  bank  paying  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  centum  per  annum, 
computable  every  thirty  days. 
The  following  matriculants  of  the  school  passed  a  successful  examination  at 
the  close  of  this  year's  session  :  Ed.  S.  Anderson,  John  Loomis,  Henry  Voigt^ 
Ed.  D.  Caldwell,  Chas.  R.  DeKress  and  Phil.  G.  Beutel. 
St.  Lolls  College  of  Pharmacy. — This  College  has  been  in  successful  oper- 
ation during  the  past  winter  with  a  class  numbering  23  students,  several  of 
whom  were  expected  to  take  their  degree  in  March.  During  the  past  two  years 
the  College  has  been  the  recipient  of  many  valuable  donations.  Principal 
among  the  contributors  to  its  cabinet  and  collection  of  philosophical  instru- 
ments may  be  mentioned  :  The  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  ;  E.  R.  Squibb,. 
M.D.,  Brooklyn  ;  McKesson  &  Robbins,  N.  Y. ;  Hartmann,  Laist  &  Co  ,  Cin- 
cinnati; Herring  &  Co,,  and  F.  C.  Calvert,  London.  Eng.;  E.  Scheffer,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.  ;  W.J.  M.  Gordon,  Cincinnati;  Powers  &  Weightman,  Bullock  & 
Crenshaw,  and  John  Wyeth  &  Bro.,  Philadelphia;  Jeremiah  Quinlan,  Nevr 
York;  Cheney,  Myrick,  Hobbs  &  Co.,  and  B.  0.  &  G.  C.  Wilson,  Boston;; 
Hernstein,  New  York;  J.  L.  Lemberger,  Lebanon,  Pa.,  and  G.  Mallinckrodt 
&  Co.,  Larkin  &  Scheffer.  Meyer  Bros.  &  Co.,  J.  S.  Merrill,  Richardson  &  Co... 
Wm.  H.  Crawford,  Theo.  Kalb,  Chas.  Habicht  &  Co..  and  M.  W.  Alexander, 
St.  Louis. 
The  Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  semi-annual  meeting  February 
5th,  Mr.  Lyman,  President,  in  the  chair.  The  delegation  to  the  Cleveland 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  made  a  verbal  report- 
