Am.  Jour.  Pl<arm. 
May,  1898. 
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nation  in  general  and  analytical  chemistry,  was  awarded  to  Joseph  Huntington. 
The  valedictory  address  to  the  graduating  class  was  delivered  by  Prof. 
Samuel  P.  Sadtler. 
The  Professor's  farewell  supper  to  the  graduates  was  given  on  Wednesday 
evening,  April  13th,  in  the  Museum  of  the  College.  The  Officers  and  Trustees 
of  the  College  were  present,  and  also  a  number  of  invited  guests.  Prof. 
Remington  was  master  of  ceremonies,  and  the  evening  passed  pleasantly  in 
disposing  of  the  menu,  speech-making,  etc. 
MINUTES   OF   ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
COLLEGE. 
March  28,  1898. 
The  annual  meeting  of  members  of  the  College  was  held  this  day.  Charles 
Bullock  presided.  The  Secretary  presented  written  resignations  of  three 
members.  The  Committee  on  Deceased  Members  reviewed  the  personal  and 
business  histories  of  Thomas  J.  Husband  and  Alfred  B.  Taylor,  embodying  in 
the  same  eulogistic  remarks  :  That  of  Alfred  B.  Taylor  was  published  in  the 
April  number  of  this  Journal,  the  other  is  as  follows  : 
THOMAS  J.  HUSBAND. 
Thomas  J.  Husband  was  born  in  Harford  County,  Md.,  in  1813.  Coming  to 
Philadelphia  when  a  boy,  he  entered  the  drug  store  of  Thomas  McClintock, 
a  well-known  Philadelphia  druggist,  whose  store  was  at  the  northwest 
corner  of  Fifth  and  Callowhill  Streets.  As  an  apprentice  he  gave  abundant 
promise  of  future  usefulness  in  his  profession.  He  attended  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  graduating  with  honor  in  the  Class  of  1833.  He  spent 
much  time  in  working  upon  his  thesis,  the  subject  being:  "  Galipea  Offici- 
nalis." This  was  published  in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  for 
October,  1833.  He  subsequently  joined  the  College,  becoming  a  life  member, 
and  for  several  years  served  on  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
For  more  than  fifty  years  he  conducted  a  successful  retail  business  at  the 
northwest  corner  of  Third  and  Spruce  Streets,  but  his  name  is  inseparably 
connected  with  the  preparation  known  all  over  the  country  as  "Husband's 
Magnesia."  The  enormous  sale  of  this  household  remedy  was  due  to  his  accu- 
rate knowledge  of  the  physical  properties  of  magnesia,  and  to  the  careful  and 
judicious  management  which  he  exercised  in  putting  it  upon  the  market. 
His  qualities  of  mind,  his  education  and  training,  and  above  all,  his  scrupu- 
lous honesty,  had  a  great  influence  in  establishing  for  more  than  one  gene- 
ration the  continued  demand  for  the  magnesia  made  by  Husband.  He  took  a 
great  interest  in  his  apprentices,  and  none  left  his  store  without  being 
thoroughly  imbued  with  the  principle  that  honesty,  industry  and  faithfulness 
were  incumbent  upon  all  who  desired  to  serve  their  Creator  and  their  fellow- 
men.  These  sterling  qualities  endeared  him  to  all  who  came  in  contact  with 
him. 
He  relinquished  his  active  interests  in  the  retail  drug  business  a  number  of 
years  ago,  but  continued  the  manufacture  of  magnesia  at  his  laboratory  at 
Byberry,  Twenty-third  Ward,  Philadelphia,  until  the  time  of  death. 
