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Annual  Commencement. 
Am,  Jour.  Pharm. 
May.  1898. 
STATES  AND  COUNTRIES  REPRESENTED  BY  THE  GRADUATING  CLASSES. 
Alabama   1  Maryland          ...  2    Russia   2 
California   1  Missouri   1    Tennessee   1 
Delaware   2  New  Jersey   14   Texas   1 
Germany   2  New  York   1  West  Virginia    ...  1 
Illinois   1  Ohio   3   
Kentucky   2  Ontario   1  Total  .  .  .  .114 
Louisiana   1  Pennsylvania ....  77 
AWARD  OF  PRIZES. 
The  John  M.  Maisch  Memorial  Prize  of  a  Zentmayer  microscope,  offered  by 
the  family  of  the  late  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch,  for  original  histological  work  on 
American  plants,  was  awarded  to  Gilbert  K.  Preston.  The  following  graduates 
received  honorable  mention  in  connection  therewith  :  Frank  W.  Morgan  and 
Joseph  D.  Seiberling. 
The  William  B.  Webb  Memorial  Prize,  consisting  of  a  gold  medal  and  certifi- 
cate, offered  by  Mrs.  Rebecca  T.  Webb,  for  the  highest  general  average  in  the 
examinations  on  committee,  operative  pharmacy  and  specimens,  was  awarded 
to  James  D.  King,  with  honorable  mention  of  Andrew  C.  Parse. 
A  Prize  of  a  Gold  Medal,  offered  by  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  for  an  origi- 
nal device  or  contrivance  useful  in  practical  pharmaceutical  work,  was  awarded 
to  J.  Franklin  Strawinski. 
The  Chemical  Prize  of  $25  in  gold,  offered  by  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  for 
knowledge  of  quantitative  chemical  analysis,  was  awarded  to  Joseph  Hunting- 
ton, with  honorable  mention  of  George  A.  Shwab. 
The  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  Prize  of  $25,  offered  by  Prof.  Henry 
Trimble,  for  a  paper  (not  intended  as  a  thesis)  involving  original  work  done  in 
the  Chemical  Laboratory,  was  awarded  to  Charles  W.  Dirmitt. 
The  Materia  Medica  Prize  of  $25,  offered  by  Prof.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  for 
the  recognition  of  rare  drugs  by  the  aid  of  the  simple  microscope  only,  was 
awarded  to  Andrew  C.  Parse.  The  following  graduates  received  honorable 
mention  in  connection  therewith  :  David  Dale,  George  A.  Shwab,  Fred.  R. 
Farrow,  and  Jacob  F.  Strawinski. 
The  Maisch  Prize  of  $20,  offered  by  Mr  J.  H.  Redsecker,  of  Lebanon,  Pa., 
was  awarded  to  J.  Franklin  Strawinski.  The  following  graduates  received 
honorable  mention  in  connection  therewith  :  David  Dale,  Fred.  R.  Farrow  and 
Geo.  A.  Shwab. 
The  Operative  Pharmacy  Prize  of  $20  in  gold,  offered  by  Prof.  Joseph  P. 
Remington,  for  the  best  examination  in  operative  pharmacy,  was  awarded  to 
Theodore  S.  Schlauch.  The  following  graduates  received  honorable  mention 
in  connection  therewith  :  Robert  T.  Berry,  John  E).  Coleman,  Harry  B.  Friebely, 
Frank  W.  Morgan  and  James  Richardson. 
The  Theoretical  Pharmacy  Prize  of  a  fine  Troemner  agate  prescription 
balance,  offered  by  Mr.  Mahlon  N.  Kline,  of  Philadelphia,  was  awarded  to 
Joseph  Huntington.  The  following  graduates  received  honorable  mention  in 
connection  therewith  :  Orwan  L.  Latchford,  Andrew  C.  Parse  and  George  A. 
Shwab. 
The  Robinson  Chemical  Prize,  consisting  of  a  gold  medal  and  certificate, 
offered  by  Mr.  James  S.  Robinson,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  for  the  best  exami- 
