Pharmaceutical  Colleges,  etc.  279 
This  being  the  last  meeting  of  the  season,  it  was  suggested  that  the  members 
■of  the  College  should,  during  the  coming  months,  carefully  note  down  their  ex- 
perience with  the  preparations  of  the  new  pharmacopoeia,  with  the  view  of 
bringing  their  observations,  if  not  published  before  in  the  Journal,  to  the  no- 
tice of  the  pharmaceutical  meetings  next  fall,  and  thus  contribute  at  once  in- 
teresting and  important  subjects  for  discussion. 
The  meeting  then  adjourned. 
William  McIntyre,  Registrar  pro  tern. 
Vermont  Pharmaceutical  Association. — President  Dutcher  has  appointed 
the  following  delegates  to  the  next  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  :  Messrs.  M.  K.  Paine,  Windsor  ;  A.  W.  Higgins,  Rutland  ;  C.  B. 
Wilson,  Montpelier;  E.  W.  Burritt,  Burlington,  and  Chas.  H.  Warren,  Spring- 
field. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. — The  annual  commencement  of  the 
seventh  session  was  held  in  Horticultural  Hall  JV) aj  7th.  The  Vice-President, 
Dr.  C.  A.  Tufts,  conferred  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  upon  six  gen- 
tlemen :  Wm.  W.  Bartlett,  L.  C.  Flanagan,  F.  M.  Loring,  Chas.  P.  Orne, 
Saml.  C.  Tozzer  and  Jos.  S.  Whall.  Professor  C.  M.  Tracy  delivered  the 
valedictory,  and  Hon.  G.  S.  Hillard  the  annual  address.  The  last  class  num- 
bered eighty  five  students. 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. —  This 
society,  which  had  its  nucleus  in  the  little  class  which  graduated  from  the  Mas- 
sachusetts College  of  Pharmacy  in  1869,  held  its  annual  meeting  at  the  rooms 
of  the  College,  No.  8  Boylston  street,  on  the  8th  of  May.  There  were  present 
about  twenty  gentlemen.  After  disposing  of  reports  from  various  committees, 
the  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  President,  Thos.  Doli- 
$>er ;  Vice  Presidents,  J.  C.  Loud,  E.  L.  Patch;  Secretary,  C.  E  Tappan  ; 
Treasurer,  C.  H.  Bassett  ;  Auditor,  C.  A.  Tufts  ;  Executive  Board  :  G.  F. 
33.  Markoe,  J.  S.  Talbot,  E.  S.  Kelley  and  L.  D.  Drury. 
The.  President  gave  an  interesting  account  of  the  labors  and  progress  of  the 
past  year,  and  made  some  valuable  suggestions  concerning  their  efforts  in  the 
future.  After  a  congratulatory  address  by  Prof.  Babcock,  an  interesting  dis- 
cussion took  place  upon  the  late  revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 
The  establishment  of  a  journal  of  pharmacy  in  Boston  was  considered,  and  a 
good  deal  of  enthusiasm  evinced  on  the  subject.  The  Association  has  held 
meetings  every  month  during  the  past  year,  which  have  been  attended  with 
great  interest.  A  large  number  of  valuable  papers  have  been  read,  and  elabo- 
rate reports  of  experiments  and  studies  made  ;  among  the  number  an  inter- 
esting paper  on  the  adulterations  of  milk.  Reports  of  experiments  in  the 
manufacture  of  hydro-bromate  of  quinia  and  mono-bromated  camphor,  detec- 
