Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Jan.,  1886. 
Minutes  of  the  College. 
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sincerely  hoped  that  the  requirement  for  this  provision  will  gradually  tend 
towards,  although  it  may  be  long  in  reaching,  a  vanishing  point. — Phar.  Jour 
and  Trans.,  Nov  21,  1885. 
MINUTES  OF  PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF 
PHARMACY. 
Philadelphia,  December  28th,  1885. 
.  A  stated  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
was  held  this  day,  at  3.30  P.  M.,  in  the  hall  of  the  college.  Twelve  members 
present.  The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and  adopted.  The 
minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  meetings  of  October,  November,  and 
December  were  also  read  and  approved. 
Professor  Maisch  stated  his  desire  to  have  placed  upon  record  in  the  minutes 
of  the  college  an  expression  of  the  appreciation,  and  estimation  placed  by  the 
college  upon  the  generous  gift  of  Mr.  R.  Rother,  of  Detroit — now  known,  and 
disbursed  as  the  "Rother  Fund" — a  contribution  of  five  hundred  dollars 
made  to  this  college,  for  scientific  purposes, — for  the  aid  and  encouragement  of 
original  analytical  research.  It  was  further  stated,  by  Professors  Sadtler  and 
Trimble,  that  a  large  portion  of  this  fund  had  already  been  expended,  with 
the  approval  of  Mr.  Rother,  in  the  purchase  of  apparatus  of  the  best  mechan- 
ical construction  for  the  purposes  designed,  and  also  of  material  for  use  in  the 
investigations. 
A  communication  was  read  by  the  Secretary  from  John  W.  Geiger,  Secretary 
of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  soliciting  information  in  regard  to 
the  practice  of  this  college  towards  students,  who,  failing  in  final  examination, 
elect  to  pursue  subsequent  courses.  On  motion  of  Professor  Maisch  the  subject 
contained  in  this  communication  was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for 
consideration. 
Professor  Maisch  referred  to  the  recent  death  of  Prof.  Edw.  S.  Wayne,  form- 
erly of  Cincinnati,  an  associafe  member  of  this  college,  whose  contributions 
to  the  literature  of  pharmacy,  and  whose  investigations  are  well  known  and 
recognized. 
Some  remarks  were  offered  by  Mr.  Thompson  and  supplemented  by  a  reso- 
lution to  appoint  a  committee  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  present  plan  of 
preliminary  examination,  which  elicited  reply  and  discussion,  but  terminated 
in  the  defeat  of  the  resolution.  Mr.  Thompson  expressed  the  view  that  a  sub- 
ject so  important  did  not  appear  to  receive  the  general  interest  it  demanded 
from  members  of  the  college,  and  that  the  drift,  as  well  as  tendency,  seemed 
to  be  to  relapse  into  the  errors  and  defects  of  previously  existing  methods,  and 
to  lose  the  advantages  sought  in  instituting  a  preliminary  examination..  Mr. 
Blair  spoke  at  length  on  the  subject,  accepting  these  views,  but  also  depreca- 
ting the  fact  that  the  diploma  of  the  college  had  lost  its  value,  owing  to  indiffer- 
ence to  certain  necessary  requirements,  as  a  certificate  of  competency,  and 
that  sufficient  efforts  were  not  made  to  verify,  or  substantiate  the  statements 
made  by  candidates  for  graduation  as  to  their  required  terms  of  shop-service, 
or  tuition.  Professor  Maisch  expressed  the  conviction  that  this  statement 
reflected  upon  him  as  dean  of  the  faculty,  and  said  that  he  made  it  an  especial 
